010 - Telegram and the Ghosts of Discourse Past

Greetings from the hurricane ravaged coasts of South Carolina. Emily and I recorded this episode a few weeks ago and then, well, a bunch of stuff happened. Including a hurricane. I’m fine. We got incredibly lucky here in South Carolina but it did delay things a bit.

Do you want to feel old? Want to feel how horrifyingly fast the year is moving? Then take a listen to this podcast and realize how many things you’ve forgotten about that happened only a few weeks ago.

On Veep and The West Wing

Our contractually required thoughts on the Olivia Nuzzia/ RFK scandal

The Trump and Laura Loomer stuff

What is a war crime anyway?

Eva Galperin, Electronic Frontier Foundation's Director of Cybersecurity, walks us through the Telegram arrest. After we recorded this episode, one of the things that Galperin warned about came to pass: Telegram promised to give more data to the cops.

Telegram Changes Policy, Says It Will Provide User Data to Authorities

Obamacore

Mets whimsy

Dark Wire by Joseph Cox

Telegram Isn't an Encrypted Messaging App

Some Background on Brazil

Eva on Twitter

Eva on Bluesky

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