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Fan fiction site AO3 says it will be offline for two to four weeks after a security incident; it hosts over 18M works and has 11M registered users (Bruce Gil/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/popular-fan-fiction-site-ao3-could-b…

Popular Fan Fiction Site AO3 Could Be Offline for a Month Following 'Security Incident'
"Black October" comes for the fan fic.

Rolling out some documentation QA checks for my repositories. So now I have a ton of open PR's with failing CI pipelines over small documentation issues. While I still have my doubts about AI in general for a bag of reasons. Being able to press a button to get it fixed vs opening each repo locally, fetch & pull, fix the issue, git push --force-with-lease and wait for the CI to go green.

Pete Hegseth has always assumed that experts are idiots,
believed he’s the smartest guy around,
and as a result ignores them and ends up breaking stuff (and failing in the process).
The entire Trump administration’s motto mirrors Mark Zuckerberg’s adage to
“move fast, break things,”
in this case literally.
Hegseth’s aggression, recklessness and blatant disregard for expertise is nothing new.
When he served as a 1st Lieutenant in Iraq in 2005-2006, …

Move fast, break things
The failures of Trump 2.0, encapsulated in a broken globe.

Senators Demand Meta Answer for 'Pervert Glasses' Following 404 Media Investigation https://www.404media.co/senators-wyden-markey-letter-to-meta-smart-glasses/

‘Wake Up Call:’ Fanfiction Writers and Readers React to AO3 Outage https://www.404media.co/ao3-down-outage-reactions/

"...one of the greatest lines in all Biblical film, ‘Harness my zebras—gift of the Nubian king!’”
The “Silence and Spectacle” exhibition highlights the queer subtext, cultural stereotypes, and spiritual pathos of classic religious films.
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Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta plans to shut down after 30 years, following pressure from Russian authorities and the persecution of its reporters (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Filing: Byron Allen sold his 10.7% Starz stake over August and September, netting a bit less than $45M; he acquired it from Steve Mnuchin's Liberty 77 for $25M (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Byron Allen Sells His Stake in Starz
The mogul acquired more than 10 percent of the company earlier this year in a deal with Steve Mnuchin.

Jezebel restores 100 articles with racy or abortion-related headlines following objections by ex-staffers, says they were reposted after an "article review" (Scott Nover/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/20

Feminist publication Jezebel restores over 100 articles after Post story
The women-focused website faced blowback from former staffers for removing articles, many of which had racy headlines.

Meta delays new commercial terms that critics say let it scrape publisher content to November 20, a day after the News/Media Alliance demanded their withdrawal (Sarah Fielding/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91628981/meta-

Meta quietly delays controversial update that critics say will allow website scraping
Following outrage from news publishers, the tech giant pushed back an update for business accounts by three weeks. It still plans to move forward with it.