Preston Byrne
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Head of Legal & Compliance @arkham | Managing Partner @byrnestorm | Senior Fellow @ASI | all views my own
I was on @GBNEWS this evening with @tomhfh talking about why the UK doesn't have free speech, why it needs it, and how the @ASI's proposal for a United Kingdom Free Speech Act can achieve it.
A retired teacher has been arrested under section 12 of the Terrorism Act. His “crime”? Holding up a @PrivateEyeNews cartoon at a Gaza protest that satirised the government’s recent decision to proscribe Palestine Action. Jon Farley, 67, described the experience as “terrifying”,…
I don’t know what verdict the jury will return. But I do know that juries deserve the truth. We can’t find any evidence that in this attack this witness’s funds were sent to a Coinbase account. The government needs to acknowledge error or explain what’s been missed— now.
The State's choice to have this victim re-live her loss, on the stand, FOUR YEARS LATER is........a lot. All so the jury could hear that Roman didn't respond to an inquiry sent to the catchall email on TC's homepage regarding funds that weren't even the victim's??
On the topic of a British First Amendment: - The @ASI drafted it - @reformparty_uk has promised to enact it I think it's probable that if Reform gets in, the British people will get the American-style free speech rights they deserve.
Man arrested on terrorism charges for holding Private Eye cartoon. Britain needs a First Amendment.
Man arrested on terrorism charges for holding Private Eye cartoon. Britain needs a First Amendment.
🚨EXCLUSIVE: The Rage has obtained records of private communications with Payback, a recovery firm used by Government witness “Katie” Lin, that provided SDNY’s only link to Tornado Cash. Victims paid Payback over $90,000 for “fraudulent tracing reports.” Full story 👇
Because the world's biggest virtue signalers are always the biggest assholes: "Schwab sidelined pregnant women or women over age 40 at times in ways that affected their careers, mental health or both": WSJ
Investigators told Forum trustees that their interviews found Schwab treated the organization like his “fiefdom,” routinely condoning harassment and discrimination and resorting to intimidation and fear to get what he wanted: WSJ
millenials will be/are the peak IQ generation zoomers are ipad kids, lobotomized gen alpha will be largely incapable of learning anything due to AI empirical data ("flynn effect") supports this. peak cohort in developed world was late 90s/early 00s (cohort born '85-'95)
This is the central problem with higher education in the age of AI. We can't require students to do take-home writing assignments (e.g. term papers) any more, because most will cheat and have ChatGPT or Claude or Grok do the writing. But we can't teach critical thinking,…
Metalheads are nice people cosplaying as bad people Hippies are bad people cosplaying as nice people
It’s only the 3rd expansion signal in the history of the altcoin market. The other 2 sent it near-vertical for 12 months.
In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments. This Orwellian message won't fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom.
#EuropeProtects #DSAProtects #DemocracyNotAlgoracy
The price action around $120k feels like peanuts. Calm before the storm stuff. I don't know when, but things are likely going to pop off hard and fast this year. I don't need to look at charts. I feel it in my bones.
JUST IN: Jack Dorsey's Square to allow merchants to accept Bitcoin starting today.
Unconstitutional
Texas DMV says Houston man’s license plate is an offensive word when flipped upside down and gave him a 30 day cancellation warning.
Kurt Russell’s sunglasses from that movie are no longer made and this makes me sad
Stargate is a documentary
Russia is tightening its grip on digital life. WhatsApp is now being pushed toward the exit, with lawmakers saying it should “prepare to leave the Russian market.” In WhatsApp’s place, the government is rolling out “MAX,” a new state-backed messaging app built by VK, the…
Russia Pushes State-Backed Messaging App “Max” as it Moves to Ban WhatsApp reclaimthenet.org/russia-crackdo…
"Netflix, $NFLX, admits it used generative AI in a big sci-fi hit to cut costs," per the Verge.
Very few tech companies with the financial firepower to fight for free speech actually do it Well done X
In a victory for transparency and free speech, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in X’s favor to limit the U.S. government’s ability to issue gag orders. These gag orders prevent X from notifying the public when it receives government search warrants and…
Do people calling for the top not believe Trump will find a way to get rid of Powell and we'll get Fed lowering interest rates? Or they just don't think about this