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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.

ProPublica, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 2:00:00 AM

On Making Time to Read War and Peace and Other Great Literary Works

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:59:47 AM

Charles Dickens… and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:59:40 AM

Deafness Should Be Allowed to Be Unremarkable

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:59:27 AM

Who Are the Best Monsters in Literature?

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:59:07 AM

Elizabeth Strout on Creating a Quietly Strong Protagonist

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:59:04 AM

How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:58:59 AM

What Animal Parents Teach Humans About Care

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:58:54 AM

Grave Years and the Undead Woman: On the Chilling Erasure of Mothers’ Needs

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:57:56 AM

John of John

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:55:06 AM

Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes?

Grist, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:45:00 AM

Douglas Stuart, Elizabeth Strout, Kathryn Stockett, and more: 24 new books out today!

Literary Hub, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:44:26 AM

How the BookTok community is reshaping streaming as studios turn to influential creators and fanbases, placing their bets on book adaptations to win viewers (Josephine Walker/Axios)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:10:00 AM

American homes need heat pumps, not space heaters

Grist, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:00:00 AM

The Best Tennessee Williams Books, recommended by Ahmed Honeini

Five Books, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:59:38 AM

More Pa. voters are registering as independents, but barriers stop lawmakers from following

Spotlight PA, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:57:20 AM

The best study to date on school phone bans

Marginal REVOLUTION, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:31:03 AM

Shut Down Turnkey Totalitarianism

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:11:54 AM

Musician Margaret Sohn (Miss Grit) on taking a leap of faith

The Creative Independent, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Book Review: A Long and Speaking Silence by Nghi Vo

nerds of a feather, flock together, Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:00:00 AM

What do newsrooms actually need to cover 2026 elections?

Muckrock News, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:18:02 PM

Ravensbourne - any questions?

diamond geezer, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:10:48 PM

CBS' Tracker is moving production from Vancouver to Los Angeles for Season 4 after receiving a $48M California tax credit, the biggest ever for a series (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 10:45:00 PM

OTR Links 05/05/2026

doug — off the record, Monday, May 4, 2026 10:30:50 PM

Is psychotherapy underdiscussed these days? (from my email)

Marginal REVOLUTION, Monday, May 4, 2026 9:56:19 PM

Lawful-Access Bill Could Threaten Encryption, Deter Investment, Chamber of Commerce Warns

Pixel Envy, Monday, May 4, 2026 9:37:56 PM

weight loss discussion during a business meeting, boss won’t tell me how I can get a higher rating, and more

Ask a Manager, Monday, May 4, 2026 9:03:54 PM

Some time at the vise.

Chuck Grimmett, Monday, May 4, 2026 8:27:06 PM

Jensen Huang: Your Ambition Is ‘Not High Enough’

https://firstadopter.substack.com, Monday, May 4, 2026 8:14:24 PM

Trump Does An RFK Jr.: Fires Entire 22 Member Board Of The National Science Foundation

Techdirt, Monday, May 4, 2026 7:58:30 PM

Media Matters settles with the FTC, and says the FTC agreed to "forgo future investigations of MMFA"; the FTC confirms Media Matters isn't under any probe (Media Matters for America)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 7:45:00 PM

Hitting the Substack Ceiling

Status, Monday, May 4, 2026 7:13:45 PM

Costa Rican outlet La Nación says the US revoked several board execs' visas without explanation, after critical coverage of President Chaves, a close Trump ally (Javier Córdoba/Associated Press)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 6:45:00 PM

How American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were

Elezea - RSS Feed, Monday, May 4, 2026 6:24:59 PM

discogs-mcp v3.3.0 — Background sync, instant search

Elezea - RSS Feed, Monday, May 4, 2026 6:13:29 PM

Court agrees to immediately finalize Voting Rights Act decision

SCOTUSblog, Monday, May 4, 2026 6:06:57 PM

Quoting John Gruber

Simon Willison's Weblog, Monday, May 4, 2026 5:46:29 PM

PennDot to implement ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign May 11-31

Glenside Local, Monday, May 4, 2026 5:42:49 PM

Paramount expects "significantly lower theatrical revenue" in 2026 due to lower average box office per film, despite committing to 30 annual releases with WBD (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 5:40:00 PM

‘Knowledge Fight’ Is Over

Pixel Envy, Monday, May 4, 2026 5:07:52 PM

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord (2026-)

Justin Cox, Monday, May 4, 2026 4:54:27 PM

Granite 4.1 3B SVG Pelican Gallery

Simon Willison's Weblog, Monday, May 4, 2026 4:49:24 PM

An Unexpected Culinary Adventure At The Denver Airport

Whatever, Monday, May 4, 2026 4:48:07 PM

Quoting Andy Masley

Simon Willison's Weblog, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:51:09 PM

April 2026 newsletter

Simon Willison's Weblog, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:38:36 PM

The Enchanted April

Spoken Realms, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:37:35 PM

Day 1931: “Blown off the face of the Earth.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:31:04 PM

Bay Area police seize $200,000 in illegal bikes after sideshow convoy crosses Bay Bridge

The San Francisco Standard, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:30:00 PM

The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 To Survive

Techdirt, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:24:17 PM

The land where time stood still

Unsung, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:18:30 PM

Weaver E-cology critical bug exploited in attacks since March

BleepingComputer, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:12:57 PM

What should I ask Martha Nussbaum?

