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The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe”
·eff.org·
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
This Man is a Coward.
This Man is a Coward.
This man is a coward. And no amount of corporate jargon or performative masculinity can make that stain go away.
·theindex.media·
This Man is a Coward.
Liberty Fund - Wikipedia
Liberty Fund - Wikipedia
Liberty Fund, Inc. is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, which promotes the libertarian views of its founder, Pierre F. Goodrich through publishing, conferences, and educational resources. The operating mandate of the Liberty Fund was set forth in an unpublished memo written by Goodrich "to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals".
·en.wikipedia.org·
Liberty Fund - Wikipedia
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
·bbc.com·
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Puget Sound Socialist Rifle Association
Puget Sound Socialist Rifle Association
The Puget Sound Socialist Rifle Association (PSSRA) is a Washington-based local chapter of the nonprofit Socialist Rifle Assocation.
·pugetsoundsra.org·
Puget Sound Socialist Rifle Association
Imagining a multiparty system in the US
Imagining a multiparty system in the US
In the United States, a two-party system means that candidates, who are supposed to represent their constituents, are forced to run as Republican or Democrat. For NYT Opinion, Jesse Wegman and Lee …
·flowingdata.com·
Imagining a multiparty system in the US
Meta, moderation, and whose freedoms come first
Meta, moderation, and whose freedoms come first
A lot has been said about Meta’s recently-announced moderation changes, so I won’t add too much to your reading backlog today, but I did want to comment on it after letting it simmer in my head for a bit. Let me just start by repeating the same thing
·birchtree.me·
Meta, moderation, and whose freedoms come first
The Slop Society
The Slop Society
In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created" on both Instagram and Facebook, the
·wheresyoured.at·
The Slop Society
Venture-Backed Conspiracies
Venture-Backed Conspiracies
I regret to inform you that Paul Graham, investor and founder of the startup training program Y Combinator, has published a new essay: "The Origins of Wokeness." You can tell the political bent of his screed by the invocation of "woke," no doubt. But at this stage, I'm not sure
·2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com·
Venture-Backed Conspiracies
Democracy, Capitalism and Monarchy (Yarvin) - Marginal REVOLUTION
Democracy, Capitalism and Monarchy (Yarvin) - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Yarvin interview in the NYTimes magazine illustrates the change in vibes, but frankly, I was bored. It’s amusing when Yarvin tweaks liberals by pointing out that FDR was an authoritarian, but Liberal Fascism did it better. More generally, much of Yarvin’s thinking is superficial. He thinks, for example, that capitalism works because firms are […]
·marginalrevolution.com·
Democracy, Capitalism and Monarchy (Yarvin) - Marginal REVOLUTION
"Zuckerberg Poisons the World — Selling Digital Opioid" - CleanTechnica
"Zuckerberg Poisons the World — Selling Digital Opioid" - CleanTechnica
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Social media often seems minor and harmless, just an app or two on the side for entertainment and learning. Originally, it was supposed to be a wonderful thing that brought the world together. World ... [continued]
·cleantechnica.com·
"Zuckerberg Poisons the World — Selling Digital Opioid" - CleanTechnica