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Critics, former staffers mull future of Fetterman’s Senate seat

Spotlight PA, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:48:18 AM

Court to consider the role of IQ tests in ban on executing people who are intellectually disabled

SCOTUSblog, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:44:35 AM

Cat-copy.com

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:40:28 AM

Vaccine advisory panel votes to end universal newborn hep B shot recommendation

The 19th, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:38:24 AM

Funny thing about yesterday's Supreme Court decision, if Texas goes ahead with t...

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:36:18 AM

Standing Up For Somalis, Immigrants, Muslims and a Multicultural America

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:31:58 AM

Dreaming of a home

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:29:55 AM

Really interesting take on Wake Up Dead Man and the other Knives...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:20:48 AM

The Top 5 Longreads of the WeekIn this week’s Top 5:*...

Longreads, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:06:19 AM

When they say AI is just autocomplete on steroids, that's like saying a human is...

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:05:15 AM

2025 Books We Loved: Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity by Carla E. Dash

Locus Online, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:02:14 AM

That ‘Pluribus’ Twist Wasn’t Even the Biggest Gut-Punch of the Episode

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:00:49 AM

Come on John

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:00:00 AM

The Atlantic names top 25 news photos of 2025

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:53:17 AM

The best of 2025

Advisorator, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:51:47 AM

For decades, students of color have been denied dyslexia diagnosis and intervention

The 19th, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:51:12 AM

Netflix CEOs say the WBD deal won't fail because "we understand these assets that we're buying" and they're not buying to compensate for business deterioration (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:50:01 AM

Can Europe Build Digital Sovereignty While Safeguarding Its Rights Legacy?

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:42:41 AM

EU fines X $140 million over deceptive blue checkmarks

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:41:01 AM

The Best Philosophy Books of 2025, recommended by Nigel Warburton

Five Books, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:40:22 AM

Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:34:39 AM

Buy our shit

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:31:57 AM

Who are those guys? Poets or something?

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:31:40 AM

Same Script, Different Target

The Present Age, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:30:43 AM

The who’s and what’s of presidential power

SCOTUSblog, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:30:00 AM

I've come to think of WordPress as an API with a widely deployed and stable impl...

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:29:48 AM

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 5/12/2025 – #FOIFriday

Blog - Words + Numbers, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:26:07 AM

We interviewed the viral rapping tech CEO. He wants to collab with Rebecca Black

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:07:26 AM

The (Flimsy) Legal Arguments Used to Justify Art Censorship

Just Security, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:05:54 AM

NASA has a free online repository of Science E-books

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:05:14 AM

The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:05:00 AM

Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Debbie Harry and Chris Stein

McSweeney’s, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:03:00 AM

Stop Asking Walton Goggins If He’ll Play the ‘Fallout’ Games

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:00:57 AM

With big holes to fill, Buster Posey and the Giants have a hefty shopping list

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:00:00 AM

The Silicon Valley Democrat disappointed about Marjorie Taylor Green’s abrupt ousting

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:00:00 AM

As the Warriors take a ‘gut punch,’ it’s time for the second wave to step up

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:00:00 AM

SCOTUStoday for Friday, December 5

SCOTUSblog, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:00:00 AM

A New ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Rumor Claims a Big Power Up for Grogu

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:58:35 AM

Cloudflare blames today's outage on emergency React2Shell patch

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:53:26 AM

Comrades in arms: Putin and Modi meet in Delhi

Coda Story, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:51:18 AM

The Just Security 2025 Year-End Book Recommendations

Just Security, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:51:14 AM

Good Tokens 2025-12-05

Atoms vs Bits, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:49:46 AM

The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Five: Charities

Whatever, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:46:52 AM

Lawyer Who Absconded From UK Prison Will Have Cypriot Legal License Suspended

OCCRP, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:39:00 AM

Meta says it has struck multiple multiyear commercial AI data agreements, including with USA Today, People, CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, and Le Monde (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:35:01 AM

Damascus Dossier: Syrian Telecoms Operator Helped Assad Regime Spy on Citizens

OCCRP, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:32:00 AM

John Oliver Auction Raises $1.5 Million For Public Broadcasting

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:24:09 AM

BREAKING: EGOS

Media War & Peace, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:23:33 AM

Self-Checkout

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:12:50 AM

Early Edition: December 5, 2025

Just Security, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:06:43 AM

EU Hits Elon Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine

NYT > Kate Conger, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:05:57 AM

Pharma firm Inotiv discloses data breach after ransomware attack

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:05:52 AM

Netflix says it "expects to maintain Warner Bros.' current operations..., including theatrical releases for films" (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:05:00 AM

