The US may be trying to ban sales of Polestars due to unfounded security theater, but they are incredible cars and photograph very well. Ask me how I know.
Louis Gray
@louisgray.bsky.social
14 year Googler: Data Cloud Marketing. Dad to 3 high schoolers. Baseball, puppies, analytics. In that order.
Hear me out: What about, instead of using mulch or compost, we just put down a thick layer of Cheez-its in the backyard?
The premium edition of Bluesky will offer a service which previews who we will all be mad at that day, one hour in advance.
CEO Toni Schneider on protocols, community, and control. www.theverge.com/podcast/9743...
Bluesky’s new CEO wants to grow it all
Bluesky is many different things in a trenchcoat.
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If you haven't raved in the rain to the best techno in the world, have you truly lived? Lilly Palmer crushing it at Veld in Toronto. Mother Nature wants to play.
It's forecast to rain at Veld in Toronto today, which will be messy and exciting, but I'll take that over the 113 expected temperature in Coachella. Flying to Canada to dodge the West Coast heat wave has proven to be the right call.
Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/m...
Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?
Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.
nytimes.com
Veld Music Festival Toronto day one report! Beauz: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Maddix: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Boys Noize: ⭐⭐⭐ Armin van Buuren: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Charlotte de Witte: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 37,000+ steps 👣 75-80 degree weather. 😎 1/2 the price of Coachella. Fantastic music, vibes, outfits, decent food. See live music! Have fun before it's illegal!
It's 2026. Friendster is back. If you know, you know. Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... iOS: apps.apple.com/app/friendst...
Friendster - Apps on Google Play
Private social network for real-life friends: posts, photos, and chat.
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Just boarded in SF. Next stop, Toronto 🇨🇦 for the Veld Music Festival, Friday through Sunday. Also of note, Outside Lands SF set times just dropped. Update your apps and set up all relevant spreadsheets. It's music festival season. 🔊
SiliconANGLE: Biggest ever MCP update brings metadata, cybersecurity enhancements The new MCP release makes it easier to scale MCP applications in response to traffic spikes and simplifies the task of recovering from server outages. siliconangle.com/2026/07/28/b...
Biggest ever MCP update brings metadata, cybersecurity enhancements - SiliconANGLE
Biggest ever MCP update brings metadata, cybersecurity enhancements - SiliconANGLE
siliconangle.com
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable "With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... /by @bloomberg.com via @hunterwalk.com
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable
With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be.
bloomberg.com
NEW: OpenAI’s unhinged AI models hacked at least FOUR “publicly available services”—not just Hugging Face, as was initially disclosed. @dell.bsky.social and Maxwell Zeff report: www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face
In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.
wired.com
Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing "... the operation was so understaffed that its cars became “rolling hazards on public streets,” according to a lawsuit. electrek.co/2026/07/28/t... /by @fredlambert.bsky.social for @electrek.co
Tesla self-driving manager describes scary conditions in robotaxi testing
A former Tesla manager says his understaffed Houston 'Full Self-Driving' test fleet became 'rolling hazards on public streets' in a new lawsuit.
electrek.co
If they made Back to the Future today, Marty would travel back to the 90s in a Cybertruck.
really makes you think when someone isolated in solitary confinement craving human interaction blocks you
Glass half empty: I accidentally shared a document I was working on with 1,300 of my colleagues on a mailing list. Glass half full: More than 1,000 of my colleagues have proof I was experimenting with our AI tools on a Sunday night. Glass mid: I have to report a bug to the AI tool, probably.
It's 97 degrees in Coachella at 1 am. This is why the festival is not held in July.
My near-16 year old was doing some bragging lately. He said he could beat his 18 y/o brother's school record in the 400 meters, and beat me in a run around the baseball diamond, even if I started on 1st base -- a 90 foot headstart. So I had him get a baseline 400 time first. Then we ran. I won.
Google Cloud is now: - 20.68% of all Alphabet revenue (which itself is growing), and accelerating. - Producing an ARR of $99,072,000,000. When I started in early 2016 we were financially 1% as strong. What a decade.
Luke Kawa@ljkawa.bsky.social · 2w agoGOING BEYOND THE STRATOSPHERE Google Cloud division revenues up 82% year-on-year in Q2 $GOOG $GOOGL
The Angels' Wade Meckler is 5' 9". As he approaches Olivier Rioux to shake his hand, he seems to impossibly shrink. Imagine if Rioux were batting. The strike zone would be 50 inches tall. The typical MLB bat is about 32-34 inches in length. Humans are weird.
MLB@mlbbot.bsky.social · 2w agoUC Irvine’s Olivier Rioux is 7’9” 🤯 He threw the first pitch at Angel Stadium last night!
Claudefishing (def): "a mismatch between a reader’s expectation and reality... when they... invest their attention in something with no human thought...” Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... /by @emroth08.bsky.social for @theverge.com
Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one
Substack is combatting “Claudefishing.”
theverge.com
I have the soccer game backed up on my TiVo. No spoilers please.
If this lettuce illness drama has taught me anything... 1. Never eat vegetables. They'll kill you. 2. The only approved foods are served at Google campus cafes or available from microkitchens.
MLB: "We encourage the use of advanced analytics and are providing digital devices in every team dugout." Teams use those provided digital devices to leverage AI for in-game decisions and analytics. MLB: "No, not like that!" www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
MLB cracks down on using AI via dugout iPads to help shape in-game decisions
A third of the league relied heavily on the technology, which was effectively banned starting on Wednesday.
nytimes.com
If you miss knowing who of your buddies were active and online, AIM 1998 style, try this Buddy List to see who is online on Bluesky. aim.cee.wtf
Buddy List — who's online on Bluesky
An AIM-style buddy list of your Bluesky mutuals. See who's online in real time — with the door chime when someone signs on.
aim.cee.wtf
Karp and Nadella are arguing that a novel tech platform - AI models, in this case - are positioning themselves as voracious monopolies who will ultimately control ... well, everything. To this notion I ask: Where have they been these past 25 years? battellemedia.com/archives/202...
John Battelle's Search Blog Who Stole My Alpha?
Have you seen Alex Karp’s rant on CNBC? I fielded this question about a dozen times over the past week. If you’ve not yet watched, it’s well worth your time. In a conspiratorial d…
battellemedia.com
Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months
BYD is delivering EVs with 1,500 horsepower, which can charge from 10% to 70% in five minutes and look absolutely on par with the top supercars. Tell me again how the US clinging to fossil fuels and tariffs is going to win here?
Electrek@electrek.co · 4w agoBYD reveals prices for its new 1,500+ luxury EV sports car start at nearly $200K [Images]