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The latest posts from my subscriptions, as of Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 7:05:30 AM.

The Minnesota Star Tribune, which has ~495 staffers, plans to cut its workforce by 15%, or 65 jobs, via buyouts and layoffs, one month after winning a Pulitzer (Christopher Vondracek/Minneapolis ...)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:55:00 AM

Congress Can Act Now on U.S. DoD Inspector’s Report Revealing Violations of Civilian Harm Policy and Law

Just Security , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:52:51 AM

Environmental Lawsuits Present Roadblock for the AI Data Center Boom

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:49:53 AM

Enclosure of Legibility

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:37:00 AM

The evisceration of ‘60 Minutes’ greases the skids for David Ellison’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

Dan Kennedy , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:31:52 AM

The art of the deal: How submarine bidders are using Canadian partners to win a lucrative contract

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:30:21 AM

Whoops: Hackers Simply Had To Ask Meta ‘AI’ For Access To High Profile Instagram Accounts

Techdirt , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:26:58 AM

Canal+ rises in its Johannesburg Stock Exchange debut, with the secondary listing marking the completion of its multibillion-dollar MultiChoice acquisition (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:05:01 AM

Uber Caps Usage of AI Tools Like Claude Code to Manage Costs

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:01:27 AM

I’m Jessica Fletcher, and I Don’t Even Feel Anything Anymore When I Find a Dead Body

McSweeney’s , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 5:01:00 AM

Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:37:00 AM

Devices Down Is The Wrong Goal

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:37:00 AM

Acer working to patch max severity zero-days in Wave 7 routers

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:35:47 AM

Quoting Natalie Lung

Simon Willison's Weblog , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:33:22 AM

Major vaping lobby group wants to ensure Alberta’s proposed 'flavour ban' doesn’t pass

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:30:19 AM

SPUR, which includes the FT, The Guardian, and the BBC and seeks to establish shared AI licensing standards, adds ~20 publishers in a major global expansion (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:20:00 AM

If Endowment Effects Are Real, Most Advice Is Wrong

Atoms vs Bits , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:11:51 AM

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a clever and delightful game for all ages

RegionFree , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:07:37 AM

AI Used to Decrypt Medieval Ciphers

Schneier on Security , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:04:40 AM

Anthropic Funding Pushed Startup Investment To Near-Record Levels In May As Exit Market Reopened

Crunchbase News , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:00:59 AM

Hey Dave Filoni, Leslye Headland Is Still Down for ‘The Acolyte’ Season 2

io9 | We Come From the Future , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:00:48 AM

Context as Code

Radar , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:00:14 AM

Interesting Links for 03-06-2026

Very cool, if true , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:00:05 AM

Why the AI Policy Debate Should Focus More on the Harness and Protocol Layers

Tech Policy Press , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:00:00 AM

THAG: BURUK-TUK SOLDIER • Anthony L. Abraham

Every Day Fiction , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 4:00:00 AM

Should we give up on E-Methanol and CO₂ utilization?

https://industrydecarbonization.com/, Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:59:30 AM

An interview with Gary Lineker on his BBC exit, calling it a "marriage" that "petered out", Goalhanger's World Cup coverage with Netflix, The Overlap, and more (Matt Slater/The Athletic)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:45:00 AM

Slide Deck Q&A Quality Assurance App: A Multi-Stage Pipeline for Pedagogical Question Generation

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:37:00 AM

Course Design: How to Get It Right the First Time

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:37:00 AM

Redefining Educational Technology: A Critical Collaborative Inquiry

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:37:00 AM

Lit Hub Daily: June 3, 2026

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:30:24 AM

AI music startup Suno raised $400M led by Bond at a $5.4B valuation, up from $2.45B after raising $250M in November 2025, and passed 2M subscribers in February (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:30:00 AM

Armenia Asked to Freeze Magnitsky-Linked Funds

OCCRP , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:28:00 AM

ComoDoS - Exploiting a Remote Kernel Vulnerability in Comodo Internet Security

https://malwaretech.com , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:13:00 AM

