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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
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Day 30 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite #filmnoir ending?
Cry Danger (1951). Top-notch writing, cast, and story. Dick Powell walks off into the lonely abyss of LA, a perfect noir ending that checks all the boxes of this genre we love. Restored by @noirfoundation.bsky.social in 2011.
Cry Danger (1951). Top-notch writing, cast, and story. Dick Powell walks off into the lonely abyss of LA, a perfect noir ending that checks all the boxes of this genre we love. Restored by @noirfoundation.bsky.social in 2011.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Day 30 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite #filmnoir ending?
Cry Danger (1951). Top-notch writing, cast, and story. Dick Powell walks off into the lonely abyss of LA, a perfect noir ending that checks all the boxes of this genre we love. Restored by @noirfoundation.bsky.social in 2011.
Cry Danger (1951). Top-notch writing, cast, and story. Dick Powell walks off into the lonely abyss of LA, a perfect noir ending that checks all the boxes of this genre we love. Restored by @noirfoundation.bsky.social in 2011.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
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"JP Morgan recently calculated that the tech industry must draw an extra $650 billion in revenue every year — nearly double Google’s total sales in 2024 — for AI investments forecast through 2030 to earn a modest 10 percent return."
Analysis | Are we in an AI bubble? Eight charts will help you decide.
Soaring investment in artificial intelligence has triggered warnings about a risky financial bubble. These charts show reasons to be calm — or concerned.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"JP Morgan recently calculated that the tech industry must draw an extra $650 billion in revenue every year — nearly double Google’s total sales in 2024 — for AI investments forecast through 2030 to earn a modest 10 percent return."
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Really old walls in Mesa Verde.
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Really old walls in Mesa Verde.
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
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The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
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The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
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Protest turnout this weekend was great.
The generic ballot polling is not what I’d want to see
The generic ballot polling is not what I’d want to see
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Protest turnout this weekend was great.
The generic ballot polling is not what I’d want to see
The generic ballot polling is not what I’d want to see
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Just glad Splatatouille's family can finally have some closure x
Scientists Studied The Infamous "Chicago Rat Hole" And They Have Some Bad News
The "Chicago rat hole" became so famous it is now housed in the City Hall-County Building. Scientists studying it found a few surprises, and some grim news.
www.iflscience.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just glad Splatatouille's family can finally have some closure x
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Vermont Autumn Beauty at the Fluery Maple Farm in Richford Vermont
October 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Vermont Autumn Beauty at the Fluery Maple Farm in Richford Vermont
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The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm.
I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
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Trump’s attacks on free speech are scary, and what’s even scarier is lots of institutions are inclined to surrender preemptively rather than fight in court against abuses of power.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-scary-...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-scary-...
The scary surrender to Trump’s attacks on free speech
Everyone needs to act more normal
www.slowboring.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Trump’s attacks on free speech are scary, and what’s even scarier is lots of institutions are inclined to surrender preemptively rather than fight in court against abuses of power.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-scary-...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-scary-...
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skipping my vacation because chatgpt can simply summarize everywhere I would have visited for me
July 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
skipping my vacation because chatgpt can simply summarize everywhere I would have visited for me
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
Michael Madsen, 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Kill Bill' star, dies at 67
Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
apnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67.
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
This post replaces an earlier post that was deleted because it reported Madsen was 66.
apnews.com/article/mich...
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the idea that Democrats lose elections because of the defection of marginally attached left voters has absolutely no support whatsoever and the posters insisting that they do are mostly pursuing insane online grudges. notwithstanding this point the left is useless to any political project whatsoever
an important point that the democrats’ most ardent defenders still have not internalized is that *democrats do not lose elections because of criticism from the left or because of defections from the left.* they lose elections because they run candidates who transparently believe in nothing.
June 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
the idea that Democrats lose elections because of the defection of marginally attached left voters has absolutely no support whatsoever and the posters insisting that they do are mostly pursuing insane online grudges. notwithstanding this point the left is useless to any political project whatsoever
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You can’t stop the MAGAfication of the judiciary or pass progressive laws of any kind if you don’t have a strategy to win the senate.
www.slowboring.com/p/why-im-obs...
www.slowboring.com/p/why-im-obs...
Why I'm obsessed with winning the Senate
You can't defend democracy if you don't win elections
www.slowboring.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You can’t stop the MAGAfication of the judiciary or pass progressive laws of any kind if you don’t have a strategy to win the senate.
www.slowboring.com/p/why-im-obs...
www.slowboring.com/p/why-im-obs...
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Liberal democracy, for all its flaws and contradictions, was the fruit of slow-growing wisdom.
Dependent Ideologies and the Illusion of Revolution
Liberal democracy, for all its flaws and contradictions, was the fruit of slow-growing wisdom.
quillette.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Liberal democracy, for all its flaws and contradictions, was the fruit of slow-growing wisdom.
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"The push has put a key Palantir product called Foundry into at least four federal agencies, including D.H.S. and the Health and Human Services Department. Widely adopting Foundry, which organizes and analyzes data, paves the way for Mr. Trump to easily merge information from different agencies..."
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"The push has put a key Palantir product called Foundry into at least four federal agencies, including D.H.S. and the Health and Human Services Department. Widely adopting Foundry, which organizes and analyzes data, paves the way for Mr. Trump to easily merge information from different agencies..."
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this is where i live btw
May 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
this is where i live btw
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The discipline of English literature seems unlikely to survive the coming technological tsunami—and maybe it doesn’t deserve to. And I say this as a professor of English, who believes in the power of the written word.
AI and the Death of Literary Criticism
The discipline of English literature seems unlikely to survive the coming technological tsunami—and maybe it doesn’t deserve to. And I say this as a professor of English, who believes in the power of the written word.
quillette.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The discipline of English literature seems unlikely to survive the coming technological tsunami—and maybe it doesn’t deserve to. And I say this as a professor of English, who believes in the power of the written word.