Nostr notes by Mike Masnick

Wrote about Musk losing his "it's antitrust if ...

2026-03-27T20:37:36Z

Wrote about Musk losing his "it's antitrust if advertisers don't advertise on X lawsuit."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3mi2vmoelss2b

I know a lot of people are cheering this on because Meta sucks, ...

2026-03-25T02:44:04Z

I know a lot of people are cheering this on because Meta sucks, but it's a really problematic result and if it holds will be terrible for the open internet. This case easily should have been tossed on 230 grounds. That it wasn't means Section 230 is that much weaker today.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni/post/3mhtpowypoq27

Ok. I wrote about the Afroman trial, including this incredible ...

2026-03-18T21:55:46Z

Ok. I wrote about the Afroman trial, including this incredible image of him being sworn in on the witness stand.

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The biggest crime of the last decade, in Marc's mind, was ...

2026-03-18T16:35:02Z

The biggest crime of the last decade, in Marc's mind, was that people made fun of him when he said stupid, offensive things (which he's done a few times). His entire support of Trumpism was in the belief it would free him up to continue to say offensive shit. Everything else is secondary

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oqr5mp25r7z3vfr3igeerxbw/post/3mhdtm6axzs2m

Here are 4,000 words on the DOGE bro depositions that the ...

2026-03-16T16:41:30Z

Here are 4,000 words on the DOGE bro depositions that the gov't got pulled down because the DOGE bros, who defined DEI as getting something "on the basis of something other than merit" and who used ChatGPT to ask "is this DEI?" are being criticized for being totally incompetent dipshits.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3mh6v6ajhs42t

I saw some folks asking what the difference was between what ...

2026-03-01T04:38:17Z

I saw some folks asking what the difference was between what OpenAI signed with the DoD and what Anthropic said they wanted, and Sam more or less admits here the key point: OpenAI's deal requires them to trust the NSA. Anthropic's contract had real safeguards.
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My goodness. ...

2026-02-28T03:05:30Z

My goodness.
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So Hegseth is attacking Scouting America for treating trans kids ...

2026-02-27T18:49:43Z

So Hegseth is attacking Scouting America for treating trans kids with respect, including respecting their chosen names... at the same time he demands you respect the made up name for his department, which he changed illegally without congressional approval.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xttixizgdkobhtfgziwlsrw5/post/3mftvxmkqq227

This is really good. Especially for all the "but is Bluesky ...

2026-02-25T17:33:42Z

This is really good. Especially for all the "but is Bluesky really decentralized?" people...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3mfp6jtkr5s2b
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Can we not do this please? ...

2026-02-21T00:10:15Z

Can we not do this please?
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Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest ...

2026-02-13T23:43:39Z

Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.

Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r6vamkf7iva2of644wrzfdjg/post/3mernlfupfk2z

Staying in a hotel where everything in the room is controlled by ...

2026-02-11T06:17:53Z

Staying in a hotel where everything in the room is controlled by an ipad. And sometimes that means that suddenly all the lights in the room suddenly go off and i have to hunt around for the ipad.

gotta love tech.
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This week Section 230 turned 30, and you'll see a bunch of ...

2026-02-09T18:58:33Z

This week Section 230 turned 30, and you'll see a bunch of posts on Techdirt today and the rest of the week about the importance of Section 230, but my first contribution this week is how the arguments against 230 are so contradictory that it should give everyone pause to consider why.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3meh4i5lrqh2v

Last month I helped release the Resonant Computing manifesto. Now ...

2026-01-27T19:04:07Z

Last month I helped release the Resonant Computing manifesto. Now I want to explain why ATproto should be seen as a key component for resonant computing. It helps enable the various principles of resonant computing, and it's helpful for people to understand that...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3mdgfw53gey2s

Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too ...

2026-01-26T17:35:51Z

Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too complicated for the average person, I point out that they use email and the web.

