Sharing this *excellent* explainer by @lawfaremedia.org 's Isabel Arroyo on the current stage of digital age assurance definitions and laws. Bookmark it, it's a fabulous resource: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/to-r...

This evening I did a shadowy No Kings training for ICE observers with a secretive cabal of 20,000 people who joined a recondite YouTube stream by following a clandestine public link.

Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

there are a few outlets that require owners who see them as a public trust. the post is (was?) one of them, a national institution of accountability and public knowledge. nobody should ever forget what bezos has done, & i truly hope he faces consequences.

"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..." www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...

law enforcement driven by the algorithm, with an eye only toward what is good #content ... we might call it slop enforcement

Critiquing the F-35 purchase isn’t emotional, irrational anti-Americanism, as James Fergusson baselessly claims here. It’s based on a sound, rational understanding of how networked devices function. Pretending the problem doesn’t exist won’t make it go away. blaynehaggart.com/2025/03/08/t...

Wherein I marvel at the symmetry of TikTok users being told, without proof, that China-owned TikTok was feeding them Chinese propaganda, and now here they are lacking confidence EllisonKushner-owned TikTok is not feeding them US propaganda. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

TAKE ACTION: No tech for ICE! Today we're launching an action aimed at 🇨🇦 company Hootsuite 🦉, a registered B corp required to respect human rights... and somehow a company actively seeking a billion dollar "social listening" contract with ICE. Speak up here! www.openmedia.org/NoTech4ICE

NEW: Microsoft handed the FBI the recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of three laptops encrypted with BitLocker. BitLocker is enabled by default in modern Windows laptops, but Microsoft also prompts users to upload the recovery keys to the company's cloud, which opens up this possibility.

With whatever mildly ideological * they care to add, this should be the worldview of every Canadian leader. This speech is empirically correct, clear-eyed, and should define how we think of ourselves well above the daily political scrum.

on the evening of 9/11 i worked in the operations center at the state department helping field incoming calls & cables. ally after ally promised support under the north atlantic charter. trump is shredding the bonds that make that kind of support natural.

Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States

Christ, I hadn’t seen the details here but it really is trying to set up a Temu UN with Donald Trump as Secretary General for life (and his hand chosen successor as Secretary General for life after that).

Canada cannot stand by while Donald Trump uses tariffs and intimidation to pressure allies who are doing the right thing. Trump’s threats toward Greenland should terrify people and send a chill through every democracy. (1/4)

Today we're leaving X. If you're still there, we think you should consider leaving too. A word on why it is so difficult to leave collapsing platforms, why we're making this decision today, and where else you can find us: openmedia.org/article/item...

President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor. The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu

Not solving the problem, monetizing it.

Thinking the absorption of Greenland would be followed by extension of democratic rights to its citizens (who would immediately vote to leave) is a comical but dangerous failure of imagination. Not the Trump plan for Greenland. Not the Trump plan for Canada.

I was interviewed on the protests in Iran by Brianna Morris-Grant for @abcnewsbot.bsky.social in this new report: 'Fears of unseen violence against protesters as Iran's internet blackout enters a fifth day' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Horrified by reports of thousands of people killed during the protests in Iran. These are people murdered by a tyrannical regime willing to sacrifice every last person in the country to stay in power. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...

These peaceful observers I spoke to had ICE show up at their homes in what they see as attempts at intimidation. ICE has somehow been accessing Minnesotans' private data in likely violation of state law, according to privacy advocates. share.google/J00lpWzPzOu2...

This is an astounding story, including Flock's typical reaction of blaming everyone else and refusing to take responsibility.

Trump's threat of a criminal indictment is a pretext for trying to strip the Fed of independence, Chairman Powell says. It is about whether monetary policy can be directed "by political pressure or intimidation." apnews.com/article/fede...

a rather significant portion of the founding was based on “no guys like Donald Trump in particular” they really specifically wanted to avoid this type of know-nothing demagogue

“The murdering will continue until you stop calling us murderers.”

The response of the Trump regime in blindly defending the ICE shooter who murdered Renee Good is a warning to us all. They are telling you that Trump’s henchmen could literally kill you or your family for any reason and they will defend it. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/there-is-a...

Two of the worst stories of this week merging together in the most grotesque way possible.

Cell phone bills going up again? 📱💸 StatsCan says cellular service prices rose in Oct + Nov 2025 — the first year-over-year increase in ~30 months. Is the era of steep discounts over? @matthtfld.bsky.social on what’s driving this, and what it means for your next plan: pdst.fm/e/traffic.me...

It is equally easy & possible to write, "Trump weighs violating US treaty commitments under the UN and NATO by seizing the sovereign territory of one of our closest allies" You don't have to normalize & sanewash reality. Other purely factually accurate, more serious choices remain readily available.

lot of things i could say here but mostly i guess i would like to implore everyone to find a personality other than "least favorite roommate during a house meeting in portland, oregon"

DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.

“The rate of deaths per year in the correctional facilities has been on the rise even though the number of people being held in the prisons has declined, the records show. Last year the death count hit 144 — the highest number in the past seven years.”

This has to be stopped. Now.

This is a direct attack on the EU. The US doesn't recognize our right to have our own laws

another example of AI as tracer dye, exposing an already existing problem (and, of course, significantly worsening it)

The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

We're thrilled to host @petermusser.com , @mrpeterjulian.bsky.social and Kristen Gilbert from Options for Sexual Health TOMORROW at NW library, 6-7:30 PST. We're talking online misinfo - how it works, and what stops it. Join us live or online! RSVP here: action.openmedia.org/page/182609/...

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The official pretext for ID check laws is the so-called “pornography epidemic,” a moral panic that right-wing reactionaries blame for everything from falling birth rates to youth depression. thehill.com/opinion/tech...

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

The tenants of Park Beach have been fighting aggressive eviction threats for nearly two years. Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Glad to speak with CBC about Australia’s social media ban for those under 16. TL:DR, Canada should not hurry to such a blunt tool. Huge risk of unintended consequences. Return to a duty of care framework as existed in pt 1 of C-63 more appropriate. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....

OPINION | The critical question for the federal government as Boswell leaves office is simple, writes @openmedia.org's @matthtfld.bsky.social, will they appoint a successor who keeps using the bureau's newfound teeth, or someone who puts the muzzle back on?: www.thewirereport.ca/2025/12/03/o...

Jack Goldsmith was head of the Office of Legal Counsel under George W Bush.