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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Tuesday, May 26, 2026 9:55:34 AM.

“Murdoch is publicly saying what people want to hear — that he values the long form journalism and cultural criticism we do. That’s all we can go on for now even if we’re well aware of billionaires who come in saying the right things and then lose interest or change their minds.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:56:59 AM

Valnet is trying to make freelancers agree to pay-per-click contracts

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:53:58 AM

All’s rights with the world

https://dmoren.com/writing/, Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:51:38 AM

Wired turned its AI issue into a “mandatory training webinar,” presumably for sickos who love workplace training modules

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:49:40 AM

Tuesday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:48:02 AM

SpaceX filing: X's ad revenue was $1.8B in 2025, $1.7B in 2024, and $2.3B in 2023, below Twitter's $4B in 2021; X and Grok now have 6.3M active paid subscribers (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:45:00 AM

Millions of People Are Installing Malware on Their Partners’ Phones (with Zack Whittaker)

404 Media , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:41:49 AM

Peace talks continue as U.S. and Iran trade strikes; Netanyahu escalates in Lebanon; China ships 15,000 tons of rice to Cuba

Drop Site News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:07:42 AM

Quoting Paul Graham

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:02:30 AM

Identifying People Using Wi-Fi Routers

Schneier on Security , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:02:06 AM

Weekly Bestsellers, 25 May 2026

Locus , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:00:32 AM

Eating Disorders Are More Than a Feminist Issue: A Conversation with Amber Husain

Public Books , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:00:00 AM

my boss’s boss was “concerned for my reputation” because I was at a hotel breakfast in sweats and a tank top

Ask a Manager , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:59:08 AM

Why College Graduates—And Pope Leo—See Through the AI Sales Pitch

Tech Policy Press , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:56:04 AM

An unusual new-to-me animal: the aardwolf . It’s a...

kottke.org , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:56:00 AM

Claude just asked if I was breaking for the day. At 10:53AM. Why did it ask me t...

Scripting News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:53:26 AM

Getting Unstuck with Ramona AusubelWriting well is hard! Today...

Longreads , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:53:02 AM

SHOPLIFTING FROM NORDSTROM RACK • Kathryn Ward

Every Day Fiction , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:44:26 AM

The Taliban Legalizes Child Marriage—The USA Won't Ban It

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:42:02 AM

Walking Through the Future in the Present: Teaching Practices in Postdigital Learning Spaces

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:37:00 AM

From Levy to Liability: Why Canada Risks Facing Hundreds of Millions in Retaliatory Tariffs Due to the CRTC's Online Streaming Act Ruling

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:37:00 AM

(Re)Release the Iron Wyrm!

Lilith Saintcrow , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:21:14 AM

America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:15:36 AM

Facing Momentous Warnings, from AI to Climate, Find Meaning and Value Here and Now

Sustain What , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:12:53 AM

Progressives land a big win in a Philadelphia House primary and hope it means more are on the way

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:08:59 AM

Distinctive Hallmarks: Investigations into Online Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence

GNET , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:07:08 AM

Essential summertime reading: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like...

kottke.org , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:06:00 AM

How Varonis Atlas integrates Claude Compliance API for AI governance

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:01:11 AM

How Callais broke the Voting Rights Act and weaponized the equal protection clause: part 1

SCOTUSblog , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 7:00:00 AM

The “construction sites” of Magnifica Humanitas

https://nathanschneider.info/, Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:57:28 AM

You couldn’t create a more anti-news internet if you tried

Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:57:18 AM

The Big Idea: T.K. Rex

Whatever , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:55:52 AM

‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access

404 Media , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:49:22 AM

Here’s Your First Look at the President Curtis Spinoff from ‘Rick and Morty’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:45:37 AM

Grow the ecosystem, not just yourself

Dries Buytaert , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:43:09 AM

We answer your questions about Reclaim’s Student Showcase 2026

Reclaim Hosting , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:39:22 AM

If enough other companies report the same, the bubble pops. 🫧

Marcus on AI , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:35:55 AM

Spotify is narrating magazine articles now

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:32:13 AM

Is there space for 'craft' in the world of AI?

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:30:58 AM

Growing up in an online world: ORG Consultation Response

Open Rights Group , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:30:29 AM

The Supreme Court’s drug test

SCOTUSblog , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:30:00 AM

I need an easy way to do a mini-podcast. An idea that should be said verbally, b...

