Amanda’s Mild Takes’ Ls for the Week, July 3, 2026

Amanda’s Mild Takes brings us the Ls for week.

 

Remember: Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes. Everything Is Going According to the Plan!™

Amanda’s Mild Takes’ Ls for the Week, July 3, 2026

 

When comes AI Revolution, we will have grocery buddy!

Come the AI revolution, we will all have a grocery buddy. Maybe named “Penny,” maybe not.

What’s that you say, you don’t want a grocery buddy? Comrade, come the AI revolution you will have a grocery buddy, whether you want one or not.

 

 AI Tidbits from the humans at magica.ai. July 3, 2026.

 

AI does math, fails biology — for now

 From the humans at magica.ai, AI Snacks for July 2, 2026

AI in your pocket? What won’t they think of next!

 

From the humans@magica.ai, July 1, 2026

OpenClaw is finally available on Android and IOS

Hudson Williams, you better work!

 

The Beauty Products ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams Uses to the Last Drop

Keep young and beautiful, / It's your duty to be beautiful ... especially if you’re a star.

Neon picks up ‘Artificial,’ hot potato movie about OpenAI

Independent Studio Buys Movie About OpenAI That Amazon Dropped 

Photo by Haiyun Jung/New York Times

 I was waiting for another studio to pick up Artificial. Take that, Amazon-MGM.

 

So much for taking the Mark Twain Prize seriously

 

Mark Twain must be spinning in his grave. According to this column by Marlow Stern from "Variety," Vance played Bill Maher like an old ukulele. I can't think of anyone less qualified to get the Twain Prize.

Bill Maher Gets Played

Sigrid Nunez had a surprising encounter at the Strand Bookstore

 Metropolitan Diary, June 28, 2026

Jay Kuo's “Just for Skeets and Giggles” for June 27, 2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-skeets-and-giggles-62726?r=1opwqh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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‘*****’s Ls for the Week’ from Amanda’s Mild Takes

 

Amanda's Mild Takes brings you the Dotard Leader’s “Ls for The Week.” It’s only Tuesday, and Everything is Going According to The Plan!™

https://youtu.be/rpqc-M2JCoU?si=1vBnd4My1SxhAErC

'Keep It Quarterly' call for comments

Not a good idea, no matter how you look at it. Consider also who tried to get it done in his first term, dropped it, and revived the proposed rule change this year. That's all I need to know.

Keep It Quarterly: Stop the SEC's six-month blackout 

Selected ‘AI Snacks’ for June 25, 2026

Here’s hoping that AI won’t cause the world to end for a while. Speaking personally, I have a lot of movies to watch.

In the meantime, software engineers’ jobs are safe. They’ll just have to turn out more code.

AI Snacks for June 25, 2026, from the humans at magica.ai