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AN ANALYSIS OF PIYYUTIM – STRUCTURE, CONTENT, AND GRANDEUR

A speech on race triggers the cons.

Google's own researchers argued it was impossible to secure, then they quit.

Plus: Elon Musk, free speech phony.

An apparently necessary update on a classic.

On The Patriarchy, Women's Sexuality, and the Invention of Heterosexuality

Recent moves by Eugen Rochko (known as Gargron on fedi), the CEO of Mastodon-the-non-profit and lead developer of Mastodon-the-software, got some people worried about the outsized influence Mastodon (the software project and the non-profit) has on the rest of the Fediverse. Good. We should be worrie...

Authorities say Harold Thompson, 22, was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of his 26-year-old girlfriend Gabriella Gonzalez in Dallas. Police say Gonzalez returned the night before from Colorado where she had an abortion. KXAS's Alanna Quillen reports.

My take on news, pop culture, sports, and whatever else interests me.

Facebook and Twitter seem less relevant by the day. They may be replaced by new “federated” platforms.

Defamation Is Having A Moment; But Beware The Influx Of Bad Cases by Mike Masnick

Defamation cases are having quite a moment. The threat of a likely loss in a big defamation suit resulted in Fox News settling for $787 million just as trial was set to begin in the Dominion case, And then, this week, we saw E. Jean Carroll win her defamation (and sexual abuse) lawsuit against Donald […]

It was once a political party, now it’s a nihilistic, corrupt, fake populist scam.

Trump calls his supporters to their worst selves.

Stiff competition.

In an unhinged town hall, Donald Trump repeated familiar lies and tested new talking points.

When CNN treated its event as a means of making news, it had already lost the battle.

#AudioEye Is Suing Me by Adrian Roselli

On Wednesday March 8, 2023, a man who turned out to be a process server came to my house and delivered a stack of papers — a 30 page lawsuit from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP along with Buffalo-area firm Phillips Lytle LLP, both representing AudioEye, Inc. The…

The network’s president made an indefensible decision in airing an episode of Trump’s ongoing reality show.

Twitter Launches Not-Actually-Encrypted Encrypted DMs by Mike Masnick

For many months now, Elon has been promising encrypted DMs. And, indeed, we’ve pointed out that he’s absolutely correct that this is an important feature, and one that social media services should offer. The fact that he’s brought it up a bunch and it seemed to be a priority was definitely a good thing, and […]