“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.” she did it! her! way!!

"The work being done on Suicide Crisis Syndrome is vital because it admits what the current discourse ignores: we are failing to identify the risk because we are looking at the wrong things." Excellent and important piece from @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/b...

The idea that the Chamber of Commerce is "left-wing" is beyond insane. It is completely disconnected from reality. Chamber of Commerce was to the right of Reagan.

Get out the word to Wisconsin! Tomorrow the Senate attempts to ram through one of the most restrictive internet bills in the country. AB 105 / SB 130 bans adults from using VPNs to access material "harmful to minors" A massive attack on online privacy. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/wi/action.php

It seems pretty pretty bad that after all the times people have explained Section 230 to @amyklobuchar.com she still doesn't understand how it works, what it does, or what damage her "reforms" would do to speech online, especially speech from marginalized people.

And ... South Carolina has introduced a bill that would criminalize South Park. S919 bill adds "profane" speech, including excretory functions, to its "harmful to minors" law. A felony for toilet humor. www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...

we're organizing an open letter to joseph gordon-levitt, urging him to reverse his stance on Section 230 and publicly cut ties with NCOSE (morality in media) and similar groups. like or reskeet if you'd wanna sign

Significant legal victory today. Federal judge threw out two private lawsuits made possible by the Kansas age-verification law. Mom said her teen son accessed porn sites, wanted millions in damages. Judge said an out-of-state company can't be sued just because it's accessible in Kansas.

The US Women’s Hockey team is terrifying. They have scored twenty goals in this Olympiad so far. Their opponents? One.

Just a reminder as Bondi spreads administration bullshit about threats to immigration agents: Last year was the second safest year for ICE and BP agents in history, despite a massive ramp up in agression, violence, and abuse by agents themselves. www.cato.org/blog/2025-wa...

"When a human stays in control—thinking, evaluating, deciding—it’s a genuinely powerful tool. The important question is just whether you’re using it, or it’s using you," is one of the best perspective on AI I've seen in a while. As a law student this is exactly how I feel.

Wow. This is so...academic freedom-y!

some of my favorite responses from tumblr about the discord new AV rules. Tumblr certainly isn’t what it once was, but they really care and are always on top of this stuff.

But we're supposed to trust them with age verification?

"Are you going to stand up for people who don’t have power and are looking for a way to be heard? Because the people with lots of money, they’re always going to have ways to get their message out. [Section 230] and the First Amendment is a lifeline for folks of modest kind of means.”

Reading the Epstein emails, I don't want to hear another goddamn thing from the government about "protecting kids" online.

The Discord age verification discourse focuses on adults losing access to communities they have a right to access. That's important. I'm also worried, though, about the kids. They seem to be an afterthought in these conversations. They have much to lose too. 🧵 www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

I remember Trump suing CBS and the BBC about "unfair" edits. MAGA insisted they had to do this because such edits are illegal (they're not). But of course they have nothing to say about @nbcnews.com editing out the boos of JD Vance

On Section 230’s 30th Birthday, A Look Back At Why It’s Such A Good Law And Why Messing With It Would Be Bad This past weekend Section 230 turned 30 years old. In those 30 years it has proven to be a marvelous yet misunderstood law, often gravely, as too many, including in Congress and the courts,…

I keep my tumblr anonymous, but I did post about the discord AV and users are fuming. People are cancelling nitro, calling discord, calling out their UK data leaks, and looking for alternatives. It's fascinating to see the disconnect between the company and its users.

EFF is against age verification mandates, including Discord's new policy requiring face scans or IDs for full access to the platform. Here are some things to consider if you're planning to continue using Discord next month. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

This is especially shameful given the current administration's pro-censorship and surveillance push. www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

I'm incredibly disappointed in Discord's decision to pre-comply with age verification mandates. Discord is one of the few "safe" spaces for communities to come together, especially those dealing with sensitive matters (like mental health). This decision will do harm. discord.com/press-releas...

www.theverge.com/tech/875309/... I will leave almost nine years of account-holding on Discord before I give them my ID or an AI-face scan. This is really disappointing.

ICE and CBP face-scanned 100,000 people last year. So EFF is proud to support Senator Markey’s “ICE Out of My Face Act,” which will stop these agencies’ biometric surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I just attended oral arguments in Netchoice v. Yost / Skrmetti. The most shocking point for me (and I think the entire courtroom) was when the State of Tennessee argued: (1) Netchoice v. Moody wasn't about speech. And (2) Disseminating 3rd party speech isn't speech.

watched jjk s1 and jjk 0 this weekend. i don't really get the hype but also mappa may be the superior studio for any doomed love story ever (I still haven't recovered from the reze arc)

The Grok debacle reinforces just how hollow an epithet “censorship” is. Lawmakers who usually clamor to protect children online (and those who call for crackdowns on pornography) did not speak up in this situation, afraid of being branded “censorial.” 🧵 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...

Idk I’m starting to get the sense that Michael Shellenberger, CBR Chair of Free Speech at UATX, doesn’t care about free speech.

I'm proud of our @firstamendmentls.bsky.social students for using their voices. I stand with them in solidarity, and co-sign this message.

My co‑founder and I put out a statement on the First Amendment concerns in Minnesota. As future lawyers, we believe it’s on us to speak up when constitutional rights are pushed to the edge.

Bovino looks like a SS cosplayer who got his outfit on temu.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

If you're new to Signal, it might feel a little overwhelming to get the hang of, but you can get it set up and working pretty quickly. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

“Now more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice.” - National Basketball Players Association statement via @marcjspears.bsky.social (alt text added)

I expect every single law enforcement officer of any kind to be willing to die rather than risk killing a person unnecessarily. Anyone who does not like that tradeoff should not seek to carry a gun on behalf of the government. It's really that simple.

To my academic friends and colleagues: if not now, what exactly was tenure for?

holy shit the nra broke with them

I spoke with WIRED about the risks online age verification present, especially under the threat of an administration that will do anything in their power to surveil, oppress, and kill us. www.wired.com/story/age-ve...

South Carolina wants to rewrite obscenity law to criminalize "profane" language and gestures. Bill 4123 would require age-verification to access Netflix, music videos, Judy Blume, Michelangelo's David and anything that might possibly be boner inducing. www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...

Iowa has introduced a head-bangingly idiotic bill that would mandate facial scans and IDs in order to access ISPs, cloud services, wireless services, search engines, cable and seemingly any other telecommunication that might traffic in "obscene" content. www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...

I’m a longtime believer in reclaiming the Gadsden flag and now is really an ideal time.

The AU esafety commission just released data confirming almost 5 million social media accounts connected to teen users have been banned. Meanwhile, a recent JAMA study found that teens fare worse when they have no access to social media. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter seeking classified state documents. Nothing she wrote about could be considered classified. They simply want to suppress dissent via intimidation. Don't let them. Here is what she wrote. Please share. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

gamergate ass government

is this is a safe place to give my honest opinion on heated rivalry

that's john pork

That Grok still has payment processing, when everyone I know — artist or gamer or adult creator —lives in constant fear of deplatforming and debanking over the mere hint of impropriety, is utterly mind-blowing.

One of Ohio's most powerful anti-LGBTQ groups, the Center for Christian Virtue, got its start as an anti-porn group. Now, it's pushing for Christian fundamentalist policy at all levels. More need to be aware of the progression of repression. Fight censorship early (and often).