Raza Panjwani
@tabularaza.net
Stuff and things. Fan of tinkering, carbohydrates, the New York Mets, outlaw hacker pancreases, and Oxford commas.
By day: Senior Policy Counsel at Open Technology Institute working on broadband and connectivity.
Personal account, etc.
By day: Senior Policy Counsel at Open Technology Institute working on broadband and connectivity.
Personal account, etc.
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Was doing some research around AI agents, and ensuring users' rights - and @anildash.com was really cooking here. In 2013! www.anildash.com/2013/03/19/t...
The Case for User Agent Extremism - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Was doing some research around AI agents, and ensuring users' rights - and @anildash.com was really cooking here. In 2013! www.anildash.com/2013/03/19/t...
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
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The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search theconversation.com/learning-wit...
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.
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BREAKING: USCIS is reinstating halted naturalization ceremonies in several New York counties, per U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler. The move comes days after a @timesunion.com report revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
USCIS reverses course, reinstates halted naturalization ceremonies across New York
The move comes days after the Times Union revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties, sparking bipartisan criticism and demands for answers.
www.timesunion.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BREAKING: USCIS is reinstating halted naturalization ceremonies in several New York counties, per U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler. The move comes days after a @timesunion.com report revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
1. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
5th Circuit MAGA Judge Andrew Oldham says Erie was wrongly decided, federal judges should resume "finding" law themselves rather than applying state statutes, and appeals courts should stop certifying questions about state law to state supreme courts. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
1. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
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Please stop giving children unbounded string generators.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Please stop giving children unbounded string generators.
Hey @andreamm.bsky.social is Jen Ellis on here?
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hey @andreamm.bsky.social is Jen Ellis on here?
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This is ludicrous, utterly absurd, and quite possibly correct.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is ludicrous, utterly absurd, and quite possibly correct.
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Not just because I'm writing a book on #BattlestarGalactica, but damn I wish this show was streaming right now (it's not! this is Not Good). Partly bec it's MORE relevant than ever, partly bec it fucking rules, mainly bec Laura Roslin shouting "I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU" is now my entire personality
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Not just because I'm writing a book on #BattlestarGalactica, but damn I wish this show was streaming right now (it's not! this is Not Good). Partly bec it's MORE relevant than ever, partly bec it fucking rules, mainly bec Laura Roslin shouting "I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU" is now my entire personality
lol TIL the executive gets to put an NFL-style franchise tag on policies to protect them from free agency/SCOTUS review.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
lol TIL the executive gets to put an NFL-style franchise tag on policies to protect them from free agency/SCOTUS review.
The "Sorry, we are powerless to help you in any way" agenda.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially withdrawing a Biden-era plan to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by the airlines.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The "Sorry, we are powerless to help you in any way" agenda.
The "Sorry, we are powerless to help you in any way" agenda.
The CFPB proposed a new rule where it would no longer recognize disparate impact liability when enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. This would eliminate a key protection against discrimination in access to credit, including when AI is involved.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is issuing a proposed rule for public comment that amends provisions related to disparate impact, discouragement of applicants or prospective ...
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19864/equal-credit-opportunity-act-regulation-b]
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The "Sorry, we are powerless to help you in any way" agenda.
sudo hack this target
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
sudo hack this target
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I know this may not FEEL surprising, but I still remember when pay TV subscriber numbers first started to go down just a bit (circa 2010?) and the fall happened very fast. www.businessinsider.com/cable-tv-hou...
The cable TV industry is crossing a milestone: Only half of American households subscribe anymore.
For years, cable TV execs said they saw no evidence of cord-cutting. Not anymore.
www.businessinsider.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I know this may not FEEL surprising, but I still remember when pay TV subscriber numbers first started to go down just a bit (circa 2010?) and the fall happened very fast. www.businessinsider.com/cable-tv-hou...
