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The US confirms detaining award-winning Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh on September 24; Sheikh entered on a student visa in 2019 and applied for asylum in 2020 (Kanishka Singh/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:50:02 AM

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just… Not Picking It Up?

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:09:04 AM

How an Army Librarian Brought the Joy of Reading to the Front Lines

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:08:37 AM

The Confident Complexity of Whitney Houston

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:08:12 AM

Storytelling Across Genre: On Being an Anishinaabe Poet in a Fiction Writer’s World

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:07:00 AM

American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk

ProPublica , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:00:00 AM

The cost of voting

doug — off the record , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Spotlight PA’s first Ideas Festival brought Berks County together to tackle local challenges

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:57:04 AM

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:56:38 AM

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:56:37 AM

“Perfect Breakfast”

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:45:32 AM

Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act. These 10 species show what’s at stake.

Grist , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:45:00 AM

From the farm to your door: How our global food system exploits workers

Grist , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:30:00 AM

T. Geronimo Johnson on Atlanta, White Supremacy, and The Occidental Book of the Dead

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:01:48 AM

PR agency linked to fake Forbes websites posts articles to help US visa applications

Press Gazette , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:59:28 AM

Bucks County sheriff joins movement pledging not to interfere with elections

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:57:06 AM

Pa. election 2026: Where Garrity, Shapiro stand on taxes, spending, skill games, and more

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:57:05 AM

Pa. election 2026: What you need to know about your Election Day voting rights

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:57:04 AM

Gotcha: GitHub Custom Properties are public

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:31:29 AM

A guided tour of the Greater London boundary

diamond geezer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:10:42 AM

Q&A with USA Today CEO Mike Reed, CCO Kristin Roberts, and comms exec Lark-Marie Anton on the Palantir deal, union pushback, how newsrooms use AI, and more (Alex Pasternack/Fast Company)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:05:01 AM

How and why did the Victorians succeed?

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:02:17 AM

Sculptor and painter Kennedy Yanko on not forcing it

The Creative Independent , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:00:00 AM

TV Review: Lanterns

nerds of a feather, flock together , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Samsung Galaxy S26 hacked three more times at Pwn2Own Ireland

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:32:16 PM

Playdate’s update interface takes charge

Unsung , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:03:49 PM

OTR Links 10/08/2026

doug — off the record , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:30:47 PM

What I’ve been reading

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:52:29 PM

What happens to the Gemini Gems you assigned in Google Classroom

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:37:00 PM

ActivityPods - Personal data spaces powered with ActivityPub

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:37:00 PM

boss pressured me into joining our culture committee, will avoiding social media harm my job search, and more

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:03:59 PM

Honest Government Ad | Bulls*it™

https://www.thejuicemedia.com/, Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:03:49 PM

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

The Marginalian , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:34:48 PM

Trump Can’t Scare You Anymore, So He’s Trying to Pay You Off (And Trying To Scare You Anyway) with Driftglass 10-7-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:33:48 PM

The top takeaways from the only debate between Gov. Josh Shapiro and Stacy Garrity

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:20:10 PM

“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's America

Can We Still Govern?, Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:09:22 PM

New York Declares State Of Emergency As Measles Cases Spread Fast

Techdirt , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:07:00 PM

Great Deals on Apple Stuff Today

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:06:00 PM

Time to book your rides

Doc Searls Weblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:05:20 PM

Lurie’s allies ditched Manny Yekutiel. Now they’re polling his comeback odds

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 6:00:00 PM

Here are the winners of the 2026 Kirkus Prize.

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 5:45:36 PM

Condé’s Toy Story

Status , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 5:31:56 PM

Selfie a day for a year, day 44: Oct 7, 2026 edition. Just waiting for the kids....

Hey Loura!, Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 5:26:44 PM

“Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 5:10:00 PM

A 73% average decline in wildlife populations: an overview of the 2026 Living Planet Index report

https://ourworldindata.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Pitching your startup soon…? Here’s the feedback I kept repeating

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:29:21 PM

Next Year, YouTube Will Allow Testing Different Versions of the Same Video

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:29:17 PM

Triple-A Minesweeper

Waxy.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:26:01 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for October 7, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:20:43 PM

Quoting Ben Affleck

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:14:58 PM

Ransomware recovery CEO charged over secret ransom payments

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:04:37 PM

Day 2087: “Honey please.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:54:35 PM

2026 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Winners

Locus , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:43:11 PM

PD’s New Policy For Flock Cameras Just Shows How Little It Was Doing Before The Blowback Hit

Techdirt , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:26:13 PM

Cyber Risk Quantification: A Security Budget You Can Defend

CybersecKyle , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:13:08 PM

Democratic Party officials sue Trump to try to block his administration from using any more taxpayer money to pay for election-related TV ads (Jan Wolfe/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:05:00 PM

Q&A with Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell about combining the Sun-Times and WBEZ, dropping the Sun-Times paywall, losing $3M in federal funding, and more (Eric Rynston-Lobel/Local News Initiative)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:00:00 PM

Is the new Fire TV Stick 4K really faster? It depends.

Advisorator , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:45:20 PM

FBI: Ongoing FortiBleed attacks lock out FortiGate VPN admins

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:28:54 PM

Where in the world are typefaces being designed? The US,...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:23:00 PM

Likes Reader Mail > Deadly Intersection. This is important. This is our stree...

Chuck Grimmett , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:21:11 PM

UK startup Books by People gets approval from the UK's IP Office to distribute a thumbprint-style "organic" certification for books proven to be human-written (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:00:39 PM

“Konami looked at its restrictions and designed an entire level based around it.”

Unsung , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:57:52 PM

Justices wrestle with procedural dispute over Air Force’s munition detonations in Guam

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:57:49 PM

Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:56:21 PM

Sinclair’s new Substack repackages its local TV reporting into a video podcast

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:54:40 PM

Do you know why people like Markdown? You can't hide the bullshit. It's all ther...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:52:21 PM

Hackers hijack Google domains after breaching ccTLD registries

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:50:13 PM

32 is a lot of years. How much longer can this madness go on!

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:50:02 PM

CList at FediForum

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:43:00 PM

That said, surprisingly Nicolle Wallace's podcast is really good, which surprise...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:40:28 PM

I don't care for podcasts that begin with 15 minutes of giggling between the hos...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:38:23 PM

White House excludes Politico from Air Force One travel press pool

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:27:47 PM

The dark side of the Moon revealed: The flight of Luna 3.

The Garden of Memory , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:15:51 PM

Yesterday I wrote a piece about a Markdown-only browser, that worked nicely with...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:14:43 PM

How Copyright Is Being Abused To Censor Albania’s Flamingo Revolution

Techdirt , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:13:13 PM

Wildwood

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:10:00 PM

Woman accused of fatally shooting security guard at ‘Baddies’ event

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:03:56 PM

Dovetail Projects presents All Legacies, its debut exhibition and book release at Atelier Gallery in Brewerytown

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:01:00 PM

A New ‘Clayface’ Teaser Leans Heavy on the Horror

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:00:33 PM

Sources: the BBC and Channel 4 have held early talks with the UK government on a JV combining Channel 4's ad sales, E4, Film4, and VOD with the BBC's UKTV (Amy-Jo Crowley/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:45:00 PM

DNA Lounge: Wherein it is Spooky Season

jwz , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:44:15 PM

Nieman Lab has a new look

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:37:51 PM

Disinformation Conference in Europe Caught Up in Transatlantic Politics

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:25:00 PM

Meta Is Restricting Some Pages to Two External Links Per Month Unless They Pay Up

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:19:01 PM

Frank Mancuso Sr., who ran Paramount from 1984 to 1991 and MGM/UA from 1993 to 1999, engineering MGM's $1.3B sale to Kirk Kerkorian in 1996, has died at 93 (Richard Natale/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:15:02 PM

My Home Server Talks Back Now

https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:07:09 PM

AI-generated images don’t have to look like AI-generated...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:03:00 PM

The EEOC Fights to Keep Its Law-Firm DEI Records Secret, Disney Takes On the FCC & What Sen. Kelly's AI Tax Bill Would Actually Tax

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:01:06 PM

Mike Flanagan Addresses Some of Those ‘Carrie’ Twists

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:00:27 PM

Instagram i LinkedIn, grans assignatures pendents del català digital

Ara.cat - Albert Cuesta , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:59:11 AM

NEO on iOS

Hugh Howey , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:52:20 AM

On October 7 and Every Day, It’s Hard, but Vital, to Shift the Focus from Conflict to Cooperation

Sustain What , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:51:44 AM

The October 17 Vamonos Pa’l Monte procession celebrates Puerto Rican heritage in Philly

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:48:00 AM

Photo cross-post

Very cool, if true , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:33:46 AM