Police dismantles 9 crime groups in illegal streaming crackdown

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:12:24 AM

Scott Pelley says Paramount "is casting this legend aside", weakening 60 Minutes "to curry favor with" Trump, and CBS "instructed me to inject falsehoods" (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:10:00 AM

Cuyahoga County Jail Leaders Knew Their Cameras Were Broken and Took 4 Years to Fix Them

The Marshall Project , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:00:37 AM

Texas State Takeover of Local School Districts Expands, Raising Concerns

ProPublica , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:00:00 AM

China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time

Rest of World , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 3:00:00 AM

The Augmented K-16 AI Framework: Six Tools You Can Use

TCEA TechNotes Blog , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:45:00 AM

Dozens of Azerbaijan Companies Manage Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers

OCCRP , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:36:00 AM

Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

ProPublica , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:30:00 AM

I Was Not Bullish Enough on These CPU Stocks

https://firstadopter.substack.com , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:09:05 AM

With Event Deals Surging, LegalTechTalk May Be a Target

A Media Operator , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:09:00 AM

Google adds Android protection against AI deepfake scam calls

BleepingComputer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:02:11 AM

A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can’t Afford

ProPublica , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 2:00:00 AM

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:59:44 AM

Why Women Need Fairy Tales to Stay Rooted in Their Own Lives

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:59:43 AM

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:59:29 AM

A Love Letter to My Hometown: On Revisiting Rural New Hampshire in Fiction

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:58:59 AM

What Do Arthurian Legend and All My Children Have in Common?

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:58:32 AM

On a Childhood Longing to Be Delicate

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:58:21 AM

An Angel Watching Over Me: On Exile, Estrangement and Placelessness in Paris

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:58:00 AM

Tuesday, 2nd June 2026

Perfect Path , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:48:09 AM

New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.

Grist , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:45:00 AM

Nebraskans are taking a hard look at data centers

Grist , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:30:00 AM

the value of um (with Heddi Ried)

Strolling , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:27:54 AM

Lucy Sante on An Anthology of New York Poets

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:15:15 AM

Biden’s clean drinking water plan is being rebranded as MAHA

Grist , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:15:00 AM

San Francisco progressives got their clocks cleaned this election

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:12:12 AM

Whistler

Literary Hub , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 1:07:56 AM

Half of child deaths left unreviewed in Pa. since 2020 as counties struggle with 'unfunded mandate'

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:57:05 AM

🔶 News Alchemists #68: Your impact questions answered

News Alchemists , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:50:28 AM

SF had a once-in-a-generation election. But turnout is still ‘abysmally low’

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:35:27 AM

Sentences to ponder

Marginal REVOLUTION , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:24:54 AM

Sources: Indian media giant JioStar is planning a slate of series that will be written, animated, voiced, and edited entirely by AI for its JioHotstar platform (Sanjai P R/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:15:01 AM

Nancy Pelosi’s ‘fatal punch’ sends Connie Chan surging past the $10 million man

The San Francisco Standard , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:11:02 AM

Conference, Camera, ILTA!

bavatuesdays , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:09:51 AM

Actor, photographer, and musician Jena Malone on accepting that we’re only human

The Creative Independent , Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Tom Steyer spent over half a billion trying to get into politics. So far, not so good

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 11:56:39 PM

VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 11:50:30 PM

The UK CMA says publishers in the country will be allowed to opt out of Google AI search results, giving the company nine months to implement the changes (Imran Rahman-Jones/BBC)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 11:50:01 PM

LFA2026

diamond geezer , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 11:00:00 PM

The Dan Grand Slam: How Daniel Lurie got everything he wanted on election night

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 10:52:03 PM

Google says it is testing a new toggle inside its Search Console with some UK domain owners, letting them decide whether their sites appear in AI search results (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 10:50:01 PM

OTR Links 06/03/2026

doug — off the record , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 10:30:52 PM

Scott Wiener wins big in primary, promises to fight ‘disaster of a regime’ in Congress

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 10:15:30 PM