Ari Cohn
@aricohn.com
First Amendment & defamation lawyer.
Lead Counsel for Tech Policy @thefireorg.bsky.social
Past: Free Speech Counsel @TechFreedom.org
Illini/music junkie/oofnik.
“A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.”
Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/aricohn
Lead Counsel for Tech Policy @thefireorg.bsky.social
Past: Free Speech Counsel @TechFreedom.org
Illini/music junkie/oofnik.
“A snarky gay lawyer Jessica Fletcher.”
Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/aricohn
If we're a nation built on the right to dissent, those who suggest modeling that for the world is not only unimportant but *wrong* are included amongst those from whom America must be defended.
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
If we're a nation built on the right to dissent, those who suggest modeling that for the world is not only unimportant but *wrong* are included amongst those from whom America must be defended.
Imagine controlling the entire government of the United States and still having such a whiny-ass persecution complex.
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Imagine controlling the entire government of the United States and still having such a whiny-ass persecution complex.
Reposted by Ari Cohn
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
The Parent Persecution Complex is so fucking whiny.
You're not being excluded from public life just because people expect you to not let your crotch goblins indiscriminately terrorize and destroy everyone and everything around them.
You're not being excluded from public life just because people expect you to not let your crotch goblins indiscriminately terrorize and destroy everyone and everything around them.
February 8, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The Parent Persecution Complex is so fucking whiny.
You're not being excluded from public life just because people expect you to not let your crotch goblins indiscriminately terrorize and destroy everyone and everything around them.
You're not being excluded from public life just because people expect you to not let your crotch goblins indiscriminately terrorize and destroy everyone and everything around them.
The Olympics are, overall, very boring but people seem to not want to admit that
NBC announcer caught on hot mic calling Olympics' big air finals 'so boring'
NBC announcer caught on hot mic calling Olympics' big air finals 'so boring'
Todd Richards shared how unimpressed he was with the "boring" men's snowboarding big air finals Saturday.
nypost.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
The Olympics are, overall, very boring but people seem to not want to admit that
Never buy TravelPro luggage. They don't honor their warranty.
When you file a claim, they say they don't have the part needed, but they "want to make it right" -- not by replacing it, but by "allowing" you to buy a whole new bag at a paltry 15% discount.
Total scam.
When you file a claim, they say they don't have the part needed, but they "want to make it right" -- not by replacing it, but by "allowing" you to buy a whole new bag at a paltry 15% discount.
Total scam.
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Never buy TravelPro luggage. They don't honor their warranty.
When you file a claim, they say they don't have the part needed, but they "want to make it right" -- not by replacing it, but by "allowing" you to buy a whole new bag at a paltry 15% discount.
Total scam.
When you file a claim, they say they don't have the part needed, but they "want to make it right" -- not by replacing it, but by "allowing" you to buy a whole new bag at a paltry 15% discount.
Total scam.
Here's a thing you could do instead of buying a book from an independent bookstore on Spotify:
Get up off your ass and **GO** to a local independent bookstore.
Here are two favorites to start you off:
Chicago - Unabridged Bookstore (Lakeview)
DC - East City Bookshop (Eastern Market)
Get up off your ass and **GO** to a local independent bookstore.
Here are two favorites to start you off:
Chicago - Unabridged Bookstore (Lakeview)
DC - East City Bookshop (Eastern Market)
Spotify is about to start selling physical books for some reason
Spotify is about to start selling physical books for some reason
Spotify is about to allow premium subscribers in the US and UK to buy physical books through the app, in a move the company expects to drive revenue for both itself and indie bookstores.
It’s an expansion of the company’s partnership with bookshop.org on audiobooks, but it’s hard to see how the move makes any kind of sense …
more…
9to5mac.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Here's a thing you could do instead of buying a book from an independent bookstore on Spotify:
Get up off your ass and **GO** to a local independent bookstore.
Here are two favorites to start you off:
Chicago - Unabridged Bookstore (Lakeview)
DC - East City Bookshop (Eastern Market)
Get up off your ass and **GO** to a local independent bookstore.
Here are two favorites to start you off:
Chicago - Unabridged Bookstore (Lakeview)
DC - East City Bookshop (Eastern Market)
I repeat: full drive encryption with a hidden OS for plausible deniability.
www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I repeat: full drive encryption with a hidden OS for plausible deniability.
www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
Yea I dunno maybe it isn't the best move for an organization founded to fight against fascism and support democratic ideals to appoint someone from Palantir—probably the company doing the most to enable a fascist surveillance state—as its new CEO.
freedomhouse.org/article/free...
freedomhouse.org/article/free...
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Yea I dunno maybe it isn't the best move for an organization founded to fight against fascism and support democratic ideals to appoint someone from Palantir—probably the company doing the most to enable a fascist surveillance state—as its new CEO.
freedomhouse.org/article/free...
freedomhouse.org/article/free...
Yea, well *I* know the people who control the clouds!
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Yea, well *I* know the people who control the clouds!
Reposted by Ari Cohn
Absolutely every behavior people offer as "proof" that their phones are listening to them 24/7 is 100% explainable by cross-site pixel tracking and location services! We have known for years that ad networks do this!
February 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Absolutely every behavior people offer as "proof" that their phones are listening to them 24/7 is 100% explainable by cross-site pixel tracking and location services! We have known for years that ad networks do this!
It's a really remarkable thing that this sentence could be written within the lifetime of people who can remember when the smallest computer took up a room and paper punch cards were the method of data storage and retrieval.
Truly a wonderous time to be alive.
Truly a wonderous time to be alive.
February 2, 2026 at 4:57 AM
It's a really remarkable thing that this sentence could be written within the lifetime of people who can remember when the smallest computer took up a room and paper punch cards were the method of data storage and retrieval.
Truly a wonderous time to be alive.
Truly a wonderous time to be alive.
S.O. looked at me like I had completely lost my mind when I unpacked that 1500° salamander broiler, but I ask you this:
How else are you getting this kind of sear when it's 15° and windy outside?
Checkmate, loverboy.
How else are you getting this kind of sear when it's 15° and windy outside?
Checkmate, loverboy.
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 AM
S.O. looked at me like I had completely lost my mind when I unpacked that 1500° salamander broiler, but I ask you this:
How else are you getting this kind of sear when it's 15° and windy outside?
Checkmate, loverboy.
How else are you getting this kind of sear when it's 15° and windy outside?
Checkmate, loverboy.
Chuck Schumer is, predicably, being such a Republican about things
January 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Chuck Schumer is, predicably, being such a Republican about things
Mamy people, including his boss, are saying this.
January 27, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Mamy people, including his boss, are saying this.
There's an easy way to abolish (probably most of) ICE coming right up: keep the government shut down until most of them have to quit because they can't live without paychecks.
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
There's an easy way to abolish (probably most of) ICE coming right up: keep the government shut down until most of them have to quit because they can't live without paychecks.
Ship this asshole off to Nuremberg.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Ship this asshole off to Nuremberg.
Every day makes clearer that ICE and CBP are the type of domestic enemy that every federal employee swears an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" against.
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Every day makes clearer that ICE and CBP are the type of domestic enemy that every federal employee swears an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" against.
I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.
Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government.
It's really that simple.