Morning. I’m back at the blogface after a much-needed break. (Well, quasi-break.)

How have you been? Good, I hope?

2025-08-04


Ghost gets social and analytical: Ghost 6.0 is here

2025-08-04


’ello.

A brown alpaca stands in a grassy field, with some hay in its mouth.

2025-08-06


I dawned on me yesterday that I’ve been training journalists for 20 years now.

But I’ve also feel that something needs to change. What is training going to look like as the journalism world shifts fundamentally, away from large publishers, and towards many, many more independent creators?

2025-08-06


Having lots of interesting conversations about the overlaps of journalism and the so-called creator economy. This is more fodder for those discussions.

2025-08-06


John Gruber:

Meta is an empty husk of a company with no values, no beliefs, other than growth and dominance for the sake of growth and dominance.

No lies detected.

2025-08-06


Oh, every time I have to use Google Analytics, I’m reminded of how throughly GA4 ruined it for editorial people.

2025-08-06


Instagram finally gets the repost:

New Instagram Features to Help You Connect

2025-08-07


Great, deep dive into the financial precariousness of the AI revolution: AI Is A Money Trap

2025-08-07


Ignoring the fact that AI produces hallucinations does not make those errors go away: Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part.

Any long term use of GenAI needs a strategy for identifying and eliminating hallucinatory results. And that’s going to have a major impact on the claimed cost/efficiency savings.

2025-08-07


Beach life

Sailboats with people on board are on a calm body of water near a shoreline with buildings in the background.

2025-08-07


Fun guys to hang out with in the woods.

(Yes, I’m reusing this joke. Yes, I love it.)

Two mushrooms are growing on a moss-covered forest floor.

2025-08-08


This morning’s links on the dominance of YouTube, the state of university education and Ghostly publishers…

Cuttings for 11th August 2025

2025-08-11