Everything in No-Slop Saturday is, to the best of my knowledge, made by humans. If I find out otherwise, I won't feature that person in a future edition of the No-Slop roundup. ❤️

Writes like a human

You can find all kinds of human-created web content via the Internet Phone Book. It's specifically focused on personal / creative / solopreneur sites, not big corporations. I REALLY wish I had been able to get a physical copy of volume 1; hopefully I can get volume 2! (It is, alas, not back in stock anymore as the preview says.)

The service uses a neat little dialer—you can look up someone who seems interesting in the Internet Phone Book and then, on the IPB website, punch in a code to go right to their site.

Internet Phone Book – Back in stock!
An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Published since 2025.

Sounds like a human

As I mentioned in the previous edition of this newsletter, the chill/lo-fi/background beats corner of YouTube is rife with AI slop. This duo literally labels all of their content as fully human made and they're also adorable:

Creates like a human

I recognize the irony in sending you YouTube links when talking about de-slopping, but there's still a lot of good human stuff on there...it's just harder to find. Lizi Phoenix is an artist who does regular videos focused on simple paint doodles (you can also do them with pens) that are meant to help you stop scrolling and get into a flow/zen state. They're quite fun to follow along with, and she also has a very calming presence: