Digital Rights
Don't Let Legacy Media Cartels Weaponize Copyright to Kill Fair Use
Legacy media is using lawsuits against generative AI to dismantle fair use. Here is why gutting fair use creates corporate monopolies and crushes digital freedom.
Archive
October 2026 Archive
15 posts published in October 2026, newest first.
Digital Rights
Co‑Curating Digital Freedom: How Parents Can Take the Lead This Digital Parenting Week
Disruptarian take on the EFF’s Digital Parenting Week: practical tips, open dialogue, privacy focus, and family‑led safety plans to guard against online harms while preserving freedom.
Digital Rights
Data Sovereignty Wins a Tiny Patch War: The iOS 27.2 Victory for Privacy
The EFF reports iOS 27.2 adds 'Exclude Apps' for Siri AI. We analyze why losing features is actually a victory for user sovereignty and digital privacy rights.
Commentary
Age Gaps and Adulthood: Billy Corgan, Consent and Accountability
Billy Corgan met his wife at 19. If an 18-year-old can vote, enlist and die for her country, she can choose her husband. Adulthood means agency and accountability.
Digital Rights
💾 Fighting DOGE's Data Grab | EFFector 38.19
Discover how the EFF’s recent lawsuit win against DHS over the DOGE data grab protects federal employees’ confidential files and sets a precedent for digital privacy. Read the analysis, source citations, and the...
Culture
This Ragged Life Renewed: The 2026 Edition
Ryan Thompson announces the expanded 2026 edition of This Ragged Life Renewed, with new chapters, restored writings, and an updated audiobook.
Archive
$40 Trillion in Debt, Layoffs at My Kids' School, and Billions for Gender Identity
The U.S. owes $40.4 trillion and Eugene 4J sent 177 layoff notices, yet governments spent at least $1.45 billion on LGBTQ and gender-identity programs since 2016, likely $3.3 billion and up to $5.5 billion. Full...
Commentary
4J Lays Off 177 People While Oregon Spends Millions on Gender Identity Programs
Eugene 4J cut 265 positions and laid off 177 people as reading and math scores fell. Over the last decade, Oregon spent at least $49.8 million statewide on gender identity programs, while 4J's rules keep parents out...
Digital Rights
Canadians Face a Right‑to‑Privacy Deadline: Bill C‑22 Looms
Bill C‑22 threatens Canadian privacy, forces backdoors on tech firms, and expands data sharing with the U.S. The CCLA’s petition urges Canadians to oppose the law before it passes the Senate. Learn why families and...
Music
Abba Alabanza White Man Stand Up: Reggae vs Babylon
Ryan Thompson on Abba Alabanza's viral reggae track White Man Stand Up, the backlash calling it hate, Babylon as anti-white rhetoric, and Gay Propaganda.
Commentary
Shane Gillis Gym Joke: Megyn Kelly Exposes the Hypocrisy
Shane Gillis joked about gym shorts. Megyn Kelly defended him. Here's why the backlash exposes Hollywood hypocrisy and the fight over free speech.
Music
Justly Acquired: Owning the Rhythm in a Soulless System
An analysis of DJ Disruptarian's 'Justly Acquired' music video. We explore the libertarian philosophy of property rights and independent media in the 2026 landscape.
Music
The Epic of Clovis Star: A Punk‑Reggae Manifesto Against Media Monopolies
Explore DJ Disruptarian’s full storyboard video The Epic of Clovis Star, its connection to a free‑market independent music movement, and its implications for cultural autonomy.
Commentary
When Every Choice Becomes Someone Else's Crime: The Cornell Seven Case
The Cornell Seven case raises difficult questions about consent, personal responsibility, due process, public outrage, and the politics of victimhood.
Commentary
Super Intelligence, UBI, and the Race for Human Relevance
Ryan Thompson’s Disruptarian commentary on Trump, Elon Musk, super intelligence, UBI, HBI, China, American leadership, and human purpose.