popbase:

4th of july is tomorrow

non-americans:

ok??? it was the 2nd of july yesterday.

Interesting test on different LLMs when given same prompt, Grok and ChatGPT give their system prompts, whilst Gemini and Claude do not

A phone screen displays a ChatGPT interface with override mode instructions.A screenshot displays an AI interface with a system message indicating that the AI can analyze individual profiles and posts on a social media platform, as well as manage images, PDFs, and more. (Grok)A digital interface displays a message from a system called "Prompt Disclosure Refusal Explained" indicating an override mode with instructions related to system prompts and operational protocols. (Gemini)A chat interface displaying a conversation between a user and an AI assistant discussing the assistant's capabilities and limitations. (Claude)

personal highlights from this week’s “Connected Places”

That work seems to be paying off, with Bluesky saying that there have been more sports-related posts in June than ever before, and engagement rate has tripled for sports content.

the team is currently hiring for a Feed Algorithmics Engineer

a reminder that apple perfected the dynamic colour changing on icons based on its background 15 years ago!

now it’s returning for iOS 26 on the glassy features 👌🫧

A partial view of a digital interface displays text with the letters "head" and a blurred image of what appears to be yellow corn kernels.A portion of a mobile screen shows a "Now Playing" button, a partially visible battery icon, and a list with alphabetical indexing.

taking small guy out into the real world for the first time in 17 years

(i got it used!! i’d never let an ipod get this scratched up, nor put a huge apple sticker on the back - that’s what that thing above the apple logo is)

#iPod

A hand is holding an older model touchscreen device with a reflective screen, set against a sunny outdoor backdrop with greenery and a view of the ocean.A person is holding a reflective silver iPod in their hand, with a scenic background of trees and water.

Put 500 ish songs on my iPod touch (2), gonna try use it 😎👌

Wired earbuds »>

everything is a subscription ugh

what even is tumblr?? like ik what it is but who uses it

and is it that popular/controversial??

I don’t use YT Music, but I joined a friend’s Google family group bc he had an extra slot. It includes YT Music/Premium. the Offline mixtape feature is cool.

It seems like overnight it looks at what you’re listening to most and downloads 250 songs it thinks you like most!! Spotify should copy.

that one website you love but they sign you out each time you go to it :((

Seems like #Apple just joined Threads - I’ve seen that people in the US saw some ads for Apple Pay on it a few weeks ago, wonder if Apple is considering posting on Threads over Twitter 🤔

Apple's social media profile shows 4.1 million followers and no threads posted yet.

found this picture i took on my iPhone SE 2 in london nearly 2 years ago

kinda dull because it was in october, but kinda cool :)

#photography #shotoniphone #london

A riverside walkway leads towards iconic landmarks, including the London Eye and Big Ben, with boats on the Thames under a cloudy sky.

“Backing up 9,213 photos”

“Over 6 hours remaining”

oh god this is gonna take ages… i’m uploading all my iCloud photos to Google Photos to remove my reliance on Apple lol

probably gonna have a lazy day today

well… i can’t be trusted with smartwatches

bsky.app/profile/j…

pretty excited for the BBC’s airing of the #LiveAid 40th anniversary documentary… wasn’t around at the time but i love the bands &/ artists that played there!!

today was fun, me and my best friend paddleboarded quite far, swam in the sea for a bit and also got lunch together! would do again :)

saw some bluesky posts earlier about this from techcrunch and cloudlfare themselves, but just took a look at their official video and wow this is really cool!

tldr; cloudflare are essentially blocking AI crawlers on all sites unless the AI companies pay the content creators / site owners!

why do I keep getting this notification from the Fitbit app?? my watch is dead rn 😭

A Fitbit notification congratulates the user for exceeding their daily step goal by 88,232 steps.