Mike Masnick

mmasnick.bsky.social

Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: bit.ly/protocolnotplatform

Joined March 2023

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Aaron Huertas aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 3h
If a senator believes this they need to shut the chamber down and do everything they can to help organize mass protests and strikes. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
- Aaron Rupar atrupar.com · 7h
  Murphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"
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did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv handle.invalid · 3h
Shout out to the disabled community for always showing up, always being on the right side of history and justice, always willing to put their bodies on the line, all for the cause of making sure *everyone* has the basic dignity of health care.
- Kye gxldsociety.bsky.social · 7h
  BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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Too Many Dolls Hat kenwhite.bsky.social · 3h
“Honey that stripper wasn’t giving a lap dance to ME — she was giving a lap dance to EVERYONE who advocates for freedom!”
- Aaron Rupar atrupar.com · 5h
  he thinks American voters are really dumb
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Jason Linkins handle.invalid · 2h
I think that Republicans really need to start staking out culturally moderate positions
- Micah rincewind.run · 3h
  Republican mayor of Omaha Nebraska, who campaigned heavily on anti-trans bathroom bullshit, going down in flames you love to see it
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Joshua Erlich joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 2h
the next time someone says we have to focus on the economy and not the ‘culture war’, tell them to go to fucking Omaha
- Taniel handle.invalid · 2h
  RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing. Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign. Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
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Ari Cohn aricohn.com · 2h
I thought when I finally heard someone say "big balls" in a congressional hearing it would be much more funny than it is under the present circumstances.

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emily quinn threnody.bsky.social · 1h
look at that. just like all the available evidence has plainly shown for…7 years now?
- Taniel handle.invalid · 2h
  RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing. Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign. Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
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Asawin Suebsaeng handle.invalid · 1h
It rocks that literally anyone thought trump would do a tax hike on the rich so as to try to maintain “populist” cred. HE DOESNT GIVE A SHIT

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hongpong handle.invalid · 2h
. @mmasnick.bsky.social on the Hasan piker border grilling. the key fact is that if you mis remember any detail, or even get painted that way, you are in for a trip to legal hell www.techdirt.com/2025/05/13/h...
Hasan Piker Just Gave His Millions Of Followers A Masterclass In What Not To Do When Detained By CBP

Progressive streamer Hasan Piker’s recent detention by CBP at the Chicago airport has generated widespread outrage — and rightfully so. No US citizen should be interrogated about their politi…

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Mike Masnick mmasnick.bsky.social · 10h
People are still yelling at me and trying to defend Piker's decision to chat away with CBP so I wrote about the myriad ways it was stupid.
- Techdirt techdirt.com · 11h
  Hasan Piker Just Gave His Millions Of Followers A Masterclass In What Not To Do When Detained By CBP Progressive streamer Hasan Piker's recent detention by CBP at the Chicago airport has generated widespread outrage — and rightfully so. No US citizen should be interrogated about their political…
  Hasan Piker Just Gave His Millions Of Followers A Masterclass In What Not To Do When Detained By CBP
  
  Progressive streamer Hasan Piker's recent detention by CBP at the Chicago airport has generated widespread outrage — and rightfully so. No US citizen should be interrogated about their political beliefs when re-entering their own country. But while CBP's behavior was egregious, Piker's response was potentially even more dangerous: he chose to engage in a two-hour conversation with federal agents without a lawyer present, streaming about it afterward as if this were just more content for his millions of followers.
  
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