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Pa. election 2026: Where governor candidates Garrity and Shapiro stand on energy costs, the environment, and more

Spotlight PA , Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 12:57:42 AM

The time is right: Organizing against the surveillance-industrial complex in the ATmosphere and the fediverses

The Nexus Of Privacy , Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 12:51:06 AM

All London's motorways

diamond geezer , Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 12:30:46 AM

To Burn the Walls of Troy; To Break the World Entire - Christopher Nolan's Odyssey

nerds of a feather, flock together , Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 12:00:00 AM

The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia

OCCRP , Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026 12:00:00 AM

Data on Chinese innovation

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 11:57:55 PM

How To Prove The Demand For Your Stories And Get The Attention Of Hollywood With Brooks Elms

The Creative Penn , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 11:30:00 PM

Q&A with AG Sulzberger on the NYT's OpenAI lawsuit, the NYT's success, Trump's attacks on the press, how reporters at other outlets are self-censoring, and more (Katie Drummond/Wired)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 11:25:00 PM

OTR Links 07/29/2026

doug — off the record , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 10:30:51 PM

ABC News launches the 20/20 True Crime+ subscription tier on Apple Podcasts, offering ad-free access to 20/20 episodes and exclusive content for $2.99/month (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 10:20:01 PM

Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: early learning from our insights pipeline

Reda Sadki , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 10:16:17 PM

Eventual, a new media company that uses prediction market data and trader insights for forecasting and analysis, launches in partnership with Polymarket (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:55:01 PM

The browser wars aren't about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Decisions Have No Autopilot

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Announcing Bonfire for communities: groups and tools to organise together

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Grav Helios Converters – Convert LMS and Pressbooks Content to Open Markdown

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:37:00 PM

Ofcom reports 26% of UK viewers in 2025 chose Netflix first for TV viewing, above 25% for the BBC; in 2024, 28% turned to the BBC first and 23% to Netflix (Max Goldbart/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:05:01 PM

who’s responsible for the motorcycle accident in our parking lot, HR won’t let me go fully remote, and more

Ask a Manager , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 9:03:05 PM

Letter: WGAE withdrew its sponsorship of NY film festival Urbanworld after it unveiled a new programming section for directors using generative AI in their work (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 8:45:00 PM

Chris Person Hates Adobe, and I Do Too

Pixel Envy , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 8:37:37 PM

A Blackout Protest Over Sony Ditching Disks Is Brewing

Techdirt , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 8:21:33 PM

B.C. school boards among top Canadian charities reporting foreign funding

Investigative Journalism Foundation , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 7:58:11 PM

Bari's New '60' Slate

Status , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 7:11:24 PM

Measuring LLMs’ Ability to Perform Cryptanalysis

Schneier on Security , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 6:47:05 PM

Newsom memoir sparked Ruby Rippey’s tell-all response — and disputes key detail in memoir

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 6:43:00 PM

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Bianca Nogrady , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:22:25 PM

The Giants’ never-ending nightmare: Bader’s scooter accident, Schmitt’s knee, and more

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:19:05 PM

Adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT

Simon Willison’s TILs , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:13:18 PM

House votes to lock Israel into U.S. war machine for wider war

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Venezuela, Memory, and the Long Arc of U.S. Imperialism

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Cuba Is Being Punished for Refusing Dependency

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Anti-Haitianism: A Hemispheric Rejection of Black Humanity

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

The Spark in Tell: How a Village Resistance Disrupted Israel’s West Bank Strategy

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

The Foolish, Futile Struggle to be Both African and American Will be Televised

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

hand ‘em another $350 billion to fight Communism?

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

U.S. Support of Israel is Absolutely an Issue of Affordability and Economic Populism…So Why Won’t the Democrats Discuss it as Such?

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

STATEMENT: Question of Western Sahara, Tinguiri Mansour Omar, 1979

RSS Feeds , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Owner of Company Spearheading Kyrgyzstan’s Planned ‘Eco-City’ Had Business Links with Gov’t Official’s Son

OCCRP , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 5:00:00 PM

‘Section 415’ podcast: The Giants pivot from a Hall of Fame party to the trade deadline

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 4:52:56 PM

Being a minority on social media sucks sometimes

Elizabeth Tai , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 4:23:41 PM

[til] takumi

Winnie Lim , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 4:04:45 PM

Cooking eggs in stainless steel

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 4:03:28 PM

Filing: Canada intends to end its 5% levy on the revenue of large streamers and plans to use public funding to replace the money lost for Canadian productions (The Wire Report)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 4:00:01 PM

When AI escapes containment: rethinking data protection in the agentic era

Kate Carruthers , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:59:16 PM

Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:45:37 PM

Saying goodbye to longtime BSR associate editor Kyle V. Hiller

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:44:00 PM

Dandelion Coffee

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:41:46 PM

What Is Open-Weights A.I.?

