A win! Another defeat for Trump’s DOJ. A federal judge ruled that prosecutor Maurene Comey was illegally fired and ordered retroactive reinstatement and backpay through December 20, 2025.
Ten of the most bizarre films and their posters, as...
Ten of the most bizarre films and their posters, as chosen by Eternal Family. I linked to Eternal Family recently and this is a good guide to some of their weirdest stuff.
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• The White House
President Trump Puts Mississippi First with Historic Tax Cuts, Surging Investment, and Stronger Communities
Today, President Donald J. Trump returns to the Magnolia State to highlight a proven record of results that put Mississippi workers, families, seniors, farmers, and communities first. Under the leadership of President Trump and Republicans, Mississippians are benefiting from historic tax relief, surging private investment and job creation, stronger rural healthcare, major support for farmers, […]
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Longreads
• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
You Finally Got a Wikipedia Page. Then It Vanished
"Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not 'notable' enough. How do these poor souls take the news?"
Longreads
• Krista Stevens
The Lucrative World of Literary Scams
"Why writers are the perfect target."
Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
• Conover Kennard
Trump Declares Norway A 'Shithouse Country' In Another Nobel Meltdown
Vance stumbles through a joke about Trump commenting on men's bodies:
"We're not afraid, we — we're self confident men in the — in the Trump/Vance administration. The president's been noticing a lot about the physiques of everybody lately"
Letters from an American
• Heather Cox Richardson
Momentum
To read this letter, click here:
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real
In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
Boston Dynamics employees want to block sale of robot dogs to ICE
US robotics company stands by ICE deal as more than 300 employees warn of risk.
Ars Technica
• Jon Brodkin
Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink terms with deadly drone strikes
Ukraine says Starshield back to normal, denies misuse of Starlink commercial service.
links.daveverse.org
• Dave Winer
sixcolors.com/post/2026/10/why-notes-will-never-let-us-edit-markdown/
Why Notes will never let us edit Markdown.
WIRED
• Boutayna Chokrane
Google Fitbit Edge Review: I Still Prefer the Air (2026)
The Edge is a welcome upgrade for longtime Fitbit users, but the missing NFC technology is a puzzling regression.
This is a story I keep going back to.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/09/11/the-last-seven-minutes-of-one-mans-life-in-an-oregon-prison/
The City Reporter
• Greg David
Minimum Wage Freeze Hits NYC Workers Amid Rising Inflation

Despite inflation that has pushed up prices in the New York area by 4% in the last year, low-wage workers won’t see an expected increase in the city’s $17 an hour minimum wage on Jan. 1 because of a quirk in the 2023 state law that indexed the minimum wage to the consumer price index. […]
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The San Francisco Standard
• George Kelly
Muni attacker flees after stabbing bus passenger
SFMTA says violence on transit is “deeply concerning” as police search for suspect.
How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American...
How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness. “When one revisits colonial accounts of North America, one finds a striking amount of evidence that Native Americans set fire to the landscape.”
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Amanda Caswell
Most of Anthropic’s revenue comes from models that barely existed six months ago

Anthropic’s long-awaited S-1, filed Monday ahead of its planned Nasdaq debut under the ticker ANT, shows how quickly customers are
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