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...

"A year ago we thought we could charge for AI separately, but now we realize the only way to do it is raise pricing where we have leverage."

What are you reading, and how? battellemedia.com/archives/202...