Wow!

🎾 #Tennis #IndianWells Linda Noskova defeats Talia Gibson. She will play Aryna Sabalenka in the Semi Finals. Elina Svitolina and Iga Swiatek are up next on this court.

NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.

@alexreisner.bsky.social bringing the AI receipts - as always!

This conversation with @bencollins.bsky.social about how to fight authoritarianism with fearless humor was a reminder that there is joy in the fight. And Ben claims he only cursed 21 times during our 20 minute chat. lol.

So this is what Grammarly wrought. But if it didn't name names, would it still be useful? Or would slop still be slop? Or, could the AI scammers get away with saying “in the style of you-know-who”, just like Hemingway Editor?

Here’s a difference between the crypto scam and the AI one: if you got caught up in crypto, most people will go well, that was dumb, but we all fall for marketing. If you get caught up in AI, creative people will never, ever forget. You could make a product 20 years from now. We’re not buying it.

Funny

They think we’re that stupid.

JUST IN 🚨: Crude Oil soars again and is on track for highest closing price since August 2022 📈🤯👀

Make sure your loved ones aren't operating on out of date priors about intermittent renewables: tell them batteries are now an economical supplement generating full time dispatchable power from them. "How falling battery costs are igniting race for round-the-clock solar power"

not to say that there aren't efficiency improvements had through automation, but terrible people layering half-cooked automation onto already broken workflows full of people obsessed with appearing productive in a country obsessed with artifice is going to have some curious outcomes

AI amplifies human stupidity. Is it an illusion?

The economics of AI

The MacBook Neo is Apple’s cheapest laptop, with a starting price of $599 and enough power to handle everyday tasks and last all day on a charge. It’s designed to entice students and first-time laptop buyers into Apple’s world. It will. Read our review from @superantonio64.bsky.social:

Not while men lose hair.

Utilitarianism gone

🎾 #Tennis #IndianWells What a fabulous finish! - the reigning champ is out - the Tennis Gods gift Katerina Siniakova a lucky net court for the win - Mirra Andreeva storms off at the end - the crowd boos her as she departs. Solid entertainment!

As a professor of it, I once had to describe — in a single sentence — where authority originates in journalism. Goes like this: "I'm there, you're not, let me tell you about it." In times of war it applies most www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7e3... I elaborated here: pressthink.org/2012/03/im-t... 1/2

Will Alexandra Eala beat Linda Noskova? 🇵🇭 #AlexandraEala #IndianWells #LindaNoskova #WTA

Wait till the price is at ‘throw away’ levels.

The main thing to know about the 17E is that the iPhone 17 exists, it costs $200 more, and it comes with a long list of upgrades. And if it’s within your means to put down that extra money, you should. Read our review from @allisonjo1.bsky.social:

blog.consumerguide.com/5-more-expen... On which would you spend real money? #UsedCars #Convertibles

Beliefs and morals

Tort bar looms

In praise of pickleball metropost-online.com/in-praise-of...

Save. Jesus saves.

Thanks ODOT street sweeper crew! 🧹💛💗💙🩷🩵🧡💜💚 I love a clean painted bike lane!

The word ‘performative’ now means ineffective performance. Language twists will kill AI, which, of course, is neither artificial nor intelligent.

AI is too a prediction thing.

Maggie has already issued a statement. It was a large poop. But she eagerly awaits Clyde’s formal response as she is a big fan of Clyde and George. (In that order… Corgis over humans because Corgis have more humanity and compassion than most people)

Zeynep!

Is the preservation of certain species a matter of human survival?

Why do we have covered bridges?

Good overview of what makes a city great for cycling, spoiler alert it's not just about cycle lanes. www.ox.ac.uk/news/feature...

This isn't my newsletter's usual beat, but I had to write something jessica.substack.com/p/mens-hocke...

www.theringer.com/2026/02/26/t... For the curious

I wanted to call my new column "Look at These Dork-Ass Nerds" but apparently the title "lacked any semblance of journalistic dignity." Anyway I wrote about Palantir

So many scams. Bitcoin was not enough?

If it has to be explained..

Life insurance is a death-contingent contract that's moral.

Pickleball is jarring. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0c9b2...

@pkrugman.bsky.social at his most trenchant. The Economics of Technological Change: What history and models can (and can’t) tell us about AI open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Some have personal chefs. I'm looking for a personal librarian. Plus an app for cataloging/shelving a personal library.

how LLMs change incentives for research - a great talk by @carlbergstrom.com , had to watch in parts, a lot to digest. #institutional_epistemology at its best! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mj3... #philsci

Global Central Banks now own the most Gold this century 🚨🚨🚨

Featured on INOMICS: Doctoral Program in Economics – 25 doctoral positions #Econsky

Hormuz closure: $100 oil redux. #econsky

What's the kerfuffle?