TheSmartCat
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This morning is oral argument at the Supreme Court in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment.
Cox unfortunately isn't pressing this point but it is an enormously important First Amendment case involving online free speech.
Here's the amicus brief I wrote:
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/05/s...
Cox unfortunately isn't pressing this point but it is an enormously important First Amendment case involving online free speech.
Here's the amicus brief I wrote:
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/05/s...
Something Good The Supreme Court Could Do: Finally Fix The First Amendment Problems With Platform Liability For Copyright Infringement
Below is the brief, in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, I have been waiting my career to write, to finally tell the Supreme Court that when it comes to platform liability for their u…
www.techdirt.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This morning is oral argument at the Supreme Court in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment.
Cox unfortunately isn't pressing this point but it is an enormously important First Amendment case involving online free speech.
Here's the amicus brief I wrote:
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/05/s...
Cox unfortunately isn't pressing this point but it is an enormously important First Amendment case involving online free speech.
Here's the amicus brief I wrote:
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/05/s...
This came up on my feed and now I can't get it out of my head so im sharing with everyone else. 😁
youtu.be/Ff9R2tAG0E8?...
youtu.be/Ff9R2tAG0E8?...
Boom De Yada Supercut ~ The World Is Awesome (Discovery Channel, 2008&2009&2020, BEST QUALITY)
YouTube video by Da Hawk
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November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This came up on my feed and now I can't get it out of my head so im sharing with everyone else. 😁
youtu.be/Ff9R2tAG0E8?...
youtu.be/Ff9R2tAG0E8?...
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Bear 🐻
Fox 🦊
Opossum
Deer 🦌
Mountain Lion
Bear 🐻
Fox 🦊
Opossum
Deer 🦌
Mountain Lion
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Bear 🐻
Fox 🦊
Moose 🫎
Skunk 🦨
Goose 🪿
Bear 🐻
Fox 🦊
Moose 🫎
Skunk 🦨
Goose 🪿
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Bald eagle 🦅
Great blue heron
Beaver 🦫
Dolphins 🐬
Alligator 🐊
Bald eagle 🦅
Great blue heron
Beaver 🦫
Dolphins 🐬
Alligator 🐊
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Bear 🐻
Fox 🦊
Opossum
Deer 🦌
Mountain Lion
Bear 🐻
Fox 🦊
Opossum
Deer 🦌
Mountain Lion
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Release the Epstein files!
October 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Release the Epstein files!
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There's a punishing bully in the Oval Office willing to shut the government down in order to make sure you lose your healthcare! #Thisistrumpsshutdown
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There's a punishing bully in the Oval Office willing to shut the government down in order to make sure you lose your healthcare! #Thisistrumpsshutdown
Post-show depression is setting in. It doesn’t feel real until I turn off my alarms, clean the accumulated coffee mugs and random stuff from my car and empty my show bag.
September 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Post-show depression is setting in. It doesn’t feel real until I turn off my alarms, clean the accumulated coffee mugs and random stuff from my car and empty my show bag.
This would be perfect for Halloween dress up at work.
September 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This would be perfect for Halloween dress up at work.
My hall closet tends to be a stash place for junk but I got it cleaned out and organized this morning. Not only did I match up gloves, I found my favorite winter hat AND my work gloves. Woo! That will probably be the end of my productivity for the day but I’ll take the win
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My hall closet tends to be a stash place for junk but I got it cleaned out and organized this morning. Not only did I match up gloves, I found my favorite winter hat AND my work gloves. Woo! That will probably be the end of my productivity for the day but I’ll take the win
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
sign.moveon.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
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If I could like and repost this a gazillion times I would, but I'll make a little image meme of it instead:
"Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary down payment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment." - Mark Hamill
"Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary down payment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment." - Mark Hamill
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If I could like and repost this a gazillion times I would, but I'll make a little image meme of it instead:
"Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary down payment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment." - Mark Hamill
"Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary down payment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment." - Mark Hamill
Dean’s leather jacket
An angel blade
Ruby’s Demon Knife
Dean’s gun
Sam’s Carhart jacket
An angel blade
Ruby’s Demon Knife
Dean’s gun
Sam’s Carhart jacket
September 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Dean’s leather jacket
An angel blade
Ruby’s Demon Knife
Dean’s gun
Sam’s Carhart jacket
An angel blade
Ruby’s Demon Knife
Dean’s gun
Sam’s Carhart jacket
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I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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Robert Redford looked at the movie industry and saw "that the most creative filmmakers were increasingly shut out" and "that if a would-be filmmaker were brown, black, red, or female—forget it; his or her chances of getting a project produced were virtually nil."
