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Jim Jordan Weaponizes The Subcommittee On The Weaponization Of The Gov’t To Intimidate Researchers & Chill Speech by Mike MasnickMike Masnick (techdirt.com)
As soon as it was announced, we warned that the new “Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” (which Kevin McCarthy agreed to support to convince some Republicans to support his speakership bid) was going to be not just a clown show, but one that would, itself, be weaponized to suppress speech (the […]
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Tony Stark (@TonyStark@progressivecafe.social) (Progressive Cafe)
I don't want to hear any Republican ever again complain about cancel culture or being shouted down when someone doesn't like their opinion. They're only against it when it happens to them.

See the Stanford takes if you don’t believe me.

The Republican motto: I got mine, the rest of you can f*k right off.

Parkland dad detained in DC after being removed from hearing on gun regulation-
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-ne-parkland-father-detained-20230323-kba4gxcq25hhzd7frpttjvnkqm-story.html
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The search element by an author (scottohara.me)
Today, March 24th 2023, the HTML specification added a new grouping content element. The search element.

Please be aware that this element landing in the HTML spec today does not mean it is available in browsers today. Issues have been filed to implement the search element in the major browsers, including the necessary accessibility mappings. Keep this in mind before you get all super excited and willy nilly add this new element to your pages.
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McNadoMD (@mcnado@mstdn.social) (Mastodon 🐘)
When some news-grabbing death disease like ebola gets rolling here in the US, and we can’t quarantine, vaccinate, or mask, just remember — conservatives sued for years to get to that outcome. They changed state laws to undermine the authority of governors to shut down the state. They sued to block vaccine mandates in high-risk work forces. They sued to block mask mandates. They legislated the freedom to spread pestilence.