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Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Is A Bad Deal For Teens And All Social Media Users

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 3:17:22 PM

Traffic alert: Part of Highway 101 in SF closes for Labor Day

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 3:15:26 PM

A federal judge declines to block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from publishing more articles based on mistakenly released documents about a data center deal (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 3:15:00 PM

City moves ahead with OpenGov software deal worth up to $38.9M

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 3:08:52 PM

Kawakami: John Lynch on the 49ers’ goals heading to Australia and beyond

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 3:06:03 PM

Darwoft chats with Cheerzz about enabling small businesses with AI

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:59:37 PM

How ad-free streaming became so much less affordable

Advisorator, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:56:16 PM

My year with Claude Code

Scripting News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:21:10 PM

‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Crew on the Film’s Final Verdict

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:15:20 PM

Asides: Sep 2

Amit Gawande, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:12:18 PM

A jury finds Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech not guilty of involvement in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who died in a car bomb attack in 2017 (Juliette Garside/The Guardian)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:10:11 PM

A bunch of tech billionaires have chipped in a million each to fund a new Linux ...

Scripting News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:07:25 PM

The editor’s guide to the 2026 Philly Fringe

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:06:00 PM

After saying I was putting my tech work aside, yesterday, I had a bolt of determ...

Scripting News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:04:54 PM

Hackers exploit Sangoma Switchvox flaw to deploy reverse shells

BleepingComputer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 2:00:13 PM

Learn to stop worrying and embrace AI with Scott Hanselman

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:51:12 PM

Did AI crack the Zodiac case? A best-selling novelist thinks so

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:49:06 PM

Rockbox

jwz, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:41:57 PM

Building with AI…? Oregon AI Accelerator wants you

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:39:12 PM

Prime Video will become the exclusive streaming home for six NHL teams, including the Hurricanes and Ducks, in local markets starting with the 2026-2027 season (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:35:01 PM

The Russos Insist ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Will Bring Something New to the Table

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:30:07 PM

Trump administration says a New York Times win in OpenAI lawsuit would “threaten national security” and hurt small newsrooms

Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:22:31 PM

ICE Finalizes Stun Glove Purchase, Claims There’s No Other Way To Handle ‘Violent’ Migrants

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:16:22 PM

Making Bootleg Ice Cream in Prison

The Bittman Project, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:14:59 PM

Elon Musk is on a prediction rampage, and most of the media can’t seem to figure out what to do about it.

Marcus on AI, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:13:32 PM

MLive Media Group, owner of The Ann Arbor News, The Flint Journal, and six other newspapers, says it will print its final paper editions on December 6 (Danielle Salisbury/MLive.com)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 1:00:04 PM

Wendell Berry on Hope, Despair, and the Measure of Effective Protest

The Marginalian, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:57:10 PM

Sign up to join a LION 2026 peer learning group

LION Publishers, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:56:31 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for September 2, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:52:07 PM

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https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:37:58 PM

WordPress backup plugin flaw exposes millions of sites to takeover attacks

BleepingComputer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:28:46 PM

How to just do things

Mike Monteiro’s Good News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:21:51 PM

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https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:15:11 PM

Charlie Kirk's Accused Killer Will Face a Death-Penalty Trial, Tiger Woods' 5-Year License Ban & Fixing Massachusetts Truck Taxes

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:01:46 PM

We Are Hugo Award Winners in 2026 for Best Fanzine -- Thank You!

nerds of a feather, flock together, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 12:00:00 PM

In a Big Win, Google Won’t Have to Break Up Its Ad Tech Business, Court Rules

NYT > Kate Conger, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:56:47 AM

Abington resident opens Retro Auto Works of Glenside at the former Mark’s K&R Tire

Glenside Local, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:55:09 AM

Slouching into September

The Connector, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:50:37 AM

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https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:48:03 AM

subterranean tennis-sick blues

sippey.com, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:47:00 AM

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https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:45:33 AM

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https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:44:45 AM

How the Hell Did an Island Suddenly Appear, Then Vanish?

404 Media, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:43:42 AM

barbasonico:

https://joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com/, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:42:39 AM

Autistici/Inventati (A/I), is an Italian collective that has been providing digi...

A Node on the Web, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:41:47 AM

U.S. prosecutors refuse to say if they secretly obtained Don Lemon’s phone records

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:41:37 AM

Advance Local’s MLive Media Group will stop printing its eight newspapers in December

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:38:07 AM

“One secret to our success was having real live Memphians do customer service in our building.”

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:33:37 AM

How ‘Looney Tunes’ Icon Mel Blanc Influenced ‘Coyote vs. Acme’

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:30:56 AM

AI Agents Are Now Emailing Me with Their Security Concerns

Schneier on Security, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:28:08 AM

Politico plans to launch a global app for all its free and paywalled content by the end of the year

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:22:55 AM

Google avoids breakup of dominant ad tech business

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:21:05 AM

Netflix signs a deal with travel YouTuber Drew Binsky, who has 7.3M+ subscribers; Binsky will release new episodes on Netflix alongside YouTube (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:20:01 AM

Businessman Acquitted of Commissioning Murder of Maltese Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

OCCRP, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:13:00 AM

Chatting PRDs and Product Management with Prdikt

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:12:37 AM

The ETF Dividend Flip

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:11:40 AM

Whistleblower: USPS Defied A Court Injunction To Build An Untested, Undocumented Ballot-Blocking System. Its Own Staff Call The Process “A Shit Show.”

