Leigh Beadon

3 weeks ago | techdirt.com | Leigh Beadon

We’ve got a cross-post episode for you this week, courtesy of the Tech Policy Podcast by TechFreedom, hosted by Corbin Barthold. Both TechFreedom and The Copia Institute submitted comments on the FTC’s inquiry into social media censorship, Corbin invited Mike and TechFreedom’s Santana Boulton for a discussion all about what’s going on. You can listen to the whole conversation here on this week’s episode. You can also download this episode directly in MP3 format.

4 weeks ago | techdirt.com | Leigh Beadon

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is PB&J with a straightforward reaction to one of the more stunning details about oppressive laws pushing people out of Idaho: TWO-FUCKING-THIRDS of the doctors have left already?!?! In second place, it’s an anonymous comment about the apparent decline in support for free speech among young Americans: Adding on to this I’m willing to bet there’s a slice of people who look at the harm caused by Trump and those like him and think there’s...

1 month ago | techdirt.com | Leigh Beadon

This week, both our winners on the insightful side come in response to our post about the head of ICE saying journalists should stop asking questions about ICE officers. In first place, it’s Justinfinity with a comment about the fear of officers being targeted:That’s especially wild when held up next to the very common justification for our loose gun laws: “only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun”.

1 month ago | techdirt.com | Leigh Beadon

We’ve now arrived at the end of our series of posts about the winners of this year’s public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1929! We’ve already covered the Best Remix, Best Deep Cut, Best Visuals, Best Adaptation, the honorable mentions, and the Best Digital Game. Today, we wrap things up with a look at the Best Analog Game: This Is Not A Game About A Pipe by Mac McAnally.

1 month ago | techdirt.com | Leigh Beadon |Stephen Stone

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about Stephen Miller suggesting the suspension of habeas corpus:Remember: Once they suspend the civil rights of non-citizens, they’ll only ever need to declare someone a non-citizen to justify black-bagging an American citizen off the street and sending them to a blacksite or a foreign concentration camp. If you voted for Trump, you voted for this. Accept it. Own it.