Notices by Freezenet (freezenet@noc.social)

"U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a man with a torch lighter and a flare gun who attempted to enter the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday."

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/capitol-hill/man-who-smelled-like-fuel-arrested-with-torch-flare-gun-at-us-capitol-visitors-center-smelled-like-fuel-uscp-election-day-security-dc/65-6d2d1647-6b1e-483e-bb5d-03f060eb05f3

Apparently, we've already entered into the suicide bomber phase of the election.

#Washington #US #Politics

Warnings Continue Over Canada’s Age Verification Bill

Canada's dangerous age verification legislation is close to becoming law, and experts are, again, warning of the consequences.

https://www.freezenet.ca/warnings-continue-over-canadas-age-verification-bill/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #BillS210 #FreeSpeech #LGBTQ #PersonalInformation

Right after I write an article about how media companies are giving Trump political cover, I get to read this:

"Leaked video reveals Fox News edited out Trump's 'rambling comments and false claims' "

https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-trump-edited-barbershop/

... not that I mind, it further proves my point.

#US #Trump #Politics #FoxNews

Elon Musk did his little debut of his robotaxi aimed at sending his companies through the stratosphere in terms of profitability and prosperity. Let's see how well that turned out... oh my...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-stock-sinks-as-toothless-robotaxi-disappoints-161323105.html

#FAIL #ElonMusk #Tesla #Stocks

"Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03190-y

The study would've concluded much sooner had it not been for the sound of "WHAM! Ewww!" *wiping sounds*

#neuroscience #science #STEM #research #brain

Political Hypocrisy: Mainstream Media Condemns Right Wing Extremism on X/Twitter While Promoting It Themselves

For years, mainstream media has condemned right wing extremism being promoted on X/Twitter for harming democracy. Apparently, they have no problem promoti

https://www.freezenet.ca/political-hypocrisy-mainstream-media-condemns-right-wing-extremism-on-x-twitter-while-promoting-it-themselves/

#Censorship #News #extremism #Media #Project2025 #SocialMedia #Twitter #USAToday #X

Movie adaptations from video games are great. Just look at Borderlands which, on Rotten Tomatoes, scored a- oh my...

https://www.geeksaresexy.net/2024/08/08/borderlands-movie-drops-with-a-3-rotten-tomatoes-score-even-claptrap-is-speechless/

#Movie #Movies #Borderlands #game #Gaming

Cord Cutters Could Be the Majority By End of 2026, Report Finds

Cord cutting is definitely a trend that's happening in the US, but it is also happening here in Canada as well.

Recently, while reporting on the NBA inking a deal with Amazon, I mentioned how this trend of major league sports increasingly becoming available on online streamin

https://www.freezenet.ca/cord-cutters-could-be-the-majority-by-end-of-2026-report-finds/

#Business #News #Canada #CordCutting #subscriptions #TV

How the Mainstream Media Brought Down a Respected President

Relentless hit pieces and biased reporting caused US President, Joe Biden, to drop out. Today, they are taking a victory lap.

https://www.freezenet.ca/how-the-mainstream-media-brought-down-a-respected-president/

#Miscellaneous #News #America #JoeBiden #MainstreamMedia #politics #US

Pornhub Blocks Nebraska As Age Verification Fiasco Continues

The disastrous social experiment of age verification has landed in Nebraska as Pornhub blocks yet another state to protect users.

https://www.freezenet.ca/pornhub-blocks-nebraska-as-age-verification-fiasco-continues/

#Censorship #News #AgeVerification #Nebraska #Prnhub #US

Trump supporters are now calling for violence and bloodshed, saying, "you're next": https://www.cnn.com/trump-supporters-blame-media

#Politics #Trump #US

You know how some legal commentators were saying that the Supreme Court has allowed a president to assassinate a political rival? Well, according to Legal Eagle... they are right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQ43yyJvgs

#US #Politics #Scary

"'I feel used': Ont. woman hands over nearly $50K to psychic who promised to cleanse her of evil spirits"

Was it the money that was the "evil spirits"?

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/i-feel-used-ont-woman-hands-over-nearly-50k-to-psychic-who-promised-to-cleanse-her-of-evil-spirits-1.6935519

#Toronto

Worries Continue About the Independence of the Press in Canada

35% of all pay for journalism comes from the government. That is worrying some as they contemplate the independence of the press.

https://www.freezenet.ca/worries-continue-about-the-independence-of-the-press-in-canada/

#Business #Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #OnlineNewsAct #press

The famous "LOL, no" legal response letter story just got a heck of a lot better: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/14/when-lol-no-is-not-enough-lawyer-explains-why-bogus-takedown-over-fuck-the-lapd-shirt-should-result-in-paying-legal-fees/

#Law #Lawyer #Copyright #Legal #DMCA

@mmasnick

Hey @mmasnick . Became aware of another study alleging that social media is destroying the minds of teenagers. Going to try and dive deeper into the numbers given that the selling points aren't adding up, but thought I'd pass the study along to you for you to pick through as well: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/new-unesco-report-warns-social-media-affects-girls-well-being-learning-and-career-choices

Given the enormous amount of research that says otherwise, I'm quite skeptical of the findings in this study already.

You know you screwed up as a lawyer when you get disbarred: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/20/copyright-troll-richard-liebowitz-finally-disbarred/

... achievement unlocked?

#Legal #Law #Lawyer #Disbarred @mmasnick

Spam Bot Problems on X/Twitter Continue to Take It’s Toll on Users

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, spam bots gradually ran more and more rampant. The problem is taking its toll on users.

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, one of his big bold claims was that he was going to take care of the spam bot problems.

https://www.freezenet.ca/spam-bot-problems-on-x-twitter-continue-to-take-its-toll-on-users/

#Business #News #bot #botnet #ElonMusk #Mastodon #spam #Twitter

@mmasnick There's a video where there was a hearing at the Canadian House of Commons talking about how platforms like Google and Facebook are somehow evading the law by dropping news links among other things. The second link is the direct link to the video. Michael Geist was on the panel and seemed like the voice of reason for the most part, but others were there making all kinds of absurd claims.

@mmasnick One of the claims during the opening statements was that Facebook has full editorial control over users content. That guy said the evidence of this is the fact that Facebook dropped news links in Canada, so, therefore, they can control everything that appears on their platform. It's... insane some of the stuff that came out of that hearing.