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Progressive enhancement with CSS

piccalil.li/complete-css/lessons/10

A lesson from the Complete CSS course

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The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.

theintercept.com/2026/09/27/christa-pike-execution-women-death-row/

After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18.

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Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker says he's victim of Texas Republican cancel culture

chron.com/texas/article/hasan-piker-university-of-texas-22453252.php

"They find us and this movement that we're building to be a thorn in their side."

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Support networks aim to help kids through the polycrisis

technologyreview.com/2026/08/20/1141686/support-networks-help-kids-polycrisis/

Today’s world is a mess of troubling trends. Some groups are trying to help kids navigate their anxieties about it all.

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Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution

truthout.org/articles/italy-shows-how-amazon-can-be-forced-to-bargain-shutting-down-its-distribution/

Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?

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Gamemastering is a Magic Trick

travelcheck.dylanwolf.com/p/gamemastering-is-a-magic-trick/

What do we think we're doing when we're gamemastering?

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A Design Research Framework

muledesign.com/blog/design-research-framework

Use this model of the design research process to align your organization and match your activities to your real questions

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

cornellsun.com/article/2026/09/editorial-cornell-won-t-we-will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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First steps of the PLC organization

blog.plcred.org/3mwlphq42d227

One year ago, Bluesky Social PBC announced their intention to facilitate the creation of an independent organization to operate the Public Ledger of Credenti…

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Is Writing An Essay An Appropriate Punishment For Gang Rape? Cornell Is About To Find Out!

wonkette.com/p/is-writing-an-essay-an-appropriate

A former student has filed a lawsuit against the university for the way they handled her assault.

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The Women Who Exposed the “Rape Academy”

wearethemeteor.com/the-women-who-exposed-the-rape-academy/

The Meteor spoke with Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy, and Kara Fox, about how their extraordinary investigation came together.

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Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers

wired.com/story/independent-advisers-resign-en-masse-from-big-techs-anti-terrorism-group/

Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consortium.

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Freelance journalism rates are worse than you think — they’ve barely changed since 2000

objectivejournalism.org/2026/09/freelance-journalism-rates-are-worse-than-you-think-theyve-barely-changed-since-2000/

New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.

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EmDash 1.0: an open source CMS for Astro

emdashcms.com/blog/emdash-1-0

Announcing EmDash 1.0, a stable, free and open source CMS built on Astro.

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communicating open social networks to normies

spacegirl.pckt.blog/communicating-open-social-networks-to-normies-z1wedj6

(or, how communication is hard, most people aren't berry-tasters, and we are really bad at naming things)

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Sylvester Stallone Hid His Struggles for Decades. Now He’s Coming Clean.

nytimes.com/2026/09/26/magazine/sylvester-stallone-interview.html

Sylvester Stallone has loomed large in our popular imagination for 50 years, ever since he exploded onto the screen playing the iconic underdog boxer Rocky Balboa in a film he wrote and that won the best picture Oscar.

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Is Scriptio free to use?

scriptio.app/#faq

Modern, elegant and affordable screenwriting software. Screenwriters first.

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DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and product design pushing me to keep going.

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What Does Your Data Reveal About Sports Betting Apps? Help ProPublica Find Out.

projects.propublica.org/sports-betting-uploader/

If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting history, then drop the files here.

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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.

themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom-in-that-viral-giants-clip?r=cgj1&triedRedirect=true

You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

theintercept.com/2026/09/23/doordash-delivery-nyc-mamdani-wage-theft-settlement/

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mamdani.

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‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor pens fiery resignation letter saying US attorney pushed for felony charges

chicagotribune.com/2026/09/25/broadview-six-prosecutor-resignation-letter-us-attorney/

The now-retired prosecutor at the center of the “Broadview Six” scandal penned a fiery resignation letter to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros this week.

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On Ezra Klein’s Podcast With Jensen Huang

thezvi.substack.com/p/on-ezra-kleins-podcast-with-jensen

Jensen Huang accidentally called for shutting down OpenAI and intentionally called for spending vastly more on safety.

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Annie Dillard and the Writing Life

themorningnews.org/annie-dillard-and-the-writing-life/

Writers aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.

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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Avengers: Endgame? Again?

reactormag.com/what-to-watch-and-read-this-weekend-september-25-2026/

Plus: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, and why it's never too late for Early Edition

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Trump’s FDA Pick Refused to Say IUDs Don't Cause Abortions

autonomynews.co/trumps-fda-pick-refused-to-say-iuds-dont-cause-abortions/

Dr. Heidi Overton also said she is open to investigating abortion pill manufacturers during her Senate confirmation hearing.

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Muse Looks Cute, but Looks Are Deceiving

daringfireball.net/linked/2026/09/25/aten-muse

Link to: https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/meta-keeps-apologizing-for-muse-its-explanations-miss-the-point-entirely/91409363

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“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as Hell

liberalcurrents.com/network-at-50-now-were-all-mad-as-hell/

Paddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media.

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Why I Hope to Die at 75

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/

This preference drives my daughters crazy. It drives my brothers crazy.

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Young Democrats Are Putting the Party Back in Politics. It’s Working.

nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/democrats-young-voters-joy-mamdani.html?smid=bsky-nytopinion&smtyp=cur

Eight years ago, 41 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 identified as Democrats. Today, just 28 percent do.