Olives @olives@qoto.org

Apparently, this one has been unbanned.

During the election, I remember quite a bit of discourse about how the polls aren't really accurate.

https://reason.com/2025/02/24/trump-tries-to-carve-out-a-first-amendment-exception-for-fake-news/ These polls have always had some degree of inaccuracy. I don't see a way around that other than not doing a poll.

It's been a while since I've covered it but internet freedom in Russia has been getting pretty bad.

Should I write more long posts?

It's interesting to see a sci-fi concept which basically just says "everyone is practically immortal / has a really long lifespan" and they spend a hundred years travelling from one star system to another (which gets mentioned in a paragraph).

It's not that far away from saying "no one should insult anyone" which is completely impractical.

Or not even that professional, but trying to be a bit more civil.

"let's be professional" is probably a better argument to not use "moron" than it potentially being ableist.

I considered putting it in a nicer fashion but it's disruptive.

Treating calling someone a "moron" as a form of "ableism" when used as a general insult is precisely the sort of out of touch thing that doesn't help.

https://www.thefire.org/news/one-day-after-fire-lawsuit-congress-passes-changes-filming-permits-national-parks If filming's done where the public's allowed, doesn't impact on other visitors, damage parks resources, and involves 5 or less people, no permit is needed. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

https://www.thefire.org/news/james-madison-psychology-professor-cleared-wrongdoing-after-extensive-probe-classroom-comments References to orgasms and sexuality. #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment

The E.U.'s approach towards "AI" was another one that might involve censorship.