Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-23-26

It has been five days since the last edition of Pook-Emu Bee links. While I ordinarily publish links in the morning and it is now the evening, I submit some late links today to keep the backlog under control. Today (June 23, 2026) was primary election day in New York City. I did not have a primary to vote in, but I did take a photo. 1. Polymarket bet on deceptive social advertising: WSJ (Dave Lozo for Morning Brew. June 23, 2026.) The prediction markets aren’t upholding the highest standards of advertising integrity? Say it ain’t so! 2. “All-Consuming, Joyous, Heartbreaking” – Your Nintendo 64 Memories (Gavin Lane and Staff for Nintendo Life. June 22, 2026.) You can expect my own Nintendo 64 memories later this week. 3. Lefty owner of anti-Israel NYC coffee shop calls US ally ‘Nazi Germany of our time’ in hateful online outburst (Chris Nesi for the New York Post. June 23, 2026.) Last Friday, I noticed an Uzbek flag outside a coffee shop on Smith Street in Boerum Hill. I did not think much of it. Then I saw the photo of the Williamsburg location and put two-and-two together. With hope, it will soon be gone. 4. Matt’s Script Archive: The Scripts That Reshaped The Web (Ernie Smith at Tedium. June 22, 2026.) But programmers who weren’t in high school and weren’t so wet behind the ears looked aghast at what Wright had done: He had spread poorly designed, but widely used software across the internet. This software was packed with security issues, but worst of all, it wasn’t really getting updated all that much. Neat history article but I don’t think I’ll run these scripts as a nostalgia experiment. 5. NYC’s line culture Is out of control — and getting worse (Marissa Matozzo for the New York Post. June 22, 2026.) I agree with the headline. But don’t read the article. I was expecting a fun article. Instead, I was assaulted by many variations of “it’s not this, but that” and lists of two and three things, often saying the same thing over and over. I’m not saying it’s this, but maybe it’s that. 6. The social contract of writing (Johanna Larson. May 25, 2026.) I am definitely not implying anything by linking to this very nice article against LLM-slop writing right after the fifth link. 7. Why the National Basketball Players Association is debuting a B2C brand (Alyssa Meyers for Marketing Brew. June 22, 2026.) Having read the article, I must confess that I have no idea what this brand actually is.