16 October 2026

Friday Links - 16 October

Take It Outside by Alice Jones Webb starts things rolling with Basecamp Dispatch: My Name in Lights

I get digital bylines all the freakin’ time. But holding a magazine with my name printed on the page hits different. Seeing it there in black-and-white Times New Roman feels more real. It might as well be my name in lights.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 October 2026: Sulfur Blond Edition

Ledger "hardware wallets" are basically physical versions of the common blockchain software wallets. The security is offered because the device can be locked in a vault. There's no password to be forgotten or stolen, so they're often used by larger investors.

So a reseller in Malaysia started embedding LTE chips - smartphone modems - inside them. (Tom's Hardware)

And stole $93 million worth of Bitcoin.

Miguel Gonzalez - Why we don’t trust or care about the Media

They cannot help but lie. It seems it is now their default mode. And they do not care because there are no consequences.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Cult Scientists Warn Climate Doom Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond

But, if we give the scientists a lot of money they can work to come up with studies to create working groups who work on plans to come up with committees to offer more money to scientists

Holly MathNerd - What If Nothing Happens?

The arguments for and against livestreaming this execution pull in so many different directions that it’s tempting to treat the question like a vector addition problem: identify the forces, calculate the resultant, and see where we end up.

Unfortunately, human beings are not vectors. But let’s try.

Meep at STUMP - More on Sports Betting Ads and Sports Media

I am sure plenty of people keep watching “the sports”, but every weird play or fumble, you gotta be wondering: are they doing that because one of the players has a bit of action going on with the game?

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - They don’t like it when we play by their rules.

As for the way the protester is being assaulted, they should be celebrated that she is being treated the same way any male would have been treated. And they followed the guidance of Antifa rules and shut her down because that is the way things are supposed to be done, right?

Our side is finally understanding that being polite is a losing proposition

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