Josh Anderson

Information Architect, Movie Watcher

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  • Letter to the Public Order Emergency Commission

    Letter to the Public Order Emergency Commission

    Last year, in 2022, the Public Order Emergency Commission, established by the Government of Canada to inquire into the declaration of the Emergencies Act, solicited written submissions from the public. People who know me closely know how intensely bothered I was by the declaration of the Emergencies Act. I wrote letters to each Ontario Senator Continue reading

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  • Elon Musk Laughed

    Elon Musk Laughed

    Elon Musk is like a real life Ayn Rand protagonist. While many critics of Twitter’s inequitable content moderation policies have proposed amending Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act so that Twitter and other social media giants are recognized as publishers rather than platforms, Musk circumvented that less-than-ideal solution entirely. He did the thing that Continue reading

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  • Letter to Ontario Senators About Emergencies Act Confirmation Vote

    Letter to Ontario Senators About Emergencies Act Confirmation Vote

    Today I wrote the following letter and sent it individually to all of the Ontario senators in advance of their vote on the confirmation of the Emergencies Act that was declared by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government on February 14, 2022. If you would like to use my words in a letter of your own, Continue reading

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  • I Thought It Meant “Dis I Like”

    I Thought It Meant “Dis I Like”

    It’s been a little over a month since YouTube removed public dislike counts on all videos. Soon after this pronouncement, I noticed an interesting phenomenon begin to occur in the comments sections of YouTube videos. Users started making their own “dislike buttons.” Other users simply left one word comments that said… you guessed it. As Continue reading

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  • BTS Just Dropped a Meal

    BTS Just Dropped a Meal

    Hey, did you hear? BTS just dropped a meal. I remember when meals were something that were cooked, prepared, or maybe in rare circumstances “released.” But dropped? That’s new. “Isn’t that just the Chicken McNuggets meal?” No, it’s the BTS Meal. There’s a difference. For one, it has exclusive sauces (which I didn’t even get Continue reading

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