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The Pa. budget quietly relaxed a standard for lead reporting in schools. Issues with the law go much deeper.

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Jul 23, 2026 12:57:39 AM

UK PM Andy Burnham keeping Lisa Nandy on as culture secretary renews pressure over potential streaming license fees and puts the WBD deal back in the spotlight (Max Goldbart/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 11:50:01 PM

Saying goodbye to Zepbound

A Whole Lotta Nothing , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 11:28:59 PM

OTR Links 07/23/2026

doug — off the record , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 10:30:46 PM

My excellent Conversation with Andrew Graham-Dixon

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:54:07 PM

Quoting Seth Larson

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:50:36 PM

Both ways

https://jasongoroncy.com , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:19:29 PM

employee keeps leaving a mess in the bathroom, I’m doing higher level work but can’t get promoted, and more

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 9:03:31 PM

What requesters need to know about the FOIA Advisory Committee's recommendations for reform

Muckrock News , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 8:50:09 PM

SEC filing: Primordial Soup, Darren Aronofsky's AI film and content studio, is raising $15M in cash, selling over $11M in equity so far since July 1 (The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 8:40:00 PM

Weeknote 2026-W29: Book Fair, Writing Group & Indiekit Books

IndieNews English , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 8:24:52 PM

Screen Time Guidelines For Kids Is Changing As Research Paints A More Nuanced Picture

Techdirt , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 8:16:00 PM

Tropical Storm Bertha is making landfall. What is not happening is any mention o...

Andy Sylvester's Web , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 6:54:37 PM

Tried out another NYT Cooking recipe: Orzo with Summer Squash and Pesto. Result:...

Andy Sylvester's Web , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 6:45:06 PM

Pangram in Substack? I’m so excited for the AI witch hunts

Elizabeth Tai , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 6:42:12 PM

Ontario-based Village Media gets a $5M Knight Foundation investment to build community-focused local digital newsrooms in three US states, starting in Wisconsin (GuelphToday.com)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 6:15:01 PM

ESPN's Messy Roster Shakeup

Status , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 6:02:35 PM

Will Pelosi’s heir also visit Taiwan? Chan and Wiener answer very differently

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 6:00:00 PM

Lee Publishing blocks cartoonist David Fitzsimmons from donating 10K+ cartoons to the University of Arizona by requiring the college to sign a licensing deal (David W Fitzsimmons/David Fitzsimmons)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 5:25:01 PM

Quoting Thomas Ptacek

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:59:01 PM

OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:51:33 PM

A four-month investigation finds employees of lobbying firm CT Group say they pay UK journalists to write news pieces favorable to CT clients for UK newspapers (The Guardian)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:50:00 PM

Industrialism and the slippery slope

Seth's Blog , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:37:05 PM

Surviving Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquakes and Podcasting with Driftglass

The Nicole Sandler Show , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:35:15 PM

Time for a wealth tax in the UK?

Cubic Garden , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:33:03 PM

Scripps names Dean Littleton president of media, a new position overseeing local stations, national networks, and Scripps News, its streaming news service (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:10:01 PM

ICE tells Shapiro administration it won’t use Pa. warehouses as detention centers

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:02:38 PM

Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 4:01:00 PM

Day 2010: “Own the chaos.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:58:53 PM

Please keep this jackass out of Congress

jwz , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:34:04 PM

The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:30:31 PM

Sources: Paramount+ is planning to test adding micro dramas in its mobile app in the coming months to drive visit frequency and keep people engaged for longer (James Faris/Business Insider)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:30:00 PM

OpenAI dice que sus modelos de IA se descontrolaron y atacaron una biblioteca digital

NYT > Kate Conger , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:21:42 PM

Oh wow, The Verge made a 70-minute video on how The...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:20:00 PM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 23-29, 2026

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:17:00 PM

‘Alice in Borderland: Retry’ Makes Up For the Netflix Series Reheating ‘Squid Game’ Nachos

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:15:16 PM

Concordance Ferments of Hatboro named ‘Best New Brewery’ in Philadelphia Magazine’s 2026 Best of Philly Edition

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:13:02 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: PwC’s Dan Hays On The Future Of Trust & Safety

Techdirt , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 3:00:00 PM

Nextcloud Names Christian Fu Müller as AI Team Lead

https://fossforce.com , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:53:08 PM

Where Did 30% of America Get This Opinion About The Odyssey?