The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ad4m72ykh2evfdqen3qowxmg/post/3mddq57467c2x

"woke" alarmists. Don't forget that part. It was so ...

2026-01-26T17:14:27Z

"woke" alarmists. Don't forget that part. It was so important to silence the woke alarmists.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s7zsutaoyjyewg2nuv5sazno/post/3mddixgdor225

Lately there's been plenty of talk about the state of the ...

2026-01-23T18:55:30Z

Lately there's been plenty of talk about the state of the "open social web" and why there are still so many people refusing to embrace it. Too much of it has been hand-wringing. It's time to come up with some ideas on how to get more people to embrace what's possible here.

You know how sometimes you're afraid that if you throw a ...

2026-01-23T04:32:46Z

You know how sometimes you're afraid that if you throw a party no one cool will actually show up? This is like the worst case scenario of that. Trump tried to throw a party and no one cool showed up at all.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbicg7pdnmz7mcs2noua4rhp/post/3md2nnpe2sc2x

If they're really doing this on ATproto, that's great! ...

2026-01-21T21:33:53Z

If they're really doing this on ATproto, that's great! Though, would have been cool if they'd have said so upfront.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lehcqqkwzcwvjvw66uthu5oq/post/3mcxm4ikebc2e

quoting
note1cdk…5dgw

W is a new European platform aspiring to be an alternative to X.

What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?

This is a W for ATProto

[atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/](https://atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/ )

[W for ATProto](https://atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/ )

The last thing anyone needs is a new "platform" for ...

2026-01-20T23:52:22Z

The last thing anyone needs is a new "platform" for microblogging. The whole point is we should be moving beyond silo'd platforms into an open social world. So my response to the launch of "W" as a competing platform to "X" is simply: "but Y, tho?"

[cybernews.com/tech/europe-...](https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/ )

[Bye, X: Europeans are launchin...](https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/ )

So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet ...

2026-01-15T23:33:18Z

So, if I'm following all this correctly, a bunch of internet shitposters who spent years screaming "don't tread on me" and warning about federal agents stomping out people's rights... have been hired as ICE agents to go around breaking into people's homes, kidnapping & shooting them

Ok, time for a pupdate/timeline cleanse. The puppies are getting ...

2026-01-15T22:09:58Z

Ok, time for a pupdate/timeline cleanse. The puppies are getting more playful... and making more trouble. It is now impossible for me to sweep up when they're around because BROOM IS TOY. Also, they now see PHONES AS TOYS so taking photos is risky as they'll want to take it right out of your hand.
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This is an astounding story, including Flock's typical ...

2026-01-13T17:21:51Z

This is an astounding story, including Flock's typical reaction of blaming everyone else and refusing to take responsibility.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cjfcz3t36f6nrprarkhkycxo/post/3mccvm64owc2p

quoting
note189d…qe2e

New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more:

[www.404media.co/police-unmas...](https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/ )

[Police Unmask Millions of Surv...](https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/ )

Honestly, so much of the anger (not all but much of it) directed ...

2026-01-10T17:51:46Z

Honestly, so much of the anger (not all but much of it) directed at the NYT should go to the editorial side who direct the coverage, the placement, the attention, and the terrible headlines. Yet they get to hide while they put the reporters out front to get yelled at.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nx2hxdrsv3mivqwwvkq7xlqx/post/3mc3icopcz22b

Some really thought provoking points here: "This widespread ...

2026-01-09T18:47:58Z

Some really thought provoking points here:

"This widespread societal resignation of ‘guess our government communications now happens on a deepfake porn site’ is maddening, but also points to a deeper issue."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mdjhvva6vlrswsj26cftjttd/post/3mbys57h7vc2m

quoting
note17pm…adzk

X Is a Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem

my analysis of current events

[connectedplaces.online/reports/a-po...](https://connectedplaces.online/reports/a-power-problem-not-a-platform-problem/ )
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So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next ...

2026-01-07T18:25:17Z

So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it.

