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Techdirt Podcast Episode 341: In Defense Of The Global, Open Internet

2 years 10 months ago
There have long been attacks on the global, open nature of the internet. Traditionally these came from authoritarian regimes looking to wall off portions of the internet and exert greater control of them, but lately we’ve also been seeing growing threats from democratic countries in the form of problematic laws and regulations. Recently, we wrote […]
Leigh Beadon

Kunce Campaign Teases Record-Breaking Fundraising Numbers

2 years 10 months ago
The official numbers won't be released until later this week, but an advisor to Lucas Kunce's campaign for U.S. Senate says that they've seen record-breaking fundraising since Friday, when the former Marine announced he'd seek to unseat incumbent Josh Hawley. "This time going in, we're not starting from scratch," Kunce tells the RFT. "I'm not a nobody who's got no money and no connections anymore.
Ryan Krull

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 10 months ago
This is a gorgeous great blue heron that I photographed during my vacation in Virginia. But this was the one that got away. As I approached it for the first time, it flew away before I could get my camera ready—and it was absolutely magnificent in flight. The best I've ever seen. So I moved ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

DHS Adds To The World Of Shot-Spotting Tech, Claims System Is So Foolproof It Can Be Run By One Person

2 years 10 months ago
Shot-spotting tech is notoriously unreliable. The industry leader, ShotSpotter, continues to claim it’s helping solve gun crime even as many law enforcement customers shift from “current” to “former.” In Newark, New Jersey, three-quarters of “gunshots” “detected” by ShotSpotter were false positives. In another city, the failure rate wasn’t quite as spectacular, but it was little […]
Tim Cushing

The Firing Party

2 years 10 months ago
Today on TAP: Literally firing ‘the libs’ is now the strategy and obsession of DeSantis and the Republican House, whether or not it’s legal.
Harold Meyerson