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Filing: Disney agreed to hire 60+ staff from Character.AI and pay them ~$180M over three years, plus $30M for retention awards; a bankruptcy judge must approve (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:50:00 PM

Election 2026: Hennepin County Attorney

https://naomikritzer.com/contact-me/, Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:26:25 PM

Maryland Governor Wes Moore directs state agencies to set an "aspirational goal" of spending at least 50% of their ad budgets with local news organizations (News/Media Alliance)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:05:00 PM

Gabby Williams scores 26 points, Valkyries pull off Game 1 comeback to beat Dream

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 2:56:45 PM

“We all hope you have a great week, even if you never buy a Playdate.”

Unsung , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 2:25:22 PM

Inline rendering with document.currentScript

Simon Willison's Weblog , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 2:11:12 PM

La justice, l'attente et le pouvoir de nous voler notre temps

A Node on the Web , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 2:03:45 PM

Le pouvoir ne détruit pas toujours les humains par la violence, il l’est détruit...

A Node on the Web , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 1:43:43 PM

Mike Flanagan’s ‘Dark Tower’ Plan Is to Be Faithful

io9 | We Come From the Future , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 1:15:57 PM

Let’s Address This Week in One Email

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:52:09 PM

Cost of raising a child in 2026: $303,418 to age 18 (latest estimate)

Fathercraft.com , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:21:00 PM

Thoughts from HWC Writing October 2026

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:12:43 PM

Cadillac Optiq, la prova: il SUV elettrico americano che punta tutto su comfort e silenzio

Gianluca Pezzi , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:00:00 PM

This Week In Techdirt History: October 11th – 17th

Techdirt , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:00:00 PM

Bleecker Street says TikTok suspended the Musk documentary account for "political policy" violations and called the suspension "permanent"; Bleecker's appealing (Steven Zeitchik/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:55:01 AM

‘Red Rising’ Will Continue the Sci-Fi Book-to-Film Pipeline

io9 | We Come From the Future , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:50:55 AM

Legal experts warn Meta’s new terms still grant broad scraping permissions, despite language changes

Nieman Lab , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:49:46 AM

Murderbot: The Graphic Novel!

Transfer Orbit , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:43:49 AM

They Live Diorama

bavatuesdays , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:24:21 AM

I’m enjoying a fall outing with the kids. Selfie a day for a year, da...

Hey Loura!, Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:21:33 AM

“Hindered by its headline feature”

Unsung , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 11:07:47 AM

The Map to the Route of Your Life

The Marginalian , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 10:42:38 AM

Cadillac Optiq in foto: il SUV elettrico con la calandra in cristallo nero e lo schermo curvo da 33 pollici

Gianluca Pezzi , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 10:30:00 AM

Try going to web.org in a recent version of Chrome.

Scripting News , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 10:13:14 AM

Introducing our new podcast: Make Great Software with Chris & Gina

Note to Self , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 10:00:00 AM

35 down, 9 more to go

Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:40:00 AM

Prop 4 Would Let California Cities Curb Big Money With Small Donations

Sludge , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:30:26 AM

I was thinking continuing or forking the work done by the excellent indie.pass t...

A Node on the Web , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:29:14 AM

The ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Movie Will Expand the Game, Not Adapt It

io9 | We Come From the Future , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:25:56 AM

J’aime bien ce que fait Infomaniak dans tous les domaines de la Tech que cette b...

A Node on the Web , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:24:45 AM

Crowdfunding epic

Transfer Orbit , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:14:06 AM

‘Willie Horton’ Is Back. Criminal Justice Reform Never Left.

The Marshall Project , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 9:00:00 AM

Saturday assorted links

Marginal REVOLUTION , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:57:58 AM

I didn't notice it at the time, but in the all the work we did about blogging, w...

Scripting News , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:50:55 AM

Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites "associated with" business accounts, saying it applied only to "ads and business products" (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:50:01 AM

Hackers breach Microsoft 365 tenants via ConnectWise supply-chain attack

BleepingComputer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:18:51 AM

Filtered for ears and memory

Interconnected , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 8:14:09 AM

Why I'm rebuilding my IndieWeb projects with Claude

IndieNews English , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:49:58 AM

Ethiojazz

but she's a girl..., Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:49:10 AM

Realization: There are two webs, one created by TBL that flourished until about ...

