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doug — off the record, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 9:30:57 PM

SiriusXM reported Q4 net income of $99M vs. $287M a year ago, rev. of $2.19B vs. $2.17B est., and "robust" guidance including an in-car audio focus; SIRI up 9% (Adam Jacobson/Radio & Television ...)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 9:10:03 PM

Scam Ads on Apple News

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 9:04:00 PM

interviewer was upset I wouldn’t tell him whether I was married, my coworker comes to work high, and more

Ask a Manager, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 9:03:35 PM

Pavel Durov Arrest Tracker

Tech Policy Press, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 8:46:47 PM

Inside Disney's search for a successor to Bob Iger: 100+ candidates narrowed to Josh D'Amaro, named CEO, and Dana Walden, who was promoted to ensure she stayed (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 8:40:01 PM

The CIA Killed the World Factbook

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 8:24:24 PM

Sources: MS NOW is in advanced discussions with Crooked Media on a licensing deal to air some of the podcast network's programs on MS NOW's linear channel (Oliver Darcy/Status)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 8:15:01 PM

Trump's Schedule F Rule Finalized

Can We Still Govern?, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 8:13:57 PM

NIH Boss Jay Bhattacharya Breaks With RFK Jr. On Vaccines

Techdirt, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 8:04:41 PM

MS NOW’s Crooked Play

Status, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 7:27:12 PM

Washington Post lays off race and ethnicity reporters

The Objective, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 6:34:04 PM

“A collection of beautiful letters? A beautiful collection of letters? You decide.”

Unsung, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 6:31:18 PM

Gay Haldeman Receives Service to SFWA Award

Locus Online, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 6:01:16 PM

I’m thinking of getting a kit to put together my own mechanical watch. Has...

Chuck Grimmett, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 5:57:42 PM

ABC map

diamond geezer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 5:00:00 PM

PA Senate approves ‘bell to bell’ cellphone ban in schools

Glenside Local, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 4:46:47 PM

Quoting Karel D'Oosterlinck

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 4:42:22 PM

Trump says California is full of fraud. Bonta says the claims are 'reckless'

Suhauna Hussain, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 4:33:06 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: C’est La Vile Content

Techdirt, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 4:06:42 PM

Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Eighth Week

LibrarianShipwreck, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 4:05:04 PM

Constitutional Agents for Online Governance

https://nathanschneider.info/, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:59:11 PM

HBO Is Making a ‘Baldur’s Gate’ TV Show

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:58:17 PM

How to vote early and often

Mike Monteiro’s Good News, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:57:23 PM

Day 1843: "Two things can be true."

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:54:00 PM

Mitchell Hashimoto: My AI Adoption Journey

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:39:07 PM

I’ve always said more popstars should duet with...

kottke.org, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:36:22 PM

Sake Of The Week: Ozeki Hana Awaka Sparkling Yuzu

Whatever, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:31:46 PM

With strike looming, SF parents’ loyalties are with teachers — for now

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:30:30 PM

Dow Jones Digital Ad Revenue Hits Record; Subscriptions Higher

A Media Operator, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:18:31 PM

SF political group dropping nearly $2 million to support moderates

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:06:59 PM

Jeffrey Epstein’s hidden ties to San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:01:05 PM

Solo Mio

Movie Mom, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:01:00 PM

I used my UV light from fly tying to cure windshield repair resin!

Chuck Grimmett, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:00:59 PM

Doom Overtakes 3 Very Different Planets, Earth Included, in This Eerie Sci-Fi Short Story

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 3:00:33 PM

Yes to the “ICE Out of Our Faces Act”

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:46:36 PM

Lionsgate reports a Q3 net loss of $46.2M, vs. a $21.9M loss a year earlier, $724.3M in revenue, vs. $705.9M est., motion picture revenue up 35% YoY to $421.2M (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:45:01 PM

Lionsgate hires Kathleen Grace, previously chief strategy officer at AI company Vermillio, as its first-ever chief AI officer to lead AI strategy and execution (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:38:00 PM

The Castro Theatre reopens Friday: We got a first peek inside

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:37:39 PM

How ‘the skies parted’ for Super Bowl QB Sam Darnold when he came to the 49ers

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:25:04 PM

Super Bowl celeb stalking: Everywhere in SF we’ve seen famous people so far

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:23:05 PM

A New Proven Way to Protect Democracy: SWAY

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:21:23 PM

News Corp reports $242M in Q2 net income, down 21% YoY, rev. up 6% YoY to $2.36B vs. $2.30B est., digital-only WSJ subs up 13% to 4.3M, HarperCollins rev. up 6% (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:19:13 PM

The Triumph of Europe’s Social Democracy

kottke.org, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:16:22 PM

Note #722

Home on Harper Reed's Blog, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:03:56 PM

Drifting on Broken Glass through the Debacle of the Dump on the Nicole Sandler Show 2-5-26

The Nicole Sandler Show, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:03:22 PM

A Texas man’s suit against a California doctor has become a test of abortion ban law

The 19th, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:00:48 PM

The Plot of ‘The Darwin Incident’ Is Bananas, But I’ve Gotta See What This Monkey Does Next

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 2:00:30 PM

Fluted and looted: A prized instrument survived theft but not a move to the Tenderloin

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:52:00 PM

Amazon reports Q4 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $21.32B, slightly above expectations, and subscription services revenue up 14% to $13.12B (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:50:01 PM

The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files

404 Media, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:40:42 PM

Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $726M, vs. $665M est., DAUq up 19% to 121.4M, above est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., announces a $1B share buyback (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:34:07 PM

Overcommitted podcast sits down with Robby Russell of Planet Argon

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:33:00 PM

How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks To One Of The “Friends Of Trump”

Techdirt, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:29:38 PM

Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son

Spoken Realms, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:24:36 PM

Spain's Ministry of Science shuts down systems after breach claims

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:23:00 PM

Professor Walt Hunter on the merits of challenging...

kottke.org, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:18:24 PM

Numbers, Faces

https://ftrain.com, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:17:00 PM

‘Predator: Badlands’ Is Roaring Onto Hulu Next Week

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:10:54 PM

I’ve been learning about #Eleventy while crafting my new blog with #indiekit bac...

Ricardo Mendes, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:07:00 PM

China’s AI giants launch “red envelope” marketing blitz for Lunar New Year

Rest of World, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:05:21 PM

How disaster reporting hit home for two Appalachian journalists after Helene

The Objective, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 1:00:00 PM

Ransomware gang uses ISPsystem VMs for stealthy payload delivery

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:57:11 PM

AI, Surveillance and the Siege of Minneapolis

Tech Policy Press, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:56:46 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for February 5, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:52:34 PM

Here is how I test microformats markup on my website. First I install mf2py:...

IndieNews English, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:37:23 PM

Chester County will add supervision, new accuracy checks after pollbook error forced 1000s to cast provisional ballots

Spotlight PA, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:31:18 PM

A journalist’s campaign to fix public records law in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Freedom of the Press Foundation, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:29:37 PM

CNN correspondent shot with pepper ball amid live report on LA protest

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:29:27 PM

Opus 4.6 and Codex 5.3

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:29:20 PM

The Mountain That Weighed the Earth . How scientists in...

kottke.org, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:28:28 PM

Inside the final days of Jonathan Kuminga’s doom-loop Warriors tenure

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:25:33 PM

A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content

Nieman Lab, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:06:44 PM

Argentina dollar facts of the day

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:06:17 PM

Netflix's Surrender Has Already Begun

The Present Age, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:04:27 PM

DHS Is Hunting Down Trump Critics. The ‘Free Speech’ Warriors Are Mighty Quiet.

Techdirt, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:03:28 PM

Legal News for Thurs 2/5 - Fulton County Election Record Battle, Jones Day Suit, Abbot's Deadly Glucose Monitor Recall and DOJ "Jump Teams"

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:01:23 PM

YouTube New Books Video: February 3, 2026

Locus Online, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:00:46 PM

‘Rock Springs’ Brings Horror From the Past Into Its Tale of Contemporary Grief

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 12:00:11 PM

What the murder of the Washington Post means for India

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:55:25 AM

Reporter shot with impact projectile while covering Oregon immigration protest

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:41:58 AM

Blurry Transitions

Feld Thoughts, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:41:49 AM

The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield.

The 19th, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:41:35 AM

Photo Post

Anthony Ciccarello, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:40:34 AM

Distributive Epistemic Injustice in AI Ethics: A Co-productionist Account of Global North-South Politics in Knowledge Production

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:37:00 AM

Oregon reporter hit with crowd-control munitions while covering immigration protest

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:36:51 AM

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

Literary Hub, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:31:05 AM

Everything you need to know about ICE’s plan to open a detention center in Berks County

Spotlight PA, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:22:53 AM

Keep the Meter Running With Mouhamadou Aliy & Zohran Mamdani

kottke.org, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:20:49 AM

Thomson Reuters' CEO says AI cannot easily replace the company's legal-research expertise, after its stock fell following the release of Claude legal work tools (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:20:02 AM

With the Post in retreat, The Baltimore Banner announces expansion to Prince George’s County

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:14:42 AM

Foreign Interests Are Paying Millions to a Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm

Sludge, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:11:17 AM

The Big Idea: Justin C. Key

Whatever, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:06:55 AM

A Remarkable Conversation…

Darius Dunlap, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:01:48 AM

Laurence Fishburne Is the Latest Big Name to Join Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Exorcist’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 11:00:58 AM

Attorney General’s initiatives removed 30 million fentanyl doses from greater Philadelphia, 539 illegal firearms from PA, 2025 report says

Glenside Local, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 10:59:47 AM

Five Bananas Won’t Pay the Rent

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 10:58:52 AM

Thomson Reuters reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $2B, matching est., and news division organic revenue up 5% to $232M, boosted by licensing deals; TRI falls 7%+ (Kenneth Li/Reuters)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 10:55:01 AM

The Full Orwell: DOJ Weaponization Working Group Finally Gets Off The Ground

Techdirt, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 10:52:53 AM

Had to remove --incremental from my Eleventy watch command because my RSS feed w...

Ricardo Mendes, Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 10:51:07 AM