Really powerful piece by @iandunt explaining some of the challenges facing our mainstream media in this age of populism, and imploring us all to subscribe to independent journalists https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/journalism-is-collapsing-in-the-middle?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

My favourite clip so far from #snl50 Absolute genius! https://youtu.be/KkfiJpT7QI4?si=7kI3EEyBoGDThIwx

Funny because it’s so often true…

This is so accurate! Come on folks, distil your thoughts (using AI if that helps), add them concisely to your email or IM, and let’s move forward without yet another interruption to our day! https://open.substack.com/pub/weskao/p/no-i-dont-want-to-hop-on-a-call?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

Agree wholeheartedly with this from the Contrarian… I’m just getting around to listening to Kamala’s autobiography (‘The Truths We Hold’) and continue to be so impressed. Such a loss for the US https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/harris-was-right-we-need-to-hear?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

Please read this powerful piece by @steveschmidt today https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/elon-is-saluting-evil?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

Copyright (probably) won’t save anyone from AI “Saying that copyright might not be what saves the media isn’t a counsel of despair. Instead, it’s a call to action.” https://open.substack.com/pub/techtris/p/copyright-probably-wont-save-anyone?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

How a major bank (Capital One) cheated its customers out of $2 billion, according to a new federal lawsuit https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/how-a-major-cheated-its-customers?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

Wishing I could have made it to the AI Infrastructure and Architecture Summit for the second day tomorrow, some excellent sessions are scheduled. Highly recommended if you're close by the West London area. #AIINFRASUMMIT

It surprises me that few business conferences and online events have integrated AI-driven transcription services yet. Such a valuable offering from an accessibility and learning perspective. Trascriptions should be available in near real-time and as a recording of what was said on stage.

Attending the excellent AI Infrastructure and Architecture Summit in Syon Park today.

A really good mix of speakers, with a focus on applications in financial services.

#AIINFRASUMMIT

This is by far the best piece I’ve read yet on the LA fires. Steve Schmidt nails the relative size of the disaster, the underlying reasons for it, and the impending impacts on the rest of the US (and indeed potentially the rest of the world) https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/out-of-fire-faith?r=dwerh&utm_medium=ios

Anyone know if UK Post Office First Day Covers are worth anything?

Just been handed these by my mother, all dating from 1980-82. So many memories! Oh for the days when stamps cost 12p!

Elegy for the Native Mac App https://medium.com/source-and-buggy/elegy-for-the-native-mac-app-39ee92cc37ba

This is such an insightful piece. Couldn’t agree more on the sad loss of ‘The Mac’ - the unique and high quality Mac-only apps, the community, then sense of something bigger than just using a computer.

Hoping the Vision Pro does lead to a resurgence of great app design…

while i'm sad to see #reddit circling the toilet, it only reminded me of how urgent it is that we finally ditch centralized social media. reddit itself isn't the problem - it's a symptom of a much more generalized problem we've had since FB became a thing in the late 00's.

i've spent the past week re-purposing, patching, porting, and expanding a great piece of software based on the same #nntp protocol that #usenet uses, for creating discussion groups. i'm calling it "tomo" (友 - 'friend') bbs.

some time soon folks can spin up their own tomo shards, create discussion groups in a similar manner to reddit, decide whether they want to keep the group restricted to their shard, or share the group with other tomo shards in a public network of discussion groups called tomonet. completely decentralized private or public discussions without supercorporation bs.

best of all, since it is based on plain 'ol usenet-like nntp, you can read and post to discussion groups from a 1977 VAX mainframe, a 1984 IBM PCjr at 2400 baud, an Apple Newton, or a brand new phone.

i can't wait to bust out forté free agent for windows 3.11 and get posting this weekend. 😎

🧵 Welcome newbies & those trying it out while twitter sorts out its shit show. Here’s some tips that’ll make for an optimal experience here:

1 - use alt text on your images, so people that don’t have the same abilities as you can enjoy your content. Your posts won’t get boosted if it’s missing.

2 - follow lots & post as much as you want. There is no algorithm, you can’t upset it by posting too little or too much and you will have a better experience the more people you follow & boost. 1/5

Why is Apple financially supporting Twitter for something like this? Just stick it up on YouTube or make it free on the TV+ or iTunes or any of their half dozen other platforms.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/27/silo-first-episode-twitter/

Emulating NES, SNES, and N64 games simultaneously on #VisionPro 👀

Who wants to tell her? #LongCovid

Reddit had a no good, very bad week. Reversing on its 15-year support of 3rd party apps, new API pricing makes using anything other than the official app financially unviable. And with just 30-days before changes take effect, indie devs are on the hook for potentially millions of dollars of unexpected costs and/or App Store refunds. I talked with @christianselig about how it has affected Apollo, the best iOS Reddit client out there.

https://youtu.be/Ypwgu1BpaO0