Thanks to the internet I don't need to wait for the evening news to learn about recent events. I can read 2,000 posts from the most deranged people on earth and make up my own mind

My latest newsletter is about a piece of legislation that will make the internet much, much worse for all of us — unless we fight now.

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(I wrote this before I got a positive covid test. Gonna go goof off now.)

I don’t know if anyone else saw this absolutely bonkers Reddit post about a landlord shutting his tenants’ power off during Thursday’s EBS test but I feel like it should be shared

"we won't bow to a single demand! in fact, we will starve you out," said the studios.

"lol", said the union, "lmao"

One of the best parts of the WGA deal: AI has now hit a brick wall in Hollywood, *and that includes adaptations.*

Based on the deal, AI can't be source material. So if you're a publisher, AI novels or graphic novels or whatever just became that much less appealing because *they can't be optioned.*

Constantly horrified at the songs Spotify sorts under “love” like damn sis I hope not.

California should be the best state in the country, they have the resources and institutional capacity to legislate and act on the scale of nations, but they are consistently held back from greatness by their elected officials.

A single taki would kill Mitch McConnell

BREAKING: California's Senate just passed a bill to extend unemployment benefits to workers who’ve been on strike for more than two weeks.

This would cover the writers and actors picketing Hollywood studios, and thousands more.

The bill now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

I’ve spent much of the last year examining car bloat, the process through which smaller vehicles are being replaced by increasingly massive SUVs and trucks.

What I’ve learned: Huge cars are terrible for society, often in ways that are hidden.

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