[www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...](https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/gmail_dropping_pop3/ )

[Gmail preparing to drop POP3 m...](https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/gmail_dropping_pop3/ )

Some really good stuff in here. I have (in my giant pile of ...

2025-12-31T23:15:13Z

Some really good stuff in here. I have (in my giant pile of half-written things) a half-written discussion of the Atmosphere and why it's so important, but it's going to have to wait until next year. In the meantime, Paul's got you covered...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3mbcvjmqdtk2y
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Not every damn app needs a "wrapped," but I appreciate ...

2025-12-30T18:02:56Z

Not every damn app needs a "wrapped," but I appreciate [@sanebox.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:iszrz5igtn2xh572ghitnrgh )'s decision that if they are going to do a wrapped, they're going to make it look like Windows 95.
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Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do ...

2025-12-23T04:10:28Z

Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.

[www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...](https://www.justice.gov/multimedia/Court%20Records/Matter%20of%20the%20Estate%20of%20Jeffrey%20E.%20Epstein,%20Deceased,%20No.%20ST-21-RV-00005%20(V.I.%20Super.%20Ct.%202021)/2022.03.17-1%20Exhibit%201.pdf )
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Almost every story Weiss greenlit at the Free Press lacked ...

2025-12-22T05:05:00Z

Almost every story Weiss greenlit at the Free Press lacked sufficient context. It's kinda their entire schtick.
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Senator Durbin has had this explained to him multiple times. ...

2025-12-18T20:55:42Z

Senator Durbin has had this explained to him multiple times. Getting rid of 230 doesn't help this, but will make it worse. It will make it impossible for smaller sites to exist (like this one) and will give MORE POWER to companies like Meta and X.

Why would Durbin want to do that?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:laiahnygdvnd7lqdvbem64pf/post/3mabzmuu5u22f

Math. How does it work? RE: ...

2025-12-18T20:35:48Z

Math. How does it work?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mabyan3ilg2z

It's possible I spend too much time listening to podcasts. ...

2025-12-18T06:59:08Z

It's possible I spend too much time listening to podcasts.
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The video that made YouTube. RE: ...

2025-12-18T06:21:27Z

The video that made YouTube.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qpqyay6mqatzyyet3jdgxiwi/post/3ma7z5xsyak25

Which also means it's likely to be focused on ...

2025-12-17T23:43:10Z

Which also means it's likely to be focused on "enemies" of the Trump admin. And their relatives.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/post/3ma7rboizwk2j

What "institutional" discrimination did Robby Soave ever ...

2025-12-17T23:14:41Z

What "institutional" discrimination did Robby Soave ever face?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4mjh2phquxf7s2b2t7zdqjvc/post/3ma7kwnztck2l

Rosen picked the wrong example here. She should have picked 60 ...

2025-12-17T20:23:19Z

Rosen picked the wrong example here. She should have picked 60 Minutes, which also edited Trump to make him look better. Then it would have been apples to apples.

Again, letting Carr off the hook by using a cable news example (not regulated by FCC) is a bad choice.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3ma7ajvx7ks26

I recall that over a decade ago, ...

2025-12-17T18:27:53Z

I recall that over a decade ago, [@barackobama.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:5c6cw3veuqruljoy5ahzerfx ) put out a vaguely favorable statement regarding net neutrality, and the Ajit Pai/Brendan Carr folks in the FCC absolutely lost their minds, screaming "WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY, HOW DARE HE TRY TO INFLUENCE US."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kjjhbsc3pp3vkqjsivk6z2yd/post/3ma76dnhods26

We're a couple of weeks into our fundraising campaign, where ...

2025-12-17T17:48:42Z

We're a couple of weeks into our fundraising campaign, where you can get our first Techdirt challenge coin, celebrating 30 years of Section 230. This is becoming more important than ever as 230 is under attack. Just yesterday a bill was released that would kill 230

[rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...](https://rtb.techdirt.com/products/friend-of-techdirt/ )
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Bluesky folks came up with a fundamentally new and ...

