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There is, I think, a compelling case to be made that the American political tradition thinks of free speech not as the basis of a free press but as an instance of it. A newspaper is not a giant person; a person is more like a little newspaper. If this is so, then the vast majority of Americans have low budgets, limited circulation, and few dedicated readers, even in the age of social media. In other words, speech is a resource, not an inalienable property, and as such it is subject to the same regimes of theft, privatization, and accumulation that have swallowed up the labor of workers and the fruits of the earth. We have heard much lately about when free speech ends: the moment when protesting for Palestine becomes grounds for detention or deportation in the eyes of the police state, for instance. Less often asked, but equally important, is when speech begins. Did

instance. Less often asked, but equally important, is when speech begins. Did Cotton's speech begin the moment that the Times published his op-ed? During the editorial process? When Bennet's deputies pitched the idea? At what point, in other words, did the ordinary flow of money, labor, and influence through civil society stop? Well, never. To say that Cotton was too important not to publish is to say that he enjoyed a certain social position that deserved the paper's famously discriminating attention. From the start, Cotton had more than free speech: He had actual speech, the very thing that protesters were being denied all across the country.

One of the principal goals of the protests of 2020 was therefore to seize the means of expression: protesters were not exercising their right to speak freely so much as they were trying to amass a form of social influence that could meaningfully compete at a national level. In other words, they were starting a newspaper; what Williams hates is that people started reading it. The fact is that telling a voiceless person they have free speech is like telling a poor person they have freedom of money: Nice work if you can get it! Williams might respond that a person who finds their ability to speak curtailed does not thereby lose their capacity to think.

"Expression is the exterior form and, if I can express myself so, the body of thought, but it is not thought itself, writes Tocqueville. It is seductive, I know, and highly flattering to those of us who write for a living, to suppose that thought "makes sport of all tyrannies," as Tocqueville puts it. (At least the slave, Buckley had the gall to imply, had retained his freedom of thought under the whip.) But a thought without expression, like a soul without a body, is just as good as dead. Surely we cannot comfort ourselves with the idea that the brutal neck restraint that kept George Floyd from breathing nonetheless could not keep him from thinking. For in the end, we know it did.

Obviously yes you should read Andrea Long Chu’s latest for all the usual reasons (thrillingly blistering assessment of worthy target) — but these two somewhat standalone paragraphs exploring the true nature of American free speech left me absolutely gobsmacked www.vulture.com/article/post...

jacob in the sun ☀️💖 #jacobanderson #iwtvfanart #iwtv #raleighritchie #ldpdl

Saige Ryan, a 🧵

After having done what I can to support Saige’s victims privately for the many months that this awful situation has gone on, and seeing now how it’s so publicly come to a head when those involved deserved only peace, I want to be clear: I believe Surena, Omar, and B Dave

Only in silence the word,
Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.

a photo labelled: Two bacteria directly interacting (IMAGE) by Osaka Metropolitan University. the photo shows two bacteria, Fusobacterium varium and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, directly interacting.

this could be us 🥺 but we're online and eukaryotic 😔

Johnny Cage's fake IMDB page. FAQ: How old is Johnny Cage? Cage is just a number. Who is Johnny Cage dating? Your mom. What is Johnny Cage's preferred brand of sunglasses? The expensive kind. Who is Johnny Cage's agent? If you find out, please contact Johnny Cage.

It's important to let you know that:

1) Warner Bros. created a mock-up of an IMDB page for Johnny Cage

2) all of Johnny Cage's movies are rated 6.9

Valve pushes back after Mastercard denies quashing adult content on game platforms Mastercard said it has not 'evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms,' but Valve begs to differ.

Bold move by Valve to put out a public statement to the tune of "nah Mastercard is fucking lying, actually," bravo www.gamedeveloper.com/business/val...

You're not being "discriminated against" based on how you voted or what business you've gone into. You're being judged. There's a difference.

Arrakis runs on Duncans

The AQI here was ~60 and I could already feel my eyes starting to get itchy and everything smelled faintly like burning. You should start masking at 100 and staying inside after 150 if possible. Offer masks to your unhoused neighbors if you can.

www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basi...

