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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 6:00:43 PM.

Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria is leaving the company and will be replaced by former Disney and Fox executive Peter Rice, who starts October 26 (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 3:07:49 PM

Denis Villeneuve Sees His James Bond Movie as a ‘Powerful Rocket’ Separating Him From ‘Dune’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 3:00:03 PM

Farm sizes grow in Pa. as costs, lack of successors push small owners to sell

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 2:31:26 PM

I Got Lost in the Surreal Fantasia of ‘A Garden of Spheres’ and Loved Every Moment of It

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 2:30:53 PM

A late pitch, a split board, and grieving parents: Behind SFUSD’s seismic lottery vote

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:57:57 PM

Experts say Meta's new terms of use will allow scraping of websites, including news sites, "associated with" business accounts on its platforms, with no opt out (Nieman Lab)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:50:00 PM

Cops Play Hide And Seek About Using Spy Tech To Avoid Scrutiny And Bad PR

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:41:02 PM

Challengers ask court to pause agreement between Texas and the DOJ on deportation proceedings

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:38:00 PM

Norwegian Book Shopping

Interdependent Thoughts , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:37:31 PM

Daily Deal: The 2026 Complete Godot Stack Development Bundle

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:36:02 PM

“Never Lied, I Just Doubled Down on Wrong Information”

The Present Age , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:26:55 PM

Guantanamo Dispatches: Four Possible Obstacles to Jury Selection in the USS Cole Case at Guantanamo Bay

Just Security , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:25:19 PM

Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud servers

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:25:04 PM

More than 100 suspicious letters sent to election officials nationwide, including in Pennsylvania

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:24:15 PM

Effective Human-in-the-Loop AI Governance

Kate Carruthers , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:23:00 PM

A Kitchen Is a Kitchen Is a Kitchen

The Bittman Project , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:22:04 PM

OpenAI continues to work to grow its ad business in ChatGPT, cutting ad rates, chasing small and midsize businesses, and hiring some new talent from Meta (Alix Coutures/The Information)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:20:00 PM

Gmail’s AI Inbox is rolling out to paid Workspace users

Google Workspace Updates , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:14:12 PM

Anthropic Settlement: what’s happening

Burning Bird , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:12:29 PM

Our Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration’s Social Media Surveillance Moves Forward. Here’s What the Court Said.

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:08:58 PM

Oregon UAS Accelerator cohort to take the stage in Portland

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:08:44 PM

‘I’m Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands’

DeSiena , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 1:08:36 PM

Retirement Update

Andy Sylvester's Web , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:54:45 PM

Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:48:43 PM

Chirp Pong

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:47:52 PM

Andrew Chan of Atas VC brings The Road Show to Portland on October 23

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:42:19 PM

Is the camera shutter noise the last skeuomorphic element...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:39:00 PM

The Encampment Movement against Evictions and Gentrification : A Report from Madrid and Barcelona

CrimethInc., Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:01:53 PM

SCOTUS Again Backs Republicans on Political Ad Rates, a Judge Lets the Contractor DEI Order Stand & Eight States Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT and Kids

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:00:55 PM

Tim Burton’s Post-‘Wednesday’ Project Could Be a Film With Kazuo Ishiguro

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:00:43 PM

New Book Releases Video: October 13, 2026

Locus , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:00:10 PM

We Need All the Disciplines

Jim Nielsen’s Blog , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Deja Boo: Killer Klowns from Outer Space

nerds of a feather, flock together , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Mystery flyers push fake car-free ‘Marina Park’ plan. Nobody knows who made them

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Stephen’s Pika

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:57:36 AM

The Second Amendment and AR-15s: an unexplained betrayal of originalism?

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:56:17 AM

Voter Guide

jwz , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:49:34 AM

Trump-Appointed Judge Calls Out ICE For Lying

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:44:02 AM

Displaced Civilians Sifting for Gold in Sudan Killed in Bloody Drone Strike

Drop Site News , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:41:46 AM

LION Publishers has a new strategic plan and mission statement

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:31:55 AM

Just the Docs: Eight States Sue OpenAI, Alleging It Misled the Public About ChatGPT’s Safety

Just Security , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:24:46 AM

Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:20:59 AM

Citizen Lab: in 2024 and 2025, 45 devices of Al Jazeera were targeted with zero-click attacks delivered by targeted ads from an Israeli-founded marketing firm (Wired)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:20:01 AM

Nidal Hasan’s Public Execution Is Off, But Propagandists Are Still Using Him as a Martyr

404 Media , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:19:55 AM

DOC Is Next Week!