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***
I. HOW YOU CAN HELP
***
This event began with helping kids in just one classroom
It has since expanded to roughly 5,100ish kids in 13 schools
You'll see more of the detail in the history part of the thread, but the TL;DR is that making the magic happen requires an absurd amount of $$$$$
🫠
I. HOW YOU CAN HELP
***
This event began with helping kids in just one classroom
It has since expanded to roughly 5,100ish kids in 13 schools
You'll see more of the detail in the history part of the thread, but the TL;DR is that making the magic happen requires an absurd amount of $$$$$
🫠
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
***
I. HOW YOU CAN HELP
***
This event began with helping kids in just one classroom
It has since expanded to roughly 5,100ish kids in 13 schools
You'll see more of the detail in the history part of the thread, but the TL;DR is that making the magic happen requires an absurd amount of $$$$$
🫠
I. HOW YOU CAN HELP
***
This event began with helping kids in just one classroom
It has since expanded to roughly 5,100ish kids in 13 schools
You'll see more of the detail in the history part of the thread, but the TL;DR is that making the magic happen requires an absurd amount of $$$$$
🫠
Deleting DVR recordings.
The cloud is just someone else's computer, and we'll continue to live in consumer tech hell for as long as the DMCA remains on the books.
The movie industry hated the VCR. Thought it would kill them. Tried to sue it into oblivion. Lost. Made a fortune selling VHS tapes.
The cloud is just someone else's computer, and we'll continue to live in consumer tech hell for as long as the DMCA remains on the books.
The movie industry hated the VCR. Thought it would kill them. Tried to sue it into oblivion. Lost. Made a fortune selling VHS tapes.
For background Disney is fighting with Google over programming costs resulting in a broad blackout of Disney/ABC affiliate/ESPN content on YouTube TV
Which even includes YouTube TV deleting DVR recordings of ABC owned content stored in the cloud.
All very innovative stuff:
Which even includes YouTube TV deleting DVR recordings of ABC owned content stored in the cloud.
All very innovative stuff:
YouTube TV’s Disney blackout reminds users that they don’t own what they stream
“This is a hard lesson for us all.”…
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Deleting DVR recordings.
The cloud is just someone else's computer, and we'll continue to live in consumer tech hell for as long as the DMCA remains on the books.
The movie industry hated the VCR. Thought it would kill them. Tried to sue it into oblivion. Lost. Made a fortune selling VHS tapes.
The cloud is just someone else's computer, and we'll continue to live in consumer tech hell for as long as the DMCA remains on the books.
The movie industry hated the VCR. Thought it would kill them. Tried to sue it into oblivion. Lost. Made a fortune selling VHS tapes.
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Internet service "nutrition labels" mandated in 2024 are your best tool to comparison shop or avoid surprise bills.
But the current FCC wants to pare them back.
Your periodic reminder that internet service is one of the least transparent products in America. wapo.st/4omP4eH
But the current FCC wants to pare them back.
Your periodic reminder that internet service is one of the least transparent products in America. wapo.st/4omP4eH
Analysis | Your internet bill is about to get more confusing
Internet service ‘nutrition labels’ can help you spot hidden fees and predict price increases. Here’s how to use them —and why they might get less useful.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Internet service "nutrition labels" mandated in 2024 are your best tool to comparison shop or avoid surprise bills.
But the current FCC wants to pare them back.
Your periodic reminder that internet service is one of the least transparent products in America. wapo.st/4omP4eH
But the current FCC wants to pare them back.
Your periodic reminder that internet service is one of the least transparent products in America. wapo.st/4omP4eH
We live in a timeline where Mortimer Duke does in fact get the machines turned back on, the Dukes successfully unwind their FCOJ positions, and everyone has a good chuckle and continues on.
Winthorpe and Valentine are vindictively prosecuted for fraud, but canonized on r/wallstreetbets.
Winthorpe and Valentine are vindictively prosecuted for fraud, but canonized on r/wallstreetbets.
