We were delayed a bit on departure out of Detroit. We're heading into Tampa now, about an hour behind schedule. It's almost 1 AM.
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June 21, 2025
Saturday
An Early Morning Airport Mission of a Different Sort
Renee and I used to tell the boys, on the night before an early flight, that they had to get right to bed because we had an Early Morning Airport Mission. We'll, this morning Renee and I had an Early Morning Airport Mission of a different sort, landing in Tampa a bit after 1 AM and arriving at the condo after 2 AM.
Cloudflare CEO says people aren't checking AI chatbots' source links (engadget.com)
Prince told Axios that 10 years ago, Google sent a publisher one visitor for every two pages it had crawled. Six months ago, the ratio was one visitor for every six pages, and now it's one for every 18. OpenAI sent one visitor to a publisher for every 250 pages it crawled six months ago, while Anthropic sent one visitor for every 6,000 pages. These days, OpenAI sends one visitor to a publisher for every 1,500 pages, whereas Anthropic sends one visitor for every 60,000 pages.
We’re quickly going from the “I just read the headline” era to the “I just read what AI gave me” era. Publishers are hosed until the AI companies realize they need them and figure out a way to compensate them.
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Dave Winer has an interesting use-case for AI (ChatGPT and AI chatbots in general, really) – a linter of sorts that audits proposed legislation against a politicians positions on issues. They could do this themselves, of course. As Dave said, “there's no excuse for a congressperson not validating every word in every bill.“ They won’t, of course, because, well, politickin’.
“Even better, news orgs could do that for them.”
That’s my favorite part of Dave’s post. I bet we’ll see a wave of new technology, data, and even interfaces in the next national election as the major news outlets incorporate AI into their articles and broadcasts.
Even better, I’d love to see some bloggers and developers create websites with near real time comparisons of legislation v. the campaign positions of politicians.
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A segment on the morning news here in St. Pete Beach reported that “there’s about one million more registered Republicans in Florida than registered Democrats.” That checks out against official data from just a few weeks ago (5,522,017 registered republicans v. 4,211,158 registered Democrats). But there’s also 3,456,755 registered voters with no party affiliation, meaning less than half of all registered Florida voters (13,616,653) are officially affiliated with the Republican Party.
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The Ryan club: Baseball fans with same name unite at Coors Field for Rockies game (9news.com)
A group of baseball fans sharing the first name Ryan organized an exclusive meetup at Coors Field during the Colorado Rockies game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, taking over several sections of the stadium with coordinated chants and camaraderie despite triple-digit temperatures.
What does a baseball club do when the team is setting records for the worst season of all time? The same thing baseball clubs have been doing since always – run a cheesy promotion. Not sure how many extra butts this one attracted, but it’s certainly unique. And awesome. I love baseball.
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The first morning at the beach means we have no groceries, so no breakfast and no coffee. We stopped at a local coffee shop that recently reopened after an extended closure due to hurricane damage last year. We intentionally wanted to go there to support them as the shop comes back to life, but when we arrived, the place was packed, with a line for ordering that extended all the way to the door! Nice!
We didn't want to wait, so we'll go back later this week. Starbucks will have to do for today.
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Oh so Florida - waiting for a sun shower to pass before heading out to the car.
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Getting provisions for a week on the beach.
(St. Pete Beach, Florida)