"The Onion cannot stand idly by in the face of a ruling that threatens to disembowel a form of rhetoric that has existed for millennia... and that, purely incidentally, forms the basis of The Onion’s writers’ paychecks.” supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…

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If Elon Musk had read The Onion’s amicus brief, he’d know parody doesn’t need a disclaimer to be protected. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…

Finger pointing over the lawsuit-generating daniel photo shoot calls to mind the finger pointing ring over the lawsuit generating Pepsi Harrier jet commercial.

Lots of revelations from The Root’s Vanessa DeLuca’s newsroom chat today with Reverend Al Sharpton …among the most impressive, he says he gets his energy from hitting the gym at 4am every morning. Wish I had the resolve to do that.

This is encouraging news…and could reduce the cycle of severely mentally ill being quickly discharged and returned to the streets. nytimes.com/2022/11/29/nyr…

⁦Check out Gizmodo’s great recap on The Twitter Files. But why is no one talking about ⁦Elon Musk⁩’s waiver of attorney client privileged docs? Will that waiver come back to bite Twitter? gizmodo.com/twitter-files-…

What are the implications of the latest Twitter files revelations on the future of Section 230? Seems to me — given the pending Supreme Court cases — this will ultimately lead to more moderation not less.

Wall Street Journal Demands Investigation After Reporter Is Arrested in Phoenix theroot.com/wall-street-jo…

Pleased to hear this: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg vows to evict illegal pot shops nypost.com/2023/02/07/fum… via New York Post Metro

A gratifying win for Deadspin’s coverage of the sexual assault allegations against Trevor Bauer deadspin.com/judge-dismisse…

⁦hope this op-ed is trending on Twitter in Israel nytimes.com/2023/03/05/opi…

What is happening with this? Every day a new illegal pot shop opens in my neighborhood. nypost.com/2023/02/07/fum… via New York Post Metro

October 10 marks the birthday of my late son, Danny, who would have been 60 today. A diehard humanist who wanted to believe that man is not a predator to other men. We hoped that his brutal murder would mark a turning point in the history of man inhumanity to man. Saturday's

Today, one year since the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, we mourn the victims of the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7th. May their memory be a blessing.