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American Diabetes Association Fucked Up Real Bad Trying To Placate Trump Administration
Published: June 13, 2026 02:39
As we near the halfway point in the second Trump presidential term, thereās something that is worth remembering: Donald Trump, like most nasty viruses, is a temporary condition. Trumpism may not be, though I have my doubts as to how long a cult ofā¦
And Now Basically Everyone In This LEGO Dispute Looks Sketchy
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/12/and-now-basically-everyone-in-this-lego-dispute-looks-sketchy/
Published: June 12, 2026 23:33
A couple weeks ago I wrote 6,000 words about the Reckless Ben/Bricks & Minifigs LEGO mess and concluded that pretty much everyone involved had made serious mistakes ā with the Utah contingent (Bricks & Minifigs corporate, Joshua Johnson, Brandon Best, andā¦
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Cupertino dāĆtat
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/12/ctrl-alt-speech-cupertino-detat/
Published: June 12, 2026 20:07
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderationās Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice ā or goā¦
Michigan Lawmakers Want To Ban Chinese-Tagged Vehicles From Even Visiting The State. You Know, For Privacy.
Published: June 12, 2026 18:07
Michigan lawmakers are pushing legislation that wouldnāt just ban the sales of Chinese-made cars in the The Great Lakes State, it would ban cars with Chinese tags from even visiting. The Protecting America From Chinese Cars Act joins the Connected Vehicleā¦
Daily Deal: The Learn to Code with React Bundle
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/12/daily-deal-the-learn-to-code-with-react-bundle-4/
Published: June 12, 2026 18:02
The Learn to Code with React Bundle has 9 courses to help you learn more about React, Redux, and JavaScript. Used by the likes of Instagram, Facebook, Netflix, and Imgur, React is an efficient and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.ā¦
Bill Introduced That Would Codify The Right To Record Federal Law Enforcement Officers
Published: June 12, 2026 16:34
Good news! (Maybe?) Federal legislators have introduced a bill that, if passed, would finally guarantee the right to record law enforcement officers. Hereās Reasonās CJ Ciaramella with the details: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (DāConn.) and Rep. Maxwell Frostā¦
Cable Lobbyists Show How Trump FCCās Extortive āForeign Router Banā Isnāt Workable
Published: June 12, 2026 12:27
Back in MarchĀ I noted howĀ the Trump FCC under Brendan Carr had announced a ānew banā on all routers made overseas (which is pretty much all of them). At the time we also noted how this was less of a ban and more of a shakedown, with router manufacturersā¦
Bill Cassidy: Unaccountable & Tone Deaf On RFK Jr.
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/11/bill-cassidy-unaccountable-tone-deaf-on-rfk-jr/
Published: June 12, 2026 02:51
It appears Bill Cassidy is going to make every effort to ignore his own culpability for RFK Jr. on his way out the door. In case you need to be reminded, Cassidy was a key, if not deciding vote to confirm RFK Jr. to his current role as Secretary of HHS.ā¦
US Researchers Say Trumpās Attack On Science Has Resulted In Self-Censorship
Published: June 11, 2026 22:30
This article is republished fromĀ The ConversationĀ under a Creative Commons license. Read theĀ original article. The American academic research engine has long been theĀ envy of the world.Ā Generally well-funded, labs in the United States have been able toā¦
Apparently One Dismissed Speech-Suppressing SLAPP Suit Wasnāt Enough For Matt Taibbi
Published: June 11, 2026 20:14
To lose one speech-suppressing SLAPP suit may be regarded as thoughtless. To lose two looks like youāre a censorial hack. Last month we wrote about how supposed āfree speech warriorā Matt Taibbi (who spent years misrepresenting the work of people who studyā¦
Why Googleās New AI-Saturated Search Page Will Be A Disaster
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/11/why-googles-new-ai-saturated-search-page-will-be-a-disaster/
Published: June 11, 2026 18:05
Google didnāt invent full-text search of the Internet ā that honor belongs to early pioneers such asĀ WebCrawler,Ā LycosĀ andĀ AltaVista. But for the last 25 years or so, Google has been synonymous with online searching, providing the quickest and mostā¦
Daily Deal: The Complete Photoshop Master Class Bundle
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/11/daily-deal-the-complete-photoshop-master-class-bundle-8/
Published: June 11, 2026 18:00
Itās no secret that Photoshop can be a bit dense when youāre first getting your feet wet with it. Thatās why it pays to have a expert instructors show you the ropes. Led by a Photoshop pro, the Complete Photoshop Master Class Bundle will help you masterā¦
ICE Officers Break Cameras. Cops Steal Them. Welcome To New Jersey.
