Monday, June 30, 2025

Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy. arstechnica.com

Tumblr’s move to WordPress and fediverse integration is ‘on hold.’ theverge.com

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Thom Tillis Will Not Run Again. politicalwire.com

A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like. thebulwark.com

Iran will likely be able to produce enriched uranium ‘in a matter of months’, IAEA chief says. theguardian.com

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans. nytimes.com

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Senate’s tax bill seeks to gut clean energy; Musk calls it ‘utterly insane.’ washingtonpost.com

Families share their stories of damage done by vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and rubella. apnews.com

Murkowski votes to advance GOP megabill after early misgivings over Medicaid, SNAP cuts. thehill.com

Substack Did Not See That Coming. newsletter.anamariecox.com

We Know Exactly Where the Supreme Court’s Change of Heart Has Come From. nytimes.com

Friday, June 27, 2025

The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastroph. thenation.com

The Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a Five-Alarm Catastrophe. thenation.com

Anthropic tests AI running a real business with bizarre results. artificialintelligence-news.com

Humans aren't special, and why it matters. iai.tv

Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call. politico.com

Pretty sure I would have hated ageism in politics before I got so old. I’m even older than Cuomo, but I still understand hackery. Wish there was an emoji for a raised middle finger. politico.com

Bill Moyers dies at 91. apnews.com

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Top Hudson River Swimming Locations. hudsonvalleycountry.com

Canadian man dies at Miami ICE facility, cause unknown. miamiherald.com

Krugman doesn’t understand what’s coming for NYC. And doesn’t understand the leadership Cuomo uniquely provided at the height of Covid. It’s pretty likely what’s coming for the city is probably going to be worse than Covid or 9-11. paulkrugman.substack.com

ICE Has No Right to Anonymity. nytimes.com

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Anthropic now lets you make apps right from its Claude AI chatbot. theverge.com

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state.’ theguardian.com

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training. arstechnica.com

Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? adamkinzinger.substack.com

In my latest podcast I talked about WordPress as "the operating system for the open social web." Jeremy Hervé who works at Automattic on WordPress liked the idea, explained in this blog post. herve.bzh

Monday, June 23, 2025

The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America. newrepublic.com

Sunday, June 22, 2025

February: Trump’s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo. washingtonpost.com

‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely. theguardian.com

Kevin Durant trade: Rockets land Suns star in NBA blockbuster. cbssports.com

How the Grateful Dead built the internet. bbc.com

Republicans can't stop wasting money - they want to scrap USPS' awesome EVs. electrek.co

"Trump has not put U.S. boots on the ground to fight Iran, but he has put U.S. troops on the ground for an uninvited military occupation of California." theatlantic.com

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Top Democrats left in dark on Iran strike plans. axios.com

Trump bombs Iranian nuclear sites without congressional authorization. reason.com

The incubator newsroom. werd.io

The Copilot Delusion. (I use ChatGPT as a consultant. It's incredible about facts, it knows things I'll never find. But you can't let it drive the direction of the work, it has terrible judgement.) deplet.ing

How Tehran Might Be Playing Trump. theatlantic.com

Just a guess, but the people doing the "ice" raids are not real police any more than the "doge" people are/were actually part of the US government. scripting.com

As ICE Raids Continue, Parts of a Vibrant City Go Empty. motherjones.com

Friday, June 20, 2025

ICE believes it will never face accountability again. doomsdayscenario.co

As a member of ICE, you may be wondering: How are the people we thrust into our vans supposed to know that we are, in fact, acting under color of law and not just kidnapping them? theatlantic.com

Dr. Demento, DJ Who Launched Weird Al's Career, Reveals He's Retiring. rollingstone.com

Harvard: Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump administration from cutting off school’s ability to host foreign students. cnn.com

He Was Born in Philly and They Tried to Deport Him to Jamaica. bet.com

Clyburn Endorses Cuomo, Helping Him Broaden His Appeal to Black Voters. nytimes.com

U.S. Digital Service Origins. usdigitalserviceorigins.org

I asked ChatGPT for 250 words on what the Democratic Party stands for. daveverse.org

Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers. spokesman.com