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Smoke and Mirrors: How Intoxicating Hemp Seeped Into the First Recreational Marijuana Market in the Country

ProPublica , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 2:30:00 AM

New York Homeless Families Placed in Hotels Weren’t Guaranteed Social Services. New Regulations Could Change That.

ProPublica , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Letter From Minnesota: “Mad Means Something”

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:59:53 AM

Letter From Minnesota: “There’s Some Good in This World…”

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:59:16 AM

Am I the Literary Asshole For Wanting My Friends to Shut Up About “Querying”?

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:56 AM

Why Bob Dylan’s COVID-Era Album Was the Real Nobel Lecture

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:45 AM

Euromaidan: The Day Ukraine Rose Up For Democracy

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:42 AM

How Do Good Ideas Happen?

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:35 AM

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:29 AM

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:28 AM

January’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:24 AM

January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:23 AM

Here to Make Friends (and Maybe Write a Novel)

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:58:20 AM

The cost of housing in Pa. is too damn high. Here's what Shapiro will need to overcome to fix it.

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:57:06 AM

The United States as an Active Industrial Policy Nation

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:51:17 AM

Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.

Grist , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:30:00 AM

Climate news is written in a language most people can’t understand

Grist , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:15:00 AM

Q&A with SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin about streaming consolidation, AI, residuals, upcoming labor negotiations, and more (Katie Campione/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:10:03 AM

The Tavern at the End of History

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:06:59 AM

Joe Jackson on the Spanish-American War and Trump’s Imperial Ambitions

Literary Hub , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:01:02 AM

Why the government is trying to make coal cute

Grist , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 1:00:00 AM

Photo cross-post

Very cool, if true , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 12:35:54 AM

Writer Sophie Strand on the importance of daily creativity

The Creative Independent , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Book Review: City of Others by Jared Poon

nerds of a feather, flock together , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 12:00:00 AM

India’s electric bus push has a deadly blind spot

Rest of World , Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Why somewhere looks like it does

diamond geezer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 11:49:40 PM

Web Serendipity Machines

CogDogBlog , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 10:23:13 PM

Sony Music Group and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC announce a joint venture to acquire music copyrights; sources say the JV plans to invest $2B to $3B (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 9:45:01 PM

“Can AI help us find God?”

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 9:40:36 PM

OTR Links 01/29/2026

doug — off the record , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 9:30:51 PM

Secrets of a Scam Compound

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 9:19:57 PM

“participation noises” in meetings, someone is leaving religious notes in the bathroom, and more

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 9:03:11 PM

ACIP Chair Wonders Aloud If We Should Really Be Vaccinating For Polio These Days

Techdirt , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 8:07:43 PM

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them "irresponsible" for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (Tom Knowles/The Guardian)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 7:25:01 PM

Aeronaut Is a Great Bluesky Client for MacOS

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 7:14:05 PM

Likes Standard.site – One schema. Every platform..

Chuck Grimmett , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 7:10:12 PM

Is the Shvo over at the Transamerica Pyramid?

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 7:00:20 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:57:18 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:57:13 PM

LinkedIn's Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY, topping $5B for the first time, giving it a $20B+ annual run rate; Satya Nadella says LinkedIn paid video ads grew 30% YoY (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:50:01 PM

I had a good time attending a virtual Homebrew Website Club meeting this evening...

Hey Loura!, Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:36:49 PM

Making Art When the World is on Fire

BinaryDigit's Creative Space , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:32:03 PM

A coalition of music publishers, including UMG, filed a second lawsuit against Anthropic, seeking $3B over allegations of copyright infringement of 20k+ songs (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:30:01 PM

Internal docs: Paramount is planning to add a heavy dose of short-form video to Paramount+, initially from existing content, and host user-generated content (James Faris/Business Insider)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 6:00:40 PM

The Post's Audience of One

Status , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 5:54:03 PM

A US judge sentences a third person to jail for participating in a murder-for-hire plot, directed by Iran, targeting journalist and activist Masih Alinejad (Colin Moynihan/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 5:30:00 PM

Extreme Winter Weather in a Human-Heated Climate

Sustain What , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 5:20:05 PM

Abington Senior High School’s state champion boys’ soccer team recognized by Speaker of the House during Harrisburg visit

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 5:04:52 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:55:32 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:55:27 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:54:55 PM

Mr. Scott Asplundh, Huntingdon Valley native and former chairman and CEO of Asplundh Tree Expert of Willow Grove, has passed away at 68

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:51:30 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:44:14 PM

Day 1835: "More relaxed."