2025-12-17T17:23:16Z

Bluesky folks came up with a fundamentally new and privacy-protecting method of doing this unlike every other service. Almost every negative response is based on how people assume Bluesky is doing this based on how bad everyone else does it. Bad actors have so poisoned the entire market...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/post/3ma5gwktd2s2c

quoting
note1k6x…pnj8

v1.112 is live!

We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.

Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.

Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: [bsky.social/about/blog/1...](https://bsky.social/about/blog/12-16-2025-find-friends )
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As always with Klobuchar, she actually flubbed this badly. By ...

2025-12-17T16:26:04Z

As always with Klobuchar, she actually flubbed this badly. By flipping from Kimmel to Trump on social media she leaves this huge opening, which Carr takes, for him to claim she's trying to censor social media.

And in her case, that's true. She's been pushing Internet censorship for years.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3ma72c5gqyk2h

Why does Collins not immediately say "but you just said of ...

2025-12-17T07:23:39Z

Why does Collins not immediately say "but you just said of Maduro that he's an indicted drug trafficker and that's why he needs to be in prison. The same was true of Hernandez. Why do you say one is different than the other?"

How hard is that?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3ma5nkmd6e52h

They should be saying this AND if they want to pollute their ...

2025-12-17T01:01:13Z

They should be saying this AND if they want to pollute their space by speaking to admin officials, they should directly ask them about this and not let them get away without answering.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh/post/3ma5ftrjx2d23

Pete Hegseth has figured out how to put boats on land in foreign ...

2025-12-17T00:22:50Z

Pete Hegseth has figured out how to put boats on land in foreign countries. It's amazing.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3ma5euhm2us2j

Look, I'm not one to quickly believe in conspiracy theories ...

2025-12-17T00:13:07Z

Look, I'm not one to quickly believe in conspiracy theories about us attacking Venezuela on a made up provocation to distract from the Epstein files, but the timing of all this is not helping me convince myself that it's not true.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3ma5dshixws2j

Unlike a lot of people, I am not reflexively against the idea of ...

2025-12-16T22:50:25Z

Unlike a lot of people, I am not reflexively against the idea of an "AI browser," but I remain confused that no one who is offering "an AI browser" has yet explained to me in any compelling way what benefit I get out of an AI browser. It's possible it's there, but then... maybe explain why?

I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing ...

2025-12-16T22:03:50Z

I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.

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Not even acknowledging the fact that she was convicted under ...

2025-12-16T07:12:32Z

Not even acknowledging the fact that she was convicted under state laws, not federal, and thus a Presidential pardon is meaningless, and then making even a laughable, minimal effort to try to refute that argument is, well... a choice.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7upoypvlxudsiv4pzbi5jtwf/post/3ma35ark2sc2c

I tried to warn them... ...

2025-12-16T02:39:55Z

I tried to warn them...

[www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/f...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/ )

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sgti3jsgu3luif24tokvth3a/post/3ma2y7eyaws2w

[Fascism For First Time Founder...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/ )

A few months ago, Larry Ellison briefly passed Elon as the ...

2025-12-16T00:13:03Z

A few months ago, Larry Ellison briefly passed Elon as the world's richest man. Today, on paper, Elon is, by himself, worth more than *all of Oracle*, the company from which Ellison's vast wealth is derived.

Markets are not always rational.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6edxc56gc2sntq6ht6epjug4/post/3ma2njmwx3c2w

quoting
note1kdv…5nlp

Elon Musk's fortune has soared to $600B+ on new valuation for SpaceX
[www.bloomberg.com/news/article...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/musk-s-fortune-soars-above-600-billion-on-new-spacex-valuation?srnd=homepage-americas )

[Musk’s Fortune Soars Above $60...](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/musk-s-fortune-soars-above-600-billion-on-new-spacex-valuation?srnd=homepage-americas )

Building off ...

