daveverse
• Dave Winer
I’ve never had a web browser that worked remotely like I wanted it to do. But that might change soon. Big things are possible now. I have a bunch of projects that I’m working on with Claude and going back and forth between them. And they’re even starting to communicate with each other, at my […]
Ars Technica
• Ryan Whitwam
Apple's "precision-engineered" hinge is apparently damaging some iPhone Duo screens.
Electrek
• Peter Johnson
Electrek
• Fred Lambert
Turo will soon let US renters search specifically for Teslas with “Full Self-Driving” (Supervised) turned on, using a direct integration with Tesla to verify each car’s FSD status. The feature goes live on October 28.
For Tesla, it’s a new way to put FSD in front of people who don’t own a Tesla, and a new source of the FSD subscriptions that now count toward Elon Musk’s pay package.
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TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Josh Marshall
Earlier this month I wrote a piece entitled Friends Don’t Let Friends Watch the Early Vote. I wanted to re-up...
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• David Kurtz
A Ridiculous Threat to Democracy Before getting into the state of play in the two major election interference cases in...
Nieman Lab
• Elizabeth Bromstein
Apparently, 75% of your emotions are generated by smell. Or that’s what the internet says, anyway. The statistic appears everywhere from marketing books and articles to academic papers about the power of scent. As a perfumer (someone who creates fragrances) and journalist who writes about these things, I came across it several times, and when...
Over 12 years, Amazon’s legal teams have provided free help across 26 countries, from a legal clinic supporting victims of scams to veteran support programs. Inside the 2026 Pro Bono Report.
The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Lisa Mascaro, chief congressional correspondent for Associated Press, talks about what might happen with investigations and even impeachment proceedings against President Trump or his appointees, should Democrats control congress after the midterms.
Photo: A protester holds an Impeach Trump placard during a Trump pro-impeachment rally in Dayton. (Megan Jelinger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• copa, local news, city_council, community_opportunity_to_purchase_act, tenants_rights, tenants_organizing, tenants, nonprofits, affordable_housing, housing, rent_stabilized, gentrification, rent, mamdani, san_francisco, eviction
David Brand, housing reporter for Gothamist and WNYC, and David Lebenstein, co-chair of the Not-for-Profit Advisory Group at Cushman and Wakefield, talk about the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, known as COPA, which the City Council passed and the mayor has said he will sign, that will give nonprofits and tenants groups the first shot at buying distressed buildings.
Photo: A rusty metal fire escape hangs on the facade of a white residential building in Manhattan, New York City. Classic urban architectural details highlight the historic character of the neighborhood. (Denisfilm via Getty Images)
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian born in a refugee camp in Syria, former Columbia SIPA student fighting deportation and the author of No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention (Metropolitan Books, 2026) shares details from his time in a Louisiana detention camp fighting deportation for leading protests at Columbia and more.
Photo: Mahmoud Khalil, former Columbia University graduate student known for his role in the 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian protests, speaks at a Pro-Palestinian "March for Humanity" rally against the humanitarian crisis in Gaza on August 16, 2025 in New York City.(Stephanie Keith via Getty Images)
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Tiffany Cabán, NYC Council Member (District 22, Astoria, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside and Rikers Island talks about The Delivery Protection Act, which would require large companies like Amazon to hire so-called "last-mile" delivery workers, who are currently independent contractors, as well as other labor-friendly reforms.
Photo: Amazon Delivery person on sidewalk with loaded hand truck, Queens, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Defector
• Chris Thompson
Simon Willison: “Battle Drones is heavily vibe coded — I’ve reviewed almost none of the code, and it’s built in a language (TypeScript) that I’ve hardly used myself.” There’s a French steampunk version too.
This exhibition of ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) by Utagawa Hiroshige at the Tokyo National Museum was great. Awesome to see these prints in person.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Billy Dukes
John Anderson's obituary talks about his music and career achievements but the focus is elsewhere. Continue reading…
The Warning with Steve Schmidt
• Steve Schmidt
PLUS: Dead Air: The Home Wrecker with Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell TODAY at 12 pm ET
WIRED
• Brian Barrett
Anthropic thinks “closing the loop” is the best path to AI triumph—and a recipe for “existential” threats to humanity.
