Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The problem is that governments and businesses serve vastly different purposes. If public policymakers start mimicking business founders, they will undermine their own ability to address complex societal challenges.</p><p>For startups, the highest priority is rapid iteration, technology-driven disruption, and financial returns for investors. Their success often hinges on solving a narrowly defined problem with a single product, or within a single organization. Governments, by contrast, must tackle complex, interconnected issues like poverty, public health, and national security. Each challenge calls for collaboration across multiple sectors, and careful long-term planning. The idea of securing short-term gains in any of these areas doesn’t even make sense.</p><p>Unlike startups, governments are supposed to uphold legal mandates, ensure the provision of essential services, and enforce equal treatment under the law – more important today than ever. Metrics like market share are irrelevant, because the government has no competitors. Rather than trying to “win,” it should focus on expanding opportunities and promoting the diffusion of best practices. It must be long-term minded, while achieving nimble and flexible structures that can adapt."</p><p><a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/government-should-not-act-like-a-startup-or-business-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-rainer-kattel-2025-04" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">project-syndicate.org/commenta</span><span class="invisible">ry/government-should-not-act-like-a-startup-or-business-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-rainer-kattel-2025-04</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governments</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/StartUps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StartUps</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a></p>
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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"The first step may be to finally recognize that “running government like a business” has always been a red herring. The government is not a business — it is the thing that makes business possible. Unregulated markets frequently fail to produce good businesses so long as we define “good” as beneficial to their customers. And unregulated businesses, as we’ve recently been forced to witness, are even worse at producing good government. As the economist Mariana Mazzucato has long argued, the libertarian CEO types now running Washington are willfully ignorant of just how dependent their industries are on the backbone of public services like roads, telecoms, courts and publicly-funded research — services they have enjoyed largely for free since financial liberalization and business tax cuts have allowed them to shelter the vast majority of their profits.</p><p>Step two is much harder: articulating some positive idea of an activist government in the marketplace. For Doctorow, as for many others, this begins with “a very aggressive antitrust agenda” aimed at breaking up the monopolies that have become powerful enough to capture — and try to replace — the federal government under Trump. “You cannot have a referee who is weaker than the players on the field,” he told me.</p><p>“Anti-government nihilism cannot be countered without a defense of the government’s role in daily life.”</p><p>But there are other, more constructive roles the government could play. Doctorow suggested a federal jobs guarantee that would put a meaningful floor on the value of labor. Or a database of publicly funded, patent-free research, which would compel corporations to support interoperability — what Mazzucato has called, in the context of AI, a “decentralized innovation ecosystem that serves the public good.”"</p><p><a href="https://www.noemamag.com/the-good-society-department/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">noemamag.com/the-good-society-</span><span class="invisible">department/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a></p>
The Signals Network<p>“I feel like in an ideal world, whistleblowers would not exist.” – Sophie Zhang</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sxsw2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sxsw2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techwhistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techwhistleblower</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/i7Q6rCJ5BEg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/i7Q6rCJ5BEg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Signals Network<p>In these uncertain times, it’s crucial to recognize the role of whistleblowers in exposing the truth. From Theranos to Facebook, Uber, Google and OpenAI, their courage has uncovered critical issues within the tech industry.</p><p>Whistleblowers will remain essential in holding Big Tech and governments accountable and protecting them is more important than ever.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whistleblower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SXSW2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SXSW2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techwhistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techwhistleblower</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1e44QwEdg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=9-1e44QwEdg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>How firms use AI, financial, remote work technology examined in AffiniPay ‘2025 Legal Industry Report’ <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/850555/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/850555/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ABAJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABAJournal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a>&Robotics <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Career</span></a>&Practice <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CivilProcedure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilProcedure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/columns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columns</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Deposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deposition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmigrationLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Injury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injury</span></a>&AccidentLaw <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAW</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LegalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegalNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PracticeFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PracticeFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PracticeManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PracticeManagement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PracticeTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PracticeTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TortLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TortLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Trials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trials</span></a>&Litigation <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Trusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trusts</span></a>&Estates</p>
Nonilex<p>“Plaintiffs face a violation of their constitutional rights, which constitutes irreparable harm. Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> servicemembers have sacrificed — some risking their lives — to ensure for others the very <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> rights the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> Ban seeks to deny them,” Reyes wrote, adding that “avoiding constitutional violations is always in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a></p>
B.Blalock<p>Lots of chaos happening right now, but I think this one is important for the legal community to note as it cuts into the infrastructure that makes it possible for a lot of people to be able to do public interest / public service work - especially those of us with lived experience or who do not come to law school / professional school / university with much financial cushion and leave buried in debt. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5321313/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-53213</span><span class="invisible">13/trump-executive-action-public-service-loan-program</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>UC Davis: UC Davis Launches ‘From Labs to Lives’ to Highlight Federally Funded Research. “The University of California, Davis, has launched a website and video series titled, ‘From Labs to Lives,’ to highlight federally funded research, describe how the research benefits the public, and share the consequences to the public if funding is reduced or eliminated.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/uc-davis-uc-davis-launches-from-labs-to-lives-to-highlight-federally-funded-research/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/uc-davis-uc-davis-launches-from-labs-to-lives-to-highlight-federally-funded-research/</a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s business interests…have prompted concerns about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictsOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictsOfInterest</span></a> as he makes important decisions in DC.</p><p>Wed, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a> groups expressed concern that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>’s plans to change the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadband</span></a> program will benefit Musk.</p><p>“Fiber broadband is widely understood to be better than other internet options — like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> — because it delivers significantly faster speeds,” said Drew Garner, dir of policy engagement for nonprofit Benton Inst for Broadband & Society.</p>
Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻<p>I don't like that public entities are giving power to private individuals, but more than that I’m sick of how these individuals have used that power indiscriminately for self-benefit.</p><p>We gave them too much power; now it's time to demand organizations embrace open standards and open platforms.</p><p>In an ideal world, organizations would self-host services for video, microblogging, alerts, newsletters, and so on, like they do with email and web services.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandards</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Become an Anarchist or Forever Hold Your Peace</p><p><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2025/02/21/become-an-anarchist-or-forever-hold-your-peace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2025/02/21/beco</span><span class="invisible">me-an-anarchist-or-forever-hold-your-peace</span></a></p><p>Neither courts nor laws will suffice to halt the descent into autocracy. Massive numbers of people will have to take direct action on their own initiative—in other words, to become anarchists…</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchists</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Forward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forward</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFascism</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Integrity</span></a></p>
9risk 💖🤗<p>La configuración del <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superBowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superBowl</span></a> 🏈 a priori es asunto deportivo, pero antes que nada es meramente comercial y publicitario 📈</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sudayVibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sudayVibes</span></a> 🔺<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicidad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicidad</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicimage</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@quartz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quartz</span></a></span> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@quartz/business-news-gjbtjdrjz/-/a-5sGlWZ_bRJqmuRZyDSSFYg%3Aa%3A7497286-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@quartz/business</span><span class="invisible">-news-gjbtjdrjz/-/a-5sGlWZ_bRJqmuRZyDSSFYg%3Aa%3A7497286-%2F0</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Bilotta<p>I'll be spending the next week in that indispensable scientific activity of “updating your CV/resume”, which I need to do to have an opportunity at a career advance.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicInterest</span></a></p>
Alliance of CivicTechnologists<p>Exciting news! We’re welcoming the next set of cities to the Alliance of Civic Technologists! Stay tuned, as we continue to grow the network, by following or joining the newsletter on our site. </p><p>Want to join? The Alliance of Civic Technologists is now accepting applications for existing organizations and future organization leaders. Apply now, through our website's homepage, to be part of this movement!</p><p>🔗 www.civictechnologists.org</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civictechallies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civictechallies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civictech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civictech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech4good" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech4good</span></a></p>
Dave Fenichel<p>Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.</p><p><a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?pa</span><span class="invisible">th=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1A</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/commonCarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commonCarrier</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicUtilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicUtilities</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicInterest</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicSector</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/journo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journo</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/obituary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obituary</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/factChecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factChecking</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinfo</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/truthMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truthMatters</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/factsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factsMatter</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><a href="https://www.pilc.org.uk/news/the-undercover-public-inquiry-into-undercover-political-policing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pilc.org.uk/news/the-undercove</span><span class="invisible">r-public-inquiry-into-undercover-political-policing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/undercoverpolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undercoverpolicing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalpolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalpolice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spycops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spycops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entrapment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entrapment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a></p>
Caitlin Waddick<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@ntnsndr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ntnsndr</span></a></span> For anyone, the Open Social Incubator project is ... <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/09/11/open-call-join-open-social-incubator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">9/11/open-call-join-open-social-incubator</span></a> <br>...an example of how people can build technical <a href="https://social.coop/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skills</span></a> to create <a href="https://social.coop/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> in online spaces that are democratically-run, open <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialNetworks</span></a>, not corporate spaces that are run by autocrats. <br><a href="https://social.coop/tags/PeerToPeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerToPeer</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/mentoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentoring</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/mentorships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentorships</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/skillBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skillBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SolidarityEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolidarityEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/bioregionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioregionalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permaculture</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/publicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicInterest</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/rewild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewild</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Crypto News<p>CFTC eyeing Polymarket, betting platforms amid elections, says chair - If an offshore entity’s “footprint” in the US is big enough, they must r... - <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-eyes-offshore-firms-that-break-commodities-laws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-ey</span><span class="invisible">es-offshore-firms-that-break-commodities-laws</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commoditieslaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commoditieslaws</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/offshorecompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offshorecompany</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rostinbehnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rostinbehnam</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/polymarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polymarket</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/predictit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predictit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kalshi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kalshi</span></a></p>
Crypto News<p>Will Trump and Harris Debate Again? Polymarket Bets Say There’s a 60% Chance - According to Polymarket’s betting odds, there’s a 60% chance we’ll see another deb... - <a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/will-trump-and-harris-debate-again-polymarket-bets-say-theres-a-60-chance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bitcoin.com/will-trump-an</span><span class="invisible">d-harris-debate-again-polymarket-bets-say-theres-a-60-chance/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/predictionmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>predictionmarket</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bettingodds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bettingodds</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/polymarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polymarket</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rematch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rematch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harris</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Open Knowledge Foundation<p>In this one-day online event, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@okfn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>okfn</span></a></span> is bringing together various <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/panels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>panels</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/demos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demos</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cocreation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cocreation</span></a> sessions to promote new practical ways to build software for the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/publicinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicinterest</span></a> that is useful, simple, long-lasting and affordable. </p><p>🧵</p>
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