Echo Park Lake, Drift Tengoku, Post-election Silicon Valley, More: Friday Evening Researchbuzz, November 6, 2026

NEW RESOURCES

Shelterforce: After Police Removal, an Archive Preserves the Memory of an LA Encampment. “Five years after a community was forced to leave an encampment in Los Angeles’s Echo Park Lake, a team of archivists—including former residents—has preserved the memory of the encampment and the people who built a home there. The resulting exhibition, Tents and Tenants: After Echo Park Lake, is an online archive that collates artwork, photos, videos, and other memorabilia from the community.”

The Drive: Archiving a Shuttered Japanese Drift Magazine’s Entire Back Catalog Is a Labor of Love. “Despite the internet’s unreal utility in locating information, there’s still a lot out there in the world that you can’t find by pressing CTRL+F. So much knowledge, so much wisdom is stowed away in printed publications that will simply never be archived. JDM car dude Greg Mathews is making sure that can’t be said of Drift Tengoku, the first-ever magazine dedicated to driving sideways. He’s doing so by personally scanning and saving the pages from every issue he can get his hands on.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Reuters: Trump administration scraps meeting of high-profile tech panel. “Technology shares sold off dramatically on Thursday on growing concerns that a new Congress controlled by Democrats will slow artificial intelligence development, and fears that the massive capital expenditure on building out AI will not yield sufficient returns. The market turmoil has heightened scrutiny of the sector among executives in Silicon Valley and policymakers in Washington.”

TechTimes: Elon Musk Deletes Election Posts After Republican Losses: His Own AI Helps Expose It. “Elon Musk has removed multiple election-related posts from his X account following a series of Republican defeats in the 2026 US midterm elections. The deletions came to light after users turned to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Musk’s xAI, to check whether the billionaire had been removing messages urging Americans to vote Republican.”

AROUND THE SEARCH & SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Associated Press: Online magazine Salon announces it is shutting down. “Salon, one of the early internet’s most influential websites that featured sharp voices and political and cultural journalism with a liberal sensibility, announced Thursday it would shut down after 31 years of publication. ‘It has been an extraordinary privilege,’ the outlet said in a farewell note.”

New York Times: How WeRateDogs Is Fighting A.I. Slop, One Perfect Puppy at a Time. “[Matt] Nelson’s company, WeRateDogs (Tagline: ‘your only source for professional dog rating’), is one of social media’s most successful dog-centric accounts, with some 20 million followers across X, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. It has a thriving merchandise business, a podcast called ‘The Dogs Were Good (Again)’; and a charitable foundation that has raised nearly $5 million for needy dogs this year.”

TechCrunch: Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on election night. “COO Rose Wang told TechCrunch that usage began to peak between 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. PT, when many election results were rolling in. Daily posts and likes increased 30% and 70%, respectively, compared to the previous 30-day averages; clicks on links also spiked 20%.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

This Week in Security: Researchers detect residential proxies on the White House network. “In a blog post on Wednesday, network security company Layer3Intel said it discovered evidence of resproxies on the network run by the Executive Office of the President, or EOP, the office of top officials and staff in the president’s inner circle. The company said that it observed resproxy activity on the government network throughout October and into November. That means at least one device on the network allows outsiders to access the White House’s network.”

EdSource: Meta, Google and TikTok sue California over teen online safety law. “The law, Assembly Bill 1709, bans children younger than 16 from creating or keeping social media accounts on platforms that use ‘addictive features’ including algorithmic feeds. It requires social media companies to verify users’ age and delete existing accounts of those younger than 16 or face a civil penalty.”

OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL

This Is Reno: Reno neon museum opens with nearly 50 historic signs. “Nearly 50 historic neon signs and art pieces from Reno and across Nevada have found a home at the Light Circus Nevada Neon Museum, which opens to the public today, Oct. 30, at the downtown National Bowling Stadium. There was an opening ceremony Wednesday, which included lighting signs from former Reno landmarks including the Mapes Hotel, Nevada Club and Harolds Club.” Good evening, Internet…

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