FOR NOT THE FIRST TIME I AM ASKING THE NEWS TO STOP FOR A MOMENT OR TWO SO I CAN CATCH UP ON WRITING ABOUT ALL THE NEWS I MEANT TO WRITE ABOUT THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEWS. Thank you for hearing me out on this.
Posted this late yesterday, so for the morning(ish) crew, if you want to get a copy of our amazingly fun card game (and to support the work we do at Techdirt), we have to put in our final order numbers this week. You have until TOMORROW to get your order in... RE:
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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)
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U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Candidate for Governor.
 ). Thanks for teaming up with the far right to pass this bill. Great job. Really, top notch work. RE:
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Jess Miers 🦝🦞 (@jmiers230.bsky.social)
yeah so Take It Down Act is actually way more nefarious than is being discussed. This is the way to categorically ban legally protected adult conte...
Because people definitely voted for more expensive drugs. RE:
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TRUMP: WILL ANNOUNCE PHARMACEUTICAL TARIFFS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
I guarantee I did not ask to be on whatever list resulted in this. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidjkwptakzv3io7l5jxwvz2qwtdqnycdhr4h6a7iojlthnmsxgrxy
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So... 1. Alcatraz is not "in the middle of the Pacific," it's in the SF Bay 2. There won't be a "cost savings" because the reason they shut it down was it was more costly to operate than any other prison (and not by a little bit). RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
KUDLOW: The president suggested over the weekend maybe rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Put them there, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean somewhere. ...
Seriously, if anyone pops up here in like a month and is like "hey, can we still order...." If you want a copy, now is when to order. It's possible we'll have a few leftovers for sale after we deliver to all backers, but it won't be many. RE:
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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)
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Also today on Techdirt, I wrote about Judge Howell's order issuing a permanent injunction blocking Trump's attempt to drive Perkins Coie out of business. She even calls out the law firms that capitulated. RE:
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Judge To Trump: No You Can’t Just Kill All The Lawyers You Don’tΒ Like In an unprecedented 102-page ruling that methodically dismantles the Tr...