Definitely my kid. 5th grader: Daddy! I think I figured out a way that I can get chips at lunch, but without the meal they serve. Me (absentmindedly): What's that? 5th grader: Well, according to 7 CFR 210.10 section (e)'s "offer v. serve" provision, I can decline 2 components of lunch...
The meritocracy fucks up again. RE:
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Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social)
So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its ...
So I'm a month behind, but just listened to this recording from 1977 of longtime Copyright Registrar Barbara Ringer telling librarians what to expect when the Copyright Act of 1976 goes into effect in 1978. Fun to listen to, even if at times infuriating, knowing what comes next. RE:
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Brian L. Frye (@brianlfrye.bsky.social)
I just posted Ipse Dixit From the Archives 114: Barbara Ringer on Implementing the Copyright Law: What Librarians Should Know (1977). Many thanks t...
As [@jamellebouie.net](
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The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. ...
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In a parking lot, see a new Tesla (the updated design, and with the CA temporary tags) and was thinking "gosh who is still buying these things?" and then saw... it had a smashed window. No idea when/how/why that happened, but huh... Didn't see any glass on the ground, so likely happened elsewhere https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifl4gd7j33cik2mspg3gc3oac3bubuzi2g3zfusz6mcxxjvh5x3fq
He should maybe tell the guy who succeeded him who seems not all that concerned with all of these activities, so long as they target people he dislikes. RE:
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Danny Miller (@danielmilleresq.bsky.social)
This from Abe Foxman is very important. “As a [Holocaust] survivor, my antenna quivers when I see books being banned, when I see people being abd...
I'm sure playing tricks like this will satisfy judges who are clearly out of patience with the games the Trump admin is playing. RE:
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Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social)
BREAKING: DOJ claims that the Trump administration did not violate a court order barring it from third-country removals without providing process w...
The digitally illiterate don't know what digital literacy means, which is one of the reasons we need more digital literacy. RE:
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Ryan Mac 🙃 (@rmac.bsky.social)
that's uhh not what "digital literacy" means?
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Every year we visit multiple National Parks (usually once or twice to Yosemite, and then at least one other National Park). This year, we decided to skip all the National Parks and it seems like a good decision, but... what a fucking shame. RE:
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Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social)
DOGE just took control of the national park system. Not good (or legal). https://wessiler.substack.com/p/doge-just-took-over-national-parks?r=34zos...
This made me go back and look about when I wrote my "grand unified theory" on digital business models... and holy shit, it was almost 20 years ago! [www.techdirt.com/2007/05/03/g...](
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Ok. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve taken the long way around in going through my series of posts exploring the economics of goods...
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Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro.com)
I've been thinking on and off about that ever since reading @mmasnick.bsky.social's "Sell the Scarcity" post many, many years ago.
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The Grand Unified Theory On The Economics Of Free
Ok. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve taken the long way around in going through my series of posts exploring the economics of goods...
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