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knittingknots2, 13 days ago to random

" “Trump’s legal argument is a path to dictatorship. That is not an exaggeration: His legal theory is that presidents are entitled to absolute immunity for official acts. "

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/26/the-trumpification-of-the-supreme-court/

lolgop, 13 days ago to random

The more Elon says his company is all about autopilot, the more it feels like something that should be banned. https://insideevs.com/news/717667/tesla-nhtsa-autopilot-investigation-ends/

mastodonmigration, 13 days ago to random

Anyone surprised?

Tesla autopilot recall under scrutiny:

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/feds-concerned-some-of-teslas-autopilot-recall-was-opt-in-reversible/

"Today, we've learned that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is concerned that Tesla's massive recall to fix its Autopilot driver assist—which was pushed out to more than 2 million cars last December—has not actually made the system that much safer."

GottaLaff, 13 days ago to random

Reminder:

I do not, for the most part, read replies or respond to them while live posting.

GottaLaff, 13 days ago to legal

NEW #TrumpTrial THREAD 🧵 STARTS HERE. #Trump #legal 1/...

Klasfeld:

Trump is back at the defense table, and we're waiting for the judge to return to the bench.

mastodonmigration, 14 days ago to random

What a sad day...

“There is no immunity that is in the Constitution, unless this court creates it today"

Michael Dreeben arguing before the US Supreme Court

lolgop, 14 days ago to random

Continually shocking that Drudge is the only guy who has any idea how to cover Trump.

LindaCollins11, 14 days ago to random

https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/trump-supporters-arent-stupidand?utm_medium=email&action=share Most Trump Supporters Aren't Stupid—And That's The Real Tragedy.

GottaLaff, 14 days ago to random

Via Obama advisor Eric Schultz:

wow - NYT reporter says their nonstop coverage of #Biden’s age is retribution for not giving their boss an interview:

“It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/25/new-york-times-biden-white-house-00154219

Nonilex, 14 days ago to Law

Start of #TrumpTrial testimony day3 (I’m not counting jury selection or off days) 🧵

#Tabloid Publisher #DavidPecker to Resume Testimony

#Pecker, the longtime publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, is expected to return to the stand & describe the #HushMoney deal w/ #StormyDaniels at the heart of the case, in which #Trump is charged w/ 34 #felonies.

#criminal #law #CatchAndKill #FakeNews #ElectionInterference

mastodonmigration, 15 days ago to random

Here is a great goal! And you can help.

Randahl Fink @randahl has started a campaign to assist resident journalist @dangillmor in reaching more followers on Mastodon than he had back on Twitter before following his principles and quitting the bird.

He is currently at 33K followers. On Twitter he had 43.5K. Only a little more than 10K to go!

Dan is superb, and if you don't already follow him, please give his work a try.

knittingknots2, 15 days ago to random

Trump calls his former A.G. Bill Barr 'gutless' and 'lazy' after getting his endorsement - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-barr-gutless-lazy-endorsement/

thomasconnor, 15 days ago to Astro

One of my silliest hills that I will die on:

STS-31, the #SpaceShuttle mission that deployed the #Hubble Space Telescope, launched #OTD in 1990: April 24.

However, the astronauts didn't deploy the observatory until April 25.

My view -- which is not held by the good folks at STScI -- is that Hubble's birthday is thus the 25th; I liken it to April 24th is when Hubble's parents drove to the hospital / went into labor, but the 25th is when it was born.
#Astrodon #HistoryOfAstronomy #NASA

gulovsen, 17 days ago to Law

Whenever I have to create a new agreement for a client that doesn't have an existing template I usually combine several similar agreements and smoosh them all together until I'm satisfied with the result. :blobcatcoffee:

#law #contracts

Daojoan, 17 days ago to random

The uncomfortable truth is that there have been far too many instances where experts and authorities have failed or misled the public.

From the faulty intelligence leading up to the Iraq War to the opioid epidemic fueled by pharmaceutical companies and complicit medical and government professionals, there are real-world examples of expertise being misused or corrupted by ulterior motives.

https://medium.com/westenberg/how-to-fix-the-backlash-against-knowledge-f5dfa9e4f43c

mastodonmigration, 17 days ago to random

We are incredibly fortunate to have two excellent play by play summaries of today's Trump trial here on Mastodon. News reports are one thing, but to get a real flavor if what's actually happening in court there is nothing like a primary source!

Check out

@GottaLaff >>> https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112315091938632426)

and...

@Nonilex >>> https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112315072067843512

...for a couple threads providing superb real time reports from today's courtroom proceedings.

ajsadauskas, 17 days ago to random

There was no drone delivery future. There was never going to be a drone delivery future.

Just like there was never going to be self-driving Uber taxis. Or Amazon Go supermarkets on every corner. Or hyperloops. Or earth-to-earth space travel on SpaceX rockets. Or level-five full self driving Teslas.

Just like there will not be a general artificial intelligence ChatGPT in the next couple of years.

They were all scams designed to lure dollars from investors and generate good PR.

It was all bullshit. It was always bullshit.

Nothing more.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24137383/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-closing-lockeford-california-phoenix-arizona

mastodonmigration, 17 days ago to random

If you were wondering, even a little bit, if the New York Times was going to "both sides" Trump's criminal election interference trial, here's the answer. 🤷

BarryCooke, 17 days ago to random

So the actual backers of DJT stock were never going to let it go below $17.50. What a fraud.

mastodonmigration, 1 month ago to random

Might be wrong here, but seems like this may be a bigger deal than a clerical error as is being widely reported:

Rejected and ‘returned for correction’: Docs for Trump’s $175M bond get bounced >>> https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/rejected-and-returned-for-correction-docs-for-trumps-175m-bond-get-bounced/

It may be that the bond company didn't report their financials because they have insufficient collateral to secure a bond of this magnitude. In which case the bond is no good, Trump doesn't have a bond, and he is out of time.

Let's see how this gets resolved...