I built a CLI for Ghost

John O'Nolan built a CLI for his own product - and found himself using it in an entirely new way. The underlying trend here is really exciting.

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

"Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies." How we react matters.

Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them

"The materialist response isn't to reject the new technology. It's to evolve our licenses to encompass it."

Ageless Linux

"Software for humans of indeterminate age. We don't know how old you are. We don't want to know. We are legally required to ask. We won't." Open source activism at its finest.

AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds

"Teams from Google and leading universities found that large-language models change the voice, tone and intended meaning of human authors."

Democratic Backsliding Reaches Western Democracies, with U.S. Decline “Unprecedented”

"Democratic backsliding is now happening in well-established democracies. Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed, and media and journalists are increasingly targeted across the world."

Notable links: March 20, 2026

Agentic engineering and burnout.

Four things about Yahoo News that may surprise you

It's one of the most popular news sites in the country, and it's wildly profitable. It might be the right time for Yahoo to bounce back.

The Last Quiet Thing

"That guilt was manufactured. It was placed inside you by an industry that profits from your participation and a wellness culture that profits from your shame."

Agentic Engineering Patterns

Simon Willison is building a great, ongoing, work-in-progress guide for understanding agentic engineering.

Businesses rush to rehire staff after regretted AI-driven cuts

"Two in three employers that reduced headcount because of artificial intelligence are already rehiring laid off staff, as most express regret over how they handled the AI-led retrenchments."

FCC Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over Iran War Coverage

Critics say Brendan Carr is positioning himself as a national censor. His threats to broadcasters covering Iran fit the bill.

Democracy

Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, lawsuit claims

Researchers who study online safety are being censored and denied entry to the United States. It's having an unconstitutional chilling effect on independent research and advocacy that a lawsuit aims to correct.

AI

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

AI use can lead to burnout - but how you use it really matters.

AI

BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI

Buzzfeed pivoted to AI - and now finds itself circling the drain.

Notable links

Notable links: March 13, 2026

Bluesky's new CEO, Proton Mail de-anonymization, and promoting safety at work.

Technology

Coming Off the Bench for Bluesky

Bluesky must succeed. It just might.

Technology

Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress

A WordPress instance that's entirely hosted in your browser opens up interesting possibilities for self-hosted personal apps.

Business

Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs

Employees who are impressed with corporate jargon are less good at their jobs. News at 11.

Technology

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

"A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI."

Media

BBC says ‘irreversible’ trends mean it will not survive without major overhaul

The BBC is dying. It needs to be preserved - but doing so will require a radical reinvention.

Business

The Safety Levers

"A framework to move your subculture from the Anxiety Zone to the Learning Zone" - and provide a way for everyone on your team to contribute and experiment safely.

Technology

Can we build the dog?

What resource-constrained teams need to ask before writing a line of code

AI

Good vibes, bad vendors

AI coding works now. Here's how to think about it.