Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Jon Reed

Scott Stein 🥑 @scottstein.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been trying out Samsung Galaxy XR for a while now. Thoughts so far - not a full review since I’m waiting to see if Rx lenses are available for me, but some of the promises/problems at the moment: www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

Circle to Search in Real Life: Standout Features and Big Questions for Samsung and Google's XR Headset

I wore the $1,799 Samsung Galaxy XR for a week. It was both frustrating and amazing.

www.cnet.com

2 5

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · 7d

being a writer means sometimes finding an entire minimized browser window with only a blank, untitled google doc in it and having no idea what it was supposed to be

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · 8d

I sensed this was no more than a couple of years away

Reposted by Jon Reed

Katelyn @katelynched.bsky.social · 9d

Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.

For @cnet.com: www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Adobe's AI Makes It Quicker Than Ever to Edit Your Photos. I Got an Early Look

All the Adobe research projects transform time-intensive manual photo edits into a few easy clicks.

www.cnet.com

1 1

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · 11d

yes

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 11d

a few notes on thanksgiving

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 11d

Reviewers say it’s perfect for frying and boiling everything from crawfish and turkey to chicken and fries.

Reposted by Jon Reed

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16d

Include the link! The fact that bluesky doesn't aggressively suppress links is one of its best features, right up there with the nuclear block. It's great for publishers and also the only way we will ever make progress on the "didn't read past the headline" problem of social media

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 16d

Love these viral posts that deprive the news org of traffic. So great. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

7 110 900

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · 24d

quick, somebody install Doom on the mini supercomputer

CNET @cnet.com · 24d

The computer is just six inches by six inches in size, costs about $4,000 and has a petaflop of performance.

Nvidia Introduces DGX Spark Book-Sized Supercomputer, Hand-Delivers One to Elon Musk

The computer is just six inches by six inches in size, costs about $4,000 and has a petaflop of performance.

cnet.co

1

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · 29d

Being edited sucks. The only thing worse is NOT being edited.

Reposted by Jon Reed

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Oct 8

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · Oct 8

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

57 1.1K 3.8K

Reposted by Jon Reed

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · Oct 3

this feels ominous as grocery, energy prices and health care are taking bigger bites of our income in the US...

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · Oct 2

21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.

16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

7 4 43

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

This is the actual, true, nuanced take. Implicit in it being unnecessary on meat is that a rub of some kind, even just s+p, is essential.

1

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

A little Carolina gold bbq sauce on a turkey sandwich…

1 1

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

the pro move is carolina gold

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

this is the way

1

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

bbq sauce on meat? unnecessary

bbq sauce to dip fries in? way better than ketchup

4 1 17

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

This was a really fun find by Katelyn even if this chatbot tried to tell me Dabo Swinney was a better coach that Nick Saban.

Katelyn @katelynched.bsky.social · Oct 2

This AI did the near-impossible: It told me I was wrong and disagreed with me. And I loved it. Why we need more AI like Disagree Bot:
www.cnet.com/tech/service...

I Used an AI Chatbot Built to Disagree With Me. It Showed Me How Sycophantic ChatGPT Is

Disagree Bot was a refreshing break from other AI chatbots.

www.cnet.com

2

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Oct 2

I'm sorry, the Pope did a gaggle???

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Oct 2

Pope Leo speaks on what it means to be "pro-life."

1

Reposted by Jon Reed

Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · Sep 29

There’s a lot of Psychology happening with early 2000s nostalgia slop but especially among zoomers it does seem like there’s just a real hankering for less phone, and therefore the time before phone is the glorious past to which we must return

21 45 410

Reposted by Jon Reed

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Sep 29

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

510 2.3K 12K

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Sep 26

A used bookstore I frequented when I lived in Augusta, Georgia, divided politics into “political science” and “bloviation,” which I greatly appreciated.

2

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Sep 24

My cats are printing this article out and leaving it all over the house as a hint.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Sep 24

I can think of a lot worse luxury stuff tbh www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

How Does He Keep His Cats Safe Outdoors? With a $125,000 Catio

More homeowners are spending big on outdoor cat patios to let their pets roam and relax risk-free.

www.wsj.com

3

Reposted by Jon Reed

katie brigham @kbrigham.bsky.social · Sep 23

dispatch from a NYC climate week debate on whether "AI is humanity's best hope for solving climate change"

3 3 34

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Sep 17

"Though this new project continues the trend in which Smith never seems to stop talking, he did decline, through a spokesperson, to be interviewed for this column."

The Athletic @theathletic.com · Sep 17

Stephen A. Smith is pushing $40M a year in earnings, sources tell The Athletic. And ultimately, he wants as big a voice in politics as he has in sports.

On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.

🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV

2 6

Reposted by Jon Reed

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · Sep 17

It would be helpful if press releases got to the point quicker and led with something like "we are launching a new microgrid financing program" instead of "we are launching an initiative for resilient community energy systems"

2 4 34

Jon Reed @jondreed.bsky.social · Sep 10

The future is an AI-generated brainrot video of audio clipped from an AI-generated podcast, with a comments section filled with AI-generated spam.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Sep 9

found out what former Wondery COO Jeanine Wright is up to: flooding the internet with unlistenable AI podcasts

Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)

4