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August newsletter is out

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:54:40 PM

OTR Links 09/04/2026

doug — off the record, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:30:41 PM

Share price numbers for the Hugging Face incident

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:27:38 PM

construction work in my office is making me sick, employee keeps working while she’s on PTO, and more

Ask a Manager, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:03:38 PM

Court Tells HHS To Stop Using AI To Cite Fake Studies, Or Willfully Misinterpret Others In Grant Solicitations

Techdirt, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 8:04:37 PM

Route 349 RIP

diamond geezer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 7:49:00 PM

How Accurate Have Ed Zitron’s Predictions Been?

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 7:47:00 PM

The National Trust for Local News is acquiring the Vermont Community Newspaper Group of five weekly newspapers and their websites, retaining the entire staff (NTLN)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 7:45:02 PM

View From a Hotel Window, 9/3/26: Tampa, FL

Whatever, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 7:44:47 PM

The FCC asks a court to throw out ABC's suit that claims the agency is using the regulatory process to abridge ABC's speech; a hearing is set the week of Oct. 5 (Jim Rutenberg/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 7:25:01 PM

On the types of vendor capture.

https://waldo.jaquith.org/, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 7:11:35 PM

YouTube says it shut down 20 channels for violating its spam policy after a report alleging they used actors and AI-written scripts to push political clickbait (Max Tani/Semafor)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 6:55:01 PM

Chonkers, is that you? A massive sea lion returns to Pier 39

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 6:45:00 PM

I pay my parking tickets like any other Corporate Person: a million dollars at a time.

jwz, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 6:38:15 PM

Why I love programming

Scripting News, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 6:08:48 PM

Day 2053: “The reality is I don’t know.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 6:02:23 PM

Feeling more like myself. Watching TV with the kids. Selfie a day for a year, d...

Hey Loura!, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 5:54:54 PM

How to play pinball

Mike Monteiro’s Good News, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 5:33:54 PM

Police commission delays vote on drone rules over privacy and data-sharing concerns

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 5:25:00 PM

NYC and LA ban AI in schools. SF has concepts of a plan

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Secretive U.S. Base in Somalia Signals New Phase of War

Drop Site News, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 4:53:49 PM

A profile of California AG Rob Bonta, who leads the lawsuit against Paramount's WBD deal: he's the son of two activists and was recruited by Yale to play soccer (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 4:45:04 PM

Hot take on GPT-6 Astra

Marcus on AI, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 4:24:50 PM

A reason why RSS feeds can’t be read from news websites

Andy Sylvester's Web, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 4:12:07 PM

Rest In Peace & Power Gloria Steinem with Cultural HERstorian, Author Amy Simon – Nicole Sandler Show 9-3-26

The Nicole Sandler Show, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 4:10:34 PM

XScreenSaver 6.16

jwz, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:55:41 PM

Sources: Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she shared with the White House internal Fox guidance to steer clear of Trump's 2020 election claims in a July speech (Oliver Darcy/Status)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:50:00 PM

Distinguishing human readers from bot traffic with server-side stats

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:48:47 PM

AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data Centers

Sludge, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:40:46 PM

Machine Speed is a lie: stop trying to fight AI with AI

https://malwaretech.com, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:40:00 PM

Election 2026

https://naomikritzer.com/contact-me/, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:34:29 PM

The Big Idea: Janci Patterson

Whatever, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:24:59 PM

Colorado Sees First Lawsuit Under ‘Right To Repair’ Law

Techdirt, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:19:09 PM

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for it to implement new mail-in voting rule

SCOTUSblog, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:16:07 PM

Astra, doing poetry

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:11:50 PM

French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:01:37 PM

‘Magic: The Gathering’ Zeta Set Drop Was a ‘Disaster,’ Says Wizards of the Coast

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 3:00:55 PM

L’ASBL LoLiGrUB à l’aube de sa 21ème saison !

LoLiGrUB ASBL, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:55:20 PM

Introducing comprehensive audit logs for Gemini Notebook in the Workspace Admin console

Google Workspace Updates, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:48:05 PM

The Thousand Martyrs Cup: Football Returns to Palestine After Three Years of Genocide

Drop Site News, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:47:29 PM

Bartiromo’s Fox Betrayal

Status, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:31:11 PM

‘Cocoon—One Summer of Girlhood’ Is a Heavy Anime Film That Hits Hard While Holding You Close

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:30:55 PM

AI, tools and transformation

Essays - Benedict Evans, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:26:04 PM

With acquisition of Vermont newspapers, the National Trust for Local News expands to a fourth state

Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:12:53 PM

A Film About Crossing Boundaries in Search of a Less Imperfect Union

Sustain What, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:12:44 PM

Dan Stevens Teases His ‘RoboCop’ Will Lean Into Humor

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:00:42 PM

Searching for approval

Note to Self, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Crypto billionaire Chris Larsen drops unprecedented $500K on SF district race

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 1:53:00 PM

on vibecoding

Blog Posts on D'Arcy Norman, PhD, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 1:22:54 PM

GPT‑6 Astra

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 1:18:41 PM

Coder's registry infrastructure compromised to push malicious modules

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 1:04:24 PM

Working With ICE Is So Toxic, ICE Is Now Offering Liability Insurance To Local Police Officers

Techdirt, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 1:04:07 PM

The Lego PlayStation Is Brick-Built Photorealism

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 1:00:52 PM

September 2026 brings a a flood of new sci-fi and fantasy books

Transfer Orbit, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:53:09 PM

In wake of arrest aboard yacht, Sausalito city manager calls it quits

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:37:31 PM

Fitzpatrick, other swing-state Republicans are skipping Trump’s midterm convention

Spotlight PA, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:36:12 PM

Violent Anti-Tech Extremism Has Roots in History

Tech Policy Press, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:18:49 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: At long last, Cal football is ready for primetime again

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:15:00 PM

Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF Will Appeal

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:11:56 PM

The new Sanders-Casar Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act – and why I oppose it

Marcus on AI, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:09:44 PM

Google Dodges an Ad-Tech Breakup, Boeing's $3.1M "Rounding Error" FAA Fine & the EPA's Blocked California Emissions Gambit

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:01:34 PM

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ ‘Ravenloft’ Live-Action Series From Alfonso Cuarón in the Works at Netflix

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:00:45 PM

New Book Releases Video: September 1, 2026

Locus, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 12:00:24 PM

Multiple reporters denied G20 summit credentials by Treasury Department

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:57:12 AM

Four more freelance crypto journalists, with bylines at Forbes, Entrepreneur, Information Age, and TNW, have not verified their IDs after a reporter's queries (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:55:01 AM

Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Troy Patterson, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:51:15 AM

And it begins…(a good start…)

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:42:21 AM

The DOJ and DHS won't say whether they got Don Lemon's phone records using an obscure law that experts say the state is abusing to gather records on journalists (Sam Levine/The Guardian)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:40:00 AM

"Directed by Ray Blanchard"

v buckenham, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:29:16 AM

HPE patches critical ArubaOS-CX remote code execution flaw

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:28:12 AM

A new font promises to hide your text from AI.

Literary Hub, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:26:07 AM

The Clippers Got Some Consulting

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:24:46 AM

Food with Mark Bittman: Mara Fleishman

The Bittman Project, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:23:55 AM

USA Today is cutting staff and reorganizing its audience team, per an internal memo

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:22:24 AM

Judge refuses to block Arkansas news reporting on Google data center energy documents

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:20:22 AM

Annual Rock the Knight Food Truck Festival kicks off Sept. 10, vendors & musical performances announced

Glenside Local, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:09:03 AM

‘Supergirl’ Flies Home to HBO Max Next Week

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 11:00:16 AM

how can I ask about flexibility when I’m interviewing?

Ask a Manager, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:59:33 AM

Amazon and Meta AI bots account for most website visits

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:58:45 AM

Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.

Techdirt, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:57:48 AM

Papa John’s Willow Grove permanently closes a year after the property went to market

Glenside Local, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:54:33 AM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for September 3, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:53:40 AM

Daily Deal: Babbel Language Learning (All Languages)

Techdirt, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:52:48 AM

Business Insider debuts “Read,” “Watch,” and “Listen” modes for its homepage

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:42:07 AM

11 AI Prompts for Teachers 🧑‍🏫

Wonder Tools, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:41:59 AM

NOW Page Update

Interdependent Thoughts, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:41:51 AM

Sen. Jon Ossoff and other Democratic candidates urge justices to leave court ruling in place on political broadcasting rates

SCOTUSblog, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:34:39 AM

Fox News says Maria Bartiromo is no longer with Fox; Bartiromo's Mornings with Maria will be retitled Morning with Fox Business and employ a rotation of anchors (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:28:18 AM

Amelia Dimoldenberg is bringing “Chicken Shop Date” to an end

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:04:24 AM

Autumnal Open Thread

kottke.org, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:03:00 AM

I’m Your Friend Who Just Doesn’t “Do Politics”

McSweeney’s, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:01:00 AM

An Athletic probe finds journalist Dianna Russini violated standards due to her relationship with an NFL coach but finds scant evidence it impacted coverage (Andrew Marchand/The Athletic)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:00:42 AM

Boy, Dave Bautista Already Looks Swole Enough to Play Kratos in ‘God of War’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 10:00:02 AM

Major Gifts Officer

Current Mozilla job openings, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:55:57 AM

“I assume the video audience is slightly different from the print audience. Someone subscribing to the newsletter, paying for The Wall Street Journal, there are some things I don’t have to convince them of. Whereas with a video audience, I need to convince you the supply-and-demand curve is real — I assume you have beliefs that differ significantly from mine, or maybe you just don’t have the knowledge base the median WSJ subscriber would have.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:52:39 AM

Maria Bartiromo out at Fox News, Fox Business

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:42:45 AM

Guidance on Using CC Licenses in an AI Ecosystem

Creative Commons, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:39:44 AM

Seeing Learning Differently: What Generative AI Reveals About Human Capability Development

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:37:00 AM

The Disappearing Bottom Rung in L&D

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:37:00 AM

The Rise of AI Companions

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Thursday, Sep 3, 2026 9:37:00 AM