Long Reads/

1mo ago

CDC narrowed foodborne illness tracking before cyclospora outbreak spread

FoodNet no longer requires 10 states to track cyclospora, even as Michigan and other states report an unusual rise in ca...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Local AI models complicate EU copyright enforcement

Reports from Communia, IPKat and Walled Culture point to a widening gap between EU copyright rules and AI tools that run...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

ICE-linked camera crews wore “media” vests at Danbury operation

Connecticut reports describe masked videographers with ICE agents filming observers and protesters near a Danbury courth...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Techdirt Deals lists $35 data engineering course bundle

The seven-course package covers Python, Pandas, NumPy, certification prep and Databricks, according to the StackSocial-r...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Judge voids Trump IRS settlement and flags lawyers for discipline

Judge Kathleen Williams found Trump’s IRS lawsuit lacked a real dispute because the president controlled both sides of t...

By June Castellano

1mo ago

Twelve states sue to block Paramount and Warner Brothers merger

California and 11 other states say the $111 billion media deal would raise prices, cut jobs and concentrate control of f...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Cory Doctorow argues AI images imitate intent without making art

After a Brian Eno talk, Doctorow framed art as intentional communication and AI output as prediction that makes viewers...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Doctorow says U.S. gerontocracy ignores its own actuarial risk

The Pluralistic writer argues that aging leaders create predictable succession failures in closely divided U.S. institut...

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Former CDC medical chief says Kennedy damaged trust in agency

Debra Houry told CBS that trust in CDC guidance has fallen sharply under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

By Theo Lindgren

1mo ago

Crabapple’s Bund history revives a buried Jewish socialist tradition

Pluralistic says Molly Crabapple’s new history traces the Jewish Labor Bund as an alternative to Zionist nationalism.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Paper pitches desktop design canvas for agent-driven code workflows

Paper says its new desktop app links design canvases with codebases, data sources and AI coding agents through MCP and w...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1mo ago

Oregon AG seeks 60-day hold on Paramount Skydance merger

Attorney General Dan Rayfield says Paramount Skydance has not turned over records sought in Oregon’s review of the $111...

By June Castellano