Even as our Croquet software was going open source and the company winding down, I haven’t been posting much. I’ve been distracted. Here’s one reason why.
This is a tale of a government that destroyed a business. My business, along with my wife who is the speaker in the video. Ours was just one of hundreds of mom-and-pop early-education business targeted by the state, but this is specifically about what happened to us.
I appeared today before Heritage committee as I emphasized concerns with regulatory capture by legacy lobby groups on Bills C-11 & C-18. But the appearance provided the chance to sound the alarm on antisemitism and need for accountability and to speak out.
https://x.com/SarahFischer__/status/1729561117268029617?s=20
My initial thoughts on Google deal. Good news there is an agreement, but hardly a big win with less than $100M in new money in a deal available a year ago, harm from Meta’s news exit and government upending Bill C-18’s core principles to salvage the bill.
https://x.com/mgeist/status/1729966880222249257?s=20
Excellent piece on the contribution of private antitrust enforcement by @LeeHepner that is well worth your time, citing scholarship by @Robert175295943 and @JoshuaPDavis3.
Black Jews exist, and plenty of them are Israeli. Confused? let her school you.
Next stop for the @NTIAgov National Spectrum Strategy: An Implementation Plan. In 4 months, we will publish a plan for executing the activities called for by the Strategy. Today, we are seeking public input on that Plan. Please send us your best ideas!
https://www.ntia.gov/federal-register-notice/2023/notice-national-spectrum-strategy-implementation-plan-request-input
When you first posted this, I was too overwhelmed to know what to say. I still am.
A few months back, Vanity Fair did an article on Elizabeth Warren, and I learned something about her that surprised me. She started out as a Republican. She took a job that put her into the field looking for the people who were surely cheating us hard-working Americans. What she found were that most of the people she expected to find cheating and fleecing were struggling, hard-working, and needing help. I know that’s not any consolation, but I wish the people targeting the day cares would go out and meet the people who work there, and meet the families, and mostly just meet the children. It might change their minds.
Thanks, so much, Peg. I appreciate the words you took the time to write, and those of others who have contacted us. We were particularly intrigued to hear about Elizabeth Warren, as Robin’s own political transitions are apparently somewhat parallel.
Of course, this really doesn’t have to be, and in my mind, shouldn’t be, a politically divisive issue.