Happy almost Labor Day for my American readers! Hope you have it off.
Chicago White Sox lose 100th game, Detroit Tigers near sweep - ESPN: As a fan, I think I want them to break the record. If you are going to be bad, be bad. At least I got to see them win one World Series while I was old enough to appreciate it.
AI Influencers Are Falling for Hoaxes and Scams (nymag.com): This is inevitable when something is mostly hype and b.s. Nonsense flows in the fill the gaps where people expected actually accomplishments to be.
Hello, you’re here because you compared AI image editing to Photoshop - The Verge: Excellent article about why the latest version of photo manipulation tools found on phones are a difference of kind not just a difference of degree from past manipulation tools like Photoshop.
Slow Horses’ Jackson Lamb is the perfect asshole — that’s by design | Polygon: Oldman’s portrayal of Lamb is only one of many reasons you should be watching Slow Horses.
Desire Lines: The Unofficial Pedestrian Paths That Shape The City (forbes.com): neat discussion of how people shape the geography around them and how planners react to those unexpected changes.
Live Music Is Coming Back! - by Ted Gioia (honest-broker.com): I don’t think I entirely believe this, but it is an interesting perspective.
How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche - The New York Times (nytimes.com): Nice overview of an interesting company. The hot dogs aren’t any good, though.
This MLB veteran hits more batters than anyone, so why do they like him anyway? - The Athletic (nytimes.com): Really nice guy, or Machiavellian genius getting away with (baseball) murder?
Confiscate Their Money - by Hamilton Nolan: The interesting bit n this is less about the policy and more about the value of policy discussion, of pushing limits.
Here’s 22 Examples of Google Employees Trying to Avoid Creating Evidence in Antitrust Case (404media.co): Google really didn’t want courts to know what they were doing.
Have the best possible week, everyone.