The Public Media Bridge Fund awards $26M across 74 organizations that operate more than 180 public radio and TV stations (Tyler Falk/Current)
https://current.org/2025/12/public-media-bridge-fund-announces-initial-round-of-grants/

Public Media Bridge Fund announces initial round of grants
The fund will provide $26 million to 74 public media organizations.

from my link log —
Publish, Review, Curate to upend scholarly publishing.
https://anil.recoil.org/notes/coar-prc
saved 2025-12-08 https://dotat.a…

Publish, Review, Curate to upend scholarly publishing
Report from a COAR conference on transforming scholarly publishing through the Publish, Review, Curate model, discussing diamond open access, early career challenges, and expanding open infrastructure to datasets and code.

I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

‘I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity

Thoughts on keeping parts (assets *and* #nix code) of your public :nixos: #NixOS config private?
https://dis…

Public, reusable flake with private parts
I am looking for a way to have a public flake that is reusable as inputs in other flakes, but some parts of the flake are private. I think this is a very common thing, people sharing their config, but don’t want to share their secrets of course or some network settings. If those private parts are just plain files, then agenix or sops can be used, encrypted versions of those secrets are published (still kinda meh, but okay). The problem arises if some nix code should be concealed as well. Her…

GCVE-BCP-02 Published - Version 1.3 (2025-12-09)

We’re pleased to announce the publication of GCVE-BCP-02 – Practical Guide to Vulnerability Handling and Disclosure, now available in its version 1.3.
This Best Current Practice document provides actionable guidance for organisations, researchers, and GCVE Numbering Authorities (GNAs) on managing and disclosing vulnerabilities effectively, both within the GCVE ecosystem and beyond

Europe’s populist worries will intensify today
when right-wing billionaire Andrej Babiš becomes Czech prime minister.
Combined with Hungary’s Viktor Orbšn and Slovakia’s Robert Fico,
Babiš has the potential to jam up the legislative machinery in Brussels as it works on key files.
Czech President Petr Pavel is set to appoint Babiš to the position
after resolvinglongstanding conflict-of-interest issues related to the PM-elect’s conglomerate, Agrofert.
Babiš…

New Czech PM Babiš is poised to aggravate Brussels’ populist headache
Andrej Babiš could find common cause with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Slovakia’s Robert Fico on several issues.

“4% of GitHub public commits are being authored by Claude Code right now. At the current trajectory, we believe that Claude Code will be 20% of all daily commits by the end of 2026. While you blinked, AI consumed all of software development.”
Must-read article, even if you can disagree with the analysis

Claude Code is the Inflection Point
What It Is, How We Use It, Industry Repercussions, Microsoft's Dilemma, Why Anthropic Is Winning

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Public Image Ltd.:
🎵 Low Life
#PublicImageLtd
https://publicimageltd.bandcamp.com/track/low-life

X sues the National Music Publishers' Association and its members, claiming they conspired to force X into group licensing deals at inflated rates (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/mu

Music Publishers Sued By X in Growing Licensing Battle
X alleges antitrust violations over music publishers allegedly refusing to negotiate individual licenses with the company.

Experts examine the potential effects of the end of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: one sees opportunity and another sees a catastrophic event (Ivan L. Nagy/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/what-the-disso…

What the dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting means.
The parent organization of NPR and PBS, already defunded, is shutting down—and claims that’s for the best. But there are dangers ahead.