Commenter claims that we're committing "seditious conspiracy" not for criticizing the government, but for @npub1z65j...ywmm's post about Trump's media company... Read the article that is apparently so dangerous... before Karl and I get sent to South Sudan: [www.techdirt.com/2025/07/09/t...](
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Trump Globally Launches New Truth+ ‘Video Streaming Service’ That’s Just Right Wing Propaganda And Gibberish
Trump recently launched a “wireless phone service,” which as we mentioned, isn’t so much a real phone service as it is a quick li...
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Rep. Randy Fine responds to Democrats calling him out and asking him to apologize for calling Rep. Ilhan Omar a "terrorist" is somehow even more obnoxious? https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidjtoealyjuoasu6e6kjmluyv7bid545brnhjj6vbwbxazg67wyxi
This is A16Z's "American Dynamism" project at work. Writing bills to make sure taxpayer money can only go to one of their companies. RE:
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Sam Biddle (@sambiddle.com)
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So I wrote about the Grok becoming "MechaHitler" thing and how it shows the risks of centralization being prone to fascist abuse in a very, um, graphic way. RE:
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And definitely challenge them on the detailed nuances of a subject they've been reporting on for decades with your hastily assembled knowledge from a quick skim of the Google search results. RE:
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Look who's back! (I think this is the 3rd or 4th email he's sent, all without giving an actual return email for me to reply). Every time, he uses the same "GLFB" construction... RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
We get such friendly fan mail here at @techdirt.com.
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We republished this episode on our feed just today, and I just listened to it... and, yes, it's me praising myself, but I think it's a pretty good discussion of why Bluesky and decentralization matter, and why I think decentralized systems will win out in the end. [www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/t...](
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If you want even more reasons why Bluesky is good, you should listen to my conversation with Bluesky board member @mmasnick.bsky.social on what wen...
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Ah. I see John may have deleted the Daily Stormer Nazi shit he posted yesterday, in which he "linked" Anthony Blinken to Jeffrey Epstein with red strings on a corkboard by pointing out that they and some colleagues were Jewish... but he's doubling down. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifofihbzkzrnkxrfl4mymkuygct64grufmqo5zlw7y6w2j5slrlfy
But Bluesky is such a "bubble" why don't you come back to Twitter? RE:
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Steamboat Hedgie (@steamboathedgie.bsky.social)
Holy hell