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Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, who also had been Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, died Wednesday at 85 from Alzheimer's complications (David Folkenflik/NPR)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 12:30:00 PM

Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose . “From a...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 12:22:10 PM

Directors from some of the UK's top shows sign a letter calling on streaming platforms to agree to a deal on establishing a royalty or residual scheme (K.J. Yossman/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 12:15:01 PM

Newbird.AI! Or Loony.AI

On my Om , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 12:15:00 PM

The Canceled ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Filming Likely Won’t Stop It Coming Out Next Year

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 12:00:03 PM

WPP, Dentsu, and Publicis settle with the FTC over claims they colluded on misinformation policies that denied ad revenue to conservative publishers (David McCabe/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:30:18 AM

OpenAI’s Codex Security and GPT-5.4-Cyber Could Be a Big Deal for Real-World Defenders

CybersecKyle , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:30:00 AM

Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archiving

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:29:49 AM

YouTube – Quantum Shorts 2 – Better Faster Stronger Lonelier

Green Comet , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:09:46 AM

Judge Tosses Trump’s Ridiculous $10 Billion Defamation Suit Against Rupert Murdoch

Techdirt , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:08:36 AM

Is Claude down? There goes my day

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:08:35 AM

Can the traditional British tabloid survive the digital age?

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:04:34 AM

Daily Deal: Geekey Multi-Tool

Techdirt , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:03:20 AM

The Black press has always faced an inequitable funding landscape. Its future can’t be the same

The Objective , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:00:58 AM

Dan Stevens Cracks Open the Mouth of Madness in ‘The Terror: Devil in Silver’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 11:00:25 AM

Mediaite’s reporting mess

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:59:43 AM

how to say “sorry, but I really have to pee, again” in a professional way

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:59:35 AM

Signed software abused to deploy antivirus-killing scripts

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:59:30 AM

Men sentenced for assaulting Fort Washington woman while she was asleep

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:57:07 AM

Now available: The Gemini app for Mac

Google Workspace Updates , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:45:10 AM

Vintage Pan-Am Luggage Tags

kottke.org , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:45:00 AM

Ukraine Says Russians are Surrendering to Robots

404 Media , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:43:17 AM

AIbirds

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:41:32 AM

Former Upper Dublin resident convicted a third time of stalking, threatening and harassing a local ex-girlfriend

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:37:06 AM

Evals Are the New PRD

Elezea - RSS Feed , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:31:37 AM

Nice to see the open source activity continuing to gravitate to Portland: TokioConf 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:27:46 AM

New more expressive AI voiceovers in Google Vids, and 16 additional languages, powered by Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS

Google Workspace Updates , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:21:53 AM

An internal BBC survey: 34% of workers said they had confidence in the executive leadership, down from 46% in 2025; 43% were "excited" about the BBC's future (Jake Kanter/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:20:10 AM

Quoting John Gruber

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:13:57 AM

Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:13:14 AM

Meet Khamila ‘Kitty’ Barnes: Abington native, PSU Abington grad, owner of Kitty On Top Bartending in Glenside

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:12:12 AM

Fun trompe-l’œil graph paper drawings .

kottke.org , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:08:44 AM

The Center for the Art of Translation is getting a permanent home in San Francisco.

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:08:28 AM

Recalling the Submarine that Sank our Sailboat in a 1960 New England Hurricane

Sustain What , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:06:05 AM

The Odyssey by Homer in Modern Prose

Spoken Realms , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:04:00 AM

Disney’s Massive Layoffs Have Seemingly Hit Marvel Hard

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:00:17 AM

Transcript from the Meeting Where They Invented the Mammogram Machine

McSweeney’s , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 10:00:00 AM

The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Ibram X. Kendi

Longreads , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:57:08 AM

Talking Willamette and Columbia ferry opportunities with Frog Ferry

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:52:53 AM

“Universal” pre-K causes court to re-re-reconsider major religious precedent

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:46:31 AM

Gelfuso Wins Compton Crook Award

Locus Online , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:43:50 AM

A Real Delivery

The Present Age , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:42:42 AM

Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:41:46 AM

The Big Idea: A.Z. Rozkillis

Whatever , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:41:25 AM

When to Copy and When to Build: The Strategic Gamble Behind Taking Events Global

A Media Operator , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:37:00 AM

An Explanation of AI that Could Be Wrong (Which is Good)

