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For me, all recent episodes of Roderick on the Line fail to play in any podcast app, with a similar “server error.” I’ve tried disabling all ad blockers at all levels of my network stack but no joy. I can’t even get them to play or download on the website. Open to suggestions.

The fact that there is no statutory ban on the government commercially sourcing personal location data without a warrant is a mockery of the Fourth Amendment.

🔗 arstechnica.com https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/

FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms

Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash.

Ars Technica

This ruling seems to be shocking parts of the tech web, but all the court did was apply the plain language of Apple’s developer agreement. The company has never needed cause to expel an app from the App Store.

🔗 arstechnica.com https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/judge-upholds-apple-delisting-of-free-musi-app-that-streams-songs-from-youtube/

Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app

Judge tosses Musi case against Apple, sanctions lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts."

Ars Technica

🔗Jay Willis in his Balls & Strikes newsletter:

"Although the force of the Republican Party’s response to Scalia’s death felt like a “shocker” to some, the reality is that the right had been quietly putting in the work–of building a judicial pipeline, of championing a particular vision for the Constitution, and of making sure the base understood the stakes of every Supreme Court vacancy–for a long time. The left had not."

The long ... https://joeross.me/2026/02/14/jay-willis-in-his-balls.html

Joe Ross

🔗Jay Willis in his Balls & Strikes newsletter: Although …

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At $150 per ticket, a family of four will pay $600 for the 80-minute tour of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. The money grab is going to be prohibitive for a large swath of the very people most likely to appreciate and delight in the experience. 😠

🔗 henson.com https://www.henson.com/new-york-citys-iconic-jim-hensons-creature-shop-opens-its-doors-for-weekly-behind-the-scenes-tours-beginning-saturday-february-14-2026/

NEW YORK CITY’S ICONIC JIM HENSON’S CREATURE SHOP OPENS ITS DOORS FOR WEEKLY BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOURS BEGINNING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026 – Jim Henson

Ne Zha 2, 2025 - ★★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/01/17/ne-zha.html
Ne Zha 2, 2025 - ★★★★★

Watched on Friday January 16, 2026.

Joe Ross
Kung Fu Panda 4, 2024 - ★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/01/17/kung-fu-panda.html
Kung Fu Panda 4, 2024 - ★★★★

Watched on Saturday January 17, 2026.

Joe Ross
Anora, 2024 - ★★★★: https://joeross.me/2026/01/13/anora.html
🔗 Jan. 6, 2021: NPR’s visual archive of the Capitol attack ➚ https://apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack

NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

NPR