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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Friday, Dec 19, 2025 5:25:26 PM.

The Best Crime Novels of 2025, recommended by Sophie Roell

Five Books, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 5:06:49 PM

The Greek Tragedy of Elise Stefanik

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 4:37:25 PM

Qasim Interviews Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani & Deputy Mayor-Elect Julie Su

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 4:11:21 PM

weekend open thread – December 20-21, 2025

Ask a Manager, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 4:07:46 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for December 19, 2025

Portland startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:59:15 PM

Behold the AI bots that Cloudflare blocked from this blog

Rob Pegoraro, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:52:08 PM

Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:37:59 PM

Google Sues SerpApi

Pixel Envy, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:24:03 PM

A Brief History of Klingon-Federation Conflict

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:15:36 PM

“The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:10:34 PM

Friday Report: December 19, 2025

Take Control Books, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:10:19 PM

Quoting Andrej Karpathy

Simon Willison's Weblog, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:07:52 PM

Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms (Ken Vogel/@kenvogel.bsky.social)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 3:00:50 PM

When a chatbot runs your store

AI Weirdness, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:58:50 PM

Behind Broadcast's Oscars Breakup

Status, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:56:13 PM

This Week in the IndieWeb

https://indieweb.org/this-week/, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:50:11 PM

FeedLand on a big bag

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:45:42 PM

On reading Proust vs experiencing the world intermediated by screens (even when...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:39:45 PM

Section 415: With the Baseball Hall of Fame, there’s always a controversy

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:34:55 PM

Marisol’s “The Bathers” as c...

Rudiger Meyer’s Notes & Short Posts, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:34:00 PM

Epstein and the Clintons: As Hillary Launched Presidential Campaign, Epstein Feared Exposure

Drop Site News, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:24:39 PM

What James Cameron Changed in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ After Audiences Saw ‘Way of Water’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:15:28 PM

Friday Squid Blogging: Petting a Squid

Schneier on Security, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:06:59 PM

Staff Security Engineer, Product Security

Current Mozilla job openings, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 2:03:16 PM

SF Giants GM: Adding to rotation not ‘total necessity,’ but still looking elsewhere

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:58:15 PM

If you want to see the future of clean energy, you have...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:57:40 PM

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Dec. 13-19, 2025)

Just Security, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:53:38 PM

More A&P news for you! [360]

The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:52:46 PM

Warner Bros Rejects Larry Ellison’s Hostile Takeover Bid, Trump Will Likely Intervene In 2026 To Help Ellison Dominate U.S. Media

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:45:19 PM

Jackie Fielder’s first big legislative win was actually a huge loss

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:44:07 PM

Press Release – December 19, 2025 – 2

SFWA – The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:43:00 PM

TikTok’s Future in Canada Looks Red, White, and Blue

Pixel Envy, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:41:29 PM

Ai is Everything That is Not Needed in Education

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:37:00 PM

The Mastery of Destiny

Spoken Realms, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:31:31 PM

Inkblot Books via the Public Domain Review. These pre-date use of the...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:27:02 PM

The Final Emptywheel Friday Edition of 2025 (unless…) – Nicole Sandler Show 12-19-25

The Nicole Sandler Show, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:20:36 PM

From Spidey to Snoopy, Hollywood’s Acquisition Mania Has Come for ‘Peanuts’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:15:35 PM

How to Accelerate Radar Cross Section Simulations for Large Structures

IEEE Spectrum, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:14:17 PM

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 19, 2025

Google Workspace Updates, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1:09:06 PM

Then to Now

Peter Clines, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:55:14 PM

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:50:07 PM

The gift card accountability sink

Bits about Money, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:45:06 PM

Outdated, disconnected systems leave Pa. unable to comprehensively track toxic oil and gas waste

Spotlight PA, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:34:17 PM

*Central Asia*, by Adeeb Khalid

Marginal REVOLUTION, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:32:28 PM

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

Literary Hub, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:25:50 PM

Google sues data scraping company SerpApi for allegedly using hundreds of millions of fake search requests to access copyrighted material from Google products (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:25:01 PM

Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-First Week

LibrarianShipwreck, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:24:20 PM

‘My Hero Academia’ Carried the Shonen Anime Torch to a Triumphant Finish

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:15:19 PM

HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women (Paul Glynn/BBC)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:15:04 PM

Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:10:15 PM

The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered

Bolts, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:07:34 PM

Microsoft confirms Teams is down and messages are delayed

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:04:28 PM

Legal News for Fri 12/19 - Trump Takes Aim at Green Card Lottery, ICE Blocking Judge Convicted, Epstein File Drama and No Tax on Car Loans is Bogus

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:00:58 PM

Florida prosecutor agrees: Photography is not a crime

Freedom of the Press Foundation, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:57:00 AM

Worried about health insurance costs? There may be cheaper options — but with trade-offs

The 19th, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:49:02 AM

Facebook users were deceived about privacy. It will cost Meta 0.03% of revenue to settle

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:47:38 AM

How Might Trump’s AI Executive Order Impact State Laws Regulating Nonconsensual Deepfakes?

