Links From the Week of 07-26-2026

Links Posted to Thoughts The Week of 07-26-2026 There were 7 links posted this week. 08/01/2026 @19:56 "Everyone hates AI" in ParisUnlike the US, France and the EU are currently capable of regulating the tech industry. This of course is why you hear American tech executives grouse about Europe so much. It’s a complex policy landscape with plenty of its own struggles—I’ve been contacted by Parisian union members who are enmeshed in battles with keeping AI out of their workplaces, for instance—but France is, nonetheless, capable of strong tech regulatory action on a level Americans are unaccustomed to. A timely example: Just last week, France’s national gambling authority banned Polymarket, the bet-on-everything app that’s a strong contender for the most predatory and openly noxious startup to rise to prominence in recent years.Pin the tricolor cockade upon your breast and hold your hammers high. 07/30/2026 @12:24 All The Video Game Studios That Refuse To Use Generative AIThis is an…