Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Thanks @shannonmattern.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social @heatherburnstech.bsky.social @biancawylie.com and everyone else not yet on bsky for the writing and ideas featured in this week's issue of the Product Picnic! 3200
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026On the subject of etiquette, there's also this, covered in a previous Picnic: when reading is more expensive than "writing", the asymmetry makes sending someone unsolicited AI slop nothing short of rude.distantprovince.byIt's rude to show AI output to people | Alex MartsinovichFeeding slop is an act of war 311425
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The return of the quantified self (in the form of these wearables) is entirely being buoyed by the desire to harvest more of your data. My newsletter talks about the data being useless for the user, but looks like it can even be WORSE that useless!Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app“…not all of the data these devices collect is meaningful, sleep medicine experts said. And they add that people who use them obsessively — including those who seek optimal sleep, driven by wearables data — may be the least likely to benefit from them.”sfchronicle.comYour smartwatch might be making your sleep worse, experts sayFor people with insomnia or a fixation on perfect sleep, experts say wearable data can sometimes do more harm than good. 1468
mbrewer ↙↙↙ @smalladventures.net · 23/06/2026I actually really appreciate people who post this stuff to social media, because then I immediately know to block them. 030