Kind of amazed at the number of people telling me "free speech means you should talk to the cops, so they can get info to incriminate you." Which is quite the galaxy brained take. RE:
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WinstanleyLab (@unidentifieditem.bsky.social)
Not so much with the free speech anymore... [contains quote post or other embedded content]
People are still yelling at me and trying to defend Piker's decision to chat away with CBP so I wrote about the myriad ways it was stupid. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Hasan Piker Just Gave His Millions Of Followers A Masterclass In What Not To Do When Detained ByΒ CBP Progressive streamer Hasan Piker's recent de...
Worth reading. When Alondra speaks everyone should listen. RE:
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Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social)
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This brings me back. RE:
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Leah Reich (@leahreich.com)
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Been a while since I posted something that flooded my mentions with really bad takes that required blocking. But the people coming out of the woodwork to suggest that *talking to the feds* is somehow good & righteous, as opposed to shutting the fuck up, is really trying my patience.
Had missed this release of The Slackers video for their latest single (which is great), but the video is also touching if you know the story behind the song. Last year, Greg Lee, from the band Hepcat died suddenly, which was tragic. Apparently, a week earlier, he had woken from a dream... RE:
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The Slackers (@theslackersband.bsky.social)
Official video for 'My Last Star' is dropping today on youtube and other video services. https://youtu.be/j6ye8Do5T70?si=zio7QWGJVZyv0UPy #theslac...
Apparently Bluesky has a lot of tab hoarder shamers based on my replies... Do not mock my way of life. I come from a long line of tab hoarders. RE:
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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)
Holy shit. There is some tab among my 400+ tabs that suddenly, without reason, appears to have started playing a podcast... twice? Like it started ...
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So we're now doing out and out racism from the US government. The quieter racism is a thing of the past. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an ...
So, the dispute this morning about whether or not the Capitol Police blocked DOGE dudes from entering the US Copyright Office is increasingly sounding like one where there's a lot of "well, technically..." but the overall gist of it was true. RE:
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Kate Knibbs (@knibbs.bsky.social)
SCOOP: On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a blockbuster report on AI training. On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired....
Lots of people talking about this, but, uh... not enough people are talking about his willingness to talk without a lawyer present. RE:
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On the Media (@onthemedia.bsky.social)
β€œThe reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker ...