A day later and I'm still thinking about this... RE:
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Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
These documents contain numerous disturbing details that not only corroborate the whistleblower’s claims but also highlight DOJ’s efforts to mi...
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Earlier this week, not today, but I will accept it as "a banger" RE:
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Indivisible Palo Alto Plus (@indivisiblepaplus.bsky.social)
@mmasnick.bsky.social wrote a banger today. https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/who-goes-maga/ Who Goes MAGA? | Techdirt
Kinda feels like the US gov't didn't fuck up so much back before we got rid of DEI. RE:
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social)
That sinking feeling when you accidentally send a tariff letter addressed to the leader of a ruling military junta that the United States refuses t...
Wait. This piece is even dumber than I thought. Literally two paragraphs before he says the problem is that "humans need to argue" he highlights people arguing on Bluesky... as if it's a bad thing. This piece isn't even internally consistent. RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Every couple months some mainstream columnist writes a piece claiming that people on Bluesky don't argue, and it immediately is clear that they've ...
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Every couple months some mainstream columnist writes a piece claiming that people on Bluesky don't argue, and it immediately is clear that they've never actually spent any time here. RE:
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
Actually hilarious if he thinks people are not arguing on this site. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Still feel like every story that talks about Davis's lobbying against tech should admit that his crusade against tech only started right after Google turned him down for a job where he wanted to be their "GOP whisperer." [www.politico.com/news/2021/07...](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/22/major-gop-tech-critics-sought-funding-from-google-500602 ) RE:
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sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social)
β€œI call it the Great Unmasking, because we really saw who are the bitches of Big Tech. And Ted Cruz was the biggest loser in this,” Bannon said...
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The DOJ has decided to weigh in in support of the idea that the "Trusted News Initiative" (an effort set up by the BBC with other news orgs and social media co's to figure out how best to deal with disinfo)... might be an antitrust violation. [www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...](
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest on Suppression of Competition in the Marketplace of Ideas Through Deplatforming of Rival Viewpoints
Today, the Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Childre...
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Justice Department Files Statement of Interest on Suppression of Competition in the Marketplace of Ideas Through Deplatforming of Rival Viewpoints
Today, the Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Childre...
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Turns out the conspiracy theories won't be put to bed that easily RE:
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WIRED (@wired.com)
BREAKING: Metadata shows the FBI’s β€˜raw’ Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified. 🧡 https://www.wired.com/story/metadata-shows-t...
Whoa. So... it apparently when a user asks Grok something it's "customizing" by comparing the user's own post history AND ELON MUSK's (though it keeps that part quiet). RE:
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This part is key. Having experienced lawsuits myself without that backup... and having talked to journalists at big news orgs who have been sued... it's a very, very different experience. It sucks to be sued, but being a part of a big org makes it much easier. RE:
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Samit Sarkar (@samitsarkar.bsky.social)
great points β€” I'd add one item to the list of stuff that journalists at a decent news organization* don't have to worry (too much) about: lawsui...