This week on the podcast, we have @npub1zpd2...ngmy talking about how the ever changing tariff situation has been impacting [@keyboard.io](
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Keyboardio (@keyboard.io)
We make good keyboards.
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 416: How Tariffs Are Impacting One Small Business
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 416: How Tariffs Are Impacting One Small Business
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It truly is amazing how no one in the Muskian universe seems aware of the Administrative Procedure Act. RE:
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WIRED (@wired.com)
SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Departmen...
I wrote about Mike Johnson's admission that the "free speech" GOP threatened Democrats (actually, no, a billboard company) to take down ads calling out the (actually accurate) statement that the GOP voted to gut Medicaid. [www.techdirt.com/2025/04/30/f...](
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‘Free Speech’ GOP Threatened Billboard Company To Remove Democrats’ Ads About Medicaid Cuts
The “Party of Free Speech” is at it again. House Speaker Mike Johnson just bragged about using legal threats to remove his opponents&#8...
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‘Free Speech’ GOP Threatened Billboard Company To Remove Democrats’ Ads About Medicaid Cuts
The “Party of Free Speech” is at it again. House Speaker Mike Johnson just bragged about using legal threats to remove his opponents&#8...
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If I had money to invest and only two options: an AI VC or Marc, I would put all my money into the AI VC's robotic hands rather than Marc. Truly our clearest example of the ravages of the billionaire mind virus. RE:
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Vikram Bath (@vikrambath.bsky.social)
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels. The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC in...
Yeah. In this instance especially, how can you not just say "well, let's look it up." RE:
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David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social)
Ten years of Trump going on TV and just fucking saying whatever, and still nothing like an industry set of best practices to deal with it. Put some...
I imagine a lawyer is minutes away from filing this with Judge Xinis? RE:
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Raffi Melkonian (@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social)
“I could” Seems pretty relevant. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Going to suggest that the "Antisemitism Awareness Act" is pretty fucking antisemitic. RE:
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Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social)
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed...
Concepts of plans, sketches of deals. These fuckers have nothing. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
"We've seen sketches of deals" -- Kevin Hassett
Is it bad for me to admit I'm pretty sure I've never seen Revenge of the Sith, even though I've seen basically all of the Star Wars spinoff series, and most (but not all) of the movies? (I also haven't seen Solo or the Rise of Skywalker)
Wrote about how the FTC is "censoring" comments from people in its docket on the evils of "big tech censorship." A bunch of angry MAGA folks are submitting comments saying "how dare TikTok censor my conservative speech" and the FTC is like "shit, we can't post that" [www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/f...](
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FTC’s ‘Tech Censorship’ Investigation Is Censoring Comments About ‘Censorship’
The FTC’s politically motivated inquiry into “tech censorship” has managed to prove exactly the opposite of what it intended: the...
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FTC’s ‘Tech Censorship’ Investigation Is Censoring Comments About ‘Censorship’
The FTC’s politically motivated inquiry into “tech censorship” has managed to prove exactly the opposite of what it intended: the...
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