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My name is Joan, so I must be a Boomer. Writer of mostly unpublished work, and the very occasional public television show. Refugee from the legal profession.

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This has got to be some kind of defamation or something. You can’t just steal people’s IP and then pretend they’re saying something they never said.

10.03.2026 23:13 👍 319 🔁 33 💬 21 📌 2

Alert them to "technical difficulties" in the survey, which appears to be missing some reply options one would want in the resulting data set.

10.03.2026 23:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? 

* Yes
* No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

10.03.2026 02:00 👍 2249 🔁 479 💬 128 📌 125
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a painting with the words thanks for coming to my ted talk below him ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a painting with the words thanks for coming to my ted talk below him

For those not paying attention at home, let me just present the math of the last American war of significance:

Taliban+2.26 trillion dollars spent=Taliban.

10.03.2026 23:08 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"

10.03.2026 16:42 👍 9089 🔁 3909 💬 921 📌 493

I am not a violent person but if I were in this man's presence I would punch him in the face.

10.03.2026 20:42 👍 270 🔁 25 💬 25 📌 2

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 👍 12198 🔁 2763 💬 86 📌 227
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Boy, 7, dies of brain condition caused by world’s most contagious disease — years after he had it as a baby Even those who make a full recovery from the initial infection face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking — and killing — years later.

California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.

10.03.2026 14:53 👍 513 🔁 294 💬 18 📌 88
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Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid. Here’s how it can adapt. The centralized, top-down power grid is outdated. Time for a bottom-up redesign.

One of my favorite pieces I ever wrote, with cool illustrations.

10.03.2026 04:48 👍 89 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 2
Company Lacks Manpower To Complete Newest Round Of Layoffs

Company Lacks Manpower To Complete Newest Round Of Layoffs

Company Lacks Manpower To Complete Newest Round Of Layoffs https://theonion.com/company-lacks-manpower-to-complete-newest-round-of-layo-1819574660/

10.03.2026 15:00 👍 1727 🔁 284 💬 15 📌 20
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I’ve been singing this all day

10.03.2026 13:01 👍 252 🔁 86 💬 15 📌 10
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The moms risking arrest to protect gender-affirming care for trans youth The government wants to ban the care nationwide. Hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.

Larissa, a therapist from D.C., recently spent 12 hours in a jail cell with five other people. There was no running water, since the sink wasn’t working. They were all fed once: a baloney sandwich per person.

She was there for her trans patients. They're being hurt by this administration, she said.

09.03.2026 14:23 👍 640 🔁 258 💬 1 📌 4

In the chaos in Iran, you might have missed the news that Russia's operational momentum has slowed, even reversed, on the frontlines in Ukraine.

10.03.2026 12:35 👍 506 🔁 158 💬 11 📌 1
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These pediatrician moms have a shared message: Release all children in immigration detention They didn’t know each other at the beginning of the year. Now these medical professionals text daily in their effort to advocate for the well-being of migrant children.

They warn that the detention of these children is causing severe and lasting harm to their mental and physical health, and say that emerging reports of kids allegedly facing delayed and inadequate medical care demands urgency and transparency.

10.03.2026 13:00 👍 77 🔁 38 💬 3 📌 7
For Mahmoud Khalll, this past year has been marked by profound hardship-and by profound courage.
A year ago, Mahmoud was walking home through our city after sharing an iftar with his wife Noor when he was detained by federal agents, flown to Louisiana, and then held in an ICE facility for months. In that time, he was forced to miss the birth of his first child. All of this for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
And yet, even in the face of that cruelty, there has also been beauty. New Yorkers raising their voices in solidarity. A city refusing to look away. Mahmoud won his freedom, and a father was finally reunited with his child.
Last night, as we marked the one year anniversary of his detention, Rama and I were honored to welcome Mahmoud, Noor, and their son Deen to Gracie Mansion to break our fast together.
Mahmoud is a New Yorker, and he belongs in New York City.

For Mahmoud Khalll, this past year has been marked by profound hardship-and by profound courage. A year ago, Mahmoud was walking home through our city after sharing an iftar with his wife Noor when he was detained by federal agents, flown to Louisiana, and then held in an ICE facility for months. In that time, he was forced to miss the birth of his first child. All of this for exercising his First Amendment rights in protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine. And yet, even in the face of that cruelty, there has also been beauty. New Yorkers raising their voices in solidarity. A city refusing to look away. Mahmoud won his freedom, and a father was finally reunited with his child. Last night, as we marked the one year anniversary of his detention, Rama and I were honored to welcome Mahmoud, Noor, and their son Deen to Gracie Mansion to break our fast together. Mahmoud is a New Yorker, and he belongs in New York City.

In a dining room, five people eat, chat and smile around a table of food.

In a dining room, five people eat, chat and smile around a table of food.

