Jack Apollo George

Writing about technology.
Articles in @NewStatesman @ObserverUK @Raconteur @DigitalFrontier @CLOTmagazine
Ex-editor @footprint_mag @curioio
MSc @lsephilosophy

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

New piece out!

[Digital Frontier @DigitalFrontier]

Centuries ago, land in the UK was enclosed to make room for sheep – profitable workers who didn’t talk back 🐑

Today, AI models are reshaping digital space in a similar way, fed by what was once public & shared.

The parallels are closer than they seem: https://t.co/2DsaiUnmst

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

Brands are increasingly leaning on sci-fi and dystopian tropes to present their products as futuristic. Do we truly desire these associations or do we just lack a more positive vision of tomorrow? My new article in @DigitalFrontier
https://t.co/F4AZUGhpAc

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

Wrote about 'AI', model collapse and a strange copywriting gig in today's @ObserverUK

https://t.co/tHGATlwD1D

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

Unhand the orb @fronssss

[Joyland Publishing @JoylandPub]

"We were either ahead of the times, behind them, beside them, or around them. We were separate." —from 'Deleuze And Guattari' by Jackson Frons, @fronssss

https://t.co/9yCP93yHtJ

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

@alexschristian did not know about this, very excited to know about this

[Robin Wigglesworth @RobinWigg]

Bryce declares war on golf. https://t.co/WN4g3k2J7O

[paddle @ipaddlearound]

david attenborough: [mumbling] skip. i dont like this animal. skip it.

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

@alexschristian one of the first gigs i ever went to

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

@apcbapcb hawksmoor - ackroyd

[Otto Saumarez Smith @OSaumarezSmith]

Exquisitely rude 1964 telegram from the Danish artist Asger Jorn, turning down a $2500 prize from the Guggenheim.

[il pleut @auto_rain]

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[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Strand magazine, England, March 1909

[📷🪺 mtz (birdposting era) 🦆🐧 @sketchy_as_fork]

Adam and Eve, ashamed of their nakedness, hide from God

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

trumpet monkey, belgium, ca. 1300

[STEM @stem_feed]

Car manufacturer Tatra explaining aerodynamics (1934) in a simple way for anyone to understand.

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

gambling monk, germany, 14th century

[Jack Apollo George @jackapollo1]

@notbrokenow "This man" is a cultural icon thank you very much

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Crown shyness, the phenomenon in which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, is usually shown from below. This is what it looks like from above https://t.co/BDGrWi7WBX [source and full video, by Dimitar Karanikolov: https://t.co/14Nu6E9evb]