Daniel Salo

This AI-generated doc about Brian Eno changes with each viewing—and is already altering how movies are made How ‘Eno,’ Gary Hustwit’s documentary about music legend Brian Eno, is changing filmmaking with its new AI technology.

'Eno,' the AI-generated Brian Eno doc from 'Helvetica' director Gary Hustwit and tech artist @brendandawes.bsky.social, will stream for 24 hours tomorrow. It's never the same film twice. Here's how to see it, plus an inside look at the tech behind it: www.fastcompany.com/91263275/bri...

What fast food marketing completely misses about customers An analysis of fast food customer reviews at McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, and a dozen other chains shows what people secretly crave

A data-driven guide to what fast food customers secretly crave.

David Lynch wearing sunglasses looking cool af at a dinner table on a jet with toasting the viewer with a glass or red wine and saying "here's to feeling good all the time"

Well shit. RIP

The horrifying L.A. wildfires are being fueled by the worst conditions January has ever seen Southern California is experiencing a midwinter drought at the same time as dangerous Santa Ana winds, leading to a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades.

In the 3hrs since I wrote this article, did kid pickup, made dinner, had a phone call — an entire neighborhood burned down and people were abandoning their cars and running for their lives and bulldozers were pushing through cars to make space for the fire trucks

www.fastcompany.com/91256483/the...

Shuddering thinking about what the reference material was.

Trucks and SUVs keep getting bigger. Here’s how they should be redesigned to be less deadly Pickups and SUVs have become bigger and heavier over the past two decades—which raises the likelihood that pedestrians will die in a collision.

Pickups and SUVs have become even more gigantic over the past two decades—making the roads deadlier for everyone else. But automakers could change this trend by redesigning their vehicles. We have some suggestions.

A first pass at a starter pack of magazines—actual printed ones—on Bluesky. Some may be less than official (see: TIME) and I’ll try to take them out if it’s obvious they’re not real. More nominations welcome, though it seems like a whole bunch of publications are not yet here. go.bsky.app/BKWbdqG

Timothée Chalamet, clutching his hat: “Are you telling me… you built a Time Machine… out of a Cyber Truck?!”

*Young Gravy’s cover of “Back in Time” starts playing*

Biblically correct Alf

be not afraid

‘Speech should be open to all’: Bluesky COO Rose Wang on the platform’s radical vision for social media Bluesky is more than just a Twitter alternative. The fast-growing decentralized platform gives users control of their own feeds.

If you're new to Bluesky and want to understand just how different it is from social media apps that have come before, don't miss this excellent interview by @yasmingagne.bsky.social with Bluesky COO @rose.bsky.team. www.fastcompany.com/91233939/blu...

Cannibals complaining about microplastics in their food

Stand-up Weed Puller (4-claw) | Fiskars Designed to remove weeds and their roots without sore knees, an aching back or harsh chemicals, with an enhanced design to make a weed-free lawn easier than ever.

If your dealing with taprooted weeds (like dandelions) a device like this is deeply satisfying to use: www.fiskars.com/en-us/garden...

A pixelated photograph of a Cooper’s Hawk looking at the viewer with an incredulous expression.

‘I bought this before Elon went crazy’: These anti-Musk bumper stickers are Amazon bestsellers These bumper stickers let other drivers know that you may drive a Tesla, but you’re no fan of Elon Musk. And they just became top sellers on Amazon.

Honk if you’re in the anti-Elon Tesla club.

An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

Why no sofa should cost $20 Amazon reportedly wants to sell sofas for $20 on a new discount site. It's not a bargain.

Amazon officially launched its ultra-cheap site to compete with Temu, where most products will cost less than $10.

We wrote about these plans last month, and how utterly gross it is to produce—and buy!—things so cheaply.

www.fastcompany.com/91217087/why...

For my Plugged In newsletter, I wrote about leaving Twitter and using OpenVibe to wrangle Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. It’s a great app! https://www.fastcompany.com/91226135/openvibe-mastodon-bluesky-threads-unified-client

Endurance sports because that’s where they keep the dopamine

Is there a brands-that-try-to-meme blocklist?

Inside me there are two wolves

I came here to be dumb under my own name again.

A possum and the caption says His home is a hole in a log. He will sleep here.

as we dig into our Bluesky burrows for the winter ahead

A man looking in the mirror at the reflection of Labrador retriever furry

when you don’t realize the side effects of joining Bluesky until it’s too late

still cant believe all my partially informed anonymous reddit comments didnt sway the american electorate

Hi!

Newskies:

You can search your own content by typing “from:me” and then whatever related word you want in the search bar.

But has anyone with a five gallon bucket of white paint done what needs to be done?

So do I delete my twitter or hold on to it in case I have to link it with my IRS Premium™ account to file my taxes?