Casting Notice for the Unaired CW Pilot Young Hamlet

McSweeney’s, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:00:00 AM

15 books that deeply influenced me

Field Notes by Blair Hickman, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:49:31 AM

Now is the Time to Take a Stand Against Trump

Continuations, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:38:21 AM

Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:24:35 AM

Welcome to the Crazy CAFE

Marginal REVOLUTION, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:17:25 AM

The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:15:17 AM

Blanquitos

Typebar Magazine, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:12:52 AM

Yahoo launches Game Breakdowns in beta, offering AI-generated game summaries, stats, and play recaps, all updated live, to Yahoo Fantasy Plus subscribers (David Pierce/The Verge)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:10:03 AM

The Vin Diesel ‘Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots’ Movie Has a New Writer: Vin Diesel

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:00:55 AM

Interesting Links for 05-12-2025

Very cool, if true, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:00:05 AM

Stephanie Stimac

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 4:00:00 AM

Reading risks deep cuts without tax hike, administration says

Spotlight PA, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:57:02 AM

Brussels Fines Musk’s X €120M, Firing Shot in Transatlantic Tech Showdown

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:55:07 AM

The Index: Issue #148

Piccalilli - Everything, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:55:00 AM

Year of Trees, What in the Wild, Dinosaur Fish Doc

Mr Great Lakes, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:45:00 AM

Lit Hub Daily: December 5, 2025

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:30:10 AM

This Robotic Surgery Legend Is Pouring $100 Million Into Next-Gen Medical Startups

Amy Feldman, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:30:00 AM

React2Shell critical flaw actively exploited in China-linked attacks

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:26:07 AM

(Slight Return) — This Week’s Links

The Comics Journal, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:00:08 AM

Netflix Is One Step Closer to Buying Warner Bros.

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:00:08 AM

In the Shadow of an Immigrant Detention Center, a Small House Offers Refuge

The Marshall Project, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:00:00 AM

Dozens Locked in Hinds County’s Jails Without an Indictment — Some for Over a Year

The Marshall Project, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:00:00 AM

Short Story Advent Calendars & Remembering Tom Stoppard on The Lit Hub Podcast

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:55:26 AM

Could Chatbots Seduce Us into Extremism? Radicalisation Risks in an Age of AI Companions

GNET, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:47:21 AM

What a Recorded Interview Between Police and Preachers Reveals About How a Minnesota Church Handled Sexual Abuse

ProPublica, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:30:00 AM

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Once Defended Congress’ Power of the Purse. Now He Defies It.

ProPublica, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:00:00 AM

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:59:09 AM

The Literary Hub Gift Guide: 50 Gifts for Writers

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:59:05 AM

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:58:40 AM

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:58:24 AM

Chilling Lit: Six Novels in Translation That Blend Folktales and Horror

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:58:20 AM

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:58:14 AM

Sophie Newman on What You Can Learn About Writing by Watching Survivor

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:58:14 AM

New records reveal details on the $1M in taxpayer-funded security upgrades at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s private residence

Spotlight PA, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:57:05 AM

Meet a Mayor: The secret gifts of Pa.’s ‘Christmas City’

Spotlight PA, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:57:03 AM

After COP30, Indigenous advocates celebrate gains while warning of unfinished work

Grist, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:45:00 AM

The Aquatics

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:26:52 AM

Night Visions: Vincent Grashaw talks about his new thriller Keep Quiet

Region Free, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:24:16 AM

Cloudflare down, websites offline with 500 Internal Server Error

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:01:55 AM

In praise of stealing from thieves

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:35:30 AM

New Anonymous Phone Service

Schneier on Security, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:08:21 AM

Anorak Corner (rail edition)

diamond geezer, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:06:35 AM

Some statements remain potent, no matter how many times we use them

MetaFilter, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:01:16 AM

Experimental musician Daemyan Tang (Industry Standard) on staying self-contained

The Creative Independent, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:00:00 AM

Review: Bloodtide by Sophie Burnham

nerds of a feather, flock together, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:00:00 AM

Marguerite Porete was a beguine.

MetaFilter, Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 11:56:19 PM

Keys to success

Self Distract, Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 11:55:00 PM