Published: June 11, 2026 16:25
If federal officers are going to murder another person, it will likely happen here. Newark, New Jersey is the newest battleground for the administration, as Trump goes to war with his own constituents. The foundation was laid months ago, when ICE officersā¦
Brendan Carr Prepares To Make Broadband Shittier, Censored, And More Expensive For U.S. School Kids
Published: June 11, 2026 12:27
Iāve noted repeatedly how the Trump administration is going out of its way to not only destroy all oversight of the countryās shitty and predatory telecom monopolies, but to eliminate any and all systems that try to ensure that U.S. broadband access isā¦
RFK Jr. Talks About How Great A Job Heās Doing Managing The Measles Outbreak
Published: June 11, 2026 03:02
Cases of measles in American continue to rise. As of June 5th of this year, the official case count in the country stood at 2,030 confirmed cases. In 2025ās record breaking year for measles cases, the most weād had in 3 decades, there were 2,288 confirmedā¦
Californiaās AB 412 Still Demands AI Developers Do The Impossible
Published: June 10, 2026 22:34
California lawmakers areĀ againĀ consideringĀ A.B. 412, a bill that would require AI developers to identify and disclose copyrighted works used to train generative AI systems. The problem this year is theĀ same as last year: itās practically impossible toā¦
LAPD Apparently Has Its Own Internal Cop Gang Problem
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/10/lapd-apparently-has-its-own-internal-cop-gang-problem/
Published: June 10, 2026 20:30
The more things change, the more they remain the same. That could be said of anywhere in this country, now that the Trump administration is trying to turn the clock back to 1940, if not 1840. But itās especially true in Los Angeles, where law enforcementā¦
Beneath The Enshittification, Something Amazing Is Growing
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/10/beneath-the-enshittification-something-amazing-is-growing/
Published: June 10, 2026 18:02
Last month Terry Godier published a great essay on his website about āthe boring internet,ā discussing how the internet that many of us grew up with, the wonderful, empowering, exciting internet that moved power to the edges of the network rather than theā¦
Daily Deal: The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle featuring Databricks
Published: June 10, 2026 17:57
The 2026 Data Engineering Bundle has 7 online courses designed to help learners build skills that align directly with industry expectations.Ā The focus is on practical tools and languages used by data professionals: Python for programming, Pandas and NumPyā¦
ICE Wants To Hand Out Its Unproven Facial Recognition Tech To Thousands Of Cops
Published: June 10, 2026 16:28
The Trump administration has thrown billions at purging non-white people from this country. Most of that has ended up in the hands of ICE, which has ā in turn ā thrown hundreds of millions at a number of private companies offering bespoke and/orā¦
Supreme Court Surprisingly Backs FCC Effort To Punish AT&T, Verizon For Spying On Public Location Data
Published: June 10, 2026 12:31
On one hand, the Trump administration wants to destroy most corporate oversight, consumer protection, labor rights, and regulatory autonomy. On the other hand, the administration very much wants to abuse government power and wield regulatory oversight inā¦
Trump Attempts To EO America Into Mimicking Denmarkās Vaccination Schedules
Published: June 10, 2026 03:03
Back in January of this year, RFK Jr. clearly strong armed the CDC into changing the childhood vaccination schedules in America to mimic those of Denmark. The public messaging was crafted to sound as reasonable as possible and amounted to a claim thatā¦
Pulte Appointment Underscores Need To Reform Section 702 Spying
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/09/pulte-appointment-underscores-need-to-reform-section-702-spying/
Published: June 9, 2026 22:34
President Trumpās highly politicized appointment of an entirely unqualified acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) underscores why the governmentās warrantless mass spying power must be reformed.Ā Congress now faces a deadline of Friday, June 12 toā¦
Techdirt Podcast Episode 452: How To Stop Good Companies From Going Bad
Published: June 9, 2026 20:30
Support us on PatreonĀ Ā» The concept of āenshittificationā has helped illuminate why companies and their products so often get worse over time, but the causes of this process are complex and multifaceted. In his new book Incorruptible, author Eric Riesā¦
