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Apple Intelligence, not for developers
On the latest episode of Upgrade, Jason Snell and Myke Hurley covered an important part of the Apple Intelligence beta that I’d like to highlight. Leading up to WWDC, Daniel and I talked on Core Intuition about how great it was going to be to have a small on-device LLM avail...
Timothy Snyder: "If JD Vance really were a normal midwestern guy he’d be very respectful of someone like Tim Walz."
Micro.blog survey results
This week we posted a short survey for Micro.blog customers to provide feedback about the service. I was particularly interested in some of our extra features like bookmarks, bookshelves, and notes. These aren’t necessarily well-known and I’ve been thinking about how to bett...
Jessica on Garinish island.
Jessica on Garinish island.
Exploring Glengarriff
Exploring Glengarriff
When I see a reference to an evil NYT piece, I RT it a simple message: Ignore the NY Times. It's relaxing. You don't have to do something about it, in fact it says the opposite. Do nothing. It works on all social nets, and for any news org that's promoting lies, ignoring relevant facts, against the interest of the US. Find new ways to get informed. And if you can't find them, start one. And we can find each other.
The Bruce Springsteen mention at last night's rally was no accident. Boomers are now of the age where we vote in great numbers. So our feeling like there's something here for us might make the difference in one or more of the swing states.
Ben Werdmuller
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When split newsrooms work, and when they falter
[Bill Grueskin in Columbia Journalism Review]
"What’s most important is that a disruptive start-up not be placed at the mercy of the old organization—which might see the upstart as a competitive threat and attempt to have it shut down or cause it to fail."
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Last night's Democratic rally was wonderful. I was laughing and sobbing all the way through it. What an emotional release. We needed and deserved this. Beyond hope, we're finally going to fight. I hope President Kamala is really up to it, because we have a pretty substantial cleanup job to do here.
Ben Werdmuller
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"Mastodon for Harris" is a Success Story for Fediverse Activism
[Sean Tilley at We Distribute]
"Following President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 election, Democratic supporters have gained a massive influx of energy and support all over the Web. Hours after the president made his announcement, Heidi Li Feldman, a law p...
Ben Werdmuller
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BitClout Wasn’t So Decentralized
[Matt Levine at Bloomberg]
"Here’s a thing. It costs $1. If you buy one, the next one will cost $2. If someone buys it, the next one will cost $4. Et cetera. The price of the thing always goes up, leaving every buyer (except the most recent one) with a larg...
The abbr element
The name of the <abbr> element is an abbreviation for the word “abbreviation”, which is cute. When you talk about <abbr> (which won’t happen very often) you can pronounce it “ah! brrrrr”, like you have just realised how cold it is. This is not mandatory.
As the a...
The abbr element
The name of the <abbr> element is an abbreviation for the word “abbreviation”, which is cute. When you talk about <abbr> (which won’t happen very often) you can pronounce it “ah! brrrrr”, like you have just realised how cold it is. This is not mandatory.
As the a...
Really strong intro for Tim Walz with the speeches in Pennsylvania today. I’m so impressed with how well Kamala Harris and her campaign have kicked things off. Clear message, but also they are having fun and it’s contagious. 🇺🇸
Love a blog post that starts with a history lesson. Ben Thompson writes about antitrust and the case against Google search. If the cash to Apple goes away, I think Apple will be better off. Just focus on what’s right for users and let search competition happen naturally. But Mozilla will be hurt badly.
We put together a very short survey this week to get some feedback about parts of Micro.blog. If you use Micro.blog, would love your input. Thanks everyone who has already filled it out!
Ben Werdmuller
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It's not partisanship when democracy is at stake
This moment isn’t about partisanship, because the discussions we’re having aren’t about tax policy or the intricacies of how we interact overseas. In 2024, one candidate’s supporters are waving flags that read “mass deportations now”, while the candidate is telling them the...
Roadmap for the campaign
A roadmap for the campaign is coming into view.
Harris has her knee on Trump's neck, and she won't let up.
There won't be time for anyone to get tired of her.
The campaign rallies should get bigger and bigger, and more rambunctuous.
Trump was a comedian, a cross between ...
Walz is Harris' choice. Picking Shapiro would have been leading with her chin because of Netanyahu. Walz looks older than her but they're actually the same age. And he figured out the right word to get under Trump's skin, so there's that. He just has to say weird in campaign speeches to bring down the house.