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.

One of the OSBs was also an assault on small sites.

One can question whether Zuckerberg's move here is serious, but one also has to be wary of inadvertently giving a defence to censorship. #FreeSpeech

The OSBs are an assault on free expression. The German NetzDG has long been panned for driving over-enforcement from firms. I saw an estimate that 99% of removals were for legitimate content. German media authorities have been known to push for removals of swathes of legitimate content. #FreeSpeech