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How does lake ice do this? Incredible! (Mirror Lake, New Hampshire)...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:43:55 PM

Hollywood’s Saudi Serenade

Status, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:31:29 PM

“Eating the right foods in the proper quantities, 16th-century Britons believed, balanced...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:23:50 PM

Fannie Mae to abandon SF office and ‘woke California’ for higher-crime Birmingham

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:23:18 PM

Amazon Pulls AI Recap Video After ‘Fallout’ Mess

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:20:51 PM

Sources: WBD chose Netflix partly fearing limited recourse if Paramount's bid failed, since Larry Ellison has not provided a personal guarantee (Lauren Hirsch/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:10:01 PM

How the Meaning of 'Publicly Accessible' Shapes Researcher Data Rights Under the DSA

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:00:57 PM

Surfer attacked by shark at Bay Area beach

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 1:00:56 PM

Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:59:33 PM

Here’s hoping that Johnny Depp doesn’t ruin The Master And Margarita.

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:54:02 PM

This Is Why Everyone Is a DJ Now

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:40:03 PM

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 12, 2025

Google Workspace Updates, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:34:46 PM

Abington School District releases new Middle School survey, donations for Ash Carter Courtyard Project open

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:24:29 PM

Apple Releases 26.2 Operating System Updates

Pixel Envy, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:21:37 PM

‘Fate of the Old Republic’ Puts ‘Star Wars’ at an Incredible Crossroads

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:20:53 PM

LLM 0.28

Simon Willison's Weblog, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:20:14 PM

Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes steps down from her role but will remain on staff as editor-at-large; she joined the paper as the first female editor in 2023 (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:20:00 PM

What if the Torment Nexus was fundamental to WordPress?

jwz, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:18:37 PM

Stop recycling San Francisco politicians

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:13:34 PM

The Flow State podcast recently celebrated their 300th episode with a 2h41m...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:11:49 PM

Legal News for Fri 12/12 - Trump Law Firm FOIA Lawsuit, Blocked ICE Detention for Abrego Garcia, Trump Loses on FEMA, and Threatens States on AI Regulations

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 12:01:26 PM

Boston Globe Media CEO Linda Henry hails departing editor Nancy Barnes

Dan Kennedy, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:59:08 AM

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:58:20 AM

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Security And Energy Deals Top The List

Crunchbase News, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:56:23 AM

OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok (Financial Times)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:55:01 AM

Bryn Athyn’s Glencairn Museum showcasing 63 Nativity scenes from around the world now through January

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:47:38 AM

Two Approaches to Saving The Web. Only One Works.

Search Blog, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:36:27 AM

Palestinian Medical Evacuees in Jordan Returned to Gaza Without Prior Warning

Drop Site News, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:31:29 AM

A bava Dossier

bavatuesdays, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:31:05 AM

Bishop McDevitt graduate assumes duties of Lieutenant General, 2nd highest rank in the U.S. Army

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:30:51 AM

Nancy Barnes, The Boston Globe’s first female editor, will step down at the end of next week

Dan Kennedy, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:30:29 AM

Everything to Remember Before ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:20:27 AM

Lesson: Covering climate change

Media Helping Media, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:19:48 AM

Can Doomscrolling Be Harnessed for the Public Good?

Sustain What, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:12:23 AM

Psycho Shower Scene in GIFS

bavatuesdays, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:06:55 AM

Trial of Meydan TV Journalists Begins in Azerbaijan A Year After Arrests

OCCRP, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:03:00 AM

Sponsor: Magic Lasso Adblock: Incredibly Private and Secure Safari Web Browsing

Pixel Envy, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:00:30 AM

Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist

jwz, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 11:00:12 AM

updates: the wall of shame, the performance review restrictions, and more

Ask a Manager, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:59:41 AM

Rep. Green Again Pounds The Drum On Impeachment, And This Time A Majority Of Democrats March To The Beat

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:58:46 AM

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:57:36 AM

Daily Deal: 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Pad

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:53:46 AM

Glenside resident, author of ‘Blizzard 96’, says he is stocking local Little Free Libraries with copies to commemorate the storm’s 30th anniversary

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:52:02 AM

Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93 (Sam Roberts/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:50:02 AM

Dem Governors Gathered With AI Lobbyists Ahead of Trump Preemption EO

Sludge, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:43:23 AM

Can We Introspectively Test the Global Workspace Theory of Consciousness?

