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TV creators and studies indicate the industry had meaningful gains in employing actors and other creators of color but is now facing real regression (Brande Victorian/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 7:10:00 PM

Ellison’s CNN Orientation

Status , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 6:55:10 PM

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Browser (New Products)

Current Mozilla job openings , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 6:20:04 PM

Source: Turner Classic Movies, which airs films like The Blob, will be housed within Skydance Motion Picture Group, led by Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein (Peter White/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 6:15:00 PM

There have been 40 PG&E blackouts since December’s disaster. The city is pissed

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 5:49:54 PM

Hell Gate reports 11K paying subscribers, up 22% YoY, $1M in ARR, $660K in subscription revenue through Q3, up 20% YoY, and expects $1.5M in 2026 revenue (Katie Way/Hell Gate)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 5:45:01 PM

SFPD announces major reforms to rape investigations following SF Standard report

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 5:39:20 PM

Meta bans ByteDance ads and paid marketing, plus third-party campaigns linking to TikTok, in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 5:21:42 PM

Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?

Elezea - RSS Feed , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 5:18:04 PM

ttok 0.4

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 4:34:28 PM

If a junior programmer does not learn to write code and simply generates it, th...

Crank.report Survey , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 4:19:03 PM

Because no one asked, here’s how my local AI studio works: the real rack, ...

https://leo.fm , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 4:09:31 PM

California state workers were teleworking from Idaho, Tennessee and Alabama, audit finds

Suhauna Hussain , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 4:01:58 PM

Acquiescence

https://makoism.com , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:58:41 PM

Filing: Former WBD CEO David Zaslav will receive $606.1M for his WBD shares held as of October 6, including RSUs; he sold ~$200M in WBD stock since February (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:50:00 PM

Yes, the Defenders Are Returning for ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:35:32 PM

The Metric Is Not The Mission: The Illusion Of Knowing Us

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:31:29 PM

I pay for a NYT digital subscription. Now they have a new upsell technique, they...

Scripting News , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:24:17 PM

Day 2088: “So well deserved.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:12:00 PM

at Bellevue Brewing - Spring District Brewpub

Aaron Parecki , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 3:00:38 PM

An email scammer stole $500K from Alameda County. Its insurer says tough luck

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:54:58 PM

Rocky Linux Rescues OpenRadioss From Siemens’ Dumpster

https://fossforce.com , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:43:33 PM

FBI disrupts Chinese hacking tools used to breach critical infrastructure

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:42:51 PM

“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:39:28 PM

In 1996, the Blondin family drove all around the US,...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:31:00 PM

USV 2026

Nick Grossman , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:29:08 PM

at International District/Chinatown Link Station

Aaron Parecki , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:27:18 PM

The passing of MIT/NASA pioneer Margaret Hamilton

Andy Sylvester's Web , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:18:35 PM

Deeper dive: Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs

Unsung , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:07:33 PM

Quoting Carson Gross

Simon Willison's Weblog , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:05:44 PM

A Trio of New ‘Marvel Zombies’ Animated Specials Are Lurching to Disney+

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:00:22 PM

Rising tents and Tenderloin poop complicate SF’s comeback story

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:00:00 PM

ICE Is Detaining Children in Hotels Where Families and Lawyers Can’t Find Them

The Marshall Project , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 2:00:00 PM

Justices urged to leave order in place barring enforcement of Trump administration’s new policy for transgender inmates

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:58:56 PM

Marvel’s Mysterious New Show Is Actually Called ‘Zodiac’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:50:00 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for October 8, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:42:54 PM

at SeaTac/Airport Link Station

Aaron Parecki , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:41:10 PM

The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart

Grist , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:19:26 PM

DNC Sues Trump For Wasting $20 Million In Taxpayer Dollars On Ineffective Midterm Propaganda

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:18:45 PM

Ransomware attack disrupts Japan's IDCF Cloud used by govt clients

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:09:45 PM

David Ellison and other Skydance executives rang the NYSE opening bell Thursday, celebrating the WBD acquisition; SKYD shares rose 4.5% after a two-day slump (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:05:01 PM

14-Year-Old Girl Riding Home on a School Bus Killed by Saudi Coalition Strike in Yemen

Drop Site News , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:04:45 PM

Prompt injection is not a bug you can patch

Kate Carruthers , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:02:58 PM

Chasing a Plane Across the Moon

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:01:00 PM

Tech Hype is Cannibalizing the Future

Tech Policy Press , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:00:49 PM

Far-Out Horror Musicals Peaked With ‘Phantom of the Paradise’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 1:00:12 PM

When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:59:49 PM

Arizona House candidate said she was raped while fixing campaign signs

The 19th , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:32:15 PM

Paramount Will Follow ‘Street Fighter’ and ‘Call of Duty’ With ‘Cyberpunk 2077’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:30:39 PM

Low-cost Android phones ship with residential proxy malware

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:20:33 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: The Warriors promised change. What does that actually look like?

