I filed a comment with the USPTO today about their attempt to make it way harder to invalidate bogus patents. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Our Founders Would Abhor What The USPTO Is Doing With The Patent System Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing...
This is so wrong and so bad on so many levels, it's embarrassing. RE:
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Prem Thakker ツ (@premthakker.bsky.social)
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine. She says social media influence...
Gotta say that that Lowry's insistence last year that he didn't actually say a slur on Megyn Kelly's show is looking more dubious every day. [www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g...](https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23411/rich-lowry-national-review-haitian-migrants-racial-slur ) RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
The GOP used to at least pretend not to be so blatantly racist, and would get angry if you accused them of being racist. Now people like Rich Lowry...
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The GOP used to at least pretend not to be so blatantly racist, and would get angry if you accused them of being racist. Now people like Rich Lowry just don't give a shit any more and will proudly tell you how racist they are. RE:
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Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social)
In case you were wondering, this oped is even worse than the headline
This seems very very very very bad. RE:
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Daphne Keller (@daphnek.bsky.social)
I'm pretty sure the CJEU in Russmedia just casually dismantled 80% of the DSA with one ill-considered judgment. As I read it, it substitutes in GDP...
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Excuse me, what? Your "cloud of consciousness"? https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreihpslyjh3jvo4rl2gabaqkwzmeh2qbvve67nhjxqfyffiok3sszzu
1. This is not what fog of war means. 2. There is no war 3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over 4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike? HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the...
This is unrelated to the actual story, but to claim Byrne is the "founder of Bed, Bath & Beyond" is nonsense. Byrne invested in the company that became Overstock (with him as CEO), which bought the name Bed, Bath & Beyond from the bankrupt retailer 4 years *after* Byrne left Overstock RE:
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Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social)
Trump had a full-blown meltdown on social media last night that went on for hours and featured more than 160 posts and reshares, plus a new conspir...
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There's also the pardoning of criminals and, you know, all the corruption. But I'm just a small time blogger. RE:
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Jamal Greene (@jamalgreene.bsky.social)
If I were a politician, I don't think I would adopt an anti-affordability, anti-Sabrina Carpenter platform. But I'm just a country law professor.
The actual quote from the podcaster is even worse than Clark's summary here... RE:
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Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social)
NEW: Tina Peters' legal team launches a new effort to free her from prison, as a key ally and MAGA podcaster says Colorado leaders blocking her rel...