AaronBonn.bsky.social
@aaronbonn.bsky.social
The canary goes into the coal mine.
The future of online porn is at stake today
A Texas law requiring people to provide proof of age before viewing online porn comes before the U.S. Supreme Court today. With similar laws already at
reason.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The canary goes into the coal mine.
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The 2025 Republican Party believes childhood begins at egg fertilization, and lasts until: you’re 18 (for white cis men), 25 (for unmarried cis women), 12 or onset of puberty (for BIPOC men) and the day of the wedding (for teen girls of any age chosen by an older cis man).
No, really:
No, really:
My most read article of 2024
The United States of America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-ha...
The United States of America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-ha...
America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think
With more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way
www.qasimrashid.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The 2025 Republican Party believes childhood begins at egg fertilization, and lasts until: you’re 18 (for white cis men), 25 (for unmarried cis women), 12 or onset of puberty (for BIPOC men) and the day of the wedding (for teen girls of any age chosen by an older cis man).
No, really:
No, really:
This really is one of the most amazing things that I’ve lived to see.
the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
December 28, 2024 at 5:59 AM
This really is one of the most amazing things that I’ve lived to see.
Haven't read it all yet, but this looks like a really good article.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
“The arguments that Rothbard provides for his particular version of libertarianism are radically incomplete…And the conclusions that he reaches are grossly implausible, even when judged by the standard of an overriding commitment to individual liberty.”
www.independent.org/publications...
www.independent.org/publications...
Libertarianism, Oversimplified | Matt Zwolinski
This essay dissects For a New Liberty's chapter on property and exchange. Arguing from a libertarian perspective, it con
www.independent.org
December 27, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Haven't read it all yet, but this looks like a really good article.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
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The greatest source of evil in the world is a pair of linked cravings: the desire for power over others, and the desire to be controlled by "leaders". Each is reinforced and supported by the other.
December 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
The greatest source of evil in the world is a pair of linked cravings: the desire for power over others, and the desire to be controlled by "leaders". Each is reinforced and supported by the other.
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Funny how if this wasn’t a congressman from one of the two parties their owners support, the prostitution charges would 100 percent be framed as “HUMAN TRAFFICKING,” regardless of context.
#DecriminalizeSexWork
#DecriminalizeSexWork
"The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Rep. Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress"
www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...
www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...
Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws
A report by the House Ethics Committee found former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid multiple women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Funny how if this wasn’t a congressman from one of the two parties their owners support, the prostitution charges would 100 percent be framed as “HUMAN TRAFFICKING,” regardless of context.
#DecriminalizeSexWork
#DecriminalizeSexWork
This looks really good.
The World Needs Films Like ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
Mohammad Rasoulof had to flee his native Iran after being sentenced to prison for making films like this courageous drama.
www.vanityfair.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM
This looks really good.
This looks like a really good book.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
Libertarianism from the ground up
In 'Common Law Liberalism' legal scholar John Hasnas weaves previously published material into a new vision for a free society.
reason.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 AM
This looks like a really good book.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
As much as I like Bluesky, I have been avoiding it for the last couple of months, mainly because I have been trying to avoid political doom-and-gloom. But I'm kind of over that now.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
November 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
As much as I like Bluesky, I have been avoiding it for the last couple of months, mainly because I have been trying to avoid political doom-and-gloom. But I'm kind of over that now.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
The Federal Government's case against Backpage is rotten to the core. God bless Reason Magazine - and Elizabeth Nolan Brown - for their willingness to cover this ongoing free-speech travesty, one that none of their mainstream colleagues have had the courage to even look at.
Backpage: A blueprint for squelching speech
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets.
reason.com
April 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
The Federal Government's case against Backpage is rotten to the core. God bless Reason Magazine - and Elizabeth Nolan Brown - for their willingness to cover this ongoing free-speech travesty, one that none of their mainstream colleagues have had the courage to even look at.
Great piece. Worth a read.
"It isn’t that all the heterodox types have gone full MAGA. It’s just that they seem to loathe racial and social justice activists much more than they oppose Trump, or favor reform."
