Notable links: June 26, 2026

Most Fridays, I share a handful of pieces that caught my eye at the intersection of technology, media, and society.Did I miss something important? Send me an email to let me know. Did someone forward this to you? Subscribe for free.Before we begin this week's roundup, I want to express my condolences to the friends and family of Om Malik, who we sadly lost this week. Om was one of the most important voices in blogging, tech journalism, and then the wider industry. So many people in tech have a story about him that highlights his conscience, thoughtfulness, and kindness. He will be missed.Journalism's logical fallacyJournalism is in crisis, and it’s really easy (and lazy) to say that making a technology or process tweak will fix it: we just need to use AI to fill capacity gaps, or build stronger comments into our site, or we need a better business or distribution model.None of those things address the underlying question of why we need journalism, why it’s important, and what it should…