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:37:00 AM

X-Ray Visions

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:35:33 AM

La Salle College High School standout named 2025 MaxPreps Pennsylvania High School Football Player of the Year

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:35:32 AM

Uh-oh

Marginal REVOLUTION, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:30:46 AM

Every Warriors player has a story to tell (and a book to sell)

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:30:00 AM

Coupang data breach traced to ex-employee who retained system access

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:28:30 AM

Frederick Jackson Turner

Spoken Realms, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:26:00 AM

‘Zootopia 2’ Has Reached $1 Billion in Record-Breaking Time

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:15:02 AM

Bringing AI to a daily activity: Chef AI

Portland startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:12:50 AM

2nd generation Holocaust survivor who attended Elkins Park School speaks to Cheltenham High students

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:12:40 AM

RFK, Jr. Can't Do Pull-Ups

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:05:42 AM

Source: livestream shopping app Whatnot nears ~$1B in revenue for 2025; Whatnot says it has passed $6B in gross sales this year, more than doubling 2024's sales (Ann Gehan/The Information)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:05:00 AM

Advent 2025 Day 13

Tea and Sanctuary, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:04:51 AM

California sues Trump administration over $100K visa fee for skilled workers

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:01:39 AM

Bari Weiss’s A Charlie Brown Christmas

McSweeney’s, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:00:00 AM

Lurie orders $400M in city budget cuts amid worsening deficit

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 10:00:00 AM

Penn State faculty to vote on unionizing across all Pennsylvania campuses

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:59:31 AM

Plague Poems – The Three-Hundredth Week

LibrarianShipwreck, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:59:04 AM

The Mets' soul walks out the door

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:51:54 AM

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Launches with Scratch-Built COSMIC Epoch 1

https://fossforce.com, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:43:27 AM

Sources: X reported $752M in Q3 revenue, up 17% YoY, a net loss of $577.4M, and EBITDA of ~$454M, up 16%; revenue for the first nine months of 2025 was $2B+ (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:41:13 AM

All The President's Men

Sports Politika, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:37:06 AM

Christmas in Keswick Village kicks off with Keswick Collective pop-up, snow party on Dec. 14

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:36:21 AM

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 12/12/2025 – #FOIFriday

Blog - Words + Numbers, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:26:31 AM

Sources: DMGT has locked down funding for its £500M acquisition of the Telegraph, in a funding package expected to comprise equity and debt (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:25:01 AM

India’s Government Rolls Back Invasive Cell Phone Tracking Mandate 48 Hours After Issuing It

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:21:30 AM

This Week in Matrix 2025-12-12

Matrix.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:19:38 AM

Oilwell is a (fake) wellness app “to help you embrace climate chaos”...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:19:29 AM

YouTube – Parasite Puppeteers – Chapter Six

Green Comet, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:18:27 AM

Breakthrough realization

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:17:00 AM

Digital Minimalism is Harder Than it Seems

The Outer Deep by Matthew Kressel, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:14:27 AM

Fake ‘One Battle After Another’ torrent hides malware in subtitles

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:12:47 AM

What AI Companies Can Learn From Social Media’s Tribulations

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:06:32 AM

Behind the Blog: Is This Headline 'Clickbait'?

404 Media, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:06:05 AM

NWS predicting light snow, cold temperatures this weekend

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:01:52 AM

Video Friday: Robot Dog Shows Off Its Muscles

IEEE Spectrum, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:00:02 AM

The Top 42 Moments From Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror TV in 2025

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:00:01 AM

Does the blank page freak you out, too?

Andy Dehnart, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 9:00:00 AM

Silicon Valley’s Fake Christianity Enables Tech Genocide

The Nerd Reich, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:56:29 AM

PennDOT looking to fill one position in Montgomery County

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:53:51 AM

Friday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:53:51 AM

Food with Mark Bittman: Leslie Soble

The Bittman Project, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:52:08 AM

For Lease: Flex space in Newbold Square in Jenkintown

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:50:49 AM

EFF and 12 Organizations Urge UK Politicians to Drop Digital ID Scheme Ahead of Parliamentary Petition Debate

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:48:47 AM

What You Need To Know About Project 2026

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:46:42 AM

Glenn Beck Made an AI George Washington. It Sounds Exactly Like Glenn Beck.

The Present Age, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:46:21 AM

When an AI Agent Says ‘I Agree,’ Who’s Consenting?

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:41:25 AM

Where CC Stands on Pay-to-Crawl - Creative Commons

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:37:00 AM

Why Trump’s AI EO Will be DOA in Court

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:36:34 AM

Following Trump Executive Order on AI, Congress Must Act

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:23:45 AM

The NYT should have started their own Twitter, with exclusive access by people w...

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:11:56 AM

YouTube launches an option for US-based creators to receive payouts in PayPal's stablecoin, PYUSD (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:05:05 AM

Can*Con

Locus Online, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:00:45 AM

open thread – December 12, 2025

Ask a Manager, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:00:35 AM

There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men

The 19th, Friday, Dec 12, 2025 8:00:22 AM