On the White House AI Framework (If You Could Call It That) The Trump administration's National AI Framework falls short of offering Americans any real mechanisms for accountability or oversight.

In late March, the @whitehouse-47.bsky.social released its National AI Legislative Framework — but the "framework" part of it seems to be missing. Read the latest from @natpurser.bsky.social:

Preemption Isn’t Governance. We Need a Federal Framework for AI. In December 2025, President Trump signed an EO directing federal agencies to identify and preempt state laws on artificial intelligence.

Read the latest from Senior Policy Advocate @natpurser.bsky.social:

In December, President Trump signed an EO directing federal agencies to identify & preempt state AI laws that conflict with the admin's goal of maintaining US AI dominance. But while it may sometimes make sense to pursue federal over state regulation, the Trump admin's approach is misguided.

Free Market Ozempic Will Make a Huge Difference to Tens of Millions of People Drugs are cheap; patent monopolies make them expensive #62,752

In a free market Ozempic is cheap deanbaker22.substack.com/p/free-marke...

didn’t know you were posting on here too, nice. more intimate venue

Commander Data sits beside a boy of around 12 years old, listening attentively

I had a shitty childhood

it's taboo to say it, you're really supposed to just have Had A Good Childhood and that's that

but when I was conceived, my mom was broke and 20 years old and had no education

and by the time I was eight, boy, was I going THROUGH IT

one afternoon I turned on the TV...

Minimum Wages and Rise of the Robots Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org/papers/w34895

it is “like farming” in that it consumes quite a bit of energy and water yep

(not exclusively ofc. happy to see Google pair up with Fervo, Microsoft embrace nuclear, etc.)

yep. we already bring lots of energy (and water) intensive projects into our communities across agriculture, manufacturing, etc. you just have to do good planning. i think the more realistic concern is that bc of interconnection queue issues, ai companies will default to gas turbines for power.

Picture of a gray haired woman wearing a shirt that reads on the back “come see my daughter’s film A Woman’s Work at Santa Barbara Film Festival 2/11 at 11:20am 2/12 6:20pm I am a Jewish mother seeking a girlfriend/future wife for my filmmaker daughter (she is multilingual and has an adorable dog). Please inquire with me”

Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell YouTube video by Federal Reserve

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.”

I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am

I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.

#FCCOversight

Public Knowledge Rejects Illegal and Illogical Executive Order Targeting State AI Laws Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

@publicknowledge.bsky.social finds this proposed Executive Order both an illegal & illogical attempt to bully states into complying with the Trump admin’s demands to abandon all consumer protection efforts in the face of AI. Read our statement from @natpurser.bsky.social:

Luke Hogg on X: "Hey @Reddit, this you arguing for reforms to the DMCA so that companies can't abuse it to prevent people from "using their electronic devices in lawful, non-infringing ways?" What changed? https://t.co/9Gbshj6DOK" / X Hey @Reddit, this you arguing for reforms to the DMCA so that companies can't abuse it to prevent people from "using their electronic devices in lawful, non-infringing ways?" What changed? https://t.co/9Gbshj6DOK

Some of us are old enough to remember when Reddit cared about the open web and recognized the DMCA shouldn’t be used as a hack around fair use. x.com/lehogg/statu...

it’s a terrible argument that people have been making for years and, policy aside, the piece is full of factual mistakes (and legal ones)

Public Knowledge Promotes Nat Purser to Senior Policy Advocate To Support Growing AI Portfolio Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

Public Knowledge is pleased to announce the promotion of @natpurser.bsky.social, formerly a Government Affairs Policy Advocate, to Senior Policy Advocate for her work championing consumers on Capitol Hill. Congrats, Nat! 🎉

publicknowledge.org/public-knowl...

this argument for staying on twitter from @jerusalem.bsky.social is spot on. unlike targeted, coordinated boycotts, the primary effect of deplatforming yourself on twitter is ceding ground to right wingers and others who are happy to shape the political narrative without you.

Trahan Co-Leads New Bill to Open App Market, Protect Consumer Choice

I am thrilled to see that competitive app markets are still a priority in Congress. Many thanks to Reps. Cammack and Trahan for leading the charge in the House on this with the App Store Freedom Act. You can read information on the bill, along with my quote here: trahan.house.gov/news/documen...

FCC looks to undo long-term, Gig-speed broadband goal The FCC next month could unwind a long-term goal to support Gig-speed broadband service for every American over the next few years.

Last year, the FCC said it would eventually update its definition of "broadband" to require service providers offer Gig-speed Internet.

Now, under a new administration, the FCC is poised to reverse course, saying current speeds are, you know, just fine.

Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Include Tribal Priority Window in Next Spectrum Auction Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. We work to shape policy.

This decision marks a missed opportunity to respect Tribal sovereignty over their spectrum resources — and comes at the cost of the much-needed spectrum Tribes could use to provide broadband access to their communities. Read our statement from Gov Affairs Policy Advocate @natpurser.bsky.social:

No, but they’d probably say BEAD absolves them of that responsibility (the rural
broadband deployment fund that’s about to be implemented.)

BEAD bets big on CBRS and 6GHz bands, so why is Congress gutting them? The NTIA's BEAD program has been overhauled to potentially shift billions from fiber networks to unlicensed fixed wireless, but a move by Congress to auction off the spectrum needed for those networks...

Congress already protects military and some Wi-Fi spectrum. now Congress and the FCC must extend those same protections to CBRS and 6 GHz — or risk letting BEAD fail before it begins.

www.lightreading.com/fixed-wirele...

the 6 GHz and CBRS bands are part of our everyday life: they power hospitals, libraries, rural and tribal networks, stadiums, ports, private industry, and more. 80–90% of mobile internet traffic flows over Wi-Fi that depends on this spectrum.

that means rural providers could win BEAD funds, build networks, and then lose access to the airwaves that power them within a year. that’s billions in public investment, gone.

under BEAD’s new guidance, unlicensed fixed wireless (ULFW) will play a much bigger role in BEAD — but ULFW relies on the 6 GHz and CBRS bands, and Ted Cruz wants to sell off that spectrum to the big mobile carriers to raise $85B through the reconciliation bill.

NEW from me and @jessicadine.bsky.social in @lightreading.bsky.social —

the federal government is investing $42B to connect every American. but at the same time, Congress is preparing to auction the spectrum the new networks rely on. that contradiction could undermine the entire BEAD program. 🧵

Among the many problems with the GOP’s Big Broken Bill: its sole AI safety provision doesn’t regulate AI — it prevents states from doing so. Congress creates a void, then blocks anyone from filling it.

🚨 Today, the US Department of Commerce announced that it is reallocating the $42 billion in funds for the BEAD program in a way that steers communities away from fiber internet & towards slower, costlier tech like LEO satellite service – threatening reliable, affordable broadband for all Americans.

100%. Messaging needs to be clear and forceful. This is bad and it will not help workers.