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Dave Winer
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I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now.

http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html
For a brief while the Dems in the Senate resisted. It worked. Put up a wall and dare Trump to show who his hostages are. Reveal his terrorism. Force reporters to cover it. And pollsters, add "Police state" to one of the ...
With a Day to Think About It
I wrote last night’s post fresh off the news that at least...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
No doubt this will comfort people flying re the safety of air travel in the US. www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
No doubt tech companies are going to keep inserting AI into all the nooks and crannies and ridiculous places that we never wanted them. New forms of in shit if vacation. Oh, they will be very innovative and we will wish they would just go away.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves. www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider.
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider
We don’t know the minute when X started throttling links to news,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Democrats refusing to let the Repubs advance was resistance. Finally those coward actors were being leaders. they Had joined the No Kings parade. Until their boss called and told them enough, so they called it off. The big 8.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early.
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early - emptywheel
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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I was in downtown LA last night and witnessed someone honking furiously at a Waymo for not making a right on red and it felt like it really captured our moment.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Kitchen Table Issues
@9mmballpoint.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
But AI is not intelligent, it simulates intelligence. If you actually try to work wit it, you learn this eventually. www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
OpenAI should buy one of the streaming services and let us use ChatGPT to plan out a years worth of viewing with no duds. The way we choose video now is like cavemen compare to how it could work.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is the new frontier — AI impersonating users, without permission, by Google. Amazing this story isn’t in all the big news orgs. scripting.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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This is the new frontier — AI impersonating users, without permission, by Google. Amazing this story isn’t in all the big news orgs. scripting.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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when interviewed why don't the democrats say it this way.

"we'll vote to fund the government when the repubs turn health care back on, and btw also food for US citizens."

make it really clear, repetitively, that the repubs could end this by doing the right thing, being human, not being terrorists.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
when interviewed why don't the democrats say it this way.

"we'll vote to fund the government when the repubs turn health care back on, and btw also food for US citizens."

make it really clear, repetitively, that the repubs could end this by doing the right thing, being human, not being terrorists.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Most people detained by ICE are being housed in sprawling complexes in rural areas, where the land is cheap and the protests are few.
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench.
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Fall in Central Park is magical
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
this wins the award for density of lies.
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Hollywood’s Freelance Revolution Is Coming for Everyone.
Hollywood’s Freelance Revolution Is Coming for Everyone
Or where does the structure go when you outsource all the jobs
filament.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Hollywood’s Freelance Revolution Is Coming for Everyone.
Hollywood’s Freelance Revolution Is Coming for Everyone
Or where does the structure go when you outsource all the jobs
filament.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
gmail now insists on writing my replies for me. if i want to say something else i have to delete their reply.

i've tried turning off all the settings i can find and it keeps doing this.
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM