Writers Guild Of America Also Sues Paramount, Citing Looming Merger Layoff Bloodbath
Not long after twelve states sued Paramount claiming its $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers would harm market competition, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) filed their own…
Chinese Users Bid Farewell To AI Companions
fjo3 quotes a report from Agence France-Presse: Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took…
The Halo Defense
Once upon a time, A Relatively Famous Guy On The Internet was accused of having been simultaneously dating multiple women, without those women's knowledge, those women (according…
Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.
Trump quietly clears the road for Musk’s Cybercab
“It’d be wonderful for the United States to have a national set of rules for autonomous driving”
Reactions to Kagan and Barrett’s congressional testimony
Plus, a look at the Trump administration’s new petition for review on Temporary Protected Status.
Wisconsin Commission Finds Musk Likely Broke Law in Handing Out Checks to Voters
Musk gave three voters million-dollar checks, encouraging them to vote in the 2025 state Supreme Court election.
How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter
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ICE Keeps Killing People. Can They Be Held to Account? Legal Expert Weighs In
John Harwood speaks to renowned civil rights leader Maya Wiley. Plus, in the Trump era, is the side of civil rights still winning?
Rubio Wanted To Ban ‘Censors’ From Entering The US. A Court Says He’s The One Censoring.
Last year, the Marco Rubio-run State Department announced that it would start denying visas to people who worked in misinformation/disinformation research, content moderation,…
EFF and ARTICLE 19 Submission to the European Commission on the DSA Trusted Flagger Guidelines
EFF and ARTICLE 19 have submitted joint comments to the European Commission on draft guidelines for the Digital Services Act’s trusted flagger mechanism. Having long advocated for…
The fundamental fallacy of language
Epistemic status: Idea I think is really good; likely not original TLDR: Language is so ridiculously ambiguous and slippery that you should consider interpreting the meanings of…
US Suffered a Major Power Outage Every Month of 2026
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: A Reddit post making the rounds this week claims the U.S. has experienced at least one major power outage every month of 2026 --…
July 15, 2026
Exactly five years ago, on July 15, 2021, I wrote: