Modern problems. www.theverge.com/news/804289/...

No Kings had more than 3.5% of the Dukes County population today. Biggest one yet here.

So, what are you doing to hedge the bet? battellemedia.com/archives/202...

No, everything is fine, FINE.

On what Cloudflare announced today: Tollbooths for AI crawlers: battellemedia.com/archives/202...

A continuation battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Shout out to @thebenedictevans.bsky.social for this gem:

History rhymes battellemedia.com/archives/202...

On the beginning, and the end, of The Industry Standard (1997-2001). battellemedia.com/archives/202...

A continuation... battellemedia.com/archives/202...

A story about how the band got together to make Wired battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Have we given up on government and public good? battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Shot and chaser - On shitty AI marketing and "the white collar recession" Shot: battellemedia.com/archives/202...

AI may be the struck match, but the Internet is the fire itself. And we’d be wise to not outsource the power of that fire to a cadre of evangelists bent on convincing us that they alone can save us from the flames. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Imagine what would change in the world if Google gave the world the keys to its search engine. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Google should embrace the future, not fight with it. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.

An update for pals and colleagues battellemedia.com/archives/202...

IDK. DYK? battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Nice to see Google has already gotten a return on its investment in our sitting President. Wonder if they're also buying memecoins. www.wired.com/story/dhs-yo...

History is laughing at us.

Not really sure I want my identity, AI or otherwise, owned by a tech company. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

A response to an essay about AI fiction that got under my skin. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

WTAF

A2A: agent to agent interoperability protocol, new from Google it seems that MCP provides the tool usage, where A2A provides the inter-agent connectivity & discovery developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new...

One hopes for a silver lining but gets a lead coffin

I just realized that I really don't give a fuck about what's happening on the internet at any given time. Looking back a day or a week or a month, then I can figure out what matters.

Yeah no shit NYT. Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

When can we please pay attention to other things.... that make us happy

Nothing to see here please move along www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Much bigger turnout for #handsoff NYC than any of us expected..... people are pissed and ready to show up.

Just... Gah. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

A modest proposal about later life education battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Automated writing tools, like Google has incorporated into Docs with Gemini, are awesome at one thing: Helping you avoid cliched prose. If the computer is suggesting I auto-complete it, best to avoid triggering that autocompletion entirely.

That OpenAI is supporting MCP feels like an important milestone for the AI data-sharing protocol.. techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/o...

The entire story fails to mention or even ask the question as to why he was given this pardon. www.axios.com/2025/03/28/t...

And here's a post from earlier this week about Google's rather cynical "experiment" proving news is "worthless." battellemedia.com/archives/202...

I keep forgetting to post stuff I post! Here's the latest, on Facebook's retro play: battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Why AI agents ain't coming anytime soon. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

I just heard the term "pizza omakase" for the first time and now I'm 100% never going to forget it.

Well, hype is hype, ain't it. #AI battellemedia.com/archives/202...

"confidently incorrect" could be the epitaph for our current era - for our leaders, our tech companies, and our general "vibes." www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

FWIW. Do you experience tech as magical anymore? battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Oh for fucks sake www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...

ouroboros www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/03/1...

Bonkers

Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.

Player Piano for journalism www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/meet...

Wow. I remember talking to folks at MSFT years ago about them doing this. beebom.com/microsoft-fr...