The Death of the Internet and Karim Khan's Inbox The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan is not having a good year, and neither is the ICC in general. It was never an easy job, going after people who commit Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity....
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Three Things: This Week’s Massive Dickhead Award Goes To…
This last week was bad. We were swamped with dickheads, more so than usual, and some of them bigger dickheads than the usual fare. Who won the award for Massive Dickhead?
What Is The Sound of a Dead Bird Xitting?
This post contains observed and speculative material following the reported loss of content circa 2011-2014 at the former bird app. What the hell is going on at Xitter?
Hanging by Meta’s Threads
You may have heard the buzz about Meta’s new microblogging platform, Threads. How will Threads eventually interact with the open source federated universe including Mastodon?
Fertile Ground: Lack of Broadband and Disinformation Proliferation
The lack of broadband infrastructure serving Americans uniformly leaves them prey to disinformation about existential matters. This country needs broadband everywhere.
Long Overdue Policies that Look Obvious in the Age of Pandemic
With the crisis of COVID, policies that long made sense but were considered too radical have become necessary.
Facebook, Hot Seat, Day Two — House Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing
This is a dedicated post to capture your comments about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the House Energy & Commerce Committee today.
Facebook on the Hot Seat Before Senate Judiciary Committee
This is a dedicated post to capture your comments about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon.
Software is a Long Con
Computer systems are poorly built, badly maintained, and often locked in a maze of vendor contracts and outdated spaghetti code that amounts to a death spiral. This is true of nothing else we buy.
King Arthur Slays Internet Traffic to UK’s Tax Haven with Tons of Steel
A liquified petroleum tanker has cut the Isle of Jersey off from most Internet connection by severing three underseas cables.
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