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Legal News for Tues 3/17 - Fed Courts Halt Vaccine Schedule Change, Fight Over WH Ballroom Continues, Breakdown of "SAVE America" Act, and CA Luxury Car Sales Tax Loopholes

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 12:01:09 PM

At SXSW, Jonah Peretti introduces BuzzFeed spinoff Branch Office, dedicated to exploring AI in consumer-facing apps, and debuts two apps, BF Island and Conjure (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:50:01 AM

NBC News partners with Joanna Stern to add tech coverage from her venture, New Things, across NBC platforms, and names her chief tech analyst (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:40:11 AM

Like: 1773772749

https://crowdersoup.com , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:39:09 AM

One reason why South Africa is difficult to govern (South Africa fact of the day)

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:38:53 AM

The Hutt Sex Explainer You Don’t Want But Are Kind of Curious About

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:30:03 AM

Twin adventurers are cleverly testing modern vs....

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:25:37 AM

A slopfondler walks into a bar

jwz , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:23:58 AM

New Imprint: Evil Twin

Locus Online , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:23:40 AM

Who profits from prediction markets?

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:17:11 AM

Axios lays off 11 newsroom staffers as it pivots to seeking “subject matter experts.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:12:42 AM

BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 11:09:17 AM

I’m in trouble for leaving for a business trip without a late coworker

Ask a Manager , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:59:55 AM

Why AI can’t write right

https://elgan.com/, Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:53:34 AM

DOJ Prosecutors Somehow Manage To Secure Terrorism Convictions Against Anti-ICE Protesters

Techdirt , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:45:30 AM

The Script of Every American Movie Set in Ireland

McSweeney’s , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:45:00 AM

Hotter Summers and Climate Change: Why Japan's Cities Need More Trees

Unfiltered , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:43:12 AM

Daily Deal: The Academy of Game Art Bundle

Techdirt , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:40:30 AM

The teaser trailer for Dune: Part Three . I am...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:39:23 AM

How ‘Dune: Part Three’ Is Changing the Entire ‘Dune’ Franchise

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:30:41 AM

Anti-Private Equity Is Good Business

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:30:17 AM

Was Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid

404 Media , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:29:36 AM

Mexican cantina Lobalita opens in the Marina’s former Tipsy Pig space

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:28:08 AM

ICO must investigate Reform ‘competition’ for data protection breaches

Open Rights Group , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:19:22 AM

The Iran War Rages On: Israeli Assassination Strikes, Steve Witkoff's Texts, and the Mounting Storm in the Strait of Hormuz

Drop Site News , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:19:00 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:15:24 AM

The AI Data Center Boom Looks a Lot Like the Railroad Bubble

Dame Magazine , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:13:37 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:07:50 AM

Extreme Macro Photos of Insect Wings . Hundreds of...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:07:35 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 10:00:06 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:52:45 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:52:05 AM

Vurt, a mobile-first vertical streaming platform designed for indie filmmakers to upload their micro series or feature films, launches with 100 episodes (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:50:00 AM

Dune: Part Three teases a grim future for the galaxy

Transfer Orbit , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:48:35 AM

Rich Elliott on Cape Town (from my email)

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:43:03 AM

Robots Didn't Kill the Internet

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:37:00 AM

The key problem with the "brain in a vat" thought experiment

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:37:00 AM

Why Are We Still Doing This?

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:36:40 AM

What is the SAVE America Act?

The 19th , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:35:48 AM

Tips on Feedback for Poetry

SFWA – The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:30:00 AM

key phrases to use when you talk to your boss

Ask a Manager , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:29:38 AM

The Woodmere presents Planting in Place, Time, and Memory

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:29:00 AM

The ‘Dune: Part Three’ Trailer Makes It Look More Awesome Than the Last

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:26:37 AM

Over two years later, Starfield finally arrives on the PlayStation 5

Region Free , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:25:41 AM

Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith agrees to buy the entire 26.9% stake in The Economist Group held by Lynn Forester de Rothschild, sources say for ~£300M (Financial Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:25:01 AM

DOGE Didn’t Cut Government Waste. It Was Government Waste.

