ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

bagpipe levels are holding at 26%

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Here is the appellate court's denial of Trump's claim of immunity:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415.1208593677.0.pdf

The decision opens by summarizing the allegations in the indictment, being careful to add that guilt hasn't yet been determined.

The court then dismisses the idea that they don't have jurisdiction over the issue and concludes that it does.

Then, on to immunity. The court rejects Trump's "separation of powers" argument, saying this:

That's strong language.

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5/ Via Scott MacFarlane:

Court: “Former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution.”

👉🏼Unanimous, emphatic, unequivocal ruling from appeals court👈🏼

[Me: 👆🏼THAT IS WHAT WE NEEDED TO HEAR]

This is honestly not an unreasonable standard

Visit to a Small Planet was released 64 years ago today.

"Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in U.F.O's and aliens."

tests are showing fun levels at 53%

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#Fnordistan #Fnordku #DiscordianFart #SubGenius I present - copy left , all rights blown to the winds , the #DreiEcken Stickers - one per post so youse can copii

From XKCD

It’s another blow to the #Met police and #Tory party that their attempts to criminalise Greta #Thunberg and other climate protestors has failed because of the sloppiness of police communications.

But what’s also striking is the judge drew attention to the fact this was peaceful, non-violent protest that impeded no one…so why the rush to prosecute?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/02/judge-throws-out-case-against-greta-thunberg-and-other-london-protesters

What's your position regarding consciousness? Broad physicalism (we'll have a scientific explanation one day) or broad anti-physicalism (science can't give a complete account)? Or something else?

Please repost after voting, I'm genuinely curious! 🤔

@philosophy @philosophyofmind #consciousness #cognition #philosophy

“Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on—it isn’t manly to be enraged. Rather, gentleness and civility are more human, and therefore manlier. A real man doesn’t give way to anger and discontent, and such a person has strength, courage, and endurance—unlike the angry and complaining. The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.18.5b

#stoic #philosophy #stoicism

Congratulations to the IRS, USDS, and 18F teams that worked on this for so long! A quiet launch day is always the dream, and they did it. https://directfile.irs.gov/

The memory of the tech industry for how people abuse their power is so short lived.

Watch who you follow. The #privacy and #SocialEngineering crowd is small.

So is #infosec overall.

When someone causes harm, there is collateral damage.

Watching some of them claim to be about privacy and protecting users when they've done active and public harm is nauseating.

Be mindful. Ask questions. Pay attention to patterns.

And support the communities and collectives you trust. Verify.

#harassment #ToxicPeople #Toxic WomenInTech #OSINT

Allow me to point out something that is painfully obvious to anyone with a middle school education: If powerful women like Taylor Swift trigger you, you definitely couldn’t handle a civil war.