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How the authoritarian government of Viktor Orban, intent on controlling media, failed to take into account the resilience of Hungarian independent journalists (András Pethő/Nieman Reports)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:55:00 PM

China's top market regulator says it is launching a six-month crackdown on the country's online ad sector, targeting malpractices including the misuse of AI (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:20:00 PM

DeepSeek V4 - almost on the frontier, a fraction of the price

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:01:04 PM

A nonprofit's acquisition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is good news, but other options like systemic investment in the local ecosystem might have been better (Yoni Greenbaum/Backstory & Strategy)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 10:55:01 PM

firing someone after years of underperformance, coworker keeps falling asleep, and more

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 9:03:42 PM

New Cover: “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”

Whatever , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 8:58:30 PM

Dutch YouTubers Behind Alberta Separatist Videos, Finds CBC News

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 8:39:34 PM

Oracle Laid Off (Tens of?) Thousands of People in March

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 8:33:08 PM

Today’s episode of Decoder is worth a read/watch/listen.

Brad Barrish , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 8:29:08 PM

RFK Jr. Wipes His Hands Of This Whole Measles Outbreak Thing

Techdirt , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 8:07:53 PM

A Plethora of Tweezers

Tedium , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 8:00:00 PM

An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman: ‘There’s not going to be enough compute’

https://firstadopter.substack.com , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 7:48:58 PM

Brook Trout Conservation on Earth Day

Chuck Grimmett , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:54:27 PM

There is no sustained follow-through. No durable narrative. No accumulation of ...

Crank.report Survey , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:54:14 PM

In a note this week, Moody’s Ratings flagged the disruptive effects from ...

Crank.report Survey , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:51:18 PM

russellromney/honker

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:50:07 PM

An update on recent Claude Code quality reports

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:31:25 PM

Serving the For You feed

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:08:17 PM

President Trump attended a private dinner hosted by David Ellison in DC hours after the WBD shareholder vote; Rep. Jamie Raskin and others protested nearby (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 6:00:05 PM

The DOD fires the Stars and Stripes ombudsman after calling the paper "woke"; the ombudsman says she believes she was fired for defending editorial independence (Washington Post)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 5:30:01 PM

Word on Wall Street: March Retail Sales Consistent with A Resilient Consumer Despite Iranian Conflict | Wyncote Wealth Management Group

Glenside Local , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 5:25:37 PM

Downtown Glenside Foundation’s 12th annual Arts Festival postponed to May 2

Glenside Local , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 5:12:22 PM

Curtis Arboretum in Cheltenham Township feat. by CBS News for America’s 250th anniversary

Glenside Local , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 5:02:10 PM

Alex in People Magazine

Alex Winter , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:56:13 PM

Meet Chris Allen: Jenkintown resident, professional racer, owner of a classic car storage facility in Huntingdon Valley and a soon-to-open multimillion-dollar social club for car lovers in Fishtown

Glenside Local , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:48:22 PM

Instead of Losing Democratic Elections, What If We Just Stopped Having Them Altogether?

McSweeney’s , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:37:00 PM

So on the one hand, Anthropic itself is the one describing Mythos as a dangerou...

Crank.report Survey , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:27:02 PM

MacFarlane Gets Candid

Status , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:17:26 PM

Meta Drops the Other Shoe, Announces Thousands of Layoffs for Next Month

Pixel Envy , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:12:34 PM

The AI agent in your workflow might be a backdoor you built yourself

Neeraj Mathur , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:11:24 PM

Late Night Humor From Carson to Colbert and it’s About to Change Again – Nicole Sandler Show 4-23-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:05:19 PM

Filing: TKO Group CEO Ari Emanuel's pay package in 2025 was $67.3M, up from $18.1M in 2024, and President Mark Shapiro's compensation hit $42.6M, up from $31.9M (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:05:00 PM

Apex is lean and brutally efficient action filmmaking

Region Free , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 4:01:30 PM

Day 1920: “Shoot and kill.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:59:58 PM

The Invention of Empathy: Rilke, Rodin, and the Art of “Inseeing”

The Marginalian , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:48:38 PM

Oliver Sacks on Gratitude, the Measure of Living, and the Dignity of Dying

The Marginalian , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:47:38 PM

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger rejoins Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital in an advisory role; he served as a venture partner at Thrive in 2022 (Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:32:08 PM

Nima Momeni, convicted of murdering tech executive Bob Lee, wants a new trial

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:28:50 PM

Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed on the Michael...

kottke.org , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:28:09 PM

Front Office Sports plans to launch a syndicated daily TV news show, Front Office Sports Tonight, on September 14, airing on Fox and Nexstar stations and more (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:11:31 PM

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Celebrating 100 Episodes & Launching Our Patreon

Techdirt , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:10:53 PM

The First-Ever Lego ‘Shrek’ Set Uses Its One Minifigure Perfectly

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:10:03 PM

EFF to 9th Circuit (Again): App Stores Shouldn’t Be Liable for Processing Payments for User Content

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:05:24 PM

Mother Mary

Movie Mom , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 3:04:37 PM

Fixed time, variable scope Just like content development in any other medium,...

