Links from around the web that I thought were worth the click. Also available as RSS.

• Are you in the American middle class? Use our income calculator.
• This is interesting, I’ve got complicated feelings on this one --> Arc’s new Boosts feature lets you change the way any website looks
• My latest graphic, with a fun look back at old (read: a few years ago) generative AI --> How AI like ChatGPT and Dall-E got frighteningly good so quickly
• A majority of Americans have heard of ChatGPT, but few have tried it themselves
• Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.
• An e-ink blackberry-esque device? May have to pick one of these up --> Beepberry by SQFMI x Beeper | Beepberry
• Impressive digging --> How to Raise $89 Million in Small Donations, and Make It Disappear
• Wild visualization of earthquake debris --> The toxic dust from Turkey’s earthquakes
• Wendy’s is automating its drive-through service using an AI chatbot powered by natural-language software developed by Google and trained to understand the myriad ways customers order off the menu.
• So proud especially of Caroline --> Read The Washington Post’s 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners
• Don’t miss the timeline at the end --> Google We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI
• On the complicated relationship between news and tech sites --> How Buzzfeed News Went Bust
• Amnesty Uses Warped, AI-Generated Images to Portray Police Brutality in Colombia
• Just lovely --> How was it made? Donatello's marble carving technique | V&A
• I like that the scrolly text doesn’t obstruct the visuals on desktop, nicely done --> Living in the shadow of a dangerous shrinking glacier
• Love this idea --> Where in the USA is this?
• New from me --> See the websites that make AI bots like ChatGPT sound so smart - Washington Post
• Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says
• NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' : NPR
• Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From GOP Donor — ProPublica
• Really interesting and fresh approach at mapping the war --> How Russia’s Offensive in Eastern Ukraine Ran Aground
• Happy Opening Day! --> An NBA Paint guide to the 2023 MLB season
• What does an AR-15 do to a human body? A visual examination of the deadly damage.
• New phone background --> The Sun, In All Its Glory
• Well this did not take long --> AI Art Generator – Adobe Firefly
• Yeah yeah chatgpt-4 and all, but having these capabilities in Google Docs soon feels like it’ll be a huge leap ahead for regular people --> Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft
• Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests
• Super useful site if you ever have to work with campaign finance and don’t know what all the terms mean --> MONEYINPOLITICS.wtf
• By far my favorite album of 2022 --> In These Times | Makaya McCraven | International Anthem
• The HIPAA seal was meaningless --> BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private, says FTC - The Verge