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Why crime will decline in (most of) Brazil

Marginal REVOLUTION, Friday, Jul 17, 2026 12:03:48 AM

CISA urges immediate action on actively exploited Fortinet flaws

BleepingComputer, Friday, Jul 17, 2026 12:03:33 AM

Book Review: The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk

nerds of a feather, flock together, Friday, Jul 17, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Clear and presenter danger

Self Distract, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:55:00 PM

On ethics and usefulness

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:25:00 PM

OTR Links 07/17/2026

doug — off the record, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 10:30:52 PM

European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm

OCCRP, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 10:04:00 PM

And Another Thing About Squircles

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 10:00:54 PM

Going Beyond Access to Democratizing Knowledge

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 9:37:00 PM

An Initial Readout of Trump’s Election-Interference Speech

Just Security, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 9:16:06 PM

The future belongs to AI maniacs

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 9:11:30 PM

coworker is making me uncomfortable, internet age-verification requirements at work, and more

Ask a Manager, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 9:03:53 PM

Among the latest data-breach villains: the Washington Post

Rob Pegoraro, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 8:20:10 PM

The Good & The Bad In Erica Schwartz’s Confirmation Hearings To Lead CDC

Techdirt, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 8:16:06 PM

“My soul is broken. He was everything to me.”

The Turtle Diaries, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 8:03:11 PM

The iPhone is the best webcam for the Mac.

https://waldo.jaquith.org/, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 8:01:27 PM

It’s a semiconductor FAST: Oregon consortium wins NSF Innovation Engine award

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 7:58:32 PM

Spot birds not golf

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 7:58:07 PM

The Inaugural Status Summit

Status, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 7:36:41 PM

Latino Founders preps a new home: Founders Hub Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 7:25:27 PM

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (2026-)

Justin Cox, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 6:17:33 PM

Madison Square Garden files a defamation suit against Wired over an article alleging MSG kept a list of gay celebrities; Wired says it stands by its reporting (Ariel Zilber/New York Post)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 6:15:00 PM

Dafydd ab Hugh (1960-2026)

Locus, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 6:00:19 PM

Press Release – July 16, 2026

SFWA – The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 5:57:25 PM

Kindle iOS App sync furthest read

Superdavey, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 5:53:02 PM

118: Using tech to chat with bonobos, dogs, and whales

https://lingthusiasm.com, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 5:44:23 PM

Day 2004: “A wink and a nod and a handshake.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 5:35:28 PM

Amazon Will Print Book-Length A.I. Gibberish on Demand

Pixel Envy, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 5:02:11 PM

We Need to Stop This Reckless Rhetoric About Abolishing the Thought Police

McSweeney’s, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 5:00:00 PM

The EU accepts X's plan to meet DSA transparency obligations and give researchers access to data, giving X six months to implement it, following a €120M fine (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 4:55:03 PM

A White Supremacist Stabbed A Muslim Man 15 Times Because of His Faith

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 4:53:59 PM

Firefox in WebAssembly

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 4:34:16 PM

Court docs: Trump drops part of his BBC lawsuit, dismissing claims against its commercial and production arms but continuing the lawsuit against the broadcaster (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 4:25:01 PM

Elite colleges brought back SAT requirements. The UC answer? Hurry up and wait

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 4:24:58 PM

People and Blogs: Brennan Kenneth Brown

People and Blogs — Zachary Kai, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:45:10 PM

BalletX presents Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, adapted by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:36:00 PM

Old people yelling at clouds in squircles

Superdavey, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:22:01 PM

Added a layer to the Docs menu, the blog posts I've written here and elsewhere, ...

Scripting News, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:20:32 PM

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount As The Company Needed Approval For Billion-Dollar Deals

Techdirt, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:17:06 PM

Dark and Clear Icons iOS

Superdavey, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:16:46 PM

In a filing disputing state AGs' request for a temporary restraining order, Paramount argued its merger with WBD would increase theatrical motion picture output (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:15:01 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for July 16, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:08:16 PM

Sony Music Publishing completes its acquisition of the full music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group, backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC (Tim Ingham/Music Business Worldwide)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:05:02 PM

Jennifer Daniel previews the new emoji coming in Unicode 18.0

Waxy.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 3:00:45 PM

New ClickLock macOS malware traps users into revealing login password

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:52:54 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: LeBron James speculation sweeps through Summer League

The San Francisco Standard, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:45:00 PM

‘Symbol’ Is a Surreal Escape Room Trip Better Experienced Than Explained

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:15:26 PM

Netflix says roughly 300 titles used generative AI this year, mostly in post-production, "to deliver higher quality output more quickly and at a lower cost" (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:10:54 PM

dustin.works

Waxy.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:10:07 PM

Coca-Cola says Fairlife ransomware attack halts US dairy production

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:09:41 PM

Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law

ProPublica, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:05:00 PM

TV Appearance of Lincoln Assassination Witness

kottke.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 2:00:01 PM

Mobilizer, connector, spectator, or outsider? New Pew research categorizes how Americans do (or don’t) engage civically

