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California Brings Former CDC Staff On To Do The Work RFK Jr. Refuses To Do Nationally With national public health being run by RFK Jr., or run into the ground if you prefer, it’s been left to individual states to figure out where and how to fill in the gaps. Some states, such as Florida, have fully embraced Kennedy’s anti-scientific posture and are moving as quickly as possible to dismantle public […]

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California Brings Former CDC Staff On To Do The Work RFK Jr. Refuses To Do Nationally

With national public health being run by RFK Jr., or run into the ground if you prefer, it’s been left to individual states to figure out whe...

The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger At All The state of streaming is… bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links. After that, you find out that the thing you want […]

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The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger At All

The state of streaming is… bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” The...

Warner Bros Rejects Larry Ellison’s Hostile Takeover Bid, Trump Will Likely Intervene In 2026 To Help Ellison Dominate U.S. Media We’ve noted how Larry Ellison, as part of his attempt to control the entirety of media, had launched a $108 million hostile takeover bid for Warner Brothers. Larry, as we’ve seen with CBS and his interest in TikTok, is trying to convert what’s left of U.S. media into a giant safe space for affluent right […]

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Warner Bros Rejects Larry Ellison’s Hostile Takeover Bid, Trump Will Likely Intervene In 2026 To Help Ellison Dominate U.S. Media

We’ve noted how Larry Ellison, as part of his attempt to control the entirety of media, had launched a $108 million hostile takeover bid for ...

Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section 230.” We went over this last year when they floated the same idea: they have no actual plan for how to make sure the open internet can continue. Instead, their “plan” […]

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Senators Want To Hold The Open Internet Hostage, Demand Zuckerberg Write The Ransom Note

Not this shit again. A bipartisan group of the most anti-internet Senators around have released their latest version of a plan to “sunset Section...

The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, A Mother Struggles To Keep Her Sons Alive This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Rose Natabo needs to leave one of her starving sons behind. At dawn, she squeezes her firstborn goodbye, then wraps her youngest, Santo, to her back, his legs akimbo at her waist. Taking the hand of her middle child, James, she hurries away toward help, her […]

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The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, A Mother Struggles To Keep Her Sons Alive

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Rose Natabo needs to leave one of her starving...

Daily Deal: PiCar-X Smart Video Robot Car Kit for Raspberry Pi 4 Dive into the world of robotics, programming, and electronics with the PiCar-X, an engaging and versatile smart car designed for learners from elementary school to advanced hobbyists. Combining powerful features, exceptional quality, and a cool design, this robot car kit delivers an engaging learning experience in robotics, AI, and programming. Beyond being an educational tool, […]

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Daily Deal: PiCar-X Smart Video Robot Car Kit for Raspberry Pi 4

Dive into the world of robotics, programming, and electronics with the PiCar-X, an engaging and versatile smart car designed for learners from elem...

SD Governor Gets Shitty After Town Announces It Won’t Be Pitching In With Upcoming ICE Raids If there’s anything the GOP/MAGA party can’t stand, it’s people who won’t fall in line. It openly courts fascism while still pretending its ultimate concern is the protection of (certain) civil liberties. It cheers on politically motivated prosecutions while still making mouth noises about “activist judges.” It’s a land of contrasts, to be sure. But […]

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SD Governor Gets Shitty After Town Announces It Won’t Be Pitching In With Upcoming ICE Raids

If there’s anything the GOP/MAGA party can’t stand, it’s people who won’t fall in line. It openly courts fascism while stil...

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticisms about TikTok significantly worse. Quite an accomplishment. The Chinese government has signed off on the deal, which involves offloading a large […]

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TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse

There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outc...

RFK Jr. Exacts Revenge On The AAP: Claws Back Millions In Approved HHS Grants As RFK Jr. continues to dismantle public health in this country policy brick by policy brick, there have fortunately been some consistent sources of sanity for the public to turn to. One of those sources has been the American Academy of Pediatrics, an important organization that provides guidance and dispenses funds to healthcare professionals and […]

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RFK Jr. Exacts Revenge On The AAP: Claws Back Millions In Approved HHS Grants

As RFK Jr. continues to dismantle public health in this country policy brick by policy brick, there have fortunately been some consistent sources o...

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Have Yourself A Very Meta Christmas Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In the last Ctrl-Alt-Speech of the year, Mike and Ben […]

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Have Yourself A Very Meta Christmas

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Su...