2025-12-15T23:27:56Z

Building off [@cameronwilson.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:lxid5bd2zxkrgx47uy74txsy )'s reporting for [@crikey.com.au@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:6suks5qgacqnboxtvvtdfxgh ), I highlight how we appear to have a baptist & bootleggers situation in Australia, where it appears the gambling industry was a big force behind the "social media ban for teens" in an effort to kill a plan to ban gambling ads.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3ma25s4ujxz26

Quality work by the Trump DOJ. RE: ...

2025-12-15T23:13:05Z

Quality work by the Trump DOJ.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bfdiyietterineb3cvu3ddco/post/3ma2onvyrwk2h

This Laura Loomer? I sense a double standard. RE: ...

2025-12-15T23:08:30Z

This Laura Loomer? I sense a double standard.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bdvnkv3wu5kgtmvto4xsp6on/post/3ma2ovbaink2v
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People are going to move on and forget how fucking crazy ...

2025-12-15T22:48:08Z

People are going to move on and forget how fucking crazy Trump's comments about Rob Reiner are, but we shouldn't. He's legitimizing violence against his critics on an issue that has nothing to do with himself and where he can't show basic common decency.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3ma2jz262px2v

Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively ...

2025-12-15T20:07:24Z

Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.

[www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/](https://www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/ )

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3m7zyimakys2q

[own plot – Techdirt](https://www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/ )

Since it looks like we're going through the "liberals who ...

2025-12-15T18:24:27Z

Since it looks like we're going through the "liberals who stayed on X/Twitter trying to convince others to go back there," I'll just remind folks I already wrote a long article pointing out how that makes no sense and is, in fact, an incredibly dumb idea.

[www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/stop-begging-start-building/ )

[Stop Begging. Start Building](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/stop-begging-start-building/ )

Tyler Cowen interviewed Sam Altman... and what a weird thing to ...

2025-12-15T18:20:22Z

Tyler Cowen interviewed Sam Altman... and what a weird thing to bring up. "They read Twitter less" as if it's a condemnation?
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2025-12-15T01:53:26Z

OMG. [@bencollins.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj ), this honestly looks like the Onion team put this together. I don't know how you'd satirize this because it's already satirical.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bflwdmirws4fk7y5gibqonan/post/3m7yeombrdk2o

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming ...

2025-12-15T01:02:48Z

ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f7utvjkqbgwfjonqtpfcf5fu/post/3m7ybmwk5i22f

quoting
note1xz8…l3uf

ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.

Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.

They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.

Another horrific story.

More details below.
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A reminder that ...

2025-12-15T00:54:18Z

A reminder that [@techdirt.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky ) doesn't do any of this nonsense.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z4llsx425l4htoylyyx6iam3/post/3m7yeq27fns27

Had to go watch the video myself before reposting, because this ...

2025-12-15T00:00:33Z

Had to go watch the video myself before reposting, because this seemed so absurd I thought it might be fake. But, nope, it happened. He also says (in the same sentence) "with enough effort, you could probably stop aging, reverse it..."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cuowqu3bimpxo4plxd4pg3eh/post/3m7xym7quxs23

The Bezos Post: "Free markets, personal liberties, and suck ...

2025-12-14T23:42:38Z

The Bezos Post: "Free markets, personal liberties, and suck it up and accept rapid inflation while the billionaire class gets even richer."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/post/3m7xyhdjlgk2a

Read this thread. It's exactly right. But also note on the ...

2025-12-14T23:32:08Z

Read this thread.

It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.

Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nywb5oene54cllowkfwouxzz/post/3m7xzrjzgns2x

When the KAG case first started one of my EXTREMELY ...

2025-12-14T01:32:19Z

When the KAG case first started one of my EXTREMELY not-online/not-political close friends called me up one morning out of the blue to ask me "what can people do to help get that poor guy back from El Salvador." It was reaching tons of normies.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lvwodiqbcwtvas6n4nfpkokt/post/3m7vvltr5us2o

We lost a what, now? RE: ...

