The AI companies' control freakery now extends to prohibitions on doing totally useful things to control our own devices. They're pushing us more and more quickly toward local models (running queries on personal devices). Talk about a counterproductive business strategy […]

"Why the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony is now in Europe... And here are glances at the heavily financed forces and people who have been throwing spittle, ridicule, and legalistic meat-axes at science. And at scientists. Those attacks achieved, as their tiniest side effect, the Ig Nobel […]

Miller is a white nationalist fascist, and makes that clear every day. Don't expect America's ever-normalizing Big Media to say it, thought […]

All corruption, all the time in Trump world, Exhibit 58,045: https://www.propublica.org/article/burgum-public-land-data-centers-investments Yet another case where top official does sweetheart "regulation" that helps his personal bottom line.

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When I was young I was often one of the quickest students in classes. As an old guy studying Japanese now, I'm definitely the slowest. Argh.

Corrupt rat jumps off the sinking ship. https://www.aol.com/articles/us-sen-ron-johnson-accuses-162239000.html

US Sen. Ron Johnson accuses the Trump administration of corruption - AOL

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson accused the Trump administration of corruption in a stunning Fox News interview.

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In the wake of the elections, Jeff Bezos makes himself look even more like a Trump boot-licker as Amazon readies its latest "documentary" about Melania Trump. https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/culture/melania-trump-part-two-amazon-docuseries-prime-b3080854.html Pretty sure no one […]

I panic when Hakeem Jeffries or whoever says "we don't want to fight with the Republicans, we want to reach across the aisle and get stuff done" cuz I assume that will ONLY result in doing things that BOTH Republicans and Democrats agree on. And the only thing they agree on is censoring the Internet

I'm buying this guy's screen saver even though none of my devices can run it -- to support his ethical standards. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/11/artist-pulls-popular-screensaver-from-roku-os-because-of-fox-acquisition/

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Hey, “Midnight Diner” is back after a long break. Netflix. If you haven't heard of it, go start at S1. Short little episodes, often absurdly sentimental, but so well done.

Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed in the need for an open internet. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecutors charged him under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for systematically downloading academic journal articles from the online database JSTOR […]

It was my privilege to write a column at Salon for several years in the early 2000s. The people who started, built, and nurtured the site were some of the best I've known in journalism, and the site reflected their values and talent. It's a sad milestone to see Salon close […]

For the last 21 months, the lower federal courts have been fighting a rearguard action against the lawlessness of the Trump administration—with no support from Congress and very little from #SCOTUS. One of tonight’s less visible consequences will be that we’ll have a Congress that has their backs.

New post: How can a volunteer project keep going when your experienced volunteers are exhausted, trust is short in supply & you’re facing tremendous pressure in a situation ripe for catastrophe? Lessons from the Ukrainian Wikipedia during the Russian invasion […]

One reason I despise the Chinese dictators is what they have done to Hong Kong and its people -- breaking every promise of "two systems" and running roughshod over free speech and other basic liberties. The ongoing, extended cruelty to Joshua Wong is just one example […]

A Chinese software company planted a backdoor that ended up in widely used consumer hardware -- including (Google) Android TV boxes. Yet Google didn't bother to check until criminals deployed botnets using those boxes. Banning the company is too little, way too late […]

Totally jazzed that the monumentally corrupt crypto industry wasn't able to buy the Congress it wanted this time. The public is finally catching on.

It's really notable that none of the worst case nightmare scenarios involving ICE at polling stations, arrested election workers, seized ballots, postal shenanigans, etc. came to pass. And that's due to tireless work by legal advocates for states and NGOs, not to mention independent judges who […]

Senate Democrats need to replace Schumer yesterday. Put in a Majority Leader who will fight and lead.

Waiting for the New York Times' sure-to-come second day headline: "Analysis: Why the elections were actually bad for the Democrats"

I’ve been syndicating my blog to MSN News since forever. Yesterday I published a post to my linkblog that points out MSN Copilot cited a random site by a right-wing guy in 75% of its election-related answers. This morning I coincidentally received an email informing me I’m kicked off of MSN. Fun!

The bigger the margin of victory for Democratic and progressive Independent candidates, the more impervious their wins will be to disruptions or delays in counting ballots and certifying results. 13/

By my reckoning, the New York Times devoted more resources to investigating a legal (if modestly sleazy) move by some Alaska Democrats than the staggering suppression of Democratic voting by the Trump regime and Republicans everywhere. The Times is the trade journal for the rich and powerful.

Legacy media (hell, almost all medie) don't bother with context -- a major and perpetual failing.

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Pro-democracy plaintiffs keep filing lawsuits to keep up with Trump regime’s ongoing election interference. I don’t see any legacy media reporting comprehensively on the daily encroachments by the regime or pro-democracy plaintiffs’ efforts to block them. There’s a massively important news story […]

I am extremely hopeful about the outcome of America's elections tomorrow. I'm also extremely skeptical about the polling numbers I'm seeing. Yet a friend with deep knowledge says that -- this time -- the polls are right. Doesn't matter. Vote as if your life depended on it. Because it might.

The AI frontier companies want to control every aspect of your computing life going forward. This kind of thing will push more and more people toward local (on the user's machine) models. Even if you agree with Anthropic's logic here, the implications suck […]

I try not to over-react to the Internet's Outrages Of The Day, but it should be instantly disqualifying for a CEO of a company that sells reliability and security to tell employees that careful testing is "loser thinking". And if not, it should instantly disqualify that company's products from […]

I wrote about the New York Times’ multimedia full-court press on the dumb Alaska story — a dozen print, video, audio, and newsletter reports at last count — and the news media’s responsibility to cover things in proportion to their importance. www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...

Read every word of this excellent analysis of the NYT’s irresponsible coverage of the current election. https://www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york-times-invents-a-democratic-scandal-while-ignoring-a-new-trump-rape-allegation/ @foser explains it all for you.

Latest of many recent emails from Social Security fluffing the corrupt Trump regime starts: "Under President Donald J. Trump, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is transforming into a model of excellence..." Voters: Remember that this crowd wants to gut Medicare and Social Security.