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‘Badge of honor’: How a DoJ probe could help Newsom’s 2028 prospects

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 12:30:28 PM

My absolute favorite RSS reader, Unread, got a big 5.0 update. Congrats, John!

Brad Barrish, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 12:06:51 PM

This Week In Techdirt History: September 6th – 12th

Techdirt, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Prompts can be poetic

The End(s) of Argument, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 11:20:21 AM

A ‘Diablo’ Series Is Dungeon Crawling to Netflix

io9 | We Come From the Future, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 11:09:02 AM

Quoting Paul Ford

Simon Willison's Weblog, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 11:00:21 AM

Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Izzy Sazak’s TUZLUK

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 10:53:00 AM

Agentic spam

Jatan the human, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 10:24:35 AM

You know the Milgram experiment where people hit a button and heard people screaming in the other ro...

https://ftrain.com, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 10:20:26 AM

The mathematicians rebel against AI

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 9:49:04 AM

Underdesk Treadmill

Chris Coyier, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 9:48:13 AM

‘Spider-Noir’ Showrunner Discusses Show’s End, Season 2 Ideas

io9 | We Come From the Future, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 9:25:34 AM

In an interview, Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson says the number of subscribers the outlet gets from Google traffic has grown even as referral traffic has fallen (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 9:05:02 AM

ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices

The Marshall Project, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 9:00:00 AM

When people get to work with the new Frontier with Claude or some other AI tool,...

Scripting News, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 8:57:08 AM

Dario Calls for a Pause

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 8:44:51 AM

Philly Fringe 2026: FringeArts presents Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths’ Lunar Retreat

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 8:43:00 AM

at Harder Day Coffee Co.

Aaron Parecki, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 8:27:52 AM

Fraturday

Doc Searls Weblog, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 8:10:47 AM

Inside the Status Summit

Status, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:58:31 AM

TIFF 2026: Day two – River, In Alaska, Spirit Guardians, The Assassin(s), Bucking Fastard

RegionFree, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:54:56 AM

My two cents about WordPress

Scripting News, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:38:22 AM

“Sweet, a whole website of video game menus”

Unsung, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:34:16 AM

The ‘V/H/S: SCP’ Movie Doesn’t Involve the Actual SCP Foundation

io9 | We Come From the Future, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:30:54 AM

Dutch NCSC: Critical Check Point VPN flaws exploitation is imminent

BleepingComputer, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:14:32 AM

The Day After

Doc Searls Weblog, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:10:02 AM

Thoughts on GEM Conference 2026

◼️ Tom⇒maths, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:08:48 AM

Screen shot of new Frontier verb, string.addressToString, added yesterday. The c...

Scripting News, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 7:08:12 AM

Progress report on Atlantis project

Scripting News, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 6:15:27 AM

The Waggle: How to spend your AI millions in the few short years we have left

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

She just wanted to host a picnic. The city said she needs permits and porta-potties

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The best SF restaurants for big groups, according to a panel of pros

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

As extreme weather worsens, Black and Hispanic homeowners are paying more for insurance

Grist, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Everyone else is worried about the AI apocalypse but I’ve been hearing about that for 30 years and I...

https://ftrain.com, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 5:59:20 AM

The New York Times takes on Trump’s crusade against freedom of speech and of the press

Dan Kennedy, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 5:40:52 AM

The best books for National Video Games Day 2026

MIT Press, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 5:00:00 AM

UK fact of the day

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 4:24:03 AM

Money for something worthwhile

IndieNews English, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 4:21:08 AM

The Prediction Archive

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 4:18:05 AM

Pluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 4:14:10 AM

Interesting Links for 12-09-2026

Very cool, if true, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 4:00:13 AM

New subpoenas show federal criminal probe focus on Newsom’s travel and expenses

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Lit Hub Weekly: September 7 – 11, 2026

Literary Hub, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 3:30:21 AM

Mercury Is Shrinking Way Faster Than We Thought, Scientists Discover

404 Media, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 3:00:10 AM

Genocidal cogs just doing their technical job is the new normal

A Node on the Web, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 2:54:41 AM

yimmyayo:

https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 2:26:04 AM

Amazon adds a Shop tab to Prime Video's X-Ray feature for related products while watching shows, and Shop the Scene powered by Amazon Lens in the Shopping app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 2:05:00 AM

Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

NYT > Kate Conger, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 2:03:01 AM

The Hollywood ecosystem can support one maybe two bald men at a time

Interconnected, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 2:00:00 AM

ActivityPub - How to send an updated user profile to Mastodon and the Fediverse

Terence Eden, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 12:46:31 AM

Labor reallocation during the Industrial Revolution

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 12:28:51 AM

A GREAT ESCAPE • by Phebe Jewell

Every Day Fiction, Saturday, Sep 12, 2026 12:01:00 AM

Anorak corner (bus edition)

diamond geezer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 11:00:00 PM

OTR Links 09/12/2026

doug — off the record, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 10:30:46 PM

iPhone 17 Model Popularity

Pixel Envy, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 9:38:13 PM

The excess pessimism of early nuclear bomb designers

Marginal REVOLUTION, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 9:25:50 PM

Why Is the iPhone Duo?

