{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Lauren","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/flotisserie","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1504092","username":"flotisserie","bio":"cult classic but I still pop","pronouns":"she/her","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":66,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2026/32/1504092.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"97192664","content_html":"<p>TechCrunch reports on the <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/03/the-sameness-problem-behind-those-unappetizing-ai-generated-menus/\">problems inherent to AI-generated restaurant advertising</a> - it looks wrong.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/08/techcrunch-reports-on-the-problems.html","date_published":"2026-09-09T00:12:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"00:12","date_timestamp":1788912753,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117238186657810370","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mv2auylgfh2y","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DdC8j0dnZ5z"]}},{"id":"97123890","content_html":"<p>Return to <a href=\"http://scripting.com/2026/09/07.html#a164356\">markdown</a>?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/07/return-to-markdown.html","date_published":"2026-09-07T19:24:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-07 19:24","date_timestamp":1788809067,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117231391403369642","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc_2yBLHXGD"]}},{"id":"97118626","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593855904/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593855904\">Suffer a Witch A Memoir</a> by Joy McCullough 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/07/finished-reading-suffer-a-witch.html","date_published":"2026-09-07T16:56:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-07 16:56","date_timestamp":1788800161,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117230808771735896","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc_l09YHDll"]}},{"id":"97086663","content_html":"<p>Cap Times on <a href=\"https://captimes.com/entertainment/music/whitney-mann-is-back-with-a-new-album-and-it-s-electric/article_70f19f3b-80e9-4f40-ac16-e3f773a37a89.html\">Electric Heart, the new EP 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tail search strings</a>, so there are big incentives to link deeply and widely across the corpus, especially if you have access to an authoritative platform.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/05/in-plain-language-this-suggests.html","date_published":"2026-09-05T23:47:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 23:47","date_timestamp":1788652075,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117221103735676368","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc7LYAQG-Re"]}},{"id":"96969653","content_html":"<p>Manton on AGI: “As we reach AGI… I’d like to set some ground rules for myself — <a href=\"https://www.manton.org/2026/09/04/reaching-agi.html\">beliefs that won’t change as technology changes</a>. AI will be smarter than us, but consciousness and ‘a soul’ can’t be created from computation.”</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/04/manton-on-agi-as-we.html","date_published":"2026-09-04T19:13:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 19:13","date_timestamp":1788549209,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117214361319371539","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc4HJJbm1T7"]}},{"id":"96963661","content_html":"<p>Where we’ve been: “Today’s young American women were born into a world of unfinished feminism. We have <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/opinion/gloria-steinem-feminism-abortion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.LgUs.lFxiblcaeyLa&amp;smid=url-share\">freedoms our great-grandmothers couldn’t have imagined, but also fewer rights than we did just a handful of years ago</a>.” Plus, some examination of <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/opinion/gloria-steinem-feminism.html\">how ad tech and algorithmic sorting set the table</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/04/where-weve-been-todays-young.html","date_published":"2026-09-04T16:56:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 16:56","date_timestamp":1788540984,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117213823327453818","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc33e7tlLzW"]}},{"id":"96927329","content_html":"<p>Traditional search favored common keywords, while <a href=\"https://www.bavaria-ai.com/long-tail-keywords-geo-strategy/\">LLMs favor (extremely) long tail search terms because of the idiosyncratic and conversational way people write to chatbots</a>. Suggesting that a small group of writers on the open web could move the corpus on any coordinated subject in no time at all.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/03/traditional-search-favored-common-keywords.html","date_published":"2026-09-04T02:43:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 02:43","date_timestamp":1788489791,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117210467782268774"]}},{"id":"96900746","content_html":"<p>In honor of Gloria Steinem’s passing (rest in power), an article on <a href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09574042.2021.1973698#abstract\">the business and activist tensions present in, and the long-tail value of, feminist publishing efforts</a>. And a 2019 dissertation on <a href=\"https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4469&amp;context=etd\">organized literacy education as a civil rights effort</a>. A <a href=\"https://roomofonesown.com/\">trip to the bookstore</a> is in order.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/03/in-honor-of-gloria-steinems.html","date_published":"2026-09-03T17:25:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 17:25","date_timestamp":1788456345,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117208276303380815","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc1WDajlOrP"]}},{"id":"96890674","content_html":"<p>This <a href=\"https://thebaffler.com/salvos/paid-phones-kolitz\">first-person essay from The Baffler</a> is circulating in writerly crowds this week. It’s a ripper and a must-read, enough to convert me to a print subscriber.