I’m trying to get @sherman1890.bsky.social @basel.bsky.social @halsinger.bsky.social @lawprofblawg.bsky.social @danielahanley.bsky.social to move the spirited antitrust conversations off of X onto here. Back me up!

That’s a hard agree from me. I am genuinely astonished at the number of otherwise sensible commentators who still discuss his latest wild actions as if they’re within the parameters of the normal policy making process.

Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2w ago

I agree with @joshgans.bsky.social - the METR/Redwood report is a startling read: metr.org/blog/2026-08...

Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident

Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.

metr.org

Joshua Gans@joshgans.bsky.social · last mo.

The Hugging Face incident is a 5-alarm fire. joshuagans.substack.com/p/its-worse?...

I wonder why backers of the Paramount merger are resorting to shady astroturf operations like "Neighbors for Strong Communities," a fake organization with an address in Washington, DC that's a nondescript black door next to an Italian restaurant texting ppl in California about "Hollywood jobs"? Oh.

California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”

In an expansive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bonta laid out his strategy and took aim at the Paramount chief and emerging legal rival. “He cannot flee accountability.”

hollywoodreporter.com

Mark Ruffalo@markruffalo.bsky.social · last mo.

This is the kind of BS we have to all call out hard. We are being played by the oligarchs and this is how they do it. Disinformation and fake grassroots movements.

I did wonder which platform would cater to the demand for mean-spirited attacks on economists now that the market leader has been put out of business, but I didn't expect it to be The Economist.

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Here's a fun little dive into corporate astroturfing in the USA: There's an "organization" called Neighbors for Strong Communities that lists no board members, staff or funders. The address on their website is a nondescript black door in Washington, DC next to an Italian restaurant. Seems legit!

Last year, I wrote about how awful it is that many states and cities are still using Facebook and X to communicate vital disaster information. We desperately need to fix this.

We Have to Stop Using Facebook and X to Warn People About Disasters

In the early morning hours of July 4th, as the Guadalupe River reached catastrophic heights, city officials in Kerr County, Texas turned to an all-too familiar mechanism for getting the word out to ar...

little-flying-robots.ghost.io

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

During an emergency like we’re having in Hawai’i, I’m reminded of how annoying it is that essential accounts like the electricity company and the City and County of Honolulu are only on Twitter and not on Bluesky.

Does anyone else occasionally find their Economist newspaper app suddenly stops working? And you have to delete it, and its data, and download again. Annoying.

There are so many business models and uses for 3p app stores: protocols, curation for kids, curation for niche tastes, a way to distribute news to benefit newspapers, new tech ideas, nonprofit certifications like low carbon footprint, etc!

Robin Berjon@robin.berjon.com · 2mo ago

This aligns with another thing I've been thinking about (but perhaps harder): in the EU, you can now have alternate app stores on your phone. What if we had on-protocol app stores? @trezy.codes covers a lot of the bits below, content moderation handles safety, social graph recommendations. Neat?

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Amtrak is really beyond terrible. It’s raining lightly and 75 degrees and they can’t run the trains. It seems Amtrak’s equipment only works on days that are dry, not hot, not cold, and when few people need to ride. Pathetic. And it’s not as if the tickets are a bargain either.

Starmer's government is still on X, the platform that promotes hate and racism.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Asked about rising racism and hatred in the UK, Keir Starmer says "the very sad thing is I am not able to say that in the 10 years since Jo Cox's death that things have got better because sadly they have got worse. That's on all of us to fix." Well yes, and your government has done what exactly?

🔓 Artificial-intelligence competition in Europe: the role of DMA Article 6(7) 💡 The DMA’s Android AI access rules could curb #Google’s advantage, opening Europe’s #AI market to rivals and strengthening #innovation incentives 🔖 By @proffionasm.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/TO4KQke #EconSky

Artificial-intelligence competition in Europe: the role of DMA Article 6(7)

The DMA’s Android AI access rules could curb Google’s advantage, opening Europe’s AI market to rivals and strengthening innovation incentives

buff.ly

I am careful in my flight planning NOT to change planes in Frankfurt. Very risky. Surely hurts demand for United Airlines which is allied with Lufthansa

Christoph Kronenberg@ckronenberg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

FRA is really giving foreigners the true German experience from their first to their last second on German soil...

And now every government dept should, belatedly, follow.

Cat Neilan@catneilan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform observer.co.uk/news/politic...

In a recent essay, Solomon Center affiliated faculty @proffionasm.bsky.social and her co-author examine how the FTC’s settlement with major pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts may impact prescription drug costs and future antitrust enforcement in the sector. www.promarket.org/2026/05/22/t...

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Manager Settlements Are a Novel Advance for the FTC and Competition Enforcement - ProMarket

In February, the Federal Trade Commission settled with pharmaceutical benefits manager (PBM) Express Scripts. The FTC had sued Express Scripts and two other large PBMs under the long dormant Section 5...

promarket.org

Great arguments explaining why the court got the wrong answer in the antitrust case against Meta.

Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Steve Salop, Allan Collard-Wexler, Marty Gaynor, Nancy Rose, Larry White, and I joined an amicus brief supporting reversal in FTC v. Meta. The district court's market-definition analysis departs from basic economics and risks weakening Section 2 enforcement in digital markets.

🏢 How to secure the benefits of an EU-wide incorporation regime 🔍 @proffionasm.bsky.social and Reinhilde Veugelers analyse which elements of the proposal should be reinforced, and where improvements can be made. 🔗 Read here: buff.ly/oJ0tfVF #EconSky

How to secure the benefits of an EU-wide incorporation regime

An EU Inc. plan for a common company regime should become more targeted and be underpinned by better system infrastructure

buff.ly

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

Actually, Canada can annex all blue states and would be the most powerful country in the world. To join, US states need to agree to strict gun laws and universal healthcare.

Colorado doesn't need a governor beholden to out-of-state billionaires; it needs a governor who will fight for Coloradans. @philforcolorado.bsky.social

Jesse Aaron Paul@jesseapaul.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW: Former New York mayor’s support of Michael Bennet’s bid to become Colorado’s next governor reaches $2.5M coloradosun.com/2026/05/05/m... #copolitics

The US is an unreliable and deceitful ally now, and is doing its best to help Putin’s dictatorship commit unspeakable war crimes against a European democracy. It is a good thing if the US pulls out of Europe and stops pretending.

ALWAYS true. One of the great mysteries of American culture. How are they fooled every time? Or do they knowingly vote for a party that will harm them?

The Economist@economist.com · 5mo ago

They bore the brunt of his trade war. Now the war in Iran is pushing some to the brink

This is important!

Teresa Ribera@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 5mo ago

Today we take another step to keep AI markets open and fair in Europe. We have proposed measures to Google to ensure competing AI services can operate fairly on Android devices, giving users real choice beyond Google’s own services like Gemini. #AI #Competition #EU 👇 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

OMG! I was born and raised in the south. I literally grew up calling a toilet a "commode". So "Taking a trump" or "I need to go sit on the trump" or exclaiming "Oh, TRUMP!!!" is fine with me. You know . . . trump happens.

Mark Lemley@marklemley.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A Roman emperor called Commodus was so enamored of himself that he renamed every month of the year and even the city of Rome after himself and had himself declared a god. Today his name is associated only with toilets. History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes historyfacts.com/famous-figur...

The fact that every major police union endorsed Donald Trump is under appreciated in our political discourse.