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ernie, to random
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Stop everything you're doing right now and share your home screen.

Is it chaos or elegance?

I'll start:

kkeller,
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@ernie

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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Okay, I wrote the blog post I said I'd write: A more thoughtful explanation of why I refused to answer a few questions this week.

It's here: https://terikanefield.com/beware-the-lawyers/

This blog post could have been called “Why you don’t need a lawyer to answer your questions about legal issues in the news.”

Mostly it’s about former TV pundit Peter Arenella’s piece that I posted earlier.

If you get the error message, this is why:
https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/

Just wait a minute and try again.

kkeller,
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@Teri_Kanefield not directly related to your topic, but I have been sort of following the Manhattan case. and I still feel like they have a looooooong way to go to prove a felony. And if they are planning on wrapping up in a week or so, I don't see how they will make it.

Of course I am not on the jury (and not a lawyer!) so I could be way off base!

lauren, to random
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Probably Coming Soon: Trump tells rally crowd "Biden pushing solar energy has made the sun go crazy, and I'm going to throw both him and the sun in prison!"

kkeller,
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@lauren gonna build a wall and make the sun pay for it!

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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kkeller,
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@robz @SmudgeTheInsultCat web search "rfk worm"

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I am getting questions across a few soical media sites about the ongoing trials.

I gave some quick answers about the problems with this.

Maybe, for my next blog post, I should offer a more thoughtful and thorough answer about what a lawyer can actually say that is valuable as a trial progresses.

It will probably appeal to my geekiest readers and annoy everyone else.

Maybe I should call it: "Beware the Lawyers." (Like "beware the Ides of March" but worse.)

kkeller,
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@Teri_Kanefield this would be awesome! (yes, I am a geek)

lauren, to random
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At all future candidate debates, the first question should be, "Have you ever shot a puppy?"

kkeller,
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@lauren he sure doesn't care about the dog or the goat

dalfen, to random
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Okay, so that is at least the second threat the judge has made to jail Trump. Will they follow through?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-hush-money-trial-day-12-live-updates-rcna150792

kkeller,
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@dalfen I wonder if it's like disciplining a child. First warning was verbal, next was written, then dad will follow through. (I sure hope so!)

MissingThePt, to random
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You’re lost in the woods, would you rather meet a man or a boeing?

kkeller,
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@MissingThePt does a Boeing shit in the woods?

MissingThePt, to random
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Can we all agree that the worst thing to encounter in the woods is a man riding a bear.

kkeller,
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@MissingThePt not Noem riding a goat?

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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Hi, Fedipeeps: I have my weekend blog post ready:

https://terikanefield.com/the-ninth-amendment-and-law-and-politics-of-reproductive-rights/

This time it's fun with Constitutional Law.

As a few people pointed out, this is the reason some of you get error messages:
https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/

kkeller,
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@Teri_Kanefield clearly JJ doesn't want to take a test!

lauren, (edited ) to random
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Vote for one:

kkeller,
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@lauren easy! Vader eventually reformed.

lauren, to Youtube
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What needs to be said about the uber-classic original film "Alien" (1979) that hasn't already been said a million times over the years. Oh, maybe this: It just popped up for free (probably U.S. only) on Movies & TV! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6vtScz6Fbc

ProTop: Don't look inside that egg thing.

kkeller,
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@lauren I wonder who is Leela's favorite character?

elfin, to sysadmin
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So, it's technically my typo, but it's in the zone file, so I still get to blame #DNS ... right?

#SysAdmin #ItsAlwaysDNS

kkeller,
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@elfin it's always DNS somewhere!

lauren, to random
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Back in the day, it was popular to use line printers to print out large (multiple sheets taped together) ASCII images to hang on walls and such. Some of these were very popular with us guys (keep in mind this was a heavily male-centric CS-era, even worse than now) and were NSFW -- but still ended up hanging in various places where they really shouldn't have been.

At the ARPANET site #1 lab at UCLA, we wanted some "Star Wars" posters. At the time, the only place I knew of with a potentially usable video digitizer (black and white, very low resolution by today's standards of course) was at the original Stanford AI Lab (SAIL / SU-AI).

So. A nationwide TV Star Wars special was coming up. This was my chance. I arranged with the gentleman who had the digitizer at SAIL to have it tuned to the appropriate local channel in Stanford at the correct time.

Then, from my bedroom here in L.A., over the ARPANET via my account on the SAIL / SU-AI system that controlled the digitizer, I grabbed various key images as I watched the same program locally.

Then, after the program was done, I FTP'd (file transferred) those files down to UCLA, where I had a UNIX program to create those ASCII posters.

Mission accomplished, thanks to the Defense Department's ARPANET!

