Scripting News: Sunday, August 24, 2025

Sunday, August 24, 2025
Maybe we should all go to the Smithsonian next weekend.#
Mark I want to use my (comparatively small) fortune to develop a truly open platform for discourse on the web. Users and independent developers get to try out all the ideas for discourse and learning. We create the ideal system together to plan our future, not being owned by oligarchs.#
New version of FeedLand coming. It has features to support an Edit This Page function in WordLand and possibly elsewhere. #
Linkblog items for the day
Any product with a timeline should support inbound RSS.

scripting.com
You can say a lot of things about the Trump White House, but they do have an RSS feed.

feedland.social
An article on whitehouse.gov (without an author) presents Trump's case re the Smithsonian.

whitehouse.gov
Hundreds of Mamdani Scavenger Hunt enthusiasts compete for 'not cash' prize.

yahoo.com
National Guard troops in D.C. to begin carrying firearms.

nbcnews.com
Texas' Tarrant County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites, Reduces Early Voting Locations.

propublica.org
Silicon Valley is full of (hugely) wealthy men who think they're victims, says Nick Clegg.

theguardian.com
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event.

theatlantic.com
As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan "Fuck your feelings" are impossibly delicate souls. theatlantic.com
Justice Dept. Sent Congress Epstein Files That Were Already Public, Democrats Say. (And what does the New York Times say?)

nytimes.com
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