Saturday, August 29, 2026

The Freeway That Saved the Hills sjl.us

Trump Steps Up Stunts as U.S. Midterms Loom politicalwire.com

How to Claw Back Wealth From Toppled Autocrats theatlantic.com

Jon Ossoff Gives Donald Trump a 4-Word Nickname as Fun Intensifies yahoo.com

Friday, August 28, 2026

In skiing you can buy a pass that’s good at dozens of sites all over the place like the epic pass. The same model could work for news too epicpass.com

The 25 Best Movies on Netflix to Watch in September 2026 vanityfair.com

Autopsy Shows Man Killed by National Guard in Memphis Was Shot in Back nytimes.com

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada theguardian.com

Brent Simmons has the big bugs fixed in Net News Wire, and is thinking about new features inessential.com

Meta Reportedly Abandoned An AI-Focused Restructuring Plan That Would Have Laid Off Thousands engadget.com

Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for security risks apnews.com

Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80 nytimes.com

Timothy Snyder: How was Mass Killing Possible snyder.substack.com

Dolly Parton Liked to Read by the Fire in Her Pajamas nytimes.com

My blog was most influential when Gates was in his prime as a predatory tech company leader. I begged him to use his power to help the web instead of trying to capture and lock it down. Now it’s too late, his leverage, once great is reduced to influence, not likely to change anything nytimes.com

Monday, August 24, 2026

W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype blog.elenarossini.com

US set for largest mass visa revocation in history apnews.com

This person, presumably a developer, will never use AI. First reason, you become dependent, is a true and valid concern. But other parts of their argument are not true. It’s really good at explaining things I already know about, where journalists and Wikipedia are awful in comparison corkmac.app

90,000 told to evacuate as wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada bbc.com

Saturday, August 22, 2026

I love AI but I also love slapstick AI. ❤️ 🎉 � x.com

Prime minister says Canada will match the latest American levies 'dollar for dollar.' cbc.ca