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30 Nov 2005

The Playstation Portable is now a fully capable podcasting client. A host of big players seem to be getting into podcasting at the ground level - right now it's basically a hack that sits on top of weblog technology, but where will it be in five years? This is beginning to look like it'll be bigger than weblogging itself.

Via Educational Weblogs.

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CNN and CNBC promote gambling to make a cheap buck

Some newsrooms are making money from deals with prediction markets. It will only serve to further destroy the public's trust in news.

07 Jul 2026

Governance can prevent AI from being used to undermine democracy. But only if it has teeth.

The apparatus to cement centralized, undemocratic power has already been built. Regulations have a part to play, but they can't just be recommendations.

06 Jul 2026
Happy 250th birthday, America

Happy 250th birthday, America

Let's keep building.

04 Jul 2026
Notable links: July 3, 2026

Notable links: July 3, 2026

AI, surveillance, open tech, and news as a business.

03 Jul 2026
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