A rare selfie for the blog… Enjoying some time with family in Rosemary Beach, Florida. Found this Eadweard Muybridge shirt randomly last month at a Goodwill and had to get it.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92452417","date_published":"2026-06-18T20:30:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"20:30","date_timestamp":1781814638,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92449919","content_html":"@stroughtonsmith It’s probably not quite that bad or they’d be bankrupt by now. 🙂 There are also $20 subscribers who only use ChatGPT, not Codex, so way fewer tokens.
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\n\n\nBeginning with iOS 26.5, developers can distribute apps on alternative app marketplaces, operate alternative app marketplaces, process app payments for digital goods and services outside of Apple In-App Purchase in iOS, and more.
\n
So we’ve got the EU, Japan, Brazil, and partially South Korea. Slow progress, but still progress.
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\n\n\nSenior officials began to consider using export controls to claw back the technology after the company did not identify the new recipients for days.
\nWhen Anthropic finally turned over the names, the administration discovered that one recipient was a South Korean telecommunications company the administration suspected of having ties to China, the officials said.
\nAnthropic quickly revoked the firm’s access to Mythos…
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Seems in large part a breakdown in communication.
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\n\n\nSpaceX and the NAACP are in a legal battle over the use of turbines in Southaven, Mississippi for powering the Colossus II data center in Memphis. This week, the Department of Justice got involved…
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DOJ says Grok, but Anthropic is also now using Colossus II.
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\nFinally watched Hoppers last night. Really fun. Used to be that I would see every animated feature opening weekend… So many movies now and it’s harder to keep up. 🪵
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92289049","date_published":"2026-06-16T14:11:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 14:11","date_timestamp":1781619087,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92288133","content_html":"Simon Willison blogged more on the Fable shutdown drama:
\n\n\nThis whole situation is such a mess. Non-technical decision-makers have been hearing that models that can “craft cyber attacks” are uniquely dangerous for months. Now they look ready to ban any model that can help us secure our code.
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Anthropic spent months telling everyone that their model is dangerous. Now they’re annoyed that we believed them. Maybe this is an argument for open weights. Less centralized control, more transparent development.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92287695","date_published":"2026-06-16T13:50:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 13:50","date_timestamp":1781617839,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92287166","content_html":"WordPress blogs in Micro.blog: manton.org
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92247330","date_published":"2026-06-15T21:39:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 21:39","date_timestamp":1781559565,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92243343","content_html":"Brent Simmons blogs about what he’s been up to with NetNewsWire over the last year. I also created a PR for Inkwell sync in NNW, but the work stalled because I wasn’t confident enough in the codebase to definitely say it’s ready to ship. Need to dust that off and try to get it into an update.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/06/15/animated-feature-the-violinist-looks.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T18:29:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 18:29","date_timestamp":1781548189,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3modw6w6umv2j"]}},{"id":"92230734","content_html":"Dan Provost blogs about launching a custom guitar company. Looks really nice. The best products make me wish I was into the thing being made.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/06/15/dan-provost-blogs-about-launching.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T17:14:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 17:14","date_timestamp":1781543667,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3modrws7wjx2v"]}},{"id":"92230438","content_html":"@chet Amazing!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92230438","date_published":"2026-06-15T17:08:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 17:08","date_timestamp":1781543308,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92230385","content_html":"@ffmike Love this photo.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92230385","date_published":"2026-06-15T17:07:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 17:07","date_timestamp":1781543262,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92229427","content_html":"@MitchWagner Thanks, glad you like it!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/manton/92229427","date_published":"2026-06-15T16:46:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 16:46","date_timestamp":1781541982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92229430","content_html":"My thinking on Anthropic has been shaped most by Ben Thompson and Peter Steinberger. Peter created OpenClaw so is affected by closing models to third-party apps. Ben has an article today after the Fable fallout:
\n\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://www.manton.org/2026/06/15/my-thinking-on-anthropic-has.html","date_published":"2026-06-15T16:43:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Manton Reece","url":"https://manton.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F3.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"manton"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 16:43","date_timestamp":1781541830,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/post/3modqcorayk2d"]}},{"id":"92185947","content_html":"…given that they think only they should be developing leading edge AI, they by extension think that only they should have final say over AI generally. When you further combine this realization with the company’s pronouncements about AI’s ability to conduct all economic activity, you realize that Anthropic’s leadership effectively wants to have power over everything and everyone.
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I like this analogy from Alice Bartlett’s blog:
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The Guardian reports on an upcoming social media ban for teens in the UK:
\n\n\nKeir Starmer is to ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands.
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Eventually we’re going to need to figure out legislation that is a little more narrowly focused than this. But for now I’m fine with it.
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