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On the new ‘Beat the Press,’ we look at war coverage, fetish non-coverage and CNN’s GenZ ploy

Dan Kennedy, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 4:10:55 AM

Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You

LifeSciVC, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 4:00:56 AM

5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: A Credit Card Backed By Mineral Rights, Flying Ferries, And A Foundation AI Model For Plants

Crunchbase News, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 4:00:35 AM

Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Stories

The Comics Journal, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 4:00:25 AM

Why There Is Still Hope to Find Even More Missing ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes

io9 | We Come From the Future, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 4:00:19 AM

The Agentic Web: how AI systems will change websites

https://ricmac.org, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 3:57:35 AM

Radar Trends to Watch: April 2026

Radar, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 3:34:21 AM

Lit Hub Daily: April 7, 2026

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 3:30:06 AM

Who’s the Admin, Me or Claude?

Accidentally in Code, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 3:14:20 AM

India’s frugal AI models are a blueprint for resource-strapped nations

Rest of World, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 3:00:00 AM

Hong Kong Police Can Force You to Reveal Your Encryption Keys

Schneier on Security, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 2:45:33 AM

Introducing headers.dev

Dries Buytaert, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 2:44:37 AM

Silicon sampling, simulating human polling with AI agents, undermines the very idea of the opinion polls and will only worsen our broken information ecosystem (New York Times)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 2:40:00 AM

Personalizing Reading Stamina in an AI World

TCEA TechNotes Blog, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 2:15:00 AM

“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability

ProPublica, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 2:00:00 AM

Where Physics Meets Poetry: On Language and the Power of Metaphor

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:59:12 AM

Caro Claire Burke on Tradwives, the Performance of Selfhood, and “The Good Old Days”

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:58:45 AM

“Late Winter Walk,” a Poem by Julia Alvarez

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:58:42 AM

The International Short Story is Booming

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:58:19 AM

The Poetics of Repetition: In Praise of the Art of Replication

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:58:19 AM

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aimee Nezhukumatathil is Reading Now, And Next

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:58:03 AM

Hexes of the Deadwood Forest

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:55:35 AM

Propaganda as Financial Infrastructure: How Islamic State and al-Qaeda Media Ecosystems Enable Terrorist Finance

GNET, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:46:58 AM

Why this NASA climate scientist wants you to stay angry

Grist, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:45:00 AM

Weeknote 2026-W14: Interview, Reading, Tech Finds & IndieWeb

IndieNews English, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:43:15 AM

When the threats cross every boundary: A One Health primer connects professionals across sectors to learn from each other

Reda Sadki, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:42:09 AM

How EVs could solve a problem with America’s rickety grid

Grist, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:30:00 AM

Ben Lerner, Patrick Radden Keefe, Emma Straub, and more: 25 new books out today!

Literary Hub, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:07:44 AM

🔶 News Alchemists #61: "Audience engagement is business sustainability: strategies for success"

News Alchemists, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 1:00:06 AM

Student-led documentary preserves the stories of Latinos who settled in Reading decades ago

Spotlight PA, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 12:57:10 AM

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square offers to buy Amsterdam-listed UMG for ~$64.4B in cash and stock; Pershing plans to list the merged company on the NYSE (April Roach/CNBC)

Mediagazer, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 12:55:01 AM

Why do Americans No Longer Work So Much More Than Non-Americans?

Marginal REVOLUTION, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 12:36:36 AM

Pluralistic: Switzerland's Goldilocks fiber (07 Apr 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 12:20:37 AM

Songwriter and musician Yea-Ming Chen on giving yourself permission

The Creative Independent, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 12:00:00 AM

TV Review: Paradise season 2

nerds of a feather, flock together, Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026 12:00:00 AM

A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, using tactics like memory manipulation via "Summarize with AI" buttons (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 11:40:00 PM

BM25

diamond geezer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 11:00:00 PM

Sources: AI music startup Suno's licensing talks with UMG and Sony have stalled; labels argue that AI tools like Suno rely on human-made music and should pay (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 10:55:01 PM

No AirPods Max 2

Superdavey, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 10:50:55 PM

OTR Links 04/07/2026

doug — off the record, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 10:30:52 PM

Few do the kind of deep investigative reporting that Ronan Farrow is known to do...

Brad Barrish, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 9:56:24 PM

Interpreting Polygenic Prediction of Cognitive Ability

Marginal REVOLUTION, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 9:50:30 PM

Friday night is movie night in our house and we’ve gotten to the point where com...

Brad Barrish, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 9:34:33 PM

I work with my spouse, losing sick days I was given when hired, and more

Ask a Manager, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 9:03:22 PM

When you save the book for after the movie, it’s like getting an extended direc...

Brad Barrish, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 9:01:54 PM

OpenAI Bought a Livestream No One Watches

Pixel Envy, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 8:49:19 PM

Congress Wants To Put The Law Behind A Paywall. Again.

Techdirt, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 8:10:00 PM

The New Yorker Profiles Sam Altman

Pixel Envy, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 8:08:52 PM

The News Media Guild says more than 120 of the AP staff members it represents received buyout offers on Monday (David Bauder/Associated Press)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 7:55:07 PM

A Bedazzling Book

Whatever, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 7:38:54 PM

CBS is selling its 11:35pm ET timeslot to Byron Allen, who will air episodes of Comics Unleashed starting May 22, after The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ends (Michael Schneider/Variety)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 7:10:00 PM

POLITICO's New Playbook

Status, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 6:15:50 PM

Some CNN staffers are worried about mismanagement, along with political interference, if CBS News' current leadership takes control following Paramount takeover (Washington Post)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 6:10:00 PM

On a walk in the woods I came across some atypical daffodils. I think they might...

Chuck Grimmett, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:58:50 PM

Razor 1911’s 40-year retrospective for Revision 2026

Waxy.org, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:32:28 PM

Between the User and the Used: Zadie Smith on Instrumentalism

The Marginalian, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:29:05 PM

Adding Correctness Conditions to Code Changes

Jessitron, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:10:56 PM

TheOpenSource

Matt Mullenweg, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:01:28 PM

Actually, people love to work hard

Anil Dash, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Ranworth Broad

diamond geezer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 5:00:00 PM

German authorities identify REvil and GandCrab ransomware bosses

BleepingComputer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 4:54:04 PM

German authorities identify REvil and GangCrab ransomware bosses

BleepingComputer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 4:54:04 PM

See You on the Dark Side of the Moon

Shawn Hooper, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 4:53:00 PM

When AI Makes You Quit Your Job to Start a Pub

A Media Operator, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 4:31:55 PM

Why haven’t humans gone back to the Moon no longer a valid question thanks to NASA Artemis II lunar flyby

jatan.space 🌙, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 4:20:28 PM

Day 1903: “An unhinged madman.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 4:08:29 PM

Rubio’s Church-State Violation + My 2020 Call to Iran: Americans Don’t Want War

The Nicole Sandler Show, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:58:06 PM

SkyCharm Nail Spa in Jenkintown now open, specials offered through April 30

Glenside Local, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:39:34 PM

My Boyhood Home is Gone

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:31:08 PM

Federal Donuts and Chicken in Willow Grove has permanently closed

Glenside Local, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:27:54 PM

“What caught my eye as a designer, as with most...

kottke.org, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:26:24 PM

So ends a peaceful, relaxing and enjoyable Easter bank holiday doing mostly noth...

Paul Robert Lloyd, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:12:46 PM

Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi For Not Making His Vindictive Fantasies A Reality

Techdirt, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:10:00 PM

Steven Spielberg Still Wants to Make a Horror Film ‘Someday’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 3:00:33 PM

Iranians Brace for Impact of Trump’s Threats to Target More Civilian Infrastructure

Drop Site News, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:51:18 PM

Introducing ProDemStack: An Interactive Network Map of Pro-Democracy Substacks

The Connector, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:48:55 PM

New GPUBreach attack enables system takeover via GPU rowhammer

BleepingComputer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:44:15 PM

Why CybersecKyle Has a New Look

CybersecKyle, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:30:00 PM

Onday

Doc Searls Weblog, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:21:01 PM

Really interesting piece from Jodi Ettenberg about...

kottke.org, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:10:05 PM

Fubo CEO David Gandler announces long-term financial targets following the company's merger with Hulu + Live TV, aiming for $300M in adjusted EBITDA by FY 2028 (David Satin/The Streamable)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:10:00 PM

The Artemis 2 Mission Is Leaning in on the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Love

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 2:00:29 PM

The best developers I've met this year aren't developers

Hacks/Hackers, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:59:36 PM

Space

jwz, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:29:45 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for April 6, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:22:17 PM

Trump threatens to find and jail the journalist who reported that a US officer was awaiting rescue in Iran last week, unless the journalist reveals their source (Cheyanne M. Daniels/Politico)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:15:02 PM

REMINDER: Call for Speakers and games for PIGCon 2026 — the Portland Indie Game Squad Convention — close soon

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:10:03 PM

UK Politicians Continue To Miss The Point In Latest Social Media Ban Proposal

Techdirt, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:06:00 PM

All Hell Breaks Loose in a Tease of the End of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2

io9 | We Come From the Future, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:00:05 PM

Trump’s threat to jail reporters deserves bipartisan condemnation

Freedom of the Press Foundation, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 1:00:00 PM

The Astor Place Riots of 1849 resulted in “the...

kottke.org, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:57:00 PM

Rejection is normal for writers and creators, so let’s not hide it!

Andy Dehnart, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:41:04 PM

BSR writers speak up after the Readers Decide campaign

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:37:00 PM

Australia's teen social media ban is a flop. But there's no joy in 'I told you so'

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:37:00 PM

Emotion concepts and their function in a large language model

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:37:00 PM

The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:37:00 PM

V Spehar built a news business from under a desk. Now they’re a creator journalism pioneer.

Nieman Lab, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:23:17 PM

‘It’s a safe space’: Mobile midwifery clinics meet patients where they are

The 19th, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:21:42 PM

How social media became a "freak show": X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)

Mediagazer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:20:01 PM

Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit

BleepingComputer, Monday, Apr 6, 2026 12:19:27 PM