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Sources: Christianity Today lost 50% of its 79 staff to layoffs or resignations, amid complaints its new leadership is pushing back on independent journalism (Ruth Graham/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/c…

Why a Pillar of Christian Journalism is in Turmoil
Former employees of Christianity Today say new leadership has been pushing back on independent journalism. About half of its staff members have left or been laid off over 14 months.

Spotify confirms it is rolling out a new family plan verification method requiring members to scan QR codes on plan managers' phones within seven days of notice (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/spotify…

Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a 'routine improvement' | TechCrunch
Spotify told investors its rollout of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household is not a "crackdown," just a routine improvement.

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2024/06/26/design-your-organization-to-serve-customers-well/
"Bill discusses how focusing on improving quality is the best way to reduce costs and increase productivity. Improving process…

So this was *very* good. Self-contained prequel to Friday the 13th, i.e. Jason's origin story. Tense, gory and a bit melodramatic, but top shelf if #horror is your jam.
And they did a spectacular job with the production design and the costumes, bringing 1972 to life extremely well. Lots of era-appropriate cultural references.
Kind of a special, unique vibe.

Crystal Lake
Single mother Pam Voorhees has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam's door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?

This Silicon Valley satire follows a CEO in trouble after the collapse of an acquisition deal.
Created by Succession writer Jonathan Glatzer,
each character is more hideous than the next
– and it is stuffed with twists and treacheries
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The Audacity review – cracking TV packed with even more gloriously awful people than Succession
This Silicon Valley satire follows a CEO in trouble after the collapse of an acquisition deal. Created by Succession writer Jonathan Glatzer, each character is more hideous than the next – and it is stuffed with twists and treacheries

Spotify confirms it is rolling out a new family plan verification method requiring members to scan QR codes on plan managers' phones within seven days of notice (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/spotify…

Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a 'routine improvement' | TechCrunch
Spotify told investors its rollout of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household is not a "crackdown," just a routine improvement.

Question: Any ideas for what I use instead of a shoe to represent my human character?
For my tabletop game prototype (which is an adaptation of my digital game in dev), I have a shoe to represent the human figure. Its a game about bugs working together to stop the human destroying the backyard. I want to give the sense of size disparity and the clomping nature of the human stepping on them.
I've just found out there is a superstition around shoes on tables: it's bad luck.…

Politico corrects a story to say Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had no direct role in setting up Katie Zacharia's Sean Hannity interview, after a White House threat (Dominick Mastrangelo/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/6164894-politico-corrects-s…

Federal prosecutors on Oct. 22 announced the arrest of a Virginia politician and a half dozen others in connection with an alleged bribery and racketeering scheme.
According to an indictment filed Oct. 14 in the Eastern District of Virginia, state Sen. Lille Louise Lucas and six other co-defendants
are charged with conspiring to distribute and possess marijuana, conspiring to launder money, laundering money and committing bribery by distributing large quantities of illegal marijua…

Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas arrested, indicted on federal charges
Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas faces bribery and racketeering charges linked to her medical cannabis business.

White House counsel warned Politico on Monday that the outlet had 48 hours to retract or correct stories about Chief of Staff Susie Wiles or face consequences (Marc Caputo/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/21/white-house-politico-retract-stories-…

White House to Politico: Retract stories or face "consequences"
The White House counsel demands corrections or retractions.