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ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs

ProPublica, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Alia Hanna Habib Offers a Guide to Finding an Agent

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:59:50 AM

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:59:16 AM

Why Regency Romances Are the Best Type of Romance Novels

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:59:10 AM

How an Enslaved Gardener Transformed the Pecan Into a Cash Crop

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:58:34 AM

Read Three Poems by Molly Ledbetter

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:58:28 AM

The Rise (and Fall) of the Sad Girl Grifter

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:58:10 AM

Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.

Grist, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:45:00 AM

A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous

Grist, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:30:00 AM

The climate contradictions in MAHA’s new food pyramid

Grist, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:15:00 AM

Another Homebrew Website Club took place yesterday. The next HWC DUS will be on...

IndieNews English, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:14:32 AM

Quoting Theia Vogel

Simon Willison's Weblog, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:13:54 AM

Steppe

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:07:08 AM

The Dignity of Human Art and the Secret World of Roald Dahl on The Lit Hub Podcast

Literary Hub, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 1:01:37 AM

Lawmakers move to close meeting notice loophole after ruling weakens Pa. transparency law

Spotlight PA, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 12:57:04 AM

How to: Manage conflicts of interest

Media Helping Media, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 12:28:25 AM

CPJ Reports Near-Record Global Journalist Imprisonments in 2025

OCCRP, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 12:12:00 AM

Book Review: The Regicide Report by Charlie Stross

nerds of a feather, flock together, Friday, Jan 23, 2026 12:00:00 AM

It’s not the thing you fling, it’s the fling itself

Self Distract, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 11:45:32 PM

What should I ask Julia Ioffe?

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 11:43:53 PM

A post from 2005

diamond geezer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 11:33:54 PM

Why Your Organisation Needs Someone “Unemployable”

Open Thinkering, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 11:15:17 PM

What The Continent has learned from whatsapp-first journalism, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn’t need to look like news, and Israeli drone strike on vehicle kills 3 journalists in Gaza

International Journalism Festival, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 10:56:17 PM

Inside the digital caste system Iran is building

Rest of World, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 10:45:27 PM

Large language models as attributes of statehood

AlgorithmWatch, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 10:00:00 PM

Two Major Studies Indicate the Social Media Panic Doesn’t Hold Up

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:58:11 PM

Wonder Man is the best Marvel story in years

Region Free, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:51:44 PM

Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters expects Netflix to win WBD, says Paramount's bid "doesn't pass the sniff test" and a "very small" number of WBD holders backed it (Financial Times)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:45:00 PM

OTR Links 01/23/2026

doug — off the record, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:30:53 PM

Seb Krier

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:24:50 PM

Steph Curry doesn’t want to get ‘existential’ on Warriors’ post-Jimmy Butler future

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:15:02 PM

Court Rules TikTok Can Continue to Operate Offices in Canada

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:06:41 PM

I left work because no one would let me in, refusing to manage a problem employee, and more

Ask a Manager, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 9:03:42 PM

Minnesota Momentum & Corporate Democrat Betrayal

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 8:17:10 PM

‘The Perfect Season’ Trademark: IU Would Have To License The Phrase From The Patriots

Techdirt, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 8:03:46 PM

Filing: Disney CEO Bob Iger's pay package rose 11.5% in 2025 to $45.8M; the Disney board is expected to name his successor early this year (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 7:55:01 PM

Business Insider’s Quiet Bleed

Status, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 7:43:18 PM

Six years, two presidents, and one app: TikTok’s U.S. saga explained

Rest of World, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 7:35:21 PM

Trump Threatened to Send Military Police to Minnesota. Here’s What They Can and Can’t Do.

The Marshall Project, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 7:15:38 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 6:15:41 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 6:09:21 PM

TikTok's new majority US-owned JV includes investors Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX, each holding 15%, and Dell Family Office; ByteDance retains 19.9% (Financial Times)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 6:05:01 PM

Adam Presser, previously TikTok's head of operations and trust and safety, will be the CEO of TikTok USDS Joint Venture; TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be a director (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:50:01 PM

two questions on software “sovereignty”

Luis Villa: Open Tech and Policy, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:46:18 PM

AMC Networks' Sundance Now rebrands from offering scripted TV to airing indie film and festival titles, for $7.99/month, as this year's Sundance Festival begins (Mia Galuppo/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:35:01 PM

How to haunt a house

Mike Monteiro’s Good News, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:28:32 PM

AMC Networks says Chief Financial Officer Patrick O'Connell will depart the company in March to "pursue an opportunity outside of the media industry" (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:15:00 PM

Minus World

Tedium, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:06:35 PM

‘I’m very stupid’: SF tech founder detained in Davos for bomb-lookalike device

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:06:01 PM

Transnational jewelry theft ring busted after monthlong investigation, LAPD says

Suhauna Hussain, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 5:01:42 PM

Source: the TikTok US deal values it at just around $14B; TikTok's US entity makes roughly $14B annually in advertising revenues alone, per analyst estimates (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:55:00 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:43:48 PM

New Version of Siri May Run on Google Servers

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:42:26 PM

TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app's US operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake (New York Times)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:34:59 PM

Undercutting Lurie, YIMBY group to sue city over Family Zoning Plan

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:29:58 PM

Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:27:22 PM

Day 1829: "Exploit the violence."

