jkestner

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Comment · 4 days ago
Firearms are legal in Texas. One person committed violence. Others got 50 years for being at the same protest. Another got 30 years for picking up his own box of zines.

The First Amendment was written by people who experienced this same chilling of free speech.

Comment · 4 days ago
Comment · 16 days ago
Or that there aren't wires.
Comment · 16 days ago
Elipsa 2E
Comment · 17 days ago
Pal, I’m not the one who used the word. I am observing that books are predominantly black ink in white paper, despite color ink being around before the printing press.
Comment · 17 days ago
I love how the Apple Watch patronizingly congratulates me for standing in the morning. Can’t wait til the battery dies and I can get a Swatch.
Comment · 17 days ago
But how do you know when to stand?
Comment · 17 days ago
Color ink remains a niche in books.
Comment · 17 days ago
I have a b/w page-sized Kobo, but I can tell you one nice thing vs the iPad is the weight. I don’t think the color (at lower resolution) is worth it for me.
Comment · 17 days ago
The separation between advertising and editorial has never been greater. Brought to you by the marketing wizards who saw you bought a vacuum cleaner on Amazon and concluded you love buying vacuum cleaners so here’s some more.
Comment · 18 days ago
Comment · 18 days ago
Okay, then take those back out before dissolving DHS.
Comment · 18 days ago
You're telling me appeasement doesn't work?
Comment · 18 days ago
> I'll also point out that throughout the article it points how the operation was authorized by Obama, appealed for bt democratic senators trying to stop "disinformation" and prevent election "interference" as well as Republican presidents.

This is a culmination of everything post-9/11. The lesson for administrations is to not create institutions that will be weaponized by future administrations — against your party too, if you won't think about the citizens. Decentralization has been our saving grace.

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