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ESPN's Big McAfee Bet

Status, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:45:21 PM

Short Note

Anthony Ciccarello, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:27:50 PM

Couch to 4k (my film podcast) is now on Spotify

Hapgood, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:05:06 PM

Search warrants are supposed to be secret. Why was Eric Swalwell’s public?

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 5:59:00 PM

Two Police Intelligence Veterans Interrogate a Climate Journalist

Sustain What, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 5:53:56 PM

“This would result in some serious street cred and respect.”

Unsung, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 5:35:55 PM

The rise of electoral democracy

https://ourworldindata.org, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Sources: California AG is expected to ask Paramount to divest some TV channels and keep its movie studio separate from WB before approving its WBD acquisition (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:45:00 PM

Umday

Doc Searls Weblog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:41:22 PM

49ers stars align: With Kittle and McCaffrey back at practice, Purdy fires away

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:22:58 PM

I took this one spinning in a circle. Because, why not? 😵‍💫 Selfie a day for a ...

Hey Loura!, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:20:17 PM

New Barnes & Noble in Jenkintown to host grand opening in September

Glenside Local, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:20:12 PM

Analysis: since August 2024, the Daily Mail, BBC News, Fox News, and CNN have each gained more than 11M core TikTok followers; Fox News grew from 91K to 11.5M (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:10:00 PM

FINAL UPDATE: 31 Days & 868 Miles Marched. 4 Days & 132 Miles Left.

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 3:32:58 PM

A truly memorable week. A birthday dinner and film, catching up with far-flung f...

Paul Robert Lloyd, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 3:21:52 PM

Red Dog’s Last Ride

CogDogBlog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 3:12:32 PM

My Summer 2026 Media Diet

https://mssv.net, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 2:35:49 PM

AI models are not interchangeable infrastructure

Kate Carruthers, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 2:28:43 PM

Roofless Places, Groundhogs, etc

Minimal Change, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 2:24:39 PM

British universities. Are they really so good?

Lewackie Pitolenie, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Small things like these

Robin Rendle, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 1:39:41 PM

Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 1:24:52 PM

Testing tip: Make your keyboard fast

Unsung, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 1:20:34 PM

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Is Caught In a Tangled AI Web

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 1:18:02 PM

Week Notes 26#34

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 12:58:56 PM

Quoting Drew Breunig

Simon Willison's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 12:55:30 PM

LibreOffice 26.8 Will Bring a Better Tabbed Interface — Not a Single ‘Best’ One

https://fossforce.com, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 12:49:58 PM

Migrating a Synology NAS to a UniFi UNAS Pro 8 with Robocopy, SMB Multichannel, and Surprising Performance Traps

https://hanselman.com, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 12:23:42 PM

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

Techdirt, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 12:00:00 PM

West Moreland Ave. in Hatboro receives 60 yards of concrete

Glenside Local, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:58:13 AM

‘Vampire Hunter D’ Is Making a Comeback

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:50:10 AM

Enclave at Melrose Park’s new plans include 33 more homes than initially proposed, county planners say

Glenside Local, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:49:51 AM

Panopticars

jwz, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:48:50 AM

Hacked by CoupDeGrace

Upon 2020, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:41:44 AM

Hacked by CoupDeGrace

Upon 2020, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:37:14 AM

YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter One

Green Comet, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:35:26 AM

Focus Features' horror hit Obsession crosses $500M in gross at the global box office, becoming the highest grossing film ever with a budget of less than $1M (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:10:01 AM

August newsletter: Dogged pursuits

https://www.jenniferhoward.com/, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:04:06 AM

Oh, hey…

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 11:00:07 AM

Cybernetics and Ghosts

Robin Rendle, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 10:07:06 AM

Two 17-Year-Olds in Custody Wrote a Love Song in an Arts Program. One Didn’t Survive.

The Marshall Project, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Sunday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:49:19 AM

Under the Canopy: Where Does All That Rain Go? | Abington Shade Tree Commission

Glenside Local, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:39:41 AM

A few words about Canada and the US

Marcus on AI, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:36:34 AM

House of Magic in Glenside to host Will Fern Aug. 28-29, Nathan Coe Marsh Sept. 4-5

Glenside Local, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:33:26 AM

‘One Piece’ Is About to Have a Busy Couple Years

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:25:26 AM

Now in Claude's defense, I had to re-learn everything about how Frontier worked....

Scripting News, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:16:09 AM

Bethlehem Kudumba Unit

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 9:06:15 AM

Gander Social

Shawn Hooper, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:55:30 AM

What commit did I branch off from?

