Platform

Published on September 18, 2025

Pressure from the FCC has resulted in the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from late night television, because he dared to criticize Charlie Kirk.

I’ll skip the legal analysis because Kimmel has his own lawyers who can handle that.

But the “obey in advance” streak we’re seeing from corporate America, desperate for lucre at the whim of the Grifter In Chief, makes it more important than ever to provide your own platform.

Social media isn’t reliable. The probable sale of TikTok to Larry Ellison should be enough of a warning sign on that.

A national audience on a major network won’t protect you. Ask Kimmel and Colbert.

These days, if you want to say anything remotely controversial, you have to control your own distribution. This means write your own stuff, to a platform you control. At extremes, this may mean publishing your content on your own bare metal.

And let your friends access you where you are.

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