Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not/
Comments
(and yes i'm buying a Nerd Harder shirt to support you)
Thank you thank you thank you for many years of considered onlining of Earth's society.
Appreciate that you are calling out the view-from-nowhere nonsense as the dodge that it is.
(Hard disagree with your stance on TikTok.)
People have felt comfortable tuning out the fundamentals in favor of work, hobbies, play—so here we are.
No one lives outside political realities—I hope the mass delusion is over
You simply can't get away from politics, because it is in just about everything we took for granted.
(And yes, I know that and $2 will get you a cup of coffee. For now.)
Someone will need to build back what’s fucked after this and slap down the consolidation of power; the messaging needs to start now.
It is a topic that you have covered within the Tech & Free Speech framework. This is just an expansion of that work.
Thank you for stepping up and filling a media void
Another amazing piece you must read
for saying all the things that need to be said out loud.
Do not stop. We are at a crossroads if we’re lucky, and honestly way past it.
“We need someone like Elon and his algorithms and expertise to fix government”
- Speaker Mike Johnson on ABC this AM
It's pathetic watching the Musk/Thiel kneelboys on Hacker News censor the comments.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43262912
Keep up the great work, and - no pressure - but you’re one of the only bulwarks left for democracy!
Of course SV is a big driver of the current dysfunctional federal government (not just Musk).
Your work really speaks for itself.
I refuse to accept the right's patently false framing, it's absurd arguing against something that's not even real.
Thanks for seeing it and stepping up. You're very important right now. 💙
You're cranking out great material.
Fight the good fight.