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:51:51 AM

Apple News Publisher Sign-in Required

Pixel Envy, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:47:26 AM

Soon You Too Will Be A Commie

The Reframe, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:46:31 AM

BREAKING: More bad news for the frontier AI companies

Marcus on AI, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:39:08 AM

The Pixel 11 Pro: It’s Fine.

Whatever, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:21:37 AM

Today's development version of Frontier is buggy and the kernel developer (Claud...

Scripting News, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:15:26 AM

Comparative Literature As Core Need In Desk Research and AI As Tool

Interdependent Thoughts, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 8:00:37 AM

Daaaaaaaamn, People Love Watching Spider-Man Movies

io9 | We Come From the Future, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 7:30:34 AM

Elkins Park man charged with murder of 71-year-old Philadelphia mechanic, 6ABC reports

Glenside Local, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 7:29:56 AM

ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Play

BleepingComputer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 7:23:46 AM

“A quick internet search should provide you with step-by-step instructions.”

Unsung, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 7:14:53 AM

Confederation Centre of the Arts Reimagines Itself

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 7:14:00 AM

Owl & Co.: vertical video revenue is expected to hit $150B outside of China in 2026, up 42% YoY, with Meta, ByteDance, and YouTube generating 94% of the total (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)

Mediagazer, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:10:01 AM

The Castro’s best new restaurant pushes the SF Thai food scene even further

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Home is where the in-laws are

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:00:00 AM

How MLB’s looming lockout will shape the Giants’ decisions on prospect promotions

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:00:00 AM

AI robotics companies love San Francisco. They’re just too big to stay

The San Francisco Standard, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities

Grist, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Welcome to Kerry

Can We Still Govern?, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 5:16:05 AM

Espresso Shots 8-23-26

https://makoism.com, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 5:01:32 AM

Piece de Resistance by D.A. Xiaolin Spires (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:46:15 AM

How the 'Censorship-Industrial Complex' Narrative Went From Fringe to Trump Policy

Tech Policy Press, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:45:48 AM

Democracy and Caeserism

Marginal REVOLUTION, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:15:42 AM

Interesting Links for 23-08-2026

Very cool, if true, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 4:00:08 AM

A Peek Under the Hood of Modern Optical Design

David Enzel, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 3:10:16 AM

Jatan the human - August 23, 2026 13:18

Jatan the human, Sunday, Aug 23, 2026 12:48:51 AM

on Murakami’s conversations with Seiji Ozawa: wavelength, appreciation, and negative space

Winnie Lim, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 11:38:15 PM

My recent visit to Anthropic

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 11:32:29 PM

Pamplona

diamond geezer, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 11:01:31 PM

OTR Links 08/23/2026

doug — off the record, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 10:30:40 PM

Short Note

Anthony Ciccarello, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 10:17:04 PM

The new agentic O-ring world

Marginal REVOLUTION, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 9:56:00 PM

I’m moving house because of a hotel room

The Unmasked Woman - by Hannah Anstee, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 9:00:52 PM

🗓️ The Level Up

Marty McGuire, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 7:00:00 PM

The Demolition of Geico HQ, Chevy Chase, Maryland

David Enzel, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 6:31:50 PM

1971 was a year of change. It brought out boxier typewriter designs like t...

Chris Aldrich, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 6:24:51 PM

Mark Ruffalo says Paramount's framing of his criticism of the WBD deal as "antisemitic" is "appalling and fundamentally dishonest" and deal scrutiny is needed (Zachary Leeman/Mediaite)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 6:10:00 PM

Seamless File Transfers Across Devices with LocalSend

The Future is Open, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 5:50:58 PM

Out to eat with my parents and sister. Nick’s on Broadway in Providence R...

Hey Loura!, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 5:14:52 PM

Scam culture news link dump

Don Marti, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 5:00:00 PM

old links 2026 08 23

Don Marti, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 5:00:00 PM

A Guest Post

gRegorLove.com, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 2:24:00 PM

Quoting Linus Torvalds

Simon Willison's Weblog, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 2:04:26 PM

An interview with Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iranian court for her work documenting life under the regime (Jim Sciutto/CNN)

Mediagazer, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 2:00:04 PM

Two podcasts I can recommend without reservation.

Scripting News, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 1:53:28 PM

Behind the Scenes: Star Trek and the Vietnam War (Part I).

The Garden of Memory, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 1:15:39 PM

at Hail Snail

Aaron Parecki, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 12:57:25 PM

ARR vs ARR. Watch out for this one sly trick.

Marcus on AI, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 12:47:31 PM

Andy Weir is producing an audio drama for Audible, Exoplanet

Transfer Orbit, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 12:46:10 PM

Untitled

Marty McGuire, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 12:27:58 PM

YouTube backs down, Gandalfs roast Peter Thiel in Argentina

The Nerd Reich, Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 12:25:43 PM