Ryan Barrett , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:55:40 PM

Extract PDF text in your browser with LiteParse for the web

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:54:24 PM

Let's say you're in Claude Code and you think of something you want to post on y...

Scripting News , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:48:35 PM

Hackers exploit file upload bug in Breeze Cache WordPress plugin

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:33:45 PM

Why Firefox? There's a moment now when the web could benefit from leadership. Th...

Scripting News , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:32:43 PM

077: Kad otplovi kapetan Kuk

Sutra , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:28:08 PM

Twin Peaks × LCD Soundsystem: a video mashup of Dance...

kottke.org , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:14:28 PM

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide whether state should reject voter applications with mismatched data

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:11:33 PM

A profile of Robert Allbritton, who is transforming his news startup Notus into the Star; he plans to invest $10M this year and expects to break even by 2029 (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:00:46 PM

‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ Is the Greatest Anime of All Time

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:00:07 PM

Marginally Better S01E16: The Community Currency

https://johnsandtaylor.com , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Marginally Better S01E16: The Community Currency

https://joetaylorjr.com , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Reporter assaulted by individuals at Minnesota immigration protest

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:59:42 PM

Lawmakers say World Cup security in Pa., other states hampered by DHS shutdown

Spotlight PA , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:46:57 PM

Community Votes to Deny Water to Nuclear Weapons Data Center

404 Media , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:30:30 PM

Test post from CList

Andy Sylvester's Web , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:24:57 PM

ProPublica explores what a future without vaccines would...

kottke.org , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:12:35 PM

On the Path to Worldwide Slaughter-Free Meat

Sustain What , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:12:19 PM

James Cameron Is A Weird Hypocrite When It Comes To Giant Hollywood Mergers

Techdirt , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:11:53 PM

Launching XOXO Explore, the complete XOXO archive

Waxy.org , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:02:26 PM

‘The Expanse’ Authors Explain Their Big Problem With ‘Star Wars’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 1:00:03 PM

A pelican for GPT-5.5 via the semi-official Codex backdoor API

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:59:47 PM

Speaking Freely: Lizzie O'Shea

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:56:47 PM

Speaking Freely: Lizzie O'Shea

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:56:20 PM

2026 Ditmar Awards Preliminary Ballot

Locus Online , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:52:06 PM

US Justice Department Moves to Seize Kurdish General's Beverly Hills Mansion

OCCRP , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:52:00 PM

Music publishers including UMG, Warner Music, and Sony drop a copyright suit against Verizon following a SCOTUS decision limiting ISP liability in Cox's suit (Kyle Jahner/Bloomberg Law)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:50:07 PM

Fedora 44 Tips Its Hat With a Virtual Release Party

https://fossforce.com , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:42:29 PM

The Saudi Sports Bubble is Bursting

Sports Politika , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:41:32 PM

The earliest-known recordings of whale songs (from 1949)...

kottke.org , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:38:41 PM

Here are the finalists for the NYPL’s 2026 Young Lions Fiction Award.

Literary Hub , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:35:03 PM

Bitwarden CLI npm package compromised to steal developer credentials

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:21:01 PM

How has it been a year already?

Brad Barrish , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:11:23 PM

Sunset supervisor candidates join forces, targeting incumbent Alan Wong

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:10:18 PM

Legal News for Thurs 4/23 - AI Copyright Battles, Joint Employer Rule Proposal at DOL, and SCOTUS Fight over FCC Fines and Jury Trial Rights

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:01:35 PM

New Books Video: Releases of the Week! April 21, 2026

Locus Online , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:00:25 PM

Warner Bros. Thinks Fans Are Ready for Yearly ‘Game of Thrones’ Again

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 12:00:18 PM

Trigona ransomware attacks use custom exfiltration tool to steal data

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:59:39 AM

We have met the enemy, and he is us

(Re)Structured News , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:59:12 AM

Life with two kids: For the love of the mother

Very cool, if true , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:53:49 AM

Brazil's antitrust watchdog approves a plan to deepen investigations into Google's use of journalistic content over potential abuse of its market position (Fernando Cardoso/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:45:01 AM

Justices debate rights of lawful permanent residents against backdrop of Trump’s immigration crackdown

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:44:14 AM

Photographer pushed, hit with baton at LA immigration protest

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:43:16 AM

Eye Contact With a Humpback Whale

kottke.org , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:34:40 AM

Despite Denials, AIPAC Is Now Funding Campaign of Ala Stanford In Philadelphia

Drop Site News , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:10:48 AM

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.5. Company Says Expect a Faster Model Release Pace

https://firstadopter.substack.com , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:10:27 AM

France Keeps Breaking the Internet to Stop Piracy, Even Though It’s Not Working

Techdirt , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:08:53 AM

Daily Deal: The 2026 Complete Godot Stack Development Bundle

Techdirt , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:03:00 AM

‘Doctor Who’ Monsters Dream of Returning in This In-Universe Folktale (Exclusive)

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:00:48 AM

A former executive for MrBeast, Lorrayne Mavromatis, has sued the company, claiming sexual harassment, wrongful firing after maternity leave, and more (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 11:00:39 AM

how do I interview with the person I would be replacing?

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 10:59:53 AM

Thomas Gresham is underrated

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 10:58:57 AM