Raza Panjwani
@tabularaza.net
Stuff and things. Fan of tinkering, carbohydrates, the New York Mets, outlaw hacker pancreases, and Oxford commas.
By day: Senior Policy Counsel at Open Technology Institute working on broadband and connectivity.
Personal account, etc.
By day: Senior Policy Counsel at Open Technology Institute working on broadband and connectivity.
Personal account, etc.
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An Asimov robot who refuses orders to murder, citing the First Law of Robotics, until it’s prompted with an explanation that the user is posing a hypothetical.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Public Domain Day 2026 is almost here. On January 1, works from 1930—including Miss Marple, Animal Crackers, and The Little Engine That Could—enter the U.S. public domain. Expect celebration, confusion, and at least one Betty Boop slasher film. Sorry in advance.
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
Public Domain Day 2026 Is Coming: Here's What to Know
On January 1, 2026, works from 1930—including Nancy Drew, Betty Boop, and The Maltese Falcon—hit the U.S. public domain. Here’s what it all means.
copyrightlately.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Public Domain Day 2026 is almost here. On January 1, works from 1930—including Miss Marple, Animal Crackers, and The Little Engine That Could—enter the U.S. public domain. Expect celebration, confusion, and at least one Betty Boop slasher film. Sorry in advance.
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
If the conservative legal movement's position is that Scalia dissents are now binding law, someone let the communications industry know that broadband is a common carriage telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act again 😂
Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If the conservative legal movement's position is that Scalia dissents are now binding law, someone let the communications industry know that broadband is a common carriage telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act again 😂
This remains my go to litmus test for “is this a Real City”
Is there anywhere other than NYC this is reliably true?
Is there anywhere other than NYC this is reliably true?
I am once again asking why Washington, DC does not have decent food options past 9 PM despite being a city full of workaholic sickos.
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This remains my go to litmus test for “is this a Real City”
Is there anywhere other than NYC this is reliably true?
Is there anywhere other than NYC this is reliably true?
So I guess this settles the whole "Netflix is trying to become HBO before HBO can become Netflix" thing, huh?
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So I guess this settles the whole "Netflix is trying to become HBO before HBO can become Netflix" thing, huh?
Honestly, Chamberlain does not get nearly enough hate for awful, consumer hostile, tech practices.
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Honestly, Chamberlain does not get nearly enough hate for awful, consumer hostile, tech practices.
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Has anybody put together a list of best practices for openness in government software beyond open licensing? Like public uptime tracking, a public backlog, and a public release history? I have a loose collection of these things in my head, but I bet somebody's done better work on this.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Has anybody put together a list of best practices for openness in government software beyond open licensing? Like public uptime tracking, a public backlog, and a public release history? I have a loose collection of these things in my head, but I bet somebody's done better work on this.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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"Metacognitive processes are necessary to comply with Rule 11" is a phrase I expect litigators to start using as a diss on opposing counsel immediately
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"Metacognitive processes are necessary to comply with Rule 11" is a phrase I expect litigators to start using as a diss on opposing counsel immediately
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Speaker Johnson shut the House down for 54 days — and he could do it again, ceding yet more power to an out-of-control president.
With a party revolt brewing & tough calls looming on appropriations, war crimes, and more, we interviewed Max Spitzer, a former House parliamentarian, on what to do.
With a party revolt brewing & tough calls looming on appropriations, war crimes, and more, we interviewed Max Spitzer, a former House parliamentarian, on what to do.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Speaker Johnson shut the House down for 54 days — and he could do it again, ceding yet more power to an out-of-control president.
With a party revolt brewing & tough calls looming on appropriations, war crimes, and more, we interviewed Max Spitzer, a former House parliamentarian, on what to do.
With a party revolt brewing & tough calls looming on appropriations, war crimes, and more, we interviewed Max Spitzer, a former House parliamentarian, on what to do.
Once again calling for some kind of government office, a commission even, to address unfair, (or deceptive?) business practices.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Why believe in the rule of law if government officials for years on end fail to stop Dollar General from routinely violating laws that bar companies from charging higher prices at the register?
Stopping a predatory strategy to rip off poor people is basic Democracy 101.
Stopping a predatory strategy to rip off poor people is basic Democracy 101.
Tricking customers with higher prices at the register is a core strategy of Dollar General & Family Dollar.
"Dollar General stores have failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections in 23 states since January 2022."
Terrific reporting from @barryyeoman.com @theguardian.com
"Dollar General stores have failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections in 23 states since January 2022."
