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• Mitch Wagner
by @dave
“Now, it wasn’t AI that killed all that. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter were the main culprits, especially once they started treating corporations like users and users like product, sacrificing quality for quantity. AI just danced on our grave.” : ehandbook.com
The San Francisco Standard
• Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler
Plus: The city tries again (and again) to fight street vending, a new reporter joins Power Play, and Art Agnos gets a street.
by @dave
“Now, it wasn’t AI that killed all that. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter were the main culprits, especially once they started treating corporations like users and users like product, sacrificing quality for quantity. AI just danced on our grave.” : ehandbook.com
wsj.com/real-estate/nyc-officials-halt-construction-at-third-manhattan-conversion-project-5329f74c
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
A new Fox News poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leads Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 53% to 44%.
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Six Colors
• Glenn Fleishman
Back in April of this year, I suggested that the MailMaven email app for macOS might become my new best friend. Months later, with continuous minor and major improvements, the friendship has only grown richer.…
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“American forces began launching strikes against Iran on Wednesday night, in what the U.S. military called a ‘powerful response’ to Iran’s Tuesday missile attacks on U.S. forces in Jordan,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Trump: “We are going to be hitting them very hard, because it’s our turn.”
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Axios: “Musk is resuscitating his dormant super PAC, America PAC, which spent more than $260 million to help get President Trump elected in 2024.” “America PAC will focus on door-knocking, digital advertising and direct mail aimed at turning out the conservative base, including voters who typically are less inclined to cast ballots in a non-presidential […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Politicians are increasingly abandoning scripted language and publicly cursing as profanity becomes a more common political tool,” Axios reports. “The shift suggests politicians are using profanity intentionally to project authenticity, signal confrontation and distance themselves from traditional Washington norms.”
