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Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).

This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
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March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Anyone who took 5 seconds to read the liner notes of the two most popular albums of 1982 knew.
Thanks to @billsimmons.bsky.social
for the terrific Yacht Rock doc.

It’s a ton of fun and even a music nerd like me learned a lot about music history.

The Toto guys backed up Michael Jackson on Thriller. Who knew ?
December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...
What an inspirational life! If she could battle misogyny back then, surely there is hope that we can stifle it now.
Book Review: ‘The Cure for Women,’ by Lydia Reeder (Gift Article)
Lydia Reeder’s “The Cure for Women” tells the story of the remarkable Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi.
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December 8, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Good Morning BlueSky! Go Blue! Go Lions!
December 1, 2024 at 12:05 PM