CEOs Who Think AI Replaces Their Employees Are Just Bad CEOs
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/09/ceos-who-think-ai-replaces-their-employees-are-just-bad-ceos/
Published: June 9, 2026 18:11
In the last three months Iāve had people forward me four separate examples of a CEO losing his or her mind over AI. Whatās been striking to me is the similarity in each case: It would be an āall handsā email in which the CEO talks up how amazing LLM toolsā¦
Daily Deal: The Ultimate Python & Artificial Intelligence Bundle
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/09/daily-deal-the-ultimate-python-artificial-intelligence-bundle-7/
Published: June 9, 2026 18:06
The Ultimate Python and Artificial Intelligence Bundle has 9 courses to help you take your Python and AI knowledge to the next level. Youāll learn about data pre-processing and visualization, artificial neural networks, how to use the Keras framework, andā¦
Court Shuts Down Some Trump Racism; Restores Green Cards, Visas To Residents Of āTravel Banā Countries
Published: June 9, 2026 16:32
Trump has loved ātravel bansā since his first term in office. It has nothing to do with making America safer or better and everything to do with making America whiter. People were opposed to Trumpās blanket bans all the way back in 2017, when the heads ofā¦
Meta Admits Its āAIā Helped Hackers Compromise 20,000 Instagram Accounts
Published: June 9, 2026 12:27
So last week we noted how Metaās AI support assistant doled out access to high-profile Instagram accounts after hackers simply asked for it. Outside of using a VPN to match the account holderās region, the hackers didnāt have to do literally anything ofā¦
DOGE Cut Screwworm Fly Monitoring Program From USAID Last Year. Now Theyāre Back In The U.S.
Published: June 9, 2026 03:03
Back in March of 2025, when Elon Musk was spearheading his bullshit DOGE non-agency and running around cutting funding to all kinds of government programs under the notion that they were a blatant waste of taxpayer money, the cuts were so obviouslyā¦
NCOSE CEO Calls Porn A National Security Threat; Urges Federal Obscenity Prosecutions
Published: June 8, 2026 22:08
In totally sane and not-crazy anti-pornography activism news, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) considers online pornography a national security threat. This may be the stupidest thing NCOSE has ever claimed in its decadesā long fascisticā¦
Bari Weiss Asked 60 Minutes To Lie. Scott Pelley Had Already Done Plenty On His Own.
Published: June 8, 2026 17:53
Scott Pelley just gave an interview to the NY Times that reveals two damning things at once: Bari Weiss tried to get him to falsely describe a shooting victim as driving toward the officer who killed her ā and Pelley had already bent over backwards to makeā¦
Daily Deal: Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business for Mac or PC Lifetime License
Published: June 8, 2026 17:48
Get Microsoft Office 2024 for one priceāno monthly subscriptions, no recurring fees. Install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on your PC or Mac, and youāre set. This is the complete Office suite with a one-time purchase model instead ofā¦
Trump-Appointed Judge Refers DOJ Lawyers For Discipline Over Their Anti-Trans Lawfare
Published: June 8, 2026 16:25
Thereās hardly anyone left in the Justice Department that has any deeper desire than just giving Trump what he wants. The few lawyers Trump didnāt purge resigned soon after it became clear the DOJ would be little more than personification of Trumpāsā¦
Trump, Musk, Lutnick, and Bezos Hijacked Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grant Money, Causing A Giant Mess
Published: June 8, 2026 12:27
A quick refresher: There was originally $42.5Ā billionĀ in taxpayer-funded broadband grants headed to the states thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill most Republicans voted against (yetĀ routinely try to take credit for among their constituents). Lastā¦
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/07/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-211/
Published: June 7, 2026 19:00
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment offering a theory about ICEās addiction to masks: Let me suggest a different reasonā¦ Letās say that all of those J6 dumbfucks who livestreamed their crimes, and who now haveā¦
This Week In Techdirt History: May 31st ā June 6th
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/06/this-week-in-techdirt-history-may-31st-june-6th/
Published: June 6, 2026 19:00
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