Odd how little info can be found about this: OMB Director Russ Vought and Michelle Martin got married yesterday in Arlington, Virginia.

Tech Titans or Tyrants: Should the U.S. Government Break Up Big Tech? Debate at John Hopkins Forum in downtown DC Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 6:45 PM Free

important new report from @CenDemTech Architects of Online Influence: How Creators, Platforms, and Policymakers Shape Political Speech

Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 10am, I should attend

🚨Google Adtech antitrust closing arguments change - bumped from Monday to Wednesday

Motion to dismiss denied in the copyright/AI case Advanced Publications v Cohere

LET IT BE KNOWN that after a YEAR of battle with HUNDREDS of letters and phone calls and emails, the doctor and health insurance company dropped their collection claims against me wherein my colonoscopy was covered/free but the polyp snipping was not. Those fuckers.

Cloudflare CEO says Google is abusing its monopoly in search to feed its AI

Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm? By Ashley Parker

The US Supreme Court scheduled arguments for Jan. 21 on President Donald Trump’s effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a pivotal clash over the central bank’s independence.

Mr. Wyden said that every American “should have the right to be told if the government spies on them,” but added that this bill “takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators.”

I saw a colleague use Google to search for something today, and I forgot how much easier it is (thanks @kagi.com!) when you don't have to scroll through a sloppy AI answer & loads of sponsored links to get what you need 😬 Stop using Google! There are better alternatives. See e.g.:

It’s gonna be a whole ‘nother ball of wax for Google Search choice screen on iPhone cuz in Japan, the top search engine is the confusingly named Yahoo Japan.

sick to my stomach at this Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

DC Circuit oral arg re AP lawsuit over Trump ban for AP refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America: November 24, 2025, at 9:30 A.M. Judges Wilkins, Katsas, and Rao

Google in early talks to boost investment in Anthropic, Business Insider reports By Reuters November 5, 2025

Snap and Perplexity Partner to Bring Conversational AI Search to Snapchat

The TunneyAct-related hearing in US v HP set for Nov. 18 at 10amPT will be live streamed: cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/160208161... Webinar ID: 160 208 1619 Password: 144322

So angry at Dems on shutdown negotiations, i could spit. IT’S THE HEALTHCARE COSTS, DUMMIES. Just trying to get my college son in Indiana the covid vax is costing me out the yinyang and my health insurance is insanely expensive - for the cheapest plan!

sure sign you need a Comms professional: Common Crawl’s executive director, Rich Skrenta, says AI models should be able to access anything on the internet. “The robots are people too,” he told me, and should therefore be allowed to “read the books” for free.

Not homesick nope not at all

The State AGs have asked for remote access to the HP hearing -- but only for them. Does this mean the public has no remote access? I thought that was standard in ND Cal.

Google-Epic Judge Raises Doubts About App Antitrust Deal Anybody have transcript or this Law360 report and willing to share? The California federal judge overseeing Epic Games' antitrust suit against Google expressed serious doubts Thursday ….

Oh lordy now Mozilla has filed amicus brief in Google Search remedy. I can practically hear the judge grinding his teeth.

Never been more proud to be a DC resident. Unanimous, wow!

@mollyroberts.bsky.social how long has the jury been deliberating in the Sandwich Guy already? I assume they have been dismissed for the day and have to return tomorrow? Who in press room is gonna be there tomorrow?

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
 Chris Buskirk put tech elites at the center of power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.

I wonder if the Epic-Google settlement includes a worldwide non-aggression pact like the 2015 Microsoft-Google deal (terminated 2020), & what that would mean for @appfairness’s work. Any notice filed in the Australian court deciding Epic v Google? Confirm that would be needed?

What I Expect from the Court's Upcoming Term Why I'm (mildly) optimistic about the Court's confrontation with presidential power By David Post

at Judiciary Square metro

Microsoft files amicus brief in Google Search remedies

The only question in my mind is how many times the federal government is going re-try the case against Sandwich Guy after getting hung jury.

Jury trial starts today in the misdemeanor criminal case against Sandwich Man in DC District Court. Am I attending? Oh hell yeah

'member when Republicans were up in arms about the (non-existent) Obamacare government "death panels," which would decide whether folks could get medical care (or die)? Well now Trump is adopting actual ROBOT death panels, using AI to make decisions on covered Medicare services.

MORE police surge in DC The U.S. Park Police wants to hire some 300 more officers in D.C., roughly doubling its force in the city to help surge federal law enforcement as part of Trump’s crackdown, WaPo’s Olivia George and Hannah Natanson report

Shipley’s Do-nuts now has locations in Maryland, within driving distance of me!!!

Omg $1 puffy queso at LosTios in Houston all month long 🤤

Excellent and sobering compilation “Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy follow similar patterns. Here are 12 markers of democratic erosion, compiled by the Times and scholars who have studied this phenomenon.”

Technical Committee members for Epic v Google

why don't we do this in the US Antitrust Enforcers Are Screening Earnings Calls

Lol passwords www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM4JHqNd/

Crazy to go to the USDA website and see the sort of wild screed that used to be reserved for the comments section on Breitbart.

Folks may remember Branch from the Google Search antitrust trial (company failed to become on-device search provider cuz Google contracts with Android/Apple). After JMehta decision, Branch sued Google in ED TX. Google tried to get case transferred to ND Cal. Nope, judge says.

😱 The Republican Plan to Reform the Census Could Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone.

good golly JDonato denies trivial JOINT request for EOT in Epic v Google.

Odd threat - I imagine France would be grateful if Qwant would take this bugaboo off its hands Qwant warns it will sue Microsoft if France rejects search syndication complaint cc @lewis_crofts

Bob Gellman and @PamDixon_ have already drafted a new Privacy Act, it's ready-made for Rep. Trahan, Sen. Peters, has anyone told them? Gopal Ratnam doesn't mention it, so I'm guessing no. cc @viaCristiano

I worked my ass off to establish legal precedents and force internet companies (search engines, message boards, etc.) to notify users before disclosing their identities and online activity history. Shockingly, no one seems to be pressing genAI companies like OpenAI to do the same! Inexcusable

DHS Ordered OpenAI To Share User Data In First Known Warrant For ChatGPT Prompts Filed by child exploitation investigators with the DHS, the warrant reveals the government can ask OpenAI to provide information on anyone who enters specific prompts.

States Turn to Outside Firms to Generate Big Privacy Settlements