2025-12-14T01:24:56Z

We lost a what, now?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3m7vwnv7cjy2b

Oh, just one of the most famous VCs investing billions into AI ...

2025-12-14T01:15:25Z

Oh, just one of the most famous VCs investing billions into AI saying it *can't* be a bubble because people are asking if it's a bubble.

"The fact that it's a question means we're not in a bubble... in order to get to a bubble everyone has to believe it's not a bubble."

[youtu.be/Y7dwbJ0AtUA?...](https://youtu.be/Y7dwbJ0AtUA?si=V_Ri--C-sfhc7abQ&t=1382 )

[Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowi...](https://youtu.be/Y7dwbJ0AtUA?si=V_Ri--C-sfhc7abQ&t=1382 )

Not trying to call out Tony & Devin here, but they are ...

2025-12-13T23:13:30Z

Not trying to call out Tony & Devin here, but they are (somewhat confidently) reinforcing a very common, but exactly wrong myth about Section 230 and being a "publisher." Let's use this as an opportunity to do some educating around Section 230 and the idea of being "a publisher."
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I get where this is coming from, but I've also been testing ...

2025-12-13T22:24:18Z

I get where this is coming from, but I've also been testing out a pair of display glasses (basically create a giant monitor in the glasses) that *don't record* but do have little cameras on the side in order to pin the monitor to a specific spot. I worry if I used them in public I'd get yelled at

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/post/3m7vibvgkvc2o

Hi Senator. Glad you're posting to Bluesky. But kinda weird ...

2025-12-13T20:21:24Z

Hi Senator. Glad you're posting to Bluesky. But kinda weird that you're trying to kill Section 230 at the same time which would make it very difficult for Bluesky to exist. Maybe think through that a bit more carefully?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/post/3m7v6xiwnr22j

Watch this. RE: ...

2025-12-13T18:26:53Z

Watch this.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2w3eicjzblwvqo3nsxiivwgb/post/3m7v5o65qek24

Even UNICEF is like "yo, Australia, this social media ban for ...

2025-12-13T06:26:18Z

Even UNICEF is like "yo, Australia, this social media ban for kids is a terrible fucking idea."

[www.unicef.org/press-releas...](https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/age-restrictions-alone-wont-keep-children-safe-online )

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This evening was middle school entrepreneur fair. Kid & ...

2025-12-13T05:51:44Z

This evening was middle school entrepreneur fair. Kid & friends started a business selling spicy tortilla chips. Very spicy. At the last minute they decided to also sell water. And then a gift from the heavens: school watermain broke so the water fountains were out. They cleaned up on water sales.
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Because this has already been shown to be a complete fucking ...

2025-12-13T05:46:59Z

Because this has already been shown to be a complete fucking disaster in Australia where the same policy went into effect 3 days ago... John Cornyn wants to bring it to America.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z6rujpf4u56jfie7aqic2nfg/post/3m7t7lkajp22d

Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to ...

2025-12-12T23:37:19Z

Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, [@whitehouse.senate.gov@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax ) and the [@judiciarydems.senate.gov@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:x4kq5wkbme72y7yhjat4dkgq ) are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.

What a joke.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4kq5wkbme72y7yhjat4dkgq/post/3m7sjbvhbms2z

A point I find myself raising repeatedly: people focus on tech ...

2025-12-12T22:21:59Z

A point I find myself raising repeatedly: people focus on tech policy within a silo (privacy, speech, safety, copyright, competition, etc.), without understanding the actual impact on the system, where you push on just one of those levers and don't realize it's disastrous for the other ones.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jdfwnosj5tavojrkinbcor6h/post/3m7sjxnsk3c2n

quoting
note1jlh…zg3j

A vital point here, first driven home to me by Cory Doctorow in the context of copyright policy, is that many forms of tech regulation that strike lots of folks as appealing and commonsensical would in practice require a fairly massive surveillance apparatus to meaningfully enforce.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ifsuximqaivczh4fie2opnuk/post/3m7sfp6en5k2i

This is a massive expansion of questionable surveillance efforts ...

