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How Muslim women writers in Nigeria bypass religious censorship by posting erotic novel installments in WhatsApp groups and placing cliffhangers behind paywalls (New York Times)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 5:00:05 PM

What do people die from in different countries?

https://ourworldindata.org, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Gemma 4 audio with MLX

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:57:53 PM

In search for a more precise cursor

Unsung, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:45:54 PM

Congratulations Hungary

Whatever, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:31:20 PM

"Tyrants Always Fall" - A Song and a Signal

Sustain What, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:25:52 PM

The Athletic Plays Defense

Status, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 3:58:28 PM

Three Months After Georgia Tech, Stallman Heads to UT Austin

https://fossforce.com, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 3:52:33 PM

Rise of Steyer, and Hilton? Plus: Alameda DA looks into Swalwell

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 3:16:45 PM

Sam Altman’s home targeted in second attack; two suspects arrested

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 3:01:24 PM

Orbán concedes

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 2:47:37 PM

Australia bans use of genetic testing information by life insurers to deny or restrict coverage

Bianca Nogrady, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 2:13:01 PM

The Mets lost again. I think I’m drawn to the Mets because they’re a...

https://stephenpieper.net, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 2:11:14 PM

Australia once again losing the rabbit war

Bianca Nogrady, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 2:08:45 PM

Genetic testing: Australia bans life insurers from discriminating against applicants

Bianca Nogrady, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 2:06:20 PM

It's Hard Living in the 21st Century Everything Comes with a Price

daniel.industries, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 1:20:10 PM

Damn, the ‘Power Rangers’ Reboot Could’ve Had Four Movies

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 1:15:45 PM

Operation Dildo Blitz

jwz, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 1:14:05 PM

Week Notes 26#15

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:54:40 PM

The Garden after Gaza: Fourth Meditation

Mira Kamdar, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:33:48 PM

The Garden after Gaza: Third Meditation

Mira Kamdar, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:17:11 PM

Trump’s Colosseum

Sports Politika, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:01:29 PM

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Techdirt, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:00:00 PM

The Garden after Gaza: Second Meditation

Mira Kamdar, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 11:57:44 AM

The Live-Action ‘One Piece’ Team Wants to Go the Distance

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 11:50:57 AM

Performance Reviews Are the Scorecard of Capitalism (And Why That Should Free You)

https://jeanhsu.substack.com, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 11:40:23 AM

Thinking Live with Phillips O'Brien on War in Iran and Ukraine

Thinking about..., Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 11:17:21 AM

This week's LEGO build progress

Aaron Parecki, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 11:01:00 AM

Most major book publishers lack clear rules on AI use, frustrating authors and readers and raising fears that AI-generated books will slip past editors (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 10:55:00 AM

My dialogue with Jonathan Zittrain

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 10:45:48 AM

The Bootlegging, Blues Singing Star of 1930s Prison Radio

The Marshall Project, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 10:00:00 AM

What To Read This Weekend,

On my Om, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 9:30:00 AM

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Will Please Gross Horror Fans

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 9:25:46 AM

YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Entangled Servitude

Green Comet, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 9:25:32 AM

Sunday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 9:14:35 AM

Perhaps most important, philanthropy must no longer treat middle America as its...

Crank.report Survey, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 9:13:56 AM

Even more good news for the future of neurosymbolic AI

Marcus on AI, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:55:15 AM

Elephant herd

Following curiosity, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:54:27 AM

The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Psychological Hazards

Aphyr: Posts, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:41:51 AM

How All-Star addition Gabby Williams fits the Valkyries’ long-term plans

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:19:14 AM

Vinyl Chickie in Glenside releases inventory of Pierre Robert’s record collection to be sold on April 18

Glenside Local, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:12:08 AM

BTW one thing you haven't heard, because the press is so self-centered, is that ...

Scripting News, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:03:27 AM

beyond tellerrand 🇩🇪

https://elliotjaystocks.com, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 8:00:44 AM

Zombie Flow

Elezea - RSS Feed, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 7:54:13 AM

G07 Monitor Boy and His Trusty Arcade Assistant, Part 2

bavatuesdays, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 7:48:31 AM

Roslyn, Fort Washington fire companies extinguish large mulch fire

Glenside Local, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 7:34:22 AM

Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation

BleepingComputer, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 7:20:31 AM

Philadelphia Rock Gyms – Wyncote Summer Camps Registration Now Open | Birthday Party Packages Available

Glenside Local, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 7:17:00 AM

Somehow Paramount’s ‘Avatar’ Movie Has Leaked, Too

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 7:00:47 AM

Nothing new, but interesting read !

A Node on the Web, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:48:54 AM

The demo for Gutenberg is at demo.gutenberg.land. Easy to remember, and makes th...

Scripting News, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:24:40 AM

BTW, when playing around with Gutenberg, I wonder why it doesn't allow me to mov...

