"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate (www.salon.com)
Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there (walledculture.org)
The New York Times tried to block the Internet Archive: another reason to value the latter (walledculture.org)
Pornhub Sues Texas Over Age Verification Law (www.vice.com)
Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought (nymag.com)
Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike (www.vice.com)
Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection (www.thenation.com)
Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
Republicans Are Acting Like 2024 Is Their Last Campaign (nymag.com)
"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate (www.salon.com)
Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media (gizmodo.com)
The ‘AOC Left’ Has Achieved Plenty (nymag.com)
Bluesky federation goes live (bsky.social)
Skyrocketing bluesky engagement since opening to the public (lemmy.world)
Tesla is the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 this year (qz.com)
Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there (walledculture.org)
Oliver Anthony and the Incoherence of Right-Wing Populism (nymag.com)
What Happens, Exactly, If Trump Is Sentenced to Prison? (nymag.com)
The New York Times tried to block the Internet Archive: another reason to value the latter (walledculture.org)
Why Are People Frightened That Kids Will Learn About Sex? (www.currentaffairs.org)
With democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its ways (www.theguardian.com)
People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not To. (gizmodo.com)
Want to watch porn in Britain? Get your passport ready (www.politico.eu)
Tesla is the next biggest union target in the United States. Sorry, Elon Musk (www.theguardian.com)
You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk (defector.com)
Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far (www.techdirt.com)
Elon Musk hosted an ‘anti-Biden’ dinner party. Here’s who attended (www.independent.co.uk)
Facebook's Threads is so depressing (jogblog.substack.com)