2025-12-12T21:50:05Z

This is a massive expansion of questionable surveillance efforts by the federal government.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooehugjick2vkzwlr64lephm/post/3m7szp44pvk23

I love the fact that the AI editing tool I use gives me full ...

2025-12-12T06:46:42Z

I love the fact that the AI editing tool I use gives me full control over the system prompt (and not just the regular prompt) so I can add a universal suggestion like the following:
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Remember this as a bipartisan coalition of folks in Congress tell ...

2025-12-12T01:19:36Z

Remember this as a bipartisan coalition of folks in Congress tell us over and over again that they're trying to protect children online. Meanwhile the US embassy is saying even kids can't have private social media accounts if they want to visit the US.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/post/3m7qvfzu6js2s

👀 RE: ...

2025-12-12T00:42:53Z

👀

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nsttbhhihov4y5yejsri2zlr/post/3m7qqhklusk2p

Lol. Yeah, sure, whatever you say old man. RE: ...

2025-12-12T00:25:09Z

Lol. Yeah, sure, whatever you say old man.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/post/3m7qpq5cjv627

It's more than just "legal experts," it's just a ...

2025-12-12T00:23:13Z

It's more than just "legal experts," it's just a straight up fact. Presidential pardons don't apply to state charges.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h55nabz5glwdanw73qqzmfag/post/3m7qscciof226

This is a good idea, ...

2025-12-12T00:21:41Z

This is a good idea, [@kevinrose.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:f5llu4dd4d2bkdo4zjw63ccg ), [@alexisohanian.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:wraqgxzs5nujtplwb4msgv3b )

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/post/3m7qpaevess2e

quoting
note1fvz…us8q

[@kevinrose.com](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:f5llu4dd4d2bkdo4zjw63ccg ) talk to Paul Frazee (npub1r89…kwp7) about making the new Digg an open network on AT protocol!

So it can be meaningfully differentiated from Reddit, actually good for people, and long-lasting.

Not proved yet but reason to believe open social apps can make real money too: [bsky.app/profile/jaco...](https://bsky.app/profile/jacob.gold/post/3lr5j6o7emk2t )

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/post/3m7qjy2dzi22d
note1gql…zuj5

Reddit is challenging Australia's social media kid ban: ...

2025-12-12T00:04:20Z

Reddit is challenging Australia's social media kid ban:

[www.reddit.com/r/RedditSafe...](https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditSafety/comments/1pkbpw1/a_more_effective_approach_to_protecting_youth/ )

[From the RedditSafety communit...](https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditSafety/comments/1pkbpw1/a_more_effective_approach_to_protecting_youth/ )

It's one of those days where, even though I knew I was going ...

2025-12-12T00:03:32Z

It's one of those days where, even though I knew I was going through my Thursday schedule, my brain has thought it was Friday all day long, and I'm only just now realizing that I have a whole new Friday to go through tomorrow.

Well, someone in that chat has been completely discredited. RE: ...

2025-12-11T23:35:33Z

Well, *someone* in that chat has been completely discredited.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/post/3m7qmshamps2p

A prosecutor getting no billed once is embarrassing. Twice ...

2025-12-11T23:08:27Z

A prosecutor getting no billed once is embarrassing. Twice suggests deep incompetence. Three times... and you should be looking for a new career.

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1200 copies is shockingly low. RE: ...

2025-12-11T20:22:43Z

1200 copies is shockingly low.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2w45zyhuklwihpdc7oj3mi63/post/3m7pt3i3inl2w

More people need to just call them on their lies immediately. ...

2025-12-11T20:18:32Z

More people need to just call them on their lies immediately. They melt like this guy.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3m7pwizt4k62f

The free speech party that was sooo mad about woke people banning ...

