Yeah, I had some thoughts on Rubio's nonsense claims about how he has to keep people out of the US for "censoring" social media at the same time he's literally giving the okay to kidnap students off the street for innocuous op-eds. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Rubio Announces Ban On Foreign ‘Censors’ Coming To The US, While Simultaneously Having Students Kidnapped For Their Speech Secretary of State...
Randomly reminds me of a story. In the very, very early days of Techdirt (2000ish?), we decided to throw a party. Except we had no money and so just announced that everyone should meet at a bar in SF and buy their own drinks (I swear this connects to the story below, so hang in there...). RE:
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Reuters (@reuters.com)
Salesforce to buy Informatica for $8 billion to bolster AI data tools reut.rs/4dvNYbW https://reut.rs/4dvNYbW
Didn't this already happen last week also with another xAI deal announced... and then yanked? [www.bloomberg.com/news/article...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/kalshi-pulls-announcement-of-xai-tie-up-hours-after-touting-deal ) RE:
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kate conger (@kateconger.com)
So Telegram’s CEO tweets this morning about a partnership with Grok, complete with a sizzle reel showing the product integration. X CEO retweets ...
 [Kalshi Pulls Announcement of x...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/kalshi-pulls-announcement-of-xai-tie-up-hours-after-touting-deal )
Elon claims his time at DOGE (which, again, the government has sworn in court he doesn't work for) is coming to an end, even though he basically denied this just a few weeks ago, promising to continue working on DOGE two days a week. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreih2gv4kpf3sxiur5c6p5ssrjukpklunr7ss3zrib4jpgkbrjil3um
Guys. Over the weekend, someone "defaced my car" by putting a pizza shop flyer under the windshield wiper. I will now make weeks worth of content about how "making EVERYTHING commercial is dumb -- and why it's driving me to make my own pizza." RE:
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Chris Cillizza (@chriscillizza.bsky.social)
Over the weekend, someone defaced my Tesla. I talked about why making EVERYTHING political is dumb -- and why it's driving us further and further ...
The history books of this era are going to be a lot of "no, really, this actually happened. I know it sounds made up, but yes, it really happened." RE:
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m (@keptsimple.bsky.social)
the reporter who asked trump about "TACO" did the right thing but also probably caused a global economic depression
A new paper explores what would likely happen when someone shouts "fire" in a crowded theater. No, not the silly "speech" issue. Like, what would literally happen. From a game theory perspective. How would people act. RE:
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Joshua Gans (@joshgans.bsky.social)
I have a new NBER Working Paper out today. www.nber.org/papers/w33852 It looks at what happens if someone shouts "fire" in a crowded theatre. This ...
Yes. This is the prevailing philosophy among MAGA cultists. RE:
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Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social)
It looks to me like Trumpists have exactly reversed the meaning of the word "censorship". To them, it's NOT censorship when the government does it...
Marco Rubio literally had a student kidnapped off the street for co-authoring an oped criticizing her university. And now he's complaining about censorship? RE:
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The Guardian (@theguardian.com)
Marco Rubio announces visa restrictions for foreigners ‘complicit in censoring Americans’ – US politics live https://www.theguardian.com/us-n...
Somewhat amazed at the amount of vitriol Will is getting here. He has a valid point about automated surveillance, and people getting on his case aren't going to help shake the notion that too many people live to be the hall monitors of society. RE:
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Will Oremus (@willoremus.com)
As one of these 48,000, yes I was over the speed limit and I probably deserved the ticket but getting caught speeding by a robot still feels like a...