Seamus
@wisqerbee.bsky.social
Rabid trunk monkey, passable drummer, privacy advocate, tech junky, gaming enthusiast, virulently anti-fascist. NSFW. #EFF #votingrights #prochoice #IRAP #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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OK, Litigation Disaster Tourists -
New Lawsuit. And, at least for these, a new platform. I'm going to do ground rules as a thread (Twitter-style, in replies) here. And then I'll quote-skeet this and start the breakdown of the complaint in X v Media Matters.
🧵⚖️
New Lawsuit. And, at least for these, a new platform. I'm going to do ground rules as a thread (Twitter-style, in replies) here. And then I'll quote-skeet this and start the breakdown of the complaint in X v Media Matters.
🧵⚖️
November 21, 2023 at 1:08 AM
OK, Litigation Disaster Tourists -
New Lawsuit. And, at least for these, a new platform. I'm going to do ground rules as a thread (Twitter-style, in replies) here. And then I'll quote-skeet this and start the breakdown of the complaint in X v Media Matters.
🧵⚖️
New Lawsuit. And, at least for these, a new platform. I'm going to do ground rules as a thread (Twitter-style, in replies) here. And then I'll quote-skeet this and start the breakdown of the complaint in X v Media Matters.
🧵⚖️
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A Senate subcommittee has subpoenaed Live Nation / Ticketmaster for information about its ticket pricing and fees: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
November 20, 2023 at 9:18 PM
A Senate subcommittee has subpoenaed Live Nation / Ticketmaster for information about its ticket pricing and fees: www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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I have a piece in The NYT this morning. When a Minneapolis suburb hired a Black chief and assistant chief, over half the department quit. Yet the world didn’t end.
When cops would rather quit than respect the wishes of the communities they serve, maybe it’s okay to let them go.
When cops would rather quit than respect the wishes of the communities they serve, maybe it’s okay to let them go.
Opinion | Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.
The charming town has a powerful tale to tell.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2023 at 11:42 AM
I have a piece in The NYT this morning. When a Minneapolis suburb hired a Black chief and assistant chief, over half the department quit. Yet the world didn’t end.
When cops would rather quit than respect the wishes of the communities they serve, maybe it’s okay to let them go.
When cops would rather quit than respect the wishes of the communities they serve, maybe it’s okay to let them go.
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I’ve been incredibly angry — furious, even for ME — about the most loathsome and contemptible defamation suit I’ve ever seen in my career, and now Mike Masnick at TechDirt has written about the despicable case and about my anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss it. Reading it just makes me angrier.
If You Kill Two People In A Car Crash, You Shouldn’t Then Sue Their Relatives For Emailing Your Un...
Holy shit. So, in 2021 there was a car accident in Atwater California that killed a married couple, Pam and Joe Juarez. According to police reports at the time, a 20-year-old Stanford student, King…
www.techdirt.com
November 20, 2023 at 8:30 PM
I’ve been incredibly angry — furious, even for ME — about the most loathsome and contemptible defamation suit I’ve ever seen in my career, and now Mike Masnick at TechDirt has written about the despicable case and about my anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss it. Reading it just makes me angrier.
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Trump's rhetoric "doesn't echo 'Mein Kampf.' This is textbook 'Mein Kampf,'" said Yale University professor Jason Stanley, author of "How Fascism Works."
deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-c...
deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-c...
Not only can “It” happen here, “It” is happening and that “It” is the rise of Fascism co...
Fascism is the enemy of democracy
deanobeidallah.substack.com
November 20, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Trump's rhetoric "doesn't echo 'Mein Kampf.' This is textbook 'Mein Kampf,'" said Yale University professor Jason Stanley, author of "How Fascism Works."
deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-c...
deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/not-only-c...