Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4mo agoThe Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.
AI data centers are increasingly reshaping local economies, infrastructure, and environments. But do they actually provide anything of value to the public? Read the latest from @natpurser.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/what-to-ask-...
What To Ask When a Data Center Comes To Town
This is the second piece in a series on the concrete public interest obligations AI companies should meet as their products reshape our economy and daily life.
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In late March, the @whitehouse-47.bsky.social released its National AI Legislative Framework — but the "framework" part of it seems to be missing. Read the latest from @natpurser.bsky.social:
On the White House AI Framework (If You Could Call It That)
The Trump administration's National AI Framework falls short of offering Americans any real mechanisms for accountability or oversight.
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In December, President Trump signed an EO directing federal agencies to identify & preempt state AI laws that conflict with the admin's goal of maintaining US AI dominance. But while it may sometimes make sense to pursue federal over state regulation, the Trump admin's approach is misguided.
I had a shitty childhood it's taboo to say it, you're really supposed to just have Had A Good Childhood and that's that but when I was conceived, my mom was broke and 20 years old and had no education and by the time I was eight, boy, was I going THROUGH IT one afternoon I turned on the TV...
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.” I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone. #FCCOversight
@publicknowledge.bsky.social finds this proposed Executive Order both an illegal & illogical attempt to bully states into complying with the Trump admin’s demands to abandon all consumer protection efforts in the face of AI. Read our statement from @natpurser.bsky.social:
Public Knowledge Rejects Illegal and Illogical Executive Order Targeting State AI Laws
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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Some of us are old enough to remember when Reddit cared about the open web and recognized the DMCA shouldn’t be used as a hack around fair use. x.com/lehogg/statu...
Luke Hogg on X: "Hey @Reddit, this you arguing for reforms to the DMCA so that companies can't abuse it to prevent people from "using their electronic devices in lawful, non-infringing ways?" What changed? https://t.co/9Gbshj6DOK" / X
Hey @Reddit, this you arguing for reforms to the DMCA so that companies can't abuse it to prevent people from "using their electronic devices in lawful, non-infringing ways?" What changed? https://t.co/9Gbshj6DOK
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it’s a terrible argument that people have been making for years and, policy aside, the piece is full of factual mistakes (and legal ones)
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11mo agoReally provocative, interesting argument from @wertwhile.bsky.social on what it would look like to really regulate the platforms. www.theargumentmag.com/p/treat-big-...
Public Knowledge is pleased to announce the promotion of @natpurser.bsky.social, formerly a Government Affairs Policy Advocate, to Senior Policy Advocate for her work championing consumers on Capitol Hill. Congrats, Nat! 🎉 publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...
Public Knowledge Promotes Nat Purser to Senior Policy Advocate To Support Growing AI Portfolio
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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this argument for staying on twitter from @jerusalem.bsky.social is spot on. unlike targeted, coordinated boycotts, the primary effect of deplatforming yourself on twitter is ceding ground to right wingers and others who are happy to shape the political narrative without you.
I am thrilled to see that competitive app markets are still a priority in Congress. Many thanks to Reps. Cammack and Trahan for leading the charge in the House on this with the App Store Freedom Act. You can read information on the bill, along with my quote here: trahan.house.gov/news/documen...
Trahan Co-Leads New Bill to Open App Market, Protect Consumer Choice
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Last year, the FCC said it would eventually update its definition of "broadband" to require service providers offer Gig-speed Internet. Now, under a new administration, the FCC is poised to reverse course, saying current speeds are, you know, just fine.
FCC looks to undo long-term, Gig-speed broadband goal
The FCC next month could unwind a long-term goal to support Gig-speed broadband service for every American over the next few years.
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This decision marks a missed opportunity to respect Tribal sovereignty over their spectrum resources — and comes at the cost of the much-needed spectrum Tribes could use to provide broadband access to their communities. Read our statement from Gov Affairs Policy Advocate @natpurser.bsky.social:
Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Include Tribal Priority Window in Next Spectrum Auction
Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.
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NEW from me and @jessicadine.bsky.social in @lightreading.bsky.social — the federal government is investing $42B to connect every American. but at the same time, Congress is preparing to auction the spectrum the new networks rely on. that contradiction could undermine the entire BEAD program. 🧵
Among the many problems with the GOP’s Big Broken Bill: its sole AI safety provision doesn’t regulate AI — it prevents states from doing so. Congress creates a void, then blocks anyone from filling it.
🚨 Today, the US Department of Commerce announced that it is reallocating the $42 billion in funds for the BEAD program in a way that steers communities away from fiber internet & towards slower, costlier tech like LEO satellite service – threatening reliable, affordable broadband for all Americans.
100%. Messaging needs to be clear and forceful. This is bad and it will not help workers.
I wrote about Ezra Klein's "abundance" and how when it came to his examples in broadband, he had no idea what he was actually talking about:
Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle
We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. Managed by the NTIA and individual s…
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Here's a level-headed look at the consequences of giving half or more of the $42.5 billion Congress authorized for broadband to satellite. @natpurser.bsky.social lays out the stakes for ensuring universal robust connectivity if the Administration changes course. publicknowledge.org/slowing-bead...
Slowing BEAD to Speed Up Satellites: Evaluating Trade-Offs in Rural Connectivity
After years of delay, BEAD funds are finally ready for deployment — but a proposed last-minute rule change threatens to halt the program once again.
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The $42B Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program is at a crossroads. States spent years crafting their broadband plans, but new proposals from the Commerce Department could rewrite the rules — and redirect billions from fiber networks to LEO services like Starlink. 🧵
Slowing BEAD To Speed Up Satellites One-Pager
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🚨 Big SCOOP 🚨 Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year, per sources, as taxpayers and businesses see the Trump admin as less likely to challenge tax cheats. That'd be **$500 BILLION** in lost revenue. It'd nearly double the tax gap in a single year.
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS
Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.
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i’ll be honest, i think equating land use reform with neoliberal deregulation and building code reform with tenements is a clear indication that the anti-YIMBYs are not particularly interested in solving the problem of high housing costs
i would like to thank Mr Miyazaki for keeping the healthy / productive Sub vs Dub discourse active all these years
Hello! I wrote about the government's efforts to address discrimination in broadband deployment for The Verge. Activists are thrilled the government has finally formally acknowledged the problem, but remain skeptical the FCC will ever take consistent action:
The battle to stop broadband discrimination has only just begun
“With big ambitions, do you guys have teeth?”
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