Good Things Friday (381) and Link Love
June 19, 2026
1. While I’d like the dang app to just show me my friends’ posts, Instagram has learned to show me very cute animals and I love that bit.
Comment replies since the app is buggy:
@Beth: Great minds! I did start looking at some philanthropic foundations. No traction so far but definitely an area to continue exploring.
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The night the letters came down. A marathon livestream of Trump’s name being removed from the Kennedy Center was a rare moment of monoculture.
In Germany: A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews. The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.
HOW does Isaac Chotiner deal out one murder after another and yet no one hesitates to walk into the interview room with him? And then they speak freely! The Israeli Ultra-Hawks Who Feel Betrayed by Trump’s Iran Deal
Shimon Riklin, an anchor on the country’s right-wing Channel 14, and a Netanyahu ally, thinks America stabbed Israel in the back.
I don’t have the New Yorker but these excerpts!
I’ve almost forgotten that social media is meant to show us our friends – sigh – but may I recommend the Sheldrick Trust if you want to see some amazing elephant content? And I feel 99.99999999% certain you know about We Rate Dogs but I feel compelled to make sure you know.