Iftar, Day 19

10.03.2026 01:57 👍 2139 🔁 296 💬 18 📌 25

If you are watching Trump's presser right now, you are seeing beyond reasonable doubt a person not mentally suited for any position of responsibility. Even running a small store.

GOP members of the House and Senate: You are seeing this too.

09.03.2026 22:35 👍 4132 🔁 1098 💬 116 📌 52
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Announcement===>

09.03.2026 21:16 👍 3697 🔁 601 💬 420 📌 72

Legalizing taller single-stair buildings is just the start of the reforms we need!

10.03.2026 00:20 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com.

The company gave me this statement over email:

We’ve heard the feedback about this tool and appreciate the engagement from those who have taken the time to raise thoughtful questions about the functionality and the experts surfaced. We agree that the product experience can be improved for both users and experts. The agent was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship that add value to their work. We want the people behind those perspectives to have greater control over whether their name is used, while providing new ways for influential voices to reach new audiences. Our goal is to improve Expert Review to deliver this outcome.

Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com. The company gave me this statement over email: We’ve heard the feedback about this tool and appreciate the engagement from those who have taken the time to raise thoughtful questions about the functionality and the experts surfaced. We agree that the product experience can be improved for both users and experts. The agent was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship that add value to their work. We want the people behind those perspectives to have greater control over whether their name is used, while providing new ways for influential voices to reach new audiences. Our goal is to improve Expert Review to deliver this outcome.

NEWS: Grammarly tells me it will let "experts" like me opt out of having their names used against their will and for no compensation as part of its "expert review" feature www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

10.03.2026 00:07 👍 455 🔁 133 💬 14 📌 70

Trump did not announce a U.S. policy then walk it back. That is not what happened, and media presenting it that way does a disservice.

Trump said words he thought might appeal to his audience in the moment, with no connection to actual policy, then did that again with a different question/asker.

09.03.2026 23:20 👍 2794 🔁 765 💬 73 📌 31

They spent your tax money on killing children. I think it's worth us spending our tax money prosecuting and punishing them all. No one will argue against it. It is a popular stance. Don't be a pussy. Stand up for those girls who were killed in our name.

09.03.2026 22:47 👍 1211 🔁 233 💬 7 📌 6

This is to say: if you're an attorney who's hesitated to take on habeas cases because you think you lack the knowledge, or you're worried about whether you'll really help, I PROMISE you can make a difference. I'm just a dipshit with a 7-year-old laptop and a bad attitude. If I can do it, so can you.

09.03.2026 19:26 👍 2240 🔁 430 💬 26 📌 8

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

09.03.2026 19:24 👍 11165 🔁 2497 💬 304 📌 121

The response is….comprehensive.

09.03.2026 22:30 👍 7974 🔁 1749 💬 275 📌 60
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Important ruling on immigration operations in Minnesota

Judge Tostrud (Trump appointee):

"Plaintiffs have made a clear showing that Defendants have adopted a POLICY authorizing federal immigration officers to conduct investigatory stops based on ethnicity or race without reasonable suspicion."
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09.03.2026 21:55 👍 1172 🔁 451 💬 15 📌 17
A digital display on a metro station notes that trains in various directions are 1 and 5 minutes away respectively. Also, a graphic at botto shows who crowded the individual cars are. In this case, each are green with only stick figure, to show that the train is not crowded.

A digital display on a metro station notes that trains in various directions are 1 and 5 minutes away respectively. Also, a graphic at botto shows who crowded the individual cars are. In this case, each are green with only stick figure, to show that the train is not crowded.

On a new subway line in Santiago, the Línea 3: the digital boards not only tell you where the trains are but how packed the various cars are.

cc LA Metro and @awalkerinla.bsky.social:

09.03.2026 20:10 👍 56 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0
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Ban the sale of our location data! Tell your state lawmaker to introduce the State Location Privacy Act

Contact your state representatives & senators

Let’s ban cell phone apps from selling your location data to the highest bidder. Tell your state lawmaker to introduce the State Location Privacy Act. consumer.quorum.us/campaign/157...

09.03.2026 19:20 👍 149 🔁 97 💬 2 📌 4
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ICE locked up a deaf kid without his hearing aids—and wouldn't let him have them back Rep. Eric Swalwell is working to help the family seek humanitarian parole.

New from me at @motherjones.com: Today, @ericswalwell.bsky.social said he's working to help the family of a Deaf kid seek humanitarian parole so he can continue attending CA School for the Deaf–and his staff brought his hearing aids to Colombia for him to use. www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...

09.03.2026 20:44 👍 424 🔁 229 💬 3 📌 10
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Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case The Justice Department says it's reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, California-based Live Nation Entertainment that will benefit consumers by le...

The Department of Justice had been preparing an antitrust case against Ticketmaster for years. However, Trump just fired the head of the antitrust division and let Ticketmaster off the hook entirely.

09.03.2026 16:49 👍 125 🔁 50 💬 10 📌 4