The Tokyo high court, presided by Sonoe Taniguchi, just ruled that not allowing same-sex couples to marry and enjoy the same benefits and stable legal statute as straight couples violates their fundamental right to equality and freedom, and constitutes a violation of the constitution.

"The ongoing ban is a groundless legal discrimination based on sexual orientation which violates the constitutional guarantee of right to equality, as well as individuals’ dignity and equality between sexes."

It's a big win for love! 💜🩷🤍💛🧡 I wish you a sweet weekend guys, and girls, and beans.

Presidents matter because they appoint the US Attorneys who decide which cases to prosecute.

May her memory be a blessing

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/anti-trans-murderer-makes-history-as-first-convicted-under-federal-hate-crime-law/

Apple did the research; LLMs cannot do formal reasoning. Results change by as much as 10% if something as basic as the names change.

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-dont-do-formal-reasoning-and

Jim and Patty founded Coffee People, which was a huge part of why Portland is such a great coffee city. If you were here in the 90s, you had their coffee, then went to other cities and were like, wtf is this?

After selling their chain, they kept making coffee, but on a much smaller scale.

Jim has recently passed away, and like for so many restaurants, Covid has been brutal to their shops.
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