Scripting News, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:23:54 AM

What to Do If the AI Bubble Bursts

Tech Policy Press, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:10:00 AM

Netanyahu relieved as peace talks collapse at "perfect moment", just before his corruption trial was set to resume

Normal Island News, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:03:38 AM

‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire’: In Swalwell’s backyard, support is running out

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Q&A: The influencer hoping to strike it rich as a ‘bum in SF’

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The father, the son, and the kitchen that fed a Warriors dynasty

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Opinion: The surprising reason anti-Asian hate is going unpunished

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

OpenAI wants a New Deal for AI. An attack on Sam Altman’s home made it urgent

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year

Grist, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 6:00:00 AM

ENEMY (2013)

Cows in the Field, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 5:37:19 AM

Programming in overdrive

Scripting News, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 5:37:00 AM

“Deere charges six figures for a tractor. But the farmers were still the product.”

Unsung, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 5:35:30 AM

Espresso Shots 4-12-26

https://makoism.com, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 5:01:17 AM

A look at efforts to preserve local news archives, including work made for digital platforms first, and why some news leaders see archives as community gifts (Kristen Hare/Poynter)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:55:00 AM

Poem: Rare lights

Journal J, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:12:13 AM

Interesting Links for 12-04-2026

Very cool, if true, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:00:08 AM

Dragoncatcher: Tinfoil

Robin Sloan, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Life is Strange: Reunion is a decent but unnecessary sequel

Region Free, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 3:10:15 AM

THE MAP FORKS

Media War & Peace, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:15:52 AM

Staged homes sell for more than empty homes

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 12:12:43 AM

All previously blogged

diamond geezer, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 11:08:54 PM

The challenges and advantages of covering Iran from abroad amid an internet blockade: being outside allows accountability reporting without fear of retribution (Yeganeh Torbati/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 10:55:00 PM

first impressions of shanghai

Winnie Lim, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 10:45:59 PM

Under Heaven

tl;dr, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 10:35:47 PM

In the US, in March, more electricity came from renewables than gas.

Kellan Elliott-McCrea's Linkblog, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 10:35:34 PM

OTR Links 04/12/2026

doug — off the record, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 10:30:54 PM

Commonwealth of PA looking to fill multiple positions in Montgomery County

Glenside Local, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 10:30:00 PM

How to Make the Impossible Possible: Cristina Campo on the Crucial Difference Between Hope and Trust

The Marginalian, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 9:46:45 PM

Another possible cyberequilibrium? (from my email)

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 9:21:46 PM

Still seeking Basecamp alternative

jwz, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 8:34:31 PM

Wikity: Building an Obsidian wiki out by leaving corrective notes for Claude Code in it

The End(s) of Argument, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 7:53:34 PM

Trump ousts all six Biden-appointed Presidio Trust board members

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 6:27:04 PM

Is this the latest?

Unsung, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 6:18:45 PM

Q&A with NYT reporter Tiffany Hsu about AI-generated online influencers, how the volume of synthetic content produces exhaustion for users, and more (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 5:25:00 PM

Announcing my retirement

Andy Sylvester's Web, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 5:19:57 PM

Sex toys thrown at detention facility in L.A. anti-ICE protest; police declare unlawful assembly

Suhauna Hussain, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 4:59:02 PM

How Republicans plan to make Swalwell a liability for Democrats

The San Francisco Standard, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 4:57:14 PM

I’m glad San Francisco is back in my travels; San Francisco needs to be back, period.

Rob Pegoraro, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 4:44:56 PM

Three very good things

Crank.report Survey, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 4:08:14 PM

Researchers and the IndieWeb: Owning your presence online

IndieNews English, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 4:01:38 PM

Anthropic’s Mythos implies LLM scaling has hit a wall

Random Thoughts, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 3:59:29 PM

Jay Howard the Ultimate Magician: Over 50 Years of Magic and Still Going Strong!

Glenside Local, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 2:47:17 PM

Survey: 64% of US adults read a print book in the past year, down from 72% in 2011; 31% read an e-book, vs. 17% in 2011, while 26% have listened to an audiobook (William Bishop/Pew Research Center)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 2:30:04 PM

L.A. family linked to Iranian Revolutionary 'propagandist' arrested by feds

Suhauna Hussain, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 2:00:34 PM

“So I wrote a script that takes monthly screenshots of Google and Apple Maps.”

Unsung, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 1:57:02 PM

Jeg har lige opdaget btop. Hold da kæft ...

Left handed typing since 2017, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 1:55:11 PM

Skibidi Toilet fans are melting down

User Mag, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 1:37:54 PM

‘Marvel Rivals’ Wants to Start Being More Than Just a Hero Shooter

io9 | We Come From the Future, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 1:15:21 PM

Toward a theory on the death of the Democratic Party.

The Garden of Memory, Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 1:15:04 PM