Thomas Knapp
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Mike Johnson Proves That No Man's Life, Liberty or Property are Safe While the Legislature Isn't in Session (opens the original)
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My knee-jerk reaction is gratitude. After all, as Gideon J. Tucker wrote in 1866, "no man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session." Conversely, if all those members of Congress are back home campaigning for re-election (or just enjoying a break), their opportunities to engage in criminal stupidity step down from wholesale to retail levels. Heck, if we have to put up with Congress existing at all, I'd rather they convened once a year to collect their salaries for
Get the Flock Out of Law Enforcement! (opens the original)
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Several Florida counties and cities have since followed suit. The growing popular movement against "Flock cameras" (the most popular ALPRs are made by Flock Safety) enjoys nationwide reach and politicians have begun running to the head of that parade. No, not just because ALPRs can be easily abused (more than 100 police officers have been caught using ALPR data to do things like stalk former or prospective romantic partners). And no, not just because ALPRs can deliver inaccurate information, res
Big AI: How About a Nice Game of Monopoly? (opens the original)
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When "industry leaders" start advocating for government regulation -- or even, initially, for industry-internal "standards" bodies leading to such regulation -- they're not riding to the rescue of humankind, they're looking out for their own bottom lines. Over the last few months, we've seen rising public moral panic about the energy demands and environmental effects of AI data centers. While I can't prove it, my perception is that the panic was algorithmically encouraged by, if not entirely cre
Stars and Stripes, Perhaps Not Forever (opens the original)
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Over time, the paper gained direct funding from the military, but with supposed "editorial independence," and a mission "to provide first-hand reporting from bases around the world and unbiased, credible news to America's military." Those who worked in uniform abroad through two world wars and after, often not in a position to visit a newspaper stand or receive news via TV or radio, could read Stars and Stripes (I read it in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm). On August 21, US defense secretary P
Note to Rick Scott: Stop Tweeting and Cut Up That Government Credit Card (opens the original)
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That does sound like a good idea. But coming from US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), it's just hot air. A "Readers added context they thought people might want to know" below the tweet informs us that "Scott voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which raised the statutory debt limit by $5 trillion and is projected by CBO to increase deficits by $3.4 trillion over 10 years." Over the course of Scott's relatively short career in the US Senate -- he took office in 2019 and is now in his second term -
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