Marginal REVOLUTION, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:10:59 PM

They Can’t Stop Showing Clips From the Opening of ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, May 4, 2026 3:00:16 PM

People Inc. Sees Higher Digital Growth—Not Enough to Offset Legacy Headwinds

A Media Operator, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:56:57 PM

The Booksellers is a 2019 feature-length documentary film...

kottke.org, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:51:00 PM

flow state

sippey.com, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:38:00 PM

How does Panthalassa’s $140M stack up? Here are the largest Oregon startup funding rounds covered on Silicon Florist

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:33:27 PM

A number of 2026 Pulitzer wins reflected the fallout from Trump's second term, with the committee recognizing coverage of conflicts of interest, ICE raids, more (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:30:00 PM

The vision of persistence

Unsung, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:22:38 PM

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle their legal battle over the 2024 film It Ends With Us, avoiding a federal trial that was scheduled to begin in two weeks (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:20:00 PM

Here’s a Taste of Just How Creepy ‘Obsession’ Gets

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:15:38 PM

Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown gets a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on the Jeffrey Epstein case, which led to Epstein's arrest in 2019 (Jason Nark/The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:15:00 PM

A Medal, a Sunburn, and a Bachelor’s Degree (Week 18, 2026)

CybersecKyle, Monday, May 4, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Photo cross-post

Very cool, if true, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:58:37 PM

Set custom instructions for Gemini in Google Docs

Google Workspace Updates, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:47:45 PM

The Big Idea: Matt Harry

Whatever, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:42:13 PM

Does Claude have a mind?

Scripting News, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:42:07 PM

Paramount reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $7.35B, above $7.28B est., DTC revenue up 11% YoY to $2.4B, and Paramount+ subscribers up 700K QoQ to 79.6M (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:40:00 PM

Devin Gaffney talks about social media, anger, and more

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:35:08 PM

New Banksy: Blinded by Nationalism

kottke.org, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:32:00 PM

Quietly raising one of the largest rounds in Portland startup history: Panthalassa $140M Series B

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:28:50 PM

Announcing Social Comments for Ghost

A Whole Lotta Nothing, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:24:09 PM

Gov. Shapiro sends letter to 24 PA-based utility companies urging them to stop energy price hikes

Glenside Local, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:20:17 PM

The NYT wins three Pulitzers: Investigative Reporting, Opinion Writing, and Breaking News Photography; the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out wins Audio Reporting (Katie Robertson/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:15:09 PM

Section 702 Vote Pushed Back Another Six Weeks Following GOP’s ‘But With Cryptocurrency Ban’ Failure

Techdirt, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:08:19 PM

New Imprint: 3AM Books

Locus Online, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:06:39 PM

Amazon SES increasingly abused in phishing to evade detection

BleepingComputer, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:03:28 PM

Daily Deal: uTalk Language Education

Techdirt, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:03:19 PM

Christopher Nolan Looks Lost in This Glorious New Image From ‘The Odyssey’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, May 4, 2026 1:00:27 PM

Here are the 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Literary Hub, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:55:36 PM

Reuters wins two 2026 Pulitzers: Beat Reporting about Meta exposing users to scams and National Reporting about Trump's political retribution campaign (Joseph Ax/Reuters)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:55:01 PM

A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me

User Mag, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:52:01 PM

ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting

ProPublica, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:50:50 PM

2026 Pulitzer Prize winners: NYT for Investigative Reporting, the AP for International Reporting, and WaPo for Public Service for its DOGE coverage (Ren LaForme/Poynter)

Mediagazer, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:50:00 PM

Designer Jenny Volvovski’s collection of...

kottke.org, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:48:00 PM

Newsletters, live coverage, a one-time magazine: The World Cup is becoming a testbed for journalism experiments

Nieman Lab, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:44:47 PM

White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released

NYT > Kate Conger, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:29:25 PM

Philadelphia Ballet presents Juliano Nunes’s Romeo and Juliet

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:15:00 PM

Answering Over/Under With Hyde

moddedbear.com, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:14:13 PM

Securely manage AI and agent access to Workspace data with the AI control center

Google Workspace Updates, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:04:02 PM

I’m not a fan of the first part of this music...

kottke.org, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:02:00 PM

Legal News for Mon 5/4 - NM Takes Meta to Task, Pentagon AI Deals, Court Ruling Blocking Mifepristone

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:01:23 PM

We Know What Part of ‘Star Wars’ George Lucas’ Museum Will Focus On

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, May 4, 2026 12:00:02 PM

The Supreme Court is weighing in on mailing abortion pills. For now, the pills are still available

The 19th, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:53:14 AM

Taijiquan - Peng

Hey Loura!, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:41:56 AM

Weekly Bestsellers, 4 May 2026

Locus Online, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:41:23 AM

EFF Submission to UK Consultation on Digital ID

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:35:53 AM

According to this peer-reviewed paper, the...

kottke.org, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:24:00 AM

“I am confirming now, I am wearing his skin. I’ve been wearing his skin now for about two weeks.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:21:49 AM

People are stressed out by most news that isn’t local news, according to a new study

Nieman Lab, Monday, May 4, 2026 11:21:19 AM