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While J.D. Vance was speaking in Munich, the U.K. was demanding encrypted data from Apple. For the first time in nine years, America may fight back

Bipartisan Coalition Finally Tells Europe, and the FBI, to Shove It

This is the best personal essay I’ve ever read about non-binary identification! How an insightful and reflective young woman 💕

Why I Stopped Using They/Them Pronouns After 13 Years

Last week, I wrote an article about the ill-fated paper straw crusade. I didn’t realize that Mike Peaca had done an eye-opening interview with one of the main campaigners*; here Mike draws some lessons from that interview. Highly recommended!

*Not Adrian Grenier, aka Vincent Chase from Entourage.

The Last Straw

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Episode 248: The Jussie Smollett Of Sports (with Ethan Strauss)
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Today I start using Substack

I used to like Twitter but always felt very constrained by the 144 limit

This brought problems for the irony-challenged, who misunderstood a lot of what I was trying to say

This is a particular problem for me because I seem to be regarded as ‘on the left’ by people on the right, and' ‘on the right’ by people on the left

Apparently this makes me controversial, and therefore box office poison

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My first post here, I have absolutely zero familiarity with this environment so pardon any mistakes - I’ll be getting a feel for it in coming weeks, and hope to eventually add all content here (audio, video, written) as a centralized and organized source.

I thought it might be nice to start with what I’ve received the most requests for by…

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