People wearing a mask during protests in North Carolina could face extra penalties if arrested, under proposed legislation that critics say could make it illegal to wear a mask in public as a way to protect against COVID-19 or for other health reasons....
GOP Sen. Buck Newton brushed off concerns that getting rid of pandemic-era exemptions on masks was overly broad, saying he expects authorities to use “good common sense.”
“We didn’t see Granny getting arrested in the Walmart pre-COVID,” Newton said as he presented the bill Tuesday in the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
What people thinking this don’t understand is how much and how long it will burn.
Certainly all the “burn it all down” voters are going to get is they’ll spend the rest of their life in the fire they helped start. Maybe they’ll watch all the people they care about burn first, via health care, LGTBQ rights, prosection of political enemies, etc.
And that’s actually a problem. We tend to form most opinions on what is “normal” based on exposure repetitions, and not on quality. A vocal minority of 3 million with a direct line of view of 100 million will substantially shift the Overton window despite being a minority.
Yup, to them freedom is both unlimited freedom to and freedom from, only for them. They never took a philosophy class to understand the contradiction (presumably because thinking too hard is woke?).
He was being charged under the CFAA, a hacking criminal statute that prohibits unauthorized access to computer systems. It was controversially being stretched to cover Aaron’s conduct that violated TOS by an ambitious prosecutor.
The headline is misleading, but the article reports it correctly.
In copyright law in the US, there is a 3-year statute of limitations. However, some jurisdictions follow the “discovery rule.” This is a court-made doctrine that allows a lawsuit to be filed beyond 3 years if the plaintiff can show they only discovered the infringement after the statute of limitations ran out, with some other extenuating factors. However, there is also the issue of damages. Under a sister legal doctrine, damages that are more than 3 years old have been barred regardless of whether the discovery rule allows a lawsuit. Effectively negating the discovery rule.
The Supreme Court in this situation held that damages follow the discovery rule. Meaning, if the discovery rule applies, then damages can be sought. The Court explicitly said it wasn’t ruling on whether the discovery rule applied.
The decision doesn’t expand or create the discovery rule that allows lawsuits beyond 3 years. That already existed.
Interestingly, this is a rare time when I agree with Gorsuch on the dissent. He basically said, “The damages is moot because the discovery rule is made up and shouldn’t even apply, so the majority is wasting its time even entertaining that damages can be sought.”
Short version of this interview is that nothing is changing, other than they’re going to be asking a flat fee “$5-20” for the app, rather than relying on donations. All donation platforms have been closed. However, if you choose not to, as Louis says “that’s between you and your God”....
What is FUTO? FUTO is an organization dedicated to developing, both through in-house engineering and investment, technologies that frustrate centralization and industry consolidation.
Ok… So what does that mean?
Through a combination of in-house engineering projects, targeted investments, generous grants, and multi-media public education efforts, we will free technology from the control of the few and recreate the spirit of freedom, innovation, and self-reliance that underpinned the American tech industry only a few decades ago.
FUTO is not reliant on any existing tech company or venture capital firm for its funding. We are not expecting quick profits. We will never cash out with a sale to a megacorporation the moment our technology begins to catch on. We will focus entirely on the mission.
If you share these goals, either as a user or a developer, we ask you to watch this space and get ready to throw off the stultifying limitations of the current state of affairs. We want to return to an era where a substantial portion of computer users can understand, control, and use their technology as they see fit without the approval or input of oligarchs. And we need your help.
Ok so… What does that mean?
Maybe the OP’s video explains these things (I hate watching videos for things like this), but I really thought I’d be able to find an explanation, in practical terms, of what this organization actually does on their own website.
They don’t even know what they want. They’re just acting on Putin-esque tactical instinct at this point - small moves every day that chip away at opposition, with the idea one day it’ll all add up to permanent power.
What Trump understands intuitively and most of the country still does not, is that fascism usually is not a fixed state but a project of gradually, constantly deteriorating rights.
Trump will never be satisfied. When things reach a new low, it will only enable Trump to aim even lower. That’s why he won’t accept even the results when he wins. To his mind, he always deserves more power and less accountability, and he will keep shifting reality towards those ends. That’s why we never had a moment of peace during the first Trump presidency. Our standards kept falling, and somehow we still couldn’t keep up.
