010 - Telegram and the Ghosts of Discourse Past


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Oct 10 2024 57 mins   13 1 0

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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