Tech Policy Press, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:42:08 AM

The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China (Karl Bode/Techdirt)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:40:01 AM

The Report of the LMS's Death is an Exaggeration

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:37:00 AM

Frank Walter ‘Frankie’ Pacitti, a CB East student and the son of a Hatboro shop’s co-owner, has passed away at 17, GoFundMe launched

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:34:24 AM

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Security And Energy Deals Top The List

Crunchbase News, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:28:33 AM

Hamas: We Did Not Surrender and Will Not Abandon Our Struggle for Liberation

Drop Site News, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:28:06 AM

Musk-Linked ‘Dark Money’ Group Got a $75 Million Anonymous Donation

Sludge, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:21:40 AM

Frank Darabont Reveals the Real Story Behind Why He Didn’t Take on ‘The Dark Tower’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:16:22 AM

Gov. Shapiro joins multistate lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s decision to cut $100M from PA funds used to prevent homelessness

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:15:23 AM

New Sunset supervisor supports 2026 effort to put cars back on the Great Highway

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:11:09 AM

Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s request in dispute over immigration judges

SCOTUSblog, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:06:25 AM

Nigeria arrests dev of Microsoft 365 'Raccoon0365' phishing platform

BleepingComputer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:05:32 AM

This Week in Matrix 2025-12-19

Matrix.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:04:36 AM

Flourtown man sentenced for Homicide by Vehicle charges

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:00:09 AM

Interconnections With Renewables Turn Existing Power Plants Green

IEEE Spectrum, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 11:00:02 AM

EFF at GDC Festival of Gaming

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:57:01 AM

“The Global Village Construction Set is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform...

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:55:20 AM

The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, A Mother Struggles To Keep Her Sons Alive

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:54:48 AM

Graphite Gets Bought By Cursor: Three Reflections from Six Years of Work [PMF didn’t happen right away; working IRL mattered; three founders, three distinct roles]

Hunter Walk, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:54:22 AM

Daily Deal: PiCar-X Smart Video Robot Car Kit for Raspberry Pi 4

Techdirt, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:49:48 AM

Sam Rose explains how LLMs work with a visual essay

Simon Willison's Weblog, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:33:41 AM

Time to Why

Doc Searls Weblog, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:31:24 AM

Jauan Jennings is the 49ers’ anti-Brandon Aiyuk

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:30:00 AM

Ai Icons to inform students

Troy Patterson, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:24:00 AM

WSIS+20 Reaffirms Multistakeholder Governance and a Lasting IGF

Internet Society, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:22:38 AM

SFUSD pulls back on plan to cut social workers

The San Francisco Standard, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:21:25 AM

Online Gaming’s Final Boss: The Copyright Bully

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:14:13 AM

I usually only drink iced coffee, even if it's cold outside, but lately I've bee...

Scripting News, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:09:46 AM

First Round portcos share insights

Portland startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:04:28 AM

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’s’ New Power Couple Discuss Their Trippy Seduction

io9 | We Come From the Future, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:00:28 AM

Is He the Grinch or Just a Gen-X Man at Christmas?

McSweeney’s, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:00:00 AM

The Knight Foundation scrubs DEI section from its ‘About’ page

The Objective, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:00:00 AM

Covering protests is a dangerous job for journalists

Freedom of the Press Foundation, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 10:00:00 AM

update: is this guy harassing me or just annoying?

Ask a Manager, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:59:12 AM

YouTube – Parasite Puppeteers – Chapter Twelve

Green Comet, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:51:34 AM

U.S. Slaps Travel Ban on Two Caribbean Nations Over “Golden Passports”

OCCRP, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:50:00 AM

Lies we tell ourselves

Working Systems, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:44:44 AM

"És d'ells": què passa realment quan diem que internet ha caigut?

Ara.cat - Albert Cuesta, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:43:33 AM

Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:40:00 AM

Light Fantastic

kottke.org, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:38:49 AM

Jenkintown Scouts BSA Troop 201 congratulates newest Eagle Scout, Bob Gabage Memorial Scout Award recipient

Glenside Local, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:30:49 AM

Speaking Freely: Sami Ben Gharbia

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:28:53 AM

What We Built Together in 2025

Creative Commons, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:28:19 AM

La hora del minimalismo digital

eCuaderno.com, Friday, Dec 19, 2025 9:28:02 AM