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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 2d

That was unrelated to the museum question. I'm not coordinated enough to pull a National Treasure.

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, so I realize that this is really weird coming after the last post, but also does anyone have the name of a good attorney (probably criminal defense, maybe just someone with a good civil rights background) in DC for me to keep in my back pocket for reasons?

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 2d

My qualifications are that I have moderated a lot of small online communities and also would ban Jesse Singal immediately.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, so pretend you have exactly ninety minutes to go through a museum in DC - assuming they'll be open in a few months - where would you go?

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 2d

Palmer is, as far as I can tell, also seeking to have the case dismissed in Massachusetts on the same grounds. Again, this doesn't stop anything that could be filed in New Zealand.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 2d

I love it when my old students come back and prove that I have not wasted the last oh-my-god-too-long of my life. It’s getting concerning how old they’re getting now, though.

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 3d

I can already see the clickbait headlines and I hope that more people who understand what’s going on will be vocal!

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 3d

What we do know is that the plaintiff can refile in NZ at her discretion. This doesn't mean that anyone found her claims unsubstantiated or that Gaiman successfully introduced any doubt into the proceedings; it just means that somebody made a really bad choice of fillings.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 3d

present here. There are a few good reasons why the suit might have been brought in the US (perhaps the laws favor the plaintiff here?), as well as some not great ones (better potential monetary award in the US, for starters). Regardless, we don't know the why.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 3d

Gaiman has/had a residence in Wisconsin, so bringing this suit here isn't as crazy as it sounds, but it was actually a fairly big swing from the jump. You can absolutely bring suit against someone in a third jurisdiction, there just has to be...a lot of things present to get there that don't seem

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 3d

So, Gaiman's case was dismissed because it was, according to the judge, filed in the wrong forum. He held that it would be rather difficult to justify why a case between a woman from New Zealand and a man from the UK over an claim that happened in NZ should be heard in the US.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 3d

So, at this point you may well have seen an article like this one: movieweb.com/neil-gaiman-..., and I really want to talk about what it actually means from a legal perspective. Just to establish bona fides here, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a guy who went to law school, got out, and learned he hated law

Neil Gaiman Assault Lawsuit Comes to an Abrupt End

The civil court case against author Neil Gaiman has come to an abrupt end after being dismissed by the judge.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 12d

You know, when I was a much younger and more confident man, I wrote a whole damn book. People bought it! I made less than a hundred dollars and it is out of print now, but it was a real thing. I have no idea why I'm now so terrified of the blank pages in front of me.

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 12d

More like Tony KAHN'T We go ahead and release the Epstein Files?

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 12d

Y'all, I am getting sent to so many places to show off what a good teacher I am, and I really just want to be really clear about the fact that I am really not a very good teacher.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 13d

It's wild to stop and think about how horses started out in North America, went extinct, and then ended up being brought back to North America.

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 15d

Employees don't get workshops, we're busy.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 15d

People out here are posting that being on the spectrum doesn't mean you're broken. I just want to say that being on the spectrum is like the LEAST problematic thing about me.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 19d

...need to be done quietly. Whether it's because people have people to protect, because they're protecting their livelihoods, or because the work being done can be harmed by publicity, some people aren't going to advertise the things they are doing to help on the internet.

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 19d

I think it's really relevant right now, as people turn on one another, to point out that a lot of really work - some of it really good - is being done and not talked about on the internet. There are some people who are really good at boosting and some things that need to be shared. Other things...

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 19d

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 19d

Oh my god, it's the fucking bane of education right now. If I hear one more person tell me that I need to help my students reduce their cognitive load through using AI, I'm going to scream.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · 26d

As a teacher, I can confidently say TOO FUCKING MANY.

Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · Sep 7

There is another person with my name that works in a wildly different field (biochem, I think) and Academia.com WILL not stop letting me know what he’s up to.

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Effect Not Affect @effectnotaffect.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s rarely the people who do the work who do the taking. There’s probably something to that.