Waterstones acquires Blackwell’s, the UK’s biggest independent bookseller
Very, very sad to see Blackwell’s purchased - by the hedge fund that owns Barnes and Noble, no less.
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Notable links: April 24, 2026
Data and electronic civil rights in wartime; building safer creativity at work.
In wartime, megascale data centers may make way for distributed architectures
"To avoid collateral damage, countries consider ditching giant server hubs for smaller, distributed ones—especially now that military and civilian data live side-by-side."
XOXO Explore is fitting showcase for a brilliant experiment
XOXO was completely wonderful. This site is a lovely showcase of why.
The user-tailored newsroom
Newsrooms typically treat publishing as a one-size-fits-all broadcast. What if they tailored their work to a reader's needs and interests?