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SAG-AFTRA's tentative contract lets studios use synthetic actors if they add "significant" value and requires bargaining if studios license performances for AI (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 7:20:01 PM

Döpfner’s MAGA Dance

Status , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 7:05:42 PM

Aaron Vegh and Ben McCarthy Launch Indigo

Pixel Envy , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:59:08 PM

Salem Media agrees to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, doing business as WaterStone, in a deal that will take Salem Media private (Adam Jacobson/Radio & Television ...)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:50:00 PM

YouTube is shifting its creator monetization strategy by acting as a matchmaker between creators and sponsors, as Netflix and TikTok increasingly woo creators (John Koblin/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:20:00 PM

The Best Holes of Curiosity

CogDogBlog , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:17:11 PM

Likes Going With the Flow: Dany Davis, Catskill Streams, and the Long ….

Chuck Grimmett , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:44:31 PM

Paramount sent a letter to California AG Rob Bonta last week saying "Paramount and WBD have every intention" to keep filling theaters in the state and worldwide (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:30:01 PM

PIGsquad on KOIN

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:03:39 PM

Cuba: New U.S. sanctions aim to starve people, justify military aggression

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Thousands of Malians demonstrate in support of the government’s fight against terror groups

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Outsourced: Chad as the armed wing of a low-visibility American strategy

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Race to the Bottom: Prison Labor Exploitation in the South

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

If Iran has the Strait of Hormuz, What Can Black People Use for Leverage and Power?

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

The Similar Praxis of Jim Crow and Lord Voldemort (Or, Why the Democrat Party Ain’t Harry Potter)

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

MANIFESTO: Analyse Schématique 1932-1934, Jacques Roumain and Étienne Charlier, 1934

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Hatboro teen accused of aiding a robbery and assault wins bid to move case to juvenile court

Glenside Local , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 4:41:48 PM

datasette 1.0a29

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 4:41:06 PM

For Lease: Primark space at Willow Grove Park Mall

Glenside Local , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 4:30:42 PM

Surprise! ‘VisionQuest’ Arrives on Disney+ in October

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 4:10:35 PM

US govt seeks Instructure testimony on massive Canvas cyberattack

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 4:09:55 PM

Quoting Mo Bitar

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:59:58 PM

AI News Archive Project – Report 2 (app now available)

Andy Sylvester's Web , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:50:37 PM

Day 1939: “Every American understands.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:45:49 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for May 12, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:41:48 PM

Prosecutors Had A Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not To Pursue Charges.

Techdirt , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:32:35 PM

Why AI needs a Proof-of-Concept to Production pipeline

Kate Carruthers , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:23:31 PM

Quoting Mitchell Hashimoto

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:21:51 PM

Broken Promises: RIP Instagram’s End-to-End Encrypted DMs

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:11:00 PM

I have regained control of my Twitter account. I really missed it, truth be told...

Scripting News , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:06:15 PM

Antenna: ad-supported tiers make up ~50% of all US premium subscription VOD sign-ups; ad tiers drove 78% of ~65M net subscriber adds in the past nine quarters (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 3:05:03 PM

Man arrested for making ‘politically violent’ threats to Pa. lawmakers online, State Police say

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:50:38 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: What Steve Kerr’s return means for Steph Curry and the Warriors

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:48:05 PM

Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Edition

Krebs on Security , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:46:45 PM

Speaking of robot bartenders

jwz , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:42:46 PM

Lurie touts a major drop in homelessness. Critics say the numbers don’t add up

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:37:10 PM

On monocultures, institutional agency, and resilience

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:37:00 PM

This bit of code kept coming up, so I wanted to make it easier to find.

Scripting News , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:28:49 PM

January, February, & March 2026: Abridged sonnets and legible arrangements

https://gretchenmcculloch.com , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:28:13 PM

Why This Is Not a Newsletter

https://nathanschneider.info/, Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:28:12 PM

Retiring to… Something

Steven D. BREWER , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:24:15 PM

Unrealistic Cynicism vs Realistic Hope

The Connector , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:16:38 PM

A profile of Kareem Rahma, host of Subway Takes, which has 2M Instagram followers, as he prepares to launch 10-episode YouTube series Keep the Meter Running (Sam Schube/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:10:01 PM

‘Ahsoka’ Season 2 Won’t Arrive Until 2027

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 2:03:51 PM

Report: Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights

Grist , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:55:29 PM

The Festival of Many Colors on May 17 marks a new chapter for the Mummers

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:52:00 PM

Don't fear the Dark Factory

Matt Wynne , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:49:28 PM

Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Why the Thing Was the Right MCU Role for Him

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:45:16 PM

ProPublica says it is launching a regional reporting hub in California, covering issues including tech and housing plus the state's role in national politics (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:45:05 PM

“Affiliation, not just access”: Newsrooms try to move beyond membership to a focus on “belonging”

Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:38:34 PM

A slopfondler walks into a bar, redux

jwz , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:34:42 PM

Kawakami: Year 2 Valkyries — how do you keep the culture but keep getting better?

