Month: 26 Tevet 5782 (December 2021)

I'm old enough to remember when Very Serious Writers told us that the big threat to free expression wasn't right-wing government action, but illiberal scorn from the left. And no one of them has apologized, lots their glorious Seats of Punditocracy, or otherwise had a qualm. https://t.co/YmrcbCUKV3

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) December 28, 2021

web3 is venture capital wanting a new bubble to inflate so they can get the kinds of returns they used to get.

— Dave Winer (@davewiner) December 28, 2021

There is a lot of racism woven into our national story. That doesn't mean we are still as bad as we were, or that we're destined to be a racist nation, but it does mean that we have a legacy to contend with that is still influencing policy today.

— Jort-Michel Connard 🐘 (@torriangray) December 28, 2021

LAPD did not kill Valentina Orellana-Peralta through a tragic accident. They killed her through depraved indifference because some Dave Grossman-stoked wannabe robocop did not want to miss a chance to arouse himself by killing a man with a rifle inside a shopping mall.

— I, Fred, will knock you all down!! (@LesserFrederick) December 28, 2021

I often make the comment that conservatives don't want "small government" like they claim. They want government that's just big enough to give resources to the people they like but not big enough to make structural change.

— Governments shouldn’t discriminate vs trans kids (@legalminimum) December 28, 2021