Timothy Geigner

1 week ago | techdirt.com | Timothy Geigner

One of things we’ve talked about repeatedly is how much better it would be for content producers, instead of immediately defaulting to behaving like IP protectionists, to treat their fans in a human and awesome way. There are times when the need for protecting IP makes sense, but there are far more times when creative avenues could be explored to allow fans to express themselves, or to simply leave the whole thing alone if it doesn’t represent any actual danger or negative outcomes.

1 week ago | techdirt.com | Timothy Geigner

RFK Jr.’s tenure at HHS must be put to an end. We already have ample evidence for that necessity, both in the form of his complete mismanagement of a ballooning measles outbreak that continues to expand, his vaccine skepticism that has led to him stating that he’s going to have the origin of autism all figured out in a couple of months despite years of research from actually qualified people being done, or even just the fact that a goddamned worm ate part of his fucking brain.

2 weeks ago | techdirt.com | Timothy Geigner

Okay, there’s a lot to unpack in this story, so hang with me here. For the past month or so, Americans and American businesses have been stuck in tariff hell. Blanket and additional tariffs issued via executive order by Trump have been in a seesaw pattern for a month now. This tariff program was a key campaign promise Trump had on offer and, since becoming President, has been something over which Trump has had an immense amount of pride. Tariffs are good, you see. A boon to the country.

2 weeks ago | techdirt.com | Timothy Geigner

Roughly two weeks ago, in a post about how America was risking losing its elimination status for measles as the current outbreak is exploding thanks to the inaction from RFK Jr. and his Health and Human Services department, I wrote the following paragraph:At the start of April, we were at 483 confirmed reported measles cases. Roughly two weeks later, we sit at 712. That’s something like a 50% increase in cases over the course of two weeks.

2 weeks ago | techdirt.com | Timothy Geigner

You know, there’s stupid, and then there’s stupid on a level that is unbelievably dangerous. While RFK Jr. is very busy attempting to ensure that America loses its measles elimination status through a combination of vaccine skepticism, pushing alternative treatments, and generally being unable to present a solid message around the current outbreak, you will recall that he also recently traveled to Texas to visit the family of a child that recently died from measles.