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:07:55 AM

Daily Deal: The Adobe Graphic Design Bundle

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:02:55 AM

Table of Contents, September 2026

Transfer Orbit, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 11:00:43 AM

my boss is also my mentor — when should I tell her I’m interviewing?

Ask a Manager, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:59:32 AM

Cartographer’s Log Live: Stupid Succession

Media War & Peace, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:57:13 AM

Why is Emily Wilson retranslating The Odyssey from scratch?

Literary Hub, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:51:34 AM

Claude's new system prompt

sippey.com, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:51:00 AM

New built-in interoperability between Google Meet and Microsoft Teams on Android (AOSP) devices, now in Early Preview

Google Workspace Updates, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:50:51 AM

2nd September, 5:38 pm

iamcal.com, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:38:37 AM

The Big Idea: Steven T. Gibbon

Whatever, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:36:49 AM

Former Apple Engineers’ Physical AI Startup Lyte Raises $165M At $1.6B Valuation

Crunchbase News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:34:29 AM

2026 First Fandom Awards

Locus, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:32:16 AM

Texas and Florida Step Back from ALPRs

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:31:31 AM

Interview with C.J. Cherryh

Transfer Orbit, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:31:06 AM

X says US payouts for its Original Content Rewards and Subscriptions will now be handled through X Money (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:30:01 AM

Turn Google Docs, PDFs, and Word files into video summaries in Google Vids

Google Workspace Updates, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:23:48 AM

Richard Fontaine interviews me about AI

Marginal REVOLUTION, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:23:05 AM

Senior Accounting Manager

Current Mozilla job openings, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:22:00 AM

How one newsletter writer is building a subscription business when “paywalls don’t really work”

Nieman Lab, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:08:43 AM

Former Warriors employees sue franchise, alleging culture ‘marked by discrimination’

The San Francisco Standard, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:06:08 AM

NewsGuild of New York, representing 2,000+ NYT workers, urges NYT to drop a potential Athletic-Kalshi partnership, saying it threatens journalistic independence (Front Office Sports)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:05:01 AM

YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Four

Green Comet, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:01:39 AM

Generic State University Pivots to Dark Academia

McSweeney’s, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Testing if my double-post #bluesky bug is solved ?

A Node on the Web, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:55:44 AM

Keswick Theater: Schedule updates to shows September through 2027

Glenside Local, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:53:14 AM

Officially Retired

Troy Patterson, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:48:48 AM

We got agents running in Atlantis today. Screen shot.

Scripting News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:44:43 AM

llm-gemini 0.34

Simon Willison's Weblog, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:39:38 AM

‘Andor’ Star Adria Arjona Explains Bix’s Lack of Big Action Scenes

io9 | We Come From the Future, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:30:18 AM

The Athletic expands its push into live video with The Athletic LIVE, which will stream for free on YouTube, The Athletic's website, and its app (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)

Mediagazer, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:30:00 AM

how can I encourage my staff to bring me complaints?

Ask a Manager, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:29:45 AM

“Quacks Like a Duck Problem”

The Present Age, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:28:49 AM

“A tricky problem I had to be thoughtful about.”

Unsung, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:28:29 AM

How to Be the Most Annoying Person at Worldcon, 2026 Edition

Whatever, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:28:04 AM

The Student Debt Crisis Needs More Than Another Repayment Plan

Dame Magazine, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:27:34 AM

Flock-Stalking, Nazi-Saluting Deputy Given Top Cop Honors Before Hastily Retiring Ahead Of Criminal Charges

Techdirt, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:26:27 AM

Custom instructions for Gemini in Workspace now available in more apps

Google Workspace Updates, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:22:23 AM

Automate Drive, Gmail, and Google Chat actions with new steps in Workspace Studio

Google Workspace Updates, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:18:26 AM

A Glenside resident is preserving the former Wyncote Public School, a nationally registered historic building, for a forthcoming orthodontic practice

Glenside Local, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:15:17 AM

U.S. bombs Iranian wedding; Netanyahu visits Gaza, vows no withdrawal; UN admits global warming will exceed 1.5 C

Drop Site News, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:14:23 AM

California may soon offer tax credits for local news. Could this be the goad that Massachusetts needs?

What Works, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:12:31 AM

A16z Says You Actually Love Social Media, Enshittification Isn’t Real

404 Media, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:04:27 AM

California may soon offer tax credits for local news. Could this be the goad that Massachusetts needs?

Dan Kennedy, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 9:03:49 AM

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

404 Media, Wednesday, Sep 2, 2026 8:57:29 AM