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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Monday, Aug 10, 2026 12:20:31 AM.

Pluralistic: The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction (10 Aug 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow, Monday, Aug 10, 2026 12:01:46 AM

Review: w0rldtr33, collected volume 1 by Fernando Blanco and James Tynion IV

nerds of a feather, flock together, Monday, Aug 10, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Do Faculty Affect Student Partisanship?

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 11:49:07 PM

Youtube's joke of a fair-use appeal process, Total Eclipse of the Content ID Robots Edition

jwz, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 11:01:56 PM

OTR Links 08/10/2026

doug — off the record, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:30:54 PM

Roku adds Fairground AI Creator TV, a 24/7 FAST channel with AI-generated content from Fairground's partnered creators, billed as the first AI-only FAST channel (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:30:01 PM

Act like it is science

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:44:45 PM

The Real Solution to the EdTech Backlash is Digital Leadership

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Short Note

Anthony Ciccarello, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:12:56 PM

“If you aim for the king, you better not show up eight years late.”

Unsung, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:12:42 PM

do I need to bring gifts for coworkers back from vacation, mentee doesn’t want to do what’s needed to do to advance, and more

Ask a Manager, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:03:43 PM

Weekly output: generative AI in enterprises, Trump cybersecurity policy (x2), Docusign’s designs for AI, AT&T’s kid-optimized tablet

Rob Pegoraro, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:32:59 PM

Luxembourg ammo manufacturer hires lobbyist who assaulted protester

Investigative Journalism Foundation, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:06:26 PM

Likes The Best Barbecue in the Hudson Valley by Molly Sterrs.

Chuck Grimmett, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:02:47 PM

Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns (Max Tani/Semafor)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:55:00 PM

Popular creators are increasingly hiring remote video editors from countries like India and the Philippines, paying anywhere from $30/hour to $100K+ full-time (Andrew Zucker/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:40:00 PM

Vibe-Coded Flattery

Tedium, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:31:00 PM

My blog officially has a new name: birdwatching. The domain (b10g.xyz) is still ...

birdwatching, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:20:08 PM

Quoting OpenClaw

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:05:16 PM

Could a San Francisco progressive like Abdul El-Sayed knock out moderate Dems?

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:55:00 PM

Kawakami: Don Nelson’s eternal moment — making sure the Warriors drafted Steph Curry

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:52:56 PM

Arno Beck’s art

Unsung, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:01:54 PM

138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?

https://ourworldindata.org, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Super-organized

Matt Mullenweg, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:54:59 PM

Likes The main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazy by Andy Masley...

Chuck Grimmett, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:43:32 PM

Quoting Claude Opus 5 system prompt

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:31:39 PM

GitHub Models is now retired

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:48:05 PM

Couric’s Media Report Card

Status, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:45:38 PM

“I want to code; I’m not looking to make lifestyle choices.”

Unsung, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:41:43 PM

I Don’t Speak Centaur

Steven D. BREWER, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:22:55 PM

Edinburgh Fringe - Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody! ★★★★★

Terence Eden, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:20:40 PM

Edinburgh Fringe: Smut Slam ★★★☆☆

Terence Eden, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:18:55 PM

How I backed into subscribing to the New York Times

Andy Sylvester's Web, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:05:31 PM

SQLite compressed text-history prototypes

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 3:05:00 PM

Dununba, Sangban, Kenkini (and Stands)

ongoing by Tim Bray, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 2:30:17 PM

Mapping the AI value chain

Kate Carruthers, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 2:01:51 PM

Don Nelson, architect of beloved Warriors teams, dies at 86

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 1:50:01 PM

The ‘Crawl’ Sequel Has Found Its Gator Chow—I Mean, Stars

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 1:15:34 PM

Week Notes 26#32

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 1:12:08 PM

Free eBook!

Ken-McConnell.com, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 1:09:54 PM

Simon Willison on Technical Blogging

birdwatching, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 1:00:00 PM

Asides: Aug 9

Amit Gawande, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 12:11:57 PM

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Techdirt, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Netflix May End ‘The Witcher’ in 2027

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 11:50:57 AM

Sources: Paramount has offered three-year agreements to AMC and Regal to release 30 movies a year exclusively in cinemas for at least 45 days if it acquires WBD (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 11:45:01 AM

Why I love Teach to Reach: confessions of a senior global manager, previously based in Geneva

Reda Sadki, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 11:39:23 AM

Last week, I planted marigolds and yesterday, the first sprouts emerged. Today, ...