2025-12-11T01:23:59Z

The free speech party that was sooo mad about woke people banning words in school is at it again.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/post/3m7oauniotc2r

Matt Taibbi still being Matt Taibbi, I see. RE: ...

2025-12-11T01:16:36Z

Matt Taibbi still being Matt Taibbi, I see.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n/post/3m7ocitm5b224

quoting
note107c…9ec9

In this companion piece I have to painstakingly explain how Matt Taibbi

1) gets our research backwards in an incomprehensible way

2) points to emails chains we weren’t on as evidence of things we did

3) imputes plans between tech & govt that happened 6mo before our election project existed, to us

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iriguxga3a3ngc4ezfk56knk/post/3m7kjq23hpk2a

This is fascinating, as an example of where an AI tool, used ...

2025-12-10T23:27:00Z

This is fascinating, as an example of where an AI tool, used properly and carefully, can help people understand things. This is why I get annoyed at the people who insist that there are no positive uses of AI tools. Yes, many use it poorly. But used well, it can be very useful.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gjnqzfiyky3z7ieb3v67rouz/post/3m7lvwvuypc2m

This looks interesting! Watching people build stuff on ATproto to ...

2025-12-10T23:05:23Z

This looks interesting! Watching people build stuff on ATproto to meet certain needs is very cool.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i6y3jdklpvkjvynvsrnqfdoq/post/3m7nwqry6ls2l

Posted about this earlier, but wanted to highlight some of the ...

2025-12-10T19:28:25Z

Posted about this earlier, but wanted to highlight some of the stories in this list, as it shows the kind of work we do at [@techdirt.com@bsky.brid.gy](https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky ), so here's a short 🧵. If you think this work is valuable, please consider supporting us.

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We're in the middle of our big fundraising campaign (get our ...

2025-12-10T17:50:31Z

We're in the middle of our big fundraising campaign (get our very first challenge coin!), and as part of that I wanted to call out some of key stories from the last year that you won't find anywhere else. In the link below I call out just a few of our stories that have resonated with folks.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3m7nlmsylpm2f

On the internet, age verification doesn't know you're a ...

2025-12-10T04:34:22Z

On the internet, age verification doesn't know you're a dog.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:434vkyc2v6isrkzcnz73ao4u/post/3m7m3n4kpws2x

The timing of this vaguely coincided with me moving from NY to CA ...

2025-12-10T04:28:43Z

The timing of this vaguely coincided with me moving from NY to CA so I think I chalked it up to east coast/west coast. But, yeah, when I go back to NY these days, it's been all coffee shops for a long time.

Also, diners went away. But that also might be east coast/west coast.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kqbyr4gqt6p2l57htlsa4nha/post/3m7m2drr2522x

I am not losing my emdashes—I created a keyboard shortcut to ...

2025-12-10T03:59:16Z

I am not losing my emdashes—I created a keyboard shortcut to make them easy to type and I'm not giving it up. I can assure you all my —'s are homegrown.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4t2ziwnnescprzorvmrfduey/post/3m7m463yrf225

quoting
note16ll…5q33

are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson

Gotta love the spammer who leaves in the ChatGPT response saying ...

2025-12-10T03:56:48Z

Gotta love the spammer who leaves in the ChatGPT response saying that it's coming up with a "professional, non-spammy" spam (which our spam filter correctly caught as spam).
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Also the, um, "we should do something about it" part is ...

2025-12-10T03:48:23Z

Also the, um, "we should do something about it" part is seriously crazy.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rogqxhzq6vy54nbuy4n6rwyd/post/3m7lztcbtek27

Broke down three separate tweets from Elon Musk showing that his ...

2025-12-09T20:20:41Z

Broke down three separate tweets from Elon Musk showing that his conception of "free speech" is incoherent beyond "I can say what I want, you must shut up."

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l4edfel22exejp7mewt6f3ky/post/3m7l7smry2k2j