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Curated Hacker News<p>DOGE's "Efficiency" Theater: Wasted $21.7B While Destroying Life-Saving Programs</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/08/doges-efficiency-theater-wasted-21-7-billion-while-destroying-life-saving-programs-based-on-conspiracy-theories/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/08/08/doges-</span><span class="invisible">efficiency-theater-wasted-21-7-billion-while-destroying-life-saving-programs-based-on-conspiracy-theories/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a></p>
Pseudonymous :antiverified:<p>Each week there are usually a few good articles coming across <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechDirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechDirt</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opinion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-b</span><span class="invisible">ack-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About | Techdirt<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/114135" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/114135</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikeMasnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeMasnick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vpn</span></a></p>
Curated Hacker News<p>FCC abandons efforts to make U.S. broadband fast and affordable</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/trump-fcc-abandons-efforts-to-make-u-s-broadband-fast-and-affordable/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/08/05/trump-</span><span class="invisible">fcc-abandons-efforts-to-make-u-s-broadband-fast-and-affordable/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a></p>
Just Jim<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/16/how-one-1990s-browser-decision-created-big-techs-data-monopolies-and-how-we-might-finally-fix-it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/16/how-on</span><span class="invisible">e-1990s-browser-decision-created-big-techs-data-monopolies-and-how-we-might-finally-fix-it/</span></a></p>
Curated Hacker News<p>Fascism for First Time Founders</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascis</span><span class="invisible">m-for-first-time-founders/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a></p>
Curated Hacker News<p>DHS: Filming Cops, ICE Officers Is a 'Violent Tactic'</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/18/dhs-filming-cops-ice-officers-is-a-violent-tactic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/18/dhs-fi</span><span class="invisible">lming-cops-ice-officers-is-a-violent-tactic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a></p>
PhilipTheBucket<p><strong>Fascism For First Time Founders</strong></p> <p><a href="https://quokk.au/post/122712" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">quokk.au/post/122712</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Curated Hacker News<p>Fascism for First Time Founders</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascis</span><span class="invisible">m-for-first-time-founders/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a></p>
Curated Hacker News<p>Who Goes MAGA?</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/who-goes-maga/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/08/who-go</span><span class="invisible">es-maga/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a></p>
free<p><strong>Comcast President Realizes How Their Bullshit Prices/Fees Have Them Losing Customers</strong></p> <p><a href="https://rss.ponder.cat/post/174652" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rss.ponder.cat/post/174652</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
free<p><strong>Microsoft Is Dedicated To Building A Dodgy New Database Of Every Windows 11 User’s Online Behaviors</strong></p> <p><a href="https://rss.ponder.cat/post/162790" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rss.ponder.cat/post/162790</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chris Merle<p>Even If Those Weren’t War Plans In Hegseth’s Signal Chat, They Were War Crimes</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/even-if-those-werent-war-plans-in-hegseths-signal-chat-they-were-war-crimes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/27/even-i</span><span class="invisible">f-those-werent-war-plans-in-hegseths-signal-chat-they-were-war-crimes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechDirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechDirt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StupidCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StupidCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>In a speech at the High Court of King Diarmaid in 6th Century Ireland, St. Columba aka Colmcille advocated for the right to copy books ~1500 years before the Budapest Open Access Initiative (Ray Corrigan, 2007 <a href="http://oro.open.ac.uk/10332/1/GIKII_Colmcille_final.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">oro.open.ac.uk/10332/1/GIKII_C</span><span class="invisible">olmcille_final.pdf</span></a>).</p><p>Diarmaid ruled against him; Colmcille's subsequent rebellion led to 3000 deaths in the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_C%C3%BAl_Dreimhne" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o</span><span class="invisible">f_C%C3%BAl_Dreimhne</span></a></p><p>More in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span>'s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/TechDirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechDirt</span></a> article: <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2009/08/20/the-very-first-copyright-trial-in-6th-century-ireland-sounds-really-familiar/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2009/08/20/the-ve</span><span class="invisible">ry-first-copyright-trial-in-6th-century-ireland-sounds-really-familiar/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/StColumba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StColumba</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Colmcille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colmcille</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a></p>
Yappari<p>Why <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TechDirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechDirt</span></a> is Now a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> Blog Whether We Like It or Not -</p><p>Important piece by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span> </p><p>“the story that matters most is how the dismantling of American institutions threatens everything else we cover. When the fundamental structures that enable innovation, protect civil liberties, and foster open dialogue are under attack, every other tech policy story becomes secondary.”</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-te</span><span class="invisible">chdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
husbandpanda 🐼<p>Hello world! <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> - I'm a <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/techie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techie</span></a> who reads up on <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a>, especially stuff like <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/popehat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popehat</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/techdirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techdirt</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/emptywheel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emptywheel</span></a> . Also a <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/cellist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cellist</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/programmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programmer</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/monitoringengineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monitoringengineer</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/networkengineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkengineer</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/proudpapa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proudpapa</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/algotrader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algotrader</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/foodie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodie</span></a> , <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> . I care about things like encryption standards and when government encourages censorship. I always appreciate a conversation! Help me find some folks with a boost!</p>
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