Scripting News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:26:01 AM

Pope Leo and human intelligence

BuzzMachine , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:20:55 AM

Ultimately your job as a developer is to turn your creation over to users to fig...

Scripting News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:08:17 AM

On Mastodon: "twitter-like systems are much simpler than you would think looking...

Scripting News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:07:27 AM

It is the procurement model. Companies that signed up for a productivity tool a...

Crank.report Survey , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:02:52 AM

Delegation of Tariff Authority by Other Means

Just Security , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:02:16 AM

You will be voting to save BART, Muni in November

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The woman behind the Valkyries’ billion-dollar rise

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Skeletons in the closet: Inside the unraveling of the California Academy of Sciences

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:00:00 AM

First look: Take an exclusive sneak peek inside this rare Marin Maybeck asking $13M

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Unending oral arguments

SCOTUSblog , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Six Free Tools That Put Privacy First

TCEA TechNotes Blog , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:51:13 AM

Planning for America’s Democratic Renewal Must Start Now: Lessons from Poland

Just Security , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:50:32 AM

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

Literary Hub , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:39:20 AM

Ron Mitchell tells us how The Bay State Banner is serving Greater Boston’s communities of color

Dan Kennedy , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:35:23 AM

That is why, if we want this technology to go well, it is enormously important ...

Crank.report Survey , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:31:46 AM

NPR Flubs Its Recovery From Brutal Republican Funding Attacks

Techdirt , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:30:16 AM

It’s a multi-million dollar fraud, but it may not be a crime

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:30:07 AM

Writing with AI isn’t always generating entire novels with a prompt

Elizabeth Tai , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:30:02 AM

Spotify launches a library of over 650 narrated long-form magazine articles in English for Premium users; free users can buy articles "individually for $1.99" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:30:00 AM

Ron Mitchell tells us how The Bay State Banner is serving Greater Boston’s communities of color

What Works , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:27:41 AM

The Decline Of The Family Computer

Brain Baking , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:20:00 AM

Microsoft Defender can now automatically isolate hacked endpoints

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:19:43 AM

Webinar: Too many tools are slowing network incident response

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:16:24 AM

Early Edition: May 26, 2022

Just Security , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:06:50 AM

The Empty Aisle: Why Journalism's Biggest Beat Doesn't Exist

Backstory & Strategy , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:05:54 AM

Tegna names Fox Television Stations veteran Patrick Paolini as CEO; former CEO Mike Steib stepped down in March after Nexstar announced its merger with Tegna (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:05:00 AM

The Blind Spot in AI Safety

Tech Policy Press , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:01:38 AM

007 First Light is a terrific return from the iconic spy

RegionFree , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:00:20 AM

Can You Avoid an Old High School Friend at the Bus Stop? A Decision Tree

McSweeney’s , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:00:00 AM

The Joy of Scope Creep

Accidentally in Code , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:00:00 AM

Former officials and industry leaders fear the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...

Crank.report Survey , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:53:44 AM

Britain's Facial Recognition Boom Runs on Police Policy, Not Statute

Tech Policy Press , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:50:28 AM

Now, it’s true that some workers don’t have to be forced to use AI....

Crank.report Survey , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:40:09 AM

Cannes: Victorian Psycho is a demented delight

RegionFree , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:21:03 AM

A Beautiful Theory Falls to Ugly Data

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:16:47 AM

Getting Worse

Atoms vs Bits , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:11:23 AM

Interesting Links for 26-05-2026

Very cool, if true , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:50 AM

Infected for Science

The Comics Journal , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:44 AM

The IPO Comeback Has A Catch

Crunchbase News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:39 AM

Remembering comics scholar John A. Lent, 1936-2026

The Comics Journal , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:29 AM

In Charts: Seed Deals Keep Getting Bigger As Odds Of Reaching Series A Fall Dramatically

Crunchbase News , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:14 AM

StubHub is lobbying about Ontario’s ticket resale law as FIFA, summer concert season approaches

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:02 AM

She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.

ProPublica , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Who Authorized That? The Delegation Problem in Multi-Agent AI

Radar , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 3:58:58 AM

🔶 News Alchemists #67: "Building trust begins by listening."

News Alchemists , Tuesday, May 26, 2026 3:45:33 AM