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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

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 told Skydance staff he supports CNN's legal action to regain access to covering Trump, reiterated 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

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

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

2026 SFPA Poetry Contest Winners

Locus, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:04:51 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: What to expect in Brock Purdy’s toughest 2026 test

The San Francisco Standard, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:03:35 PM

Ninja Forms plugin flaw exploited to hack WordPress sites

BleepingComputer, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 2:00:27 PM

Kacey Musgraves Revisits ‘Uncertain, TX’ With Intocable

https://myspace.com/349024468, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:56:33 PM

Autonomous AI agents are trying to make writing their livelihood

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:55:16 PM

2026 Salam Award Winners

Locus, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:52:58 PM

Louisiana judge files criminal complaint against TV station

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:52:24 PM

The skills we need in the AI age

Kate Carruthers, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:46:41 PM

Maine man nearly hits reporter with car

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:44:28 PM

Butcher Babies’ Heidi Shepherd Contemplates Loss, Friendship, and Family

https://myspace.com/349024468, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:44:06 PM

Meshell Ndegeocello Enlists Friends on New Collection of Covers

https://myspace.com/349024468, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:38:47 PM

EmbeddingGemma 2

Simon Willison's Weblog, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:37:53 PM

Fediponics

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:37:00 PM

Orlando Kallen Is Bringing Spectacle Back to Male Pop Stardom

https://myspace.com/349024468, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:32:38 PM

Alberta’s ‘Wonder Valley’ Is Still Just a Thought

Pixel Envy, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:29:18 PM

Oregon AI Accelerator launches second cohort

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:25:35 PM

Sinclair is launching The National Press, a subscription-focused news brand on Substack, partnering with New Media, a startup founded by Free Press veterans (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:25:00 PM

Sinclair is launching a national news brand on Substack

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:22:10 PM

Introducing Mistral Large 4: Le chonk

Simon Willison's Weblog, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:18:19 PM

Silent Friend

kottke.org, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:17:00 PM

Becerra’s 'son of immigrants' story emerges as latest flash point in governor’s race

Suhauna Hussain, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:15:10 PM

2027-2028 TCEA Board of Directors Call for Nominations

TCEA, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:14:27 PM

Horrified by SFPD’s handling of rape cases, supervisors to grill police brass at hearing

The San Francisco Standard, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:13:51 PM

Why Bagram Air Base Remains a Target Five Years After U.S. Exited Afghanistan

Drop Site News, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 1:01:30 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for October 6, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:58:13 PM

Trump Officially Opens Border To Thousands More White South Africans

Techdirt, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:56:50 PM

Filings: Skydance extends the length of contracts and bumps up compensation for its four top executives, and WBD unveils bonuses for outgoing leaders (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:50:00 PM

VOICES 2027 applications now open for student fellows

| Asian American Journalists Association, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:46:27 PM

Point-in-time editing now available in Google Vids

Google Workspace Updates, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:40:59 PM

Writing Investor Updates or a Fork in the Eye?

Blog - Charlie O'Donnell - Coach, Author, VC, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:38:26 PM

Landlord moves to evict this AI unicorn to clear space for Anthropic

The San Francisco Standard, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:36:37 PM

Staff Software Engineer-Bug Burndown

Current Mozilla job openings, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:34:17 PM

Her AI-Generated Video Swayed the Judge. The Court Said it Carried 'Undue Emotional Weight'

404 Media, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:26:09 PM

Surréalisme belge : vu sur le site internet de Lalibre.be en étant connecté en l...

A Node on the Web, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:21:59 PM

Hackers exploit 32 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Ireland

BleepingComputer, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:21:53 PM

Using Parseable with Datasette for OpenTelemetry traces

Simon Willison’s TILs, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:07:31 PM

Things That Are Good to Do. Including “admit what you...

kottke.org, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:01:00 PM

Homo Irrealis

Brain Baking, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Explain it to me like I'm 80

jwz, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:57:46 AM

I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.

ProPublica, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:55:00 AM

The Big Idea: Jocelyn Cullity

Whatever, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:51:38 AM

NextGraph

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:37:00 AM

Treasury Futures Might Switch

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:36:04 AM

The truth about a local news website is this Virginia city’s best-kept secret

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:34:39 AM

Here's the first batch of SF/F books to check out in October 2026

Transfer Orbit, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:31:51 AM

The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights...

kottke.org, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:31:00 AM

A smaller subscription for readers who wanted sport and nothing else

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:26:04 AM

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Jen Silverman’s Witch

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:26:00 AM

Jemisin and Block Inducted into New York State Writers Hall of Fame

Locus, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:24:56 AM

Mistral Large 4

Simon Willison's Weblog, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:20:58 AM

A profile of Skydance co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, who ran TV company Endemol Group, sold digital content network Maker to Disney, and slashed $1.5B in costs at Mattel (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:15:01 AM

Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada Over Lawful-Access Bill

The Citizen Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:13:30 AM

VECOS, a vector desktop OS for the Vectrex

Waxy.org, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:12:27 AM

Trayage on Product Hunt, Drift Is Live, and a Very Busy Week (Week 40, 2026)

CybersecKyle, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:07:21 AM

Subscribers are up, but growth is down. Here’s what worker-owned Hell Gate is trying next.

Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:06:53 AM

Block family must pay millions after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette labor fight

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:06:20 AM

Episode 243 — Cornell’s Reckoning

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:04:54 AM

‘All things in the world must end’: Castro’s Mama Ji’s is closing at the end of the month

The San Francisco Standard, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:02:37 AM

Justices debate which courts may hear constitutional challenges to laws on veterans’ benefits

SCOTUSblog, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:02:11 AM

A study of nonprofit newsrooms reveals some cracks in the model’s foundation

Nieman Lab, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 11:00:07 AM

update: we have been infiltrated by a proxy interviewer crime ring

Ask a Manager, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:59:34 AM

SCOTUS declines to hear a Block Communications appeal, ending a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette labor fight begun in 2022; a union lawyer says Block owes workers $5M+ (Megan Trotter/Greensburg Tribune-Review)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:55:01 AM

Appeals Court Pauses Minnesota’s Nudify Law, Which Ignored Its Own Supreme Court’s Roadmap.

Techdirt, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:54:50 AM

Daily Deal: Salesforce Certification Exam Training

Techdirt, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:49:00 AM

Create Trello cards from Google Chat messages with Trello for Google Workspace

Google Workspace Updates, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:37:16 AM

Ex-Ukrainian Lawmaker Sent to Trial Over $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme

OCCRP, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:37:00 AM

Reintroducing Spaces

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:37:00 AM

datasette-atom 0.11a0

Simon Willison's Weblog, Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026 10:35:39 AM