Techdirt , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:23:00 AM

Planets and Bright Stars ID Chart

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:20:00 AM

Omondi Awarded SLF Working Class Writers Grant

Locus Online , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:19:27 AM

The Antique Telecommunications Museum

IndieNews English , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:17:28 AM

Quoting Tim Schilling

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:13:37 AM

New Book Releases: March 17, 2026

Locus Online , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 9:00:55 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:54:11 AM

You Might Debate It — If You Could See It

Jim Nielsen’s Blog , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:52:03 AM

Fantagraphics may have lost two full print runs in an Iranian missile attack.

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:46:13 AM

A profile of Wired's top editor, Katie Drummond, who created a politics team that landed major scoops and says Wired added 200K+ new paid subs in the past year (Katie Robertson/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:45:00 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:42:29 AM

Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity . “You...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:42:28 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:40:55 AM

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A Node on the Web , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:40:40 AM

We Cannot Offload the Narrative

H-CORPS , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:30:09 AM

Help with picking a phone plan

Advisorator , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:28:58 AM

Not that Anton, the other Arnold

Interdependent Thoughts , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:25:29 AM

Overrepresentation of millionaires in US Senate raises questions about their policymaking

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:19:17 AM

Israel says it killed top Iranian security official; Pakistan bombing kills hundreds in Kabul; Cuba hit by blackout amid Trump blockade

Drop Site News , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:17:04 AM

No More Ollama Drama: A Private AI

Half-Elf on Tech , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:13:35 AM

Your First Tiny Look at the ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Trailer Recreates an Iconic Comic Cover

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:13:11 AM

Battery prices continue to fall . “Lithium-ion...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:08:33 AM

Pluralistic: William Gibson vs Margaret Thatcher (17 Mar 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:07:57 AM

Sr Staff Quantitative User Researcher

Current Mozilla job openings , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:07:38 AM

Tunes on Tuesday: Tech Can’t Fix People

Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:04:11 AM

“Disaster Has Happened and Is Happening”: Tara Menon on What the Novel Reveals

Public Books , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 8:00:00 AM

employee won’t stop hugging people

Ask a Manager , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:59:39 AM

AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet

404 Media , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:59:02 AM

Venus Protocol accumulates $2.15 million in bad debt after exploit

Web3 is Going Just Great , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:57:53 AM

A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections

Spotlight PA , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:37:57 AM

“The US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:30:14 AM

The Supreme Court of Canada

SCOTUSblog , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:30:00 AM

Night mode predictions

Unsung , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:24:15 AM

Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith agrees to buy the entire 26.9% stake in The Economist Group held by Lynn Forester de Rothschild; the terms were not disclosed (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:20:01 AM

“It’s pretty incredible that with all it’s been through and what you might assume about it, 50% of Yahoo Mail users are Gen Z or millennial. Nobody would assume that.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:18:34 AM

The 60-person staff behind CBS News 24/7 started a walkout

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:18:32 AM

Malaysian Businessman Denounces Raid in ‘Corporate Mafia’ Probe

OCCRP , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:17:00 AM

Being an Editor: The other stuff

KJ Charles , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:16:07 AM

Internal memo: Axios lays off 11 newsroom staffers but says it is "continuing to hire and grow" as it focuses on "subject matter experts and local expansion" (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:10:00 AM

The 'Split' In The Democratic Party Is Not Where You Think It Is

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:03:36 AM

Off the Rails

Lilith Saintcrow , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:02:21 AM

Top 5 Things CISOs Need to Do Today to Secure AI Agents

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:02:12 AM

Sarah Michelle Gellar Says a Single Executive Was Responsible for Killing the ‘Buffy’ Reboot

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:00:59 AM

And the Oscar for Best Take goes to…

Literary Hub , Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 7:00:03 AM