Mike Orcutt @mike_orcutt
I journalize about technology. Bylines at @techreview, @WIRED, @QuantaMagazine, @BostonGlobe, and other places. Founding editor @projectglitch_ projectglitch.xyz District of Columbia, USA Joined March 2009-
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With the DC Privacy Summit around the corner on 10/16, we're delighted to say Johns Hopkins professor @matthew_d_green will join us as a keynote speaker. More information available here: dcprivacysummit.org
Cannot believe what I’m reading.
This guy gets it.
What the actual fuck?
Nice First Amendment you got there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.
The writers seem obsessed with the *free speech for me but not for thee* theme. Perhaps they are trying to illustrate how humans seem so naturally inclined toward hypocrisy. I wonder if we'll ever understand the message. Ah well, back to the show.
Hmm, this (checks notes) reported journalism is way more informative than any single post on this site for the past four days. Imagine that!
Hmm, this (checks notes) reported journalism is way more informative than any single post on this site for the past four days. Imagine that!
📢We're excited to share that the DC Privacy Summit is returning to Washington on October 16! This year's day-long event explores the idea that in many cases, privacy is security projectglitch.xyz/p/announcing-t…
No one ever use "You can indict a ham sandwich" again plz. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
No one ever use "You can indict a ham sandwich" again plz. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Maybe the rebrand just sucked and it had nothing to do with our deranged politics. Just a thought.
Twilight Zone.
Twilight Zone.
Surely all the free speech champions in my timeline who have been taking a break for the past nine months will get back in the game for this one. Right?
Surely all the free speech champions in my timeline who have been taking a break for the past nine months will get back in the game for this one. Right?
Tfw when your kid starts kindergarten and you nervously marvel at the passage of time.
2/ It starts with a viral Elon Musk post. “United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing expert advice to help U.S.…
i have a theory on the cr*cker b*rrel thing no one actually cares but how twitter works is once you post about a given topic it force feeds you that same thing in the algorithmic interest feed so all of media and politics (who breathe Twitter) obsess, and it trickles down
I’ll never get over how starkly attitudes shift in crypto twitter simply because folks bought more of a certain coin than sold it for a few days.
"Who was president in 2020," the hardest question in politics.
"Who was president in 2020," the hardest question in politics.

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