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Emptywheel Fridays: Press Secretary Meltdown, Ballot Wars & the GOP Blame Game Nicole Sandler Show 10-16-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:14:34 PM

Latchmere Stream

diamond geezer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:00:00 PM

weekend open thread – October 17-18, 2026

Ask a Manager , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 4:07:13 PM

‘Family demons’ led to killing of SFPD leader and their daughter, says victim’s brother

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 4:02:46 PM

Trump administration asks justices to determine courts’ ability to vacate federal agency actions

SCOTUSblog , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:27:11 PM

Illustrator and writer Luis Mendo’s second book is out....

kottke.org , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:18:00 PM

3 Free AI Tools From Spiegel’s AI Chief

Wonder Tools , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:17:26 PM

Six of Eight openDesk Vendors Form Open Productivity for Digital Sovereignty

https://fossforce.com , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:09:43 PM

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Before the Chicxulub Meteor Impact

Schneier on Security , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:06:47 PM

Sources: Bela Bajaria was "blindsided" by her firing and only found out at 5pm on Wednesday after Netflix had repeatedly reassured her that her job was secure (Page Six)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:05:00 PM

Journalists and Researchers: How FBI Crime Data Can Bolster Your Work

The Marshall Project , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Journalists: How to Responsibly Report on Local Crime Data

The Marshall Project , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 2:00:00 PM

gitsquatting

jwz , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:50:53 PM

Jolly Rancher fluorescence

AI Weirdness , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:48:05 PM

Bonus: Neon photobombs the Jolly Rancher photos

AI Weirdness , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:47:25 PM

Court unlikely to alter deference to sentencing guidelines commentary

SCOTUSblog , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:38:06 PM

James Gunn and Peter Safran’s Grand DCU Plan Is Just Getting Started

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:30:51 PM

Mayor Lurie signs data center moratorium, pausing new development

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:30:10 PM

This B2B Company’s AI Strategy: Star Analysts and Proprietary Data

A Media Operator , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:16:06 PM

Chromatic Inkscapes

kottke.org , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:09:00 PM

Security Signal Weekly: October 10-16, 2026

CybersecKyle , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:06:23 PM

“Reverse Engineering durch KI – Wie Videospiele gerade frei im Netz landen” – Zu Gast bei Corso im Deutschlandfunk

Smashing Frames , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:05:19 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: No Good Feed Goes Unpunished

Techdirt , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:02:42 PM

Critical BlockStrap flaw lets hackers run code on Magento servers

BleepingComputer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 1:00:59 PM

On Our Minds and Carts: Understanding Ultraprocessed Food

The Bittman Project , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 12:54:48 PM

She was ~Yesterday Minus 121

CogDogBlog , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 12:37:56 PM

The DCCC’s Top Bundlers Are Now Lobbying for Flock

Sludge , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 12:36:39 PM

Margaret Atwood in 2023: Go Ahead and Ban My Book. “It’s...

kottke.org , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 12:13:00 PM

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Literary Hub , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 12:01:39 PM

The Creator of ‘Crystal Lake’ Already Has Season 2 Ideas in Mind

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 12:00:40 PM

Google Workspace Weekly Recap - October 16, 2026

Google Workspace Updates , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:44:55 AM

Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Forty-Fourth Week

LibrarianShipwreck , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:44:09 AM

Maryland congressman threatens student journalist over recording

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:40:49 AM

Congress has a plan to stop Trump’s attack on offshore wind. It may not be enough.

Grist , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:37:59 AM

The Mentat’s Method of AI

Doc Searls Weblog , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:35:24 AM

Tried a Wirecutter podcast about the state of sound bars. I thought, wow if they...

