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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

August 23, 2026 Blogmaster

This week, MrWilson takes both top spots on the insightful side. In first place, it’s a comment about opportunistic ICE arrests: ICE keeps trying to find more victims to prove…

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Due to need for ‘absolute success,’ China delays critical Moon launch to 2027

August 23, 2026 Blogmaster

China’s “Manned Space” program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission. The agency stated: “In keeping with the principle of proceeding prudently and…

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Volcanoes that made history

August 23, 2026 Blogmaster

The first telegram arrived in Singapore on a Monday, sent from the city of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). “Terrific detonations from Krakatau (volcanic island),” it…

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This Week In Techdirt History: August 16th – 22nd

August 22, 2026 Blogmaster

This Week in 2016 Snowden Docs Show NSA, New Zealand Spied On Pro-Democracy Activists Which Crazy Copyright Holder Took Down Katie Ledecky/Carlos Santana ‘Smooth’ Mashup First? Billionaire Backer Of Palantir…

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TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit

August 22, 2026 Blogmaster

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday that ByteDance-owned TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit accusing the company of violating child privacy laws in…

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Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US

August 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere in the background, is the ever-present hum of a road. More than 4.2 million miles of public…

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Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses

August 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Our leading hypothesis for how our memories are stored is that when you learn something, the connections among neurons involved get stronger and physically larger, and that constitutes the memory.…

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RFK Jr. Loses It Over CNN Host Doing The Math On Meal Costs From His Cooking Show

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

As you’ll recall, RFK Jr., who is totally not checked out of his job at HHS, has managed to sneak in hosting a government sponsored cooking show in between not…

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Trump’s space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

A new national space transportation policy signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday calls for the development of more spaceports to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year…

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Bricks & Minifigs Settles With The Mansells — Gutting Its Own RICO Case Against ‘Reckless’ Ben

August 21, 2026 Blogmaster

We’re not going to do a full rehash of the whole Reckless Ben / Bryan Mansell / Bricks & Minifigs saga here. We’ve already got a bunch of stories on…

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