Owen Smigelski
@lothar.blue
Dad of 3 boys, server admin since 93. I do ICANN policy, compliance & legal for Namecheap. Adjacent to LAX. Distance runner, geek, reader, Yankees, Stern fan. Big supporter of 🇺🇦 and science.
I can only imagine how much money the client spent on KMOB's "sloppy" UDRP.
“Sloppy” UDRP filing results in reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist admonishes Complainant and IP law firm for its cybersquatting complaint. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Propel Pro guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after filing an "inexplicably…
Panelist admonishes Complainant and IP law firm for its cybersquatting complaint. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Propel Pro guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after filing an "inexplicably…
“Sloppy” UDRP filing results in reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist admonishes Complainant and IP law firm for its cybersquatting complaint. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Propel Pro guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after filing an "inexplicably sloppy" UDRP. Propel Pro is launching an app that gives athletes access to coaches and former athletes for training. It uses the domain name PropelPros.com (plural) for its website, and filed the case against PropelPro.com (singular).
domainnamewire.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I can only imagine how much money the client spent on KMOB's "sloppy" UDRP.
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Santa Tweet! Santa Tweet!
December 24, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Santa Tweet! Santa Tweet!
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I had to double check on PBS’s feed to make sure this wasn’t AI. Rubio looks so fucked up, I assumed it must be fake. But no, it’s real.
yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I had to double check on PBS’s feed to make sure this wasn’t AI. Rubio looks so fucked up, I assumed it must be fake. But no, it’s real.
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This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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The French national postal service's online services were knocked offline by "a major network incident" on Monday, disrupting digital banking and other services for millions.
Cyberattack knocks offline France's postal, banking services
The French national postal service's online services were knocked offline by "a major network incident" on Monday, disrupting digital banking and other services for millions.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The French national postal service's online services were knocked offline by "a major network incident" on Monday, disrupting digital banking and other services for millions.
I came across a questionable trademark application while reviewing watch reports: US App. No. 99551745 for WHITE PRIVILEGE for use with energy drinks and flavored waters.
What a tone deaf brand choice (and complete failure).
What a tone deaf brand choice (and complete failure).
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I came across a questionable trademark application while reviewing watch reports: US App. No. 99551745 for WHITE PRIVILEGE for use with energy drinks and flavored waters.
What a tone deaf brand choice (and complete failure).
What a tone deaf brand choice (and complete failure).
Trump complained today: "We used to build a ship a day, during World War 2. And now we don’t really do ships anymore".
Gee, I wonder why, you fucking moron?!?
Gee, I wonder why, you fucking moron?!?
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Trump complained today: "We used to build a ship a day, during World War 2. And now we don’t really do ships anymore".
Gee, I wonder why, you fucking moron?!?
Gee, I wonder why, you fucking moron?!?
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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Anyone who sends people to concentration camps to be tortured should be tried and, if found guilty, hanged like the Nazis they are.
December 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Anyone who sends people to concentration camps to be tortured should be tried and, if found guilty, hanged like the Nazis they are.
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Striking shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage in open water violates both the laws of war and federal criminal law.
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Striking shipwrecked survivors clinging to wreckage in open water violates both the laws of war and federal criminal law.
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Formally demanding a Department of Justice investigation into the strikes and Hegseth’s apparent violation of the law with @raskin.house.gov.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
These fascists are out of control.
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
These fascists are out of control.
I so look forward to SoftBank's eventually collapse. They throw so much money at memes that have no value.
SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year
SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year
Masayoshi Son better hope he made Santa's nice list
Japanese tech investment giant SoftBank needs to secure $22.5 billion before the end of the year to make good on its commitments to AI partner OpenAI.…
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I so look forward to SoftBank's eventually collapse. They throw so much money at memes that have no value.
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Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
A vile human being killing jobs, increasing energy prices, and destroying the environment because he's a petty human that just wants to reverse anything Biden related.
Trump suspends all large offshore wind farms under construction, threatening thousands of jobs and cheaper energy | CNN
In the latest blow for the US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration announced Monday it is suspending the federal leases for all large offshore wind projects currently under construction, c...
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A vile human being killing jobs, increasing energy prices, and destroying the environment because he's a petty human that just wants to reverse anything Biden related.
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The legacy media narrative has been unified in claiming that Jeffrey Epstein abused minors. But how can anyone report that without interviewing Jeffrey Epstein? I asked Alan Dershowitz.
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The legacy media narrative has been unified in claiming that Jeffrey Epstein abused minors. But how can anyone report that without interviewing Jeffrey Epstein? I asked Alan Dershowitz.
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
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like a virus, the extraction class doesn't care about the integrity of the host body
they just move on to a new host
they just move on to a new host
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
like a virus, the extraction class doesn't care about the integrity of the host body
they just move on to a new host
they just move on to a new host
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Honestly sick of people telling me they "have to" stay on X "for the reach."
"It's where the people I need to reach are." No, it's not. You can bring them here.
"The people I want to follow are there." You can bring them here too.
Lots of other people have. You can too.
"It's where the people I need to reach are." No, it's not. You can bring them here.
"The people I want to follow are there." You can bring them here too.
Lots of other people have. You can too.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Honestly sick of people telling me they "have to" stay on X "for the reach."
"It's where the people I need to reach are." No, it's not. You can bring them here.
"The people I want to follow are there." You can bring them here too.
Lots of other people have. You can too.
"It's where the people I need to reach are." No, it's not. You can bring them here.
"The people I want to follow are there." You can bring them here too.
Lots of other people have. You can too.
People who arrive 15 minutes before gate closure at the airport under the moronic "airport theory" deserve to miss their flights and suffer the consequences because they're idiots for believing crap on TikTok.
I hate this timeline.
I hate this timeline.
‘Airport Theory’ Will Make You Miss Your Flight
This delusional airport trend only appeals to those who have no concept of how time or space work. Here’s how to actually travel like a pro.
www.wired.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
People who arrive 15 minutes before gate closure at the airport under the moronic "airport theory" deserve to miss their flights and suffer the consequences because they're idiots for believing crap on TikTok.
I hate this timeline.
I hate this timeline.
How will the morons at X show that they still use the trademark “Twitter” as it’s very clear they expressly and publicly abandoned the mark for the edge lord cringy “X”?
‘Twitter never left:’ X sues Operation Bluebird for trademark infringement
Are they posts or tweets?
www.theverge.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
How will the morons at X show that they still use the trademark “Twitter” as it’s very clear they expressly and publicly abandoned the mark for the edge lord cringy “X”?
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Why does this ridiculous, stupid, coke-addled nepo-baby of a nepo-baby brat have any say in U.S. foreign policy? What foolish, horrifying times we live in.
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Why does this ridiculous, stupid, coke-addled nepo-baby of a nepo-baby brat have any say in U.S. foreign policy? What foolish, horrifying times we live in.
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Best post of the week:
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Best post of the week:
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Fuck it, let's go
November 25, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Fuck it, let's go
MAGA are such gullible morons: “In a dozen conversations with CNN, AmericaFest attendees … [thought Trump’s] dismantling of the Department of Education will end the cycle of college debt.”
At Turning Point’s annual gathering, young conservatives fret about the future | CNN Politics
The mood at AmericaFest is unsettled as many of the promises Trump made to the group last year — including “lower prices,” an end to foreign wars and “generational change” — have yet to materialize.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
MAGA are such gullible morons: “In a dozen conversations with CNN, AmericaFest attendees … [thought Trump’s] dismantling of the Department of Education will end the cycle of college debt.”