Though this was fun stuff, a LOT was being learned about distributed systems and resources through these kinds of amusements.

kkeller,
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@joy @lauren have things improved since then? I want to believe yes, but I suspect the answer is "not really".

kkeller,
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@joy @lauren I'm actually going to take "uproar ensued" as a very small sign of progress. Would uproar have ensued 10 or 20 years ago? I'm dubious.

Of course why anyone would think it's a good idea to wear that shirt at all....

lauren, to random
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Next Monday, on my usual Monday evening national network radio tech segment, I'll be briefly discussing Congress' hypocritical bipartisan political grandstanding with their TikTok ban and attacks on drone maker DJI, as they bash China in all the wrong places without evidence, while hoping we won't notice what's really going on in Congress.

kkeller,
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@lauren unfortunately, Congress' hopes are probably quite realistic.

lauren, to random
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If you haven't already seen "V for Vendetta" (2005), you need to watch it now.

If you've seen it before, you need to watch it again.

kkeller,
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@lauren ironically, Alan Moore hated the film, because it wasn't exactly his vision for his comic. (I enjoyed it even though I felt the ending fell a bit flat.)

He also hated the Watchmen adaptation. Can't argue with him much there.

kkeller,
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@mrcompletely @lauren I actually thought the V comic was a bit of a mess, with an even worse ending than the film. (Contrast with the Watchmen comic, which was mostly brilliant.)

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Okay, I finished this week's blog post.

This took me a long time.

About 3 hours ago, I was sure it made sense. Then I kept working. I hope it still makes sense LOL.

https://terikanefield.com/wheres-the-beef-trumps-manhattan-criminal-case-and-some-mind-bending-legal-puzzles/

I discuss the criminal liability for behaving like a gold-plated bucket of slime and offer a few mind-bending legal puzzles.

It's super fun, sort of.

kkeller,
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@Teri_Kanefield in theory, can the jury find Trump guilty of misdemeanor filing false business records, and acquit of the felony charges, if they find there was no predicate crime?

lauren, to random
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What's arguably worse than a governor who brags about puppy killing? People who applaud such sadism.

kkeller,
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@MichaelBishop @lauren it's not just her actions, but her methods and descriptions of the killings, which are disgusting.

dalfen, to random
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Musk responded mighty angrily about something he could have easily shrugged off.

The defensiveness is interesting.

~ Facebook cofounder accuses Tesla of being the next 'Enron'~

https://www.businessinsider.com/asana-ceo-dustin-moskovitz-tesla-accusations-enron-sec-2024-4

kkeller,
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@dalfen how dare Moskovitz insult Enron like that!

lauren, to random
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The perfect match for Trump. - Disgusting. - Trump's VP hopeful proudly describes killing a puppy - https://boingboing.net/2024/04/26/trumps-vp-hopeful-proudly-describes-killing-a-puppy.html

kkeller,
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@lauren seems like multiple cases of animal abuse. The governor of her state should investigate that! Wouldn't want to be soft on crime, after all.

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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kkeller,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat he probably didn't think they would graduate at all and made other plans

lauren, to TikTok
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The TikTok Ban, Joe Biden, and SATAN!

The ban -- which will likely face years of litigation and may be ultimately turned down by U.S. courts (as it should be) on first amendment and other grounds, reminds me of another dark episode of bipartisan madness decades ago.

Back in the 1980s in particular, "satanic cult" scares spread across the country, the media, and politicians of both parties. Innumerable lives were ruined as innocent people were imprisoned for long periods based on much the same nonsense as during the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th century. The lack of actual evidence in both cases didn't stop the panic.

While the TikTok ban shouldn't force innocent people into prison or result in them being burned at the stake, many lives that are dependent on income related to TikTok would be negatively affected, and a popular communications medium for a vast number of Americans would be cut off -- while the lack of actual evidence to support such drastic actions is glaring.

There is also much hypocrisy in play. Even as President Biden signed the ban, his campaign apparently plans to continue using TikTok! Not a good look Joe. Not good at all. That's the kind of thing we expect from Trump. You're better than that. -L

kkeller,
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@jonahstein @lauren US residents who are TikTok users also have First Amendment rights.

If the issue were "national security", Congress could ban TikTok on federal devices and networks.

If the issue were "misinformation campaigns", Congress could pass bills regulating misinformation on all platforms.

Thus, the issue seems to be "Congress doesn't like TikTok". That isn't sufficient to cut off US residents from it.

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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If you read my weekend blog post, you know that I've been pointing out that the predicate crime in the Trump trial is not clear.

(For what I mean, see my weekend blog post).

Here is what the Washington Post reported.

See screenshots #1 and #2.

Here is the law: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/17-152?utm_medium=email&wpisrc=nl-nationalpopup&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_the_trump_trials

To be clear: I have no idea how this trial will turn out. I cannot substitute my judgment for the jury because I am not seeing what they are seeing.

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kkeller,
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@PJ_Evans @Teri_Kanefield ...but is that "unlawful means"? I am very skeptical. What would be the statute violated here?

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