"This isn’t just about safety—it’s censorship. Age verification laws target a slew of broadly-defined topics."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/impact-age-verification-measures-goes-beyond-porn-sites
I'd like to congratulate our new President on being the first president in history to declare that every American is a woman! Truly historic...
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/did-trumps-executive-order-just-083520485.html
Invest in the new President, they said. You can't lose, they said...
Israeli settlers protest release of "terrorists" by committing acts of terrorism: Can you have so much irony that it wraps around again? That might explain why no one involved ever sees it...
Those who exalt the Constitution: Most likely to scorn it!
"Congress has reauthorized Section 702 multiple times, each time ignoring overwhelming evidence that the FBI and the intelligence community abuse their access to warrantlessly collected messages and other data"
I just don't get why everyone hates health insurance companies so much...
How do you start the exodus when you've been locked out of the discussion?
https://blaisehartley.com/2025/01/13/lost-in-metas-web-my-account-suspension-nightmare/
Wife: Our daughter wants a Stanley Cup.
Me: I didn't even know she was interested in Hockey.
Instead of firing them, they should have replaced their moderation AI with them, so moderation would, you know, work!
This dude is *totally* qualified to be Sec Def!
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lfptkksemc26
It's almost like cops can do whatever they want, no matter how scummy and disgusting, and they will always get let off the hook...
"Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, belonged to a group of Ivy League gamers who played assassins, a member told NBC News."
NBC broke the case! Among Us made him assassinate a CEO!
For over a decade, I've tried to convince the anti-gun-nuts to work on solving the problems *causing* gun crime, since pretty soon anyone will be able to make a gun in their basement.
Had they listened, we might have made progress before my predictions came true...
Big chunks of LA are burned down and there are 180,000 new homeless. There's no reason to hope they'll find homes, since a week ago, there were *already* 180,000 homeless in California.
Do you somehow think *now* California will ditch its crazy housing codes and NIMBYs to build sufficient housing?
OK, I know I'm an old fart, and I know it's the 21st Century, but I'm not sure I'm ever going to adapt to my 10-yr-old sending me texts. This just feels like a thing that shouldn't happen.
Upside? In text, no one can hear you whine!
Ah, so you agree that Trump can't be allowed to take office because the 22nd Amendment says he can't be elected to the Presidency 3 times, then? Well, I hope everyone else who voted for Trump feels the same way...
Have you noticed how every time it starts to look like the US regime might be backing off of its support for Israel a little bit, ISIS magically reappears?
Sure, everyone loves the convenience of being electrocuted during their eel attack, but there's just something so satisfying about having direct control of your eel attack....
To be clear: Our government spent decades demanding backdoors in otherwise secure systems. Now our entire telecom infrastructure has been compromised by Chinese actors due to designed-in security flaws insisted upon by our government.
Tell me again why we should trust these people with *anything*?