It's not just that he refused to condemn Ogles and Fine; he endorsed the substance of their vile messages, taking issue only with their "tone," and he introduced a new line of bigotry-fueled conspiracy theory about Muslims wanting to impose sharia law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I have been informed that today marks the 15th anniversary of this video I shot for my alma mater Planet Records in Harvard Square! The store has since moved, but I believe the Fun Wagon is still in use.
That Dem consultants told Gov. Walz to stop calling them “weird” still has me miffed.
At ~$1 billion/day, the US has spent as much on the war in Iran in ten days as the entire FY25 budget for the National Science Foundation ($10 billion).
Trump's FY26 budget request for the agency declined to $3.9 billion, due to a "realignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment."
This is a vitally important issue for the future of global Internet research—really, for all research. Delighted to see @knightcolumbia.org, @protectdemocracy.org, and @thecoalition.bsky.social taking on this fight.
100% And those big institutions that had the $ and power to resist and chose to comply in advance ... they should never live it down.
We are hiring a Head of Global Advocacy and Internet Policy at the Internet Society! This is a rare opportunity to join our team and shape the future of the Internet during one of its most challenging eras. 1/5
I'm really glad that 404 Media correctly called out the "Proton did not provide any information to the FBI" line as disingenuous. It's not a good sign when a provider is more interested in playing semantic games than realistically explaining their threat model.
EPIC Advisory Board members @hartzog.bsky.social and Neil Richards make a strong case for the Massachusetts Legislature to pass the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act in WBUR's Cognoscenti today. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
In Massachusetts, the state law’s deadlines for fulfilling records requests can be ignored, workers can conspire to overestimate costs, elected officials can spend years fighting requests in court, or not bother releasing records at all. @bostonglobe.com
BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.
Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.
More info:
Some AUSA desperately typing in "Does FRAP rule 42 have a takesies-backsies provision" into LexisAI right now.
Michael S. Schmidt • @nytmike x.com NEW and BREAKING: In a major reversal, the Trump admin is NOW trying to walk back its decision to walk away from defending the law firm executive orders in court. DOJ just notified the four fighting law firms that it now intends to continue defending the legality of the orders in court. A day ago, DOJ had a very different position.
You gotta be kidding me
This is fucked up and also an interesting question about right of publicity.
OFFS. When Iran tried to interefere in 2020, researchers caught them and called them out. Then the Benz-Weiss-Taibbi-Musk-Jordan-Trump axis labeled those researchers "censors" ... and set about defunding them and dismantling their organizations.
congress sounds cool i wish it was real
I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change
MuckRock joins press freedom coalition urging court to block FTC’s use of probes to silence critics www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Pete Hegseth went to Princeton and Harvard. Let me go dig up my old thread about how they don’t actually hate universities they just hate ordinary people that aren’t themselves going to them
In a statement to The Crimson, Summers wrote that the decision to leave was “difficult” and that he remained “grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago.” “Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues,” he added.
When academia's stars mistreat people, they're "punished" with relief from teaching, mentoring, and service responsibilities. This frees them to spend more time on the more valued work of research. And dumps less valued responsibilities onto colleagues, making it harder for them to become stars.
MuckRock is hiring! We’re looking for an operations manager to join our transparency team. Fully remote! Full healthcare! And most importantly you get the exclusive blue staff hoodie www.muckrock.com/jobs/operati...
Here's @theintercept.com's counsel David Bralow with more on the Media Matters case, our amicus brief, and the broader retaliation-by-investigation trend we're seeing from the administration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some breaking news in a big FTC location privacy case, FTC v. Kochava Inc. – the parties report that they have reached a settlement subject to final Commission approval.
I definitely did not, nor do I remember anyone doing so. I had forgotten about that provision completely until you mentioned it. (And hi! Hope all’s good!)
Well, the DOJ has done it: they have filed a lawsuit against the University of California over antisemitism.
The complaint contains some falsehoods. But as someone who teaches and writes about Title VII, I'm equally struck by what the complaint doesn't say.
A few thoughts— 🧵
full statehood for DC on demand without apology
The Federal Trade Commission's assault on media bias is itself clearly rife with bias, writes Duke's Philip M. Napoli. But more important — and more concerning — are the ways in which these actions are exploring a range of regulatory rationales to circumvent the First Amendment, he says.
cant.stop.laughing
@freepress.bsky.social opposes this administration's retaliatory investigation into @mmfa.bsky.social.
Today we joined an amicus brief to the DC Circuit opposing this chilling intimidation tactic, that threatens not just Media Matters, but free speech itself.
theintercept.com/2026/02/23/p...
![“[A]ll investigative techniques are subject to abuse and can conceivably be used to oppress citizens and groups, rather than further proper law enforcement goals.” Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press v. AT&T, 593 F.2d 1030, 1064(D.C. Cir. 1978). If such abuse seemed speculative when this Court wrote thosewords, it is no longer. This is the experience of Media Matters. Before this action, theFederal Trade Commission (FTC) had been conspicuously silent on “what, if any, law Media Matters was being investigated for possibly violating, or what conduct of Media Matters is under investigation.” Media Matters for Am. v. FTC, No. 25-5302,2025 WL 2988966 at *10 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 23, 2025) (per curiam) [hereinafter StayOrder]. Instead, the Commission opened an investigation, kept it open, and argues that Media Matters should have no opportunity for judicial oversight unless the FTC itself goes to court. See Media Matters for Am. v. FTC, 805 F. Supp. 3d 105, 112(D.D.C. 2025) (“According to the FTC, a recipient of a CID that violates the First Amendment may only challenge the CID if the FTC chooses to bring suit itself.”);App’t Br. at 15. Under such a rule, the FTC could hang a Subpoena of Damocles over any organization. Forever.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:epjwh24cetnwmqx4kxmpjvyk/bafkreib5tnj4xuwe5j6gsg5ctiu4ccbqd2wv7f7hj552tbgctmtzgnr5ta)
“[A]ll investigative techniques are subject to abuse and can conceivably be used to oppress citizens and groups, rather than further proper law enforcement goals.” Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press v. AT&T, 593 F.2d 1030, 1064(D.C. Cir. 1978). If such abuse seemed speculative when this Court wrote thosewords, it is no longer. This is the experience of Media Matters. Before this action, theFederal Trade Commission (FTC) had been conspicuously silent on “what, if any, law Media Matters was being investigated for possibly violating, or what conduct of Media Matters is under investigation.” Media Matters for Am. v. FTC, No. 25-5302,2025 WL 2988966 at *10 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 23, 2025) (per curiam) [hereinafter StayOrder]. Instead, the Commission opened an investigation, kept it open, and argues that Media Matters should have no opportunity for judicial oversight unless the FTC itself goes to court. See Media Matters for Am. v. FTC, 805 F. Supp. 3d 105, 112(D.D.C. 2025) (“According to the FTC, a recipient of a CID that violates the First Amendment may only challenge the CID if the FTC chooses to bring suit itself.”);App’t Br. at 15. Under such a rule, the FTC could hang a Subpoena of Damocles over any organization. Forever.
I love this brief opening, written by @sellars.bsky.social.
(From our amicus brief filed today in the Media Matters case - you can read the full thing here - www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...)
