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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:40:24 PM.

An interview with Nikita Bier, who wants to lure journalists back to X with a rebuilt recommendation algorithm with no keyword suppression or manual downranking (Alex Heath/Sources)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 9:55:00 PM

Reddit files a lawsuit against Australia over its social media ban for under-16s, saying the ban "infringes the implied freedom of political communication" (Reuters)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 7:55:00 PM

The December Comfort Watches, Day Eleven: Godzilla (2014)

Whatever , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 7:43:33 PM

‘Star Wars: Galactic Racer’ Is Speeding Into Our Hearts

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 7:41:40 PM

Surprise! Deadpool Is Also Coming to ‘Marvel Rivals’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 6:45:58 PM

The Washington Post's new Your Personal Podcast, which offers AI-generated customizable podcasts, was developed under a multiyear agreement with ElevenLabs (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 6:45:00 PM

The First Trailer for the New ‘Street Fighter’ Movie Really Looks Like That

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 6:29:52 PM

HealthCare Subsidies Fail, Noem Leaves Early, and WTF Ticketmaster-LiveNation Nicole Sandler Show 12-11-25

The Nicole Sandler Show , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 6:21:18 PM

Funnies

Doc Searls Weblog , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 6:16:56 PM

Trump orders crackdown on state AI regulation. Here's why California is hardest hit

The Markup , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 5:45:00 PM

The Old Republic Returns to ‘Star Wars’ Video Games

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 5:28:15 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for December 11, 2025

Portland startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 5:01:05 PM

Trump Signs Executive Order To Combat State AI Regulation

Tech Policy Press , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 4:51:48 PM

Substack hosted a debate about SF — and haters won the night

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 4:30:21 PM

What is happening? Orcas started wearing dead salmon as hats again and...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 4:20:28 PM

To Slow Climate Change, Focus on System Change More than Click-Friendly Footprint Charts

Sustain What , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 4:01:01 PM

I made gnocchi from leftover mashed potatoes. They were super easy! Mix 1 egg per cup of potatoes,…

Unselling Convenience , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:59:33 PM

GPT-5.2

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:58:04 PM

An old fashioned kiosk at a ...

Rudiger Meyer’s Notes & Short Posts , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:45:00 PM

System76 Celebrates 20 Years with Pop!_OS and the New COSMIC Desktop

The Future is Open , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:44:07 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Censors & Sensibility

Techdirt , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:18:23 PM

This Shor Smells Bad***

The Connector , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:13:32 PM

Brave browser starts testing agentic AI mode for automated tasks

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 3:03:37 PM

Brodart has recently discontinued their salmon card index cards with pre-drilled...

Chris Aldrich , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:58:02 PM

How Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Are Made

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:56:33 PM

‘Doctor Who’ and the Disintegration of 2025

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:45:08 PM

Sources: WaPo's top standards editor decried "frustrating" errors in its new AI-generated personalized podcasts, announced this week for users of its mobile app (Max Tani/Semafor)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:45:00 PM

Journalists warn of silenced sources

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:37:20 PM

EFFecting Change Site Banner 1.15.26

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:37:10 PM

Gaza’s Schools Reopen in Defiance of Continued Israeli Attacks on Everyday Life

Drop Site News , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:33:17 PM

In a message to members, the WGA says Disney's licensing deal with OpenAI "appears to sanction" OpenAI's "theft of our work", and it plans to meet with Disney (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:30:00 PM

Grand Theft Auto Online: A Safehouse in the Hills update is now available

Region Free , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:25:19 PM

Gifts for People You Hate 2025: Boycott Friendly Edition

https://naomikritzer.com/contact-me/, Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 2:02:34 PM

MacKenzie Scott announces that she’s donated almost $7.2 billion of her personal...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:59:22 PM

update: my boss says my salary research is wrong, coworkers won’t answer their phones, and more

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:59:10 PM

The 49ers have the best QB room in the NFL — and it could be even better in 2026

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:52:24 PM

Hackers exploit Gladinet CentreStack cryptographic flaw in RCE attacks

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:49:10 PM

They earn $70 an hour and are in high demand. So why are so many leaving this job?

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:45:55 PM

ChatGPT Is Pitching In To Help Federal Officers Misrepresent Confrontations With Protesters

Techdirt , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:39:41 PM

Investigating sexual and gender-based crimes online

Human Rights Center - Medium , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:36:43 PM

Day 1787: "Wasting your time."

