Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath
We’ve been covering Australia’s under-16 social media ban since before it went into effect, first noting the confusion and obvious implementation problems as pretty much everyone realized it was a…
The 2026 C# Course Bundle offers 8 courses that cover everything C#. You’ll master the fundamentals, explore object-oriented programming, and start building your own apps in no time. It’s on…
Black Lives Matter. All Cops Are Bastards. These are not temporary catchphrases. These are universal and forever. And leave it to a cop to ensure we never forget either of…
When he’s not busy trampling free speech, crushing the First Amendment, and destroying media consolidation and consumer protection standards, Brendan Carr has other hobbies. Like helping the telecom industry patriotically…
There is an old axiom you will have heard of before: don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If we wanted to boil this down to a…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…
Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect bites. People from several modern Indigenous cultures, including…
In the US, the economics of coal power generation are marginal at best, and a large number of coal plants have shut down as cheaper renewables and natural gas have…
The European Union may soon ban nudify apps after Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok emerged as a prime example of the dangers of an AI platform failing to block outputs that…
If you’ve been using the Internet for any length of time, you’ve probably used a tool like Google Translate to convert webpages or snippets of text to and from languages…