Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access

When vendor promises meet government warrants, the warrants win every time. Microsoft's Senate testimony shows why "trust us" isn't a data protection strategy.

Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR

Without public media funding, local stations will close, creating news deserts and allowing political corruption to thrive.

Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty

Global Majority nations are building ways to store their citizens' data locally. But will they own the datacenters themselves?

Fell in a hole, got out.

Tony Stubblebine's account of saving Medium is remarkable in its transparency - and in its execution.

If I ran X

How to transform the internet's most toxic platform into essential infrastructure.

The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess

"I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community."

Threads is nearing X's daily app users, new data shows

It's wild to me how many people are still engaging with X.

‘Improved’ Grok criticizes Democrats and Hollywood’s ‘Jewish executives’

As more people look to AI to learn about the world, the people who control how it's trained and how it responds will control our prevailing narratives. That's wildly dangerous.

Family zoning actually means something cool

Forget San Francisco - I wish every single US city would do this. We're too car-dependent, too isolated, too unhealthy. (Honestly, European mixed-use development should be the model.)

America is a myth

We have to decide which story we believe in.

What are we actually for? The Mamdani case for positive resistance

Why effective opposition requires more than just saying no

Republican Budget Bill Signals New Era in Federal Surveillance

"The looming rapid expansion of federal surveillance may signal a step change on a trajectory set in motion after September 11, 2001, with broad implications for the rights and privacy of all Americans."