- boingboing, Intel + DRM: a crippled processor that you have to pay extra to unlock
- Fred Clark finds Jackie at the crossroads
- Juan Cole explains why in a certain foreign leader's mind Ahmadinejad resembles Cyrus the Great
- Greenwald savages Obama's tone-deafness to progressive concerns in Obama's view of liberal criticisms
- Grimmelmann, The Mufti of Constantinople
- Kos, Before you say the country is moving to the right… (look at all the evidence to the contrary)
- The ugly world of constant souseveillance takes a giant step forward with the introduction of the $199 Looxcie (smartphone required); see also the smartpen AKA “The Pen That Never Forgets”
- Reid Report, Herald Tribune on Rubio: public fiscal hawk, private spendthrift
- Steve Vladeck, The Graham Bill and Detention Authority: U.S. Citizens and Material Support
- David Weinberg, The Internet as a human right (not what you might guess from the title)
Recent Bluessky Posts- People focus on the ABA's friendliness to DEI, but a much more consequential thing has been its demand for more clinical and experiential learning. This is commonly a right-wing demand (less theory! more skills!) so we'll see if this move changes anything in that respect. Might make it greater... January 18, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- This headline was a mild surprise. I had not contemplated that the thoroughly corrupt FIFA leadership had any capacity for shame. I suspect they just didn't like the bad PR of being so tightly associated with Trump. www.theguardian.com/football/202... January 18, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- "Never waste a crisis." January 17, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Would they consider Florida instead? January 17, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Reads like the news from Iran, doesn't it? January 17, 2026 Michael Froomkin
