Federal judge throws out U.S. ban on noncompetes - Lemmy.World

A federal court in Texas has thrown out the government’s ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4. In her ruling, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas wrote that the federal agency had overstepped its power when it approved the ban. “The FTC lacks substantive rulemaking authority with respect to unfair methods of competition,” she wrote. "The role of an administrative agency is to do as told by Congress, not to do what the agency think[s] it should do.”

Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November - Lemmy.World

The Republican National Committee is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in an Arizona election dispute this week and block up to 40,000 of the state’s registered voters from casting ballots in the presidential race. Republican state lawmakers say these voters did not provide proof of their citizenship when they were registered and now they should be barred from voting in person or by mail.

Judge Dismisses Rudy Giuliani's Bankruptcy - Lemmy.World

Came into some local blueberries so went to town. Muffins, mini cheesecakes with blueberry curd, and lemon blueberry bars - Lemmy.World

Textual rule - Lemmy.World

Sorry, no clever memes on this one. I had a random memory pop up this morning. Circa 1983, I was in my grandmother’s kitchen where she had a woman visitor. They sat at the kitchen table drinking gallons of truly awful coffee and smoking pallets of discount cigarettes, talking for hours. When the visitor took her leave, my grandmother sat me down and said that that woman had suffered terrible abuse at the hands of society because she looked and spoke like a man, and that people really needed to learn to see past the packaging, no matter how out of the norm they may perceive it. Thinking back, over forty years ago, I realize my grandmother had befriended a trans woman. She was well over six feet tall with a man’s voice and broad shoulders. I was too young and ignorant at the time to make the connection. Grandma certainly had her prejudices when speaking, but in practice, she never turned away anybody in need of an ear and some kindness. Ever. Trans people have always been Hatred has always been But in the mess, there has also always been a beacon of kindness. Maybe the beacon is small and difficult to find, but it’s there I wish Grandma had lived longer. I had so much more to learn Live your true life. Be happy. Love others.

Sent my gen z daughter a picture of my vodka and seltzer. She responded that she had never realized you can make hard seltzer at home. - Lemmy.World

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars - Lemmy.World