The force of low self-esteem can feel so enormous, so unexplainable, it seems almost mythic, Vivian Gornick writes.

I am inspired to create a complete script to setup my computer. I already use Homebrew but will take a look at MAS command-line interface which I have not yet used for the couple of apps not available via Homebrew

"I don't think AI can do your job (but I do think an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job). However, there is a class of workers whose jobs can be performed perfectly by AI: workers with bullshit jobs:"

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

A handy tutorial from Jim Nielsen!

"It's easy to understand why some programmers love their AI assistants and others loathe them: the former group get to decide how and when they use AI tools, while the latter has AI forced upon them by bosses who hope to fire their colleagues and increase their workload. [...] Formally, the first group are "centaurs" (people assisted by machines) and the latter are "reverse-centaurs" (people conscripted into assisting machines):"

First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.

without paywall here : https://web.archive.org/web/20250807175732/https://www.wired.com/story/enshittification-of-american-power/

Denmark is planning to remove the 25 percent value-added tax on books to fight the "reading crisis" happening. Great idea!

Original article here https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/world/europe/denmark-books-tax-reading.html