Pixel Envy, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 9:06:43 PM

Phrase of the year: “emotional support typewriter”! h/t Elisa ...

Chris Aldrich, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 8:05:04 PM

NYT CEO Kopit Levien confirms The Athletic is no longer pursuing a major partnership with Kalshi, saying "we take the trust of our readers incredibly seriously" (Brett LoGiurato/Status)

Mediagazer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 8:05:00 PM

Weeknotes: Sept. 5-11, 2026

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 7:52:50 PM

Microsoft Slaps Hours Limits On Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming

Techdirt, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 7:39:00 PM

A Beginning, Not a Decline: Colette on the Splendor of Autumn and the Autumn of Life

The Marginalian, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 6:44:53 PM

End of the day treat. Selfie a day for a year, day 22: Sep 11, 2026 edition.

Hey Loura!, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 6:30:14 PM

Portland startup news for the week ending Sep 11, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 5:43:49 PM

OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems

Simon Willison's Weblog, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 5:42:25 PM

Supreme Court dismisses immigration case that was scheduled for argument in October

SCOTUSblog, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 5:10:46 PM

Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball Festival presents Joel De Jesus-Pacheco’s Amor/Libertad Part 1

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 5:07:00 PM

He ran SF’s sheriff oversight board. A city probe found he abused his office

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 5:01:49 PM

NetChoice sues Illinois to block taxes on large social media companies and on companies with over $1M in gross receipts from digital ad services (Heather Cherone/WTTW News)

Mediagazer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:50:01 PM

Word on Wall Street: Encouraging Labor Report and Updated Thoughts on Impact of Iranian Conflict | Wyncote Wealth Management Group

Glenside Local, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:49:32 PM

Hatboro police seek assistance in identifying armed robbery suspects

Glenside Local, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:29:47 PM

The Prediction Market Predicament

Status, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:21:46 PM

Upper Dublin Police Department announces investigation into shooting

Glenside Local, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:20:14 PM

weekend open thread – September 12-13, 2026

Ask a Manager, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:07:12 PM

Yekutiel wins Lurie endorsement after assurance sexual assault claim ‘simply was not true’

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:03:22 PM

Living (Almost) Car-Free

RasterWeb!, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 4:00:03 PM

Right-Wing Observes 9/11 By Launching False Attacks on Mayor Mamdani and Rep AOC

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 3:49:22 PM

So you want to use OpenRouter?

Simon Willison's Weblog, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 3:49:18 PM

Pro-Cop Red States Latest To Kick Flock To The Curb

Techdirt, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 3:35:26 PM

A campaign using manipulated videos of US celebrities, falsely branded with CNN logos, is targeting Democratic candidates and seems to be backed by the Kremlin (Brandy Zadrozny/MS NOW)

Mediagazer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 2:55:00 PM

This Week in the IndieWeb

https://indieweb.org/this-week/, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 2:50:07 PM

Work 2026

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 2:37:00 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: How the 49ers became Australia’s favorite NFL team

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 2:30:00 PM

A federal judge just told Trump there’s no ‘emergency’ to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open

Grist, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 2:20:55 PM

Friday Squid Blogging: Rotting Squid on a Beached California Boat

Schneier on Security, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 2:03:27 PM

Saudi-Backed Forces ROUTED in Yemen as Oil Surges and War Spirals

Drop Site News, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:43:08 PM

America’s houseplants come at a steep price for greenhouse workers

Grist, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:42:38 PM

As microdrama makers embrace AI, actors say once-reliable work is scarcer; Axis AI Studios: live-action costs $100K-$300K vs. $60K-$100K for AI production (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:40:00 PM

How Theories Arise

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:37:00 PM

Friday Report: September 11, 2026

Take Control Books, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:26:39 PM

Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:25:57 PM

Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps

BleepingComputer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:19:09 PM

25 years on, we’ve forgotten 9/11, or at least what it could teach us.

The Garden of Memory, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:15:29 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Duty Of Careful What You Wish For

Techdirt, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:05:11 PM

Manta Media Capital Makes Its First Deals, With More on the Way

A Media Operator, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:04:48 PM

Samedi 19 septembre : un atelier htop !

LoLiGrUB ASBL, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:02:43 PM

How Hoyeon Manifested Her Way Into ‘Hope’ as Its Badass Sci-Fi Heroine

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 1:00:41 PM

How to write it like you told it

Mike Monteiro’s Good News, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 12:59:16 PM

A judge orders Paramount and California AG Rob Bonta to schedule two days of settlement talks at the end of October for the Paramount-WBD antitrust case (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 12:50:50 PM

My 20 Favorite Google Docs Features ❤️

Wonder Tools, Friday, Sep 11, 2026 12:46:50 PM