link.dump.6.19.2026
social media bans, losing a war, and how to abuse a non-profit
I read a lot of random stuff. Link Dumps are the things I think are worth remembering. You can always check out my Link Dump Tag if you’re looking for even more to read and please forward to anyone else you think might find these interesting.
So we got Fable (a neutered Mythos) and then the government blocked its export so then Anthropic took it all away. Wild ride of a 24 hours.
The UK is going to ban social media for kids under 16. This will make for some interesting conversations. The director of FIRE already has some thoughts.
Interesting breakdown of how non-profits can be abused. I was aware of some of this but it’s pretty wild to see it spelled out this way. Also seems…about right?
The tension between Anthropic and safety and the US government is one of the more interesting things going on with AI. The way the seas have shifted regarding them vs. OpenAI is also interesting. Great piece on Stratechery: Anthropic’s Safety Superpower
Charity Majors has a take on how software is changing that I haven’t seen yet. What is changing and what isn’t changing and, especially, the insight that has had me mostly comfortable with AI — we’ve seen all of this before. AI demands more engineering discipline, not less.
Is Iran Trump’s Katrina? Paywalled but a compelling case before the cut that the Iran war is an abject failure.
The next salvo in the fight between the government and Anthropic. This is an interesting take at least for Mythos making us “safer.”
Long detailed look at how Facebook/Meta engineering culture has changed by the Pragmatic Engineer.
Noah Smith wonders if what he writes matters. I think it’s an interesting question and it highlights something about why I write (mostly to work things out in my head and speak to Squirt) and why he writes — which is to change the world.
Perhaps it has something to do with where I straddle the Stoicism and Skepticism line along with some other philosophies. So Big Think’s Forget Stoicism. Skepticism is the ancient philosophy we need today was quite topical and a great read.