@radleybalko.bsky.social 🔥
@radleybalko.bsky.social 🔥
The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Their flagship publication, The Free Press’, failure to correct an error-filled defense of George Floyd’s killer demonstrates that they are just another partisan tribe
www.theunpopulist.net
March 15, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Great piece. Worth a read.
Young adults have free speech rights too.
More for the growing-infantilization-of-young-adults files: Florida says you have to be 21 to be a stripper or work in any capacity in an adult entertainment business reason.com/2024/03/11/f...
Florida lawmakers vote to raise stripping age to 21
Employing an 18- to 20-year-old at an adult venue could mean 15 years in prison, even if the young person used a fake ID.
reason.com
March 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Young adults have free speech rights too.
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Why were you searching for "woman" and "dolphin", JD?
February 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Why were you searching for "woman" and "dolphin", JD?
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Vladimir Putin's dictatorship is what full presidential immunity looks like
February 17, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Vladimir Putin's dictatorship is what full presidential immunity looks like
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Professor Goldman's meme game is unstoppable.
Travis Kelce is an all-pro football player and expert on #Section230
February 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Professor Goldman's meme game is unstoppable.
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I’d prefer that both presidential candidates were younger and sharper, but I don’t buy “singularly uncomfortable.” We’ve had old, questionably physically and/or mentally fit presidents before. I kind of feel like one candidate being entirely lawless is more singular.
The special counsel’s report and President Biden’s performance at a last-minute news conference on Thursday night placed his age, the singularly uncomfortable subject looming over his re-election bid, back at the center of America’s political conversation. nyti.ms/3uvl4a4
February 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I’d prefer that both presidential candidates were younger and sharper, but I don’t buy “singularly uncomfortable.” We’ve had old, questionably physically and/or mentally fit presidents before. I kind of feel like one candidate being entirely lawless is more singular.
Journalism doesn't need more journalists, it needs more jobs.
Great one-sentence diagnosis.
Great one-sentence diagnosis.
Just gonna say this again — journalism doesn’t need more journalists. It needs more journalism jobs. If you’re rich and want to help journalism, buy a bunch of alt weeklies, set up a trust, and fund them indefinitely.
February 10, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Journalism doesn't need more journalists, it needs more jobs.
Great one-sentence diagnosis.
Great one-sentence diagnosis.
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Another classic "nerd harder" law.
"Cyberbullying is bad."
"Yes."
"What if we tell companies they have to make it disappear."
"What a great idea, surely that will work."
"Cyberbullying is bad."
"Yes."
"What if we tell companies they have to make it disappear."
"What a great idea, surely that will work."
Arizona's new "Protecting Children on Social Media Act" would require:
- Online services in the state to "filter" out cyberbullying
- Teens under 16 to get parental consent to "use" social media
There are more logical parts of the bill, but dream on...
apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/B...
- Online services in the state to "filter" out cyberbullying
- Teens under 16 to get parental consent to "use" social media
There are more logical parts of the bill, but dream on...
apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/B...
February 10, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Another classic "nerd harder" law.
"Cyberbullying is bad."
"Yes."
"What if we tell companies they have to make it disappear."
"What a great idea, surely that will work."
"Cyberbullying is bad."
"Yes."
"What if we tell companies they have to make it disappear."
"What a great idea, surely that will work."
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If you shout "fire" in a crowded Trader Joe's, you'll never get your chocolate vanilla-creme Joe-Joes
The Communist Party headquarters at the center of Schenck v. US is now a Trader Joe’s
February 9, 2024 at 3:42 AM
If you shout "fire" in a crowded Trader Joe's, you'll never get your chocolate vanilla-creme Joe-Joes
Don't know where this is, but I'd like to see it someday.
February 5, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Don't know where this is, but I'd like to see it someday.
Here's a great video. Hope my two followers enjoy it.
Great video on the right's "culture war" industry via @unpopulist.bsky.social
The Forever Culture War: How the Right’s Parallel Economy Feeds Off Conflict
Today we delve deep into the mechanics of an economic system built on opposition, escalating cultural tensions, and shameless exploitation of divisive ideolo...
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Here's a great video. Hope my two followers enjoy it.