Friday links: December 26, 2025 
Ben Werdmuller
Friday links: December 26, 2025
An alternative Christmas; lies we tell ourselves.
Ben Werdmuller
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I lead technology at ProPublica and write speculative fiction. This is a personal account.
Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io.
More about me: https://about.werd.io
2025 in review: an interesting year 
Ben Werdmuller
An ... interesting year
On fascism, technology, and finding the helpers.
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud 
Ben Werdmuller
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
"Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to migrate mission-critical workloads to a digitally sovereign European cloud – but estimates onl...
The Knight Foundation scrubs DEI section from its 'About' page https://werd.io/the-knight-foundation-scrubs-dei-section-from-its-about-page/
Friday links: December 19, 2025 
Ben Werdmuller
Friday links: December 19, 2025
Predictions for journalism; paperbacks are dead; feeling the fear.
T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort
Ben Werdmuller
T.S.A. Is Providing Air Passenger Data to Immigration Agents for Deportation Effort
"The Trump administration is providing the names of all air travelers to immigration officials, substantially expanding its use of data sharing to ...
Friday links: December 12, 2025 
Ben Werdmuller
Friday links: December 12, 2025
In the face of government oppression, it's time to encrypt.
Trump Signs Executive Order To Combat State AI Regulation
Ben Werdmuller
Trump Signs Executive Order To Combat State AI Regulation
"President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday intended to limit state regulation of artificial intelligence." At the same time, sta...
10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
Ben Werdmuller
10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
Let's Encrypt is ten years old. It's changed the web for the better.
