Los Angeles

The LA Slur Ban Is a First Amendment Trap. Here’s Why It Backfires.

📅 July 25, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

Los Angeles’ attempt to ban racial slurs is a feel-good policy that backfires spectacularly. By outlawing hateful words, the city hands bigots a martyr’s platform and distracts from real solutions. Free speech groups are right to demand a repeal. The First Amendment protects the speech we hate most—and that’s exactly why it works.

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The Song No One’s Listening To: How LA’s Metro Became a Living Instrument

📅 July 12, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

LA Metro: Ambient transforms live transit data into a generative ambient soundtrack. Each train arrival becomes a musical note, turning the city’s infrastructure into a living instrument. This project reframes congestion and delays as orchestral crescendos, offering a radical new way to experience urban life—not as a machine, but as an orchestra.

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