Republicans have repeatedly picked fights with the NFL — which makes it even more striking that the party is now buying so much ad time during football games, says @AdamMinter (via @opinion)

Resonator Review | Eye of Unraveling — Chisa "Just an ordinary student." Calmly, she introduces herself, a faint iridescent shimmer flickering in her eyes. Again, the structures of the world reveal themselves in her vision. Narrowing her eyes, she singles out the very thread that tugs at life itself. Check the link for more information: #WutheringWaves# #Chisa#

Recent trends pairing caviar with chicken nuggets and hot dogs had already created something of an identity crisis for the snooty food. Now, some are bingeing it on the couch, while others are serving it to toddlers.

Research: OpenAI agents scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times between April and the end of June, and circumvented a filter that was blocking their requests for data (@bobmcmillan / Wall Street Journal) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

Reject non-understanding. Slop grenades are not just code and PRs. We run a real risk that *reading* gets entirely discounted, because of the exhaustion of getting low-quality and unverified AI prose being thrown at you all the time. There's a thread going viral about a 'perf improvement' attributed to a compiler change. The PR *description* itself has the AI telling this person it's *not* due to the compiler change, it's how the algorithms and data structures have changed. And the implication is that a similar win could have been attained otherwise. I want AI in the service of understanding the universe and enhancing human cognition and creativity.

Retail investors are trading less. Over the last 20 trading days, retail investors have purchased just +$1 billion of single stocks, near the lowest 20-day total in at least 2 years. In early August, this figure even briefly turned negative for the first time since at least October 2024. By comparison, retail's 20-day purchases stood at +$20 billion in April 2025. Furthermore, total retail equity purchases have declined to +$10 billion over the last 20 trading days, near their lowest reading since at least October 2024. Retail equity purchases are now down -67% from the +$30 billion recorded over the 20-day period in February 2026. Retail investors are becoming more cautious.