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:31:00 PM

Downtown’s $1.6B ‘money pit’ is close to getting scooped up by local buyers

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:24:34 PM

Thousands Tell the Patent Office: Don’t Hide Bad Patents From Review

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:17:47 PM

at Portland International Airport (PDX)

Aaron Parecki , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:15:39 PM

Sources: during the bidding process, Paramount promised WBD that its foreign partners and Jared Kushner's fund wouldn't have any voting or governance rights (Axios)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:15:05 PM

Notepad++ fixes flaw that let attackers push malicious update files

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:04:15 PM

Shop Around Globally for Better Deals on Streaming Services

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:00:13 PM

8 Characters We Think Scarlett Johansson Could Play in ‘The Batman Part II’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1:00:02 PM

Yearn Finance hacked for the third time

Web3 is Going Just Great , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:56:59 PM

A US appeals court upholds a contempt ruling in Epic v. Apple but says Apple can charge commissions on external links, with the rate to be set by a lower court (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:55:01 PM

Malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions hid trojan in fake PNG file

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:54:21 PM

Justices seem receptive of private suits against investment companies

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:48:24 PM

Covering immigration in a climate of fear

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:47:09 PM

U.S. Government seized "approximately 17 phones" from former DEA official charged with narcoterrorism and money laundering

All-Source Intelligence , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:42:15 PM

Silent Night Deadly Night Prints

bavatuesdays , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:32:08 PM

update: how do I keep cat fur off all my work clothes?

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:29:46 PM

European Police Strike at Balkan Drug Cartel in Coordinated Raids

OCCRP , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:22:00 PM

John Varley (1947-2025)

Locus Online , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:20:06 PM

My new fave thing to go to is algoraves

Interconnected , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:20:00 PM

Want to start a literary magazine? The original Paris Review offices are for sale.

Literary Hub , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:17:05 PM

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Literary Hub , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:14:57 PM

Ukraine Probes Bail Money in ‘Operation Midas’ Case

OCCRP , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:14:00 PM

Eight Million Ways to Happiness: Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:09:01 PM

Legal News for Thurs 12/11 - Judge on Trial Over ICE Obstruction, Trump Wants His Face on Park Passes, No Tax On Social Security is a Lie and new AI Homicide Litigation

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:01:45 PM

Everything We Saw in the First Trailer for ‘Supergirl’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:00:35 PM

December 9th New Books Video is Live!

Locus Online , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:00:22 PM

Mariage Frères Tea Reviews

Brain Baking , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 12:00:00 PM

2025 A&P News Roundup [359]

The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:53:40 AM

Congress Is About to Break the Internet

User Mag , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:52:35 AM

A Manhattan jury finds director Carl Rinsch guilty on all seven counts of defrauding Netflix of $11M when making sci-fi show White Horse (Jacob Shamsian/Business Insider)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:40:01 AM

Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary. In the narration, he calls the...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:33:47 AM

Timeline of a new phase in my life.

Very cool, if true , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:12:19 AM

NY governor signs bills requiring ads to disclose AI-generated performers and mandating consent of heirs to use a deceased person's likeness commercially (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:10:00 AM

Amazon’s Official ‘Fallout’ Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:08:22 AM

Pebble’s Original Creator Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack

Techdirt , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:07:14 AM

at Alaska Flight 235

Aaron Parecki , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:04:11 AM

A Stock Price Is Not a Prediction

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:03:09 AM

Daily Deal: SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit for Arduino

Techdirt , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 11:02:14 AM

all of my 2025 book recommendations

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:59:53 AM

Pa. Rep. Fitzpatrick leads move to force US House vote on extending Obamacare subsidies

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:58:47 AM

Connecting Prompt Writing to Other Genres of Writing

blog – improving learning , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:52:37 AM

Schedule messages to be sent at a later time in Google Chat

Google Workspace Updates , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:46:16 AM

Solus 4.8 ‘Opportunity’: An Independent Distro Struts Its Stuff

https://fossforce.com , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:40:12 AM

Botulism outbreak tied to ByHeart formula grows to 51 infants in 19 states

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:38:41 AM

Photographing the Andromeda Galaxy for 10 Seconds vs 10 Hours

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:35:43 AM

Estate sues OpenAI, Microsoft after woman is killed by her son

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:35:41 AM

The Complete Evening Voluntaries

Spoken Realms , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:29:00 AM

A Call to Harness Doomscrolling for Good - Really

Sustain What , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:27:51 AM

Advent 2025 Day 12

Tea and Sanctuary , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:25:41 AM

Neil Cooke: Building a Connected Data Community in Texas

Beeck Center , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:24:33 AM

What Kind of Housing Is Being Built in New York?

J. W. Mason , Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 10:17:31 AM