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Dan Simmons (1948–2026)

Locus Online , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 2:12:49 PM

The FCC approves Charter's $34.5B merger with Cox, combining cable, fiber, and cloud units, and taking the Cox name and using Spectrum for consumer business (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 2:10:02 PM

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fishing in Peru

Schneier on Security , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 2:04:45 PM

Paramount agrees to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, paying $31 per share in cash, giving WBD an enterprise value of $110B (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 1:53:58 PM

Whistleblower: ICE Has Slashed Its Training Program And Its Boss Is Lying To Congress About It

Techdirt , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:51:42 PM

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https://crowdersoup.com , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:50:41 PM

One analyst says European regulators are unlikely to block a Paramount-WBD deal; another says it's likely that regulators would slow down the approval process (Deadline)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:50:03 PM

Like: 1772225377

https://crowdersoup.com , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:49:37 PM

An AI agent coding skeptic tries AI agent coding, in excessive detail

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:43:41 PM

The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in March 2026

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:30:04 PM

Paramount pays the $2.8B breakup fee owed to Netflix; WBD is expected to announce Friday it signed a deal to be acquired by Paramount; NFLX closes up 13.7% (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:29:14 PM

Stan Druckenmiller’s Current Trade Ideas RIGHT NOW

https://firstadopter.substack.com , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:24:58 PM

Owners of Goat House Creamery in Elkins Park are adding a vinyl records store + coffee shop in the adjoining storefront

Glenside Local , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:20:44 PM

Memo: another CBS News producer leaves, after 46 years, and says, "We've been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum" (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:20:01 PM

Photo: 1772223414

https://crowdersoup.com , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:16:54 PM

LOC records

IndieNews English , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:05:05 PM

Legal News for Fri 2/27 - Bill Clinton to Testify Regarding Epstein, Trump WH Ballroom Ruling, Kalshi Legal Battles and Netflix Bows Out in Warner Bros Deal

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:01:12 PM

Microsoft testing Windows 11 batch file security improvements

BleepingComputer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 12:00:27 PM

Enveda’s drugs from plants will turn pharma upside down

Crazy Stupid Tech , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:56:00 AM

Thinking Out Loud: What Self-Hosting Is Teaching Me About Computational Thinking

Ian O'Byrne , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:54:29 AM

A 2-hour mix of music compiled by Thom Yorke that plays...

kottke.org , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:52:25 AM

Dan Simmons, RIP

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:50:03 AM

Canadian Software Boutique SimplyPHP Acquired by Startup-Focused TLM

https://fossforce.com , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:33:42 AM

California to Paramount: Assimilate This

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:30:19 AM

APT37 hackers use new malware to breach air-gapped networks

BleepingComputer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:21:25 AM

CNN employees and viewers have serious concerns about whether Ellison will uphold CNN's editorial independence amid severe political pressure (CNN)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:15:02 AM

YouTube – Parasite Puppeteers – Chapter Forty-Three

Green Comet , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:08:13 AM

Verizon Continues To Make Phone Unlocking Annoying (With The Trump FCC’s Help)

Techdirt , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:02:00 AM

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: OpenAI Takes The Spotlight With Record-Setting $110B Round

Crunchbase News , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:01:23 AM

Computers and the Internet: A Two-Edged Sword

Jim Nielsen’s Blog , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 11:00:00 AM

What the Father of Black History Can Teach Us About Technology

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:59:19 AM

The Candy Factory

kottke.org , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:59:14 AM

Daily Deal: The 2026 Microsoft Office Pro Bundle

Techdirt , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:57:00 AM

Let Friction Ring

jwz , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:55:15 AM

Elkins Park Fire Company to host Comedy Night fundraiser on April 11, tickets available

Glenside Local , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:54:16 AM

📚 Find Fantastic Books

Wonder Tools , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:49:23 AM

Revisions for Your Hopelessly Optimistic Dystopian YA Novel

McSweeney’s , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:45:00 AM

After listening to this Podcast: Conspiracy Theory Nation Conspiracy Theories Ne...

