Dan Gillmor
Dan GillmorAbsolutely jaw-dropping talk by Micah Lee on the blinding national-security incompetence at the highest levels of the Trump regime.
https://micahflee.com/we-are-currently-clean-on-opsec-the-signalgate-saga/
If this had been any Democratic govt, Fox "News" and the entire right-wing media gang would make it the top story for weeks, if not months.
Dan GillmorFinally, a journalism organization covers Trump family corruption (almost) the right way.
This excellent reporting shows that -- as of now -- the most corrupt president in history and his family are $3.4 billion more wealth since he took office, and escalating fast.
https://archive.ph/Z9rQ1
Dan Gillmor" GitHub’s strength has always been its role as a facilitator of decentralized, community-driven software creation. Its next chapter will test whether that ethos can survive inside the engine room of one of the world’s largest AI factories."
Microsoft + GitHub = Microsoft.
https://www.theindex.media/p/github-s-neutrality-is-over-ae97e9dfba287225
Dan GillmorI would get a paid subscription to the @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social newsletter -- which correctly pilloried Substack's recent promotion of a Nazi -- if she wasn't using Substack to publish her newsletter.
https://www.usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-push-alert-promoting-nazi-white-supremacist-blog
Dan GillmorMore corruption from Trump regime, eagerly assisted by Big Tech: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/10/nvidia-amd-15percent-of-china-chip-sales-revenues-to-us-ft-reports.html
Dan GillmorA publication I respect greatly just switched platforms, from Ghost to the odious Substack. I canceled my (paid) subscription and explained why.
The founder replied that network effects were what mattered.
Bad actors accrete power when good people rationalize the consequences of their choices.
Dan GillmorAll corruption, all the time in Trump world, exhibit 53,030:
The scam-ridden cryptocurrency "industry" is vastly enriching the sleazeball-in-chief, who's pulling all kinds of federal strings to boost it, and his family.
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/09/trump-crypto-billionaire-accountable/
Dan GillmorFire-retardant monopolist's profits rise, to the surprise of absolutely no one, with its exclusive control -- aided by sleazy business and PR tactics -- over a vital product it sells to government fire-fighters. Solid reporting from the NY Times.
Archive link: https://archive.ph/8gwcC
Dan Gillmor“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite-its-past-national-climate-reports
Dan GillmorWhat a vicious, stupid nation we have become when employees of the Centers for Disease Control feel obliged to hide where they work, for fear of violence from extremist vaccine deniers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/cdc-shooting-trump-kennedy/683814/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub