Joseph Geierman

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and has experts worried about the future of free expression online.

A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and has experts worried about the future of free expression online. www.wired.com/story/vpn-us...

Parents Get Some Help from the Supreme Court The Supreme Court recently issued two landmark opinions that lighten parents’ load in their efforts to maintain their children’s innocence.

The Christian right is absolutely giddy connecting the decisions in Free Speech Coalition v Paxton and Mahmoud v Taylor as both protecting minors for "sexual material."

They plan to merge the two in legal doctrine, branding LGBTQ+ content as "pornography" — and thus subject to restriction online.

The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions Whither Pornhub now?

"It’s easy to imagine LGBTQ resources or sex education sites becoming targets despite having the exact kind of social value the law is supposed to exempt... The question 'What is porn?' is going to have a tremendous impact on the internet."

We found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb, hoping to find out what it's really and truly like to be in a serious relationship with an AI partner.

Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/couple...

These two psychos have access to all your personal data, by the way.

YouTube video by Greenleaf The Mayor Series: Joseph Geierman, Mayor of Doraville

I recently found out a podcast I recorded a few months ago is live, and it dives into a lot of what I have been focused on as Mayor of Doraville. It was a great discussion that hit on many of my key priorities.

The car did fit in the space…

The Egg Yolk Principle: Human Sexuality Will Always Outsmart Prudish Algorithms and Hateful Politicians Anti-porn laws can't stop porn, but they can stop free speech. In the meantime, people will continue to get off to anything and everything.

“There are people who would like to get all sexual material offline,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @404media.co. “So in some ways it's laughable, but if it does gain momentum, this is really, really dangerous.”

Doctor Who fan theories are almost always more interesting than what actual ends up on screen

No government agent should be masked or anonymous.

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

“If people can’t trust that the data they are giving the government will be protected, (and believe) that it will be used for things other than what they gave it for, it will lead to a crisis of trust,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @nytimes.com.

The Rise of the Japanese Toilet

A bidet should be a standard feature on all toilets. Love my Toto washlet.

Watched the doc this weekend. Felt empathy for Reubens as a brilliant man who forced himself into a persona because society wouldn’t accept who he was…

Then who got used as a punching bag for 30+ years for daring to be a gay man with a sexuality who also made children’s content.

Mississippi Targets Big Porn Using Obscenity Laws A new Mississippi law harnesses the power of the private sector and obscenity laws to strike back at Big Porn.

A new Mississippi law will anyone in the state to sue someone who posts "hardcore pornography" on the internet — up to $500,000 in damages.

Focus on the Family, the right-wing evangelical group behind the censorship bill, say it are the next step in attacking porn after age-verification.

Trump wants to kill ENERGY STAR – here’s how that impacts you The Trump administration wants to pull the plug on ENERGY STAR, the federal program behind those familiar blue labels on energy-efficient appliances, homes, and buildings. Launched in 1992, ENERGY STAR has saved Americans more than $500 billion in energy costs while slashing greenhouse gas emissions. To dig into what this means for everyday Americans, we spoke with Rebecca Foster, CEO of clean energy nonprofit Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC), which has spent decades working to make homes, schools, and businesses more energy efficient. more…

Trump wants to kill ENERGY STAR – here’s how that impacts you

Death of a Cybertruck Salesman: How Trump Killed Tesla Schadenfreude is a bargain at $5.60 per mile.

A few weeks ago some Cybertruck owners started getting itchy to unload. The trade-in offers they got were gothic.

Republicans seek to boost AI while tightening grip on social media and online speech Republicans have introduced measures that increase oversight of social media platforms and online speech, while simultaneously discouraging the regulation of AI.

KOSA’s “sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true,” EFF’s @jmullin.bsky.social said. “This bill still sets up a censorship regime” that'll “suppress lawful, important speech online, especially for young people.”

YouTube video by Hollywood Ambience DRIVING down SUNSET BLVD. 1950. Hollywood Los Angeles California

Ralphs (7257 Sunset) at 4:03 and Safeway (7319 Sunset) at 4:24. Neither is still standing, but there is a newer Ralphs on the site of the old one. youtu.be/dbPtnf4j9fQ?...

The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.

YouTube video by Atlanta News First Massive redevelopment planned for new Doraville City Center

The amount of work it’s taken to reach this milestone cannot be overstated. This new Downtown Doraville city center brings a 20-year dream of our community to life.

Making this project a reality is why I ran for City Council and for Mayor. Reaching this point is deeply meaningful to me.

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Tennessee earthquake rattles north Georgia, metro Atlanta People from all over metro Atlanta — including as far south as Newnan — have called Atlanta News First, saying the quake shook their walls and furniture.

Glad to know what this was. I was thinking there might have been a tree that fell nearby when I felt it

“Protecting Children” has been used to justify anti-LGBTQ discrimination my entire life.

When it comes to any policy that may actually help children (school lunches, child tax credits) these same people are always MIA.

Kids are just a prop to excuse LGBTQ hate.

In Texas they are calling any books that include LGBTQ people “pornographic.”

Beyond imposing a fundamentalist morality on consenting adults, this “anti-porn” project is really about banning gay and trans people from tv, books and any other aspects of public life.

Their mid-century house had lost its charm. They brought it back to 1966. This Atlanta couple has been “unflipping” their flipped house for the past five years.

I'm glad this house found these owners.

I’m excited to announce I’m running for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia.

We need Democrats who fight. That means showing up, saying hard truths out loud, and refusing to comply in advance.

Mayors (and all other American elected officials) swear an oath to uphold the US Constitution - just like the President does.

The Amazing Stories Quartely cover was the header for my blog in the mid-aughts