Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
@michaelrnelson.bsky.social
Scholar, Carnegie Endowment; Former Tech Strategy, Georgetown, Cloudflare, U.S. Senate, Clinton/Gore White House, FCC, IBM, BGOV, Microsoft. Accelerating the future of the Net and the Cloud
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For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
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"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
They're buying time but not fooling anyone.
www.publicnotice.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."
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1890s or 1929? You choose.
The AI gold rush has been a boon for San Francisco restaurants — especially ones that can accommodate high-dollar requests from the cash-rich companies and their employees.
Buyouts and NDAs: How the AI boom is feeding into S.F. restaurants
The AI gold rush has been a boon for San Francisco restaurants — especially ones that can accommodate high-dollar requests from the cash-rich companies and their employees.
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
1890s or 1929? You choose.
Un-American or Anti-American or both?
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Jack Smith Tells Lawmakers Donald Trump Brought Charges On Himself
The former special counsel came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a high-stakes deposition.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Un-American or Anti-American or both?
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Just a reminder that the Trump Administration is NOT the most transparent government in the history of our country"!! @digiphile.bsky.social
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just a reminder that the Trump Administration is NOT the most transparent government in the history of our country"!! @digiphile.bsky.social
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When the Department of Justice blatantly violates the law to protect wealthy and politically connected pedophiles, then we have no Justice Department and we have no justice.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
When the Department of Justice blatantly violates the law to protect wealthy and politically connected pedophiles, then we have no Justice Department and we have no justice.
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Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
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Mitt Romney was apparently visited early by 3 ghosts.
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mitt Romney was apparently visited early by 3 ghosts.
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Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
A thread describing an absolutely fascinating project about the Deep History (and meaning) of Ukraine. x.com/Mylovanov/st...
Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: "Snyder describes an ongoing research project with unusual scale: 3 years of work by 100+ Ukrainian and international scholars writing a “longue durée” history of Ukraine, from geology and ecology to the present war. 2/" / X
Snyder describes an ongoing research project with unusual scale: 3 years of work by 100+ Ukrainian and international scholars writing a “longue durée” history of Ukraine, from geology and ecology to the present war. 2/
x.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A thread describing an absolutely fascinating project about the Deep History (and meaning) of Ukraine. x.com/Mylovanov/st...
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Walz: "It's very clear that the entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota. They're threatening us. And this is what happens when you have a floundering presidency and it's about those ballrooms. Now we're back on transgender folks."
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Walz: "It's very clear that the entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota. They're threatening us. And this is what happens when you have a floundering presidency and it's about those ballrooms. Now we're back on transgender folks."
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... I like the suggestion that D.C. and other jurisdictions find refuse processing facilities, sewage treatment plants, and dumps that need a new name. Trump Dump has a nice ring to it.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... I like the suggestion that D.C. and other jurisdictions find refuse processing facilities, sewage treatment plants, and dumps that need a new name. Trump Dump has a nice ring to it.
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Since he’s so obsessed with slapping his name on everything, let’s make him happy by releasing the Trumpstein files.
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Since he’s so obsessed with slapping his name on everything, let’s make him happy by releasing the Trumpstein files.
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We made these very nerdy videos about reforms we think Democrats need to do if they ever get in power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
Why Regulation Will Make Democrats Popular Again // Project 2029: A Reimagining
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We made these very nerdy videos about reforms we think Democrats need to do if they ever get in power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
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Lol, yeah.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
An MIT roboticist who cofounded bankrupt Roomba maker iRobot says Elon Musk's vision of humanoid robot assistants is 'pure fantasy thinking' | Fortune
Rodney Brooks said future “humanoid” robots will have wheels and multiple arms.
fortune.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lol, yeah.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
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Reposted by Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
Reposted by Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
Reposted by Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
apparently the shooter may have shot himself in the storage facility after killing the MIT professor. im glad they eventually figured out his identity, but i can't help but feel that if the FBI was better at their job, they could have prevented the murder of this professor. there was a 2 day period
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
apparently the shooter may have shot himself in the storage facility after killing the MIT professor. im glad they eventually figured out his identity, but i can't help but feel that if the FBI was better at their job, they could have prevented the murder of this professor. there was a 2 day period
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"Trump doesn’t mind being controversial, shocking, or many other things, provided he’s in the limelight. But this address was something else: just when the president needed to show real Americans that he understood them, he instead looked peevish, aloof, and like he was losing touch."
Why desperate Trump is looking more like Biden than ever
The White House is worried about Trump’s plummeting poll numbers and popularity
inews.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Trump doesn’t mind being controversial, shocking, or many other things, provided he’s in the limelight. But this address was something else: just when the president needed to show real Americans that he understood them, he instead looked peevish, aloof, and like he was losing touch."