Read @edwardongwesojr.com on “the attempt to shift Pax Americana’s oil diplomacy to Pax Silica’s silicon statecraft—from hydrocarbons & Treasuries to GPUs & data centers & AI models & the kill chains they power” www.thetechbubble.info/p/how-much-a...

I've been tracking Trump's attacks on the First Amendment -- & the broader federal govt ethos of retaliation -- all year. I've seen roughly 200 incidents of attacks on dissent & free speech, w/ particular aggression towards press, protesters, public servants: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...

2026 In & Out List 💅 #happynewyear

Immigrants who worked in fact-checking, dis-information or content moderation will be INELIGIBLE for H-1B visas under Trump, per Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Here is the syllabus for the Information & Human Rights course that I taught at @pratt.edu this fall: rebeccawilliams.info/info-619-inf... Many thanks to @edwardongwesojr.com, @samanthahinds.bsky.social, & the lawyers not on Bluesky for being guest speakers & for everyone we read!

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...

This interview of Hito Steyerl by Günseli Yalcinka for Spike Magazine shows real mastery of the state of the field of critical emerging tech research, from an equally masterful artist. I will be snapping up her new @versobooks.bsky.social release spikeartmagazine.com/articles/int...

Read this by @baldurbjarnason.com

This week’s Dobbs anniversary has everyone reflecting on the last three years without the federal right to abortion. Here’s what I'm reading (threaded below!). Feel free to add any highlights from your reading list in the comments below too.

More and more surveillance is the requirement for participation in public life. Companies used to attempt to do this surreptitiously, but that’s no longer the case. They are now explicit that being surveilled is the cost of doing business. tech.yahoo.com/business/art...

“Over the past 100 days, DOGE teams have grabbed personal data about U.S. residents from dozens of federal databases and are reportedly merging it all into a master database at the Department of Homeland Security” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢 Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research

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