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The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it (theverge.com)

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Alex Karp Insists Palantir Doesn't Spy on Americans. Here's What He's Not Saying (theintercept.com)

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Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks (theverge.com)

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The worst possible antitrust outcome (pluralistic.net)

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[flagged] America Tips into Fascism (doomsdayscenario.co)

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Trump's tax-and-spending bill passes Congress in major win for president (theguardian.com)

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There's No Undo Button for Our Fallen Democracy (kottke.org)

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US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders (theguardian.com)

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RFK Jr. is coming for your vaccines (theverge.com)

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Hollywood Is Already Using AI (and Hiding It) (vulture.com)

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Doge Is Busier Than Ever–and Trump Says Elon Musk Is 'Not Leaving' (wired.com)

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Private equity kills companies and communities (theverge.com)

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The Golden Age of Scams (prospect.org)

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Forcing Bank Deposits to Subsidize Stablecoins: The Genius Act (creditslips.org)

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Discord Unveiled: A Comprehensive Dataset of Public Communication (2015-2024) (arxiv.org)

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New Trump vaccine policy limits access to Covid shots (apnews.com)

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Charter to buy Cox for $21.9B in mega cable deal (reuters.com)

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Kids Online Safety Act is back (theverge.com)

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AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state (theverge.com)

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Trump names Todd Blanche acting librarian of Congress (apnews.com)

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President Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden (apnews.com)

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Death Is the Policy (theverge.com)

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The FDIC Dismantling Is Underway (criticalresistance.substack.com)

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How to Not Get Poisoned in America (buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich)

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Brendan Carr's FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine (theverge.com)

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Brendan Carr's FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine (theverge.com)

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Musk Goons Purged Living U.S. Citizens from Social Security (thedailybeast.com)

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Grand plan for Penn Station could give glimpse of NYC's transit hub's future (nypost.com)

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CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets (prospect.org)

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Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers (prospect.org)

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The CFPB Has Been Gutted (wired.com)

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Amazon's Vega OS inches closer to launch (lowpass.cc)

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Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship US Citizens to El Salvador (rollingstone.com)

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The Fiscal and Economic Effects of the Revised April 9 Tariffs (yale.edu)

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Tariff Calculator: estimate how much the tariffs will affect your grocery list (replit.app)

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Why DOGE is dismantling the CFPB (theverge.com)

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Owning my own data, part 1: Integrating a self-hosted calendar solution (emilygorcenski.com)

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How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You (nytimes.com)

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Trump, Doge Are Trying to Get Around Privacy Laws to Gather Your Personal Info (rollingstone.com)

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Framework temporarily pausing some laptop sales in the US due to tariffs (fosstodon.org)

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Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg (politico.com)

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Under Trump and Musk, billionaires wield influence over US national security (theguardian.com)

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Microsoft CEOs interrupted by another employee protestor: 'shame on all of you' (theverge.com)

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Trump unleashes 10% global tariffs, with higher reciprocal rates (axios.com)

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It's Unreal Just How Awful 'Real ID' Is (2020) (zocalopublicsquare.org)

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Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down (cjr.org)

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Notes on the Pentium's microcode circuitry (righto.com)

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The Tariff Man Is Coming for America's Entrepreneurs (theatlantic.com)

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Democrats' Attack on Section 230 Plays Right into Trump's Censorial Plans (techdirt.com)

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A nephew's CD burner inspired early Valve to embrace DRM (arstechnica.com)

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Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down (washingtonpost.com)

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Fired FTC commissioner warns of the 'corrupting influence of billionaires' (theverge.com)

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Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie 'Glory' erased from Pentagon website (taskandpurpose.com)

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Democratic FTC commissioners say they were illegally fired by President Trump (theverge.com)

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But how to get to that European cloud? (berthub.eu)

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Elon Musk's 'Digital Coup' (wired.com)

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Inside CISA as It Reels from Trump's Purge (wired.com)

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Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died (eff.org)

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Social Security Administration Cuts Will Affect You (prospect.org)

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Why Ruth Marcus Left the Washington Post (newyorker.com)

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Crypto reserves: no public good, no principles (citationneeded.news)

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Senator Ron Wyden on why the internet still needs Section 230 (theverge.com)

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Even Your Hobbies Aren't Safe from Trump's Tariff Chaos (slate.com)

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Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says (arstechnica.com)

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Trump admin wants to review all prospective citizens' social media accounts (theverge.com)

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Due to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may "simply not get made" (arstechnica.com)

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White House to overhaul $42.5B internet plan – likely to Elon Musk's advantage (theguardian.com)

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The FDIC Is Being Dismantled–Most Won't Realize Until It's Too Late (criticalresistance.substack.com)

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Explainer on Trump's tariffs (theverge.com)

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NYT vs. Sullivan: Will the Landmark Defamation Ruling Survive? (nytimes.com)

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[flagged] The full force of this administration's destruction is about to hit (thehandbasket.co)

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Trump administration shutters online form for student debt repayment (theguardian.com)

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[flagged] The Doge Takeover Is Worse Than You Think (wired.com)

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While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize Demolishing Section 230? (techdirt.com)

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Elon Musk's first month of destroying America will cost us decades (theverge.com)

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[dupe] Doge Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency (wired.com)

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America Needs a Working-Class Media (cjr.org)

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Women who made America's microchips and the children who paid for it (theverge.com)

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You can never go back (garbageday.email)

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The Country That Was Here Is Gone (defector.com)

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The FCC is a weapon in Trump's war on free speech (theverge.com)

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San Francisco unveils marble bust of Aaron Swartz (sfstandard.com)

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Elon Musk's presidency is just getting started (theverge.com)

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The biggest breach of US Government data is under way (techcrunch.com)

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The tech oligarchy has been here for years (bloodinthemachine.com)

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A TikTok ban is a gift to Meta and Instagram (404media.co)

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Microsoft won't support Office apps on Windows 10 after October 14th (theverge.com)

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[flagged] Yeah, America can still build stuff (jabberwocking.com)

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Microsoft would like you to replace your old Windows 10 PCs this year (arstechnica.com)

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Olivia Hussey Has Died (sfchronicle.com)

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Greg Gumbel Has Died (cbsnews.com)

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America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic (kffhealthnews.org)

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Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won't hear challenge to $15 broadband law (arstechnica.com)

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Tesla Cybertruck: The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels (texasmonthly.com)

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Trump eyes privatizing US Postal Service, citing financial losses (washingtonpost.com)

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Tcl TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads (arstechnica.com)

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Do G-Rated Films Even Make Sense Anymore? (tedium.co)

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Location data firm helps police find out when suspects visited their doctor (arstechnica.com)

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Weakened US public broadcasters will fight for their lives in 2025 (semafor.com)

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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber isn't ruling out advertising (techcrunch.com)