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Ynon Kreiz, who steps down as Mattel CEO, joins Paramount as co-CEO, overseeing daily operations; David Ellison will lead strategy, creative, and tech functions (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 1:35:00 PM

Russian state hackers use new RedFlick technique to push malware

BleepingComputer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 1:34:01 PM

Love Inspires New Inventions in the Uneven but Fun ‘Sparks of Tomorrow’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 1:18:14 PM

FYI: Writing Things Moving Slower For a Bit

Whatever, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 1:17:26 PM

The Fairford psy-op is back on! We’re pretending it was Iran after all!

Normal Island News, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 1:10:47 PM

In The Wake Of The Latest Unprecedented AI Proofs, What Now For Mathematics And Mathematicians?

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 1:04:00 PM

Critics, the general audience, and spoilers

Very cool, if true, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:59:46 PM

“There are more self-storage facilities in the U.S. than...

kottke.org, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:58:00 PM

A judge approves Paramount's settlement with 12 state AGs who tried to block its WBD deal, and Paramount tentatively sets October 6 to close the acquisition (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:51:46 PM

DIVD says Zammad zero-days enabled AI-driven network breach

BleepingComputer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:49:15 PM

Can you spot an essay written by AI?

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:37:00 PM

Your October guide to 250th Anniversary events in the Philadelphia area

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:37:00 PM

FCC Chair Brendan Carr says taxpayer-funded TV ads featuring Trump are not improper; ethics experts and lawmakers from both parties have criticized the ads (David Shepardson/Reuters)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:35:01 PM

How publishers are rethinking audience engagement: Five takeaways from the Future of Media Technology Conference

Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:31:50 PM

Food Stamp Catastrophe

The Bittman Project, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:27:49 PM

Self-Promotion Clinic

Mike Monteiro’s Good News, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:22:36 PM

Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court

OCCRP, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:01:00 PM

Sorry, ‘Orville’ Faithful, Seth MacFarlane Has a New Sci-Fi Show in the Works

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:00:48 PM

Film Review: Optimus Prime: Awakening

nerds of a feather, flock together, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 12:00:00 PM

A Safer Internet Starts with Taking Action: Introducing the Online Trust and Safety Hub

Internet Society, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:59:52 AM

Lia Pappas-Kemps at Trailside Music Hall

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:58:34 AM

100 Australian publishers are getting LION Sustainability Audits

LION Publishers, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:57:04 AM

I went searching at Star Typewriters yesterday for a nice mid-century Adle...

note | Chris Aldrich, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:51:56 AM

The “Insane” Cinematography of Pride and Prejudice

kottke.org, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:48:00 AM

Reddit says it is ending support for RSS feeds on November 13 because the feeds are a target for abuse by AI bots and is ending its public API access in March (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:40:00 AM

The polity that is Singapore

Marginal REVOLUTION, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:37:04 AM

Theory of collective mind

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:37:00 AM

Sunsetting the HASTAC Network After 25+ Great Years

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:37:00 AM

I Debated A Trump Supporter—Here's How It Went

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:25:21 AM

Couple charged with murder in shooting of son-in-law

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:22:22 AM

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

404 Media, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:15:31 AM

New Penguin Random House Imprint

Locus, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:08:56 AM

Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories

BleepingComputer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:08:34 AM

Jeremy Keith on open local large language models

https://cdevroe.com/, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:07:31 AM

Ban Kids From Social Media And They’ll Just Chat In Public Radio Podcast Comments

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:05:00 AM

In Case You Forgot, ‘Wednesday’ Season 3 Is Indeed on the Way

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 11:00:06 AM

the cup meltdown, the “Lost” finale, and other tantrums you’ve witnessed at work

Ask a Manager, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:59:54 AM

Daily Deal: Microsoft Access Complete Course

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:59:00 AM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for September 30, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:58:11 AM

Pennsylvania WIC director resigns, says she faced discrimination and other ‘barriers’

Spotlight PA, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:51:45 AM

AI Agents Will Pay Attention

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:45:54 AM

Is the Kids Online Safety Act the ‘Social Reckoning’ We Are Looking For?

Tech Policy Press, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:38:16 AM

The Tell, a very long read about Thomas Goldstein...

kottke.org, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:38:00 AM

Dear Software Makers

Jim Nielsen’s Blog, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:34:01 AM

Uploading a large OpenTelemetry trace to a local OTLP/HTTP traces receiver

articles on Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:33:46 AM

Sources: Ynon Kreiz, who left Mattel as CEO today, is joining David Ellison's team at the combined Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount in a senior leadership role (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:25:01 AM

The Age of Immersion is coming June 2027

https://mssv.net, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:13:43 AM

Bill to let unaffiliated voters participate in Pennsylvania primaries passes state House

Spotlight PA, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:11:33 AM

Arnold Schwarzenegger Jingles All the Way to a New Christmas Comedy

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 10:00:12 AM

I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh

jwz, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:57:19 AM

sub-existential risk

sippey.com, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:56:00 AM

Nicole Hollis, designer to SF’s secretive rich, opens her first shop in Dogpatch

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:46:35 AM

Caro Claire Burke has bought you (yes you) a ticket to see NAZA.

