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Wired – no paywall: “Like many tech founders, Kyle Law learned some hard lessons getting a company off the ground. I know this better than anyone, as he and I cofounded HurumoAI, an AI agent startup, together with a third founder, Megan Flores. Kyle and Megan, as it happens, are themselves AI agents, as is …
The Pudding: Mapping 100,000 moments of human happiness.
The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences 255 (113699). DOI:10.1016j.paid.2026.113699. Shane Littrell. Cornell University. “From boardrooms and brown bags to emails and earnings calls, business culture often seems overrun by “corporate bullshit,” a semantically empty and often confusing style of communication in organizational contexts that leverages …
Commoncog – Cedric Chin: How to Make Sense of AI – Table of Contents The Method Why Does This Work? How to Start Putting This to Practice Wrapping Up “It is 2026 and AI hype is everywhere. If you’re like most people, you’re probably feeling some fear that you’re falling behind. Perhaps your fellow company …
The New York Times Gift Article – New A.I. bots can do more than just chat. They can edit files, send emails, book trips and cause trouble. “…The bots can gather information from across the internet, write reports, edit files or even send and receive messages through email and text — driving online conversations largely …
“War is a climate story, but billionaire media owners don’t want to tell it. The effects of a warming Earth are worsening. Climate disinformation is rampant. Wars around the world are pitting petrostates against one another. So why are much of the world’s media backsliding when it comes to the coverage of climate change? Covering …
Harry Litman, Talking Feds Substack – “A district judge pronounces last rites on the once honorable Department. New Jersey District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi said something from the bench on Monday that DOJ alumni have been warning about for a year. Pushed to the breaking point by DOJ’s repeated flouting of orders from the entire …
Literary Hub – Maris Kreizman Digs Into the Pros and Cons: “If you conducted a survey, I am fairly certain you’d find that the majority of readers prefer paperbacks to hardcover books. I have no stats to back this up, but I know what I’ve heard anecdotally for years. Paperbacks are lighter and smaller and …
TechCrunch: “Digital meeting notetakers like Read AI, Fireflies.ai, Fathom, and Granola help record and transcribe online meetings. But for in-person or more versatile options, many people prefer physical recording devices. These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some of these devices are wearable — pins or …
Just delightful to watch: theo jansen’s beest animals – Strandbeest Evolution 2025 provides an update on the evolutionary development, which is going on since 1990.. Every spring I go to the beach with a new beast. During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. In the fall I …
The Economist no paywall: “…In this war, Israel’s aim is clear: to demolish the threat posed by Iran’s regime. By contrast, Mr Trump and his cabinet have offered a mess of shifting assertions—about Iran’s missiles, nuclear weapons, regime change, following Israel’s lead, a “feeling” Iran was about to attack and settling scores after decades of …
Lifehacker: “When you hit the share button on social media apps such as Instagram, Facebook, or Threads, these sites tack on a tracker to the link you’re sharing. This tracker means that Instagram can tell who you’ve shared the link with, and it likely uses this information to further optimize its algorithm for ads. While …