Scripting News , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:26:44 AM

Top EPA official’s visits to Pa., other swing states ahead of midterms raise ethics concerns

Spotlight PA , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:21:43 AM

A judge threatens to sanction Trump for failing to sit for a deposition in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC; the next hearing is set by October 22 (Erik Larson/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:20:01 AM

Roooobot. Huuuuuman.

kottke.org , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:10:00 AM

11 Or 13 Justices Start An Arms Race. 100 Justices Might Actually End It.

Techdirt , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:03:09 AM

‘Divergent’ Author Looks Back on That Never-Realized Final Film

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:00:52 AM

IEEE Offers More Services to Cities That Want to Be Smarter

IEEE Spectrum , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:00:03 AM

The Age of Hypertrophy

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:59:34 AM

The Age of Hypertrophy

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:59:34 AM

Daily Deal: The Ultimate Web Coding for Everyone Bundle

Techdirt , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:58:09 AM

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Spending Contracts For Latest AI-Driven Startup Batch

Crunchbase News , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:57:38 AM

Blockbuster

jwz , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:54:10 AM

Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was forced out of her role Friday, after five days on the job (New York Times)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:51:31 AM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for October 16, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:44:06 AM

Home At Last

Stratechery , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:42:42 AM

Trump says he has told White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia that she should "reconsider" the job; she has faced questions about her legal credentials (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:36:42 AM

Citizens defeat billionaires (for now)

The Nerd Reich , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:20:03 AM

Zero-click attacks used targeted ads to deliver Candiru spyware

BleepingComputer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:20:03 AM

The Valkyries’ visionaries: 3 women who built a Finals team from scratch in 2 years

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:15:00 AM

‘Dune: Part Three’ Is About the ‘Idea of a Divorce’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:00:41 AM

This is the best unpaywalled public-records-based reporting of the year

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from Building the Creature?

McSweeney’s , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:00:00 AM

The math behind the Valkyries’ path to a $2 billion valuation

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:00:00 AM

The trailer for Blade Runner 2099, a new limited series...

kottke.org , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Simulation App Speeds Up Electric Truck Battery Design

IEEE Spectrum , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:49:18 AM

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 16/10/2026 – #FOIFriday

Words + Numbers , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:46:41 AM

Disney and Dude Perfect sign a broad deal bringing some Dude Perfect content to Disney+; the group will create original content for events like the Super Bowl (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:45:02 AM

Behind the Blog: Doing Whatever

404 Media , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:43:19 AM

Friday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:42:18 AM

Make Shift

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:37:00 AM

How AI replaced me

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:37:00 AM

Florence Sunset

Matt Mullenweg , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:31:14 AM

Getting the Second Amendment right

SCOTUSblog , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:30:00 AM

DOJ Lawyers Starting To Get Hit With Sanctions, But So Far, It’s Barely Even A Wrist Slap

Techdirt , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:29:56 AM

Blurb Hiatus Through the Rest of 2026

Whatever , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:28:36 AM

Seeing double

Transfer Orbit , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:25:37 AM

Premium: Venture Capital Is Killing Itself

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:11:45 AM

Everything You Know About Police Body Cameras Is Wrong

User Mag , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:07:08 AM

‘Dark Matter’ Star Jimmi Simpson Reflects on Ryan’s Wild Cross-Dimensional Journey

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:00:35 AM

previously on Ask a Manager…

Ask a Manager , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:59:54 AM

The Math On Data Centers Doesn’t Add Up

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:57:46 AM

“In every study that considered the question”

Unsung , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:57:44 AM

US candidates and PACs, mostly tied to Republicans, have spent $137M+ on 220 AI-generated campaign ads in 2026; ~70% of the 220 videos didn't disclose AI use (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:55:02 AM

This Week in AI: Expanding the Possibilities

Radar , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:55:01 AM

Zero Knowledge: 116 Chapters In

Feld Thoughts , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:45:25 AM

Issue 111 – Back the winners

Citation Needed , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:43:31 AM

Podcast: Cops Can Use AI to Pinpoint Your Home with Just One Photo

404 Media , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:40:44 AM

The Myth of Market Failure

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:37:00 AM