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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 8:55:24 PM.

Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 7:58:41 PM

The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper (Robert Channick/Chicago Tribune)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 7:30:01 PM

Sources: WBD is seeking another round of bids by Thursday's end and aims to finish the auction by year end; Netflix's bid is the highest so far, mostly cash (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 6:36:20 PM

The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day 4: Defending Your Life

Whatever , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 6:21:52 PM

The Davids, Divided

Status , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 5:59:34 PM

Public Domain Advent Calendar

MetaFilter , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 5:55:38 PM

The Resonant Computing Manifesto

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 5:19:26 PM

Pantone choosing a shade of white for its color of the year...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 5:06:08 PM

Uh-oh: Lurie says city deficit could reach $1B under Trump cuts

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 4:36:25 PM

The Best Fiction Audiobooks of 2025, recommended by AudioFile Editors

Five Books , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 4:35:29 PM

A Radical Cure for Internet Addiction Brings Chilling Consequences in This Dystopian Story

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 4:30:02 PM

Update: Found | Abington police searching for missing 90-year-old

Glenside Local , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 4:18:28 PM

Jane Fonda warns that a WBD merger in any form is an alarming escalation in media consolidation, threatening the entertainment industry and the First Amendment (Jane Fonda/The Ankler)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 4:10:01 PM

I'm making an RSS reader

John O'Nolan , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 4:00:20 PM

Django 6.0 released

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:57:34 PM

Text a community college librarian

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:52:21 PM

Day 1780: "A bloated, useless entity."

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:41:00 PM

Sources: Atlas Obscura's co-founders were pushed out of the company amid clashes with CEO Louise Story, who has trimmed staff and changed editorial strategy (Max Tani/Semafor)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:35:01 PM

Short Round Returns as Ke Huy Quan Takes the ‘Indiana Jones’ Ride

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:30:14 PM

Are We Testing AI’s Intelligence the Wrong Way?

IEEE Spectrum , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:30:02 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Stuck In The Middleware With Youth

Techdirt , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:30:00 PM

Supreme Court allows Texas to use redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:26:47 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for December 4, 2025

Portland startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:22:19 PM

NeoPixel Bike Light V2

RasterWeb!, Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:18:22 PM

How to get through cold, wet, dreary days

Mike Monteiro’s Good News , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:15:19 PM

America’s Dirty Secret- It’s Toxic & It Stinks – Nicole Sandler Show – 12-4-25

The Nicole Sandler Show , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:15:02 PM

Questions to ask at the start of any comms project

gilest.org , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:09:11 PM

Hackers are exploiting ArrayOS AG VPN flaw to plant webshells

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:05:05 PM

The Hook, The Hack, and the Hike

MetaFilter , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:03:51 PM

SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers

Krebs on Security , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 3:02:34 PM

woke Zoomers and MAGA uncles alike...

MetaFilter , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:54:50 PM

Lisa Jackson and Kate Adams Out at Apple, Jennifer Newstead to Join

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:53:54 PM

South African government's response to Rubio's Substack post

MetaFilter , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:45:56 PM

Drupal Canvas 1.0 released

Dries Buytaert , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:42:46 PM

Bloomberg Media COO Julia Beizer is leaving the company, a source says to lead Microsoft's AI news product, working under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:37:16 PM

This ‘Sinners’ Star Knew You’d Have Feelings About That Grace Scene

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:30:33 PM

Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan. “Relations between the two countries...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:21:43 PM

NCSC's ‘Proactive Notifications’ warns orgs of flaws in exposed devices

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:21:12 PM

A 2025 Haymarket Gift Guide!

Haymarket Books , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:18:56 PM

Photojournalist slammed against wall, arrested amid NYC protest

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:06:50 PM

Kansas journalist hit with search warrant after photographing police range

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 2:01:51 PM

updates: refusing to pray with a religious client, learning to brag, and more

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:59:09 PM

Where We Are Now

Doc Searls Weblog , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:56:15 PM

The New York Times, AP, RCFP, and other media organizations back an effort to block a new Texas law requiring app stores to verify users' ages (Wendy Davis/MediaPost)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:50:05 PM

"I decided to paint a tree on the door, then it grew really quickly"

MetaFilter , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:40:41 PM

Like Apple, Google’s AI News Tech Misinterprets Stories, Generates Gibberish Headlines

Techdirt , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:38:00 PM

A miniature Christmas-elve s...

