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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 4h

This seems right to me—a ruling that upheld the Colorado law is probably a bigger threat to LGBTQ kids than a ruling striking it down...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 4h

We've already got so many conservatives passing laws premised on the idea that "gender ideology" is dangerous. Seems very clear that if you let a law like Colorado's ban on conversion *talk* therapy stand, you're inviting conservatives to pass laws banning "affirming therapy"

Is conversion therapy free speech?

Colorado says no. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical.

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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 11h

New from @thorinklosowski.com @eff.org in @techdirt.com 'Chat Control is a dangerous legislative proposal that would make it mandatory for service providers... to scan all communications...' www.techdirt.com/2025/10/06/c... cc @tuta.com @enbrown.bsky.social

Chat Control Is Back On The Menu In The EU. It Still Must Be Stopped

The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of …

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 4h

"If a doctor says, 'I know you identify as gay, and I'm going to help you accept that,' and another doctor says, 'I know you identify is gay, and I'm going to help you to change that,' and one of those is permissible, and the other is not, that seems like viewpoint discrimination," said Kagan

Is conversion therapy free speech?

Colorado says no. Supreme Court justices seem skeptical.

reason.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Mom For Liberty is morphing again, ditching adding "anti-American" content to their on-going campaign against "pornography" in schools.

"We are now seeing evidence that the results are harmful, not only to children, but to their families and society as a whole"

Tug of war over what books NC schoolchildren can read

Parent groups concerned by books in NC school libraries that may not fit their idea of US values. Academic experts seek more nuanced approach.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

I've got the cover story on the latest issue of @reason.com. It's about how culture war legislation on everything from library books to lab-grown meat is feeding the police state reason.com/2025/10/06/c...

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

File this under “lawmakers trying to regulate tech and the internet without understanding tech and the internet."

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Whoops—Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law

Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

reason.com

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 6d

guys i have a billion dollar idea

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

When the Orwellian named Dept of Homeland Security was created … MANY of us predicted that it would eventually be doing all the things that it is doing right now

Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 5d

According to Trans Europe and Central Asia, there were 350 trans murders *around the world* last year

It's interesting to me is that neither Harris nor anyone else who read this book before publication though that stat seemed off

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 5d

One glaring error I noticed in the new Kamala Harris book is her claim that 350 transgender people, including 15 trans kids, were murdered in America in 2024

I read that and immediately knew that could not be right. And it's not right
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In '107 Days,' Kamala Harris unleashes criticism on Biden. Honestly, it's relatable.

The book offers ample reminders of what people find irritating about Harris. But she also comes across as relatable and even, occasionally, amusing.

reason.com

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Christian Evans @christianevans.bsky.social · 6d

This is an excellent takedown of a lot of popular "phone bad" sentiment, which sits at the intersection of moral panic and nostalgia for the precise time in your life you were a carefree young person.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Been a while since I did a post just tearing apart absurd anti-tech screeds & Gen Z panicmongering, so let's go!

Today's newsletter is a 3-for-1 rant about romanticizing the past and pathologizing the present...

reason.com/2025/10/01/c...

Can we please stop romanticizing pre-smartphone life?

A lot of anti-tech screeds only work by romanticizing the past while pathologizing the present and projecting damage on strangers.

reason.com

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Yep!

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

You can just feel her total WTF JOE exasperation.

There was a lot of that.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

This was my favorite bit of 107 Days:

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

It's no secret that I am no fan of Kamala Harris. But her new book was made bearable by its hilarious undercurrent of disappointment in, disbelief at, and sometimes barely concealed rage about Joe Biden

In '107 Days,' Kamala Harris unleashes criticism on Biden. Honestly, it's relatable.

The book offers ample reminders of what people find irritating about Harris. But she also comes across as relatable and even, occasionally, amusing.

reason.com

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

age verification www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...

Bluesky to verify ages under Ohio pornography ID law. Here's when the law takes effect

The social media website Bluesky will begin verifying users' ages in Ohio to comply with a new law meant to protect children from online pornography.

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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 6d

Support encryption. Reject backdoors. Via @lorenzofb.bsky.social in @techcrunch.com: U.K. sent an order to Apple requesting that the tech giant create a system to let officials access encrypted cloud backups of British citizens. techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/u... cc @tuta.com @enbrown.bsky.social

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report | TechCrunch

The U.K. Home Office is seeking access to Apple users’ encrypted iCloud backups for a second time, after an earlier attempt failed earlier this year.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

I'm waiting because I actually want to see first what sorts of content will trigger the notice that I need to verify my age

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

I still take a day to return messages, on a good week 🫢

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BeelzeRog 🔞 @beelzerog.bsky.social · 7d

"The journalist Jane Coaston has a theory that a lot of people's nostalgia for earlier eras is actually just yearning for a time when they were younger and less burdened. . . . it's just that they miss the lazy freedom of childhood or the ignorance of current affairs and tragedy that comes with it."

Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Been a while since I did a post just tearing apart absurd anti-tech screeds & Gen Z panicmongering, so let's go!

Today's newsletter is a 3-for-1 rant about romanticizing the past and pathologizing the present...

reason.com/2025/10/01/c...

Can we please stop romanticizing pre-smartphone life?

A lot of anti-tech screeds only work by romanticizing the past while pathologizing the present and projecting damage on strangers.

reason.com

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

No one is stopping you from reading a print newspaper or watching TV news now

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Oh… wait, I forgot, I can’t access DMs because of Ohio’s law 😑

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