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Mark Zuckerberg's campaign against internal critics is drawing fresh scrutiny tonight. According to Cory Doctorow at Pluralistic, Meta has been aggressively pursuing whistleblowers through legal and operational pressure — and the tactics may be backfiring badly, amplifying exactly the attention Zuckerberg seems desperate to suppress. The Streisand Effect, alive and well.
On a quieter but no less meaningful note, the passing of Om Malik is prompting reflection across the tech media world. A newsletter writer recalls how a spirited argument with Om about the soul of Wired — what tech journalism could and should be — became the founding impulse for their own publication. It's a reminder that good disagreements plant seeds.
And for those of us who spend too much time staring at terminals, a developer has released FSM, an advanced system monitor for Linux. It's drawing early attention on Hacker News as a capable alternative in a space where tools like htop have long dominated. Early adopters seem genuinely impressed with the depth of what it surfaces.
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