sex, speech, tech, justice, parenting, politics, & panic ✨ senior editor @reason.com‬, journalism instructor at University of Cincinnati, Midwestern momhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mlszmoafos2tThis is actually great. Let the people who want a sex-free, LGBTQ-free internet purchase it for themselves and leave the wider internet alone! https://reason.com/2026/05/13/why-im-cheering-for-this-new-anti-porn-anti-lgbt-christian-phone-network14 May 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlszmoafos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mlo2ejllhc2kI got to write for @reason.com about children's book author/illustrator Richard Scarry! We're currently on a big Busytown kick in the Brown/ @swin24.bsky.social house... https://reason.com/2026/05/05/the-happy-capitalism-of-richard-scarry/12 May 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo2ejllhc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mlnyjkqwbc2aChatGPT didn't "advise" the FSU shooter last year to do anything — except get professional help for depressive and suicidal thoughts. Otherwise, it provided neutral information. OpenAI should not be liable for the shooter's actions https://reason.com/2026/05/11/dont-blame-chatgpt-for-the-florida-state-shooting/12 May 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnyjkqwbc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mkpvyp7nok2rReally important book from @reitman.bsky.social on how banks, credit cards & payment processors are chilling & censoring speech It makes very clear that this isn’t just the “whim” of financial institutions but comes from pressure—direct & indirect—from government https://reason.com/2026/04/29/bankers-scouring-porn-sites-payment-processors-punishing-journalists-heres-how-big-finance-is-chilling-speech/30 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvyp7nok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mkiqrsigwc22"You're patting your own back for solving fabricated issues based on your own sexist, racist ideas, and Asian massage workers are paying the price," said Lee Chen at an April 20 rally outside of the King County Jail. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiqrsigwc22https://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mkiqpu37s222sex trafficking or ... code violations? once again, police can't tell until after they raid a bunch of immigrant-owned business, seize workers' money, and take away their jobs https://reason.com/2026/04/27/advocates-for-asian-massage-workers-decry-sexist-racist-raids-in-seattle/27 Apr 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiqpu37s222https://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mk3uqsol522rA new age-verification bill could make you show ID to use a computer or smartphone https://reason.com/2026/04/22/a-new-age-verification-bill-could-make-you-show-id-to-use-a-computer-or-smartphone/22 Apr 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3uqsol522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mk3at2gwys2oIf they’re around the same price, I will always buy hardcover. I didn’t know that was weird? I like the feel of it while reading better, and the ability to remove the cover if it’s too ugly [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3at2gwys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mjwyv4zujc2uI wrote about that Palantir tweet https://reason.com/2026/04/20/this-big-tech-firm-wants-to-reinstate-the-draft/20 Apr 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwyv4zujc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mjkkf5qzls2lAn Ohio school district made a teacher take down a "Hate Has No Home Here" poster because they said it violated a state law against teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity without parental permission https://reason.com/2026/04/15/anti-hate-poster-has-no-home-in-ohio-classroom-says-school-district/15 Apr 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkkf5qzls2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mjeqdlya4s2z"What's jury duty?" — my 2-year-old "Something mama has to go do today." "Is it yucky?" "Yeah." "Mmm. (Long pause) Probably a crane built it."13 Apr 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeqdlya4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3mj5uwjbevk2glol wtf TikTok? Logged in for the first time in months and here's my "you might like"10 Apr 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5uwjbevk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/enbrown.bsky.social/post/3miytrfp6gk2o496 training hours to be a Louisiana cop 336 training hours to be an ICE agent 150 training hours to be an EMT … 600 training hours to braid hair?! https://youtube.com/shorts/qZqmKqE4Oq0?si=C029l9W_TesKI-KI08 Apr 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:5jnfkdgdmppankiupswbiryb/app.bsky.feed.post/3miytrfp6gk2o