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A look at a radio show co-hosted by an AI DJ and a human that is expanding in LA and other cities, as radio workers worry synthetic hosts may soon replace them (Nilesh Christopher/Los Angeles Times)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 3:50:00 PM

Once again the app that bridges from scripting.com to daveverse.org went down fo...

Scripting News , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 3:27:53 PM

YouTube says it is adjusting its Shorts recommendations to prioritize "original content" and reduce the reach of channels re-uploading others' content (Andrew Romero/9to5Google)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 8:50:01 AM

Florian Schneider, RIP

Marginal REVOLUTION , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 8:29:40 AM

Pas du tout surpris de voir la ministre de l’éducation belge utiliser exactement...

A Node on the Web , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 8:26:57 AM

…a German team built [Kolibri] with the EU AI Act in mind “from the ground up”,...

Crank.report Survey , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 8:14:21 AM

If you're psyched about what the polls say about the midterms, remember that Hil...

Scripting News , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 8:13:12 AM

2001: "Like a boat, a human being has integrity if they is what he or they appea...

Scripting News , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 8:10:57 AM

Large language models were built to talk to people. Jev is built to be called b...

Crank.report Survey , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:56:36 AM

From a technical point of view, the use of NixOS was a key one. Its use of the ...

Crank.report Survey , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:42:15 AM

Danish university DTU breach exposes data of up to 200,000 people

BleepingComputer , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:35:20 AM

‘Barbie 2’ May Happen After All

io9 | We Come From the Future , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:30:21 AM

The End of the Road (working title)

Dark Mountain , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:18:36 AM

Newsletters Worth Your Time

Wonder Tools , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:18:28 AM

A Sandwich Shop

Pop Culture Spirit Wow , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 7:07:18 AM

A perceptive analysis of why The New York Times struggles with the rise of MAGA authoritarianism

Dan Kennedy , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:36:42 AM

Today, a designer can generate polished images, presentations, variations, and ...

Crank.report Survey , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:31:21 AM

People make pages, prototypes, reports, visualizations, and small apps with age...

Crank.report Survey , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:25:18 AM

Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? I’ve been hanging...

kottke.org , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:24:23 AM

Ellison’s Media Titanic

Status , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:13:19 AM

The Richness of Language (Kharkiv Meditations, 8/10)

Thinking about..., Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:04:50 AM

Bad week for ‘Good Samaritan’: Man slashed on Muni bus gets arrested day later

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Kawakami: Natalie Nakase fell, then got back up, and the Valkyries kept flying

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The Waggle: An Army descends on San Francisco (with stickers)

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The ‘Eataly of Asian cuisine’ is big on spectacle, short on substance

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:00:00 AM

New Colorado neighborhood could offer glimpse into the future of home energy use

Grist , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Last Week in WTF: September 28-October 1

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Eugene, Oregon, claims processing a public records request filed by local news outlet Double Sided Media concerning a police officer would cost ~$2.5M (Lauren Harper/The Intercept)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 5:55:00 AM

Pluralistic: Economic probabilities for our grandchildren (03 Oct 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 5:07:59 AM

FORTY-THREE • Nivara Lune

Every Day Fiction , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 4:35:00 AM

Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable and Will Be Completely Destroyed, Study Finds

404 Media , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 4:00:34 AM

Lit Hub Weekly: September 28 – October 3, 2026

Literary Hub , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 3:30:53 AM

Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins

ProPublica , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Essex Wildcat!

doug — off the record , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 2:00:00 AM

“Signs I would see on metal doors and transformer boxes”

Unsung , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 12:48:19 AM

Words to live by?

Marginal REVOLUTION , Saturday, Oct 3, 2026 12:15:58 AM

Beginning at the end

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 11:45:00 PM

WLO level crossings

diamond geezer , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 11:03:26 PM

The DOJ argues that President Trump can legally bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House for not meeting the "minimum requirements of professionalism" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 10:55:02 PM

OTR Links 10/03/2026

doug — off the record , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 10:30:45 PM

New issue of Econ Journal Watch

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 9:27:58 PM

Weeknotes: Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2026

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 9:23:35 PM

Likes 47 by Jeremy Felt.

Chuck Grimmett , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 8:47:16 PM

Sling TV discontinues Sling Pass, which gave streamers limited access to ESPN, CNN, and others, from $5 for one day; Disney and WBD sued Sling over the feature (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 8:25:02 PM

Valkyries win instant classic: How Golden State pulled off 16-point comeback to advance

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 8:22:02 PM

Week ending Oct 2, 2026, in Oregon startup news

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 7:42:49 PM

Stage one: acquiring my word list

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 7:40:55 PM

Koreans Left With Spoiled Food Due To Borked Samsung Firmware Update For ‘Smart’ Fridges

Techdirt , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 7:39:00 PM

Waffle night! 72 waffles in this batch

Aaron Parecki , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 7:09:36 PM

Emptywheel Fridays with Marcy Wheeler on the Nicole Sandler Show 10-2-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 6:59:25 PM

Longer-term take on Google’s Recorder app: a human in the loop remains needed

Rob Pegoraro , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 6:46:57 PM

Protecting Yourself Against Violent Threats From the Internet

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 6:01:11 PM

The Morning the U.S. Bombed a School in Iran

Drop Site News , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 5:49:07 PM

I took a long lunch break and visited my favorite garden nursery with my sister ...

Hey Loura!, Friday, Oct 2, 2026 5:25:55 PM

New weblog software: Flourish

https://www.somebits.com/weblog/, Friday, Oct 2, 2026 5:13:00 PM

Ocean of Stars: A Painted Poem About How to Bear the Astonishment of Life

The Marginalian , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 5:00:09 PM

Meatloaf (that got me blocked for hacking)

Don Marti , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 5:00:00 PM

California man's smuggling scheme sent $300 million in AI hardware to China, feds say

Suhauna Hussain , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 4:54:21 PM

Source: at a White House dinner Tuesday, Trump hosted Rupert Murdoch, News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks, WSJ EIC Emma Tucker, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 4:50:01 PM

Google Tests Plan for A.I. Data Centers in Space

NYT > Kate Conger , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 4:46:49 PM

[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet

Winnie Lim , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 4:26:21 PM

weekend open thread – October 3-4, 2026

Ask a Manager , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 4:07:12 PM

Rex's Dino Store

Simon Willison's Weblog , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 3:57:38 PM

How to disappoint your mother

Mike Monteiro’s Good News , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 3:26:11 PM

The Israeli military says 170 people killed in the war in Gaza who called themselves journalists were actually militants; CPJ says it will evaluate the list (Ephrat Livni/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 3:25:01 PM

Friday Report: October 2, 2026

Take Control Books , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 3:22:16 PM

‘Curtains’ for Kimmel?

Status , Friday, Oct 2, 2026 3:10:16 PM