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Happy New Year & Public Domain Day!

https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026

Happy Public Domain Day 2026!

Each January 1st is Public Domain Day, when a new crop of works have their copyrights expire and become free to share and reuse for any purpose. Here's our highlights for 2026.

The Public Domain Review

Angie Bowen Dec 31

My resolution for 2026 is just to do the best I can.

Angie Bowen Dec 29

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a law that would require every Texan to prove their age before downloading apps while forcing minors to get parental permission for each individual download and purchase.

The Act is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purchase a book.

#privacy #ageverification

https://volition.angiebowen.com/texas-age-verification-block/

Angie Bowen Dec 28

RE: https://mastodon.world/@oldrawgabbit/115798242681526219

I'm a big fan of being an extraordinarily boring person.

Angie Bowen Dec 28

"The Bible Says So" Bill introduced in Florida

“A school district may not discriminate against or penalize a student on the basis of expressing a religious, political, or ideological viewpoint or for engaging in religious, political, or ideological expression in the same time, place, and manner and to the same extent that other similarly situated students may engage in speech or express views at a public school,”

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/florida-republicans-intro-the-bible-says-so-bill/

Florida Republicans Introduce “The Bible Says So” Bill

Florida Politics reports: The “Florida Student and School Personnel First Amendment and Religious Liberties Act,” introduced by Sen. Clay Yarborough and Rep. David Borrero, would add First Amendment “

Joe.My.God.

Angie Bowen Dec 28

Meljoann Dec 28

MTV died. All the cool, unique artists like off “120 minutes” are now fighting the blandest algorithms imaginable.

We wanted a place to watch weird stuff you can’t see on mainstream channels. So….

Fedi MTV goes live in ONE HOUR.

https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/

#FediMTV #TIBtv #music #nowPlaying #FediTips

The Indie Beat Television

A consent driven 24/7 stream of indie music videos and animation from artists across the Fediverse. See Now Playing info at https://mastodon.social/@tibtvnowplayingbot - Fediwall at https://shorturl.at/CrWD3 - Submit your videos at https://theindiebeat.fm/the-indie-beat-tv/ - CAUTION: Many videos have flashing lights!

The Indie Beat Television

Angie Bowen Dec 27

Getting sick with an autoimmune disorder is always rough. It's been two weeks and my head has finally stopped feeling wonky. I still get out of breath doing small things around the house though. And still too fuzzy brained to do any writing. At least school is on hold. But I really want to get some writing for Volition done during this break. Okay, end ramble.

Angie Bowen Dec 24

River Dec 24

I've made a new post up on my blog!

"Data Rights: a model for cyber liberation" is up at https://riverseeber.net/blog/post/data-rights/

I talk about trying to find a way to explicitly tie the movements related to #privacy, #DRM, #enshittification, and #interoperability together into something more meaningfully coherent.

I also discuss the ways that corporate power plays into this.

Boosts appreciated!

#antitrust #capitalism