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Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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On the business, strategy, and impact of technology.
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★ Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s First Immersive MLB Broadcast, a Yankees 1-0 Win Over the Red Sox
It felt like something new and different. Something at least as different from watching on TV as watching on TV is different from merely listening on radio. It’s profound.
Apple Announces Price Increase for Apple TV and Apple One Subscriptions
Chance Miller, 9to5Mac: Here are the full details on the price increases: Apple TV (monthly): $14.99 (up from $12.99) Apple TV (annual): $119 (up from $99) Apple One Individual: $21.95...
‘I’m the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them Into Our Company’s Insatiable AI Platform’
Jack Loftus, writing at McSweeney’s: People assume scanning is the exciting part. And, sure, it is impressive. They shear off the spine, separate the pages, and run everything through these...
‘How Americans See E.U. Tech’
I think at least half a dozen people have sent me a link to this video and now that I’ve watched it, I understand why. Perfect. ★
We Certainly Have Made a Hames Out of This
I mentioned earlier that for anyone going along with the ruse that Lake Ontario is now named Lake America, the HOMES mnemonic no longer holds, the only two valid words...
‘Not Sure How You Own Canada by Deleting Your Own History’
Matt Walsh, described by Wikipedia as “an American far-right political commentator and podcast host” (a description that sounds harsh, but I’d say is describing him euphemistically), on Twitter/X (retweeting the...
From the DF Archive: ‘Golfo Del Gringo Loco’
Yours truly back in February 2025: The motivation behind the name change is simple as well. Trump didn’t change the US’s officially recognized name of, say, the Atlantic Ocean or...
Trump Declares That Lake Ontario Is Now ‘Lake America’
Jackie Llanos and Jenna Monnin, reporting for NOTUS: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order meant to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” taking his apparent jab at Canada...
U.S. Judge Blocks Trump Defense Department’s Anthropic Blacklisting
Jack Queen, Reuters: A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on...
Afterglow — Classic After Dark Screen Savers on Today’s MacOS
Jeff Halter has done it again: after bringing back the single greatest After Dark module (Ben Haller’s Lunatic Fringe game, via a modern runtime named Lunacy), he’s now released Afterglow:...
The Load-Bearing Vocabulary of Claude
Fun (but depressing?) data analysis project from Louis Abraham, showing how repetitive Claude is in the words it chooses when submitting GitHub pull requests. Abraham, in the project’s readme: GitHub...
Elizabeth Warren’s Incoherent Outrage Regarding Apple’s Tariff Refund
Speaking of tariff refunds, here’s an official statement from Senator Elizabeth Warren from a few weeks ago: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Target, Apple, Amazon, Nike, Motorola, Walmart,...
Panic Is Refunding Tariff Fees to Playdate Buyers
Nicole Carpenter and Diego Argüello, reporting for Game Developer: “There was a specific window of time this year where we charged tariffs to customers,” Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser explained in...
Ads in Apple Maps Have Now Launched
Ryan Christoffel, 9to5Mac: Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that the ads rollout in Maps began in the last few days. And it will continue ramping in the weeks ahead to all...
‘How Europe Is Killing Makers and Micro-Entrepreneurs’
Alain Pannetrat, founder of Lectronz: Lectronz is a marketplace for open-source hardware makers and DIY electronics. Most of our sellers are not factories or well-funded start-ups. They are engineers, independent...
POSIWID: The Purpose of a System Is What It Does
Wikipedia: The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer, who stated that there is...
Apple’s Polishing Cloth Is Now Just $9
Chance Miller: Not to be overshadowed by the new Mac mini and Mac Studio, Apple today has also released an updated version of its Polishing Cloth. In an age of...
‘Surprise and Shine’ Apple Event: Wednesday 9 September
Zac Hall, 9to5Mac: Apple has officially announced its next product event, where it will unveil the iPhone 18 Pro lineup and its first foldable iPhone. The event will take place...
XCancel, the Twitter/X Mirror, Shuts Down After Cease and Desist From the Fine Folks at X Corp
XCancel: On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel. The service XCancel is stopped until further...
Dolly Parton Dies at 80
Bill Friskics-Warren for The New York Times: Her death was announced in a video posted on social media by her nephew Bryan Seaver. No cause was provided. Concerns about Ms....