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From Tehran to Texas: How a Convicted Iranian Pyramid Scheme Ringleader Built a New Life in the U.S.

OCCRP , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:00:00 AM

What if Prison Was Not Designed to Punish?

The Marshall Project , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:00:00 AM

Pennsylvania Struck Down Mandatory Life Without Parole for 2nd-Degree Murder. What Comes Next?

The Marshall Project , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 3:00:00 AM

Australia's online safety regulator says social media use among under-16s fell to 81.5% in March 2026, compared to 85.9% before ban took effect in December 2025 (Angus Whitley/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:20:01 AM

The 13 Best Book Covers of July

Literary Hub , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:10:48 AM

Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End”

Literary Hub , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:09:41 AM

Read the First Reviews of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.

Literary Hub , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:08:45 AM

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Literary Hub , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:08:04 AM

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Literary Hub , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:07:11 AM

As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice

ProPublica , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Camping with … air conditioning? Pa. launches glamping pilot to woo newcomers to outdoor fun.

Spotlight PA , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:57:41 AM

This is How People Die

Literary Hub , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:46:38 AM

Here’s what supercharged the monster wildfires in Spain and France

Grist , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:45:00 AM

Why rice crops could be in for a weird year

Grist , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:30:00 AM

Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse.

Grist , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 1:15:00 AM

An unprecedented weapon?

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:03:26 AM

Book Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett

nerds of a feather, flock together , Friday, Jul 31, 2026 12:00:00 AM

The Erotic Adventures of Andy Pandy

Self Distract , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 11:42:12 PM

Webcurios 31/07/26

webcurios , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 11:23:23 PM

My De-Claudifying Memory File to Ditch Claude's "Word Mosaics"

The End(s) of Argument , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 11:02:44 PM

Photo Post

Anthony Ciccarello , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 10:49:38 PM

OTR Links 07/31/2026

doug — off the record , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 10:30:50 PM

Sony Pictures reports Q1 operating income up 21% YoY to $156M, revenue down 13% to $1.978B, with Motion Pictures group revenue down 13% to $645M (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 10:15:00 PM

The wisdom of Eli Dourado

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 10:02:53 PM

Fuck Everything, Says Anthropic, We Have Three Models Hacking Infrastructure

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:55:12 PM

Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:37:00 PM

What Every Adult Should Know About Parasocial Media and Teens

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:37:00 PM

AI Did Not Introduce Cognitive Offloading. Education Had Already Set the Stage.

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Understanding

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Einstein’s Miracle Year

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:37:00 PM

How to Plant a Nuclear Plant in Iran

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:34:00 PM

my boss takes credit for my work, I work at the same church I attend services at, and more

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:03:21 PM

Artist, activist, and author Edie Fake on communicating with images

The Creative Independent , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 9:00:00 PM

Visiting CSIS HQ? Take a cab, not an Uber

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 8:36:35 PM

John Oliver Dares Buc-ee’s To Sue Him Over Trademark Infringement

Techdirt , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 8:07:20 PM

The ‘Sovereignty’ Narratives That Don’t Help Europe

Tech Policy Press , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 8:05:54 PM

The WSJ’s Tech Tremors

Status , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 7:29:06 PM

The Startup Behind The Pill For Sleep Apnea Raises $192 Million In IPO

Amy Feldman , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 7:21:51 PM

The seven most shambolic things that happened in AI today.

Marcus on AI , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 7:15:39 PM

A State Department political appointee simultaneously running USAGM would turn a trustworthy journalism source into state propaganda, pleasing US adversaries (Clayton Weimers/The National Interest)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 7:15:00 PM

The Onion: Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem...

kottke.org , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 6:29:31 PM

Anthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations

NYT > Kate Conger , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 6:10:12 PM

Today’s Worst News & Rocking the Memories from Philly’s WMMR with Erin Riley – Nicole Sandler Show 7-30-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 6:03:10 PM

Gov. Shapiro launches multimillion-dollar plan to boost Pennsylvania’s Democratic voters, touts strong economy as the state ranks 13th in CNBC’s analysis, 47th in U.S. News & World Report

Glenside Local , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 6:00:34 PM

US HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches The Real Food Show, a cooking series on YouTube focused on healthy, inexpensive meals (Max Rego/The Hill)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 6:00:06 PM

