I would say our free stater halloween party in Keene, New Hampshire brought back memories of Hallowkeene, but that was actually before my time in New Hampshire. However it certainly brought back memories of hearing about it and was a reminder of how awesome Keene and New Hampshire are thanks to the Free State Project and associated migration movement! And really the 10s of thousand of people who have moved here in the last 20 years that are working to make New Hampshire a last bastion of freedom or freedom friendly haven amongst the tyranny that's been since history's beginning. A look back at our history in Keene to 2015 Halowkeene (I just barely missed this, slightly pre-dates my move for the Free State Project):

Re: Catherine Connolly Quitting Presidential Race It seems seriously problematic to be censoring users even where such content is geared at misleading people in political races. The humorous thing about the recent video in the story below is it doesn't even sound real. If you see a video with a politician pulling out of a race don't you think you should think twice particularly when it's coming from social media sources that may be questionable?

The Irish Times

Deepfake AI video depicting Catherine Connolly quitting presidential race removed by Meta

Independent candidate in race for Áras condemns video, calling it ‘a disgraceful attempt to mislead voters’

"IPTV Pirates May Soon Be Named and Shamed, Italian Minister Says" I just want everyone to know that if I were in Italy I'd be in the process of investigating how I too could become an IPTV pirate. There is nothing shameful about "pirating" content. If you want to be ashamed of something be ashamed that your not contributing more (either via financing or exertion of effort of some kind presumably) to the production of creative and useful content and software you use and enjoy. Just because copyright is immoral and is enforced through the use of violence that is the state doesn't mean you can't be a economic contributor to the creative and software ecosystems. Whether it be through purchasing of t-shirts from your favorite bands, donations where such options exist, or other means. We get fan emails daily from customers purchasing our products and in doing so they too are contributing to the development of free software. It's not immoral to charge for free software. Free software is about the freedom the user gets from being able to make changes, fix bugs, and being able to redistribute said changes to others. Whether or not you can make money from it is another matter, but the reality is yes, you can. Numerous companies and thousands of individuals make fiscal contributions to free software developers and organizations every day. Much of the development is funded by companies and individuals out of self-interest. It's not even necessarily a charitable act.

IPTV Pirates May Soon Be Named and Shamed, Italian Minister Says * TorrentFreak

Italy's Minister for Sport and Youth says that IPTV pirates may soon face their names being published in public