So... Trump says he's cutting drug prices by 1500% while adding tariffs of 250% on them if made outside the country. Someone help me figure out the math here. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump: "We'll be putting an initially small tariffs on pharmaceuticals. But in one year, one in a half years maximum, it's gonna go to 150% and the...
Make Money Laundering Great Again RE:
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Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
“The draft order also criticizes the role that some banks played in an investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.” [conta...
Wrote about how the UK's online age verification requirements are already proving to be a disaster (as UK regulators were clearly warned it would be) and how unhelpful the UK's response to this mess has been, including their tech minister saying anyone who complains supports predators. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About Well, well, well. The “...
Wrote about Substack not just being the Nazi Bar, but promoting itself as such. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Substack’s Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Already Knew: It’s The Nazi Bar Now Back in April 2023, when Substack CEO Chris Best refuse...
Lol, Mamet claims that part of what drove him away from liberals was Terry Gross's "All Things Considered" sending him a form letter in response to his request to appear on her show again. Gross hosts "Fresh Air" not "All Things Considered." Might help to know which show you're pitching, dude. RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Think of those of us who have been snubbed by Terry Gross our entire lives. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Again this entire claim is based on an obvious and blatant misreading of what the documents actually say. It's so stupid. Anyone who actually reads the documents in context know this is complete bullshit RE:
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Harry Litman (@harrylitman.bsky.social)
Ugh. Bondi has directed her staff to look into allegations from Tulsi Gabbard that the narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election favori...
I have talked about this before (though maybe not here?). When I was in high school I took one of those giant Coke cups from the local deli, removed the bottom and put in one of those old CB radio collapsible antennas with the crazy strong magnet base in it. And put it on top of my car. RE:
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Tyler, from the Internet (@tylerfromtheinternet.com)
Getting enough pleasant social interaction as an adult in 2025 is really hard. One thing you can do is clue a coffee cup to the top of your car so ...
Think of those of us who have been snubbed by Terry Gross our entire lives. RE:
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Corey Atad (@coreyatad.com)
and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism
This whole story is insane. Tesla apparently did everything it could to avoid providing the data it had about its Autopilot crash. This is just a snippet and there's a lot more. [electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...](
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Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash
Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it...
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Glad to see @npub1jla6...8kcs write this thorough analysis of the problems of Columbia's capitulation to Trump. But, still not sure what it means for the org itself which is based at Columbia. RE:
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Jameel Jaffer (@jameeljaffer.bsky.social)
The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the acad...