The David Frum Show: The Rise of Technofascists.

Committee for the First Amendment is relaunching. It was founded in the McCarthy Era to protect free speech from the government. www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com

We like Twitter. So blogging must be dead. canada.wordcamp.org

Guy Kawasaki: The difference between iteration and true innovation.

I did one of the first digital camera selfies back in 2003 or so. essaysfromexodus.scripting.com

Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America. www.nytimes.com

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day.

John Palfrey: Listen carefully to what Administration says.

Wikipedia is pretty awful, but Elon Musk is going to make a better one?

The New York Times is looking for generals and admirals who are quitting the military following an address from the defense secretary. www.nytimes.com

Could we make something good from social media?

Matt Mullenweg on Om Malik's 59th birthday. I'm longtime friends with Om too.

Kia's electric van makes for a high-end people mover at resorts.

The Energy Dept. just banned the words 'climate change.'

John Palfrey: Will the legal profession stand up?

RSS is permanent.

Rebooting The Blogosphere (Part 3: Integration). Love this piece.

Let’s start a tech Hall of Fame, for gifts whose value is appreciated more over time, and start with the World Wide Web as one of the first inductees.

Yes, an EV really CAN power your home.

Xi Is Chasing a Huge Concession From Trump: Opposing Taiwan Independence. www.wsj.com

"It's not just enough to speak up for one platform, anything that can't be owned should be connected and tested with everything else that can't be owned."

Why LA Comic Con thought making an AI-powered Stan Lee hologram was a good idea. arstechnica.com

Ice detains superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district.

Sinclair gets nothing it asked for, puts Jimmy Kimmel back on anyway. arstechnica.com

Comey says he’s 'standing up to Donald Trump,' while Trump calls for more retribution. kansasreflector.com

Nick Hamze’s ‘Cool Kids’ Post Kicks Off Fresh Debate on WordPress’s Image Problem. www.therepository.email

Could we make something good from social media?

Our power comes from working together.

To start to get out of the hole we’re in first we have to get rid of the idea that the super wealthy are better or smarter than people with a normal amount of money.

World Leader Compares Trump to Hitler in Front of Entire U.N. “The U.S. mainstream media, for its part, has largely ignored his comments.”

Introducing ChatGPT Pulse. openai.com

ChatGPT Pulse delivers morning updates based on your chat history. arstechnica.com

Apple Is the New Disney.

The next version of WordLand integrates the timeline and the editor. I finally have that integration more or less debugged. Just some development notes.

The Alien: Earth series is complete, ready for a binge.

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers.

Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Have Become Virtually Untraceable.

Zoox asks federal regulators for exemption to launch a commercial robotaxi service.

Jimmy Kimmel’s return is a win for the resistance.

Stand Together for higher ed. www.standtogetherhighered.org

UN blames Trump's team for nonworking escalator and teleprompter.

The web has been asleep for 19 years, which is almost as long as Rip Van WInkle was. en.wikipedia.org

Meta appoints extremist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor. www.advocate.com

Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue last night. m.youtube.com

Some random ideas about what the web is that I've been jotting down to share on Daveverse, my home on Mastodon and WordPress.

Mets’ Pete Alonso: A Player Defined By Power And Character.

Sinclair will continue to keep it off its ABC stations. Perhaps ABC could stream it live on Hulu for the viewers who aren’t getting Kimmel via Sinclair. Esp tonight everyone is going to want to see the show.

Om reviews the iPhone air. "It ranks as one of the most beautiful objects—not just phones—that I have ever held."

The 21 grams experiment that tried to weigh a human soul.

Trump uses Kirk's death to silence critics—and voters aren't pleased. He blew his wad too soon. He probably isn't a good poker player either.