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Thursday, May 28, 2026

"Craig Newmark explains why he’s pulling back on funding journalism" (from January)

From an interview at NiemanLab (also discussing what he views as successful projects):

I really didn’t understand that audience development and related marketing needed to be a really big deal for everyone in journalism, and didn’t understand that very few really good journalists were aware of that, but I’ve started discussing that in maybe every engagement.
Also, I’ve only recently understood the danger, reputationally and otherwise, that effective journalists face, but I’ve started discussing that in maybe every engagement. I’m still directing some resources to real efforts to keep them safe.

Free 3D-printable Warhammer 40K Gunship transport

Painted up my MK1 Thunderhawk Transporter in Lamenters colours. The paint has already slightly chipped on the Rhino's roof from playing with the magnetised cargo but oh well, it'll spend most its time on a stand anyway. Painted mini number 33 of 2026 (counting it as one since they share a base).

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— Matt 'Wib' Ward (@wib.bsky.social) May 18, 2026 at 7:05 AM

Clever use of magnets lets it pick up the rhino.

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

The biggest streaming show and movie losers for 2025

Categories are "miss of the year," "flop of the year," and "bomb of the year." JJ Abrams had a tv show?

CIA officer arrested and found to have 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million in his home

NBC:

applied to work with the government three times; in his first application, he said he graduated from Clemson University in 2000. In his second application, he added that he had a graduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
On his third try, in 2009, he succeeded, and he included those degrees and an aircraft test from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, according to court documents. In applications for promotions, he said he’d been a thesis adviser at the Air Force Institute of Technology. [He] also told employers he was a pilot for the Navy.
None of it was true
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The case raises questions about the effectiveness of the federal government’s security vetting