link.dump.7.13.2026
books, satellites, and companions
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.
An argument that AI could help with civic engagement that makes lots of sense to me. I remain disappointed in how little civic engagement we seen, even unto just understanding how our government even works.
Do you want to fight or do you want to win? Great write-up from Yglesias about different ways to approach Democratic politics.
SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite. Neat!
Interesting analysis on the TikTok front page and what signals the algorithm respects.
The idea of ownership is something we don’t talk about enough in technology, and I actually disagree that this only applies to smaller companies.
Is the end of reading here? Christ, I hope not.
I like this piece about blogging about stuff you don’t understand. A big part of my writing experience is also bringing clarity and quietude to the clamor in my head about subjects.
Print Book Sales Fall Flat. This was just an overall interesting set of numbers to me.
What happened to front-end development while you weren’t looking? I love this narrative structure and learned a bunch. As someone who started where this piece starts but quickly moved on to other things…learned a bunch.
“AIDS-free generation” is no empty promise. Talk about an encouraging thing to read.
The radical act of loving yourself. I really enjoyed this piece about the importance of how we speak to ourselves.
The concept of AI companions that’s being discussed here is, I think, one of the more important things for humans coming down the road. The differentiation of “friction” and vapid “frictionless” stuff, the understanding of human-to-human connection rather than human-to-calculator. How will humans approach this world where there’s a million things that can pass the Turing test?