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• On the post: Student Journalists At Indiana University And Purdue Show More Integrity, Solidarity And Backbone Than Many In The Mainstream Press

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2025 @ 02:23pm

  Boiler Up!

  As a Boilermaker this makes me very proud. Anything to distract from the football team ;)

• On the post: DHS Lets Contract Expire During A Flood, Leading To Thousands Of Missed FEMA Calls

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2025 @ 11:08am

  The lesson that they will take from this is that they haven't cracked down on the press enough yet if they are still willing to report on this stuff.

• On the post: Meta, Apparently, Really Wants Everyone To Read This Book (By Trying To Ban It)

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2025 @ 03:39pm

  I was unaware of this book at 8 AM this morning. I was on the waitlist for it at my local library by noon. The Streisand Effect is undefeated.

• On the post: Katy Perry Wins Trademark Suit Brought By Katie Perry In Australia

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 27 Nov, 2024 @ 09:56am

  New Award needed

  I propose a new end of the year award for best closing line. It shall be called the Dark Helmet award, for obvious reasons.

• On the post: My Comments To Attorney General Rob Bonta Regarding Common Sense Media’s Dangerous ‘Protect The Kids’ Ballot Initiative

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2024 @ 12:38pm

  Nice letter

  Nice letter Mike. Hopefully, somebody reads it.

• On the post: Amazon Gives Giant Middle Finger To Prime Video Customers, Will Charge $3 Extra A Month To Avoid Ads Starting In January

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2023 @ 08:50am

  I have never trusted Amazon, or any online retailer, for stuff I really needed in a day or two. If I need cold medication, I'll go to the local drug store and buy it, thereby insuring I have it when I need it. I don't know if it's a temporary promo or what, but our last 2 or 3 online orders with Walgreens have been delivered by Doordash within a couple of hours of placing the order, without paying for any upcharge in shipping. Walmart also frequently dispatches the delivery from the local store and delivers same day under the normal free shipping option. Prime's advantage on delivery times evaporated a while ago.

• On the post: Substack Turns On Its ‘Nazis Welcome!’ Sign

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 26 Dec, 2023 @ 01:33pm

  The sportswriter Craig Calceterra is also leaving Substack, and his Substack newsletter is his entire income.

• On the post: Fifth Circuit Denies Immunity To Detective Who Arrested A Man For A Satirical Facebook Post

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2023 @ 02:29pm

  If no “reasonable person” would believe this post to be incitement or a true threat, then it naturally follows no reasonable officer would believe the same thing. Obvious defense for the police here - just claim they aren't people.

• On the post: Adult Content Industry Sues Utah Over Porn Law

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 09 May, 2023 @ 02:11pm

  Learned?

  States all across the country, red and blue, are trying to pass laws that attack internet freedoms. And all they seem to be doing is wasting taxpayer dollars to learn how the 1st Amendment actually works. There is no evidence that any public official in these states has actually learned anything from all their failed attempts at unconstitutional regulation.

• On the post: It’s One API, Michael. What Could It Cost? $42,000 Per Month?

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2023 @ 01:30pm

  Health Insurance Pricing

  Maybe it's going to be like blood work when you have insurance in the US. Cost: $2876.9 Discount: 99% Your cost: $28.76

• On the post: Elon’s Promise Not To Ban Account Tracking His Jet Didn’t Last Very Long At All; Also Bans Guy’s Personal Account

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2022 @ 02:11pm

  It would kind of funny if hundreds of people took screenshots of the tracking data every day from Mastodon and posted them to their personal accounts on Twitter. Not that suggesting anybody do that.

• On the post: Elon’s Twitter: Classist Blue Check System… Reinvented As Even More Elitist Gray Checks, Goes Live, Then Elon Says He’s Killed It

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2022 @ 10:10am

  Maybe he didn't want the competition.

• On the post: Right Wingers ‘Fight’ AT&T By Embracing ‘Anti-Woke’ Cell Carrier…That’s Just Rebranded AT&T

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2022 @ 08:38am

  Opportunity for Techdirt

  Coming soon, Techdirt TV, but it's really just Comcast :) Seriously these grifts are so simple and obvious I feel like I should get in on the game and make some money while fleecing the Republican rubes.

• On the post: Spending Too Long Pooping At School? There’s A (Government) App For That

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2022 @ 02:22pm

  Govt just two weeks ago used Facebook private messages to arrest a teenage girl and her mother for an abortion. It's already happening. Tracking conversations, tracking purchases. It's all the same. Also, Target got caught marketing to potentially pregnant women based on their purchases maybe 10 years ago? At this point I'm not even sure paying cash protects you. GPS can put you at the register when a specific transaction took place.

• On the post: Dear California Law Makers: How The Hell Can I Comply With Your New Age-Appropriate Design Code?

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2022 @ 12:22pm

  How has this bill gotten this far without Google and Facebook squashing it? What good is it having the tech giants in the state if they aren't going to throw their weight around when needed? Although, I have to think Facebook's DPIA's will be a hoot.

• On the post: 25 Years Ago Today… Techdirt Got Started!

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2022 @ 12:18pm

  During the initial COVID lock down I set up a soccer style relegation universe in the desktop game and worked a team up from the lowest level to the top. Don't think I've played since.

• On the post: 25 Years Ago Today… Techdirt Got Started!

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2022 @ 09:48am

  In 2001ish I did a blog post about PureSim - a baseball game. Mike, baseball nerd that he is, commented on the post and pointed me to OOTP baseball, which I have spent way too hours playing in the subsequent two decades. Anyway, as you did back in 2001ish, he left a link to his blog in his comment, and I've been a reader ever since, eventually a friend, and for a year an employee. Looking forward to the supporters only retirement party in another 25 years :)

• On the post: Marco Rubio Got Furious At Google Because His Fundraising Emails Were Going To Spam. Turns Out His Email Was Misconfigured

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2022 @ 12:29pm

  I'm feeling pretty good about moving my email to a paid Canadian provider a few years ago. My inbox should be safe from the fallout of this. Democrats should probably avoid being too smug here though, as me giving money to my Congressional Representative resulted in me getting spammed from Democrats in dozens of states I don't live in.

• On the post: And We’re Off: Twitter Sues Elon Musk And Lays Out A Strong Case

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2022 @ 11:18am

  He can't go to Mars either. It's 100% populated by 'bots.

• On the post: Just How Incredibly Fucked Up Is Texas’ Social Media Content Moderation Law?

  

  Chris ODonnell ( profile ), 12 May, 2022 @ 02:07pm

  Since when has "looking like fools" stopped anybody on the right?

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