Tech policy, human rights, trust & safety. Raised in Brooklyn, based in Boulder. @david_msullivan elsewhere. Posts auto delete. I'm on Germ DM 🔑 https://ger.mx/A1Y8CYx9TUtTxirjHuY_ibg6kbSF7BF5inQ7c-04zOPv#did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2https://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mhiz2t3h6c2tthis part is my favorite: "We did not find anything,” said one of the people. "It was not politically convenient that we could not find anything." [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiz2t3h6c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mhivgmdm2k2tThis @washingtonpost.com piece on the State Department's inability to find *any* evidence of EU platform "censorship" and determination to insist on making a gigantic and disastrous issue of it is really something... https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/20/trump-eu-dsa-censorship/20 Mar 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhivgmdm2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mh73g7s3622aHere's @techpolicypress.bsky.social with details on the forthcoming Presidential Decree on Brazil's new child protection law. Huge news that is mostly going unnoticed in US media. https://www.techpolicy.press/brazil-wants-to-reshape-the-internet-for-kids-the-hard-part-just-began/16 Mar 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh73g7s3622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mguwnqd2ok2aPower restored in South Boulder for all of... 5 minutes. sigh. #cowx12 Mar 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguwnqd2ok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mgnir6b2xk2dAn important and welcome intervention against the Trump administration weaponizing immigration policy against technology research and trust and safety workers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnir6b2xk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mgakxftp6224Important thread. One of the serious downsides of Bluesky's AI allergy is that what passes for nuanced discourse on this topic is currently happening within the dumpster fire that is X. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgakxftp6224https://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mfry56w3lc2yExtra bluesky panel with @masnick.com @jmiers230.bsky.social Matt Perault and @matt.bsky.team moderated by @jrhuddles.bsky.social. All about genAI and 230…26 Feb 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfry56w3lc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mfrs264nec2yNext up: Gary Shapiro, Billy Easley, Ashkhen Kazaryan, Ari Cohn, and David Inserra26 Feb 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrs264nec2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mfrla7w3gc2lHello DC! Currently at @cato.org Listening to @ericgoldman.bsky.social on Section 230, noting how difficult it is to be anonymous online these days.26 Feb 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrla7w3gc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mfce62nf522mApparently Boulder's answer to how we can possibly host Sundance in less than a year is that we've got parking lots 🤨 https://www.axios.com/local/boulder/2026/02/20/boulder-prepares-sundance-housing-transit-challenges20 Feb 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfce62nf522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mf3lsb3yms27Flurries on a red flag day… #cowx17 Feb 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3lsb3yms27https://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mer3o5anws2y@julietshen.bsky.social, check out this verb from claude code!13 Feb 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer3o5anws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3me7btwa7fs2vFrom the folks that brought you ubiquitous cookie banners, here comes unending pagination clicks... [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7btwa7fs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mcwvg52nck2vCan we add RICO to the Rome Statute? Asking for the rules-based international order... [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwvg52nck2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mcwucgb7ms2vThis is such a great piece. 20 years since grad school and I'm going to need to reread Schelling. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwucgb7ms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mcspexe2f22aHeading to Europe for work and fun later this week. I know January isn't exactly peak season for the Benelux, but damn if this seat map doesn't say something about the current state of transatlantic relations...19 Jan 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcspexe2f22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mckz7wxpps2vStop whatever you're doing and read @farzdusa.bsky.social rejoinder to "digital sovereignty" at @futurefreespeech.org's Bedrock Principle: https://www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/how-digital-sovereignty-will-lead16 Jan 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckz7wxpps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mbzhu4rsb22htiny deer energy [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzhu4rsb22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidsullivan.bsky.social/post/3mbxagaxmzk2tI may be a huge nerd, but I love the bingo card podcast organizing structure from the first Ctrl-Alt-Speech of 2026! @mmasnick.bsky.social, did you guys come up with this or adapt it from others? https://ctrlaltspeech.com/09 Jan 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:sqd3wsj7e6w6do6i26nn62r2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxagaxmzk2t