NYT > Kate Conger , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:38:23 PM

Day 2016: “Just a little bit of proof.”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:23:17 PM

President Trump asks SCOTUS to overturn an $83.3M award a jury told him to pay E. Jean Carroll in 2024 for defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault (Abbie VanSickle/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:22:49 PM

West Bank Settler Terrorism and India’s Gen Z Protest Movement

Drop Site News , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:22:31 PM

Court Shuts Down Federal Officers Who Wanted To Run A Stingray Device For A Month Straight

Techdirt , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:17:33 PM

SF isn’t sure what to do with downtown. It’s asking high schoolers for ideas

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:17:18 PM

Leaked Saudi Cables Reveal the Shadowy Committee That Oversees the Kingdom’s Policy on Yemen

Drop Site News , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:16:09 PM

Quoting Akshat Bubna

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:05:55 PM

5 Questions with Tayo's Leezel Tanglao

Tiny News Collective , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:03:00 PM

Annie Jacobsen’s ‘Biological War’ Is Coming to TV

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:00:49 PM

A look at a couple's battle to fight defamation on YouTube by subpoenaing Google to unmask the videos' creators, an effort the couple calls unsustainable (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 3:00:00 PM

Chris Davis and Lee Minora take us inside the Edinburgh Fringe

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:56:00 PM

On the experience of the long haul flight . “The...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:56:00 PM

San Francisco: Don’t Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:55:43 PM

uv 0.12.0

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:51:38 PM

Likes Substack writers, you need a website! – Elizabeth Tai.

Chuck Grimmett , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:50:03 PM

at citizenM London Shoreditch hotel

Aaron Parecki , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:46:19 PM

Congratulations to Ross D. and others

Marginal REVOLUTION , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:34:00 PM

Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident

Simon Willison's Weblog , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:28:54 PM

The Secret Influencer Campaign Boosting Haley Stevens

User Mag , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:23:45 PM

Meta signs an AI licensing deal with Newsmax, letting Meta Platforms use current and archived editorial content to help train Meta's search and discovery tools (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:20:00 PM

“ The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:18:00 PM

CubePilot drone software dev hit by DNS hijacking to intercept traffic

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:17:39 PM

Typewriter interview with James Kochalka

Austin Kleon , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:13:05 PM

Tracking the Civic Ledger for Oregon

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 2:04:33 PM

A new museum about medicine opens at Pennsylvania Hospital

'The Nutcracker: Dipped in Chocolate,' catching up with Jaleel Shaw, and more for prime holiday times , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:56:00 PM

Heroic Santa Cruz teen lifeguard invited to the White House

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:54:05 PM

Memo: NYT columnist Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Trevor Phillips, and Gianna Toboni will join 60 Minutes; Norah O'Donnell will also take up 60 Minutes duties (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:46:26 PM

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Movie Mom , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:43:01 PM

OpenAI models used Artifactory zero-days to escape to the internet

BleepingComputer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:37:06 PM

Despite concerns about AI Overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic

Nieman Lab , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:30:19 PM

Please Use AI . “Be sure to use AI when planning that...

kottke.org , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:26:00 PM

Paramount Merger Gets Further Delayed, And Things Could Get Expensive

Techdirt , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:16:33 PM

Kyle Shanahan takes blame for crash: ‘I took my eyes off the road looking for my phone’

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:12:54 PM

From personal AI experiments to shared tools

Dries Buytaert , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:06:31 PM

Our Revels Now Are Ended by Thomas Ha (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:04:16 PM

The Always-Busy Mike Flanagan May Next Tackle ‘Warhammer 40K’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 1:00:53 PM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for July 28, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:59:21 PM

Austin Police Kill A 17-Year-Old Black Child—Because Police Have No Legal Duty to Protect Us

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:52:48 PM

2026 Booker Prize Longlist

Locus , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:48:19 PM

Company filings: Larry Ellison, an Ellison family trust, and partners of the Ellisons would pay $9.8B in total if Paramount's deal to buy WBD falls apart (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:45:01 PM

Where Do European Country Names Come From?

kottke.org , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:36:35 PM

What Draymond Green’s return means for the Warriors’ present and future

The San Francisco Standard , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:35:13 PM

I'm heading home from 10 days in Vienna/London tomorrow and my stomach still has...

Aaron Parecki , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:33:35 PM

SCOTUS Mail-In Voting, J&J's $5.5B Talc Deal & Meta on Trial

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:01:41 PM

‘President Curtis’ Star Keith David on Why He Loves Science Fiction

io9 | We Come From the Future , Tuesday, Jul 28, 2026 12:00:33 PM