Infantilization of young adults is all the rage these days. – E.N. Brown
Politicians are terrified of losing ways to destroy peaceful citizens’ lives:
Oregon [politicians have] overwhelmingly [signaled their disdain for the will of their constituents by voting for] recriminalization of low-level drug possession , reversing a landmark reform that voters endorsed when they passed Measure 110 in 2020. Gov. Tina Kotek has indicated that she is inclined to sign the bill, ratifying a regression driven by unrealistic expectations and unproven assertions…[boss politician] Kate Lieber…claims, “we are…mak[ing] sure Oregonians have access to the treatment and care that they need.” But Oregon is not merely making sure that people “have access” to treatment; it is foisting “help” on people who do not want it by threatening them with incarceration…
The 5th Circuit sucked Louisiana politicians’ dicks on this in 2018; will the 11th imitate them?
Florida [politicians have]…approved a bill banning 18- to 20-year-olds from being strippers or from working in any other capacity at an adult entertainment venue. Like a similar bill passed in Texas in 2021, the Florida bill [was justified by vomiting out the phrase “]human trafficking[“, with the usual]…potential to…make abuse and exploitation worse. It’s also part of a growing movement across the U.S. to push up the boundaries of childhood, [criminaliz]ing all sorts of things once legal for 18- to 20-year-olds…[if] Ron DeSantis…signs it, the law will take effect July 1. Young adult strippers…would not themselves be subject to penalty. Rather, the bill would make it a crime to…employ…someone under age 21…in these businesses…[even] if an establishment is tricked by a fake ID…It also says the employment must be done “knowingly,” so it’s unclear exactly how these two standards can coexist…
Burble burble BLUE STATE burble drool:
Hundreds of new books featuring characters of color and LGBTQ+ themes were found [in] the trash at a Staten Island elementary school…sparking an education department investigation…Some had sticky notes on them…A note on My Two Border Towns, about a boy’s life on the United States-Mexico border, read “Our country has no room and it’s not fair.” A note on The Derby Daredevils…read…“Discusses dad being transgender. Teenage girls having a crush on another girl”…a note on We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know read “negative slant on white people”…A note on Julian Is A Mermaid…read “Boy questions gender”…Notes on pages of Black Panther: The Young Prince read “Witchcraft? Human skulls” and “Pact with Devil. Burned in fire”…[the person who discovered the books said] “this [censorship] feels like censorship…It feels like book banning”…
Is having a shiny new status symbol really worth being spied on and price-gouged?
LexisNexis is a…global data broker with a “Risk Solutions” division that caters to the auto insurance industry and has traditionally kept tabs on car accidents and tickets…[but] General Motors [and other automakers are now surreptitiously providing data to]…LexisNexis…to create a risk score…for insurers to use as [an excuse for raising people’s]…insurance [rates]…In recent years, insurance companies have offered incentives to people who [foolishly] install dongles in their cars or download smartphone apps that monitor their driving, including how much they drive, how fast they take corners, how hard they hit the brakes and whether they speed. But “drivers are historically reluctant to participate in these programs,” as Ford Motor put it…[so] car companies are collecting information directly from internet-connected vehicles for use by the insurance industry…[without] a driver’s awareness [or] consent…
I’m unsure of how this affects Florida’s more widespread censorship problem:
…Equality Florida and Family Equality, [along with individual plaintiffs, have] reached a…settlement agreement with the…Florida Department of Education, and school districts that resolves their facial challenge to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law… The agreement effectively nullifies the most dangerous and discriminatory impacts of…the law…The settlement restores the ability of students, teachers, and others in Florida schools to speak and write freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in class participation and schoolwork. It also…reinstates Gay-Straight Alliances…[and] requires the State Board of Education to…make clear that the settlement reflects the considered position of the State of Florida on the scope and meaning of this law…
Sleeping with a cop is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do:
[A typical and representative] South Carolina [screw named]…Joshua Bradford..[h]as [been] charged with [aggravated] domestic violence…and [other felonies for]…shooting…[his wife] while she was holding a child in a [car] seat…
Note the attempt to obscure that this psycho is a cop by referring to him as a “sheriff’s office employee”; we’ve seen this weasel-trick before.
The Puritan Recrudescence (#1421)
Texas residents, like those of several other states, now need VPNs to watch porn:
Aylo has blocked access to Pornhub in Texas…following the decision by the…5th Circuit upholding the state’s controversial age verification law [while a challenge filed by Aylo and others proceeds]. The company posted a message explaining its decision, which can be read by those attempting to reach the platform in Texas…Aylo is also calling on all adult sites to comply [in this way]…
Pornhub has repeatedly taken the principled stand of refusing to spy on its users for the State.
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