6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (493+ words) This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Bloof with a reply to a commenter who defended the DOGE kids cutting all kinds of useful humanities grants for being "DEI bullshit: Giving well paid government jobs to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (481+ words) Before we get started: last week, I asked for your feedback on the weekend posts and some possible changes we're considering going forward. The dominant theme of the responses was that lots of people like the Comment posts just the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (197+ words) The Complete Big Data and Power BI Bundle has 5 courses to help you learn how to effectively sort, analyze, and visualize all of your data. Courses cover Power BI, Power Query, Excel, and Access. It's on sale for $40. Note: The…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (290+ words) Five Years Ago This week in 2021, we looked at the future of net neutrality under the new interim FCC boss, and at how broadband monopolies continued to get money for networks they never fully deployed. Twitter got immunity from a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (632+ words) The Most Insightful Comments Of 2025 For our most insightful comment of the year, we head all the way back to January when Trump's Department of Education rolled back its anti-book-ban guidance and invited more censorship in schools. An anonymous comment…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (278+ words) Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Congress sold out to Hollywood yet again by sneaking the CASE Act and a felony streaming bill into the funding omnibus, with the former introducing absolutely insane damages especially when compared to COVID stimulus…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (294+ words) MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creating of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages. That's all well and good, but it means nothing if you don't have a firm grasp…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (127+ words) Learn how to harness the power of Excel with the Ultimate Microsoft Excel Training Bundle. The 6 course cover power queries, macros, pivot tables, data visualization, advanced formulas, and more. The bundle is on sale for $30. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (254+ words) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation's Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice " or go straight…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (155+ words) Dive into the world of self-driving cars, speech recognition technology, and more with the Complete Machine Learning Bundle. Over 10 courses, you will learn about pattern recognition and prediction, and how to harness the power of machine learning to take your…...