Mike Masnick 4 months ago

Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investi...

Mike Masnick 4 months ago

Sullivan's actual malice standard ftw (again). Also nice to see Trump-appointed judges recognizing this. RE:

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Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social)

JUST IN: 11th Circuit upholds dismissal of Alan Dershowitz's libel suit against CNN over his remarks during 1st Trump impeachment about scope of pr...

Mike Masnick 4 months ago

This was a really fun discussion about building a better internet, including a bit of a history lesson. And apparently, as part of that history lesson, they used my headshot from 20 years ago. 😜 RE:

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Alix Dunn (@alixdunn.com)

Our first guest is @mmasnick.bsky.social (pictured, but like, a long time ago :) ) laying out how things got so centralised and how we might turn t...

Mike Masnick 4 months ago

To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad. Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook. RE:

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Sarah Perez (@sarahp.bsky.social)

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Mike Masnick 4 months ago

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Dara Lind (@daralind.bsky.social)

Today I learned that the sealing rings in pressure cookers degrade over time and need occasional replacement or else the entire pressure cooker wil...

Mike Masnick 4 months ago

Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired. RE:

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Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social)

BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put high...

Mike Masnick 4 months ago

WTF. Starting yesterday, this voicemail seems to be show up almost every hour. Our entire voicemail is just "9255 to opt out" RE:

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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)

Everyday for the last few weeks (sometimes multiple times a day) there is an automated call to our office voicemail, where it doesn't recognize tha...

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Mike Masnick 4 months ago

"One week after the acquisition, I showed up to the call and nobody came. I showed up the next week, and nobody came. I realized that nobody had cleared off their calendars or deactivated their Twitter accounts. They were just ghost accounts, and everyone was gone." RE: