"forget touch what if I duct tape my hand to the stove and turn it up high as it goes"
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"forget touch what if I duct tape my hand to the stove and turn it up high as it goes"
They say:
- the government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement
- the government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms
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The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.
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I have just sent the following email to my Labour MP, Jeff Smith. Text is in Alt - feel free to use/adapt it. But whatever the case, write to your MP!
![In sharp contrast to the extraordinary harm to defendants, a stay will not substantially
injure the plaintiffs. For any plaintiff who is an importer, even if a stay is entered and we do not
prevail on appeal, plaintiffs will assuredly receive payment on their refund with interest.
“[T]here is virtually no risk” to any importer that they “would not be made whole” should they
prevail on appeal. See Sunpreme Inc. v. United States, 2017 WL 65421, at *5 (Ct. Int’l Trade
Jan. 5, 2017). The most “harm” that could incur would be a delay in collecting on deposits. This
harm is, by definition, not irreparable. See Hughes Network Sys., Inc. v. InterDigital Commc’ns
Corp., 17 F.3d 691, 694 (4th Cir. 1994). Plaintiffs will not lose their entitlement to refund, plus
interest, if the judgment is stayed, and they are guaranteed payment by defendants should the
Court’s decision be upheld. And defendants do not oppose the reliquidation of any entries of
goods subject to IEEPA duties paid by plaintiffs that are ultimately found to be unlawful after
appeal. Defendants have filed a stipulation to that effect with other importer-plaintiffs in
Princess Awesome v. CBP, No. 25-cv-78 (Ct. Int’l Trade) ECF No. 17.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gqbrsb2cdeaz5ybuo3kk7vs7/bafkreiaddw2mbgy6c4k7jmsgr4se5e5u65ua5yw5e4y6tc3at7tk6ai3ve@jpeg)
In sharp contrast to the extraordinary harm to defendants, a stay will not substantially injure the plaintiffs. For any plaintiff who is an importer, even if a stay is entered and we do not prevail on appeal, plaintiffs will assuredly receive payment on their refund with interest. “[T]here is virtually no risk” to any importer that they “would not be made whole” should they prevail on appeal. See Sunpreme Inc. v. United States, 2017 WL 65421, at *5 (Ct. Int’l Trade Jan. 5, 2017). The most “harm” that could incur would be a delay in collecting on deposits. This harm is, by definition, not irreparable. See Hughes Network Sys., Inc. v. InterDigital Commc’ns Corp., 17 F.3d 691, 694 (4th Cir. 1994). Plaintiffs will not lose their entitlement to refund, plus interest, if the judgment is stayed, and they are guaranteed payment by defendants should the Court’s decision be upheld. And defendants do not oppose the reliquidation of any entries of goods subject to IEEPA duties paid by plaintiffs that are ultimately found to be unlawful after appeal. Defendants have filed a stipulation to that effect with other importer-plaintiffs in Princess Awesome v. CBP, No. 25-cv-78 (Ct. Int’l Trade) ECF No. 17.
Remember 9 months and 6 days ago, when there was "virtually no risk to any importer that they would not be made whole"? Peperidge Farm remembers.
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Whatever one thinks of the previous order in the Gulf, surely this is not the way to break it, with no capacity to rebuild it. In the most cynical sense, the US cannot get what it needs out of the aftermath without diplomacy. That's before you get to the human toll. And the loss of soft power. 12/
A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says “BREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”
Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity
Maybe this is just me, but I kind of think massive military operations, in which we're demanding unconditional surrender as the outcome, probably should be authorized by Congress.
Also, clearly this is a choice to ignore the US and British involvement in the history of Iran, and the overthrow of their Prime Minister in 1953 which led to the 1979 Revolution. Iran only became a problem for these pundits when they stopped doing what the US wanted
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“.. Fostering an armed ethnic insurgency in Iran would be the mother of all strategic, moral, and political mistakes. .. This is almost guaranteed to end in a failed state.”
@theatlantic.com
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Let this serve as a warning to Dems who abandon trans folks and vote for anti trans bills. You will be primaried, and you will lose.
If you were wondering, the regime's Cuba planning is a sticky note that says "Bay of Pigs but less planning?"
Exactly! The question needs to be: you state this policy, but I have this example and others of failure to follow it. This is a failure of YOUR leadership to enforce these policies. Who will be disciplined for this failure to follow policy? I want a written answer in 15 days if you can’t answer now.
Worse, in the Paul, Weiss - Brad Karp case, it would certainly appear compromising info in the Epstein files is the reason he gave in. It can’t be a coincidence the company was headed by someone in the Epstein list right as Bondi was promising to release the list.
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With the whispered addendum: “that we caused by fomenting a coup back in the 1950s so we could install our dictator, which directly led to the Islamic Revolution and 1979 hostage crisis. But we still needed to fund a war in Central America so we kept selling Iran arms in the 1980s…”
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
"These drones are basically being pushed as flying cops, but a cop is not allowed to just take a peek in my backyard whenever they want,"EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @law360.bsky.social, nor are they “allowed to just be taking notes about what's going on in a private space."www.law360.com/articles/24...
Their rationale writes itself: but we are doing it for nation security, not for political reasons 🙄
If you can manage a full brisket, it’s $5/pound at Costco. Funny enough a trimmed Tri-tip is usually just a dollar more a pound. My personal preference is Tri-tip, but that’s a SoCal specialty.
Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for “IAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly
On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.
Yes, by all means, yell at the Democrats. But everyone seems to find excuses why they must be the <only> people getting yelled at, & it’s exhausting. It makes everyone look deeply unserious about actually getting anything done.
Even this has security implications. Anyone remember the Strava map loops that showed where the secret military bases and sites were? People wearing a device for a workout, but the large number of workout maps overlapping each other provided unintended info.
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I feel like this with my Meyer lemon tree. Green leaves, then 40 lemons in 2 weeks. You can only make so much lemonade and chicken piccata before they go bad. I bring bags to work and family events to move the product.
Trump hasn't gone to Congress for authorization to attack Iran. He hasn't explained the necessity or urgency of preemptive action by us. I'd very much like to see regime change in Iran, but Trump hasn't explained how we intend to help achieve that goal.
Congress: Just say No.
Bill Kristol defends trans people and their right to full equality and bodily autonomy better than most elected Democrats across the country.
Temu Voldemort back in 2024.
Holy shit, looks at those payment numbers! Imagine the societal change possible if we had election reform that removed PACs and Corporate money then taxed these corporations and billionaires to pay for infrastructure and social programs that lifted every American out of poverty.
Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.
