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Source: news outlets are excluded from a Meta One test restricting pages from posting more than two external links per month for free on Facebook and Instagram (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 4:30:01 AM

Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet

Rest of World , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 3:00:41 AM

Sources detail David Ellison's multi-week covert campaign to close Paramount's WBD deal, including meeting Gavin Newsom and hiring Democratic lobbyists (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:55:00 AM

Newsletter tips: Boost interactivity, but keep subject lines ‘boring’

Press Gazette , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:46:00 AM

17 million protesters killed by French regime. If you don't believe this figure, you must hate women.

Normal Island News , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:18:30 AM

Facebook cash-for-links scheme excludes publishers (for now)

Press Gazette , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:17:18 AM

On the Life-and-Death Cycles at the Heart of Sylvia Plath’s Work

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:10:08 AM

Writing in Times of War: Oleksandr Mykhed on Losing Ukrainian Books to Russian Bombs

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:09:34 AM

An Undocumented War: Inside Deportation’s Machinery of Violence

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:09:17 AM

Leigh Bardugo on 50 Years of Interview with the Vampire and the Immortality of Anne Rice’s Lestat

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:09:15 AM

What Brazil’s Political Convulsions Reveal About the Global Far-Right

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:08:36 AM

A Brief History of Iconic Women Spies in the Comics

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:08:27 AM

Bill McKibben Talks Activism, Democracy and the Struggle For the Earth

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:08:19 AM

Trans Becoming and the Failure of Language

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:07:04 AM

Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.

ProPublica , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Advocates say police inaction is keeping some Reading crime victims from accessing immigration protections

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:57:04 AM

Book of Hours

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:50:39 AM

Spotify expands audiobooks to 180+ markets, bringing its catalog to 750M+ users, and adds 350K+ titles in 120+ languages in partnership with 300+ publishers (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:50:14 AM

Powering data centers on nuclear? That’s a tough sell in Utah’s coal country.

Grist , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:45:00 AM

The Northeast’s reliance on heating oil is turning into a crisis

Grist , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:30:00 AM

IndieWeb Book Club September 2026: An Unauthorised Fan Treatise Round Up

IndieNews English , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:16:40 AM

The never-ending struggle to protect Georgia’s most popular beach

Grist , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:15:00 AM

UK Wants to Lead the World on AI Safety. It Can’t Decide Where To Start

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:14:09 AM

UK Wants to Lead the World on AI Safety. It Can’t Decide Where To Start

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:14:09 AM

The Trade Show Model Nineteen Is ‘Stealing With Pride’

A Media Operator , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:13:00 AM

Lightwell Finds and Fixes 400+ Previously Unknown Java Vulnerabilities as Clearinghouse Goes GA

https://fossforce.com , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 1:04:22 AM

Searching for ‘slimy, shiny, brownish stuff’: A retiree's quest to help track down Pa.'s abandoned oil wells

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:57:04 AM

State of Drupal presentation (September 2026)

Dries Buytaert , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:50:03 AM

Why most stereotypes are negative

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:03:57 AM

Musicians sundayclub on the necessity of imperfection and unknowns

The Creative Independent , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Film Review: Verity

nerds of a feather, flock together , Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Forest Hill, Ewell, Cheam and Norbury

diamond geezer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:57:29 PM

Former NYT Rome bureau chief Jason Horowitz recounts the politics, culture wars, and grueling logistics of the Vatican press corps covering Pope Francis' trips (Jason Horowitz/New York Magazine)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:40:00 PM

From Story Seeds To Stories, And Writing An Author’s Note, With Joanna Penn

The Creative Penn , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:30:00 PM

Find your limit. Find your words. Protect your energy.

