FeedCity: davewiner/blogroll

Seth's Blog
31 Jul 09:18 • Seth Godin

“That doesn’t work”

We transferred an idea from engineering to culture, but it’s incomplete. If you build a watch that doesn’t tell time, it’s fair to say it doesn’t work. But when a critic says, “that joke didn’t work,” after seeing a comic perform to a raucous audience, what they probably mean is, “that didn’t work for me.” […]

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
31 Jul 09:15

Trump Blurted Out Shockingly Vile Plot to Censor ABC—It Just Backfired

Donald Trump and his dutiful Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, have been targeting a number of ABC’s broadcast licenses, and ABC just challenged this hard in a new filing. In an interesting move, ABC cited Trump’s own social...

Gift Articles
31 Jul 09:12

WIRED
31 Jul 09:06 • Molly Taft

The World Is Too Hot. El Niño Is Partly to Blame

Heat waves are simultaneously hitting Europe, North America, and Asia, driven in part by the hot waters in the tropical Pacific—and climate change.

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
31 Jul 09:03

Ellen Andree, 1879 #degas #edgardegas

Gift Articles
31 Jul 08:42

How the War With Iran Is Widening, and U.S. Hospitals See a Surge of Uninsured Patients (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2026/07/30/podcasts/the-headlines/iran-war-us-hospitals-uninsured-patients.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.paaL.4Dec7HI-y3WQ&smid=bs-share

Gift Articles
31 Jul 08:42

川久保玲が放つ“反戦”と“希望”　「Ｉｆ　Ｔｈｅ　Ｗａｒ　Ｗｅｒｅ　Ｔｏ　Ｅｎｄ．．」：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

digital.asahi.com/articles/DA3S16501941.html?ptoken=01KYVKTE4S4CGKC0GCN4ZM58K2

Gift Articles
31 Jul 08:42

To Know What Your Customers Think, Just Ask Their A.I. Twins (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2026/07/30/business/dealbook/simile-ai-agents-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.RSpe.xZs6NMtYs8Ps

That Trippi Show
31 Jul 08:15

"I would NOT want to be an incumbent anywhere right now"

New data suggests it's never been a worse time to be an incumbent - but if you're riding the change wave, it's gonna be a good year! How much does voter enthusiasm translate into actual votes? We look back at a couple other "change years" for the answer. And should we be worried about a hidden wedge issue that's a ticking time bomb for Democrats? Plus - Joe and Alex get into a few of your AI questions.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gift Articles
31 Jul 08:12

How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the ‘golden child’ of the AI trade, was laid low (ft.com)

ft.com/content/620bd668-d112-412d-aa52-22489b128d55?accessToken=zwAAAZ-3Gv6Zkc9iC9Zo0RJBLdOqUiJImxKNVQ.MEQCIFhtVVOvAhLucvwv37AKw9saEXxlwS-llrSqnnqIhoCvAiAKZrD1ZVeujk3yUKukQ5H3417umpnAo_koins3xa5mUw&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareId=5f7537a7-0db7-426d-984f-3e4ae9b5f73a&shareType=enterprise&syn-25a6b1a6=1

Gift Articles
31 Jul 08:12

Iran War Is Entangling a Growing List of Mideast Nations (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2026/07/30/world/middleeast/us-iran-war-expansion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.aD9m.hNxPBdcRaZ-s&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Gift Articles
31 Jul 08:12

Deeper roots and the inspiring Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree (thesaturdaypaper.com.au)

thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/5d76c2b8-258e-43cf-8d8f-1f9b378915e1/2hRUFXsZ

Open Culture
31 Jul 08:00 • Colin Marshall

Why Mapmakers Put Fake Towns on Their Maps in the 1920s — and the One That Became Real

Open Culture readers may know John Green best for Crash Course, the YouTube channel that teaches everything you need to know about subjects like world history, U.S. history, big history, literature, and philosophy. Or at least it teaches everything a teenage student facing down the prospect of Advanced Placement subject exams needs to know. Such […]

Gift Articles
31 Jul 07:42

“That doesn’t work”

Trump Blurted Out Shockingly Vile Plot to Censor ABC—It Just Backfired

国旗損壊罪、参考人の視線　参院審議で反対意見、橋本基弘・中央大法学部教授：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

「分かり合えなさ」から出発する表現　私たちは何度でも生まれ直せる：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

超知能AIが高める人類絶滅リスク　開発競争を止めるため何ができる：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

The World Is Too Hot. El Niño Is Partly to Blame

How the War With Iran Is Widening, and U.S. Hospitals See a Surge of Uninsured Patients (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

川久保玲が放つ“反戦”と“希望”　「Ｉｆ　Ｔｈｅ　Ｗａｒ　Ｗｅｒｅ　Ｔｏ　Ｅｎｄ．．」：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

To Know What Your Customers Think, Just Ask Their A.I. Twins (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

"I would NOT want to be an incumbent anywhere right now"

How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the ‘golden child’ of the AI trade, was laid low (ft.com)

Iran War Is Entangling a Growing List of Mideast Nations (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

Deeper roots and the inspiring Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree (thesaturdaypaper.com.au)

Why Mapmakers Put Fake Towns on Their Maps in the 1920s — and the One That Became Real

Opinion | Indian Democracy Isn’t Dead After All (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

Sonnencreme und Hautkrebs: Warum wir Sonnencreme zu sehr vertrauen (zeit.de)

From Fungicide to Phagosome: A One Health View of Copper-Driven Fungal–Bacterial Interactions (rdcu.be)

Opinion | Living with 'Gaza syndrome': Trauma that renews itself every day (haaretz.com)

It is past time to upgrade to post-quantum encryption (economist.com)