Report: NBC is shelving Separated (Errol Morris’ documentary on Trump’s inhumane child separation policies) until after the election because they don’t want to offend Trump — they hope he’ll agree to another debate. (Maybe they bought it to shelve it?)
Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists (John...
Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists (John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton). I’m a little confused why this qualifies for the physics prize? Applied physics I guess?
An exhibition of dozens of iconic photographic prints from the 20th century,...
An exhibition of dozens of iconic photographic prints from the 20th century, along with the annotations on the reverse sides including “crop lines, grease pencil markings, date stamps of when the photograph was run, captions used by the newspaper…”
The Talk Show: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’
Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.
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‘Poltergeist’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan
They’re heeeeeere. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Van Lathan run to the light to rewatch the 1982 classic, ‘Poltergeist’—starring JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson, directed by Tobe Hooper, and produced by Steven Spielberg. Watch this episode on our Ringer Movies YouTube channel! Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Judge Bends Google Over the Barrel in Final Epic v. Google Ruling
theverge.com/policy/2024/10/7/24243316/epic-google-permanent-injunction-ruling-third-party-stores
Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge:
Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly — and now it
will have to change. Today, Judge James Donato issued his final
ruling in Epic v. Google, ordering Google to effectively
open up the Google Play app store to competition...
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[Sponsor] 1Password: Without C-Suite Buy-In, Security Is Just Rearranging Deck Chairs
There’s a line in Titanic that any IT or security professional can relate to. The ship’s architect explains that he wanted to include enough lifeboats for all the passengers, “but it was felt the deck would look too cluttered.”
That decision takes on a tragic significance i...
Chinese Government Hackers Compromise ‘Back Door for the Good Guys’ in U.S. Communication Networks
wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b
Sarah Krouse, Dustin Volz, Aruna Viswanatha, and Robert McMillan, reporting for The Wall Street Journal:
For months or longer, the hackers might have held access to
network infrastructure used to cooperate with lawful U.S. requests
for communications data, according to p...
John Naughton on Dave Winer
John Naughton, writing for The Guardian:
Once the use of RSS feeds had become common, someone had the idea
that audio files could be attached to them, and Dave implemented
the idea with a nice geeky touch — attaching a song by the
Grateful Dead. Initially the new technol...
Chef’s Table: Noodles
The food documentary series Chef’s Table returns with chefs & culinary experts from Italy, China, Cambodia, and the US who all work in the medium of the noodle. Here’s the trailer for Chef’s Table: Noodles:
The four main chefs profiled are Peppe Guida, Guirong Wei, Nite Yun, and Evan Funke. Now streaming on Netflix.
30 Years of Dave Winer’s Seminal Blog, Scripting News
Dave Winer:
Today is the 30th anniversary of this blog. Hola!
I did a roundup of thoughts when this blog turned 25. I
stand by what I wrote then, but I’d add this. My blog started
because I needed content to test a script I had written that sent
emails on my Mac using E...
Croissant 1.0
Aaron Vegh and Ben Rice McCarthy (of Obscura renown) have teamed up to create Croissant, a new app — currently iPhone-only — for cross-posting to Mastodon, Threads, and Bluesky. 15 years ago I wrote “Twitter Clients Are a UI Design Playground” and that piece stands up, but i...
Tressie McMillan Cottom reflects on her profile of Sean Combs for Vanity...
Tressie McMillan Cottom reflects on her profile of Sean Combs for Vanity Fair three years ago. “I’ve talked to some strange characters in my time, but this was in the top tier of strangeness.” Great kicker too.
An A.I. Model Helped Uncover 303 Previously Unseen Nazca Lines in Peru....
An A.I. Model Helped Uncover 303 Previously Unseen Nazca Lines in Peru. “The A.I. model has been adept at detecting the smaller, relief-type renderings that mainly portray wild animals and are more difficult to find.”
Every Frame a Painting: What Would Billy Wilder Do?
Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot) was both a great director and a great writer. In this video essay, Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou examine how Wilder balanced the verbal, dramatic, and situational ironies of his scripts with making it all work on the screen, emotionally and structurally.
Tags: Billy Wilder · film school · movies · Taylor Ramos · Tony Zhou · video
Spain & Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta is retiring from football at the...
Spain & Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta is retiring from football at the age of 40. I always loved watching him play…one of the all-time greats.
Private Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. Seuss,...
Private Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. Seuss, Frank Capra & Mel Blanc. “[Private Snafu] was an adorable dolt who sounded like Bugs Bunny and looked a bit like Elmer Fudd.”
New Film by Errol Morris: Separated
Separated is the newest documentary film from Errol Morris. Based on Jacob Soboroff’s 2020 book Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, the film probes the inhumane family separation and immigration policies of the Trump administration. From a review in The Guardian:
The ...
Lots of good links and reads in Jodi Ettenberg’s Curious About Everything...
Lots of good links and reads in Jodi Ettenberg’s Curious About Everything newsletter this month.
The British Pathe Archive
Newsreel archivist British Pathé has uploaded their entire 85,000 film archive to YouTube. This is an amazing resource.
British Pathé was once a dominant feature of the British cinema experience, renowned for first-class reporting and an informative yet uniquely entertainin...