Battlefield 6 starts now!

When people warn about the privacy and security risks of mandating digital age verification, this is exactly what they mean. It’s not hypothetical www.bbc.com/news/article...

Friday is #battlefield6 launch day. Let’s check it out! 10/10/25 8pm ET here: twitch.tv/brainfungi (If the game servers aren’t melting, that is) Some footage from the beta earlier this year:

First stream since starting the new job. Let’s get this rust off with a new early access space game! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

My podcast with @mmasnick.bsky.social and @berinszoka.bsky.social is up now! Listen to me nerd out about the Fourth Amendment, Berin nerd out about the history of the FTC, and all three of us complain about this terrible, terrible FTC order with Aylo.

Condition: “Used — Good” Uh, ok buddy

A personal update: I’m thrilled to announce I've started a new position this week at Google!

Reminiscing about AOL dial-up internet for a few minutes before jumping into some Tarkov. Live now: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Live view of the infamous crime-ridden warzone of Washington, DC

Live now with the Battlefield 6 open beta: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Going live to talk through Google’s latest antitrust court defeat. Come hang! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Humbled to be on this list of creators forging a new path in journalism. Folks like @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, @timkmak.bsky.social, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @parkermolloy.com are doing such hard work and it’s wonderful to see their efforts recognized. Go support them!

Takes some real skill to have the same Rule vote nuked by the same folks in your own party two days in a row. 👏🏻 143 minutes and counting…

We’re live and listening to House lawmakers debate crypto rules and, right now, the extent to which Trump stands to benefit from crypto

On today’s BrainFungi Twitch stream: We check in on Crypto Week on the Hill while I try not to die in Escape From Tarkov! Join me at 10 am ET: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Had a fun chat with, uh, chat about the FTC's click-to-cancel rule getting knocked down in court earlier this week: www.twitch.tv/videos/25095... We'll be back to Tarkov again today, though a bit of a shorter stream than usual. Come hang at 10 am ET! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Unlocking the last of five skill trees today in Dune: Awakening. Come hang! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Just watched four F-22s and two flights of B-2s flanked by F-22s fly over our cookout in DC.

Senate lawmakers have removed from the budget bill what would've been a years-long restriction on state-level AI regulations: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Going live at 10 am US ET today. Today’s tech topic: Breaking down a Supreme Court ruling on online porn. twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Jared is on with me now — tune in!

Live now — plus, joining me a bit later will be @jaredbkeller.bsky.social. Should be a fun day! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

On tomorrow’s Twitch stream: @jaredbkeller.bsky.social joins me to talk military tech and the state of media. We’ll kick off with some Dune: Awakening solo at 10 am ET, then Jared will hop on closer to 1 pm. Tune in! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Whoops twitch.tv/BrainFungi #dune #duneawakening

Come chat about my time in Amsterdam and Rotterdam! Starting in about 45 minutes: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Just in: A federal judge rules against Trump’s attempted purge of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, saying the firings of Travis LeBlanc and Ed Felten were illegal. The court voids the firings and orders the members be reinstated. 70 PAGES: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

No stream today due to IRL stuff, but in the meantime enjoy this new highlight reel from the other day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Ni...

Been sitting on this a while, but with just a week and a half to go, it's finally starting to feel real: On June 1, I'll be speaking on a panel at TwitchCon Europe! The topic? Juggling streaming and being a dad. If you'll be in Rotterdam at the end of this month, let me know!

Live now, talking about Congress' latest effort to protect kids online: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Going live to talk about the latest in AI in a couple of minutes — then we'll check out the last day of the Dune: Awakening beta twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Messing around in EFT, trying to whack scavs with a knife without dying. Come laugh at my fails! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

And we're live! Starting Arc Raiders in 3... 2... twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Going live in about 15 minutes! Just got access to the Arc Raiders playtest, so for today's stream we'll be messing around on that. From what I've seen so far, it's got excellent world-building and sound design. Can't wait to try it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTRR...

🔴 Going live now to talk about the Take It Down Act and how Congress' war on revenge porn may be handing Trump a powerful new censorship tool. We'll get started in just a few minutes: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Shorter stream today — hop in while supplies last! twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Live now — warming up with a bit of Tarkov Arena, then main Tarky, and/or Anno later for some economy management? Come hang for a chill Wednesday: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

If you prefer listening to your news, I went on Brian’s Twitch stream to talk about openings in the Google case

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

We're on NOW with @leahnylen.bsky.social from Bloomberg! Talking US v. Google and she is coming to us live from the courthouse: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

Live now! Getting started in just a couple minutes. Come hang, and then stay for some Tarkov punishment as I try to finish one last quest in the Labyrinth👇

In about 30-40 mins: Going live to talk about Google’s high-stakes antitrust battle in search, whose next stage gets underway this morning. Plus, a bit later we’ll hopefully be joined by Bloomberg’s @leahnylen.bsky.social who is down at the courthouse today for US v. Google. twitch.tv/BrainFungi

That sound you hear is thousands of group chats being simultaneously renamed “_____ | Team Huddle” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

🔴Live now, recapping Google's big antitrust court defeat from yesterday. Tune in! 👇

Google just lost the big adtech monopoly case -- safe to say the entire web economy changes after this. And probably Google, forever. www.theverge.com/news/650665/...

One last byline from me at CNN today, using the stuff I’d prepared with @claresduffy.bsky.social forever ago Hat-tip @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/t...

Just in: Google illegally monopolized the publisher and exchange ad markets, but not the advertiser ad network market as defined by DOJ, federal judge says in a long-awaited ruling in the Google ad tech case: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

SCOOP: sources tell me that the State Dept plans to eliminate its only office to counter foreign disinformation, as soon as today, delivering a win to foreign governments like Russia, Iran, and China—and the office's mostly conservative critics. www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...

“‘On Wednesday, April 16, funding for MITRE to develop, operate, and modernize the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program […] will expire,’ Yosry Barsoum, MITRE's vice president and director at the Center for Securing the Homeland, told The Register.” www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/h...

Good morning! Today Meta heads to trial in a blockbuster monopoly case brought by the U.S. government that could lead to the company’s breakup — or, if Trump intervenes, its salvation. Get up to speed with this primer from last week: www.twitch.tv/videos/24290...

Can you imagine if this whole news cycle had happened during trading hours www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...