Photographer @john-abernathy.bsky.social was violently arrested by federal officers in MN in January for covering a protest, despite repeatedly identifying himself as press.
It’s an egregious affront to the First Amendment.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain and follow @pressfreedomtracker.us.
The data center backlash feels like the fake news/social media moral panic we just lived through - so many claims of widespread harm are being made with little or no convincing evidence to back them up
blog.andymasley.com/p/why-i-thin....
@andymasley.bsky.social brings receipts - see all his posts
In this post, I explain why Bernie Sanders' plan to expropriate 50% of the value of major AI producers is unconstitutional, dangerous, and has much in common with Trump's awful policies. Another example of "horseshoe theory" at work: reason.com/volokh/2026/...
making your workforce use AI: one employee for the price of two
My book (!) How Economics Discovered Women is now available for pre-order from the University of California Press. The book is a survey and critique of how the economics of gender has developed since the mid-1970s. www.ucpress.edu/books/how-ec...
“Over the decades, Medi-Cal has really undergone a significant transformation. It’s shifted from a program that primarily served the disabled and indigent and elderly folks to one that largely supports folks that work in low-wage industries.”—Tia Orr
www.latimes.com/politics/new...
A travesty. “Twelve percent of French people believe it would be good for the country if its Jews packed up and left, a new survey shows, with one of the pollsters calling the numbers ‘a historic reversal’ reflecting a worsening of antisemitism on the left.”
www.haaretz.com/jewish/2024-...
Just one week after tobacco giant Reynolds donated $5 million to MAGA Inc. and dined with Trump at his golf club, President Trump directed FDA to authorize the sale of flavored vapes.
This corruption is poisoning our kids and unleashing a new wave of addiction on America.
I wondered: How much has the legalization of online sports gambling transformed watching sports on TV?
We got an AI to watch fifty hours of sports to find out.
Every single game had gambling ads, promotions or other references. Every single one!
But some sports had far more than others.
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The plan to seize 50% of AI firms' stock violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. It would also create dangerous government control over a vital industry, in ways similar to Trump's policie...
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