Search Blog , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:19:16 AM

Fishdraw is a single JavaScript file that generates...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:15:00 AM

The Creator of ‘Crystal Lake’ Explains (Again) Why There’s No Hockey Mask in the Show

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 11:00:44 AM

is it rude to ask what people are doing on leave?

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:59:26 AM

Private Markets Are the New AI Markets

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:50:33 AM

Wirecutter is trying to diversify beyond affiliate revenue as AI reshapes discovery

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:48:23 AM

Outerlight Entertainment, formerly known as First Look Entertainment, acquires Bleecker Street, the indie film studio behind Alex Gibney's Musk documentary (Jack Dunn/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:45:06 AM

“My WhatsApp number is in the middle of every piece. I get 20 or 30 tips a day that could be national stories.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:44:21 AM

Clarion Revenue Jumps 22% as Asia Business Faces China Headwinds

A Media Operator , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:39:23 AM

BBC News channel launches on YouTube for viewers in U.K. and U.S.

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:38:38 AM

MassINC’s board chair issues response to CommonWealth Beacon union drive

Dan Kennedy , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:32:09 AM

The AI MAGA Catfish Dictating National News

The Turtle Diaries , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:30:22 AM

Mammogram or Tenth-Grade Boyfriend?

McSweeney’s , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:30:00 AM

Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:12:31 AM

‘Back to the Future’ Is Perfect, But Its Writer Might Change One Small Thing

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 10:00:41 AM

Now generally available: Preview client-side encrypted PDF and image files directly in Google Drive

Google Workspace Updates , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:59:58 AM

Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:59:54 AM

How Hunting Owls Use Sound to “See” Under the Snow

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:55:00 AM

Meta Moderation Failures Loom Over Brazil’s Runoff Presidential Election

Tech Policy Press , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:54:17 AM

Google says it has 400+ publications in its News AI pilot, which tests features like overviews; participants include Financial Times, CNN, and The Texas Tribune (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:50:01 AM

The Big Idea: Jonathan Maberry

Whatever , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:48:05 AM

A new report argues newsrooms need to do more experiments — like, the kind with randomization and results

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:47:21 AM

U.S. birth rate and fatherhood statistics (2026): fewer, older parents

Fathercraft.com , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:47:00 AM

Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month

404 Media , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:46:18 AM

Thursday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:43:28 AM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for October 15, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:43:02 AM

The Rack is back: Nordstrom Rack returning to Union Square

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:41:21 AM

Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy

404 Media , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:31:30 AM

update: I need to cunningly find out 40 names

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:29:34 AM

Embarrassing time to update to Ubuntu 26.04.1

Cubic Garden , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:28:04 AM

Measuring Human Cryptanalysis Effort

Schneier on Security , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:24:29 AM

Eleventh Circuit Says Cliffhangers Are ‘Features,’ Not Speech, As It Greenlights Florida’s Social Media Age Gate

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:24:20 AM

Street Fighter is the best adaptation of the material to date

Region Free , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:22:29 AM

How many shots are in the average movie? How does it...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:15:00 AM

Election 2026: St. Paul School Board At-Large

https://naomikritzer.com/contact-me/, Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:03:03 AM

Natural Limericks

McSweeney’s , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:03:00 AM

Google’s News AI pilot expands to over 400 publications, including U.S. local news outlets

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:01:46 AM

‘Street Fighter’ Is Exactly What You Hoped and Feared It Would Be

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:00:55 AM

A vision to revive Mid-Market as the city’s cultural center just got some juice behind it

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 9:00:00 AM

Generative AI in the Real World: Observability for AI with Charity Majors

Radar , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:54:46 AM

Portland startup Mueon raises $65 million Series A with OVF and Intel Capital in the mix

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:43:53 AM

Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World. “The epic...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:32:00 AM

Docs: EchoStar and Dish chairman Charlie Ergen committed $25M to Trump's ballroom after a now-closed FCC probe; Comcast committed $7.5M, Amazon $5M, Meta $5M (Washington Post)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:25:00 AM

OpenAI engineer booked one-way Saudi flight before arrest

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:23:43 AM

Head Games

Peter Clines , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:23:00 AM

Ukraine resumes Russian refinery strikes; U.S. sends troops to Latin America; EU-Gulf summit postponed amid Saudi airport strikes

Drop Site News , Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 8:22:54 AM