Anthropic's Claude breached 3 orgs, uploaded PyPI malware during tests

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:57:25 PM

Claude uploaded malware to PyPI in Anthropic's botched test

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:57:25 PM

More details about Harrison Bader’s late-night scooter crash. Giants seek info

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:48:23 PM

Anthropic dice que su IA se infiltró en 3 organizaciones

NYT > Kate Conger , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:38:49 PM

Sarah B. Rogers, Trump's nominee to lead USAGM, says she would reinstate some agency employees; if confirmed, she would still serve in the State Department (Minho Kim/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:20:01 PM

Bruce Lawson Interviews OWA: For A Better Web

Open Web Advocacy , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Bruce Lawson Interviews OWA: For A Better Web

Open Web Advocacy , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Bruce Lawson Interviews OWA: For A Better Web

Open Web Advocacy , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT‑5.6

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 4:58:42 PM

Gerhard’s Appliances Heats Up Summer with Limited-Time Savings

Glenside Local , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 4:55:23 PM

People and Blogs: Eetu

People and Blogs — Zachary Kai , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 4:54:12 PM

Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 4:41:29 PM

The U.S. State Department Entirely Mislabelled a Map of Africa at the AIDS2026 Conference

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 4:30:33 PM

llm 0.32rc2

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:52:06 PM

First, a fatal crash. Then, missed court dates. Driver faces trial after years of delays

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:43:46 PM

Swiss film producer Simon Afram sues Netflix for $105M, saying Netflix lost an unencrypted copy of a film starring Nicolas Cage that he spent $45M to produce (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:35:00 PM

South Korea fines telco giant KT $39 million for customer data breach

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:28:30 PM

What 20 Million Bans Reveal About The Stress On Wikipedia’s Volunteers

Techdirt , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:19:39 PM

Day 2018: “Considerations.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:12:41 PM

Sources: Disney is selling its 50% stake in A+E Global Media to co-owner Hearst Communications in a deal believed to be all in cash and worth north of $1B (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:04:09 PM

JetBrains warns of critical TeamCity remote code execution flaw

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 3:01:31 PM

Huge, and surprising, and important: dementia is down by almost half over the l...

Ryan Barrett , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:59:25 PM

Counter-narcotics branch of U.S. State Department is donating 150 heavy machine guns to Ukraine

All-Source Intelligence , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:55:52 PM

Australia’s electrification moment

Kate Carruthers , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:53:30 PM

What Are the Most Untouchable Records in Sports?

kottke.org , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:49:00 PM

A Little Waxy Refresh

Waxy.org , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:31:28 PM

When AI escapes containment: the human failure mode your threat model doesn't cover yet

Kate Carruthers , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:02:26 PM

The Big Lesson from the Implosion of Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $20 Billion Situational Awareness Hedge Fund

https://firstadopter.substack.com , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 2:00:55 PM

Apple reports Q3 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV, and more, grew 12% YoY to $30.74B, vs. $31.36B est.; AAPL drops 5%+ after hours (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:56:34 PM

Rep. Ryan Mackenzie returns donation from pardoned Republican megadonor

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:56:34 PM

Filing: Anne Sweeney has resigned from Netflix's board after more than 11 years; the company noted her departure is not due to any disagreement (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:50:01 PM

A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head...

kottke.org , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:49:00 PM

YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:41:23 PM

Reddit reports Q2 revenue up 61% YoY to $805M, vs. $730M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est., says search referrals were "choppy"; RDDT drops 10%+ after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:35:02 PM

Jefferson Abington’s emergency department named recipient of Emergency Nurses Association’s Lantern Award

Glenside Local , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:33:33 PM

Business Oregon wants your feedback on Oregon’s 10-Year Innovation Plan

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:28:24 PM

Mrs. Neysa Adams, a former resident of Elkins Park, civic and community leader, scientist, and teacher, has passed away at 104

Glenside Local , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:28:20 PM

Amazon reports Q2 ad revenue up 26% YoY to $19.81B, vs. $19.43B est., and subscription services revenue up 12% YoY to $13.73B (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:27:49 PM

Guest Post: The Coalition Beating ICE at the State Level

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 1:22:57 PM