Freedom Index#Technology
from the mandated-enshittification dept There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven…
from the playing-favorites-with-religions dept In June 2025, the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court upheld what would seem to have been an…
from the but-who-will-remember-the-good-things-about-Harry-Byrd dept The state of Virginia is trying to break with its racist past. It’s not pretending it…
from the CYA-jr. dept In the year 2,000 (cue the Conan O’Brien music), America had so successfully defeated measles as…
from the but-maybe-this-time-it-will! dept Back in 2011 and 2012, one of the central technical objections that helped kill SOPA and…
from the vibe-code-your-social-experience dept Disclaimer: This post talks about Bluesky and an offering from Bluesky and I am on the…
from the pathetic dept This Saturday is the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner (WHCA). And there’s been ample criticism of…
from the first-amendment-isn’t-subjective dept Last fall, an Alabama police officer decided he wasn’t going to allow a 62-year-old woman to…
from the another-moral-panic-bubble-popped dept A couple weeks back, Jonathan Haidt published another entry in his ongoing campaign to convince the…
from the lying-liars-and-the-lies-they-tell dept Talk about pathetic. CBS has announced that the now-Larry Ellison owned network will be hosting a…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Python Crash Course is a guide on how to get started in Python, why you…
While the Trump administration’s extremely aggressive, thoroughly bigoted attempts to eliminate as many non-white people from this country as possible…