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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.

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.

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…

The free software developers saying "We will not fix your CVEs unless you pay us" are correct, and we should all really adopt that mentality.

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.

Omar Muñoz was getting ready to have his morning coffee just after 5am on Monday when he heard a loud bang at the front door of his Los Angeles home.
“Open up or else we’ll break down the door, and it’ll be bad for you,” the man on the other side yelled, Muñoz, 72, recalled.
Outside, Muñoz saw officers in police vests and opened the door.
When they told him to put his hands up, he explained he was frail after six recent surgeries.
He said something to the effect of,

‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’
Omar Muñoz, one of 28 people charged in California, speaks out about being dragged from his home in front of cameras as DoJ accused of ‘disgusting’ PR campaign