In another Trump presidency, it will be exactly like the first, in that everything will constantly be getting worse. Because he is a narcissistic sociopath, and it will never be enough. He’s the perfect vessel to dismantle democracy. That’s the power of Trump, what makes the threat so unique and terrible.
If Trump ever gets convinced (looking more likely in New York and less likely everywhere else), Haley wanted to be the GOP’s Plan B. I think she did that.
Apart from the huge logical leaps, the KKK’s agenda so closely aligns with the GOP’s and Trump’s, can you even imagine a single member of the KKK being a democrat? Being a democrat is like an excommunicable sin for these groups.
Random would be an improvement for sure. She’s getting 0% in a true/false test. It’s statistically impossible for her actions to be random at this point, unfortunately.
Yeah, this is the Chinese government’s go-to plan at this point: fund copycat industries, subsidize the crap out of them, and use those subsidies until there’s a global monopoly share and a field of dead competitors that couldn’t match the subsidies.
Cell phones, major appliance manufacturing, solar panels… If we didn’t learn the lesson before EVs, that’s on us.
That said, not a lot of sympathy for the US auto companies’ complacency. They’ve known EVs were the future for years, and there’s no reason we shouldn’t have options at every price point.
I really really hope a journalist somewhere is investigating the individuals and shell companies that purchase Truth Social stock, because I would bet that this is happening.
Russia in particular would find it useful because even if it’s done with plausible deniability, it’s another secret that, upon being revealed, would cause major problems for Trump. That is enough to function as leverage.
Yes, I didn’t and still don’t understand why they didn’t make the joycon buttons and “d-pad” more comfortable. It’s Nintendo’s least comfortable controller and it’s the biggest reason I hate using the Switch portable mode.
Everyone’s saying it’s old here - the Game Boy was more comfortable to hold and had better buttons. It’s not about age.
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North Carolina bill to curb mask-wearing in protests could make it illegal for medical reasons too (apnews.com)
People wearing a mask during protests in North Carolina could face extra penalties if arrested, under proposed legislation that critics say could make it illegal to wear a mask in public as a way to protect against COVID-19 or for other health reasons....
Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden (www.nytimes.com)
Libs of TikTok and its dark influence on LGBTQ+ hate (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Conservatives want to bring back the smoking rooms in Tim Hortons ultimately, and fuck the planet. (lemmy.world)
Never Forget (mander.xyz)
Supreme Court: There's No 'Time Limit' on Copyright Infringement Claims * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
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Immich x FUTO Q&A (www.youtube.com)
Short version of this interview is that nothing is changing, other than they’re going to be asking a flat fee “$5-20” for the app, rather than relying on donations. All donation platforms have been closed. However, if you choose not to, as Louis says “that’s between you and your God”....
Bid to oust Speaker Johnson fails but GOP turmoil remains | NPR (www.npr.org)
“Apocalypse Proof” (nantucketcurrent.com)
The Cybertruck was defeated by sand.
Biden Says Trump Will Not Accept 2024 Result: ‘I Promise You He Won’t’ (www.huffpost.com)
“The guy is not a democrat with a small d,” the president told CNN’s Erin Burnett....
Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings (www.cnbc.com)
At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.
Haley won 1 in 5 Indiana Republican voters in the presidential primary. She left the race in March (apnews.com)
GOP lawmaker claims KKK is ‘the military wing of the Democratic Party’ in closed door meeting ahead of antisemitism hearing (www.cnn.com)
Godzilla Minus One becomes the most pirated movie in the world - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
Trump’s valet admitted they chose ‘at random’ which boxes of classified documents to return (www.independent.co.uk)
China’s booming EV companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’ (www.nbcnews.com)
2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5 (kbin.run)
I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you'd think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.
Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump hit the jackpot this spring when his social media company finally went public....
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Draw your own conculsions (lemmy.world)
MTG Cites Antisemitic Fable Jews ‘Handed Over’ Jesus To Be Killed (talkingpointsmemo.com)
I’m Jewish and have been told very angrily that I killed Jesus more than once. It’s fun.
Maybe hot take: as a handheld, the regular switch is an awful handheld
Have you ever held a switch? Its long, flat and the controllers suck. Awful dpad and bad sticks....