The Unmasked Woman - by Hannah Anstee , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:01:20 PM

„Der ist verrückt, der hasst seine Bücher“

Ring2 * Eriks Logbuch , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:00:41 PM

OTR Links 10/07/2026

doug — off the record , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:30:45 PM

Introducing Z-Profile – a simple website builder for researchers

IndieNews English , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:17:52 PM

https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/post/829790489908772864

https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:11:18 PM

Effective altruism is useful at the margin

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:49:13 PM

Quoting Jake Boggan

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:47:55 PM

SFUSD is set to overhaul its enrollment lottery. Nobody can agree on how

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:44:04 PM

Cognitive Stunting

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:37:00 PM

The Pain Axis: LLMs Represent Self-Directed Harm and Act to Relieve It

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Study: the share of spending at US locations by major US studios fell from 94% to 64% for TV episodes and from 74% to 42% for films between 1999 and 2024 (Cerys Davies/Los Angeles Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:15:00 PM

how does my slacker coworker still have a job, should I tell the owner people are unhappy, and more

Ask a Manager , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 9:03:32 PM

In-N-Out Stares Down A Gift Horse & Then Shoots It Dead Over Trademark

Techdirt , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 8:00:50 PM

New Tactics To Try With This Year’s End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign

Inbox Collective , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 7:53:20 PM

Ellison’s Day-One Dance

Status , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 7:41:43 PM

A US federal court sentences Michael Smith, who pleaded guilty to using bots to stream AI-generated songs, making $8M+ in royalties, to 18 months in prison (Bill Donahue/Billboard)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 7:20:02 PM

DNA Lounge: Wherein the slopbros won't stop

jwz , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 7:06:58 PM

The web of Markdown

Scripting News , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:55:59 PM

We Finally Know What Mike Flanagan’s New ‘Exorcist’ Is About

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:52:19 PM

David Ellison tells Skydance staff he supports CNN's legal action to regain access to covering Trump, reiterates his belief in editorial independence, and more (CNN)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:45:01 PM

Suprise bill

https://jeena.net , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:32:21 PM

OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:16:45 PM

Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative, a public benefit company, is rallying Letterboxd users to fund a bid for a majority stake in the platform (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:05 PM

How the OAS Works for Imperialism in Haiti

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Renewal of Neocolonial Gang Suppression Force UN Mandate in Haiti

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (CEIA)

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Is starvation Rubio’s only strategy? The new attack on Cuba’s private sector

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

An open letter to the honorable people of the United States of America

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

ARTICLE: “Trade in Blacks” Practiced in Haiti; Tension Among Peasants Increases,” Jacques Roumain, 1937

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Mamdani and the Zionist Shakedown

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Quoting Victoria Kim

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 4:58:56 PM

Introducing Fedizen, Our Bonfire Project

We Distribute , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 4:12:26 PM

llm-openai-decisions 0.1a0

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 4:04:13 PM

Day 2086: “A rather standard thing to do.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:55:42 PM

JioHotstar, India's biggest streamer, launches in the Middle East and North Africa in partnership with Abu Dhabi-based StarzPlay (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:55:01 PM

Brazil election notes (from my email)

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:38:14 PM

The Iran War has sent Muni’s fuel costs soaring 58%

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:11:52 PM

Meta’s Settlement Isn’t Tech’s “Big Tobacco” Moment

Techdirt , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:00:50 PM

The Young Star of ‘Crystal Lake’ Teases His Look for Little Jason

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:00:05 PM

Filing: Laurene Powell Jobs and former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick join Skydance's board; former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will be a board adviser (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 3:00:00 PM

We just hit a milesone in Atlantis. We have WebSocket support, client and server...

Scripting News , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:59:19 PM

Google Chrome, nice browser, but it doesn’t support the web.

Scripting News , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:45:37 PM

Informa’s $3 Billion Clarion Bet Puts Its Acquisition Playbook to the Test

A Media Operator , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:34:21 PM

How do you like them apples?

Seth's Blog , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:33:12 PM

llm-mistral 0.16

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:32:34 PM

San Francisco supes hit pause on new data centers

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:30:25 PM

Three journalist groups urge X to reject Turkish authorities' account-blocking requests that aren't backed by clear, independently reviewable judicial decisions (Reuters)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:30:01 PM

From a tongue-in-cheek Google Japan, a conveyor belt...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:20:00 PM

Tunes on Tuesday: Trip to Paradise

Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:11:00 PM

Stanley Kubrick’s Estate Will Soon Auction Some Beyond Iconic Items

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:10:29 PM

Wonders of Web Weaving podcast annotated transcript

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:08:12 PM