The San Francisco Standard , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:20:00 PM

USA Today Co. sues OpenAI for over $250M in New York federal court, claiming OpenAI willfully infringed copyrights from 19 publications to train its models (Fiona Riley/Forbes)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:05:00 PM

Hollywood Is Finally Making a Full Medieval Times Movie

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:00:29 PM

New York Alleges TikTok Ran "Placebo" Safety Tests on Teens, Florida Goes It Alone Against Meta & a Judge Orders Christa Pike Execution Evidence Preserved

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:00:15 PM

New Book Releases Video: October 6, 2026

Locus , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:00:10 PM

Deja Boo: The Gate

nerds of a feather, flock together , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 12:00:00 PM

If your team is happy, are you doing a good job?

charity.wtf , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:50:46 AM

Abolish Frat Culture. “This is going to be uncomfortable...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:48:00 AM

Matchbox the Movie is a cynical and tiresome ride

Region Free , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:47:23 AM

Fox News attacks the media roughly every 15 minutes, our study finds. (CNN? Every 140 minutes.)

Nieman Lab , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:38:33 AM

In the last six months, London-based DAZN, backed primarily by Len Blavatnik, has acquired local streaming rights to 19 teams across MLB, the NBA, NHL, and WNBA (Eric Fisher/Front Office Sports)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:35:00 AM

When first contact happens, it will be mundane

The Hypothesis , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:28:40 AM

Noura Erakat on Three Years of Genocide and the Board of Peace's "New World Order"

Drop Site News , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:26:29 AM

Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures Swap ETF

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:21:11 AM

separate the art from the artist

Ryan Barrett , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:21:08 AM

J’échange beaucoup avec ma fille sur ce qu’il se passe en France et en Belgique...

A Node on the Web , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:16:44 AM

U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU

ProPublica , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:15:00 AM

FBI Whistleblower Says Emil Bove Directed Agents To Investigate Anti-ICE Protesters

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:13:55 AM

“Are You Ready for Everything to Look Like TikTok?”

DeSiena , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:10:17 AM

Daily Deal: The iPhotography Training Course

Techdirt , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:08:55 AM

'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting

404 Media , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:07:29 AM

Inclusive assessment design in the age of GenAI: Advancing pedagogy and practice

Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:06:36 AM

Fox Nation debuts Houdini: Back from the Dead on October 14, a three-part series relying entirely on AI-generated imagery; scripts were written by humans (Corbin Bolies/Variety)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:05:02 AM

In Africa, Digital Payments Could Unlock Tax Revenue if Data is Protected

Tech Policy Press , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:04:30 AM

The World Does Not Need a Reboot of Lucio Fulci’s Creepy Masterpiece ‘The Beyond’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:00:56 AM

Why you should become a financial supporter of Media Nation today

Dan Kennedy , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 11:00:47 AM

my company won’t let anyone but HR give references

Ask a Manager , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:59:09 AM

Any Human Ever randomly picks an average person from some...

kottke.org , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:58:00 AM

AI podcasting platform Rebel Audio raised a $10M Series A led by HardScope, valuing it at about $50M; HardScope was founded by DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:50:00 AM

Hurricane Isaias is a typical storm — but it’s also ‘astounding’

Grist , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:48:16 AM

Taiwan Travelogue translator Lin King is calling out publishing’s “relay translation” practices.

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:35:54 AM

Predictions for economics, given AI

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:34:18 AM

Wild card justices and the “Kagan court” for criminal cases

SCOTUSblog , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:31:45 AM

Thursday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:14:37 AM

FakeGit malware campaign returns with 17,610 malicious GitHub repos

BleepingComputer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:10:55 AM

Where Do Democrats Go From Here? With Rep. Jake Auchincloss

Thinking about..., Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:08:05 AM

BBC Boss Walks Back ‘Doctor Who’ AI Comments

io9 | We Come From the Future , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 10:00:24 AM

Let’s Deconstruct Photoshop

Tedium , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 9:54:14 AM

A federal judge briefly extends access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico to the White House while he considers a longer-term ruling on President Trump's press ban (CNN)

Mediagazer , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 9:53:38 AM

Can romance novels solve the straight man reading crisis?

Literary Hub , Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 9:51:32 AM