‘if AI underdelivers’

it's happening

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/435623334

‘However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI. But you still keep letting it do your writing for you, as if I won’t be able to tell. Listen: I can tell. I can always tell. You think I won’t notice, but I will.’

https://samkriss.substack.com/p/if-you-let-ai-do-your-writing-i-will

never underestimate young people, they have way more free time and energy than you do

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/24/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-no-substantial-effects-study

never met Om, but a sane voice that I will very much miss

read his recent essays when you get a chance

https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/

‘Streaming held steady at 47.6 percent of all TV use in the U.S., with YouTube (13.4 percent of viewing) staying in the lead among both individual streamers and media conglomerates’

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h/charts/

‘LLMs have destroyed the signal capacity of that channel. The application text has been automated to near-zero cost, and the moderator can no longer tell whether the person on the other end actually cares about woodworking or lives in your region or wants to join your community for any reason at all.’

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr168-llms-join-the-fediverse/

‘PACTs will let websites "with strong knowledge of 'personhood'" issue anonymous tokens that browser users and designated bots can present at other websites, so that fewer identity checks are necessary.’

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/06/22/cloudflare-teams-up-with-big-browsers-to-help-websites-tell-welcome-from-unwelcome-visitors/5259782

‘The company briefly took down its Apple Online Store early this morning as it typically does when announcing new products. When it came back online, the price tags for Mac computers rose roughly 15% to 20% and iPad prices rose 15% to 25%.’

Apple Raises Prices on Macs, iPads by $200 or More on Some Models
(gift) https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-raises-prices-on-macs-ipads-by-200-or-more-on-some-models-a7463f99?st=nT5mhW&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink