Ahead of the election, social media platforms have given up www.wired.com/story/tec…
The Economist magazine endorses Kamala Harris, saying “being independent and being opinionated” aren’t in conflict with each other www.semafor.com/article/1…
“In evaluating WordPress-as-risk, the flag has been raised. Regulatory, compliance, and support structures only help so much, when legal threats are in the air. How far will Mullenweg go in his war?” www.delta.blog/open-sour…
“It finally shows the world what WordPress really is, an abusive, predatory organization/community lying about its virtues to abuse other companies and organizations in an effort to get free work” chriswiegman.com/2024/10/s…
Great interview with John Todd, founder of the free open DNS service Quad9: commongoodcyber.org/news/inte…
Today in “When The Going Gets Weird,” they said she died in a fire as a baby but she was kidnapped, and a PhD student found a lost city in Mexico by accident newsletter.mathewingram.com/they-said…
I talked with Charlotte Henry on her podcast The Addition about the turmoil at the Washington Post and LA Times and other election-related media topics: theaddition.net/podcast/w…
Today in “When The Going Gets Weird,” he’s still in prison for a crime that doesn’t exist any more, and Joseph Haydn’s skull was missing for 145 years newsletter.mathewingram.com/hes-still…
Media elites are the last people to ask about the future of journalism: “The whole exercise is a bit like canvassing the designer of the Hindenburg on the future of air travel” www.thenation.com/article/s…
New from me at The Torment Nexus: Some existential thoughts about the web in honour of Netscape’s 30th anniversary torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/netscapes…
I’ve seen the best minds of my generation spend their days trying to invent new games so people will subscribe to the New York Times
Today in “When The Going Gets Weird,” the French government gave him a patent for ads on fish, and a WWII sub has been found 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission newsletter.mathewingram.com/french-pa…
Today in “When The Going Gets Weird,” a Kentucky man who was declared dead wakes up during organ harvesting, and Kurt Vonnegut’s board game is finally available for sale newsletter.mathewingram.com/man-decla…
Today in “When The Going Gets Weird,” someone died and left the US $7 billion in estate tax, and a Hollywood director also helped invent Big League Chew bubblegum: newsletter.mathewingram.com/who-died-…
Note to writers everywhere: Not everything is a “liminal moment” or a “liminal space.” Give it a rest for pete’s sake
New from me at The Torment Nexus: “Is AI going to save us or kill us? Even the experts don’t agree” torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/is-ai-goi…
Great interview with Kevin Rose, about everything that Digg did right – and wrong. He even compliments Reddit, which never would have happened back in the day :-) Also didn’t know the patents went to LinkedIn www.theverge.com/c/2420961…
I’ve updated my post on Matt Mullenweg and WordPress with information on a number of incidents that raise even more red flags about his motivation: torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/is-matt-m…
When Matt Mullenweg talks about contributing to open source, he says that he doesn’t own the WordPress trademark, which is technically true, but the nonprofit that owns it gave WordPress.com, which Matt owns, exclusive control over all of the economic rights ma.tt/2024/10/o…
Got a good look at Comet A3 just after sunset tonight
An update to my post on WordPress: Matt sent me a Google Doc with responses to some of the points I raised. I’ve updated the post with a link to that doc and my response: torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/is-matt-m…
I got a heart-warming DM from someone the other day who remembered something I wrote about their high-school newspaper website about 20 years ago, and said it really inspired them when they were 16, and now they talk to high-school journalism classes and try to do the same ❤️
Great interview with Caitlin Dewey, who writes one of my favourite newsletters, “Links I Would GChat You If We Were Friends” www.creatorspotlight.com/p/caitlin…
“As usual, Elon Musk is trying to compete in the Tour de France on a tricycle.” Dan O’Dowd, billionaire co-founder of Green Hills Software, was left unimpressed by Tesla’s cybercab event www.rollingstone.com/culture/c…
In this week’s edition of my newsletter The Torment Nexus, I look at why Google deserves to lose its online advertising antitrust case: mathewingram.com/2eq