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OTR Links 07/28/2026

doug — off the record , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:30:43 PM

ChatGPT appears to block direct requests to copy an author's style, instead offering to capture the overall "feeling", amid its legal battles with book authors (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:10:00 PM

my company accidentally removed my access during layoffs, non-alcoholic beer at work, and more

Ask a Manager , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 9:03:11 PM

I made a new bot (feat. Super Cat).

https://waldo.jaquith.org/, Monday, Jul 27, 2026 8:38:22 PM

AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters

Techdirt , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 8:07:55 PM

🗓️ Bizzo! & Friends

Marty McGuire , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 7:30:00 PM

Sources: in rebuilding 60 Minutes, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss have held numerous screen tests with potential correspondents and are hunting for new senior staff (Oliver Darcy/Status)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 7:10:01 PM

The Atlantic files to dismiss FBI Director Kash Patel's $250M defamation suit, calling it "politically motivated", and seeks DOJ records to uphold its reporting (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 6:35:01 PM

Third body from Alcatraz boat tragedy identified

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 6:10:00 PM

The Race to Rebuild ‘60 Minutes’

Status , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 6:04:24 PM

ESPN and others appear to have withheld reporting on an NFL coach's car accident until the 49ers disclosed it, a dereliction of their duties as journalists (Mike Florio/NBCSports.com)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 5:55:12 PM

Controlling your home with tiny, cheap touchscreens

A Whole Lotta Nothing , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 5:41:57 PM

Day 2015: “Is this supposed to be fun?”

What The Fuck Just Happened Today?, Monday, Jul 27, 2026 5:38:11 PM

Kevin Kelly’s Protopia

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 5:32:17 PM

Data Privacy in the U.S. Border Zone

Pixel Envy , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 5:05:40 PM

Affordable Midlife Crisis Options for Millennials

McSweeney’s , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 5:00:00 PM

Hackers target US firms in FastJson RCE zero-day attacks

BleepingComputer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:49:44 PM

Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want

404 Media , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:43:57 PM

moonshotai/Kimi-K3

Simon Willison's Weblog , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:39:04 PM

How the 49ers are attempting to reestablish one of the NFL’s best deep passing attacks

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:19:39 PM

Young Adults and A.I. Use

Pixel Envy , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:15:35 PM

Galaxy Fold 8 review: The passport era of foldables is here

RegionFree , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:13:57 PM

Likes https://archive.is/JFTku.

Chuck Grimmett , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:13:37 PM

Beach Reads with Haymarket Books!

Haymarket Books , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 4:02:32 PM

Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting

404 Media , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:56:07 PM

Jenkintown School District’s new superintendent begins tenure

Glenside Local , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:50:23 PM

Arista patches VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day exploited in attacks

BleepingComputer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:49:44 PM

Crews oust vehicle fire in Abington Township, stovetop fire in Willow Grove

Glenside Local , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:19:15 PM

Tayte Willows

ruk.ca - Peter Rukavina's Weblog , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:15:38 PM

Trump Officials Want To Use Human Rights Aid To Advocate For White South Africans And Right-Wing Causes In Europe

Techdirt , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:10:57 PM

Israeli Settlers Set Up At Least Six New Colonial Outposts After Friday Killings in the Occupied West Bank

Drop Site News , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 3:06:37 PM

When AI escapes containment: Superintelligence, cyber risk, and protecting your data

Kate Carruthers , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:56:31 PM

An opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuff

Simon Willison's Weblog , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:55:53 PM

Gerhard’s Appliances to host 2nd annual Glenside Summer Slam Baseball Tournament on Sept. 2

Glenside Local , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:51:33 PM

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for new mail-in voting restrictions

SCOTUSblog , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:48:30 PM

BTW, I had no idea the WordPress connection was coming and here it is.

Scripting News , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:41:57 PM

The Heartwarming Reason Why ‘Spaceballs 2’ Went to Comic-Con

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:37:43 PM

New Dysphoria DDoS botnet spreads to 200k devices worldwide

BleepingComputer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:08:15 PM

Dan Harmon Explains Why the ‘President Curtis’ Theme Song Sounds Like That

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:00:48 PM

New Certighost PoC exploit lets attackers hijack Windows domains

BleepingComputer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 2:00:25 PM

In a memo, BuzzFeed announces plans to lay off ~35% of staff, or 180 people, across BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty (Erik Hayden/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 1:55:01 PM

AI Communism

BuzzMachine , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 1:18:29 PM

“The Odyssey” and “Backrooms”: Reclaiming cinema in 2026.

The Garden of Memory , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 1:15:34 PM

Administration Admits It’s Canceling Federal Grants For Purely Political Reasons

Techdirt , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 1:02:59 PM

Dylan Mulvaney says Trump’s criticism of her is ‘the greatest compliment of all’

The 19th , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:58:09 PM

A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs

kottke.org , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:58:00 PM

What it says on the tin

Unsung , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:37:57 PM

Drone Strikes Are Destroying the Infrastructure of Survival in the Heart of Sudan

Drop Site News , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:25:37 PM

Missed EFF's Livestream with Adam Savage and iFixit? Listen Here!