Mario Villalobos, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 11:15:00 AM

To Begin, Begin

Brain Baking, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:55:23 AM

Finished reading: Incorruptible Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Compani...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:25:58 AM

Outside Lands: Strokes fan spends 100 hours hand-beading a dress to match their album art

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:25:00 AM

The Argument Against AI Writing Is At Least 2,400 Years Old

Feld Thoughts, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:22:09 AM

The Cost of Capital in the AGI Age

Continuations, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:17:48 AM

Why Your Support Matters To Me

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:07:58 AM

YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Special Exhibition

Green Comet, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:01:58 AM

The Young Men Rapping and Beatmaking From a Youth Lockup

The Marshall Project, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Harry’s Bar, After Closing — Hotel Harrington, Washington, D.C., 2026

David Enzel, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:46:44 AM

The Web and the New Reality

Doc Searls Weblog, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:34:41 AM

Warner Bros. Still Has ‘Wonka 2’ On the Brain

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:25:35 AM

In this environment, AI is no longer a software selection exercise. It becomes ...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:21:07 AM

exe.dev is a subscription service that gives you virtual machines, with persist...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:16:35 AM

Confessions of a Former Pantser

Silly Serious, the Writing of Roanna Flowers, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:09:28 AM

Story of Me

The Reframe, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:08:48 AM

When one of your sessions learns something another session needs, such as a fin...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 9:03:01 AM

The idea that they’re spending serious money on AI tokens to turn PDFs and Powe...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:54:28 AM

No news for you: Why is it so hard to buy a paper to read on the plane?

Dan Kennedy, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:44:03 AM

This context influences every step. Strategy and regulation shape business deci...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:41:53 AM

Sunday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:29:20 AM

The problem with AI voice is not the techniques themselves. It is the overuse o...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:27:56 AM

The Times is “sane-washing” Trump and Kennedy, working really hard to take dang...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:22:33 AM

Like: 1786288808

https://crowdersoup.com, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:20:08 AM

Like: 1786288802

https://crowdersoup.com, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:20:02 AM

Edinburgh Fringe: 4 Aussies For Aussies - The Raging Bull ★★⯪☆☆

Terence Eden, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:17:03 AM

Dragoncatcher: The idea of magic

Robin Sloan, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:00:00 AM

Why I moved to Micro.blog

birdwatching, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 8:00:00 AM

Michael Mando Says ‘Brand New Day’ Isn’t the End of Scorpion’s Story

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:30:34 AM

Watch: How a Faulty Hospital Drug Test Can Turn New Parents Into Police Targets

The Marshall Project, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:30:00 AM

at Marquam Bridge

Aaron Parecki, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:12:15 AM

Working with Claude on the user interface of RSS.chat was a grind, but we learne...

Scripting News, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 7:11:51 AM

Geohashes for my photos

IndieNews English, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:34:43 AM

Here we goooo #BridgePedal

Aaron Parecki, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:33:02 AM

Q&A with Dave Jorgenson on running LNI as a business a year after leaving WaPo, fighting misinformation with humor, hitting 400K YouTube subscribers, and more (Susie Banikarim/Columbia Journalism ...)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:30:00 AM

Young Woman in Hat

E.W. Doc Parris, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:24:17 AM

at Fremont Bridge

Aaron Parecki, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:04:32 AM

Billionaire donors, NIL deals, stadium concerts: How Cal hung onto its star quarterback

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The pandemic exodus was easy. The return is a housing nightmare.

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:00:00 AM

San Francisco is falling for frozen yogurt all over again

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:00:00 AM

In rural communities, fears amplified by ‘AI slop’ and social media hamper solar boom

Grist, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 6:00:00 AM

what I appreciate about singapore after having left it once

Winnie Lim, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:20:51 AM

Why businesses lie about AI

News – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:12:27 AM

Espresso Shots 8-9-26

https://makoism.com, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:01:11 AM

Dragoncatcher: Rifling the drawers

Robin Sloan, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 5:00:00 AM

Casey Michel on Breaking the Tech Oligarchy's Grip

Tech Policy Press, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:59:59 AM

JFK’s AI Voice

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:26:05 AM

Pressure

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:19:44 AM

Interesting Links for 09-08-2026

Very cool, if true, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 4:00:08 AM

Nuovo codice della strada, multe al chilometro orario e patente a 17 anni: cosa c’è davvero nella bozza

Gianluca Pezzi, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 2:30:47 AM

Advancing a Connected Future for Indigenous Communities

Internet Society, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Auto elettriche da 15.000 euro, l’Europa crea la categoria M1E: il bonus vale solo per chi produce qui

Gianluca Pezzi, Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 1:00:21 AM

One of the better pro-natalist Lieder

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Aug 8, 2026 11:46:47 PM

Meteo oggi, il caldo africano molla la presa al Nord ma il Centro tocca i 39 gradi

Gianluca Pezzi, Saturday, Aug 8, 2026 11:30:04 PM