While the government is shut down and what little federal law enforcement still exists is prosecuting Trump’s revenge fantasies, now is a great time to start trading onion futures
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We live in a timeline where Mortimer Duke does in fact get the machines turned back on, the Dukes successfully unwind their FCOJ positions, and everyone has a good chuckle and continues on.
Winthorpe and Valentine are vindictively prosecuted for fraud, but canonized on r/wallstreetbets.
Winthorpe and Valentine are vindictively prosecuted for fraud, but canonized on r/wallstreetbets.
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Point I hadn't seen before about the school bus WiFi that the FCC just cut off from its subsidies: "It is the cheapest, highest-value, dollar-for-dollar connectivity you can get," said Inseego SVP Zack Kowalski at this broadband-policy conference. $10 to $30/mo./bus = "pennies per student per day."
SHLB Coalition
The SHLB Coalition advocates for policies and programs that enable anchor institutions to obtain and promote open, secure, high-quality broadband services to support connectivity and opportunity for a...
www.shlb.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Point I hadn't seen before about the school bus WiFi that the FCC just cut off from its subsidies: "It is the cheapest, highest-value, dollar-for-dollar connectivity you can get," said Inseego SVP Zack Kowalski at this broadband-policy conference. $10 to $30/mo./bus = "pennies per student per day."
Something I think about in my work as a public interest/consumer rights advocate in the tech space is how businesses, in the abstract, function.
(To be clear about my priors, I recently told some friends "this may be controversial, but I'm ambivalent* on capitalism")
(*I mistakenly used agnostic)
(To be clear about my priors, I recently told some friends "this may be controversial, but I'm ambivalent* on capitalism")
(*I mistakenly used agnostic)
Bending Spoons buys dying tech brands and jacks up their prices to maximize pain for their remaining customers. It is the final stage of enshittification before death
Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710M led by T. Rowe Price at an $11B pre-money valuation (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Something I think about in my work as a public interest/consumer rights advocate in the tech space is how businesses, in the abstract, function.
(To be clear about my priors, I recently told some friends "this may be controversial, but I'm ambivalent* on capitalism")
(*I mistakenly used agnostic)
(To be clear about my priors, I recently told some friends "this may be controversial, but I'm ambivalent* on capitalism")
(*I mistakenly used agnostic)
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This might be the best summation I've ever read of the competing mindsets at play on data-rights issues:
The problem is devs want to treat data as a property rights issue when personal data are actually observations of behavior to be used as evidence—primarily for social surveillance and control. It is rendering people in your community into relationships with power outside of their control or consent.
I do not have small enough words to communicate to ML researchers that if you take people's data, EVEN IF IT IS PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE, and then you upload it to huggingface without communicating with them or even talking to them about what it's for, people will be mad at you.
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This might be the best summation I've ever read of the competing mindsets at play on data-rights issues:
12 Monkeys, but literally.
Lab monkeys from Tulane University have escaped an overturned truck north of the town of Heidelberg, Mississippi.
Despite initial claims by local law enforcement, the monkeys are not carrying COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis C.
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Despite initial claims by local law enforcement, the monkeys are not carrying COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis C.
buff.ly/16gTRJa
Lab Monkeys Escape Overturned Truck Near Heidelberg, Mississippi
Lab monkeys from Tulane University have escaped an overturned truck around mile marker 117 on Interstate 59, north of the town of Heidelberg, Mississippi, marshalling a response from numerous law…
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
12 Monkeys, but literally.
The FCC continues to carry out its "we are powerless to do anything to help you" agenda.
"It’s one thing for the FCC to talk about the free market and competition—it’s another for them to strip consumers of one of the few tools they have to navigate it," says OTI's @tabularaza.net regarding the FCC's vote that affects the broadband label rule. www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
OTI Opposes FCC Plan to Roll Back Rules That Make Internet Service Offerings More Accessible and Informative
Raza Panjwani on the FCC undermining the broadband label rule.
www.newamerica.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The FCC continues to carry out its "we are powerless to do anything to help you" agenda.