Scripting News , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:48:51 AM

Bizarre Blanets and Weird Worlds

Charlie's Diary , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:40:13 AM

Drupal patches critical RCE flaws, warns exploits may emerge soon

BleepingComputer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:32:48 AM

James Cameron Salutes ‘Avengers: Endgame’ for Being Bigger Than ‘Avatar’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:30:50 AM

Elon’s Flying Fantasy

Status , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:18:31 AM

Guantanamo Dispatches: Military Psychiatrist Finds Cole Bombing Case Defendant Competent; Federal Judge Refuses to Intervene

Just Security , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 7:08:01 AM

This Might Be the Earliest Known Spear Murder In Earth’s History

404 Media , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:36:29 AM

A Song For These Times: “I Want to Live in a Land Where Money Ain’t God”

Sustain What , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:17:25 AM

This Hidden Device Could Free Up Gigawatts of Grid Power

IEEE Spectrum , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:02 AM

AI-generated images of fake ICE raids go viral, terrifying immigrant communities

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The Warriors’ preseason slate exposed a problem only Draymond Green can solve

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Sandstone slopers, supersize sandwiches: How to plan the ideal Bay Area bouldering day

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Last Week in WTF: October 12-15

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Here's what we know about the man who allegedly bugged an OpenAI conference room in San Francisco

Suhauna Hussain , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Who is watching the AI companies? Handpicked Berkeley safety groups

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The Waggle: Elizabeth Holmes movie so good, it causes ‘bodily functions to shut down’

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

SF-based crypto firm gave $5M to Trump’s controversial ballroom project

The San Francisco Standard , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

The fire retardant in the seafood chain

Grist , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 6:00:00 AM

Is polling reliable? A better question: Why are the media so obsessed with the horse race?

Dan Kennedy , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 5:43:37 AM

Anthropic Employment

Matt Mullenweg , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 5:20:33 AM

“Win, Lose, or Draw,” Pearson Campaign Builds a Progressive Coalition in Rural Tennessee

Drop Site News , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 5:09:16 AM

Speeding up code review with `small-change`

Irrational Exuberance , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 5:00:00 AM

Book Review: Are You Really The Doctor? by Matthew Hutchinson ★★★⯪☆

Terence Eden , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 4:26:13 AM

Interesting Links for 17-10-2026

Very cool, if true , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 4:00:12 AM

Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware" (17 Oct 2026)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 3:47:35 AM

Lit Hub Weekly: October 12 – 16, 2026

Literary Hub , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 3:30:00 AM

Solving for the equilibrium?

Marginal REVOLUTION , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:34:21 AM

Lion Green Road

diamond geezer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:14:18 AM

Hiring Peter Rice signals a back-to-basics content approach; sources: Netflix struggled to hire film execs as they wanted to report to Ted Sarandos, not Bajaria (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)

Mediagazer , Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:05:00 AM

Nuova Tesla Roadster, il prezzo non c’è ancora ma per prenotarla servono 50.000 euro

Gianluca Pezzi , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 11:30:00 PM

OTR Links 10/17/2026

doug — off the record , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:30:39 PM

Tech Hype Is Cannibalizing the Future

Pixel Envy , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 10:09:11 PM

New Matt Faherty study of the NSF

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:55:57 PM

[CPU] Am I the only one who doesn't want an iPhone duo?

Chris Pirillo's LockerGnome , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 9:18:00 PM

Tomorrow: Permission to Have Limits Workshop

The Unmasked Woman - by Hannah Anstee , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:41:51 PM

How Targeted Ads Become a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware

Pixel Envy , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 8:40:45 PM

MLB Plans To Play Stupid Games With Its Website Again In Upcoming Lockout

Techdirt , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 7:39:00 PM

Weeknotes: Oct. 10-16, 2026

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 7:37:03 PM

Oregon startup news for the week ending October 16, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 7:12:52 PM

Japanese Americans seek affordability in a country growing wary of foreigners

Unfiltered , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 6:52:27 PM

Q&A: Cole Goins on how community colleges can help create stronger local news ecosystems

Center for Cooperative Media , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 6:01:18 PM

Friday Report: October 16, 2026

Take Control Books , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:28:47 PM

Once again waiting to pick up a kid from swim practice. Selfie a day for a ...

Hey Loura!, Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:21:54 PM

Emptywheel Fridays: Press Secretary Meltdown, Ballot Wars & the GOP Blame Game Nicole Sandler Show 10-16-26

The Nicole Sandler Show , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:14:34 PM

Hey, look over there! Security risk!

Don Marti , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Latchmere Stream

diamond geezer , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 5:00:00 PM

weekend open thread – October 17-18, 2026

Ask a Manager , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 4:07:13 PM

‘Family demons’ led to killing of SFPD leader and their daughter, says victim’s brother

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 4:02:46 PM

Zacharia’s Fox Hole

Status , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 3:47:14 PM

Twitter Chicken Congee

https://www.somebits.com/weblog/, Friday, Oct 16, 2026 3:39:00 PM

California TV stations hit by gunfire for second time in four days

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database , Friday, Oct 16, 2026 3:33:26 PM