So he started Sundance.
So he started Sundance.
Robert Redford, 1936–2025
Actor, star, indie entrepreneur.
www.thebulwark.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Robert Redford looked at the movie industry and saw "that the most creative filmmakers were increasingly shut out" and "that if a would-be filmmaker were brown, black, red, or female—forget it; his or her chances of getting a project produced were virtually nil."
So he started Sundance.
So he started Sundance.
More people need to walk through a historic cemetery and count the number of small graves belonging to children. The majority of those deaths are now preventable due to modern vaccines.
SPECIAL REPORT: A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded into the past, a six-month NBC News investigation in collaboration with scientists at Stanford University finds.
Data investigation: Childhood vaccination rates are backsliding across the U.S.
A monthslong NBC News data investigation finds that much of the U.S. doesn't have the protection needed to stop the spread of deadly diseases. St. Louis is a window into the problem communities face nationwide.
nbcnews.to
September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
More people need to walk through a historic cemetery and count the number of small graves belonging to children. The majority of those deaths are now preventable due to modern vaccines.
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Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Pulitzer Feeling Increasingly Out Of Place In Washington Post Office
Violence from the left?! We’re not the ones shooting in schools and churches
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Violence from the left?! We’re not the ones shooting in schools and churches
Someone tore down the sign in front of my Unitarian church for the second time this year. If you are so offended by a church’s message of love and acceptance, you need to re-examine your life.
September 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Someone tore down the sign in front of my Unitarian church for the second time this year. If you are so offended by a church’s message of love and acceptance, you need to re-examine your life.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I can’t believe this was almost 20 years ago. I’m still seething, New Orleans was deliberately left to die.
abc.com/news/b087477...
abc.com/news/b087477...
Watch Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time'' Premiering on National Geographic Sunday, July 27. Stream on Hulu & Disney+. | ABC Updates
"Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time" premieres on National Geographic on Sunday, July 27 and will be available to stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
abc.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I can’t believe this was almost 20 years ago. I’m still seething, New Orleans was deliberately left to die.
abc.com/news/b087477...
abc.com/news/b087477...
I’ll never forget driving out of boarding school the last day blaring Mama, I’m Coming Home.
Ozzy dropped out of school at 15 and turned to crime by age 17 and spent two months in prison.
Afterwards Osbourne's father bought him a microphone, amplifier, and speakers.
Ozzy advertised his wares at a music shop with an ad — “OZZY ZIG NEEDS GIG – Experienced front man owns own PA system."
Afterwards Osbourne's father bought him a microphone, amplifier, and speakers.
Ozzy advertised his wares at a music shop with an ad — “OZZY ZIG NEEDS GIG – Experienced front man owns own PA system."
July 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I’ll never forget driving out of boarding school the last day blaring Mama, I’m Coming Home.
In light of the Microsoft Sharepoint hack, I’d love to see the breakdown of teams impacted by the last two rounds of layoffs at Microsoft. Just curious.
July 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In light of the Microsoft Sharepoint hack, I’d love to see the breakdown of teams impacted by the last two rounds of layoffs at Microsoft. Just curious.
100% this.
July 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
100% this.
This is worth watching, we need to be more deliberate in the technology we allow in our lives and how we use it.
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is worth watching, we need to be more deliberate in the technology we allow in our lives and how we use it.