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LLRX October 2026 – 8 New Articles and 6 New Columns
LLRX October 2026 – Articles and Columns The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 14, October 31, 2026 – The Trump administration continues to dismantle federal programs, services and regulations across a wide…
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Fingerprints are the new cookies
royfish.dev: How browser fingerprinting replaces third-party cookies for persistent user tracking. And to the highest bidder it goes…You visit a website. Your browser sends a request to the server and the server returns code for the browser to run. The request already reveals…
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Who’s Covering What?
MediaITE: A Comprehensive Guide to the Networks’ 2026 Election Night Plans – “With control of Congress at stake, America’s biggest television news networks are gearing up for a long night as voters head to the polls Tuesday. Mediaite is getting in on the action, too, with its…
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Recalls This Week – ConsumerSun Recall Index, Oct 26-Nov 1 , 2026
Time sensitive recall information critical to public health has been scaled back by the CPSC, FDA and NHTSA due to federal employee cuts and curtailed consumer services. beSpacific posts a weekly consolidated update thanks to ConsumerSun, via Michael Gonzales. Please refer to…
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The Backlash to Corruption Is Going Global
The Atlantic, gift article – The U.S. may become just the latest country where voters choose to punish profligate behavior.: ““Corruption is topping voter concerns in recent polls, dominating Democratic messaging, and forcing Republicans to play defense in red states. If that…
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How much are candidates spending for the 2026 midterm?
USAFacts: “Based on FEC data downloaded October 28, 2026, Senate and House candidates have spent around $3.2 billion on races for the 2026 November midterm election. That’s about 90% of campaign funds raised this election cycle. $2.02B spent by House candidates for federal…
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Ptree – tree of life reference
An independent tree of life reference connecting scientific classifications, organism traits, and ecological relationships. Ptree is an interactive tree of life explorer connecting scientific classifications with the biology of living and extinct organisms. Explore how organisms…
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This is what’s happening to American science funding
GrantWitness – Explore the Data – The second Trump administration has cancelled, frozen, or failed to make tens of thousands of research grants from nearly every federal agency. American scientific leadership and innovation are in jeopardy. Grant Witness details these…
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The MAGA Reckoning Arrives
The Atlantic, gift article: “…Today the American right is not merely indifferent to character formation; it is in the business of character deformation. It takes pride in its transgressiveness. The Ramaswamy ad embodies the “no bottom” ethic of the Trump-era GOP, and its…
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To Tame the Fastest Drivers, States Deploy Speed-Limiting Devices on Cars
Wall Street Journal gift article: “We’ve all seen them: cars flying down the highway at breakneck speed, weaving through traffic as if the rules of the road don’t exist. State officials even have a name for such drivers: super speeders. Now there’s a growing push to harness GPS…
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How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine
The New York Times gift article: “The warning, buried in an obscure government report this summer, was unflinching. The Defense Department’s vaunted network of research laboratories — whose scientists helped develop satellite communication, radar technology, and even the…
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The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 14, October 31, 2026
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 14, October 31, 2026 – The Trump administration continues to dismantle federal programs, services and regulations across a wide swath of agencies. In this…
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Trump White House maps path to govern without Congress if Democrats win
Reuters: “This administration and commonsense Republicans will continue to secure our borders, restore law and order, putting more money back into the pockets of hard-working Americans, and deliver wins for the American people,” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said. Among the…
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Now Entering: The Era Of Bleh
Airbrain, AI and the homogenization of knowledge work. Across knowledge work companies, employees increasingly rely on armies, or swarms, of agents to execute their work, and they aren’t just helping humans execute administrative tasks: they’re writing code, developing marketing…
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Birds Are Running Out of Places to Land: 45% of Migratory Bird Species Now in Decline
BirdLife International – Following its launch in 2025 as a consensus-formed taxonomy for every species of bird found on planet Earth, the AviList checklist has now been released in a revised v2026 version. This is the first in what is set to be an annual update each October.…
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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 31, 2026
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 31, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss…
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How to Decode the Epstein Files
How to Decode the Epstein Files by Ellie Leonard. “This is the somewhat simple system I’ve been using to find missing documents associated with one lawsuit, one survivor, one “case,” as it were, so that you can get the full picture and context when it comes to navigating the…
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How Iran Battered U.S. Bases and Caused Billions in Damage
Wall Street Journal, gift article: “Satellite imagery shows hundreds of damaged buildings at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet. Three American servicemembers were killed in a July 17 Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in…
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Close.City
Close.city is a travel time map of the United States. Pick the destinations that matter to you, and Close colors every block by travel time to the furthest of those destinations. Search for your city or neighborhood Add destinations in the bottom-left panel Set walking, biking,…
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Atlas of Independent Journalism
Independent Journalism Didn’t Disappear. It’s Moving. The Independent Journalism Atlas is a wayfinder for an ecosystem most journalism coverage doesn’t cover — the thousands of independent creator-journalists building audiences, breaking news, and doing accountability work…