VERY important decision here. Patently offensive and incendiary speech like this is the entire reason the first amendment exists. That this man has to spend 20 years in prison for it is a grave failure of the justice system.

The only face that should be shot by the federal government is that of high grocery prices, not innocent citizens.

Literally 100% of the murders in Minneapolis this year were committed by DHS agents.

Dem messaging from this morning: "pwease twump focus on gwocewy pwices" Dem messaging tonight: "ya know what? fuck off." This is an improvement. More fuck words.

*sigh* Please stop targeting and harassing trans women into deactivating their accounts over that stupid Animal Crossing mod thing. We're up to at least three now.

I was standing still in the middle of a hallway without being close to anything sharp or dangerous. The resulting bruise wasn't that painful, but I was so confused as to how it was possible that I can't even remember how I managed to get hurt in the first place.

Cis comedians making great trans jokes is always such a treat

This is the core of the 1st amendment on display. You are free to believe [false claim]. You are free to urge others to believe [false claim]. You are even free to lie about why [false claim] is true. But using that lie to instruct others to violently enact [false claim] is *not* protected speech.

Show of hands: who else got put on a list of "genocide apologists" or the likes for telling people not to do crimes and brag about them online?

Coca-Cola and McDonald's decided that AI is the future of marketing. Pop-Tarts just doubled down on the exact opposite of AI instead, and I hope the former are taking notes.

Narrator: Greg Abbott literally pardoned someone who murdered an innocent Texan. And that conviction was secured by the same DA he's complaining about now.

I love this. And I especially love how I'm one of like a few dozen people on the planet who understands just how cursed it is. :)

How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US: Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say. The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.

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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet

Fun fact: This is actually how elections are really handled in the City of London (not to be confused with London). It's a tradition that's so weird and unlike anywhere else that the freaking Magna Carta explicitly mentions that it doesn't count.

This is your regular reminder that "bipartisan" does not mean "good." § 230 is one of the most elegant, beautiful laws of the Internet age. And if you think the Internet has "outgrown it" or whatever, wait until you see what it was like when it was passed!

An expert on what now

Wow. What a busy month this afternoon has been.

There are more trees on earth right now than there are stars in the entire local group of galaxies (Milky Way, Andromeda, Triangulum, etc) COMBINED.

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.

On today's trans day of remembrance, we mourn the loss of Bill Maher, who was transformed directly into a corncob by @pattonoswalt.bsky.social. Well. I say "mourn"...

trans day of remembrance sucks because we’re the only ones who ever give a shit about it. if cis people took it as a day to go “wow through our callous disregard for the safety of trans people we sure did kill a lot of trannies” every year that might be worth something but we don’t even get that

To be clear: the updated statements are *complete shameless lies, no exceptions.* Vaccines *do not cause autism.* This is backed up by *overwhelming* evidence. The CDC is actively lying directly to the American people. Any journalist who doesn't lead with a demand for adv explanation needs to quit.

Following up, I think it would help to see an example of a case where an extraordinary writ of mandamus was actually warranted. Here, the appeals court found the trial court's ruling specifically conflicted with binding precedent, thus granting writ. www.techdirt.com/2018/08/20/a...

Remember when the DC Chief Justice started to hold the Trump admin in contempt earlier this year? Remember when the DC Appeals Court blocked it? Well the *full* court has spoken and decided…umm, you'll need this article to explain it. It's complicated.

Show me a hot person with a gun again

Call a bondulance

Remember that Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, pardoned someone convicted of murder largely based on similar text messages he'd sent that same day.

BREAKING: Archeologists have uncovered the lost ruins of Deepnest

Lawmakers have tried removing the beak from the octopus burgers they insist on forcing you to eat. Critics have pointed out that the fundamental problem is that the burgers are slimy and weird and nobody wants them, but surely an extra slice of tomato will help?

Deploying tear gas is not assault. In fact it's SO not assault that any effort to kick it away IS assault. ...huh?

Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”

Me when I wake up and see that my alarm is going to go off in 3 minutes.

Internet culture: The Game BlueSky Dev, unprompted: "We've added a new feature that labels anything mentioning the game in order to save you from losing the game. Stop harassing me."

MasterCard has decided that they're going to win a stamina war against a tag team of civil rights activists and the horniest people the Internet has to offer.

Narrator: Thomson Reuters owns Westlaw, which is currently *aggressively* pushing customers to sign up for their AI citation thing.

Putting the "cum" in "business acumen"

Biden admin was no saint. But there is no there there to claims that it was censoring social media says @noupside.bsky.social at @theunpopulist.net. Nor is there any comparison with what Trump is doing. Both sideists are doing a real disservice to truth www.theunpopulist.net/p/no-there-n...

Kid Rock remains the human equivalent of an above-ground pool.

In an unsigned 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has awarded Trump the prize

OK. That's a ban imposed over a day after the post went up. The ban is initially for threatening content. He appeals. They appear to accept that it is not threatening, but affirm the permaban on "hateful" and "disruptive" grounds. Anyone see a reason I shouldn't think this is pretextual bullshit?

It helps with emotion regulation. There’s a difference between a CEO who is mildly annoyed with their userbase and grumbles about it over beer… and one who is so upset that she’s posting for days on end from a place of active disdain toward the trans community on here

I was at the pornography store. I was buying pornography.

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese hell.....yes

BREAKING: In an unsigned order with a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has stayed ABC's decision to end Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.