Alan Kyle

Dog urine begone!

I love that my local library makerspace enables me to fight for a less smelly apartment walkway.

Yes!

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

wow, which common vaccine was it?

I’ve been looking forward to this for half a year :) Time to take true ownership of my Kindle.

I don’t think so. I get the same error on ios chrome and safari as well as macos chrome and safari

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Signal chat: Ok, I was just wondering for planning purposes, but that's fine. I thought you said I was welcome to reach out to you about what other outlets are reporting. 15m Why do you report on what other outlets are reporting? If I was you, I'd develop sources myself and out compete all of them! 12m Well, I guess I'm a bit confused. You got in touch with me yesterday and told me I was welcome to reach out to you with questions. You obviously know better than anyone what's going on in this case. What was the purpose of reaching out to me, if not to open a line of communication? Was it just to insult my reporting? 4m No it was for you to correct it, which you refused to do. You don't report fairly. 3m I am more than happy to correct it, but you still haven't told me what's incorrect! What precisely is wrong with the tweet?

Signal chat: By the way everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know. 32m I'm sorry, but that's not how this works. You don't get to say that in retrospect. 24 min Yes I do. Off record. 23m I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story? 7m It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story. 6m

Folks. I'm going to suggest that the interim United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia is... not very bright.

President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command…. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records…

Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman.

First-person view looking down with a hotdog in hand and a bike leaning on knees.

Normalize riding your bike to Costco.

Marc Maron, Human Rights Watch and others slam Saudi comedy festival The participation of big name funnymen, including Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari and Kevin Hart, provoked criticism from fellow comedians and human rights groups.

The participation of big name funnymen, including Dave Chappelle, Aziz Ansari and Kevin Hart, provoked criticism from fellow comedians and human rights groups.

Will be exciting to see World Cup games limited to Jacksonville, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Fresno, Bakersfield and Tulsa

Stephen Miller & @StephenM This language incites violence and terrorism. America @america • Sep 24 California Governor Gavin Newsom calls ICE arresting illegal aliens "authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government".

This weak, brazen attempt by Stephen Miller both to chill free speech and to set up a premise to criminalize it — and, to be clear, this is the very type of speech most central to First Amendment protections — would be laughably embarrassing if this man did not have the power that he has.

Wait till they give me tenure.

This is an abuse of government authority from Rep. Clay Higgins. It's jawboning. It's a violation of the First Amendment. And Americans on the left and right *must* condemn it.

The government using censorship to "protect" speech is utterly repulsive.

clayhiggins.house.gov/wp-content/u...

For 17 years working in trust and safety, I've watched talented people burn out on impossible tasks. The problem isn't the people, it's the systems. Traditional moderation requires months of retraining for every policy change. Only big companies can afford it, and even then it works poorly. 🧵 1/9

Wrote about the DOJ's investigation into the faculty at George Mason for daring to... support their President after a series of bogus DOJ investigations into him and the school.

And I wonder where all the "but mah academic freedom" people are, noting that Bari Weiss's Free Press is silent...

My piece in @techdirt.com commends South Park for their bold and unapologetic political clap-back at Trump. Today's tenuous climate around the First Amendment makes it a huge risk, especially with a federal deepfake law on the books that carries criminal charges. www.techdirt.com/2025/07/28/o...

Oh My God, TAKE IT DOWN Kills Parody

Donald Trump is a notorious media bully. He uses lawsuits, executive power, and political pressure to punish critics and bend institutions to his will. Disney, Meta, and Paramount have since paid out multi-million-dollar settlements over content disputes. CBS…

Harmeet Dhillon tweeting "Is there a way to set this to music and have it lull me to sleep at night? Is there an app for this?" in quote tweeting a screenshot of the NY Times article about how Media Matters is struggling to stay afloat due to Elon Musk's scorched earth SLAPP suits against the non-profit.

Seems bad that the head of the DOJ's "civil rights division" is cheering on Elon Musk using SLAPP suits to silence non-profit media orgs. But what do I know?

But tell me again how MAGA is the "free speech" party.

Tesla Diner SoCal Protest (#TeslaTakedown All Hands on Deck) START: Saturday, July 26, 2025 • 05:00 PM END: Sunday, July 27, 2025 • 07:00 PM LOCATION: Tesla Diner • 7001 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 US HOST CONTACT INFO: takedowntesla@gmail.com

We, the People find Elon Musk guilty of: Aiding and abetting the effective dismantling of American democracy Unilaterally killing hundreds of thousands of US-allied innocents around the world Allowing his "Full Self-Driving" fraud to kill hundreds of his own paying customers Stoking hate against vulnerable groups and boosting dangerous conspiracy theories 24/7 on his rightwing extremist propaganda site

WE SAY HELL NO We're calling on ALL #TeslaTakedown SoCal crews to come together outside Elon's Diner this Saturday 7/26 AND Sunday 7/27 between 5pm-7pm to send a clear message that Elon is STILL guilty; that we STILL demand accountability; and that we WILL NOT REST until the world has internalized the truth that TESLA FUNDS FASCISM. To Tesla's impotent, bought-and-paid-for Board of Directors: Hell no, we won't go! Time to fire your CEO! Important: Tesla Takedown is a 100% peaceful protest movement. We oppose violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk #MuskMustFall

📢 @teslatakedown.com

🚨 ALL HANDS ON DECK in LA

We're calling on ALL SoCal crews to come together at the newly opened TESLA DINER this weekend.

Elon thinks he can destroy democracy, take innocent lives, and celebrate with a milkshake?

We say HELL NO ✊

📍 actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...

Technically reverse chronological is an algorithm...

*ducks*

I thought the TikTok ban was an idiotic moral panic and a gross curtailment of expressive freedom, but I’m at least as uncomfortable about a scenario where a platform with 170m US users exists entirely on the personal sufferance of Donald Trump (or any president).

LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.

important note: the LAPD has figured out it can get footage from Waymos: www.404media.co/lapd-publish...

The White House has tweeted a video of Trump at UFC hanging out with Dana White right after retweeting Stephen Miller saying the US is experiencing an insurrection in LA.

According to the official White House account, the US is in the midst of an "insurrection" that warrants federalization of the National Guard, which is why the President is attending a UFC fight and hanging out with Dana White.

My thoughts on the Take It Down Act as someone who used to handle copyright takedown (and other) requests at Google. 🧵

As many have said, this law will be used as the ultimate weapon for the Trump Admin to censor speech from their political opponents (and more).
www.theverge.com/policy/62497...

I am not at IAPP GPS, but reading my LinkedIn feed right now, I'm seeing /so many/ posts from privacy friends who are outraged at the keynote from Sam Altman, who was apparently expected to talk about AI and privacy and instead spent the whole time doing a sales pitch for Worldcoin.