Mike Masnick 9 months ago

We truly live in the dumbest of times, but watching Gerdes stumble and try to avoid admitting that he's a complete dumbass under questioning from [@jamestalarico.bsky.social](

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James Talarico (@jamestalarico.bsky.social)

Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working pe...

) is pretty impressive. The video leaves out Talarico later pointing out that this is "a manufactured, debunked smear campaign" RE:

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John Corbett (@johnlcorbett.bsky.social)

The great Texas state representative James Talarico (D) forces representative Stan Gerdes (R) to admit that his FURRIES Act, which would prohibit �...

Mike Masnick 9 months ago

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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)

If you like the work we do at Techdirt, this is a great way to support it, as proceeds from the campaign will be used to fund our continued reporti...

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Mike Masnick 9 months ago

I can hear [@kathryntewson.bsky.social](

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Kathryn Tewson (@kathryntewson.bsky.social)

Good in a crisis and at no other time First initial last name at gmail dot com Signal:@KathrynTewson.06

) screaming all the way from here as I read this. [theconversation.com/people-trust...](

The Conversation

People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study

It’s hard for ordinary people to distinguish good advice from decisively-voiced bad advice.

) [People trust legal advice gene...](

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People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study

It’s hard for ordinary people to distinguish good advice from decisively-voiced bad advice.

)

Mike Masnick 9 months ago

Also, looks like the Stringer Bell rule applies here. Apple execs kept taking notes on basically how their "compliance" with the injunction would thwart the clearly stated intent and purpose of the injunction. Then Apple tried to hide the notes. RE:

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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)

The craziest thing in all of this, by the way, is that Apple *mostly* won this case. It was only one little bit that the court dinged them on, whil...

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Mike Masnick 9 months ago

The level of pettiness is off the charts. RE:

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Jamie Gangel (@jamiegangel.bsky.social)

New- Chris Krebs’ “membership in Global Entry has been revoked. Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the security of the 2020 election, told C...

Mike Masnick 9 months ago

The craziest thing in all of this, by the way, is that Apple *mostly* won this case. It was only one little bit that the court dinged them on, while giving them everything else they wanted on all the more important claims. That they still played games on the small bit they lost is just... stupid. RE:

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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)

"Cook chose poorly." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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