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Democratic Party officials sue Trump to try to block his administration from using any more taxpayer money to pay for election-related TV ads (Jan Wolfe/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:05:00 PM

Q&A with Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell about combining the Sun-Times and WBEZ, dropping the Sun-Times paywall, losing $3M in federal funding, and more (Eric Rynston-Lobel/Local News Initiative)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:00:00 PM

Likes Reader Mail > Deadly Intersection. This is important. This is our stree...

Chuck Grimmett , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:21:11 PM

UK startup Books by People gets approval from the UK's IP Office to distribute a thumbprint-style "organic" certification for books proven to be human-written (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:00:39 PM

“Konami looked at its restrictions and designed an entire level based around it.”

Unsung , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:57:52 PM

Justices wrestle with procedural dispute over Air Force’s munition detonations in Guam

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:57:49 PM

Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:56:21 PM

Sinclair’s new Substack repackages its local TV reporting into a video podcast

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:54:40 PM

Do you know why people like Markdown? You can't hide the bullshit. It's all ther...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:52:21 PM

Hackers hijack Google domains after breaching ccTLD registries

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:50:13 PM

32 is a lot of years. How much longer can this madness go on!

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:50:02 PM

CList at FediForum

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:43:00 PM

That said, surprisingly Nicolle Wallace's podcast is really good, which surprise...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:40:28 PM

I don't care for podcasts that begin with 15 minutes of giggling between the hos...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:38:23 PM

White House excludes Politico from Air Force One travel press pool

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:27:47 PM

The dark side of the Moon revealed: The flight of Luna 3.

The Garden of Memory , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:15:51 PM

Yesterday I wrote a piece about a Markdown-only browser, that worked nicely with...

Scripting News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:14:43 PM

Wildwood

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:10:00 PM

Woman accused of fatally shooting security guard at ‘Baddies’ event

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:03:56 PM

Dovetail Projects presents All Legacies, its debut exhibition and book release at Atelier Gallery in Brewerytown

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:01:00 PM

A New ‘Clayface’ Teaser Leans Heavy on the Horror

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:00:33 PM

Sources: the BBC and Channel 4 have held early talks with the UK government on a JV combining Channel 4's ad sales, E4, Film4, and VOD with the BBC's UKTV (Amy-Jo Crowley/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:45:00 PM

DNA Lounge: Wherein it is Spooky Season

jwz , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:44:15 PM

Nieman Lab has a new look

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:37:51 PM

Disinformation Conference in Europe Caught Up in Transatlantic Politics

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:25:00 PM

Meta Is Restricting Some Pages to Two External Links Per Month Unless They Pay Up

Pixel Envy , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:19:01 PM

Frank Mancuso Sr., who ran Paramount from 1984 to 1991 and MGM/UA from 1993 to 1999, engineering MGM's $1.3B sale to Kirk Kerkorian in 1996, has died at 93 (Richard Natale/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:15:02 PM

My Home Server Talks Back Now

https://crowdersoup.com , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:07:09 PM

AI-generated images don’t have to look like AI-generated...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:03:00 PM

The EEOC Fights to Keep Its Law-Firm DEI Records Secret, Disney Takes On the FCC & What Sen. Kelly's AI Tax Bill Would Actually Tax

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:01:06 PM

Mike Flanagan Addresses Some of Those ‘Carrie’ Twists

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:00:27 PM

Instagram i LinkedIn, grans assignatures pendents del català digital

Ara.cat - Albert Cuesta , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:59:11 AM

NEO on iOS

Hugh Howey , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:52:20 AM

On October 7 and Every Day, It’s Hard, but Vital, to Shift the Focus from Conflict to Cooperation

Sustain What , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:51:44 AM

The October 17 Vamonos Pa’l Monte procession celebrates Puerto Rican heritage in Philly

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:48:00 AM

Photo cross-post

Very cool, if true , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:33:46 AM

Azerbaijan Denies Link to Espionage Case Involving Former German Spy Chief

OCCRP , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:31:00 AM

We Now Have a Better Idea of Who’s Bidding on ‘Doctor Who’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:30:23 AM

California approves 35 films for its production incentive program, estimating that they will bring $1.08B in combined production spending to the state (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:30:06 AM

Money moves: Valkyries’ $100 million milestone, Juszczyk’s beer fight, and Stanford-Nike

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:30:00 AM

A visit to Philadelphia Ballet’s new Center for Dance ahead of Stars and Stripes Forever!

