The weekend is 100 years old
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/16/the-weekend-is-100-years-old-skiveday-fridays-and-hybrid-working-ruined-it
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/16/the-weekend-is-100-years-old-skiveday-fridays-and-hybrid-working-ruined-it
the Guardian
The weekend is 100 years old – but have ‘skiveday Fridays’ and hybrid working ruined it for everyone?
In 1926, Henry Ford gave his employees both Saturdays and Sundays off – and the two-day chunk of time to party, pray or simply do nothing was born. Now it’s changed beyond recognition
NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ending-key-grant-budding-clinical-researchers
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-ending-key-grant-budding-clinical-researchers
Science
NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers
Agency will no longer allow K career awards to fund clinical trials
Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811052857.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811052857.htm
ScienceDaily
Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy
Ordinary WiFi networks could quietly become powerful surveillance tools, allowing people to be identified without cameras, special sensors, or even carrying a connected device. Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices…
I've built a free, open-source local and remote memory system for agentw and CL
https://www.lorekit.io/blog/give-your-agent-a-memory
https://www.lorekit.io/blog/give-your-agent-a-memory
LoreKit
Give your coding agent a memory in one command — no signup, just a folder — LoreKit blog
Your agent re-solves yesterday's problem because nothing wrote it down. The fix isn't a platform you adopt — it's one command, a folder you own, and a loop that closes on your own disk. And when a team needs the same lore, it's a free account, one install…
ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He's Approaching 300 Days
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/16/ricardo-parias-ice-detention-journalist-los-angeles/
https://theintercept.com/2026/08/16/ricardo-parias-ice-detention-journalist-los-angeles/
The Intercept
ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.
With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.
The Case Against Formal Verification, 50 Years Later
https://ivan-gavran.github.io/0-social-processes-paper
https://ivan-gavran.github.io/0-social-processes-paper
Ivan Gavran
The Case Against Formal Verification, 50 Years Later
Writings on software correctness, AI, formal verification, and other technical topics.
Anthropic IPO valuation hinges on $190-200B 2028 revenue forecast
https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-ipo-valuation-hinges-190-200-billion-2028-revenue-forecast-sources-say-2026-08-15/
https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-ipo-valuation-hinges-190-200-billion-2028-revenue-forecast-sources-say-2026-08-15/
Nvidia dramatically reduces amount of OpenAI infra financing it may guarantee
https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-scales-back-250-billion-openai-data-center-guarantee-wsj-reports-2026-08-14/
https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-scales-back-250-billion-openai-data-center-guarantee-wsj-reports-2026-08-14/
Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing
https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing
Daring Fireball
Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my* needs should factor into the generation…
The Life and Death of Direct File [pdf]
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/vinton_report_5.pdf
AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64
https://meanhamster.com/news/agi-64-brings-sierra-adventures-to-the-commodore-64
https://meanhamster.com/news/agi-64-brings-sierra-adventures-to-the-commodore-64
Meanhamster
Mean Hamster Software
Independent games and software for classic and modern computers since 1985.
Gmail might partially be to blame for receiving emails from other Sean Conners
https://boston.conman.org/2026/08/11.1
https://boston.conman.org/2026/08/11.1
The Boston Diaries
Gmail might partially be to blame for me receiving emails from other Sean Conners - The Boston Diaries - Captain Napalm
$12B of US ratepayers' money wasted on a modeling mistake in PJM
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/12b-of-us-ratepayers-money-wasted
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/12b-of-us-ratepayers-money-wasted
Semianalysis
$12B of US ratepayers' money wasted on a modeling mistake and PJM wants to do it again
American Grid design needs an overhaul, Why it is good to be full of cold air.