Links 09-18-2026

Real Clear Politics - “The Mother of the SAVE Act” - An interesting breakdown of how the SAVE Act was developed, and the role of activist Cleta Mitchell in its development and promotion. Via Election Law Blog.

I=Programmer.com - A breakdown of the main themes at the PyConUS 2026 conference, along with a link to the YouTube playlist of sessions.

Karl Bode/The Fine Print - Great analysis of how the doomsday AI panic may be overblown:

That we’re facing a mass extinction event at the hands of software is, just so we’re clear, a completely unsubstantiated claim being made by people without the experience, wisdom, or credentials to actually make it.That didn’t matter to ad-engagement based media, which quickly devolved into a foamy, hysterical froth for much of the last week.

Anil Dash - Endgame for the Open Web

The open web is something extraordinary: anybody can use whatever tools they have, to create content following publicly documented specifications, published using completely free and open platforms, and then share that work with anyone, anywhere in the world, without asking for permission from anyone. Think about how radical that is. Now, from content to code, communities to culture, we can see example after example of that open web under attack. Every single aspect of the radical architecture I just described is threatened, by those who have profited most from that exact system. Today, the good people who act as thoughtful stewards of the web infrastructure are still showing the same generosity of spirit that has created opportunity for billions of people and connected society in ways too vast to count while —not incidentally— also creating trillions of dollars of value and countless jobs around the world. But the increasingly-extremist tycoons of Big Tech have decided that that’s not good enough.