Daniel Nazer
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Daniel Nazer
@danielnazer.bsky.social
· Nov 12
about 20% of my mutuals on the old hell site (almost all open source software people) transitioned over to Mastodon (where I am mastodon.social/@danielnazer)
maybe 40% of the rest are here
the other 40% either still on the hell site or finally living a micro-blogging-free life of peace and quiet
maybe 40% of the rest are here
the other 40% either still on the hell site or finally living a micro-blogging-free life of peace and quiet
Lotta people making fun of the tangerine toddler here, but before you bring up the ICP and say you learned about magnets in elementary school, you 100% need to know special relativity to understand the fundamentals of electromagnetism.
Coming from Trump, I would rate this as a rare "mostly true."
Coming from Trump, I would rate this as a rare "mostly true."
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lotta people making fun of the tangerine toddler here, but before you bring up the ICP and say you learned about magnets in elementary school, you 100% need to know special relativity to understand the fundamentals of electromagnetism.
Coming from Trump, I would rate this as a rare "mostly true."
Coming from Trump, I would rate this as a rare "mostly true."
Revisiting one of my favorite pieces of writing, Colson Whitehead's "Finally, a Thin President" from November 2008, and wow ...
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Revisiting one of my favorite pieces of writing, Colson Whitehead's "Finally, a Thin President" from November 2008, and wow ...
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9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov
October 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
9th Circuit just made anti-SLAPP laws (like the good ones in California and Nevada) a lot less effective. This is going to lead to a ton of suppressed speech. Stupid and dangerous. Especially now.
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law now. And we won't get one.
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
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Ah so it's not just Larry Ellison and Marc Andreessen, but the Murdochs too?
Remember how the Democrats went all in supporting this idea based on a moral panic? Any of them want to admit they fucked up?
Remember how the Democrats went all in supporting this idea based on a moral panic? Any of them want to admit they fucked up?
Trump on the TikTok deal: "A man named Lachlan is involved. Lachlan Murdoch ... Rupert is probably gonna be in the group."
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ah so it's not just Larry Ellison and Marc Andreessen, but the Murdochs too?
Remember how the Democrats went all in supporting this idea based on a moral panic? Any of them want to admit they fucked up?
Remember how the Democrats went all in supporting this idea based on a moral panic? Any of them want to admit they fucked up?
Overdressed for my first day at Reddit as I’m giving a talk at the Practicing Law Institute later. Didn’t wear a suit though, so at least I’m only slightly overdressed (and slightly underdressed for my talk).
September 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Overdressed for my first day at Reddit as I’m giving a talk at the Practicing Law Institute later. Didn’t wear a suit though, so at least I’m only slightly overdressed (and slightly underdressed for my talk).
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The linked headline's "unexpected" is ridiculous. Every person who worked in this space (specifically, not legislators) said, correctly, that this would happen. It should be replaced with "predicted" or "standard" or "obvious." This is not an untried policy! See also FOSTA/SESTA.
New: I looked at 90 porn sites to test the new age-verification law rewriting the web. The ones following the rules, and scanning visitors' faces, are crumbling, while the lawbreakers are doubling or tripling their traffic. One of many unintended consequences for an experimental tech wapo.st/47QuttW
‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences
The new age-verification laws in the United States and United Kingdom have brought some surprising downsides, including soaring traffic to seedy parts of the web.
wapo.st
August 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The linked headline's "unexpected" is ridiculous. Every person who worked in this space (specifically, not legislators) said, correctly, that this would happen. It should be replaced with "predicted" or "standard" or "obvious." This is not an untried policy! See also FOSTA/SESTA.
As someone whose main thought about Eric Adams during his first mayoral campaign was, wow, he is a really, really WEIRD dude, I personally don’t feel let down by him at all. If anything, I feel like he’s exceeded expectations.
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
As someone whose main thought about Eric Adams during his first mayoral campaign was, wow, he is a really, really WEIRD dude, I personally don’t feel let down by him at all. If anything, I feel like he’s exceeded expectations.
I published a blog post on my second last day as a Mozillian 😢.
A long-running lawsuit in Germany is considering whether ad blockers violate copyright law -- a bad ruling would undermine user choice and create serious risks for privacy and security.
blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/20...
A long-running lawsuit in Germany is considering whether ad blockers violate copyright law -- a bad ruling would undermine user choice and create serious risks for privacy and security.
blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/20...
Is Germany on the Brink of Banning Ad Blockers? User Freedom, Privacy, and Security Is At Risk. – Open Policy & Advocacy
Across the internet, users rely on browsers and extensions to shape how they experience the web: to protect their privacy, improve accessibility, block harmful or intrusive content, and take control ....
blog.mozilla.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I published a blog post on my second last day as a Mozillian 😢.
A long-running lawsuit in Germany is considering whether ad blockers violate copyright law -- a bad ruling would undermine user choice and create serious risks for privacy and security.
blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/20...
