💎 LinkedIn's AI problem, tech curfews, and CDs are cool again?
LinkedIn's AI slop problem, the UK's teen curfew crackdown, and why Gen Z is buying CDs they can't even play
💎cultural gems💎
💼 A new study found LinkedIn has more AI-generated content than any other major social platform.
⌛️ The UK is expanding its crackdown on teen social media with overnight curfews, autoplay restrictions, and stricter AI safeguards.
🏕️ Vibecamp, a retreat for the internet's most chronically online users, is turning online communities into real-world connections.
💸 Bad news for our fellow reality TV fans. Prediction markets are making it easier than ever to spoil reality TV, with betting odds increasingly revealing winners before episodes air.
💿 CDs are having a comeback: US sales jumped 16% in the first half of 2026 (thanks in large part to K-pop), with half of young buyers admitting they don't even own a CD player, they just want the cute collectible and a way to directly support their favorite artists.
✍️ Brittany Broski sat down with The Washington Post to discuss the viral moment that launched her as a creator, how she produces her hit YouTube series, Royal Court, and whether or not virality means anything anymore.
Here are some of our favorite quotes / insights from the conversation:
Her top piece of advice for aspiring creators is having a back-up plan
She hates AI and thinks there will be a renaissance of creator-made, human content
She thinks fan girls run the internet [we agree]
“Probably everyone in high school or college right now has or knows a friend who’s gone viral. You can have 1 video that can have 20 million views and no one’s seen it, because that’s how big the internet is.”
Below the paywall…
📺 Netflix wants to be your cable box again
→ Live, always-on channels could be next as the streamer chases engagement beyond binges
🫂 An app can get you to the party. It can't make you belong
→ The new app Pie wants to algorithmically match you into friendship, but it's solving for discovery when the real problem is depth. We break down why the loneliness fix tech keeps building misses what community actually requires
