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After reading this book I felt like taking a shower, so disgusting how much nonsense / dark money / harm there is in social media space and there is legitimately no positive way forward here. I wish we could somehow keep the kids out of this but I see parents give phones/ipads to their kids and they do whatever the hell they want and just consume nonsense all day. Sad stuff.

Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost o…
A searing investigation into the child influencer indus…

for those interested in such things, Arcaneum now has an install subcommand that will add a watcher to a directory and reindex any changed files once committed.
you can keep a markdown knowledge base up-to-date async behind the scenes
in the repo, but not released
https://github.com/cwensel/arcaneum

As Disney, Netflix, and Tubi aggressively cut deals with top creators, YouTube tries to remain top talent's primary home, with incentives and sometimes threats (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywo…

Disney and Netflix Are Courting Creators. YouTube Is Playing Hardball to Keep Them
The studios are offering rich deals to grow engagement on their platforms. The Google-owned video giant is punching back with its own offers — and threats.

Why the Raiders should keep looking Tre Tucker's way https://www.raiders.com/news/why-the-raiders-should-keep-looking-tre-tucker-s-way

Listening to new devlog from Tom Francis and he mentioned two big categories he includes in all his games:
Obvious pleasures - actions that inherently feel good. Smashing enemies through windows, breaking open crates, doing a knockdown attack.
Brain food - something to figure out and keep thinking about. Puzzle mechanics, build crafting, optimization problems, inventory Tetris.
Thinking I should look for really small versions of these in games I play.

Mastodon fork idea: rip out all the UI for changing anything. Keep the readonly public views, but require the operator to provide their own CSS. Keep tooting an api-first experience.
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Cowboys-Eagles Final Injury Report Is Great News for George Pickens, DeMarvion Overshown https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-eagles-final-injury-report-great-news-george-pickens-demarvion-overshown

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.

I wish #Elections #Alberta would publish numbers of invalid votes together with Yes/No numbers. That would help with interpreting the partial unofficial results and estimating the final result.
Question 7 is a nail biter: The vote to keep the

I had to keep from laughing out loud in the Vegas Loop especially because they still have human drivers. The road is bumpy in the tunnel!