A long-running lawsuit in Germany is considering whether ad blockers violate copyright law -- a bad ruling would undermine user choice and create serious risks for privacy and security.
blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/20...
Morning ride up to Mt Davidson with glimpses of Mt Diablo across the Bay through breaks in the fog.
One of my favorite things about San Francisco is the city is like a natural gym.
One of my favorite things about San Francisco is the city is like a natural gym.
August 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Morning ride up to Mt Davidson with glimpses of Mt Diablo across the Bay through breaks in the fog.
One of my favorite things about San Francisco is the city is like a natural gym.
One of my favorite things about San Francisco is the city is like a natural gym.
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Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
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I’ve been strongly criticizing the capitulating law firms, I’m sure as hell not OK with Paramount doing so.
July 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I’ve been strongly criticizing the capitulating law firms, I’m sure as hell not OK with Paramount doing so.
For those enduring the heat wave in the north eastern US you might like to know that it's so cold in San Francisco right now that my central heating just turned on.
It's foggy, windy and 55F outside and my house's thermostat is set to 67F. #SummerInSanFrancisco
It's foggy, windy and 55F outside and my house's thermostat is set to 67F. #SummerInSanFrancisco
June 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For those enduring the heat wave in the north eastern US you might like to know that it's so cold in San Francisco right now that my central heating just turned on.
It's foggy, windy and 55F outside and my house's thermostat is set to 67F. #SummerInSanFrancisco
It's foggy, windy and 55F outside and my house's thermostat is set to 67F. #SummerInSanFrancisco
Warming Hut to Aquatic Park swim (~3 miles). Much less current than expected so much much harder than expected. Took almost twice as long as last year. 🌉🏊♂️🌇
June 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Warming Hut to Aquatic Park swim (~3 miles). Much less current than expected so much much harder than expected. Took almost twice as long as last year. 🌉🏊♂️🌇
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It’s almost like there are really good reasons legitimate law enforcement doesn’t normally operate masked and in civvies.
So according to ICE, there was a pack of armed masked men *pretending* to be them at Dodger Stadium?
Uh ....
Uh ....
This is so pathetic. They really think that we will trust their word over our own eyes, again and again. This kind of Big Lie was far more effective pre-ubiquitous camera phones.
June 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s almost like there are really good reasons legitimate law enforcement doesn’t normally operate masked and in civvies.
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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
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This place is not a place of honor...no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
June 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This place is not a place of honor...no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.
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If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.
Attending a Protest
For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download).
Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountab...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.
I once met John Cusack when he visited EFF and I successfully resisted the temptation to ask him for two dollars. There should be some kind of award for this.
He spent most of the visit happily playing with the office dogs on the patio.
He spent most of the visit happily playing with the office dogs on the patio.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I once met John Cusack when he visited EFF and I successfully resisted the temptation to ask him for two dollars. There should be some kind of award for this.
He spent most of the visit happily playing with the office dogs on the patio.
He spent most of the visit happily playing with the office dogs on the patio.
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Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!
June 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!
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With this news I think it’s safe that I will go down as, by far, the least famous or notable guest to have been on WTF. deadline.com/2025/06/wtf-...
‘WTF With Marc Maron’ To End After Over 15 Years
Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, which has had close to 2,000 episodes since its 2009 launch, will be turning off its microphones in the fall.
deadline.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
With this news I think it’s safe that I will go down as, by far, the least famous or notable guest to have been on WTF. deadline.com/2025/06/wtf-...
Lol
Just this week I did a comically bad job patching a hole in a wall in my house but in my defense my plan is to (hopefully) completely redo that bathroom before too long (and most certainly not do that myself)
Just this week I did a comically bad job patching a hole in a wall in my house but in my defense my plan is to (hopefully) completely redo that bathroom before too long (and most certainly not do that myself)
One thing about homeownership is you spend an afternoon cutting a piece of wood to odd dimensions to cover a hole in the attic floor where someone needed access to the bedroom ceiling, patched it with a piece of particle board that someone stepped through, and covered that with a disintegrating mat.
June 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Lol
Just this week I did a comically bad job patching a hole in a wall in my house but in my defense my plan is to (hopefully) completely redo that bathroom before too long (and most certainly not do that myself)
Just this week I did a comically bad job patching a hole in a wall in my house but in my defense my plan is to (hopefully) completely redo that bathroom before too long (and most certainly not do that myself)
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Ever wonder how many court opinions have (so far) addressed filings with AI-hallucinated material? According to this page, the tally is...
129 across the globe since mid-2023; of which ~90 are from the US
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www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
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129 across the globe since mid-2023; of which ~90 are from the US
🤯
www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
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AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ever wonder how many court opinions have (so far) addressed filings with AI-hallucinated material? According to this page, the tally is...
129 across the globe since mid-2023; of which ~90 are from the US
🤯
www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
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129 across the globe since mid-2023; of which ~90 are from the US
🤯
www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
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