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Week 2 Results of Freezenet’s Meta Advertising Experiment

We now have the results of week 2 of our advertising experiment with Meta. We'll go over our findings.

https://www.freezenet.ca/week-2-results-of-freezenets-meta-advertising-experiment/

#Editorial #News #ads #Advertising #experiment #Freezenet #Meta

City & State New York: Opinion: Let’s treat our museums and libraries like soccer fields. “In June, [Mayor Zohran Mamdani] announced that in honor of the World Cup, five soccer fields would keep their lights on all night long, as opposed to the usual 10 p.m. closing time, for six weeks. The results were instantaneous and impactful – more than 4,000 soccer players took advantage of the […]

The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC: a case study in why international aid matters | Editorial
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The Trump administration’s ‘America first’ approach has contributed to the scale of the crisis now unfolding in one of the world’s poorest countries

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/the-guardian-view-on-the-ebola-outbreak-in-the-drc-a-case-study-in-why-international-aid-matters

#Ebola #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Worldnews #Africa #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #USAID #UnitedNations #Aid #Trumpadministration #BarackObama #Uganda #Foreignpolicy #Politics #USpolitics #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: Britain is letting companies pass the buck | Editorial
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Victims received less compensation than shareholders in the company behind its flammable cladding. Parliament must make corporations pay for harm caused

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/the-guardian-view-on-the-grenfell-tower-fire-britain-is-letting-companies-pass-the-buck

#GrenfellTowerfire #GrenfellTowerinquiry #Law #Constructionindustry #UKnews #HongKongapartmentfires #TheGuardian #Editorial

#Editorial folks, those of you who are fans of #macro-meister Paul Beverley's work will be happy to know that you can now find him on LinkedIn!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-beverley-39b13587/

The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own | Editorial
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The Wordsworth Trust has acquired a second home. Cherished authors including George Eliot don’t even have one

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/18/the-guardian-view-on-writers-houses-a-museum-of-ones-own

#Museums #Culture #JaneAusten #TSEliot #WilliamWordsworth #VirginiaWoolf #VSNaipaul #Books #TheNationalTrust #Art #UKnews #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy | Editorial
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New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/18/the-guardian-view-on-global-inequality-extreme-wealth-threatens-democracy

#Inequality #G20 #DonaldTrump #SergeyBrin #Taxandspending #ZohranMamdani #AndyBurnham #Labour #USpolitics #USnews #Politics #Poverty #UKnews #TheGuardian #Editorial

Is it the editor's curse to be worried about not having enough material in the weeks before flatplanning, and then actually having too much once stuff starts being slotted into place?

It certainly feels that way with each issue of BLAG and if it was in any way financially or physically feasible I'd make the magazine quarterly.

#Magazines #Editing #Flatplan #Editorial

Public Comment: It Is Past Time for You to Quit Elon Musk’s X. “That does not mean that everyone who uses X is going to get brainwashed into becoming a Nazi. But propaganda can work on you in subtler ways as well. It can insinuate extreme ideas into the texture of your everyday life. It can create a whole dreamscape for you to sleepwalk through. And the more time you spend in that dreamscape, […]

The Guardian view on a vibrant summer for British athletics: inspiring a generation | Editorial
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Amy Hunt’s record haul of four golds in Birmingham showcased the sport’s appeal. More can be done to ensure it gets its fair share of the limelight

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/the-guardian-view-on-a-vibrant-summer-for-british-athletics-inspiring-a-generation

#Athletics #Sport #Football #WorldCup #OlympicGames #UKnews #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on Jason Arday: a tragedy that demands reflection | Editorial
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Legitimate scrutiny became entangled with a racial argument about merit and diversity. His death raises questions about how society treats black success and failure

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/the-guardian-view-on-jason-arday-a-tragedy-that-demands-reflection

#JasonArday #UniversityofCambridge #Highereducation #Race #AndyBurnham #Labour #UKnews #TheGuardian #Editorial

Attack on Balochistan minister raises hard questions

Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langau escaped an attack on his security squad in Mastung. He praised the police for their quick response. Officers confronted the attackers and forced them to flee before the attack could succeed. Five police personnel were …

https://justpaste.in/news/attack-on-balochistan-minister-raises-hard-questions/

#Editorial #attack #balochistan #minister #security

No, AI Doesn’t “Go Rogue”. It Just Does What It’s Told. #ai #artificialintelligence #editorial #features

https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401403/ai-doesnt-go-rogue/