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/03/this-firstperson-essay-from-the.html","date_published":"2026-09-03T13:46:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-03 13:46","date_timestamp":1788443194,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117207413663486167","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dc088AeHCP0"]}},{"id":"96850185","content_html":"<p>For reasons, I was reminded of the <a href=\"https://plausiblydeniable.com/five-geek-social-fallacies/\">list of Geek Social Fallacies that first circulated on Plausibly Deniable</a>, then <a href=\"https://captainawkward.com/tag/geek-social-fallacies/\">took root as an entire body of advice at Captain Awkward</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/02/for-reasons-i-was-reminded.html","date_published":"2026-09-02T21:13:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-02 21:13","date_timestamp":1788383582,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117203514303065969","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DczLdtjn6nq"]}},{"id":"96795889","content_html":"<p>A composition teacher friend shared this paper on social media: <a href=\"https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/67eacca6-b113-4241-b057-5e830ab29348/content\">Lester Faigley’s “Literacy after the Revolution”</a>, the essay version of his 1996 CCCC Chair’s address. In it, the author argues that the economic impacts of the digital revolution had begun to undo an older commitment, formed in the Civil Rights...</p> <a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/01/a-composition-teacher-friend-shared.html\">flotisserie.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/01/a-composition-teacher-friend-shared.html","date_published":"2026-09-01T23:49:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 23:49","date_timestamp":1788306572,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117198460593518542","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3muimdk33yw27","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dcw4X-vn9rS"]}},{"id":"96793299","content_html":"<p>In honor of Dolly (rest in power), some links:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/0dfJjJyNxF9iW7zmBtLnBf?si=a8fde341d2d64d31\">Dolly Parton’s America</a>: This nine-episode podcast offers a deep dive into the Dollyverse, covering Dolly’s biography and lore and her role as an icon within a broader story about American ideals. This series swept the best-of lists of 2019.</li>\n<li>Professor and NYT...</li>\n</ul> <a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/01/in-honor-of-dolly-rest.html\">flotisserie.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/01/in-honor-of-dolly-rest.html","date_published":"2026-09-01T22:53:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 22:53","date_timestamp":1788303180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117198245498848153","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3muijbpuovn2s","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DcwyG_um5K1"]}},{"id":"96790950","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://lux-magazine.com/lux-for-life/the-rumpus-interview/\">Lux Magazine on the return of The Rumpus</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/09/01/lux-magazine-on-the-return.html","date_published":"2026-09-01T22:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 22:15","date_timestamp":1788300900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117198088593952595","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3muih2gqwky2o","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dcwti-1G-9b"]}},{"id":"96708146","content_html":"<p>I found out about a hyperlocal newsletter in my neighborhood and had to share. The <a href=\"https://monroestreettattler.com/\">Monroe Street Tattler offers print delivery and email distribution</a>, and reports only on the hard local news, such as dog walk water bowl locations and the best fries in the neighborhood, among other ephemera.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/31/i-found-out-about-a.html","date_published":"2026-08-31T14:09:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-31 14:09","date_timestamp":1788185388,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117190518329969564","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3muf3hu3n332g","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DctRObunATM"]}},{"id":"96565231","content_html":"<p>“Students who spoke to ESPN said that betting is an accepted part of day-to-day life and that they learned about their school’s gambling culture immediately after arriving on campus. A 2023 NCAA survey of 18- to 22-year-olds found that <a href=\"https://www.espn.com/sports-betting/story/_/id/49547066/sports-betting-gambling-poker-addiction-college-campus-youth\">51% of the women and two-thirds of the men have bet on sports</a>.”</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/28/students-who-spoke-to-espn.html","date_published":"2026-08-28T18:09:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-28 18:09","date_timestamp":1787940541,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117174472613623970","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mu5xh46acs2j","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dcl-OqQluqc"]}},{"id":"96564174","content_html":"<p>Guerrilla marketing: When someone built a fake deodorant company with a lightweight marketing plan to capture long-tail search results, she found her way into AI recommendation results, <a href=\"https://www.inc.com/jelinda-montes/a-marketer-built-a-fake-deodorant-brand-weeks-later-it-was-being-recommended-over-real-products/91385991\">showing how brands can gain visibility in emerging discovery systems</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/28/guerrilla-marketing-when-someone-built.html","date_published":"2026-08-28T17:48:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-28 17:48","date_timestamp":1787939283,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117174390037363294","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mu5wbr3etg2v","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dcl71vQm-x0"]}},{"id":"96492968","content_html":"<p>Grose covers how Scandinavians approach AI and ed tech by <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/opinion/ai-norway-schools.