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reACTIONary's JournalSick of Cancel Culture? One Man Has a Surprising Solution.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/21/greg-lukianoff-cancel-culture-00121817
The North Star of many civil libertarians was the ACLU’s 1976 decision to represent a neo-Nazi group that wanted to march through Skokie, Ill., a Chicago suburb where many Holocaust survivors made their home. Elevating the poignancy and indelibility of the defense was the fact that the lead lawyer, David Goldberger, was Jewish. Longwell said the “reachables,” who tended to be older, drew a direct connection to Skokie. “They had a real reverence for free speech,” Longwell said. “The nobility of ‘I don’t have to like what you’re saying, but this is how civil liberties are achieved.” By contrast, Longwell added, “young people did not think Nazis should be able to march.”
Republicans turn on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he launches independent bid
Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pivot Monday to an independent run for president met immediate resistance from Republican leaders, who have concluded that his new effort threatens to cannibalize their vote share next year, helping to reelect President Biden.
https://wapo.st/3rIIUxC
Fox News Speaker 'Debate' Off After Republicans Decry 'Horrible Idea'
Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan reportedly called it off amid growing anger from GOP colleagues that the Fox News event will make the speaker’s race into a “circus.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-bret-baier-to-moderate-gop-speaker-candidate-debate
What? It's not already a circus?
He was arrested for a covid joke. It was free speech, court rules.
Bailey’s Facebook post joked that the sheriff’s office had issued an order to shoot people infected with the coronavirus.... Bailey said he was trying to find a moment of levity amid the national emergency. He compared the pandemic to the zombie apocalypse from “World War Z,” a 2013 movie starring Brad Pitt.
A few hours later... about a dozen SWAT team members... arrived ... home with weapons and bulletproof vests. Officials arrested Bailey without a warrant... They later argued that Bailey’s post was a terroristic threat.
There “were no facts that would lead a reasonable person to believe that Bailey’s post caused sustained fear,” the judges wrote. “No members of the public expressed any type of concern. Even if the post were taken seriously, it is too general and contingent to be a specific threat.”
Bailey can continue pursuing legal action against the sheriff’s office employees, the court ruled.
https://wapo.st/3R1ta2X WaPo, No Paywall
Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song by Reading Brain Signals of Listeners
The audio sounds like it’s being played underwater. Still, it’s a first step toward creating more expressive devices to assist people who can’t speak.
The research, published on Tuesday, produced a recognizable, if muffled version of Pink Floyd’s 1979 song, “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1).”
NYT No Paywall
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For some reason it only works with Pink Floyd.
Yep, That's me!
Quote from a book review. Haven't read the book, haven't finished the review, but I like the stereotype !
https://wapo.st/3sb1H4F
Jeeez, Not This Shit Again...
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/ufo-david-grusch-clearance/The star witness of Congress’s UFO hearings, David Grusch, retained his clearance despite alleged substance abuse issues, FOIA documents reveal.
Rhiannon Giddens: Julie
We're all going to have to start X'ing instead of....
.... Tweeting. Or, how about eXiting?
https://wapo.st/3QbxGeW
"Twitter begins rebrand to ‘X,’ removing bird from company logo"
What a dumb-ass.
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