My team's work is this article on #AI in the New York Times this morning:

“Disinformation actors are, by definition, early adopters — they will use every technique and every technology they can,” said Tim Chambers, who runs the digital and social media arm of Dewey Square Group...The firm has been helping clients audit their websites to see how accessible they are to chatbot scrapers..." (1 of 3)

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/chatbots-political-campaigns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y1A.jqKI.xnFcEYaeSCkY&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Scott Galloway said he thought #Bluesky "cute and adorable & will die a slow & painful death " While noting that's "just vibes I haven't looked at the data... "I think it is a better brand than a business right now." (While he does praise small, independent digital players and newsletter platforms.)

While some Fediverse folks might applaud such a dark view of Bluesky's outcome, my view is no one who cares about the open social web should root for their failing 1 of 2.

https://www.threads.com/@brittainforsenate/post/DaEF0Rskgiv/media

TLdr: It would look much more like a government checked by the "conscent of the governed."

"A 435-district map drawn without partisan favoritism shows what fair districts would look like nationwide — more representative, more competitive, and close to guaranteeing that whichever party wins the popular vote wins the House."

🔗 https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/06/09/what-congress-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering/

This is simply irresponsible theft. #SpaceX

"If the company lists on Nasdaq this June as expected, the stock could land in your retirement portfolio within weeks. And some of Wall Street's loudest skeptics think that's a problem. That's thanks to Nasdaq's new "Fast Entry" rule, approved March 30, which slashes the index inclusion waiting period from three months to just 15 trading days for any newly listed company whose market cap ranks in the top 40 of the Nasdaq-100... George… 🧵 1/4

As schools debate the merits of smartphones during school hours, the ABSOLUTELY should be rethinking how they manage the near monopooly of Chromebooks being offered to kids - massively subsidized by Google as an onramp to kid using Google Docs, YouTube, etc ad-infinimtum. Like any good dealer, the first one is always free. It's the biggest onramp to new Google customers ever, and shows all the same risks as other screens. "In Cambridge, where debate over the merits of screens has… 🧵 1/4

Via @nprofile1q... - a good update:

"For many of you, one of the reasons you support indieweb.social here is because our small moderation team work hard. We do our best to respond to reports quickly and fairly. We also closely monitor new sign ups on the server to try and stop the bad guys ever getting near you. We don't always get it right, but we do our best and respond to your concerns when they're raised. We do this 24/7, 365 days a year."

See whole article:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/159548240

Like this Tim Berners-Lee quote in this article. It applies to the web, the social web and now #theagenticweb:

"Today, I look at my invention and I am forced to ask: is the web still free today? No, not all of it. We see a handful of large platforms harvesting users’ private data to share with commercial brokers or even repressive governments. We see ubiquitous algorithms that are addictive by design and damaging to our teenagers’ mental health. Trading personal data for use… 🧵 1/3