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:27:00 PM

Upper Dublin police release footage of recent ‘egregious’ school bus violation, urge area residents to exercise caution

Glenside Local, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:18:20 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: This Episode Is Broadly Safe To Listen To

Techdirt, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 4:14:01 PM

SSH has no Host header

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:57:50 PM

Jack Smith Testified Publicly Today and I’ve Got Your Clips Right Here – Nicole Sandler Show 1-22-26

The Nicole Sandler Show, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:49:41 PM

Building from the Ground Up

Unfiltered, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:46:12 PM

Lawyers for NPR and three Colorado public radio stations, alongside others, discuss the outlets' 1A lawsuit against the Trump administration for stopping funds (Lucy Schiller/Columbia Journalism Review)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:35:00 PM

Mercy

Movie Mom, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:33:38 PM

Digital legacy planning?

Cubic Garden, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:27:13 PM

People Are Big Mad About He-Man Having Pronouns

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 3:00:47 PM

Something ChatGPT is good at. Give it a photo of the Statue of Liberty and ask i...

Scripting News, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:37:02 PM

Wouldn't it be something if the leaders of European democracies said if democrac...

Scripting News, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:29:23 PM

Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on Netflix's stock roller coaster, viewer engagement, ads, the WBD acquisition, regulation, competition, Hollywood, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:25:03 PM

Scott Wiener leaving Jewish Caucus after Gaza ‘genocide’ remarks

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:21:37 PM

A Spell Against Fear: Tracy K. Smith on Poetry and The Art of Productive Impatience

The Marginalian, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:19:42 PM

‘They sold my pain for clicks’: Paris Hilton urges lawmakers to act on nonconsensual deepfakes

The 19th, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:18:11 PM

I hear Canada will be importing EV's from China. Now I'm going to have EV-envy a...

Scripting News, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:16:15 PM

FCC’s latest attack on late-night may preview new anti-press strategy

Freedom of the Press Foundation, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:12:30 PM

Apple's 1984 ad, with the benefit of hindsight, said "a new generation is going ...

Scripting News, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:10:10 PM

The Best Films of 2025

kottke.org, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:04:14 PM

Ryan Coogler on ‘Sinners’ Making Oscar History—Especially for Horror Movies

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 2:00:51 PM

Utah Continues To Ban More Books, Even As It Racks Up More Lawsuits

Techdirt, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:57:43 PM

Invasion of the Mind Snatchers

bavatuesdays, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:49:06 PM

How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”

ProPublica, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:44:18 PM

Okta SSO accounts targeted in vishing-based data theft attacks

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:43:43 PM

The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)

IndieNews English, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:42:29 PM

British podcasters like Steven Bartlett of The Diary of a CEO are adopting various strategies, including moving to the US, to break into the larger US market (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:30:01 PM

2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists

Locus Online, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:26:26 PM

Syrian Government Gains Ground in Northeast Syria After Arab Tribes Defect Against Kurdish SDF

Drop Site News, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:19:50 PM

Photographer arrested, pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed by federal officers

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:14:35 PM

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95....

kottke.org, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:01:36 PM

6 Cool Details We Spotted in the ‘Maul—Shadow Lord’ Trailer

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 1:00:16 PM

My AI and education talk at University of Austin

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:49:43 PM

Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2026: It’s back and promising to be bigger than ever

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:47:36 PM

Analysis: among the top 50 news websites in the US and the UK, 34% blocked all major AI training bots; 14%, including Fox and Substack, allowed access to all (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:45:01 PM

Internal memo: Business Insider's chief revenue officer, Maggie Milnamow, and global head of sales, Orlando Reece, are leaving the company (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:40:03 PM

B.C. securities panel finds executives committed ‘pump-and-dump’ stock scheme

Investigative Journalism Foundation, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:38:26 PM

Section 230 Didn’t Fail Rand Paul. He Just Doesn’t Like the Remedy That Worked.

Techdirt, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:34:45 PM

When work coms go wrong

Poetry by Nathalie, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:32:36 PM

GitHub Cofounder on Becoming a VC: “For me this is much more than a financial game. I want to fund founders that want to create a better future for PEOPLE.” Five Questions With Tom Preston-Werner.

Hunter Walk, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:27:48 PM

Here's the January 2026 book list!

Transfer Orbit, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:16:41 PM

Since Last May, ICE Officers Have Been Told They Don’t Need Warrants To Enter Homes

Techdirt, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:11:00 PM

Legal News for Thurs 1/22 - ICE Protest Rulings in MN, SCOTUS Skeptical of Trump's Ability to Fire Fed Gov, New Immigration Attacks in Maine and Tariffs for Greenland Lunacy

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:01:24 PM

YouTube New Books Video: January 20, 2026

Locus Online, Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 12:00:42 PM