Jason Barker

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AI is eating data center power demand—and it’s only getting worse wired.com/story/new-rese…

The intellectual virtues of the small magazine comment.org/the-intellectu…

At least two newspapers syndicated AI garbage theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Why Jaguar's rebrand failed, and what it can teach us creativeboom.com/insight/why-th…

Only Yours: a bold new approach to typography based on unique variants creativeboom.com/resources/only…

Can AI writing be more than a gimmick? newyorker.com/books/under-re…

Watch Jazz ‘Hot’, the rare 1938 short film with jazz legend Django Reinhardt openculture.com/2025/04/watch-…

The power of brand books in a digital world creativeboom.com/insight/why-pr…

How Dave Brubeck’s “Time Out” changed jazz openculture.com/2025/03/how-da…

A second digital transformation for scholarly monographs? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/19/sec…

The czar’s gambit: How Putin uses chess politico.eu/article/how-vl…

A philosopher released an acclaimed book about digital manipulation. The author ended up being AI wired.com/story/an-accla…

Puppets of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Dickens & Edgar Allan Poe star in 1957 Frank Capra educational film openculture.com/2025/03/puppet…

A judge says Meta’s AI copyright case is about ‘the next Taylor Swift’ wired.com/story/meta-law…

The experience of trying to write a scholarly paper with LLM assistance scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/11/gue…

How “The Great Gatsby” took over high school newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

Texas’ hottest art gallery is the Buc-ee’s restroom texasmonthly.com/style/bucees-b…

Lowbrow art appreciation gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2025/…

Are freelancers surviving, or thriving? creativeboom.com/insight/state-…