What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.

“Because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones.”

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Since wildfire smoke is starting to be a concern again, please watch AQI warnings. You can do that by going to www.airnow.gov (EPA site) or map.purpleair.com/air-quality-... (updates more frequently, community sensors)

Get N95s and make a filter if you need cleanaircrew.org/boxfanfilter...

Unfortunately Astra really was the adultiest adult of the group

When we had fires in 2020 (during COVID!! it was SO FUN!!) in the Seattle area we were looking at AQIs of 300-400. It was awful. Even with an N95 I felt like I was suffocating walking the two blocks from my apartment to the grocery store

If you're going to catastrophise about people getting off to the "wrong" things, at least pick an interesting erotic bugbear. Piss? Gore? You sound like you've got too much time on your hands. People who jerk off to pornographic AI edits of art from "Magic: The Gathering" cards? NOW we're talking.

A closeup of Armand from interview with the vampire (2022), played by Assad Zaman. He’s wearing a white shirt with the top buttons undone. One hand rests on his chin, half covering his lips. He’s looking intensely at someone out of frame. I have added a screenshot of a tweet that reads: “imagine being loved by me(threat).”

Oh Daniel Molloy I hope you’re ready

Coconut is pushed through the breakers during the World Dog Surfing Championships Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Pacifica, Calif. Eakin Howard/AP

Jeff Nieboer pushes Charlie Surfs Up through the breakers during the World Dog Surfing Championships Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Pacifica, Calif. Eakin Howard/AP

Faith the surfing Pitbull gets pushed through the breakers by James Wall during the World Dog Surfing Championships Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Pacifica, Calif. Eakin Howard/AP

Carson Surf Dog jumps off his board after catching a wave during the World Dog Surfing Championships Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Pacifica, Calif. Eakin Howard/AP

In case you were wondering. Yes, the World Dog Surfing Championship does exist. www.npr.org/2025/08/03/n...

Graceling is very good, you should pick that up. Lisa See's not bad. I would absolutely snap up that Gilgamesh for myself

TIL Peter Thiel has yet another Tolkien themed company (Valar Ventures, a VC firm) and I really fucking wish the estate would slap a bitch legally.

(Yes I know how trademark law works. I don't fucking care, they should still do it)

friend do you have a recipe???

hmmm

Eric saying how Daniel and Armand will be "face to face" again, and they've already filmed something "intense", and everyone giggling and kicking their feet as they nervously watch him answer without giving too much away?

Oh, they've already kissed I can feel it 😈 #iwtvspoilers #tvlspoilers

Edited screenshot from Disco Elysium that reads: RHETORIC [Heroic: Failure] -- Alright, here we go. We're devoting all your available brain cells to coming up with a question about video games. Scratch that, to coming up with *the* question about video games, the alpha and omega of video games questions, and that question is: 1. - (Whisper.) "Are games art?" 2. - Oh god, that's bad. Surely I can think of something better.

Every time.

If Law Roach is mean go wake Joan Rivers up right damn now!! They ain’t seen “mean” 😭😂

honestly I hate the whole framing that a woman choosing not to sleep with or go out with a man is “rejecting” him

it makes it sound so active, like the default is to say yes

when in actuality we all walk by hundreds of people every day that we’re not going to sleep with

Thinking about how the version of jim that archie fell for wouldn't have existed if they hadn't spend time experiencing kindness and care from oluwande, stede and the crew

ICE Detained Two 'Real Change' Vendors Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained two vendors for Real Change, the nonprofit and progressive newspaper said in a press release. Real Change has not publicly released the names or any in...

ICE Detained Two "Real Change" Vendors without explanation.

Fun fact: most US news organizations won't hire or even interview journalists without green cards or US citizenship. Hiring policies are often openly hostile to anyone who needs visa sponsorship. On-the-job training on specialized topics like immigration has also dwindled or outright disappeared.

Boston Children's Hospital says it won't be bullied into abandoning trans youth - LGBTQ Nation The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in supporting gender-affirming care.

Good.

No doctor should be forced to turn away families because of political threats.