The Guardian view on the changed world of job interviews: missing the human factor | Editorial
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Andy Burnham’s doubts about Zoom interviews apply more widely to a hiring process being transformed by AI

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/16/the-guardian-view-on-the-changed-world-of-job-interviews-missing-the-human-factor

#Jobhunting #Workcareers #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Youthunemployment #AndyBurnham #Computing #TheGuardian #Editorial

10,000 Benchmarks! The Future of ServerVerify: Interview with Jon Biloh https://lowendbox.com/blog/10000-benchmarks-the-future-of-serververify-interview-with-jon-biloh/ #Editorial&News #serververify #serververify #Interviews #lowendtalk #yabs

Search Engine Journal: Reddit Preserved The Part Of The Internet We Broke. “Faster access to information doesn’t automatically create confidence. The next era of the web can’t only be about giving people answers faster. It has to help them understand why an answer should be trusted and let them see the experience behind it.”

AsAmNews: Op-Ed: Closure of 2 National Archive offices will hurt families. “Were my sister not able to retrieve these records of our father and hold them in her hands our families would not know nor understand the scope of his journey nor the depth of his courage in grasping the American Dream. He achieved much of it. And may we build upon it and upon his shoulders. We can do so by keeping […]

Trilateral defence pact is a good omen for the region

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye marks a serious step forward for regional security. The pact, signed on August 7, brings together three important Muslim majority countries under one collective defence framework. An…

https://justpaste.in/news/trilateral-defence-pact-is-a-good-omen-for-the-region

#Editorial #defence #pact #agreement #pakistan

Bienvenue sur le nouveau Dogmazic !

Voici la nouvelle page d'accueil de Dogmazic !

https://musique-libre.org/blog/2026/08/15/bienvenue-sur-le-nouveau-dogmazic/

#Association #Dogmazic #association #creativecommons #culture #dogmazic #éditorial #musique

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: Clacton cannot acquit him | Editorial
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Reform won a contrived byelection, but scrutiny continues – while the party increasingly attacks the watchdogs and journalists asking awkward questions

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/14/the-guardian-view-on-nigel-farage-clacton-cannot-acquit-him

#ClactonbyelectionAugust2026 #NigelFarage #ReformUK #CountBinface #Politics #ChristopherHarborne #TimMontgomerie #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on booming poetry sales: Homer, meet the Instapoets | Editorial
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In an unexpected twist, a Hollywood epic has contributed to Britain’s best-ever half-year in poetry sales

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/14/the-guardian-view-on-booming-poetry-sales-homer-meet-the-instapoets

#Poetry #Books #Homer #TheOdyssey #Culture #Film #MartinAmis #RobertBrowning #JohnMilton #EzraPound #RupiKaur #Socialmedia #PhilipLarkin #TheGuardian #Editorial

Why Managed VPS Plans Need a Security and Isolation Layer https://lowendbox.com/blog/why-managed-vps-plans-need-a-security-and-isolation-layer/ #Editorial&News #immunify360 #cloudlinux #kernelcare

What’s a #freelance #editorial #pro to do when #work #overload happens? Don’t panic—longtime #editor Lori Paximadis has helpful advice in this post on the blog of The Quad (a mastermind group since 2015). https://quadlings.com/dealing-with-a-project-deluge/ (1/2)

How to Get Sued Into Oblivion: Guardian Angel AI https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-get-sued-into-oblivion-guardian-angel-ai/ #Editorial&News #guardianangel #ai

Japan Times: How disinformation on X imperils Japan’s democracy. “Tokyo cannot simply stand by while a foreign-owned private platform serves as a pipeline for national destabilization. The Japanese government must take concrete, structural steps to build digital resilience and provide trusted alternatives. First, Japan must support the establishment of an independent, nonpartisan Public […]

Concord Monitor: Granite Geek: Science Cafe returns to Concord as the internet falls apart. “This carnage on click-throughs caused by A.I. summaries is so great and happening so quickly that NPR has called it an ‘extinction-level event’ for journalism sites dependent on viewership-based ad revenue. The industry is brainstorming how to react, but a decade of watching us in the media whipsawed by […]