You should be able to criticize your government anonymously online.
Full stop.
"Age verification" legislation is just a pretty name for "forced online ID checks," meaning everything you post is associated with your government name
We have to stop this.
theintercept.com/2026/03/05/k...
since The Atlantic is apparently reviving the "a was a feminine gay child, but if I was a kid today they would have 'transed' me" trope, here's an essay I wrote back in 2020 explaining why this is not true & there is no evidence to support it: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...
Maybe there’s an analog to building construction…
scripts :: toddler block towers
personal programs :: lincoln log towns
simple software for $ :: single-family home
regulated data/activity :: commercial building
medical :: skyscraper
Inspect the guts of lincoln log cabins? No.
Skyscrapers? Much.
They are going down the list of amendments now. And the entire ICE action is the most obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment this country has ever seen.
“We sought not vengeance, but acknowledgement — of Corey’s life, his humanity, and the depth of our loss,” the Stingley family wrote.
“We believe this agreement honors Corey’s memory and offers a model of how people can come together, even after profound harm, to seek understanding and healing.”
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations ⤵️
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
My anger at having to stand outside my kid’s school for two hours to ensure none of their classmates, parents, or teachers get kidnapped by my own government is only slightly tempered by the amazing outpouring of support from other parents and especially neighbors who stand against this bullshit.
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published February)
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak. Here’s how we did.
Homeland Security * @DHSgov X.com The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world. America After Terrible AI image of classic car on a beach with text that reads “America after 100 million deportations”
They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration.
It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.
Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
I’m fairly tired of news articles couching legitimate crisis with phrases like “experts are concerned that…” or “many people worry…”
Just call a spade a spade when the evidence is overwhelming. That’s the journalistic prerogative and duty.
Hey cis people you should read this
We can cover this from bonsai.io.
I was planning on attending anyway!
First Cloudflare and now GitHub. Not a great day for the tubes.
These are excellent thoughts about identity, fluidity, adaptability, and society:
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
I'm almost disappointed that the last sign didn't say Burma Shave. /s
@inoreader.com Did y’all remove your Import, Export, Backup screen?
I see this post but nothing that looks like it in the web app: www.inoreader.com/blog/2014/05...
From The Archives: ‘New York Times’ Issues Apology For Reporting Palestinian Deaths
Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently
I think the idea that “The President is simultaneously an institution beyond the reach of criminal law and also a private person who can file $10 billion defamation suits when he dislikes a news article” is not very sensible.
White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off
the amount of money ppl are spending to make-believe revive extinct animals compared to the relative paucity of money going towards keeping existing endangered species alive is both wildly irrational & arguably immoral (IMHO)
Everyone! The time has come, again, to GTF off of Twitter. Are you still over there supporting the Nazi who owns it? Think about that.
This is a laundry list of rhetorical strategies to defend the adoption of a given technology for the purposes of advancing an ideology & economic regime: inevitability, unquestioning praise of “innovation,” buy-in from concerned stakeholders, assurances that partnership is not capitulation. 1/n
