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Farmers' Almanac, first printed in 1818, says its 2026 edition will be its last, citing financial challenges; access to the online version will end in December (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/farmers-almanac-ceases-publication-…

Farmers' Almanac to cease publication after 2 centuries of predicting weather
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers’ Almanac said Thursday that its 2026 edition will be its last, citing the growing financial challenges of producing and distributing the book in today’s “chaotic media environment.” Access to the online version will cease next month. The Maine-based publication was first printed in 1818. It's distinct from the Old Farmer’s…

In Canada, the CBC might be the kind of entity to help run / coordinate “public service social media” as described in this Tech Policy Press article https://www.techpolicy.press/public-service-social-media-as-a-democratic-safeguard/
With interop…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye (Liz Dye/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shuts-down
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p25#a260107p25

Microsoft, Meta, and sources say, Google will not publish diversity reports and data this year; Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia released diversity data this year (Paresh Dave/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-microsoft-and-meta-have-s…

Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data
Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.

Czechia's populist party tones down criticism of Ukraine ammunition initiative after election win: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/czechias-populist-party-tones-down.html

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has voted to dissolve after Republicans rescinded $1.1B at President Trump’s behest.
This ends the 58-year-old agency that distributed federal funds to NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio & television stations. https://apple.news/AXdo2-zPuRCiJSiIVd3

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, gutted of federal funds, votes to dissolve — The Washington Post
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans succeeded this summer in stripping federal funds from public media. Now the 58-year-old organization is gone.

It's a good question about the French public AC charging infrastructure: why? Caught between unreliability and high time-based pricing, who does it serve? Not those who need it, I would say.
https://www.numerama.com/vroom/2134433-bor

Coûteuses et capricieuses, le grand mensonge des bornes de recharge publiques à charge lente
On installe des bornes lentes, sauf qu’entre les pannes, les tarifs absurdes et le matériel douteux, la recharge publique ressemble encore trop à un parcours du combattant. Voilà de quoi nourrir l'édito Watt Else du jeudi 4 décembre. Les bornes AC (ou courant alternatif) représentent 80 % des 180 000 points de

Weekend Reads
* EDNS client subnet in practice
https://farrokhi.net/posts/2025/10/edns-client-subnet-in-practice-evaluating-public-resolver-behaviors/
* BGP-based DDoS scrubbing services survey

Of guillotines
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
https://www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale-calls-for-public-hangings/

A look at low-power radio stations, which are hyperlocal, focused on emergency notifications and community voices, and usually very budget-constrained (Lucy Schiller/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-f…

Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.
Against the precipitous backdrop of funding cuts to public media, low-power radio emerges as a lesser-known source of inspiration.