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Racket
• Keith Harris
Give Me One Good Reason Why You Shouldn’t Listen to These Lovingly Curated New Music Playlists
10 great new local songs, 10 great new songs from everywhere else, and one loud honk of mediocrity.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Billy Dukes
Hardy 'By God' Lyrics Explained - Listen To His New Song
The gospel single celebrates living away from the city with an authenticity most would be nervous to reveal. Continue reading…
The FDA has announced a recall of chocolate due to contamination with broken glass.
Electrek
• Fred Lambert
Tesla drops car referral rewards, now pays owners in FSD for referrals

Tesla has launched a new referral program in the US that pays owners in Full Self-Driving (Supervised) instead of rewarding car sales. A referred owner gets one free month of FSD, and the referrer gets a free month or a $99 Tesla Credit if that person starts paying.
At the same time, Tesla’s Refer and Earn terms no longer list any vehicle as a qualifying purchase for buyer or referrer rewards. Buy a Tesla with a friend’s code today and neither of you gets anything.
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Electrek
• Reinette LeJeune
Bluetti 288Wh Elite 30 Mini power station exclusive pre-order deals, Aventon Abound SR + LR cargo e-bikes first savings, more
Racket
• Nissa Mitchell
I’m Done Doin’ Doin’ Beers
So long, and thanks for all the suds.
Racket
• Racket Staff
RacketCast, Ep. 64: Ballot Banter Feat. Election Guru Naomi Kritzer
The invaluable sci-fi/election guide author returns to the pod.
404 Media
• Becky Ferreira
Scientists Analyzed Thousands of Psychedelic Trips. They Found Something Disturbing
A newly released database of more than 25,000 anonymized calls from the Fireside Project’s Psychedelic Support Line opens a rare window into psychedelic experiences outside of clinical settings.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’
The move came after 404 Media published an investigation into how Proton CEO Andy Yen was aggressively pushing AI across Proton despite security concerns and the culture of fear he has created.
Platformonomics
• Charles Fitzgerald
Platformonomics TGIF #144: October 30, 2026
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email The new CAPEX numbers are here! The new CAPEX numbers are here! My Writing Follow the CAPEX: Q3 2026 Scorecard A chart that got left on the […]
Defector
• Ray Ratto
Manchester United And Michael Carrick Are Breaking New Ground In Organizational Dysfunction
John Battelle's Search Blog
• John Battelle
Google Crashes, But It Won’t Burn.
Here I was planning a perfectly lazy Friday, but Google had to go and sh*t the bed. Given I wrote a book that came out right after the company went public, I can’t ignore the fact that GOOG just dropped more than 12 percent yesterday – erasing nearly half a TRILLION dollars from its market … Continue reading "Google Crashes, But It Won’t Burn."
Ars Technica
• Jacek Krywko
Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars' ancient crust.
Techdirt
• Mike Masnick
Adam Schiff Spent Years Defending Section 702. Now He’s Accusing The Administration Of Hiding Its Abuses.
We have talked about the Wyden Siren many times before. Senator Ron Wyden learns, through classified briefings, that the intelligence community is doing something most Americans would consider a clear violation of their civil liberties — often justified by interpreting plain English words to mean something no other English speaker would recognize. But because that […]
Techdirt
• Daily Deal
Daily Deal: Build Your Own GPS Tracking System with Raspberry Pi
The best way to learn Raspberry Pi is by doing and in this course, you’ll get familiar with specific features by building your own GPS tracking system. From setup and configuration to location tracking through Google Maps, this course will help you go from beginner to advanced with Raspberry Pi. It’s on sale for $50. […]
Techdirt
• Tim Cushing
MapQuest Adds New ‘Surveillance Layer’ That Shows Locations Of ALPR Cameras
Well well well. All it took was a regime change and the persistent abuse of camera networks by police officers to change MapQuest from “Remember MapQuest?” nostalgia to “hey where can I download MapQuest” demands. First, there’s the regime change. Trump has been stupid as fuck all the time since day one but nothing was […]
Defector
• Patrick Redford
Darius Acuff Jr. Is A Problem, But Which Kind?
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Evan Paul
Dustin Lynch Reveals the Song That Got Him a Speeding Ticket
Dustin Lynch got his only speeding ticket at 16, too distracted by John Mayer to notice he was going 30 over. Continue reading…
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