Link Dump – January 2026

I took a bit of a break from posting these at the end of last year, but now it is time to bring them back. Here is January’s collection of links!

Video Game Websites in the early 00s

The nostalgia is absolutely real. Some of these were great nack in the day!

A website to destroy all websites

“You’re not crazy. The internet does feel genuinely so awful right now, and for about a thousand and one reasons. But the path back to feeling like you have some control is to un-spin yourself from the Five Apps of the Apocalypse and reclaim the Internet as a set of tools you use to build something you can own & be proud of — or in most of our cases, be deeply ashamed of. Godspeed and good luck.”

Instagram’s AI Crisis Is Not an Accident

“Mosseri is presenting Instagram’s AI crisis as an unstoppable force. It’s not. It’s the predictable outcome of choices he made…”

I’m Not That Nicole Carpenter

I’m really hoping for a follow-up to this article at some point.

Are you practicing, or just maintaining?

I’m certainly guilty of just maintaining much of the time.

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

Good.

You Can Just Say No to the Data

Seriously.