Good Things Friday (400) and Link Love
October 30, 2026
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Challenges this week:
Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad are expected to fly in for pivotal vote
Just when we thought we had a viable Google alternative: Proton To ‘Re-Interview’ Staff About AI To See Who Gets To Keep Their Job
From Wired, an infuriating read: A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There. Despite the agency’s human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
From Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: Would you invite a see-through Trojan horse into your home? I wouldn’t! And that’s why I don’t use technofascist AI.
From KFF Health News: Four Red Flags and One Truth Amid the Peptide Hype