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:30:38 PM

Google launches Intrusion Logging, a feature developed with Reporters Without Borders and others to log sophisticated attacks, on Android 16 Pixel devices (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:30:01 PM

Techdirt Podcast Episode 451: Preserving The Web In The Age Of AI

Techdirt , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:30:00 PM

Use NotebookLM in your Google Workspace Studio flows

Google Workspace Updates , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:21:56 PM

UK fines water supplier $1.3M for exposing data of 664k customers

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:17:19 PM

World Cup fails to deliver promised hotel boom in Philadelphia, other US host cities

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:15:40 PM

OrionVM launches managed enterprise AI cloud solution (TechPartner News)

OrionVM , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:08:46 PM

“So, at about 14, I became the team’s...

kottke.org , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:00:00 PM

Libyan Coast Guard Fired on Migrant Rescue Ship, Charity Says

OCCRP , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:49:00 PM

Webinar: Fixing the gaps in network incident response

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:46:04 PM

Christopher Nolan Addresses Some Major ‘Odyssey’ Controversies

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:45:12 PM

Signal adds security warnings for social engineering, phishing attacks

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:40:31 PM

Rug pulled

Unsung , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:40:20 PM

2026 Kurd Laßwitz Preis Winners

Locus , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:40:07 PM

Exim Mail Server Hit by “Dead.Letter” TLS Flaw, Admins Told to Upgrade

https://fossforce.com , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:35:35 PM

Life imitates Carpenter once more

jwz , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:20:02 PM

Internal email: in a "periodic reminder", NYT tells freelancers they must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated by AI tools (Maggie Harrison Dupré/Futurism)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:20:00 PM

The European Union backs Italy’s right to make Meta pay for news

Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:10:59 PM

Legal News for Tues 5/12 - Short Seller on Trial, Law Students Race to Beat Federal Loan Caps and Judge Scrutinizes Musk's SEC Settlement

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:01:41 PM

Heat, Healing, and Home Lab Progress (Week 19, 2026)

CybersecKyle , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:00:00 PM

California is rapidly stripping Cesar Chavez’s name. SF has convened a working group

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:00:00 PM

The World Press Freedom Index at Global 25-Year Low

kottke.org , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 12:00:00 PM

The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon

sippey.com , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:59:00 AM

Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5087544 extended security update

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:58:34 AM

Former Ukrainian Presidential Aide Implicated in Money Laundering Probe

OCCRP , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:57:00 AM

LION data shows centering audience grows publisher revenue

LION Publishers , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:46:33 AM

Amaze! You Can Watch ‘Project Hail Mary’ at Home, Right Now

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:45:08 AM

Hollis Robbins on AI and higher education

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:38:00 AM

Fortinet warns of critical RCE flaws in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:23:09 AM

Q&A with David Covucci of FOIAball

https://editdesk.wordpress.com/, Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:22:14 AM

at San Mateo County Event Center

Aaron Parecki , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:21:09 AM

Sounds of the 60s: the IBM 1401 (punchcard collation,...

kottke.org , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:19:00 AM

Come to the Cottage (Pie)

The Bittman Project , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:17:42 AM

There’s nothing to watch on YouTube anymore

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:15:48 AM

“This creator journalism is not the sideshow. It is fast becoming the show.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:12:47 AM

Palestinians Lose More Land After Israel Secretly Approves a Record Number of Settlements in the West Bank

Drop Site News , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:11:58 AM

Windows 11 KB5089549 & KB5087420 cumulative updates released

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:09:12 AM

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites

Spoken Realms , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:09:00 AM

Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 flaws, no zero-days

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:08:06 AM

‘This Was Our Life’: A Reading List on Multigenerational...

Longreads , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:07:38 AM

New zines: Not-knowing and Complexity

Austin Kleon , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:05:05 AM

Leftunders

Doc Searls Weblog , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:03:37 AM

Every day I’m trundling, sayeth the porcupine

Following curiosity , Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:02:16 AM