Chaos & Amazement #2609 QuitGPT, LinkedInβs New Algo, and Human-Powered AI
This week: a thought experiment about economic fragility, a backlash brewing in AI land, and a few beautifully strange corners of the internet.
AI replacing jobs isnβt the only story.
If AI shrinks white-collar income, what happens to demand, brands, and growth?
New Chaos & Amazement looks at:
β’ consumer ripple effects
β’ LinkedInβs algo shift
β’ autonomous AI agents
β’ early backlash signals
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28.02.2026 07:34 β
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From @sigilwen.bsky.socialβs Web 4.0 and Snapchatβs creator pivot to a viral @ikea.bsky.social orangutan, this weekβs issue covers the chaos and amazement of our digital future. Plus, why the @stephencolbert.bsky.social "cancellation" backfired
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21.02.2026 07:50 β
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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19.02.2026 14:32 β
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Russia throttles Telegram.
ByteDanceβs Seedance 2.0 crosses the uncanny valley.
Gradient horses run like this is normal.
The slightly unhinged, Valentine-flavored edition of Chaos & Amazement #2607 is here.
Read it. Forward it. Subscribe before the horses unionize.
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14.02.2026 09:33 β
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Chaos & Amazement #2606 is out π€β¨ Moltbook goes viral, Bandcamp draws a line π΅, and humans keep doing bits together π«‘ The internet stays weird, and honestly, thatβs the point.
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07.02.2026 10:37 β
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New Chaos & Amazement: TikTok microdramas make billions, WhatsApp gets VLOPβd alongside Google, Wikipedia, & Pornhub, and an AI agent renames itself twice while security experts panic. Plus vibe gaming, Chinaβs AI surge, and Springsteen protesting again. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
31.01.2026 08:23 β
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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
The Boss has spoken.
No AI. Real, raw and from the heart.
29.01.2026 11:21 β
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South Korea drops the first real AI law π°π·, the EU sharpens its fines πΆ, Microsoft maps who actually gets to use AI, Apple toys with an AI pin π, ElevenLabs releases an album, and βknowledge workβ realizes itβs on the list.
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24.01.2026 08:55 β
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YouTube video by demonflyingfox
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video) youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Pretty awesome.
Also: compare quality of AI gen with that of Coca-Colaβs shitty Christmas ad.
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Half the internet is shocked people donβt want soulless slop. The other half is busy asking if this post was written by AI.
Discuss. πΏ
16.01.2026 09:22 β
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Smart LEGO bricks π§± Influencer drinks β Hand-drawn luxury βοΈ
This weekβs Chaos & Amazement looks at where tech feels magical again, and where it quietly changes what we trust.
New edition is out.
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10.01.2026 11:21 β
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New Chaos & Amazement just dropped: Meta, Google, YouTube, NotebookLM, Porsche, TikTok, Kapwing, AI slop, nostalgia tech, memes, dead internet vibes, and humans desperately trying to stay relevant.
Subscribe before an LLM with worse taste explains it to you.
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03.01.2026 08:47 β
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YouTube video by Dorkly
Killing Mario Isn't As Fun As It Sounds
Donβt forget to hug a Muncher today
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This dog helping its owner fold a heavy truck tarp
29.12.2025 07:04 β
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Happy 13th anniversary to the Barry Petchesky ER Report. It is the only day we learn that "slipping in the shower" is a leading cause of accidental diamond ring storage.
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28.12.2025 10:56 β
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Chaos & Amazement #2552 is out.
TikTokβs US deal gets weirder, Meta shrugs at ad fraud, iRobot goes bankrupt, and McDonaldβs reminds us AI still has no taste.
If tech feels powerful but unserious lately, youβre not imagining it.
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20.12.2025 08:33 β
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A new edition of Chaos & Amazement is out. Tech panic, AI nonsense, and internet weirdness, calmly curated so you do not have to doomscroll like a goblin.
Read it.
Subscribe.
Impress yourself. open.substack.com/pub/clowilla...
14.12.2025 07:26 β
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The feed is dead. The year is tired. The robots are pooping.
In this weekβs Chaos & Amazement:
The real state of social media
TikTokβs $500M weekend
AI power moves
One truly cursed moment from Art Basel
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06.12.2025 09:03 β
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A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Donβt worry β heβs OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
04.12.2025 16:53 β
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π ChatGPT turns 3.
πΊ Mochi Cats are taking over AI slop.
π Priests are raving (literally).
π± Europe wants to ban teens from social media - good luck.
In this weekβs Chaos & Amazement, I decode the mess so you donβt have to:
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29.11.2025 09:33 β
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This week's Chaos & Amazement is live and itβs a full-blown tech fever dream:
π₯ Cloudflare faceplants
π΅ AI music gets monetized, not murdered
π§ Nano Banana goes full genius
π TimothΓ©e Chalamet screams βSchwapβ for 18 straight minutes
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22.11.2025 08:28 β
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This weekβs Chaos & Amazement serves fresh GDPR shifts, AI shops that arenβt real, the Alive Internet Theory, long-memory chatbots like Kimi, a new book idea that escaped my notes, and a piano loving octopus πΉπ§ π
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A wheel-like visualization of bird feathers colored from wikipedia descriptions
It took me about three months to get here but...
Here's a πͺΆ for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions.
10,151 species.
#dataviz #birds #data
04.11.2025 13:25 β
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AI isnβt replacing marketers β itβs reshaping marketing.
This weekβs Chaos & Amazement covers:
β Amazon vs Perplexityβs AI shopper
β Chatbots taking over daily life
β Coca-Colaβs AI Christmas ad π
Which matters more: automation, attention, or authenticity?
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08.11.2025 08:22 β
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This week in Chaos & Amazement #2545:
π Nvidia hits $5T
π€ Grokipedia questions who owns βknowledgeβ
π§ Grammarly β Superhuman and the future of work
π§Ή Robots that clean and spy
Tech keeps getting weirder and smarter at the same time.
Read more β
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01.11.2025 11:44 β
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Joining Be.am, Warner Bros Rumors, and Midnight Cat Zoomies
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25.10.2025 07:46 β
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π€ New Chaos & Amazement is live! This week: AI is writing 50% of the web now, OpenAI's "Mature Mode" raises eyebrows, MANGO replaced FAANG, and I found the world's most unfortunate Santa Claus doll π
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Plus: are we in an AI bubble or just really expensive research?
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18.10.2025 06:31 β
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This weekβs Chaos & Amazement is out: Europeβs DSA takes on child safety, Belgium launches an influencer certificate, and AI goes full sci-fi with Sora, Vibes, and the βsynthetic scroll.β
What caught your eye in tech this week? π
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First-time video editors! π§ Try practicing editing in your head as you film. You might not know the final cut yet, so just record a little extra footage. Then, as you edit, you'll start seeing the story and learning how to anticipate what you need next!
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