Ricardo Mendes , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:40:26 AM

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Literary Hub , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:39:51 AM

Inaugural Glenside Porchfest kicks off May 9. Find out the details and how you can get involved

Glenside Local , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:39:15 AM

Sampling Some Smackin’ Sunflower Seeds

Whatever , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:33:41 AM

Lego’s March Releases Need a Hero (of Time)

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:30:10 AM

Mark Madsen’s Cal turnaround could give the Bay Area multiple March Madness hopefuls

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:30:00 AM

Europol-led crackdown on The Com hackers leads to 30 arrests

BleepingComputer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:20:15 AM

The international film community sees Paramount's potential WBD acquisition with optimism for theatrical windows and worry about a reduced number of film buyers (Variety)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:20:02 AM

Amazon & The Cost of (AI) Lateness

On my Om , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:18:46 AM

Speaking is quick, listening is slow

Interconnected , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:15:00 AM

Following Markup investigation, Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars

The Markup , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:15:00 AM

Substack LIVE: Paramount + Disco Bros!

Media War & Peace , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:14:19 AM

Why ‘Flooding the Zone’ Works for Trump

The Present Age , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:12:26 AM

Do people still worship the ancient Greek gods?...

kottke.org , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:08:23 AM

Free Claude Max for (large project) open source maintainers

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:08:22 AM

“Never mind…”

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:02:28 AM

Video Friday: Robot Dogs Haul Produce From the Field

IEEE Spectrum , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:00:55 AM

Suno CEO and co-founder Mikey Shulman says the AI music company hit 2M paid subscribers and $300M ARR; pitch deck: it had 1M paid subscribers in November 2025 (Kristin Robinson/Billboard)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:00:47 AM

Censorship is bad for business

Freedom of the Press Foundation , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 10:00:00 AM

On the Programmability and Uniformity of Digital Currencies

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:58:38 AM

Unicode Explorer using binary search over fetch() HTTP range requests

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:50:54 AM

Roger Lynch says Condé Nast revenue in 2025 was ~$2B, 85% of which came from its seven largest brands, and Google accounted for only ~25% of visits to its sites (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:40:01 AM

I wish I could use IndiePass to connect to my Fedify/Indiekit ActivityPub server...

Ricardo Mendes , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:40:00 AM

OpenAI’s New $110B Raise At A $840B Valuation Marks The Largest Venture Deal Ever

Crunchbase News , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:39:46 AM

Einstein & The Rise of Nuisance Tech

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:37:00 AM

LTHEchat 356: Algorithmic Bias of Social Media: Should Educators Teach Students How Social Media Bias Shapes Knowledge?

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:37:00 AM

Practical Decentralization

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:37:00 AM

Oh Wow, ‘Scream 7’ Sucks

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:30:01 AM

literally what Webmention is about… #indieweb

Ricardo Mendes , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:29:45 AM

My Books in Libraries

Green Comet , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:28:44 AM

Nothing is Gained From Prejudice

Darius Dunlap , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:24:57 AM

Lower Moreland police arrest contractor with outstanding warrant for failure to provide services following payment

Glenside Local , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:24:54 AM

I’m Sorry, LinkedIn!

Search Blog , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:23:22 AM

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir

Techdirt , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:23:00 AM

Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer ....

kottke.org , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:17:49 AM

German Court Sentences Key Figure in Massive Call Center Scam Operation Exposed by OCCRP

OCCRP , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:15:00 AM

MARTY SUPREME (2025)

Cows in the Field , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:14:24 AM

No one else will manage your career for you.

https://jeanhsu.substack.com , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:10:59 AM

Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, March 4

SCOTUSblog , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:10:19 AM

Premium: The Hater's Guide to Private Equity

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:07:32 AM

When I write a comment on someone else's blog I want it to automatically be on m...

Scripting News , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:07:23 AM

I bet Jeopardy champions would make great software developers. Their intelligenc...

Scripting News , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:06:03 AM

Cheltenham superintendent issues notice regarding reported connections between Lifetouch and Jeffrey Epstein

Glenside Local , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:01:53 AM

You Are Not Immune to Propaganda

The Personal Blog of Emily Gorcenski , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:00:08 AM

Equalpride acquires Condé Nast's LGBTQ+ digital outlet Them, which was launched in 2017 and is led by EIC Fran Tirado (Chris Gardner/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 9:00:04 AM

The Deluxe Steelcase Field Notes Notebooks Archive

Chris Aldrich , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 8:58:49 AM

Me as a comp sci grad student

Scripting News , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 8:55:21 AM

Equalpride, parent company of LGBTQ+ outlets like Out and The Advocate, cuts staff, including the EICs of Pride.com and The Advocate (Chris Gardner/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 8:50:09 AM

This Week in Matrix 2026-02-27

Matrix.org , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 8:47:13 AM

Inkwell

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 8:37:00 AM

Git for Humans

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Feb 27, 2026 8:37:00 AM