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Dan Kennedy
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Dan Kennedy writes Media Nation, a personal blog at dankennedy.net about politics and writing. Since 2010, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dan Kennedy's posts on the Aaron Swartz case, including his 2013 piece on the Swartz suicide and prosecution. Commenters cite them for context and for his account of prosecutorial conduct.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
By Dan Kennedy • Tracking the future of local news and other passions since 2005
Most-linked posts?
- /2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-01-26
What Hacker News says?
This article linked from the parent actually seems a better explanation. http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-...
Comment linking /2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/
on “Swartz didn't face prison until feds took over case, report says”Submitted Why the Substack hype is much ado about very little as a story · 133 points
HN discussionI interviewed Harvey Silverglate while he was writing his Three Felonies book and came away with precisely the opposite opinion. Harvey is hardly a "liar and manipulator." He was EFF's first attorney and is one of the leading civil liberties attorneys of our time. Here's what Harvey wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron Swartz's case, for instance: http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-…
Comment linking /2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/
on “GPS signals are surprisingly easy to disrupt”Submitted AP to end its weekly book reviews as a story · 83 points
HN discussionI interviewed Harvey Silverglate while he was writing his Three Felonies book and came away with precisely the opposite opinion. Harvey is hardly a "liar and manipulator." He was EFF's first attorney and is one of the leading civil liberties attorneys of our time. Here's what Harvey wrote about prosecutorial misconduct in Aaron Swartz's case, for instance: http://dankennedy.net/2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-…
Comment linking /2013/01/24/the-swartz-suicide-and-the-sick-culture-of-the-justice-dept/
on “GPS signals are surprisingly easy to disrupt”Submitted An AI-generated guide to summer books that don't exist published in 2 newspapers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Post-academia, Jay Rosen returns to where he started as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Toward a better Gmail as a story · 1 points
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