Links I’d share in private #31

Welcome to another edition of Links I’d share in private, a (bi-)weekly blog post about all the things and content I come across the Internet during my intense web binging, worthy of being shared to you all (instead of in all of my private group chats 🤣).

Festival sur le Canal: sunny weekend for volunteering

Last weekend, I spent it in the sun taking over 10,000 steps and doing something different from my daily job. I volunteered for the Festival sur le Canal event, which takes place in my neighbourhood (Southwest Montreal, along the Lachine Canal). A weekend helping to showcase local music by making the experience enjoyable for visitors on the grounds. And I gained bar experience, weeeeeeee! That was really fun. Plus, the crew I was volunteering with was really fun and friendly. Just too bad I fell asleep on the couch when I got home yesterday, and missed the volunteers’ afterparty late last night (oops!)

Anyway, will I go back next year? Yesss. It’s different from spending 7 hours a day in front of a computer, and it keeps you in shape! (I’m burnt! An office job doesn’t keep you that fit, eh!).

Now on with the Links I’d share in private part!

Keywords: This week’s Links I’d share in private touches on various topics, including: Burnout, Silicon Valley, Artificial Intelligence, Adult friendship, Anti-tech, Techbros, Apathy, Humanities vs AI, Web accessibility, Cybersecurity

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TO READ

• No more heroes: as the tech leaders we used to worship are now total assholes…
• The Anti-Tech Canon: 30 Books: I really love this books list. It should be a requirement to work in tech! I’ve added a couple of the recommandations in my TO READ pile 🙂
• Apathy: because a lot of people feel apathetic these days… And so, these days, my default setting has become a certain apathetic blindness to events. Because, let’s face it, it’s no long something that happens here or there, it’s not just weekly either. It’s become daily even hourly …
• The Most Infuriating Friendship Hack: Anne Helen Petersen is, as always. spotted on in her texts. This one on frienship in adulthood. “Making friends as an older adult is not like that. It’s so agonizingly slow. It’s often awkward. It demands persistence and endurance — two things that are hard to come by when everything else in your life is exhausting.”
• Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence? My quick answer? Yes, the humanities will survive AI. BUT…it will fondamentally change in terms of practices and research.
• Christianity Was “Borderline Illegal” in Silicon Valley. Now It’s the New Religion: this week’s article about my hate for Silicon Valley. Did I say how I HATE Silicon Valley’s techbros?
• A Strange Stain in the Sky: How Silicon Valley Is Preparing A Coup Against Democracy: Again: Fuck Silicon Valley!
• You Might Not Recover from Burnout. Ever: that one reached deep into my soul! Having ‘recovered’ from burnout back in 2023, I still feel a lot of repercussions from it even after all this time. And I’m not alone!
• “AI-first” is the new Return To Office: Ai bros forcing AI down peoples’ throats is tiring. Let people decide if they want ot use it, and how.

TO SEE

• World Food Photography Awards: because I love photo awards, and this one is related to the good industry!

• Another book I want: Eastern Blocks II, Navarro and Sobecka’s new book, captures some of these stark scenes, with expansive residential units rising above bucolic meadows or framed by nothing but snow.

TO FOLLOW

• Wonderful Tumblr to follow: Dead Motel USA

• Intriguing and fascinating artsy animated Instagram account to follow: craventsillustration You really have to go on instagram to view the animations on their art!

TO HEAR

• Habibi Funk 030: Hawalat: Ohhhhhhhh a new Habibi Funk playlist is out! I enjoyed this one a lot! Lots of groovy middle eastern sounds and music for your ears

• This playlist from the KitKatClub in Berlin is simply amazing

• Another playlist from DJ Hell

• Balla Et Ses Balladins – Banbo ancien Musique Guinee Manfila Kante Conakry Diabate kouyate: that playlist really took me into another land! African music, I love it!

RECIPES

• Slush Gin et Limoncello – perfect for summer nights chilling with friends

DESIGN

• War and Peas: wonderful stickers for your laptop to buy

CYBERSECURITY & INFOSEC

• OSINT Portal: Your hub for open-source intelligence research and tools

WEB & TECH

• How to Convince People to Care and Invest in Accessibility: I’ve put this link in Tech/Web (because the text’s tech oriented), but it should be in every sphere of life!
• Vert: The file converter you’ll love
• Patterns.dev: that one will be useful to any web developer that need to recognize patterns in frontend web development. Especially useful for anyone whom haven’t done Computer SCiences in university!