Scripting News: Monday, January 19, 2026
Screen shot: Twitter did what I have been begging all the others to do. Get rid of the character limit and allow for simple styling, links, optional titles, the ability to edit, basically the writing functions of the world wide web. You can also put a nice Medium-like picture at the top. Twitter was started in 2006 which according to my records is approximately twenty freaking years ago! I mean geez how long does it take? #I got a text from Matt recommending Claude Code, saying it's as new as ChatGPT was when it came out. #
I'd like to see a social network that had an AI filter that only showed comments that were responsive to the question raised by the post they're responding to. BTW we need some technical terminology for socializing online. When I reply to a post, what do we call the post I'm replying to? Remember there's a human quality to this too, you're not just talking about something on a computer, but an actual person. #
I took a couple of falls on ice the other day, during one of the many snowstorms we've had, and both times my watch, after a polite pause, shook my wrist, asking if I just took a fall and should it call in an emergency? if you don't do anything it makes the call. In that sense, your watch could beep when someone is gaslighting the other person. If it was you gaslighting them you'd see your avatar on the screen. Of it's them, you can show it to them. #
Linkblog items for the day
A format like RSS has to be loved. scripting.com
Trump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World. nytimes.com
Sorry Chicago sports fans. As a Mets and Knicks fan I understand what it's like to root for a lovable loser. Our slogan — it just "wasn't meant to be." And wait till next year, when we'll do it all again. theguardian.com
"Europeans constructed a way of living that is totally dependent on technologies run by corporations that describe themselves as "global" but are all, in fact, American." observer.co.uk
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