Truth or FictionDon't forget the reason #Tennessee #Republicans are expelling Democratic legislators -- because they demanded a conversation about gun control to uphold the wishes of their constituents, just days after yet another mass shooting:
Michael Wray
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Ken WhiteI just want to say that if I ever get on the Supreme Court I am going to be reasonable. I will not require you to ply me with private jets and yachts to private estates and exclusive famous resorts and $5k bottles of wine.
Business class (or even economy plus) to an AirBnB in Maui and six or seven boxes of those Cutwater Mai Tais would totally do the trick. Then I will TOTALLY stop deferring to Chevron. I will not defer to ANY gas stations.
I am a man of the people.
Don MartiInternet neologism: "Eurosona"
It's like a fursona, but for being European, so that companies respect GDPR, DMA, DSA, etc on your account (note: the first syllable sounds like the first syllable in "Euler")
Chris GeidnerBREAKING: #SCOTUS rejects West Virginia’s request to enforce its anti-trans sports ban against a 12-year-old transgender girl. Justice Alito, joined by Justice Thomas, writes that he would have allowed enforcement. More to come: https://www.lawdork.com/
Kevin BeaumontDid you know Tesla has cameras both on the outside of vehicles and the inside, and everything is uploaded to Tesla? Anyhoo they’ve been exporting the videos, making memes of customers and then posting them on chat rooms. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars
Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us.” The cameras it builds <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musks-2018-tweet-tesla-union-campaign-illegal-us-court-rules-2023-03-31/" target="_blank">into vehicles</a> to assist driving, it notes on its website, are “designed from the ground up to protect your privacy.”
/5 As long as I’ve been writing in public about “wow this guy’s an asshole but his speech is protected,” I’ve been pestered by people saying “oh but why did you have to say he’s an asshole, you didn’t have to say that.” Yeah, you didn’t have to be a tedious nag, but here we fuckin are. Robustly calling out assholes while accurately limning their rights is supposed to model how the free speech bargain works.
Chris TrottierThe greatest story about social media. I don't think it gets better.
In November 2022, @TexasObserver became one of the first newspapers to start their own Mastodon server.
Unlike most newspapers, @TexasObserver operates as a non-profit.
This week, the non-profit’s board of directors voted to disband @TexasObserver.
But within 48 hours, people have given $250,000 so it can continue to exist.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff
Brandon SilvermanI think one underappreciated thing that's happening with ChatGPT is that it's reminding people of how joyful it is to do totally mundane searches, i.e. looking up recipes, and *not* get indundated with a million fucking ads.
Mike Masnick ✅There have been a series of school districts (Seattle, Mesa, Bucks County) who have filed silly lawsuits against social media for "harming kids" arguing it's a "public nuisance."
But last week, San Mateo schools (in the heart of Silicon Valley), the board of education who oversees MY KIDS' schools filed by far the dumbest of these lawsuits, claiming social media is engaged in RICO!
Silicon Valley School District Files Laughable, Vexatious RICO Claims Against Big Social Media… But Not Facebook Or Instagram
Back in January, we wrote about the Seattle public school district filing an absolutely laughable lawsuit against basically all of big social media, based on a bunch of misread and misunderstood st…