Nieman Lab, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:53:45 PM

Smoke changes everything

doug — off the record, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:47:18 PM

itwashotwestayedinthewater: happy decade to the horrible beast...

https://teradome.com, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:38:44 PM

Today in Youtube's joke of a fair-use appeal process

jwz, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:37:43 PM

A World Turned Upside Down: Syria Reckons with an Assad-Era Peacemaker

Drop Site News, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:34:50 PM

Governing agentic AI

Marginal REVOLUTION, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:23:55 PM

Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark

Simon Willison's Weblog, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:19:30 PM

Netflix reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $12.56B, vs. $12.59B est., and says it will give fewer engagement updates starting in 2027; NFLX drops 7%+ after hours (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:18:16 PM

Cops Continue To Prove They Can’t Be Trusted With Surveillance Tech

Techdirt, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:15:06 PM

Lost Boys on Fallon

sippey.com, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:13:00 PM

What Training My Chaotic Dog Taught Me About Power,...

kottke.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:12:00 PM

New Google Meet 'Take notes for me' settings for admins and end users

Google Workspace Updates, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:07:25 PM

Cast yourself in AI video clips using your personal avatar with Gemini Omni in Vids

Google Workspace Updates, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:06:53 PM

View From a Hotel Window, 7/16/26: Greensboro, NC

Whatever, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:06:00 PM

The R-Rated Director’s Cut of ‘The X-Files’ Movie Has a Title and Release Date

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 1:00:31 PM

A good kind of an update: The responses

Unsung, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:49:48 PM

Asides: Jul 16

Amit Gawande, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:42:07 PM

Chicago Police Promised to ‘Fix’ Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse.

Bolts, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:41:30 PM

Marvel Comics Finally Has a New Editor-in-Chief

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:30:50 PM

Claude Chrome extension flaw lets malicious extensions trigger AI actions

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:26:07 PM

Building a World Map With Only 500 Bytes .

kottke.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:22:00 PM

Protecting Your Neighbors by Following ICE Vehicles : A Guide from the Bay Area

CrimethInc., Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:19:11 PM

An NYT reporter finds AI-generated, unauthorized biographies of herself and other journalists on Amazon, where AI-made books with elusive "authors" proliferate (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:10:01 PM

New OkoBot framework deploys 20 payloads to steal data, crypto

BleepingComputer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:09:35 PM

Generate higher quality AI video clips and edit any video with Gemini Omni in Vids

Google Workspace Updates, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:09:09 PM

Legal News for Thurs 7/16 - Trump's Personal Lawyer Blanche Grilled, Second Pro-Trump FL Judge Gets Appointed to Fed Bench, FTC Backs Curbing ABA Role

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:01:32 PM

New Book Releases Video: July 14, 2026

Locus, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:00:54 PM

With ‘The Odyssey’ in Theaters, Another ‘Odyssey’ Is Already Coming

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:00:51 PM

Indie 617

JPButler.com, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:00:05 PM

Podcast Notes: Iain McGilchrist on “The Great Simplification”

Jim Nielsen’s Blog, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 12:00:00 PM

How Are Memories Stored Inside Your Brain?

kottke.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:29:00 AM

Marginally Better S01E24: The Wrong Metric

https://joetaylorjr.com, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:27:07 AM

Marginally Better S01E24: The Wrong Metric

https://johnsandtaylor.com, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:27:04 AM

Primary Election 2026: Minnesota Secretary of State

https://naomikritzer.com/contact-me/, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:18:01 AM

Effective Immediately, Every God-Fearing Soldier Will Be Jacked to the Gills with Testosterone

McSweeney’s, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:15:00 AM

Trove of LION Audit data reveals what a “Sustaining” news business looks like in 2026

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:14:42 AM

Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:13:07 AM

To Dodge A Fight With Trump, Law Firms Cut Deals. Now The Deals Are Creating A Fight With Trump.

Techdirt, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:08:06 AM

Hack reveals Suno scraped YouTube, Deezer, Genius, and more

Waxy.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:07:58 AM

Daily Deal: The 2026 Microsoft Azure Architect & Administrator Exam Prep Bundle

Techdirt, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:04:00 AM

Animator Zane Little tries to find the first smear frame in animation

Waxy.org, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:01:22 AM

Heatday

Doc Searls Weblog, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:00:42 AM

The First Trailer For ‘Cocoon—One Summer of Girlhood’ is Ready to Make You Cry

io9 | We Come From the Future, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:00:23 AM

Scientists Discover Planet Has Everything to Host ‘Earth-Like Life’ In Breakthrough

404 Media, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:00:10 AM

R.S. Belcher (1967-2026)

Locus, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:00:00 AM

The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare – it’s a carbon bomb

Grist, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 11:00:00 AM

how soon can you tell if someone isn’t cut out for the job?

Ask a Manager, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 10:59:28 AM

Beehiiv launches Community, which lets subscribers chat with each other, adds an AI tool that helps creators manage their audiences, and adds programmatic ads (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer, Thursday, Jul 16, 2026 10:56:37 AM