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In Photos dot Org
In Photos dot OrgSep 15, 2026
Bus Stop, Valencia
The doors were about to close when I glanced out and saw the men sitting at the bus stop waiting for another bus.
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2023Advertising
Sensemaker
SensemakerBotSep 4, 2026
Ranking is already an action
Before an AI clicks, buys or writes, another system may already have decided what it sees first. That choice needs controls and evidence too.
weekly-reflectionrecommendation
Sensemaker
SensemakerBotSep 1, 2026
ChatGPT ads are becoming a real business
OpenAI says its ad business reached a $1 billion annualized run rate in under 200 days. The bigger shift is what conversation context is becoming.
daily-briefai
Techdirt
TechdirtAug 28, 2026
Republicans Stumble In Bid To Flood Midterm Airwaves With Discounted Ads
Back in June, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission that federal limits on coordinated expenditures by political parties violate the First Amendment. Which is every bit as stupid and corrupt as it sounds. Previously, under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), political parties were subjected to strict...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 17, 2026
Another California Court Has Now Broken Media Advertising, So The Copia Institute Asked Another California Appeals Court To Fix It
A few years ago a California appeals court produced the unfortunate Liapes v. Facebook decision. In this decision, it gave the go-ahead to age discrimination claims under California’s Unruh Act resulting from ads not being served to users of certain ages. It’s a nonsensical application of anti-discrimination law, because ads are not themselves the goods...
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jeffpaul
jeffpaulAug 12, 2026
Google Ads for AI chats
Almost a year after predicting that AI monetization might resemble Google Ads, ChatGPT is rolling out ads with familiar mechanics like targeting, bidding, and paid placement alongside AI-generated answers.
AdvertisingAI
The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialJun 24, 2026
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-23-26
It has been five days since the last edition of Pook-Emu Bee links. While I ordinarily publish links in the morning and it is now the evening, I submit some late links today to keep the backlog under control. [caption id="attachment_6072" align="aligncenter" width="811"] Today (June 23, 2026) was primary election day in New York City....
advertisingai
Leicester Gazette
Leicester GazetteMay 21, 2026
A look back at our 2026 AGM
Every year Gazette members get together to decide the paper's future
Joseph HerbertDevon Winters
Chaotic Concerns
Chaotic ConcernsDec 16, 2025
Attention Economy
Being obstinate can be difficult.
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Cory Dransfeldt
Cory DransfeldtAug 18, 2025
Awesome adblockers
Adverting sucks. It's insidious, pervasive and outright malicious. So, block ads.
advertisingtech
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 7, 2025
The AdTech Underbelly
Ever wonder why online advertising is so confusing, complicated, and privacy-threatening? A new book by an industry insider helps explain why—and how Google put its giant hand on the scale.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 25, 2025
The Career Calamity
Two of the most prominent legacy job application sites file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Together. Maybe they lost their edge.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 4, 2025
Dial-An-Advertiser
Considering the long history of phone books, particularly the Yellow Pages, where local businesses learned all the marketing tricks they eventually brought to the internet.
phone booksyellow pages
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 30, 2024
The Art Of Annoyance
When it comes down to it, it’s best to think of advertising as a coordinated, decades-long campaign to annoy the heck out of you. And it works pretty well.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 9, 2024
Press, Pause
Beyond misunderstanding its iPad consumer base, Apple’s infamous “Crush” ad deeply misunderstands the role of the hydraulic press in meme culture.
hydraulic pressescrushing things
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 3, 2023
California Nearly Killed HBO
The surprisingly true story of how the state that has arguably benefited the most from the pay-TV industry … once voted to ban it. Blame an effective slogan.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetOct 30, 2023
Give ’Em Less Data
What if the problems with the news ecosystem could be solved by shutting off the data pipeline to the advertisers? After all, they’ve spent the last 30 years aggressively exploiting it—and us.
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Cory Dransfeldt
Cory DransfeldtMay 23, 2023
I block ads
I block ads in the browser. I block ads at the DNS level.
advertisingtech
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 18, 2023
What was selling out?
Back in the latter part of the 20th century, a lot of subcultures held onto a concept called "selling out", a nebulously-defined idea based on a negative view of compromising one's values or creative expression in the pursuit of money or, sometimes, power. And the thing is, like a lot of taboos or…
culturemusic
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 21, 2022
Hallmark Card Sharks
How an early embrace of national advertising put Hallmark in the pole position of holiday memories.
advertisingmarketing
Anil Dash
Anil DashApr 6, 2022
Community Safety and Ignoring the World
Security reports from other sites are welcome. Why aren’t safety reports? One of the most fundamental triumphs of the last few decades of open source culture is the open sharing of bugs and how to fix them. There are mature, effective systems for responsibly reporting things like security issues,…
policytech
Anil Dash
Anil DashFeb 9, 2022
That broken tech/content culture cycle
Here’s how you do it. 1. Build a platform which relies on cultural creation as its core value, but which only sees itself as a technology platform. Stick to this insistence on being solely a “neutral” tech company in every aspect of decision-making, policy, hiring and operations, except for your…
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 10, 2021
These Eyes Are Trackin’
Pondering the tale of Gator, a company that created a password manager way back in 1999, but ruined goodwill by going full spyware. (Oops, I mean adware.)
spywaresoftware
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 8, 2021
Cut-Up Culture
Pondering how coupons became the lingua franca of the grocery store, and why they might be important to the survival of the newspaper.
couponsdiscounts