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Flow Void

Flow Void

@flowvoid.bsky.social

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With time comes distance. With distance comes perspective. With perspective comes wisdom.

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Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 3m

And while we're at it, what is the evidence that voters really care about social media?

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 4h

You shouldn't rely on AI for word definitions.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 6h

By itself, submitting an appeal doesn't stay an order

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Not really. Those protestors are at Broadview, a federal facility. As I said, if the state police won't go to a federal facility, then the national guard will.

Actual ICE raids are miles away. Chicagoans are actively hindering ICE with alerts and by hiding migrants. State police aren't involved.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, they are arresting protestors. They aren't helping ICE arrest immigrants. There are no immigrants in that video.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think they are helping ICE do anything at all.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

If the state police don't show up, then the national guard will. I think JB made the right choice.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

In 1988, Gary Hart ended his campaign when it was revealed he'd had an affair.

In 1989, the first of episode of Seinfeld aired.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Hot take: the rising popularity of horribly flawed protagonists primed America for the election of Donald Trump to the presidency.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

"Thank you for your attention to this matter"

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Well, they also offer opinions. But opinions, like questions, aren't lies.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

And suborning perjury is in fact a crime, just like perjury itself.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Prosecutors, like defense lawyers, don't "know what they are asking is based on a blatant lie". They aren't allowed to suborn perjury, ie ask a question when they know that the answer will be lie.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

There is usually both incriminating evidence and exculpatory evidence. The jury is responsible for weighing them, not the prosecutor.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they know what the witness will say. But prosecutors are not allowed to say it themselves, because they weren't at the scene.

The witness was at the one at the scene, so they are responsible for making the truth known. Not the prosecutor who only repeats what they say.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

How can they be lying when all they do is (a) ask questions and (b) repeat the answers they heard during closing arguments?

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Prosecutors, like defense attorneys, call witnesses to ask them questions. The witnesses must answer those questions truthfully. But questions asked by prosecutors, like all questions, are neither true nor false.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 1d

Prosecutors aren't witnesses, so they aren't under oath.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 2d

Lying under oath is a crime.

But that's not what seems to be happening in this case.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 2d

Imposing sanctions is kind of like using corporal punishment on a child. Even when permitted, it's a bad look.

Good judges (like good parents) patiently make every possible attempt to use reason and persuade someone to do the right thing.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 2d

Me too, and I read the book.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 3d

Your library can be broader and deeper than any feed.

But it usually isn't as amusing as your feed. And amusing feeds don't have to be ideologically diverse.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 3d

If learning is the most important thing then you're better off reading a book or newspaper than social media.

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 3d

Why is it important for your audience to include people who are certain that you have nothing useful to say?

Flow Void @flowvoid.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans cheat ALL THE TIME.

They gerrymander. They suppress the vote. They lie. They buy off the press.

That's just how it is. But many Democrats win despite GOP cheating. I expected Harris to be one of those Democrats.

She wasn't. She isn't fully to blame, but she is not blameless either.