There's a lot in this piece, but I'll just note that I did call out that I was skeptical that Elias Group was the right firm for [@mmfa.bsky.social](
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Media Matters for America (@mmfa.bsky.social)
Media Matters for America is the nation’s premier media watchdog. Cited as a trusted source of information by Fox News’ “Brain Room.”
 ) to use for this situation, and some of the details in the article seem to suggest I was (unfortunately) correct. RE:
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kate conger (@kateconger.com)
Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organi...
Kudos to James for standing up like this and saying he will not participate in anything Columbia does following the university's capitulation. RE:
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James Grimmelmann (@jtlg.bsky.social)
In light of Columbia's capitulation to the Trump regime's illegal and extortionate demands, I have resolved not to write for Columbia publications,...
I get that people are stressed out and concerned and I appreciate people being privacy aware, but I fail to see how me trying to make sure that people who ordered our game receive our game is such a horrific breach of proper behavior. Am I missing something? https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreift3mn36ofjbwkbowq7qdmhiboi4bzpjqp5s35y3u2he452zuig6i
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Hey if you missed it at #TrustCon yesterday, our live Ctrl-Alt-Speech is now on the podcast feed! With special guests [@aagh.bsky.social](
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Alice Hunsberger (@aagh.bsky.social)
Trust & Safety loudmouth. (Head of T&S at Musbi; writes T&S Insider; host of Trust in Tech podcast) More here: https://alicelinks.com/about-alice
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ashkhen (@ashkhen.bsky.social)
Tech law & policy. Football. Russia raised, Armenian blood, DC living. Views are just mine, in case you were wondering
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Live at TrustCon 2025 - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Our second annual live at TrustCon recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech! Ben was unable to make the trip halfway around the world, but Mike was joined by t...
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Live at TrustCon 2025 - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Our second annual live at TrustCon recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech! Ben was unable to make the trip halfway around the world, but Mike was joined by t...
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What an incredible admission of failure to do your job, [@senangusking.bsky.social](
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Senator Angus King (@senangusking.bsky.social)
News from the office of Independent U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine. Following/reposting does not equal an endorsement.
 ). You didn't do the most basic research? You asked one of the least trustworthy, most partisan Senators in the Senate and just went with it? Embarrassing. RE:
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Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social)
NEW: Sen. Angus King admits he made "a mistake" when he voted Tuesday to confirm Josh Divine, an 35-year-old archconservative with a long record of...
I mean. This certainly seems like it should raise First Amendment concerns. You know, if we believed in those sorts of things. [www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/m...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/media/fcc-skydance-paramount-merger-approved ) https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreif2ikhiyw3334zr4eheoxw7exbxssiwp24txdhep3dvuvet7wmpn4
Which year? RE:
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FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social)
TESLA CEO MUSK SAYS UNSUPERVISED FSD LIKELY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PERSONAL USE BY END OF YEAR
It's even dumber. Because Mr. "No this is not genocide" got mad about the bed bug joke because he claimed calling him a bedbug was basically one step towards actual genocide. [www.techdirt.com/2019/09/03/b...](
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Bedbug Privilege: Bret Stephens Uses His NY Times Column To Suggest Jokingly Comparing Him To A Bedbug Is Prelude To Ethnic Genocide
It’s one thing to trigger a massive Streisand Effect. It’s another to keep on making it worse. Bret Stephens is entering new territory ...
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Everything At The Direction of Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
In evaluating Brett Stephens’ claim that it is inappropriate to use the term “genocide” to describe Gaza, bear in mind he once complained to ...
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Bedbug Privilege: Bret Stephens Uses His NY Times Column To Suggest Jokingly Comparing Him To A Bedbug Is Prelude To Ethnic Genocide
It’s one thing to trigger a massive Streisand Effect. It’s another to keep on making it worse. Bret Stephens is entering new territory ...
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Embarrassing RE:
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Kevin Carey (@kevincarey1.bsky.social)
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole dis...