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carlmalamud
@yeswescan.org
Practitioner of edicts of government at Public.Resource.Org.
In May, a Watch Duty reporter was flying United into LAX when he spotted the Sandy Fire below. He photographed it from his window seat and sent the image straight to the reporters covering the fire on the ground.
Posted the docket for our suit against the Consumer Products Safety Commission. @eff.org and Harvard Cyberclinic are representing us. law.resource.org/pub/us/code/... ht @cbavitz.bsky.social
1:26-cv-00874-TSC: Public.Resource.Org, Inc. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission
law.resource.org
Nice blog post by @archive.org on our Optical Music Recognition work. blog.archive.org/2026/07/22/b...
Bringing Forgotten Music Back to Life with Optical Music Recognition | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
Went to the annual Wine Country to the Rescue fundraiser. The event begins with the presentation of the colors and then the President of the California Senate (a local boy!) is the auctioneer. The event raises close to $1m a year.
We signed an agreement with the Government of Karnataka to digitize and post 18,000 rare archeology books in the Mysore Palace library. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa... ht @omshivaprakash.bsky.social
18,000 rare books, 1,000 archives in Mysuru to go digital
The Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Government of Karnataka, and the Anubhava Mantapa Servants of Knowledge Association (“Servants of Knowledge”) have entered into a memorandum of und...
thehindu.com
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Here's some pieces I wrote for the trade press, mostly from 1990-1992. archive.org/details/RT-F...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
We sued the State of Oregon under the state constitution for their process of delegating distribution of the law (public safety codes) to private parties. Our case was dismissed for lack of standing. We have vigorously appealed. law.resource.org/pub/us/code/...
24CV30573: Public.Resource.Org, Inc. v. Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services
law.resource.org
WASHINGTON—Claiming there were strings of explosive devices planted throughout the National Mall, President Donald Trump reportedly attempt to cover up low attendance at the Great American State Fair this week by calling in a bomb threat.
Palantir Acquires Pentagon For $800 Billion https://theonion.com/palantir-acquires-pentagon-for-800-billion/
Oh no. Very sad to learn that @om.co has passed. He and I started tech reporting (and blogging) around the same time, and we used to compare notes frequently back in the day. om.co/2026/06/24/1...
Om Malik, 1966-2026
Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. We invite you to share your remembrances of Om in th…
om.co
A single source of truth. paragraph.com/@exmachina/a... From my colleagues Rahul Matthan and Manish Sabharwal.
A Single Source of Truth
Ignorance of the law is no excuse only if the State first makes the law knowable. India has never held up that side of the bargain, and the single, authoritative source of truth for every rule is the ...
paragraph.com
My piece in @thehindu.com. Why Government Standards Should Be Public www.thehindu.com/news/nationa... Do like Ashoka did.
No one should own the law: why government standards should be public
Explore the necessity of publicly accessible government standards to strengthen democracy and ensure public safety in India.
thehindu.com
58,000 people watching the livestream. Feels like we could get this to a million in the next hour. Would make a great headline.
LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens
YouTube video by MS NOW
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I’m very excited. After over two years on the waiting list, I have now been accepted to the @ranchogordo.bsky.social bean club. They have a rigorous vetting process, it’s a high honor to have been selected. Let the legumes roll down like waters until righteousness becomes a mighty stream.
Transaction Denied, a new book by former EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman from @beaconpress.bsky.social, asks the question: Is it ever OK for financial intermediaries to act as the arbiters of online expression?
Former EFF Activism Director's New Book, Transaction Denied, Explores What Happens When Financial Companies Act like Censors
Transaction Denied sheds new light on a serious problem that often hides in the shadows, and pushes us to ask an increasingly important question: “Is it ever OK for financial intermediaries to act as ...
eff.org
Kudos to @lesliestreet.bsky.social and @archive.org for making this happen. Substantial gift from William and Mary, substantial effort by the Internet Archive.
🧵 U.S. Supreme Court filings reveal the real-world consequences of laws, informing decisions such as Loving v. Virginia. 125,000+ such records & briefs are now accessible due to a gift from @WolfLawLibrary.bsky.social at William & Mary Law School. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
🧵 U.S. Supreme Court filings reveal the real-world consequences of laws, informing decisions such as Loving v. Virginia. 125,000+ such records & briefs are now accessible due to a gift from @WolfLawLibrary.bsky.social at William & Mary Law School. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
“J Edgar Boozer” …. lol.
He is such a deeply unserious person. You could deduce that from his Government Gangsters list (which I’m on)—from the mere existence of it to its errant tabs and odd formatting. And now J Edgar Boozer is giving out branded liquor. Cool. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Sigh. Takedown from Indian Roads Congress. These docs have been there for 11 years. law.resource.org/pub/in/irc.g...
law.resource.org
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/
FYI, I have been officially notified that the Official Tennessee Code Annotated has been modified with the following addition: “Cast iron cookware is designated and adopted as the official frontier cookware of this state.” News you can use.
Thought I had made it through the week, sat down to thumb through the news. He fired the National Science Board. democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
Ranking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov