Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada. theguardian.com

Brent Simmons has the big bugs fixed in Net News Wire, and is thinking about new features. inessential.com

Meta Reportedly Abandoned An AI-Focused Restructuring Plan That Would Have Laid Off Thousands. engadget.com

Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for security risks. apnews.com

Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80. nytimes.com

Timothy Snyder: How was Mass Killing Possible? substack.com

Dolly Parton Liked to Read by the Fire in Her Pajamas. nytimes.com

My blog was most influential when Gates was in his prime as a predatory tech company leader. I begged him to use his power to help the web instead of trying to capture and lock it down. Now it’s too late, his leverage, once great is reduced to influence, not likely to change anything. nytimes.com