I was on the Flightless Bird podcast today, talking about the Streisand Effect, which was really fun. And, bonus, in the process, I apparently convinced David to move his newsletter off of Substack and onto Ghost... RE:
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David Farrier (@davidfarrier.com)
a fun flightless bird this week, based on a webworm interview from last month. warning: features a lot of rosabel talking about sausage sizzles: ht...
Enabling more third party services could be good, but this law looks like it's just about getting more surveillance of kids, and history tells us that doesn't actually protect their safety, and could do the exact opposite. RE:
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Will Oremus (@willoremus.com)
Word on the Hill is that House GOP leaders are moving on from the sweeping and controversial Kids Online Safety Act, or at least no longer prioriti...
Kind of expected, because the potential liability if this went to trial was massive. They had to get ahead of this... But, yes, still a big deal. Remember, this was the case where the judge said the training was fair use. But the downloading AND STORING of unauthorized books was not. RE:
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James Grimmelmann (@jtlg.bsky.social)
Anthropic and book author class announce settlement. We'll have to wait a week to see the terms, but this is a big deal. https://chatgptiseatingth...
Looking forward to hearing about how this is "all a distraction from kitchen table issues" RE:
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Better Things Are Possible (@internethippo.bsky.social)
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"He's not good for votes." WTF? RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump on Kilmar Ábrego García, who he calls an "animal": "He's not good for votes"
This seems very very bad. Can someone remind Trump that these vaccines were like the one good thing he helped make happen in his first term RE:
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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social)
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s c...
My experience with state elected officials in Sacramento is almost universally negative to the point that I'm amazed the state functions at all. But would love to see if @npub16dfg...jtsf can change that... RE:
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Chris Kluwe, Candidate for Assembly District 72 (@kluweoc.bsky.social)
I’ve never been one to sit on the sidelines. I’m running for State Assembly. Let’s fight for the future we deserve. 🚀 ➡️ KluweOC.com/...
I mean beyond the fact that this is not how any of this works, I seem to recall a bunch of trump supporters insisting that he was the biggest free speech supporter ever. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
All of this is performative cruelty directed solely to avoid admitting they fucked up when they illegally sent him to cecot in March. RE:
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Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
JUST IN: On X, DHS says that Kilmar Abrego Garcia “will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
Regular reminder, for every time he tweets something like this, ABC and NBC don't pay for broadcast licenses. Their affiliates do (yes, they each own some affiliates, but most affiliates are independent). Also saying you'll lose a license based on editorial choices is so very much a 1A violation RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
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