This edition of the 5QT will be all over the place, or at least as all over the place as you can be with five (somewhat) quick things. For that, I’ll apologize, though I’m not sure why. But when you…
Twitter no longer bans users who refer to people using biologically accurate pronouns. Instead, it now allows accountholders to determine how they express themselves. This victory for freedom of speech won scorn from outlets existentially dependent on freedom of speech….
Fifty-four years ago, Fred Rogers — Mister Rogers to his viewers — testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications and asked for $20 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). He explained to Sen. John Pastore, a man as…
Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” in the style of outlets in Russia and China. Despite protest from NPR bosses, the designation is fully accurate and deserves application to other government media funded by American taxpayers. In…
Everyone knows electric vehicles are silent. But did you know they are also silencing something? AM radio is something you can’t hear in a number of new EVs — including Teslas and the 2023 Ford Lightning, the electric version of the popular…
Elon Musk’s trolling skills are without equal, but I didn’t think he’d ever make me cry. And yet, there I was not all that long ago, driving the roads of my Whatcom County, Washington, having a hard time of it…
Elon Musk is old enough to remember John DeLorean — and the car he (briefly) made. He apparently does not remember the lessons DeLorean learned. The hard way. First, about relying on government to float your business. DeLorean didn’t use…
Despite some welcome pushback from Elon Musk at Twitter, cancel culture continues to be all the rage. There are many ways of canceling someone apart from banning them on Twitter and all of them and some have been tried on…
