Christopher Terry

Preparing a lecture on the history of FCC content regulations this evening and I hit the internet archives for this classic moment in NBC's compliance with the "Kid TV" rules.

E/I Programming's Greatest Moment.

Judging by the news I have read today, I am expecting exciting news about the increase in chocolate rations.

Cruz seeks to advance Senate kids’ safety proposals in next 6 weeks The Senate earlier this month advanced the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy and Protection Act by unanimous consent.

Keep calling your reps!

👉🏽https://www.badinternetbills.com

www.politico.com/live-updates...

I know a guy if they need a source.

I guess I'll say it louder for the kids in the back.
Just because Brendan Carr says something;

1.) Doesn't make it fucking true.

And more importantly:

2.) He doesn't actually have any power or authority to do anything.

I don't understand why people refuse to accept these two simple premises.

Montana halts permitting on all weekend rallies at Capitol, thwarts upcoming ‘No Kings’ event Organizers of the upcoming “No Kings” rally in Helena say that a new state rule banning permits for weekend rallies on the Capitol grounds violates their First Amendment rights.

Well now...this is...um something... for my Time Place and Manner unit:

apnews.com/article/mont...

I have been attending @aejmc.bsky.social SE Regional in Tampa this weekend. I talked about the FCC on multiple panels.

Please understand that this latest Carr outrage tantrum comes with my standard reminder: he doesn't have personal authority or power to mandate or regulate broadcaster speech.

Acclaimed 20th century philosopher Jürgen Habermas dies at 96 Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas was a world-renowned thinker on modernity and democracy who helped shape German post-war and post-reunification political discourse.

Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas was a world-renowned thinker on modernity and democracy who helped shape German post-war and post-reunification political discourse. n.pr/3Nptb1g

Carr isn't Trump's pitbull, he's one of those dancing monkeys on a string and Trump is the guy playing the organ grinder.

One media organization just needs to tell Carr to go pound sand.

"Fuck you, make me" by one media organization puts him in his place.

But remember as bad as Carr is, the refusal of media to take a stand against his flagrant overreach is somehow worse.

Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died.

Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage

Georgia bill would make it harder to obtain police bodycam footage

Georgia lawmakers may make it harder to obtain mug shots and body camera video from local police.

Social Media 'Lions' Hunted Plaintiff Like Gazelle, Jury Told - Law360 The plaintiff's attorney in a bellwether trial accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC of harming children's mental health encouraged a California jury during closing arguments Thursday not to buy...

Social Media 'Lions' Hunted Plaintiff Like Gazelle, Jury Told www.law360.com/california/a...

9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Calif. Kids' Privacy Law - Law360 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday scrapped part of an injunction halting a groundbreaking California law requiring social media platforms to bolster privacy protections for children, finding that the tech...

9th Circ. Partially Lifts Block On Calif. Kids' Privacy Law www.law360.com/telecom/arti...

Klobuchar, Critical of DOJ's Live Nation Settlement, Will Introduce Bill Next Week Updating Tunney Act to Require More Information in Consents, Include FTC
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/9bj3r3h...

h/t @rebeccamkern.bsky.social
$HPE $LYV

Just a reminder that a war is won by defeating the will or the way.

Conservative media needs artificial subsidies to make it in the market.

True for cable news through the per subscriber fees paid to Fox & most brosphere content online is paid for.

This is not a new concept. Clear Channel lost its shirt locking down high cost conservative talk talent from 99-2006.

5 ways to resist the urge to keep looking at your phone So you want to spend less time on your phone. How do you do that when it's designed to suck you in? Life Kit spoke to experts in behavioral science, psychology and technology for real-world advice.

So you want to spend less time on your phone. How do you do that when it's designed to suck you in? Life Kit spoke to experts in behavioral science, psychology and technology for real-world advice. n.pr/4sE15OH

Senate Commerce hearing on Section 230. And, uh, this is big. Not giving him any credit, but Ted Cruz was really the first Senator to be vocally anti-230 and calling for repeal a decade ago. And here he is saying "whoa, repeal might be bad." That's big.

www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/3/liabi...

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

Stupid is one thing. Vain is another.

But stupid and vain is a really bad combination in a leader:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Literally?"

Ballot Selfie Ban Doesn't Flout Free Speech, NC Judge Rules - Law360 A North Carolina federal judge has upheld the state's ban on ballot selfies, rejecting a First Amendment challenge by a former Libertarian state senate candidate and voter who accused state and local ...

Ballot Selfie Ban Doesn't Flout Free Speech, NC Judge Rules www.law360.com/media/articl...

Fla. Defends Social Media Teen Ban As Content-Neutral - Law360 Florida defended its restrictions on social media for children before the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday, arguing that the law is content-neutral and does not violate the First Amendment, and urged the a...

Fla. Defends Social Media Teen Ban As Content-Neutral www.law360.com/consumerprot...

Social Media Jury Told Of Plaintiff's 'Embarrassing Sexual Act' www.law360.com/productliabi...

The FCC’s Spectrum Challenge The FCC has been tasked by Congress to find and auction 800 megahertz of mid-range spectrum. This was a key element of the One Big Beautiful Bill that planned to use the proceeds from spectrum auct…

The FCC's Spectrum Challenge (Spectrum Scarcity is still a thing) potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/03/11/t...

The Tanker War The impact of mines—and mine countermeasures—in the 1980s Persian Gulf showdown offers potent lessons for today’s Marine Corps.

Hearing Iran is laying mines in the Gulf triggered something in the back of my memory hole about naval mines being a big deal when I was younger.

Found this while on a surfing dive into this topic, and it turns out I wasn't even in high school when this was a thing.

www.usni.org/magazines/na...

You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

I did this interview with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about Section 230's applicability to "algorithms"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNii...

House Atreides always ends up as the villain in the end.

Our leaders are manifestly stupid people.