An Investor That Agreed to Back Elon Musk's Twitter Bid Wants Out

“"We're all trying to get out of it, to be honest," said Andrea Walne, a general partner at Manhattan Venture Partners.”  #Business [Link]

Coin Center Says Biden Administration 'Criminalized' Open Source Code

““The Biden Administration criminalized the use of Tornado Cash, an open source software tool that helps Americans maintain their privacy while using cryptocurrency and related assets,” states the 36-page lawsuit.” I don’t agree that this has merit, but we’ll see where it goes.  #Crypto [Link]

Women share stories in their own words, five years after #MeToo movement

“These women, regularly denied the chance to show their full selves and tell their own stories, do so here in their own words, navigating what it means to find safety and self in the face of widespread public attention, and criticism.”  #Society [Link]

'Stop the steal' supporters train thousands of U.S. poll observers

"If these people show up to the polls with the intention of disrupting voting from taking place, then I can't imagine a worse threat to democracy than that.”  #Democracy [Link]

When spyware turns phones into weapons

“In the long-term, journalists who feel threatened by an invisible enemy that could expose their sources and their private lives to public scrutiny may start to shy away from controversial investigations, curtailing their publications’ coverage, and dealing a blow to press freedom.” #Media [Link]

If Trump Runs Again, Do Not Cover Him the Same Way: A Journalist’s Manifesto

“We should be resolutely objective in the sense of seeking evidence and approaching subjects with an open mind. We should not, however, resort to taking everything down the middle, no matter what.”  #Media [Link]

Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

“The total loss is akin to the human population of Europe, the Americas, Africa, Oceania and China disappearing, according to the report.”  #Climate [Link]

"Free speech" networks and anti-semitism

JP Morgan cancelled Kanye West’s bank accounts following his anti-semitic remarks today. Over the last few years, a raft of “free speech” social networks have emerged as an alternative to the content policies enacted by companies like Twitter. They take very public anti “cancel culture” stances. But what does

Comedians sue over drug search program at Atlanta airport

“Those 402 [police] stops also yielded more than $1 million in cash and money orders from a total of 25 passengers” even though drugs were not found on them. Absolutely vile.  #Democracy [Link]

How do you read fiction?

For a new project, I’d love to understand how you read fiction. In particular, I’d love to know what your favorite topics are, which books you particularly love, and how you discover new books to read. So I put together a short, anonymous survey. It shouldn’t take

How Chinese citizens use puns on Weibo to talk about MeToo and zero-Covid without being censored

“This particular approach to internet speak — substituting words that sound like or are spelled like others — has been an essential part of being online in China for decades, allowing netizens to use the humor and cleverness of spoken Mandarin to dodge censorship.”  #Culture [Link]

This will be a thread discussing a real world breach involving a drone delivered exploit system that occurred this summer

An epic corporate security breach using drones. The stuff of movies.  #Technology [Link]