2026-10-23T20:06:13Z https://nostr.now Ben Whitelaw https://nostr.now/npub1uueqgfp56wvkmm5vhgy98esj56rkx8kttxg49c4t58hx2lqkq40q53nap2 https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&cid=bafkreiagdf4byd36tpy4xxnnvfexvzeco6ryyxznkxsy5fz46ybzpiiyju https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&cid=bafkreiagdf4byd36tpy4xxnnvfexvzeco6ryyxznkxsy5fz46ybzpiiyju https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8x643xn2llt6s86ttzwnqy7un2emvu3sz4ctsymrukknyxztrcgszyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4umcg6z9 We didn’t plan it this way but Jeff’s exclusive [@reuters.com@bsky.brid.gy](<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:jbvnehrrdqoulco4rf5gxg5r">https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:jbvnehrrdqoulco4rf5gxg5r</a> ) story on Meta being sued for its scam ads was published seven minutes before we started recording. So you could say we had the scoop on the scoop.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bzsxmdep5chhmk3n7nsrjkoz/post/3mykufncfq22y">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bzsxmdep5chhmk3n7nsrjkoz/post/3mykufncfq22y</a> 2026-10-23T19:31:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzkrxuxne8tq39em4d3v58pakn5t62vtp5mmncdyv2m0prpehdaqzyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4u55eagw I really like this episode because <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> cover the big stories of the week (AI regulation at UNGA and Discord age assurance) but also find reasons to be hopeful about the future of internet governance too ✨<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bzsxmdep5chhmk3n7nsrjkoz/post/3mwehruat722z">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bzsxmdep5chhmk3n7nsrjkoz/post/3mwehruat722z</a> 2026-09-25T19:39:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq2m05p2jx2aw40c43frcxzt304gj0l9yg4l5403j8tdzcdkylauczyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4ug3hccd Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.<br/><br/>It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).<br/><br/>I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?<br/><a href="https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&amp;cid=bafkreif45enr2lbjwuukoa3dweo7w6qvhmw6wta7sp2t7gqefooc7xfqii">https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&amp;cid=bafkreif45enr2lbjwuukoa3dweo7w6qvhmw6wta7sp2t7gqefooc7xfqii</a><br/><a href="https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&amp;cid=bafkreicsg5qbppxndhsfn3onbnpaiifozs723geb3ml7m3nv2kvzteiske">https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&amp;cid=bafkreicsg5qbppxndhsfn3onbnpaiifozs723geb3ml7m3nv2kvzteiske</a><br/><a href="https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&amp;cid=bafkreigrfbnbuujgxdyssib4i5nuyuj2lf7vp545ug2nh2x3bmo4ivruze">https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl&amp;cid=bafkreigrfbnbuujgxdyssib4i5nuyuj2lf7vp545ug2nh2x3bmo4ivruze</a><br/> 2025-11-21T17:40:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrldh84gzash42gjjuql5ljmph29v2gr4un57f5mccsradncszm0czyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4uahvgj3 The safety policies of generative AI companies — and the subsequent threat of regulation — has been in the headlines for a while. <br/><br/>This week, two companies facing big legal cases — OpenAI and [Character.ai](<a href="https://Character.ai">https://Character.ai</a> ) — set out to define the narrative, albeit in very different ways. <br/><br/>1/4<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3m4haqfwqbs2u">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3m4haqfwqbs2u</a><br/>nostr:note138ducv47900mqz6ht7nfvd05z3rwn0fnf9qjgw97h3ngcp87mqaq44t660<br/> 2025-10-31T10:01:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsza3sgzegd8f6emkljcy3zthusq4qxrzwqaqw0gcfevzpvv4x6qhczyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4u07fuch It&#39;s Ctrl-Alt-Speech recording day and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> is back in the proverbial chair. <br/><br/>What stories are you reading? What should we pick apart? And crucially, which website/app user prompt should we use to start today&#39;s episode? 2025-10-16T12:09:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgsqvu8ja3uhwua0uzug6vdh7gf7ykc99y0mt59nveqj6hyzlzusgzyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4uel85ny We didn’t talk about Charlie Kirk in last week’s podcast because so little was known when we recorded. Seven days later, there was *too* much to wade through. