“Monthly Roundup #43: June 2026” by Zvi

Your monthly hit of all the things that are fit to print without a better place to live. Today is election day here in New York City, so again a reminder that if you are a registered Democrat and live in NY-12 today is the final day to vote for Alex Bores for Congress, and as per my argument yesterday that this matters a lot for ensuring we have a sensible Congressional response to AI. RIP FiveThirtyEight ABC and Disney completely take down FiveThirtyEight and all its articles, after telling Nate Silver they would refuse to sell it to him at any price because Nate had criticized their management of the brand. Nate Silver took this opportunity to reminisce and tell some stories about the old website, and the reasons the path of not seeking revenue and working with an entity too big to care ultimately doomed them. ‘What a bunch of assholes,’ indeed. I can grudgingly accept this sort of thing when it maximizes profits and the amount is meaningful, but this is different. Jack: This sort of digital arson is so frustrating. Pretty sure Dante had a place in mind for rights-holders [...] ---Outline:(00:33) RIP FiveThirtyEight(01:31) RIP Books(02:18) Bad News(09:53) Good Advice(18:31) Opportunity Knocks(19:15) Lower Awareness(22:21) The New York Times Has Some Issues(22:47) Liar Liar(25:51) Conspiracy Theory(26:16) Good News, Everyone(26:31) For Your Entertainment(28:00) A Matter of Taste(35:21) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game(37:33) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars(38:38) Sports Go Sports(39:09) Government Working(42:03) Jones Act Watch(43:02) Humans Can Be Strategic(44:58) Variously Effective Altruism(46:14) Support Anti-Aging Research(47:25) The Lighter Side --- First published: June 23rd, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Taa4zmSNtD5S99tJT/monthly-roundup-43-june-2026 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.