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:37:00 AM

Trust is the Silver Bullet

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:37:00 AM

Administration Apparently Planning To Blow Off FISA Court’s Ordered Fixes For Section 702

Techdirt , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:30:45 AM

NBC News Now expands its live coverage to 14 hours every weekday, which it says is more original programming than any other streaming news service (JD Knapp/The Wrap)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:30:00 AM

our mediocre employee thinks we’re not promoting her because of sexism

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:29:43 AM

Don’t Just Replace Chavez — Rethink Monuments ....

kottke.org , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:25:20 AM

Microsoft pays $2.3M for cloud and AI flaws at Zero Day Quest

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:20:21 AM

How to investigate police misconduct using Brady lists and public records

Muckrock News , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:15:50 AM

INN’s Rural News Network and MuckRock launch investigative journalism partnership to support rural newsrooms covering the 2026 midterms

Muckrock News , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:15:08 AM

Speed is Not Conducive to Wisdom

Jim Nielsen’s Blog , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:15:01 AM

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:10:31 AM

From Chaos to Clarity: 5 Complex Questions FSQ Spatial Agent Answers in Minutes

Foursquare , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:02:43 AM

Prediction markets are breaking the news and becoming their own beat

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:02:01 AM

NBCUniversal says Nielsen devalues media companies with inaccurate metrics

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:01:32 AM

The Wicked Stepmother of ‘The Testaments’ Is So Much Fun to Hate

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 9:00:22 AM

Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges #1)

Gianluca Pezzi , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:58:57 AM

Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News 24/7 ratify new contract

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:58:25 AM

Wednesday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:57:02 AM

What Trump’s Trade War Is Doing to America’s Farmers

Dame Magazine , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:56:58 AM

Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Financial launches a fully AI-generated podcast called Best Stocks; an annual ProCap subscription costs $999 to $2,500 (Madison Mills/Axios)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:55:00 AM

“To build a thing that immediately feels like you’ve had it forever is very hard to do.”

Unsung , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:53:47 AM

Dow Jones and WSJ launch new sports vertical with live event

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:52:32 AM

Data Work Is Too Secretive. Big Tech Should be Held Accountable.

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:52:26 AM

Huntingdon Valley Fire Company life member first to be honored for 70 years of continuous service

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:46:34 AM

Kevin Klose, who reported behind the Iron Curtain and led NPR, dies at 85

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:41:11 AM

The Testaments TV Series

kottke.org , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:40:31 AM

Ad tech company Viant agrees to acquire TVision, which measures audience engagement through sensors in 5,000 US households, for $40M in cash and stock (Ryan Joe/Adweek)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:40:01 AM

No, my Sun-Times colleague, Violet Miller, and I are not the same person

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:39:51 AM

Quoting Kyle Kingsbury

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:36:02 AM

TMZ in DC: How congressional staff are bracing for the gossip outlet’s descent on Washington

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:31:44 AM

Excellent afternoon yesterday taking Charlie out for a row in Constitution Marsh...

Chuck Grimmett , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:31:01 AM

Mrs. Sally Ann Hardy, former owner of Sally Hardy Music Studio in Willow Grove, has passed away at 69

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:31:00 AM

Kids build skills, gain confidence—register for Penn State Abington summer camps

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:27:00 AM

Short Attention Span Theater

Rands in Repose , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:26:26 AM

Balkan Drug Cartel Cell Targeted in Massive International Crackdown

OCCRP , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:25:00 AM

Abington Township EAC to host 3 native plant sales in April

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:24:45 AM

Are these the most influential novelists of 2026?

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:23:33 AM

BBC to cut one in 10 jobs in radical downsizing

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:22:18 AM

“Should be no trouble at all for a driver to understand.”

Unsung , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:18:58 AM

Jenkintown Music Theatre to host final Sweeney Todd performances April 16-18

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:17:11 AM

WSJ and Dow Jones plan a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive, invitation-only sports economy event in New York City this summer (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:15:01 AM

The Diorama Lives

bavatuesdays , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:14:33 AM

House of Magic in Glenside to host David Deeble April 16, Bernardo Sedlacek April 17-18

Glenside Local , Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 8:09:05 AM