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After Senator Blumenthal sought unanimous consent for KOSA, engaging in brutally transparent hand-waving of free speech issues, Senator Rand Paul stands up to object, and unanimous consent fails.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1h

He objected, blocking the unanimous consent request

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1h

A few minutes ago, Blackburn sought unanimous consent for the No Fakes Act, another dangerous bill that would expand right to publicity laws past their traditional limitation to commercial use, which safeguarded protected expression. Senator Cruz objected to block it. But she's not done yet.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 6h

Even were Blackburn's gambit to be successful, Senate KOSA would face heavy opposition in the House, which has acknowledged many of the free speech concerns. Unfortunately it's nigh impossible to fix a bill when its primary purpose is censorship: platformpolemics.aricohn.com/p/the-kids-a...

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The KIDS Act Is Just as Unconstitutional as KOSA ... Just in Different Words

You've still skinned a cat no matter which way you go about it

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 7h

Today Senator Blackburn is expected to try ramming KOSA--the Kids Online Safety Act--through the Senate via unanimous consent. KOSA was an Internet censorship bill in its inception, and in 4 years the only thing its authors have done is try to disguise KOSA's nature rather than fix it.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 8h

hear me out: maybe the problem is that oaths of office don't include a slap across the face.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19h

Speech or Debate Clause would bar it

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 29/09/2026

The dig at the Senator from Missouri about knowing Midwest sports teams was pretty savage. Gotta respect it.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 29/09/2026

Congratulations, you've "invented" the mobile home.

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TechFreedom @techfreedom.org · 24/09/2026

How far can the government go when a president doesn’t like what a broadcaster says? On a new Tech Policy Podcast, @aricohn.com and @berinszoka.bsky.social are joined by @thefireorg.bsky.social’s Bob Corn-Revere to unpack the escalating fight between ABC and the FCC. tinyurl.com/5xzkj37n

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440: The Fellas at the Freaking FCC | Tech Policy Podcast

How far can the government go when a president doesn’t like what a broadcaster says? Host Ari Cohn is joined by Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) and Bob Corn-Revere (FIRE) to unpack the escalating fight betw...

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 24/09/2026

Sounds like the response of someone who is going to have a less good one

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 24/09/2026

I never feel as simultaneously old and adolescent as when I empty the dishwasher at 6am and think to myself, "Hell yea it's gonna be a good day. A productive day."

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 22/09/2026

Questionable claim. Did "most" people plagiarize before plagiarism detectors?

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 22/09/2026

Depriving students of "one of the best ways to learn something" because other students might cheat (newsflash: some students will find a way to cheat on anything you choose) seems like a highly questionable pedagogical choice.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

Fortunately, I can't really think of one situation I'm likely to encounter in which an allegation that something was A -written would even matter to me

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

Also also, the piece this came from makes a compelling argument that your obsession with finding whether anyone ever wrote anything with AI might just be a little racist: kathleenschmidt.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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EXCLUSIVE: Author Jerry Falade Reflects on Losing His Book Deal and Being Accused of Using AI.

Jerry Falade: Me and My AI Against the World

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

(but not the education required to become less stupid. That should be free and accessible.)

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

Stupid people should be gate-kept from some things

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

People that insane about hating AI have no credibility in judging good writing anyway, so you shouldn't. I don't write everything for 2nd-graders either.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

Also if you're feeding someone's writing to an AI detector that uses AI, you should probably never be caught complaining about AI training on people's stuff without consent. Can't have it both ways.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

AI hatred continues to expose how many are so poorly-read that they don't recognize proper punctuation and writing styles. The problem is less AI and more idiots who are more obsessed with rooting out its use than being semi-literate. And that's from someone who refuses to use AI for writing.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026

Staying up all night to mix a track was a lot more fun when I was younger (and also not trying to extract usable dialogue from people who seem to have been recoding on the Titan submersible during implosion)

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15/09/2026

Ed Sheeran and Macklemore: You Weren't Even Cool Enough for Daughtry Exurb Casino Tour 2026

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15/09/2026

Irrespective of literally everything else, Ed Sheeran and Macklemore sounds like the absolute worst kind of Geriatric Millennial Sad Wine Mom Tour lineup. Good God. Why.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14/09/2026

Whatever else one might say about him, he is very good at playing the game and that's undeniable

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14/09/2026

Sure, that's not unreasonable. But not my circus, etc

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 14/09/2026

This thread is over a year old. I don't work at FIRE anymore. There are many criticisms of FIRE's actual work that I think are baseless and wrongheaded. But I have less than zero interest in defending individuals from criticisms like this one.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 13/09/2026

Absolutely gross. What a disgrace.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 13/09/2026

Not invited for cheesecake on the lanai

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 13/09/2026

Not my circus, not my monkeys. Why don't you go complain to him about it instead of to me?

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 11/09/2026

Let me have this joke/pointed criticism! Lol

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 11/09/2026

People are worried about AI-generated academia and meanwhile Human Slop continues to evade detection.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 06/09/2026

That said I had absolutely no idea about the music analyzer function, so thank you big time for that tip!

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 06/09/2026

Fair enough, I have my sidebar set up so that I barely notice anything else. And if you didn't have a lifetime pass I would say paying their monthly subscription is probably not worth it. If I hadn't gotten the cheap lifetime price I would definitely have switched by now.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 06/09/2026

What's the reason behind the move to Jellyfin? I have to admit I've not really understood why people seem to be souring on Plex. I haven't had any issues with it but it makes me wonder if there are functionalities I may be missing out on.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 06/09/2026

It was repetitive and boring as fuck

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 06/09/2026

The Substance might have had a shot at being a halfway decent movie if it was an hour shorter. What an overrated chore of a movie.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 05/09/2026

And to plug the tears his absurdly heavy strings would cause

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 05/09/2026

If it was good enough for Stevie Ray Vaughan, it's good enough for me

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 05/09/2026

I cut garlic the other day and briefly considered chopping off my finger instead

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 05/09/2026

A deep fingertip slice is by far the worst everyday injury. There's literally no way to live your life and not aggravate it.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 02/09/2026

But have you considered that the air your car was pushing towards them might cause the pedestrians to blow away so forcefully that they escaped the Earth's gravitational pull, never to be seen again?

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 02/09/2026

Some people just want to be mad

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 02/09/2026

Good parents limit their very young child's agency at dangerous moments like crossing a street. Hope that helps.

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