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:40:00 PM

‘Phantom Obligation’

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:34:33 PM

Sources: Barry Diller expressed interest in buying CNN in H1 2025, before WBD said it would spin off cable networks; a WBD spokesman says CNN is not for sale (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:31:33 PM

Hot Toys’ New ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Figures Show You How It’s Done (Done Done)

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:15:04 PM

Tubes

Chris Coyier , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:11:32 PM

Alcatraz Coyote

jwz , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:05:45 PM

My coffee leaked in my bag and it’s all stained now...

Superdavey , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 4:02:07 PM

Whistleblower who exposed Uyghur camps granted asylum

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:45:23 PM

Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis floated several plans to make the company profitable again; some efforts failed to pan out, part of a pattern of fits and starts (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:45:00 PM

There’s A Reason Many Police Dept’s Ban Shooting At Moving Vehicles: It Saves Lives Without Putting Officers In Greater Danger

Techdirt , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:39:14 PM

ICE in Phoenix… Until The Last Gun is Silent – Nicole Sandler Show 1-28-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:36:51 PM

Initial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:29:00 PM

Book review: ‘Funny Because It’s True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire’

https://editdesk.wordpress.com/, Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:28:27 PM

How the 2 Big Celeb Cameos in ‘Wonder Man’ Came About

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:15:10 PM

Sustainability Manager (Contract)

Current Mozilla job openings , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:12:40 PM

David Ellison's disrupt-and-delay strategy on the Netflix-WBD deal hinges on US and EU regulators or Trump killing it outright or attaching onerous conditions (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:00:01 PM

A Year in Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

ProPublica , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 3:00:00 PM

Lawmaker whose second job running trade group raised ethics concerns says he’s stepping down

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:59:38 PM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, January 29-February 4, 2026

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:34:00 PM

Fixing the $12 Billion Lie

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:33:27 PM

Make Google TV look like Apple TV with this free app

Advisorator , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:29:58 PM

The 18 best events in SF this weekend

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:29:28 PM

SF prices out of this world? Try a starter home on planet Mandar

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:28:26 PM

at the @CSSWG.org (@CSSWG) F2F (face to face) meeting^1, hosted by @Apple.com (@...

Tantek Çelik , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:24:00 PM

As Airstrikes Loom, Hundreds of Afghan Refugees Still Stranded at U.S. Base in Qatar

Drop Site News , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:19:03 PM

James Gunn Told You Once, He’s Told You Again: Robert Pattinson Is Not the DCU’s Batman

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:15:25 PM

Cyberattack on Polish energy grid impacted around 30 facilities

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:14:35 PM

Justices to consider whether to weigh in on $5 million verdict against Trump at next conference

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:14:23 PM

Adding dynamic features to an aggressively cached website

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:10:08 PM

Amazon's $35M marketing campaign for Melania is ~10x the budget for similar documentaries like CNN's RBG; some suggest Amazon is currying favor with Trump (New York Times)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:10:00 PM

Over $1B in disaster recovery funds is being held up by a Kristi Noem policy, including $2.6M for Pa.

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 2:06:01 PM

The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: Lots of old poles

Grist , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 1:50:07 PM

The Five Levels: from Spicy Autocomplete to the Dark Factory

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 1:44:29 PM

Kawakami: Here’s the Warriors’ long-shot path to winning the Giannis sweepstakes

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 1:39:33 PM

Protest Music From Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg

Whatever , Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 1:38:39 PM