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.QIsd.IZvMBOUHIQTR&amp;smid=url-share\">emphasizing peer review and removing the profit motive</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/27/grose-covers-how-scandinavians-approach.html","date_published":"2026-08-27T14:28:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 14:28","date_timestamp":1787840935,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117167944156858209","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mu32ocixzb2o"]}},{"id":"96491779","content_html":"<p>Reading about <a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/26/reading-over-the-b-meta.html\">yesterday’s Meta settlement</a>, the <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world/americas/children-social-media-restrictions-global-movement-meta.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.iHhq.ZP2aiVxxl4Eu&amp;smid=url-share\">global movement to get kids off tech</a>, “<a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/26/we-all-know-that-you.html\">chopped uncs</a>,” and thinking about the dance between students and our local school system’s IT department during the COVID-19 shutdown, when my then-elementary schooler was <a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/05/08/why-im-broadly-skeptical-of.html\">unwittingly participating in a digital cold war</a>:</p>\n<p><em>In...</em></p> <a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/27/reading-about-yesterdays-meta-settlement.html\">flotisserie.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/27/reading-about-yesterdays-meta-settlement.html","date_published":"2026-08-27T14:06:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-27 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If you don’t get that this is an obvious lie, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/entertainment/tiktok-switched-questions-meme-disinformation-cec\">then you’re washed and you’re unc and you’re chopped</a>.”</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/26/we-all-know-that-you.html","date_published":"2026-08-26T22:03:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-26 22:03","date_timestamp":1787781780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117164067795059243","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mtzdljuifn2z","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DchPaMGmzxg"]}},{"id":"96444324","content_html":"<p>Reading over the <a href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/meta-settles-for-18-billion-in-lawsuit-brought-by-29-states-over-social-media-harms-to-children/\">$18b Meta settlement over social media harms to children</a>, and while it’s not perfect, it’s something. I’m a fan of default time limits, night and school-time blocks, and other limits baked into the software. It’s not fair to ask every parent to become an IT governance expert.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/26/reading-over-the-b-meta.html","date_published":"2026-08-26T18:42:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-26 18:42","date_timestamp":1787769775,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117163281476385982","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mtyyguycj527","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/Dcg4lTDHfjU"]}},{"id":"96405748","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780008384234/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780008384234\">Famesick</a> by Lena Dunham 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/25/finished-reading-famesick-by-lena.html","date_published":"2026-08-26T04:12:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-26 04:12","date_timestamp":1787717543,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117159857892261339","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mtxhr42ysv2k","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DcfU4pClgvi"]}},{"id":"96366876","content_html":"<p>To read: this report from Common Sense Media, “<a href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/talk-trust-and-trade-offs_2025_web.pdf\">Talk, Trust and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions</a>.” About a third of teens have turned to an AI for serious conversations about their own mental health and relationships, showing these tools are already embedded in teen social life.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/25/to-read-this-report-from.html","date_published":"2026-08-25T13:51:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 13:51","date_timestamp":1787665905,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117156473603180837","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mtvxoak4bl2t","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DcdyZdJHKlO"]}},{"id":"96365524","content_html":"<p>Computer Love: <a href=\"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/25/computer-love.html\">flotisserie.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"Two podcasts featuring writer and podcaster Bridget Todd examine the complexities of human-AI relationships and their implications.","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/25/computer-love.html","date_published":"2026-08-25T13:28:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-25 13:28","date_timestamp":1787664498,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117156381580034064","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mtvweatmvc27","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DcdvtdMnLRz"]}},{"id":"96310230","content_html":"<p>Micro.bloggers: I’m <a href=\"https://help.micro.blog/t/link-log-proposal/4436\">interested in turning the link log into a micro.blog plug-in</a>, but I don’t have the skill or the will to make it happen. Where should I begin?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/2026/08/24/microbloggers-im-interested-in-turning.html","date_published":"2026-08-24T14:41:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Lauren","url":"https://flotisserie.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F32%2F1504092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"flotisserie"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-24 14:41","date_timestamp":1787582462,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@flotisserie/117151004694403455","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:57pbepv74rpng36qubkihtgk/post/3mttjx6h2ct2y","https://www.threads.com/@flotisserie/post/DcbTOf3lo7a"]}}]}