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:23:00 AM

ESG Gets More Illegal

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:19:50 AM

“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations

Nieman Lab , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:16:59 AM

OpenSSH 10.6 Released With Security Fixes and a Dozen New Features

https://fossforce.com , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:10:00 AM

Judge Blocks Utah’s Demand That Websites See Through VPNs

Techdirt , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:09:08 AM

Daily Deal: flowkey Piano Learning App

Techdirt , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:04:08 AM

In 2005, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated that...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:03:00 AM

The ‘Dune Messiah’ Graphic Novel Wastes No Time Answering What Happens to Muad’Dib Detractors [Exclusive]

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:00:40 AM

‘Jonathan’ Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth. He Could Hold the Secrets to Defying Death

404 Media , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:00:38 AM

IEEE Report Predicts Tech That Will Transform Lives

IEEE Spectrum , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 11:00:02 AM

the coffeeshop manipulation, the Maroon 5 shaming, and other people handling difficult moments well

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:59:47 AM

My poetry pamphlet in three places

Jatan the human , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:50:53 AM

Former senior public servant says he turned to lobbying after losing job to Carney’s spending cuts

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:48:52 AM

Wednesday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:40:28 AM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, October 7-14

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:33:00 AM

Meta rolls out AI tools to find ads that secretly lead users to CSAM and says it took action against 33.2M pieces of child exploitation content in H1 2026 (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:30:00 AM

Complementary remarks from Gary Marcus and Terence Tao on OpenAI’s giant math drop

Marcus on AI , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:16:44 AM

The Beginning of a New Chapter

https://jeanhsu.substack.com , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:12:20 AM

2025 Australasian Shadows Awards

Locus , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:09:33 AM

The Labor and History of Snow Peas

The Bittman Project , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:06:35 AM

Where Do We Meet Each Other?

The Connector , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:05:35 AM

Changing Your Career Isn’t Easy

IEEE Spectrum , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:04:02 AM

‘Crystal Lake’ Increases Its Retro Cred With a Tie-in Novel

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:00:20 AM

Maximizing LTV: The Time is Now

A Media Operator , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 10:00:05 AM

The unseen toll: Depression, anxiety plague Black women a year after being fired by DOGE

The 19th , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:58:32 AM

Ban AI in immigration decisions

Open Rights Group , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:51:54 AM

David Ellison's Skydance executive team shows he favors movies with stronger commercial prospects than the artier fare that's defined WBD in recent years (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:35:01 AM

YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Fourteen

Green Comet , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:34:02 AM

The Big Idea: Mia V. Moss

Whatever , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:32:32 AM

Lots and Lots and Lots of Control Panels

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:32:00 AM

I Hereby Resign as This Year’s Faculty Advisor for Our School’s Human Cloning Club

McSweeney’s , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:30:00 AM

how do I emotionally detach from my old job?

Ask a Manager , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:29:37 AM

How Big Money Took Over American Elections

Dame Magazine , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:27:00 AM

Federal Court Says Flock ALPR Database Searches Require A Warrant

Techdirt , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:24:10 AM

The Social Reckoning turns an important subject into a Facebook post

Region Free , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:23:13 AM

Too Late for Peter Singer to Die Young (part 1)

Sundman figures it out!, Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:17:47 AM

Food with Mark Bittman: Florence Fabricant

The Bittman Project , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:12:09 AM

We Geeked Out Over ‘Back to the Future’ With Bob Gale Himself

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:00:15 AM

Making the environment beat general assignment reporting hurts those most at-risk from climate change

The Objective , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 9:00:00 AM

Immigrants in Texas ICE Camp Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Indefinite Detention

The Marshall Project , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:45:07 AM

Microsoft Outlook to block MSIX attachments starting November

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:44:22 AM

EEAS runs scared of US 'disinformation' debate

A Node on the Web , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:40:47 AM

DisInfo2026 : Europe cannot defend itself with its eyes shut

A Node on the Web , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:40:47 AM

The first relists of the 2026-27 term

SCOTUSblog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:30:00 AM

The AI Narrative Has Shifted

Search Blog , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:29:19 AM

The Job Trail, a web game about making it through 52...

kottke.org , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:22:00 AM

Another new beginning

Transfer Orbit , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 8:21:26 AM