Rudiger Meyer’s Notes & Short Posts , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:37:00 PM

Fraud case sheds light on drawbacks to Pa.’s poll worker election system

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:36:17 PM

“Change starts with smaller actions, with going against the odds. And the...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:32:12 PM

‘Andor’ Can’t Be the End of Good ‘Star Wars’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:30:38 PM

Flip switches

Scripting News , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:21:43 PM

They’re Trying to Make a ‘Men in Black’ Movie Again

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:15:06 PM

Expanding our investment team at Hustle Fund

Elizabeth Yin , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:14:52 PM

Sorry, the explainer is dead

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:20 PM

Publishers will finally learn to truly value news creators

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:16 PM

The future of news is happening where no one is looking

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:13 PM

The year journalism fights back in the courts

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:08 PM

Working through the hour of maximum danger

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:08 PM

The rise of agentic journalism

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:05 PM

Rise of the product marketplace

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:02:04 PM

Mission over masthead: The case for radical collaboration

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:59 PM

Pre-news systems become mainstream

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:55 PM

Local news touches grass

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:53 PM

Journalists finally take state-sanctioned trolling seriously

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:51 PM

Journalists will acknowledge the apathetic audience

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:46 PM

The AI bubble may pop. People’s use of AI for information won’t.

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:43 PM

Joy — not just fatigue — will shape news habits in 2026

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:42 PM

As AI sharpens media’s class divide, lessons from the global majority

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:40 PM

No more loose taxonomies or dirty data

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:35 PM

We will stop freaking out about AI

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:32 PM

From fact-checking to friction-checking

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:28 PM

Newsroom vertical video meets a crossroads

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:25 PM

Journalism’s songwriter era

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:01:21 PM

SFWA Presents: Get to Know Our Industry Peer, Locus Magazine

SFWA – The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:00:00 PM

Do newsrooms need a memeologist?

The Objective , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 1:00:00 PM

Vital Cat Update

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:58:39 PM

The Final ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Trailer Teases the Misfit Heroes We Can’t Wait to Meet

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:56:21 PM

The University of Alabama suspends two student-run magazines, one focused on Black students and another on women's issues, citing federal anti-DEI guidance (Kim Chandler/Associated Press)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:55:00 PM

Predator spyware uses new infection vector for zero-click attacks

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:47:42 PM

Exploring Belief and Belonging in a Fractured Online Age

Tech Policy Press , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:47:40 PM

Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted

404 Media , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:47:37 PM

BYD’s Engine Flexes Between Ethanol, Gasoline, and Electricity

IEEE Spectrum , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:45:47 PM

Telepath: building a new kind of computer

unique hazards may exist , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:41:20 PM

The gold and narco road

MetaFilter , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:34:03 PM

Catching up with AJ Weinzettel, founder of Block 55

Portland startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:31:27 PM

Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate (The Guardian)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:30:01 PM

updates: the unhealthy snacks, the coworker who won’t share her calendar, and more

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:29:50 PM

“The breakneck speed of New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area...

kottke.org , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:27:14 PM

Turkey’s Pardus Shows What an EU Linux Could Be — If Brussels Really Means It

https://fossforce.com , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:15:00 PM

Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business

jwz , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:10:40 PM

Redeemer Health receives assessment upgrade following ongoing turnaround efforts

Glenside Local , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:05:48 PM

Legal News for Thurs 12/4 - DEI Federal Worker Lawsuit, SEC Enforcement Collapses, and More Racist Green Card Freezes

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:01:46 PM

How Is Mid-Decade Redistricting Upending the Midterms? Send Us Your Questions.

Bolts , Thursday, Dec 4, 2025 12:01:38 PM