You could just stop reading the news if it bothers you so much instead of trying to interfere with other people’s first amendment right to rot their brains right out of their own skulls with Chinese propaganda or whatever they want

Also, we should be more scared of our domestic oligarchs and the surveillance and propaganda machines they’ve been running on the American people

Also also, if TikTok disappears tomorrow, China or their intermediaries can buy whatever data they want from third party data brokers that bundle datasets from a whole variety of businesses and organizations, because we basically don’t regulate any of this at all, because Congress doesn’t give a shit about our privacy, because it would cost their donors money if they did

The fact that Trump managed to get the credit both for passing and stopping a law that Biden signed really shows how godawful at politics the modern Democratic party has gotten

This feels wildly overblown.

Oh, but this story’s got it all, no matter who you are there’s an archetype in here that will annoy you

It follows a complaint by the Bradgate Park Trust, which runs the park, that Mrs Gather picked mushrooms illegally because it is a designated site of special scientific interest (SSSI).

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Mrs Gather, from Derby, revealed details of the community resolution order on TikTok this week.

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However, police have subsequently admitted that the order was not valid because the officer dealing with the case mistakenly got her husband to sign the agreement, rather than her.

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According to Leicestershire Police, the complainant said it was reported Mrs Gather had a small knife, which meant they did not feel able to approach her.

Yeah, if the situation is as the article implies then there is absolutely no issue, but if I was running a court I would want to put a pause on things and review source code or get sworn testimony from someone who built it first to be on the absolute safe side. Like, if something did go wrong it would be kind of hard to un-hear that and not allow it to influence the ultimate outcome of things.

That sounds like what I’ve read about this place.

One of these students detained solely for their political opinions is going to die in one of these dungeons and then the people responsible won’t be held accountable and we’ll all fall a little further down

Yeah, I unfortunately get why the court had to stop it because they were blindsided by it and this guy didn’t think through all the potential problems with this (the big one that occurs to me now is what happens if the AI video says something and the client claims it’s an inaccurate representation of their wishes, how’s a court supposed to figure out if the AI is messing up or if the client is lying, but there’s probably a dozen more someone who reads statutes and opinions all day could think of), but this seems like an innocent mistake from a pro se litigant who was trying to come up with a reasonable accomodation for their disability and just didn’t do it correctly, so I hope this doesn’t prejudice his case at all.

“Me and my oligarch friends really want to steal the brainrot app but ByteDance called our bluff and now we’re scared to piss off the zoomer praetorian guard that Elon brought in.”

screwing the next in line.

Honestly, I feel like this understates it. They’re destroying creative communities and obliterating the knowledge of artistic techniques that were passed through those communities because those techniques aren’t deemed to have any market value, which leads us all into a world filled with generic and boring songs and stories being built from widely used materials and perspectives and pushed through generic structures. They’re effectively setting fire to the library of books that haven’t been written yet.

More likely an overworked and sleep deprived human I think, the report beneath the headline is detailed and full of references to independent sources

I didn’t read it this way, but if an updated title would be clearer for more people I suppose I could do that

Yeah, if things were so bad that you were considering secession you might as well cut to the chase and just try to overthrow the US government because they would absolutely go after you hard

P.s. for any government officials who read the above comment, I’m not advocating for overthrow of your stupid little clubhouse, I’m pointing out why secession is a bad idea. Also, quit wasting my tax dollars looking at stupid shit.

Good article, but it doesn’t really answer the headline question beyond

Australian trade minister Don Farrell told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the tariffs were “clearly a mistake”.

“Poor old penguins, I don’t know what they did to Trump, but, look, I think it’s an indication, to be honest with you, that this was a rushed process.”

A theory I heard that’s just stupid enough to seem plausible with this administration,

Yeah, it has nothing to do with responsible wildlife management and everything to do with emotionally insecure conservatives who can only feel useful and validated if they can live out fantasies of protecting something they own by violently killing monsters

Excellent question, unfortunately it sounds like the courts are yet again trying to squirm out of imposing real consequences on fascists

After that, Summerville filed the contempt charge against Sullivan, which could lead Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden review the case to determine if any charges should be filed.

Also, this seems like a pretty big conflict of interest

During the two-day hearing, Sullivan [the ICE agent charged with contempt] said that the lead prosecution witnessed confirmed that both the Massachusetts State police and prosecutors were aware of ICE plans to arrest Martell-Lebron.

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… a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said “we were dismayed and surprised when our prosecution of Wilson Martell-Lebron was interrupted by ICE apprehending him in the middle of his trial.”

“Any claim that we were aware of an attempt to prevent Mr Martell-Lebron from exercising his right to a trial is false.,” he said in a statement. “It was our intention to try Mr. Martell-Lebron and hold him accountable for the crimes alleged in the complaint. Federal authorities should not have detained him and interfered with our efforts to hold him accountable.”

So the guy responsible for figuring out whether to punish this ICE agent is possibly a co-conspirator with him. Of course, that’s being alleged by the ICE agent who has every reason to lie about it, so I am definitely not saying I buy that allegation, but someone independent of the whole mess needs to investigate.

We need to get someone in the White House who will pardon them all

Nope, the vast majority of crimes require intent and criminal statutes that didn’t make that a necessary element of the crime were frequently struck down as unconstitutional before our judicial system went to hell

That being said, what “intent” means exactly to a judge gets really complicated and can lead to unexpected results (e.g. if you intended to just stand around as a non violent lookout while your friends robbed a store with an unloaded handgun that probably could be intent enough for you to be convicted of murder when one of your friends gets shot and killed by the store attendant)

Oh yeah, I didn’t say they’d be arrested, I said they’d be an asshole. Not only are there tons of perfectly legal ways to be an asshole in America, it’s usually a very effective way of personally enriching oneself.

Yeah, I hope that plays out too, and it’s never out of the question with how unhinged and drugged up Musk is, but unfortunately I think this is less Musk stepping back for real and more of a bullshit PR move to get some of the heat off of Trump and Elon both -

The president remains pleased with Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency initiative, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return to his businesses and take on a supporting role, according to three Trump insiders who were granted anonymity to describe the evolving relationship.

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One senior administration official said Musk is likely to retain an informal role as an adviser and continue to be an occasional face around the White House grounds. Another cautioned that anyone who thinks Musk is going to disappear entirely from Trump’s orbit is “fooling themselves.”

The transition, the insiders said, is likely to correspond to the end of Musk’s time as a “special government employee,” a special status that temporarily exempts him from some ethics and conflict-of-interest rules. That 130-day period is expected to expire in late May or early June.

Probably so

Nope, if the patron has chosen to do business in a stupid shitty country like mine they should pay a reasonable tip or they’re an asshole. I agree that it’s a completely stupid system that needs change, but screwing the server for a stupid culture they have no control over is not cool.