I went to a movie alone last night for the 1st time ever, also saw Endgame for the 1st time, some notes:
1. The movie was INCREDIBLE
2. Going alone was weirdly cathartic
3. The 15-year olds sitting next to me thought I was a total loser
4. INCREDIBLE
5. The 15-year olds are right
If lawmakers are serious about protecting children, they should roll back age-verification policies and start targeting the systems that incentivise mass surveillance.
Read my latest print piece for The Guardian 👇
Globally we held off these digital ID laws for so long until the UK passed the Online Safety Act in 2023 and then it gave the greenlight for every country to force theirs through or introduce their own. Its digital colonialism.
When a democracy celebrates digital restrictions pioneered by regimes known for suppressing free speech, it’s further confirmation it’s not about protecting children.
“This movement” tells us everything we need to know about the intentions of the Nine Eyes, and Ireland.
Not many teens are gonna set up a VPN to access social media.
They're just gonna go to smaller sites that don't care that are based in other countries.
This is entirely about connecting all your activity to your ID.
So they can arrest you for making a post on social media.
You were ok because it started with porn. Things that people see as icky get censored first and then they came after everything else. They always claim it's about protecting children. The government doesn't protect anyone. The internet has a noose around it and is left hanging.
@NBA really? You couldn't have waited until after this bloodbath to post this nonsense? So ridiculous. Make it more obvious how bad you want the Knicks in the finals.
@cavs PLEASE do NOT re-sign Harden and PLEASE fire Kenny (should've happened after Game 1). Never had a trip to the conference finals felt like such a waste. Awful trade. Wasted season. Time to clean house. This is never gonna work. Your fans are too loyal to be subjected to this
According to ESPN Analytics, the Knicks win probability was as low as 0.1% 🤯
Teams trailing by 22 points in the fourth quarter of a playoff game since 1997-98 were 1-594 entering Tuesday.
Fire everyone. Season is over. Unbelievably devastating loss. You can't recover from this. James Harden is unplayable but Kenny won't take him out of the damn game. Just embarrassing for everyone involved. I am so mad I let them make me believe. Glutton for punishment.
There are bad losses.
There are awful losses.
There are catastrophic losses.
Then there’s what just happened to the Cavs.
They went from stealing home court to truly drawing absolutely dead in this series.
The Knicks could be -1000 for the series & it wouldn’t be enough.