Electronic Frontier Foundation , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:25:18 PM

Canal+ signs a deal with French film industry bodies to invest €980M in French and European cinema over a period of five years, starting in 2028 (Reuters)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:25:00 PM

“ Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns...

kottke.org , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:15:00 PM

If You Don't Take the Wheel, Your Board Will

Blog - Charlie O'Donnell - Coach, Author, VC , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:12:08 PM

at citizenM London Shoreditch hotel

Aaron Parecki , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:11:05 PM

Trump Mail-in Voting Attack Halted, Tom Goldstein Sentenced to Six Years

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:01:43 PM

The 8 Winners and 4 Losers of San Diego Comic-Con 2026

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 12:00:03 PM

Demony Goodness: Sticker preview (And Reminder)

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:56:57 AM

From the AI Accountability Gap to a Global Accountability Infrastructure

Tech Policy Press , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:54:25 AM

Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect

Marginal REVOLUTION , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:53:23 AM

In between the lines

Unsung , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:53:01 AM

After missing out on LeBron James, what is the Warriors’ Plan B?

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:45:08 AM

AI Demands More Engineering Discipline, Not Less

Radar , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:44:54 AM

Il gasolio costa 17 centesimi in meno al litro, ma solo per undici giorni

Gianluca Pezzi , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:38:35 AM

The Batman Effect : people in an experiment acted more...

kottke.org , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:25:11 AM

This is something. WordPress now supports RSS.chat in an interesting way, and i...

Scripting News , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:15:35 AM

A Merger Closing Mystery

Matt Levine - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:10:50 AM

Judge Rejects Google’s Attempt To DMCA Its Way Out Of Being Scraped

Techdirt , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:04:08 AM

The Motivation

Rands in Repose , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:02:26 AM

A Cathedral Courtship and Other Love Stories

Spoken Realms , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 11:00:00 AM

my boss told me I might be laid off before I take parental leave

Ask a Manager , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:59:30 AM

Daily Deal: ExamsDigest for CompTIA, AWS, Microsoft & More

Techdirt , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:59:08 AM

Silicon Florist links arrangement for July 27, 2026

Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:56:31 AM

SAG-AFTRA's board adopts a resolution to formally resist the Paramount/WBD merger unless "enforceable safeguards" are established against a drop in production (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:50:01 AM

Of course we have a feed for RSS.chat updates.

Scripting News , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:46:32 AM

Fa Fa

Tedium , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:45:21 AM

The future arrives in the teaser for Apple's Neuromancer series

Transfer Orbit , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:40:56 AM

at citizenM London Shoreditch hotel

Aaron Parecki , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:38:02 AM

Is this Reddit’s moment for local news?

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:36:30 AM

Open Journalism Update: July 12–25, 2026

Open Journalism , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:29:41 AM

Apple sued over fake App Store crypto wallet app stealing $1.8M in Bitcoin

BleepingComputer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:29:07 AM

New research reveals AI answers only as trusted as the newsbrands they cite

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:27:10 AM

US Sanctions Family of Iranian Tycoon in Crackdown on Alleged IRGC Crypto Network

OCCRP , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:17:00 AM

The New ‘Onslaught’ Trailer Introduces Its Psychotic Supersoldiers

io9 | We Come From the Future , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:15:47 AM

Sources: Meta has submitted a proposal to Canada that includes a path to restoring news on its platforms but does not include payments to publishers (Politico)

Mediagazer , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:10:01 AM

Once Upon a Time in Space

kottke.org , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:08:22 AM

Magazines Received – June

Locus , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:05:35 AM

Episode 233—Wisconsin's Reckoning: Police Killing, Cuba, and the Fight for Democracy

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:04:21 AM

Dinner Theater

The Present Age , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:01:54 AM

Due milioni di auto a rischio: un difetto nell’antifurto permetteva di aprirle da remoto

Gianluca Pezzi , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:00:52 AM

“Nuh-Uh,” “Not It,” and Other New Pentagon Strategies for Winning at War

McSweeney’s , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Why the 49ers picked an offensive line coach to run camp as Kyle Shanahan recovers

The San Francisco Standard , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park to host Fleurs de Villes flower show this fall, tickets to go public in August

Glenside Local , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 9:59:04 AM

The One Ring is forged in the teaser for The Rings of Power season 3

Transfer Orbit , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 9:48:15 AM

How publishers hooked audiences with live blogs during the World Cup

What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 9:41:57 AM

Protester Charged With Destroying Property After Giving CBP Agents His GrapheneOS ‘Duress’ Mode Passcode

Techdirt , Monday, Jul 27, 2026 9:41:12 AM