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404 Media: “As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library. Some libraries are now intentionally using iconic Blockbuster branding to recall …
Introducing Proton Sheets: Protect the data that drives your business “Proton Sheets is rolling out gradually, so if you don’t see it in your Drive account yet, it will appear soon. Spreadsheets are the backbone of modern businesses, used to plan budgets, manage inventory, supervise members, and organize proprietary data. This is why Excel and …
PopSci: “…To help raise awareness to just how bad it’s gotten, environmental engineer and artist Tega Brain created Slop Evader. After installing the extension on Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, users can employ it to search pre-AI archives on a handful of websites including Reddit and YouTube. “This sowing of mistrust in our relationship with …
“INTERTAPES is an updating collection of found cassette tapes from different locations. The audio fragments include: voice memos, field recordings, mixtapes, bootlegs and more.” Users may choose the country, state, date(s) of recordings. CATALOG FORMATS MAP LIST
The Atlantic no paywall – “A collection of winners and selected images from the competition’s “Top 101” group, chosen from more than 3,600 entries by professional and amateur photographers around the world…” 2025 ILPOTY Awards – The Results – To see the flipbook with the Top 101 entries, see the bottom of this article. To …
The New York Times Gift Article – If you read only one best books list each year, make it the one from the Times. Always insightful, and full of a vast array of gems. And remember to buy your books from indie book shops, brick and mortar or online, and used is always best. Then …
Washington Post: “A dozen former leaders of the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risk undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans. In the New England Journal of Medicine, [subscription req’d – title is A Threat to …
“To better understand the U.S. media landscape, Pew Research Center has surveyed Americans over time about their news habits and attitudes. Time and time again, the youngest adults stand out from the crowd in their unique ways of consuming news and their views of the news media. This essay examines how the youngest group of …
The New York Times: What Happened: Trump plans to shut down the 115-year-old Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the country’s largest USDA research hub, and scatter its programs, staff, and collections across multiple states. Scientists and farm groups warn the relocation will upend critical research on pollinators, plant diseases, food safety, and crop resilience. Why It …
The Public Domain Review: “At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain and become free to enjoy, share, and reuse for any purpose. Due to differing copyright laws around the world, there is no one single public domain — and here we focus on three …
The Guardian – A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes…The dollar-store industry, including Family Dollar and its larger rival, Dollar General, promises everyday low prices for household essentials. But an investigation by …
LLRX November 2025 Articles and Columns The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 5 – The fifth in a series of articles by Sabrina I. Pacifici documenting what government resources, data and datasets been taken offline, censored or otherwise altered to block access and significantly …