The Psychological Cost of Activism Against Slopologists

The Psychological Cost of Activism Against Slopologists

It's a jungle out there. Disorder and confusion everywhere. No one seems to care. Well I do! Hey, who’s in charge here? It may seem like I'm quoting from a famous Randy Newman song, and…OK yes, I am! 😂 But this is the world we live in. Having to deal with AI-pilled morons on the regular, feeling forced to leave improperly moderated communities overrun with slop, unfollowing slopologists, constantly having to seek out alternatives to Big Tech…and then getting yelled at for picking the “wrong” alternative…whew, it's a lot. How do we cope? That is the topic of the hour. 📢 Hosted by Jared White [https://jaredwhite.com/] 💬 Chat with me! Discord [https://discord.gg/CUuYVH7Qa9] / Signal [https://signal.me/#eu/B7lcEbeTO67MoQW3l-cuXpgb9OcNeiAjbL1KsfxuE3kBJnKbO0hH6LxROsbZiiXm] / Mastodon [https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite] 🤌 Produced by Intuitive Future // Join Intuitive+ Today [https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/]and support the show for only $5 a month (plus listen to the members-exclusive new show Future Insider) 📥 Subscribe to the Cycles Hyped No More [https://buttondown.com/theinternet] newsletter, the companion to Vibe Coded 🎶 Theme music by Ben Elson Links * Neuromaxxing [https://jaredwhite.com/articles/neruomaxxing] * Space Cadet Pinball [https://github.com/k4zmu2a/SpaceCadetPinball] * Slow Productivity by Cal Newport [https://calnewport.com/writing/#books]

The Death and Resurrection of UX w/Ayush Newatia

Marketing has taken over product design. Usability used to mean something. Now software is becoming less "human", a symptom of a wider business culture sucking up to AI companies because of far too much capital flooding the markets. But it doesn't have to be this way. Join us for a merry dialog on the hazards of A/B testing your way into a good product (spoiler alert! you can't!), asking the why about your data not simply the what, codemaxxing, flaming Teslas, and a whole lot more. 📢 Hosted by Jared White [https://jaredwhite.com/] & guest Ayush Newatia [https://ruby.social/@ayush] 💬 Chat with us! Discord [https://discord.gg/CUuYVH7Qa9] / Signal [https://signal.me/#eu/B7lcEbeTO67MoQW3l-cuXpgb9OcNeiAjbL1KsfxuE3kBJnKbO0hH6LxROsbZiiXm] / Mastodon [https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite] 🤌 Produced by Intuitive Future // Join Intuitive+ Today [https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/]and support the show for only $5 a month (plus listen to the members-exclusive new show Future Insider) 📥 Subscribe to the Cycles Hyped No More [https://buttondown.com/theinternet] newsletter, the companion to Vibe Coded 🎶 Theme music by Ben Elson Links * Zoomers are ditching doomscrolling and saving cinema [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/24/gen-z-to-the-rescue-zoomers-are-ditching-doomscrolling-and-saving-cinema] * Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain [https://www.404media.co/your-ai-use-is-breaking-my-brain/] * Ellipsus [https://ellipsus.com] (yes again…I swear I'm not a paid shill, I swear it!)

Nothing Sus About Ellipsus

If you’re like a lot of folks now wondering if it’s even possible to build delightful, human-centric & humane SaaS products for the web anymore, Ellipsus is proof that yes it’s possible! One of the great things about Ellipsus is they have been standing with writers and creators against the onslaught of generative AI and slop. And “Our Survey on Creativity, Writing, and Reading in the Age of AI” highlights just what their community is feeling but in a broader sense, how it’s possible to build new products & services around these sentiments. One does not need to become a slop peddler in order to find successful product/market fit. 📢 Hosted by Jared White [https://jaredwhite.com/] 💬 Chat with me! Discord [https://discord.gg/CUuYVH7Qa9] / Signal [https://signal.me/#eu/B7lcEbeTO67MoQW3l-cuXpgb9OcNeiAjbL1KsfxuE3kBJnKbO0hH6LxROsbZiiXm] / Mastodon [https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite] 🤌 Produced by Intuitive Future // Join Intuitive+ Today [https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/]and support the show for only $5 a month (plus listen to the members-exclusive new show Future Insider) 📥 Subscribe to the Cycles Hyped No More [https://buttondown.com/theinternet] newsletter, the companion to Vibe Coded 🎶 Theme music by Ben Elson Links * Our Survey on Creativity, Writing, and Reading in the Age of AI [https://ellipsus.com/blog/survey-on-writing-and-ai] * Fresh Fusion Podcast episode 129 [https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/129/] * Ooo, shiny linky! 🤩 Record-Breaking Drone Show (Guinness World Records) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ho1-JBBmw]

But My Fake Influencer is Very Authentic

In a phrase I never expected to utter: I wholeheartedly endorse the upcoming Chinese regulations! Yes, China is getting ready to crack down on so-called "digital humans", requiring proper labeling as such as well as forbidding any deepfakes based on real people without their informed consent. Many other restrictions are proposed as well, and in this episode I go through the details and explain how such regulations are sorely needed here in my country (the U.S.)—though I don't trust anything coming out of our current regime. We may have to wait for the political turnover, which is looking very likely! 📢 Hosted by Jared White [https://jaredwhite.com/] 💬 Chat with me! Discord [https://discord.gg/CUuYVH7Qa9] / Signal [https://signal.me/#eu/B7lcEbeTO67MoQW3l-cuXpgb9OcNeiAjbL1KsfxuE3kBJnKbO0hH6LxROsbZiiXm] / Mastodon [https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite] 🤌 Produced by Intuitive Future // Join Intuitive+ Today [https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/]and support the show for only $5 a month (plus listen to the members-exclusive new show Future Insider) 📥 Subscribe to the Cycles Hyped No More [https://buttondown.com/theinternet] newsletter, the companion to Vibe Coded 🎶 Theme music by Ben Elson Links * The Kids Are Alright (So Let’s Team Up!) [https://buttondown.com/theinternet/archive/the-kids-are-alright-so-lets-team-up/] * China Cracking Down on the Types of AI That Are Tearing America Apart [https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/china-usa-ai-regulations]

Slop-Free Software is So Hot Right Now

Welcome back to the 2026 season kickoff of Vibe Coded! In this episode, I cover the phenomenon of how open source software projects are either fending off or embracing the onslaught of agentic coding services, and the ways in which the technology is splitting the F/LOSS community asunder. I just keep thinking, it didn't have to be this way. But here we are! 📢 Hosted by Jared White [https://jaredwhite.com/] 💬 Chat with me! Discord [https://discord.gg/CUuYVH7Qa9] / Signal [https://signal.me/#eu/B7lcEbeTO67MoQW3l-cuXpgb9OcNeiAjbL1KsfxuE3kBJnKbO0hH6LxROsbZiiXm] / Mastodon [https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite] 🤌 Produced by Intuitive Future // Join Intuitive+ Today [https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/]and support the show for only $5 a month (plus listen to the members-exclusive new show Future Insider) 📥 Subscribe to the Cycles Hyped No More [https://buttondown.com/theinternet] newsletter, the companion to Vibe Coded 🎶 Theme music by Ben Elson Links * Fresh Fusion Podcast episode 128 [https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/128/] * Recording on Linux: Ardour [https://fosstodon.org/@ardour] * Shame! Open Slopware List [https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware] * Hurray! No-AI Policy List [https://forge.starlightnet.work/Team/No-AI] * Hurray! EVi (vim fork) on Codeberg [https://codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/evi] * Shame! systemd discussion on disallowing genAI: Closed as not planned [https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/41085]