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> and I tried our best to make sense of the platform and political chaos [podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...](<a href="https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17869436-from-free-speech-to-flag-this">https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17869436-from-free-speech-to-flag-this</a> )<br/><br/>[From &#39;Free Speech&#39; To &#39;Flag Th...](<a href="https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17869436-from-free-speech-to-flag-this">https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17869436-from-free-speech-to-flag-this</a> ) 2025-09-19T20:52:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstzzkzn8f2g6kzu5zar0g5y2q685hynw33g0ftrt7gwfkhrmtmzzgzyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4u84nkej I wanted to call this episode ‘Jim and Jon, the Conspiracy Men’ in a nod to the famous British children’s cartoon ‘Bill and Ben’ but <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> overruled me and tbh, that’s 100% the right decision<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3ly2dwdfiis26">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3ly2dwdfiis26</a><br/>nostr:note1jw334cq28cer8wqrr45htnp0we0csm4kzeh6wtnplcktyev80h2svv8xcu<br/> 2025-09-05T07:05:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrshr82695ss48jsjpq5pvjhm2hsr04gm47f9yzk0yv98mc328qrczyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4u0afdum I listened back to the new episode of Ctrl Alt Speech at x2 speed because <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> told me I’d sound smarter and I can confirm that is not the case [podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...](<a href="https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17713215-you-asked-we-answered">https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17713215-you-asked-we-answered</a> )<br/><br/>[You Asked, We Answered - Ctrl-...](<a href="https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17713215-you-asked-we-answered">https://podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/17713215-you-asked-we-answered</a> ) 2025-08-22T06:55:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzzq4z8ygcjxkhxqnct7pz40j3fjfzejys0xytyk0fnm7vt55rpczyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4usanml4 Question for Ctrl Alt Speech listeners: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> and I will be doing some pre-recorded ‘behind the scenes’ / how the-sausage-is-made type episodes over summer so we can take a few weeks off - what kind of stuff would you be interested in? 2025-07-21T20:15:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xg7azuld7venkqss7x6ecdqupn554553mjyqhhvf6delzn34xtqzyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4u677sr9 I wanted to call this episode &#34;If you authenticate this, then your children will be next&#34; before agreeing with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> that number of people who listen to both Ctrl-Alt-Speech and the Manic Street Preacher is, very likely, in the single digits<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3lu72yxamk22j">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3lu72yxamk22j</a><br/>nostr:note15efscejv6t0w54ucdljma82qqsxkqtztmvqy5n2jsaxm7hac5zjqa3eg45<br/> 2025-07-18T08:18:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs27vnktdyzcshr9q55e84p7j77u8a5rn92kxxpzgtgt8zv9qqxk9qzyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4unkkk5d We&#39;re two days on from the Meta announcement. What questions do folks have about fact-checking/Texas-based mod ops/Zuck&#39;s hairdresser? <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> and I will attempt to answer them in tomorrow&#39;s podcast (ok, maybe not the last one)<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl/post/3lf62bvuu3s24">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zcoro2cs4zl3xqyebudfc7hl/post/3lf62bvuu3s24</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1esyz53gpnqezdahv8w6fm7x72wm6gthgtxxn9960eqzejkq0vk5s0clcju" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1esy…lcju</a></span><br/> </div> I wondered what <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> and I would talk about in the first Ctrl-Alt-Speech podcast of 2025 and now we know [about.fb.com/news/2025/01...](<a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/">https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/</a> )<br/><br/>[More Speech and Fewer Mistakes...](<a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/">https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/</a> ) </blockquote> 2025-01-09T09:31:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvczp2g5qesv3x7mkrhdyalr098day9m59nrfjja8uspvetq8kt2gzyrnnyppyxnfejm0w3jaqs5lxz2ngwcc7edvez5hz4ws7uetuzcz4ueydlqc I wondered what <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7vzjcp7sa5em6csstarhvp6ku8jf8tmvmjayeq6yh7hxy4r0caq6k70d5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mike Masnick</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7v…70d5</span>)</a></span> and I would talk about in the first Ctrl-Alt-Speech podcast of 2025 and now we know [about.fb.com/news/2025/01...](<a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/">https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/</a> )<br/><br/>[More Speech and Fewer Mistakes...](<a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/">https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/</a> ) 2025-01-07T16:16:03Z