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2025 Timeline In Review, with Valentina

Dec 26, 2025
Explore the wild happenings of 2025 month by month! Delve into the buzzing world of Chinese social media and the controversies sparked by Red Note. Laugh at the absurdity of AI monitoring worker productivity and viral Ghibli memes. Unpack the chaos of founders going viral and the rising tide of performative tech culture. Reflect on the dramatic narratives of overemployment and the lasting threads of the Chinese spy saga. This year had it all, from viral moments to timely controversies!
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INSIGHT

X Owns The Tech Timeline

  • X (formerly Twitter) remains the central place where tech culture trends and scandals propagate quickly.
  • Jayden (Creatine Cycle) argues timeline ownership persists despite algorithm changes and new features.
ANECDOTE

Worker 17 Sweatshop Demo

  • Jayden recounts the Worker 17 demo where OptiFIA tracked productivity and called out "worker 17."
  • The viral demo highlighted ethical issues around AI surveillance in factories.
INSIGHT

Ghibli Edits Showcase AI's Wasteful Virality

  • Studio Ghibli–style AI edits exploded as a memetic trend and used large compute for low cultural value.
  • Jayden sees this as emblematic of tech's whimsical but wasteful uses of AI.
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