News & Media
Are We in an Abusive Relationship with Our Silicon Mistress?
Perhaps I sound like a neo-Luddite, but I think the time has come for a little bit of retrograde thinking when it comes to technology. We are in a bad
Our "right to be forgotten" online.
Marc Randazza’s article on CNN regarding Google’s defeat in the European High Court, which requires it to remove links to outdated information that is not a matter of public interest
Arresting Children
Apropos to this morning’s poast. Vice article on how common it is to arrest kids in America.
The twisted path of justice
On May 10, Italian Carabinieri responded to a call Telse Terme, Italy (just inland from Naples) from a grocery store owner. Two women had just absconded with two packages of
Today on the lost privacy wire…
If you try and keep a handle on your privacy online, that makes the NSA think you’re suspicious. (source)
"Baldwin's Nigger"
I usually wouldn’t post a video of such a length. But, if you find yourself with 43 minutes to spare, you really should listen to this lecture by James Baldwin
If you are watching other people have fun, while hurting nobody else, and it bothers you, then you are the douchebag
I think that is sorta the definition of a douchebag. Ok, or it is one of the definitions of a douchebag. You know, you look at two people who are
Girls Masturbating While Singing
Its not even porny. Totally G-rated, but fucking awesome. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h37xswCoY0#t=149] If you can watch this and not smile your ass off, then you and me are not much alike. Which
The Star Spangled Banner in Minor Key
This seems much more appropriate than the original. It conveys the fact that everything it once stood for is dead. Especially the “land of the free, home of the brave”
15 Year old Texan – First Amendment Bad Ass
Mason Michalec is a 15 year old in Needville, Texas. He prefers not to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. His principal decided to take him on and gave him
Pope Francis, Awesome Again
It really makes it hard to be an Atheist when the Pope is so fucking awesome. Maybe that’s the point. Atheist or not, Pope Francis is one of my top living
Donald Sterling and Privacy
This article I wrote on CNN.com got a little bit of attention. Much more than I expected.
Section 230 Appeal in The Dirty
It sounds like oral arguments in Dirty World v. Jones went well for Mr. Nik Ritchie. (source) I certainly hope so, as my client was an amicus in that case.
Celebration, Florida: 20 years later
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Celebration, a master-planned community adjacent to Walt Disney World designed by Disney and intended to be a suburban utopia. I remember reading about Celebration
Adam Steinbaugh – Anti-Involuntary-Porn Bad Ass
Kashmir Hill at Forbes has a great piece on a guy I’m proud to call a friend.
"Female Privilege"
I generally can’t stand critical race / gender theorist types who whine about “privilege.” Yeah, there are advantages to being whatever the fuck you are. There’s a time and a
Strippers at Funerals! (Yay Taiwan!)
In Taiwan, they have strippers at funerals. I want strippers at my funeral. If I don’t get them, I’m coming back to haunt you all.
This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps
This is a pretty familiar story line. A businessman wants to open a strip club. Some members of the local community decide that they do not want that kind of
Breaking news(?) Babies intentionally cockblock
Babies cry to make sure their moms aren’t getting any. Yep… little tiny cockblockers. (source) Couldn’t we just assure them that we’re using birth control?