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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 39m

This is the dumbest timeline, and if I ever catch the guy who went back in time and set us on this path I am going to punch that guy in the face.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 53m

All he does is whine.

Trump Accuses 'Time' Magazine Of Using Worst Photo Of Him 'Of All Time' For Gaza Peace Deal Cover

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 1h

FTC Call For Papers: Third Federal Trade Commission
Conference on Marketing and Public Policy

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 8h

Social Media Use Trajectories and Cognitive Performance in Adolescents url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Social Media Use Trajectories and Cognitive Performance in Adolescents

This study uses prospectively collected data from the ABCD study to assess the relationship between longitudinal patterns of social media use (hours per day) and cognitive performance after 2 years in...

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 9h

Instagram users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 ratings applied to movies, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use.

Instagram to show PG-13 content by default to teens, adds more parental controls | TechCrunch

Instagram users under 18 will now by default only see content that adheres to PG-13 ratings applied to movies, avoiding themes like extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h

Breaking News: Instagram said it would begin limiting the content teenage users can see, based on the PG-13 ratings system used by the film industry.

Instagram Will Limit Content for Teenagers Based on PG-13 Ratings

The restrictions also apply to conversations between teenage users and artificial intelligence chatbots.

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 10h

Broadband Shorts October 2025 potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/10/14/b...

Broadband Shorts October 2025

These are a few topics I found interesting, but which don’t support a full blog. NTIA BEAD Work to Continue During the Shutdown. We found out that the BEAD and other programs at NTIA were not subje…

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 10h

Solid, timeless advice if you're heading to a #nokings rally this weekend.

youtu.be/nWEpW6KOZDs?...

NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!

YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 1d

Who Will Still Need Broadband After BEAD? potsandpansbyccg.com/2025/10/13/w...

Who Will Still Need Broadband After BEAD?

A question I’ve been asked lately is what comes after BEAD. While BEAD will build good broadband networks in a lot of rural communities, it’s becoming clear that BEAD is not going to solve a lot of…

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 2d

I should probably clean out my voicemail for all of the requests for comment I am going to get about Brendan Carr's imminent meltdown and empty threat parade over this.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 2d

I was doing edits on an article proof this past week, and the journal editors kept adding notes to my citations saying they couldn't find articles online with the titles I had cited.

I had to explain how I used the paper version of the newspaper for the titles in the footnotes.

coffeequeen1.bsky.social @coffeequeen1.bsky.social · 2d

In the past, I have seen the online edition change headlines during the course of the day. Sometimes seems like it could be due to reader response/criticism.

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

Remember how Paul Ryan was talking about how much he liked RATM and everyone was like, dude, you are literally the machine they are raging against?!?

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

Remember the court let both Anthony Elonis and Ronald Counterman go.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d

There’s lot of disturbing language in the letter mailed to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson, but will be curious to see if a jury sees this language as an actual threat.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

DOJ charges man with sending threatening letter to pro-Trump influencer Benny Johnson

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the charges at a news conference in which Johnson argued that violence had been "mainstreamed by the Democrat Party."

www.nbcnews.com

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

This might be the single best example of the "more speech" concept ever.

And you know it kills the Frank Castle cosplayers in ICE to be ridiculed like this.

Alicia Victoria Lozano @aliciavlozano.bsky.social · 4d

Someone showed up with a cart of inflatables. The protest is now a dance party outside the PDX ICE facility. Federal police have mostly stood back but did unleash a toxin into the air @nbcnews.com

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

PEW: How Parents Manage Screen Time: www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Somewhere: George Gerbner's zombie is stirring, talking about eating kids brains and...well...cultivation theory.

How Parents Manage Screen Time for Kids

About four-in-ten parents say they could be doing better at managing their kid’s screen time. A larger share – 58% – say they’re doing the best they can.

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

You would think these would be relatively easy 5(a) deception cases to bring, and shoddy health/diet claims often draw enforcement attention from the agency.

Or they used to anyway.

Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 3d

Curious. Is the FTC looking into false advertising claims bolstered by AI depictions of the supposed results?

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

Saw Tron Ares last night. Plot has holes BIG enough to drive a recognizer through, but the NIN soundtrack was 10/10.

Visually amazing. Worth seeing it on the big screen.

Other thought: Disney's need to include McGuffin plots and fan service to earlier movies in every series is very tired.

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 3d

Guy Fawkes Mask, 2025 Edition

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 4d

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 3d

This is a preview of the content rules we can expect when Trump's cronies take over TikTok. TikTok will only allow content that shows the Trump administration in a flattering light 📉

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 4d

Center for Media Engagement at Moody College of Communication,University of Texas- Austin "Dangerous Solidarity" project goes live to provide resources for journalists, media practitioners, journalism educators, and journalism students in the US:

mediaengagement.org/dangerous-so...

Dangerous Solidarity - Center for Media Engagement

An internationally-engaged research project on why solidarity is often dangerous for people practicing it and how to address these dangers.

mediaengagement.org

Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking Down The Intersection Of Right-Of-Publicity Law, AI www.law360.com/classaction/...

Breaking Down The Intersection Of Right-Of-Publicity Law, AI - Law360

Jillian Taylor at Blank Rome examines how existing right-of-publicity law governs artificial intelligence-generated voice-overs, deepfakes and deadbots; highlights a recent New York federal court ruli...

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 4d

Kentucky AG Enters Roblox Fray, Says App Attracts Predators www.law360.com/productliabi...

Kentucky AG Enters Roblox Fray, Says App Attracts Predators - Law360

The Kentucky attorney general has filed his own suit against Roblox, joining other plaintiffs alleging that the popular gaming platform fails to safeguard against adult sexual predators seeking to tar...

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 4d

UMG Beats Drake's 'Not Like Us' Diss Track Defamation Suit www.law360.com/media/articl...

UMG Beats Drake's 'Not Like Us' Diss Track Defamation Suit - Law360

A New York federal judge Thursday tossed Drake's defamation suit against Universal Music Group over the hip-hop artist's rival Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," saying the diss track's lyrics accusing D...

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 4d

That impending sense of doom?

Just the evening my PACER bill shows up.

Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 4d

Video of the 2025 Silha Lecture is now available on Youtube:

youtu.be/9dOC2Ac4mtg?...

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 4d

Ohio Republicans concede that their poorly drafted age-verification bill may, in fact, have a loophole that excludes many adult sites.

The Speaker of the House says if it does, they'll push to fix it by Thanksgiving.

That hasn't stopped the AG from publicly trying to enforce the flawed law.

Pornography websites ignoring Ohio’s new age verification law, Yost says

Attorney General Dave Yost's office says it found 19 of 20 adult websites failing to comply with Ohio's new requirement to verify users are at least 18 years old.

www.cleveland.com

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