Weekly Axis Of Easy #133 Last Week’s Quote was “The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we see onscreen is real” …was Steve Shahbazian. I’m giving it to Gavin Jacobs who got it but pulled his punch because of a copying error. This Week’s Quote: “You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great […]
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Future Fibre: Guifi.Net
easyDNS is pleased to sponsor Jesse Hirsh‘s “Future Fibre / Future Tools” segments of his new email list, Metaviews. An open, free and neutral commons telecom network The Internet should be free, open, and neutral. Yet how do we make it so when it is presently dominated by monopolies and oligopolies that are driven by […]
[Axis of Easy] Smartphone App Completely Hoses Iowa Caucus
Weekly Axis Of Easy #132 Last Week’s Quote was: “The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned”…was Albert Einstein, winner was Chuck Wong. This Week’s Quote: “The media’s so central to our lives that we believe what we seen onscreen is real” …by ???? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the […]
Canada’s BTLR is a Blueprint for Regulating Internet Content
(Feb 9, 2020 This post has had correction appended) In June 2018 the Canadian federal government initiated a review of the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Acts with the intent of getting guidance on how best to integrate the realities of the internet and global communications into the existing legislation. The project overview page with associated timeline […]
Should Woke Social Media Barons be the Arbiters of Truth?
On Friday night (Jan 31), a few days after my new book about deplatforming and cancel culture came out, the news broke that Twitter had permanently suspended Zerohedge for breaking the platform’s policies. The move was taken in response to an article penned by Buzzfeed writer Ryan Broderick which falsely accused Zerohedge of “doxxing” a […]
[Axis of Easy] Canada’s BTLR Report Calls For Licensing Content Creators
Weekly Axis Of Easy #131 Last Week’s Quote was “Life is a long lesson in humility” …was Sir James Matthew Barrie (creator of Peter Pan), nobody got it. This Week’s Quote: “The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned” …by ???? THE RULES: No searching up the answer, must be posted to the blog The […]
