Dimestorehalo @Dimestorehalo@qoto.org

There were three men came out of the West
Three kings both great and high
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon must die.

They took a tank and ran him down
With bullets in his head
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon was dead

But when the Spring came kindly on
And showers began to fall
John Mastodon got up again
And did surprise them all...

Wait for it.. 😂

IP lawyer folks, I'm curious (for non-professional reasons). On the topic of copyright protection for game rules as such have there been any legal developments since the Bang!/Legends of the Three Kingdoms litigation back in 2014?

State of law as I recalled it was generally only literal words, art, etc. were protected *but* there was movement that a suit against a comprehensive clone of another game could at least survive SJ.

@law #law #lawfedi

Hey, #lawfedi, can you help me find an obscure citation rule?

I need to cite my own article for something I'm writing. I'm positive I've heard that self cites require a special citation. So, what's the special rule for bluebook citing a secondary source you wrote yourself?

I can't find it, and now I've misplaced my bluebook too. :(

#law

The ol' Elon bump. And bump. And bump.

The American people have a right to know the name of every elected official who plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election on #Jan6 or impose martial law.

The rot at the core of the far right runs deeper than #DonaldTrump.

@macroliter @freemo It's likely not a legit poll. Elon was at the World Cup today, and his investors purportedly indicated that he should find a suitable CEO and step back.

Sorry, but I really got a kick out of this!

The Twitter Berlin Wall just went up.

Im glad to be here in West Mastodon, under the careful leadership of Prime Minister #JohnMastodon, but we still need to help our friends and family stuck behind the wall escape.

(And that includes blocking/banning/defederating the malicious actors coming along with them.)

If you're still on the birbsite and have your handle in your name or bio, this is your last week there.

So make use of it. Remind everyone you've left, and help the last few folks leave while it's still possible for them to use automated tools to do it

Every day of Twitter news that comes out I get happier and happier with this shirt. Thanks @chancerydaily

In June...

#StarTrek #StarTrekMeme #Memes

Elder Scrolls

Hey y'all: Given Twitter’s turbulence we want to build our platform here on Mastodon to make sure we can continue our conversations on a public social media platform.

Can you please BOOST this post and FOLLOW our account and encourage your followers to do the same? Thank you.

Ritchie

Sorry... (really not sorry at all). I asked ChatGPT to write a Jay-Z song name checking John Mastodon, and the results were so much better than I could have expected....

@dotsonapage
@freemo
I'm delighted by all the goodies and benefits I happened into on mine here at qoto. The starting text block is at 64K, which is huge in comparison to most, for example. The description page at https://qoto.org/about/more will give you a rundown, and I think you'll be pleased and surprised by the list of features.

Despite the recent enormous surge in activity and memberships, the server is still speedy (as is the administration). I've had zero trouble with any unpleasant characters lurking about. The management is pro-active in handling issues quickly. The underlying reason for its existence is as a science and science education instance, so there are many intelligent and well-spoken folks about.

Even though there are now over 25,000 users, the admin is reachable and responsive.

Hope you check us out!

Took off from San Jose, California, US.