Terrific reporting from @barryyeoman.com @theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Once again calling for some kind of government office, a commission even, to address unfair, (or deceptive?) business practices.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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[TOMORROW] Tune in live for an episode of the Fiber Broadband Association's Fiber for Breakfast featuring @jessicadine.bsky.social! She'll speak about what should be done to address America's lack of a national standard for defining and measuring #digital skills. fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-we...
FFB Week 49 with special guest Jessica Dine, Policy Analyst at New America’s Open Technology Institute and Wireless Future Project - Fiber Broadband Association
In this episode, Jessica Dine, Policy Analyst at New America’s Open Technology Institute and Wireless Future Project, joins Gary Bolton, President & CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, to unpack N...
fiberbroadband.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
[TOMORROW] Tune in live for an episode of the Fiber Broadband Association's Fiber for Breakfast featuring @jessicadine.bsky.social! She'll speak about what should be done to address America's lack of a national standard for defining and measuring #digital skills. fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-we...
Being a consumer in the digital era is so infuriating sometimes.
Ex A:
Ex A:
Netflix quietly drops support for casting to most TVs
Netflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes.
arstechnica.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Being a consumer in the digital era is so infuriating sometimes.
Ex A:
Ex A:
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Wait, wait.
Netflix is going to take on massive debt to purchase Warner Bros?
Like did you not see AOL, AT&T and Discovery all step on that exact same rake or were you just not paying attention?
Netflix is going to take on massive debt to purchase Warner Bros?
Like did you not see AOL, AT&T and Discovery all step on that exact same rake or were you just not paying attention?
Warner Bros. Gets Mostly Cash Netflix Offer in New Round of Bids
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. was fielding a second round of bids on Monday, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix Inc., in an auction that could wrap up in the coming days or weeks, according to p...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wait, wait.
Netflix is going to take on massive debt to purchase Warner Bros?
Like did you not see AOL, AT&T and Discovery all step on that exact same rake or were you just not paying attention?
Netflix is going to take on massive debt to purchase Warner Bros?
Like did you not see AOL, AT&T and Discovery all step on that exact same rake or were you just not paying attention?
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It’s the year 2000. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s the year 2000. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
It’s 2005. A court is considering whether ISPs can be liable for copyright infringement committed by their users.
It’s 2010. It’s 2013. It’s 2025.
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*long sigh in history of the DMCA*
Justice Sotomayor has the DMCA very, very wrong. She reads it as a statute designed to preserve liability for platforms, not as one designed to shield them from it so that they can exist to facilitate user expression.
AND she and Jackson impose extremely modern (c) law on its statutory origins.
AND she and Jackson impose extremely modern (c) law on its statutory origins.
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
*long sigh in history of the DMCA*
I already know without opening this thread how its going to end for me...
::5 minutes later::
yep.
::5 minutes later::
yep.
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I already know without opening this thread how its going to end for me...
::5 minutes later::
yep.
::5 minutes later::
yep.
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Was doing some research around AI agents, and ensuring users' rights - and @anildash.com was really cooking here. In 2013! www.anildash.com/2013/03/19/t...
The Case for User Agent Extremism - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Was doing some research around AI agents, and ensuring users' rights - and @anildash.com was really cooking here. In 2013! www.anildash.com/2013/03/19/t...
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Q+D, graphic design is my passion, etc etc
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The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search theconversation.com/learning-wit...
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.
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BREAKING: USCIS is reinstating halted naturalization ceremonies in several New York counties, per U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler. The move comes days after a @timesunion.com report revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
USCIS reverses course, reinstates halted naturalization ceremonies across New York
The move comes days after the Times Union revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties, sparking bipartisan criticism and demands for answers.
www.timesunion.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BREAKING: USCIS is reinstating halted naturalization ceremonies in several New York counties, per U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler. The move comes days after a @timesunion.com report revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
1. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
5th Circuit MAGA Judge Andrew Oldham says Erie was wrongly decided, federal judges should resume "finding" law themselves rather than applying state statutes, and appeals courts should stop certifying questions about state law to state supreme courts. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
1. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
2. Read this fascinating bit of historical storytelling by @brianlfrye.bsky.social on what really happened that night in 1934 (and for a legal realism narrative of the case's development thereafter).
3. lol
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Please stop giving children unbounded string generators.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Please stop giving children unbounded string generators.
Hey @andreamm.bsky.social is Jen Ellis on here?
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hey @andreamm.bsky.social is Jen Ellis on here?