Backblaze is explicitly anti-VPN. It's "support" page insists that I disable it -- and any other network security -- to use the service. No, thanks.

This headline from the NY Times is exactly the kind of "both sides" bullshit that Big Journalism continues to do -- ALWAYS to the benefit of Trump and his party. The headline implies that Democrats also tried to take over the 250th anniversary events for their own partisan purposes. They did not.

As usual, the "paper of record" does stenography for unnamed Trump regime sources. Also as usual, the "paper of record" doesn't mention Trump regime's penchant for shameless lying about almost everything.

Google is polluting everything it does with "AI" -- now including Maps. In this case, it's preempting people's comments on the Maps site, which I guess is better than preempting other people's sites.

I wish a media critic with clout would ask the New York Times if it is still employing the reporter who did this -- read the "Editor's Note" attached to the end of the story; screenshot here -- and, if so, why. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/world/canada/election-carney-liberal-party.html

Axios puts "Scoop" in its headlines in truly embarrassing ways. This nothingburger parroting of someone in the Pentagon is an example -- and it ignores the wider, vastly more relevant context.

I understand but lament the choice so many thoughtful people have made to publish their newsletters on the odious Substack. Surely they recognize that they are, at least indirectly, helping some of the worst people in the world spread and monetize malignant views.

CBS "News" = Fox "News"

Sigh, the New York Times gives a massive amount of op-ed space to an AI founder who (surprise!) loves-loves-loves the technology. h/t https://mastodon.social/@rdviii@rdviii@famichiki.jp

Columbia University is notorious for its repeated, pathetic capitulation to Trump's fascism. But apparently there IS at least one ethical line it's willing to draw.

The New York Times has done as much as any Big Journalism organization to badmouth San Francisco in recent years. Now it pretends to discover -- by quoting visitors -- that the image isn't the reality. No doubt, the doom-loop crap will return soon.

Hungary's fascist leader, Viktor Orbán, didn't have as easy a time bringing media under his control as Trump is doing in America -- but he also didn't have a few massive technology oligarchs on his side. Not a hint on the Washington Post's homepage that it just gutted key parts of its news staff.

The New York Times editorial board intones: "The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act." Two thoughts: 1) They should tell the reporters and editors on the "news" side of the house. 2) The word "must" from an editorial board reflects its own institutional weakness.

Again the NY TImes cuts the regime's lie machine totally undeserved slack in its coverage of the Alex Pretti murder by Trump's thugs. What the headline calls "rush to judgment" and story calls "distorting the facts" are standard journalistic malpractice at this point. It's so damn tiring.

This chemical-wielding thug and his goon heloers should be in prison.

The New York Times has done more to normalize extremism than any other legacy journalism outlet in recent years. And the Times' Peter Baker has been by far the most ardent normalizer on its staff. But now Baker -- ignoring his (and his bosses') central role -- says it's all on Trump. Pathetic.

Here's the New York Times helping the Trump regime normalize murder -- by federal thugs against anyone they decide to kill -- on America's streets. The modest caveats in the sub-head and story are not remotely sufficient. Both-sides treatment of obvious murder -- journalistic malpractice.

With its standard credulous, stenographic political coverage style, the NY Times reports with a straight face that Trump's "Justice" Department just "found" a million more Epstein documents. On some days, the Paper of Record struggles to be merely pathetic.

Somewhat surprisingly, given the routine normalization our mainstream press gives to Dear Leader, this headline gets it right: "Trump says he’s ‘surprised’ and ‘honored’ his handpicked board voted to rename Kennedy Center"

This USA Today framing of the "peace prize" that FIFA, the corrupt international football cartel, ginned up for Trump is a classic in journalistic malpractice. Worse, most journalism organizations did the same thing. FIFA fluffs the dictator, and the press does, too. Shameful.

Just in case you had the slightest doubt about what Elon Musk is doing with X/Twitter, look at this brief thread. He is one of the true monsters of our era, and he uses X/Twitter to guide his fellow right-wing extremists to ever-more-extreme places. If you are still there, you should be ashamed.

It's so difficult to pick the story that uniquely demonstrates how low and corrupt our "mainstream" media became in the past generation, but the New York Times' recent love letter to Olivia Nuzzi has to be in the running.

This guy runs the Windows unit at Microsoft, and he's telling you that the company intends to infiltrate "AI" into every aspect of the operating system. If you use Windows, this is an injection of a living, self-replicating virus into your digital existence. Yes I use Linux.

The gaslighter-in-chief denies the obvious truth of grocery inflation with a "it's only beef and we're taking care of that" misdirection. No pushback from CBS "News" journalist.

The New York Times still hasn't corrected its BS headline about what it calls a De Blasio "Impersonator" -- a man who has the almost-same name as the former NYC mayor and was quoted in another newspaper's story. The entire episode exemplifies journalistic malpractice, in two cities. 1/6

WashPost adopts White House framing "cartel strikes" without caring whether it's true or not.

Here's one Democrat who's not afraid of his own shadow -- calling out America's Gestapo (aka Ice) for its attacks, which are going to escalate massively, on our nation: Most Democrats -- and basically ALL of Big Media -- are too cowardly to yell about what is happening.

Trump regime is demolishing part of the White House East Wing to make room for Dear Leader's fascist monument to himself. (Of course the regime lied when it said no such damage would occur, and hasn't gotten required permits.) Is there a better metaphor for their attitude toward democracy?