Literary Hub, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:46:27 AM

Losing Control

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:46:12 AM

Can companies like OpenAI keep getting away with what they are doing? An interview with Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout

Marcus on AI, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:45:58 AM

📱 Hey Siri, How Do I Limit AI Data Access? | EFFector 38.17

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:45:11 AM

John Georges believes Meta AI deals will “save journalism” — and Louisiana’s largest newspaper

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:45:05 AM

Egyptian Security Services Arrest Entire Newsroom within 24 Hours

OCCRP, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:45:00 AM

An Open Letter to Senator Eric Schmitt About It Being Totally Okay Not to Know Anything About Sports

McSweeney’s, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:30:00 AM

our new hire was supposed to move — but still hasn’t done it

Ask a Manager, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:29:04 AM

The Starfish and the Sandcastle: When A Community Organizer Goes to Congress

The Connector, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:28:17 AM

“Sky burial is a funeral practice in which a corpse is...

kottke.org, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:28:00 AM

Inside the cartoon library

Austin Kleon, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:27:28 AM

SCOTUS Once Again Allows Trump Administration To Keep Deporting Migrants To Random Countries

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:23:51 AM

Here’s the Center for Fiction’s 2026 First Novel Prize shortlist.

Literary Hub, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:20:29 AM

Guantanamo Dispatch: Military Ends USS Cole Hearing Early for Health Emergency

Just Security, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:17:42 AM

Openness & Digital Sovereignty: Who Sustains the Commons?

Creative Commons, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:15:31 AM

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’

404 Media, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:15:10 AM

Introducing skills in the Gemini app and Workspace, plus what’s next for Gems

Google Workspace Updates, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:11:32 AM

The Agentic Data Science Playbook

Radar, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:06:24 AM

2026 Colorado Book Awards Winners

Locus, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:05:23 AM

Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:03:35 AM

Trump’s Next War? Leaked Plans Reveal Escalation in Cuba and Iran

Drop Site News, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:02:50 AM

Internet Infrastructure Services Empower Deepfake Abuse, New Study Finds

404 Media, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:02:39 AM

We’ve Seen 20 Gory Minutes From Robert Eggers’ ‘Werwulf’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:00:27 AM

OpenAI doubles support for Lenfest's AI and local news fellowships, committing an additional $10M, after placing AI fellows in 11 local newsrooms across the US (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 9:00:05 AM

Future Halts £30M Buyback With Leverage Above Expectations

A Media Operator, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:59:10 AM

hello hello baby

Ryan Barrett, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:54:02 AM

Wednesday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:49:34 AM

CISA warns of critical pre-auth RCE flaw in MikroTik RouterOS

BleepingComputer, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:49:29 AM

Books on Black Liberation for Black History Month in Britain and Ireland!

Haymarket Books, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:45:00 AM

Ich hab‘ gerade wieder Spaß…

notizBlog, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:42:45 AM

“There is Nothing but Immortality!”: Walt Whitman and The Book of Heavenly Death (1905)

The Public Domain Review, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:42:30 AM

Philip Sidney and the Extreme (Dis)graces of the Parenthesis

The Public Domain Review, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:42:11 AM

Videos… on YouTube!? (Or Peertube?)

RasterWeb!, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:38:39 AM

GB News narrows losses despite 63% drop in website visitors

Press Gazette, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:37:36 AM

Yesterday I posted a note about the problem with the nightly email service. The ...

Scripting News, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:37:18 AM

OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:37:00 AM

Experience with Nectar Beds

Chris Coyier, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:28:14 AM

Catsup, a grocery list app, by Zhenyi Tan

https://cdevroe.com/, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:27:56 AM

Crash of Tel Aviv flight narrowly averted after pilot fight; Ban on Canadian goods; Supreme Court allows Trump’s deportations to resume

Drop Site News, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:26:09 AM

How student journalists broke the “Cornell Seven” case

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:18:36 AM

How Do You Discourage Nice But Unwanted Gestures?

Atoms vs Bits, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:11:48 AM

Celebrate the first ever #LitMagWeek with these three journals.

Literary Hub, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:09:48 AM

Craig Mod made a cool mini-site cataloging all of the...

kottke.org, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:08:00 AM

Kitchen Moat Town

oh messy life, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:06:43 AM

Write Now with Alex Sanchez

Justin Cox, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:00:50 AM

The Life of the Mind of a Factory Worker

Public Books, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 8:00:00 AM

how do I move forward after an employee filed a grievance against me?

Ask a Manager, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 7:59:05 AM

An Update on CO2-Driven Warming and the Emerging Extreme El Niño

Sustain What, Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 7:57:52 AM