404 Media
• Joseph Cox
What happened when Flock came to Matthew's town; the rise of no phone Luddite events; and the influencers just making up BS about Flock.
404 Media
• Matthew Gault
A new AI data center can be up and running in a year. Building new energy infrastructure to power it could take a decade.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/police-missed-one-underscore-and-sent-the-wrong-man-to-prison/
The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan? Ok, I’m in.
Ars Technica - All content
• Jane Adkins, The Conversation
AI is fantastic at spotting patterns, but human insight is the key.
Mark Zuckerberg wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal yesterday that didn’t seem to get much attention. Hard not to read it as anything but a veiled critique at Anthropic:
The notion that AI is so dangerous that the only safe path is an extreme concentration of power seems dangerous. Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened hasn’t led to safe or positive outcomes.
The irony is that Meta has itself created an extreme concentration of power in the web.
CNN Poll: Trump's approval rating is now just 34%. His ratings hasn't been this low since just after the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
CNN Poll: 71% of Americans say Trump hasn't done enough to lower prices
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• David Kurtz
Comey Offers Judge an Easy Way Out In new court filings last evening, James Comey unloaded a triple shotgun blast...
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“The U.S.’s conflict against Iran looks set to drag on, possibly for months, with the sides unable to break a deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz and achieve a lasting ceasefire deal, according to several current and former officials from the U.S. Iran and Europe,” Bloomberg reports. “The stark assessments from the people, who asked […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday, less than 24 hours before a critical committee vote, that he is ‘not prepared’ to support Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general as the two continue to tangle over the fate of a controversial DOJ-brokered settlement agreement involving President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. “Blanche did not appear for a planned […]
Ars Technica
• Jennifer Ouellette
"I'm beginning to suspect we are not in Jumanji."
Upgraded a couple servers this morning. The upgrade went smoothly and you shouldn’t notice any changes.
McSweeney’s
• Dennard Dayle
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