The Present Age , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:49:06 PM

Upbound says hack caused $13 million in fraudulent Acima leases

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:43:39 PM

July 22, 1887: The Funeral of Tilghman H. Good, Founder of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

47th Pennsylvania Volunteers , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:41:37 PM

slash pages

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:37:00 PM

Managing your kid’s social schedule just got funnr

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:34:54 PM

John C. Dvorak, an early technology journalist best known for his column in PC Magazine and his groundbreaking work on the No Agenda podcast, has died (Aric Mackey/Facebook)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:30:45 PM

Can’t stand Google TV? Make it look like Roku instead

Advisorator , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:23:41 PM

New ‘End of Oak Street’ Trailer Brings ‘It Follows’ Magic to Dinosaur-Infested Suburbia

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:15:16 PM

The Spontaneous Interspecies Transfer of Autonomic Somatic Responses in Homo sapiens and Canidae: A Longitudinal Single-Household Case Study

Brainstorm in Progress , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:14:40 PM

Grain Is a Photo-First Social Network Built on AT Protocol

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:10:53 PM

Israel Firebombed a Family Home Where Children Were Sleeping in Latest Killing Spree

Drop Site News , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:00:25 PM

OpenAI’s disconcerting hack of HuggingFace

Marcus on AI , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 2:00:17 PM

Reddit's stock closed down 8.32% after a report that the company was considering ending Google's access to its content for AI training; RDDT is down ~26% YTD (CJ Haddad/CNBC)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:45:00 PM

Alphabet Quadruples Profit to Nearly $120 Billion, Fueled by A.I. Investments

NYT > Kate Conger , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:42:37 PM

Your next cybersecurity hire could come from Lewis & Clark thanks to a $1M Google grant

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:41:36 PM

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says ABC's decision to not carry Trump's July 16 speech about elections live will be part of its review for ABC-owned station licenses (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:35:01 PM

AI Slop

Matt Mullenweg , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:34:55 PM

Careful What You Sue For: Trump’s BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery

Techdirt , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:22:00 PM

How the web got gunked

Scripting News , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:21:18 PM

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue up 13% YoY to $11.06B, above $10.8B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $81.63B, up from $71.34B in Q2 2025 (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:14:25 PM

Humpty’s Dumplings’ popular dollar dumplings offer to be strategically modified

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:12:46 PM

Do You Hide Food?

The Bittman Project , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:08:46 PM

South Korea discloses data breach impacting diplomats worldwide

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 1:06:54 PM

Asides: Jul 22

Amit Gawande , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:58:07 PM

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:58:00 PM

LION Publishers launches new Sustainability Audit Dashboard

LION Publishers , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:55:32 PM

Elkins Nutrition in Cheltenham visited by world-renowned scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:47:13 PM

‘It Ends’ Trailer Takes Liminal Space Horror to the Great Outdoors

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:45:23 PM

California's Rob Bonta and a 13-state group challenge the appointment of current and recent Nexstar personnel to Tegna's board, after a preliminary injunction (State of California)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:40:01 PM

It’s official: Jackson Square is now downtown

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:38:18 PM

“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:32:45 PM

Who Controls the Tokens?

Search Blog , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:26:52 PM

Branding is hard. Rebranding is even worse. Quilld is here to help.

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:21:35 PM

A list of Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:18:00 PM

How major publishers in the UK are pivoting away from quantity of content towards quality as Google AI changes lead to falling traffic referrals (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:15:00 PM

Belle Cose Boutique in Jenkintown to close in August, property will be available for lease

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:14:17 PM

Cinema as a community experience opens the door for low-cost films funded by fans

open..., Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:09:05 PM

Legal News for Weds 7/22 - Meta AI Layoff Suit Chugs Along, Court Voids NLRB Union-Preserving Rule, Judge Saves Immigrant TPS Permits and CA Film Tax Credits Catching Strays

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:01:16 PM

Dragoncatcher: Rex's provocation

Robin Sloan , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Intruder enters ‘Today’ show studio, shouts racial slur at anchor

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 11:43:01 AM

Judge Dismisses Google’s Lawsuit Against SerpApi

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026 11:39:12 AM