We really did exist back then. And for those who complain that modern [@techdirt.com@bsky.brid.gy](
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
A good old fashioned blog that has been covering tech, law, policy, and democracy for almost three decades now.
 )'s design is retro and hasn't been updated in ages, just think about where we started from. RE:
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Classic Web (@classicweb.site)
techdirt.com in 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20001007100221if_/http://techdirt.com:80
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TTABlog (@ttablog.bsky.social)
Operation Bluebird, Inc. files petition to cancel TWITTER and TWEET registrations on the grounds of abandonment and fraud. Cancellation No. 92090266.
Turns out some of you really want the Techdirt Section 230 challenge coin! Yesterday afternoon we also added a $230 option that some folks have already taken us up on. Let's see if we can continue the momentum into day 2.... RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, n...
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This is fucking brilliant [@bencollins.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](
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There's been some debate over the last few weeks about whether or not DOGE still exists. I don't think that semantic debate matters. We should be talking about who will be held accountable for all the catastrophic damage those over-confident idiots created. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000Β Deaths? First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of wh...
For years I've been meaning to write something about how the original sin of economics was defining utility in $ values, because it makes people think that everything can and should be financialized and it's all equal in the end. RE:
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More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social)
The co-founder of Kalshi says: "β€ŠThe long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
I found this... in my For You feed... RE:
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Paul Frazee (@pfrazee.com)
It's been said many times but the For You feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social really is quite good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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In 2006, Google added Techdirt as one of 5 "recommended" Tech news sources for iGoogle. To this day, I still have no idea how we got picked. I still miss iGoogle as well. Simpler times. RE:
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stunwin (@stunwin.com)
I first discovered techdirt when it was featured on the long-dead iGoogle homepage in like 2006. I’m still so pleased to see the important work t...
IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal. [www.imls.gov/news/stateme...](https://www.imls.gov/news/statement-agencys-reinstatement-terminated-imls-grants ) [Statement of Agency’s Reinstat...](https://www.imls.gov/news/statement-agencys-reinstatement-terminated-imls-grants )
In writing up my post about this, I bent over backwards to make sure no one would think we were launching a memecoin cryptocurrency nonsense thing... this is a real, physical coin. RE:
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