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JdeBP @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk
· 6mo ago
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@navi@social.vlhl.dev @domi@donotsta.re @ska@social.treehouse.systems I predicted the storm, as well as a systemd-aged, as well as the #GDPR angle, over a fortnight ago. It took less than a day from my post for the first person, in reply, to propose an actual such #AgeVerification dæmon. https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116156028746782578 This clearly model legislation is also slightly different in different states, as at least two legislatures amended the original bill. Which is going to cause further problems. https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116176048755057656 #ColoradoLaw #IllinoisLaw #CaliforniaLaw #USLaw #Unix
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JdeBP
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I foresee:

  1. #Debian eventually following #MidnightBSD's lead and cutting #California off from #FreeSoftware; after lengthy mailing list discussions where at least one person tries to deny with convoluted nonsense the plain reading of the statute.

  2. A storm when someone points out that the #MobaXTerm version of APT isn't exempt, nor is RPM. (Goodness knows what IBM is going to do.)

  3. An even bigger storm when someone adds an 'age' field to systemd's JSON User Records, to be enforced and served out over Desktop Bus via a systemd-aged service or some such. Much fun if that someone comes from a #GDPR country.

  4. Some nutter taking a Linux distribution to court because it doesn't enable developers to control whether 16-year-olds can install rustc and busybox.

#CaliforniaLaw #Unix #rust #USLaw #AgeVerification #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD

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Another 2nd chance to tell legislators that the mechanisms that we have inherited from #Unix, and used in loads of #FreeSoftware operating systems from #NetBSD to #Tribblix, do not have date of birth/age fields for user accounts, is #Illinois, where HB5511 is the very same text as #California's, too. https://my.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=5511&GAID=18&LegID=167486 It really does seem at this point that this is model legislation. Sponsors in Illionois are Jennifer Gon

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JdeBP @JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk
· 7mo ago
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I foresee:

  1. #Debian eventually following #MidnightBSD's lead and cutting #California off from #FreeSoftware; after lengthy mailing list discussions where at least one person tries to deny with convoluted nonsense the plain reading of the statute.

  2. A storm when someone points out that the #MobaXTerm version of APT isn't exempt, nor is RPM. (Goodness knows what IBM is going to do.)

  3. An even bigger storm when someone adds an 'age' field to systemd's JSON User Records, to be enforced and served out over Desktop Bus via a systemd-aged service or some such. Much fun if that someone comes from a #GDPR country.

  4. Some nutter taking a Linux distribution to court because it doesn't enable developers to control whether 16-year-olds can install rustc and busybox.

#CaliforniaLaw #Unix #rust #USLaw #AgeVerification #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD

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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 3mo ago
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Update. "Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against the maker of #Roundup weedkiller." https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1 The court ruled for #Monsanto because the #EPA said Roundup (#glyphosate) was harmless, not because the 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 said it was harmless. There's good evidence that that the EPA decision was flawed, if not cynical. It relied on studies written mostly by Monsanto staffers and the lead article has been retracted. Here's the #SCOTUS decision itself. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1068_n7ip.pdf The upside: The #RepublicanSchism will deepen. Some #MAGA voters side with the Trump EPA friendliness to corporate polluters. Others (including #RFKJr when he could speak freely) side with #MAHA opposition to glyphosate. The downside: More people will die from this poison. #GoldStandardScience #Medicine #Misconduct #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
AP News

Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against the maker of Roundup weedkiller

The Supreme Court has sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller, blocking thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn users the product could cause cancer.

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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 3w ago
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Update. "The #EPA allowed pesticide giant #Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller #dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba #Medicine #USLaw #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
the Guardian

US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show

Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Lazarou@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
RE: https://mstdn.social/@OregonLive/117014810805899348 Her and Donald Trump....avoid paying what the Court has ordered them to multiple times. #KimDavis #Trump #USLaw
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Kim Davis accused of hiding money to avoid paying gay couple $565,000 https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/07/kim-davis-accused-of-hiding-money-to-avoid-paying-gay-couple-565000.html #OregonLive #oregon
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 8mo ago
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Update. Yesterday #UPenn filed a 163-page brief in federal court condemning the #Trump admin demand for a list of #Jews at the institution as “extraordinary and unconstitutional". https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/university-of-pennsylvania-trump-jewish-staff.html "The #EEOC insists that Penn produce this information without the consent — and indeed, over the objections — of the employees impacted while entirely disregarding the frightening and well-documented history of governmental entities that undertook efforts to identify and assemble information regarding persons of Jewish ancestry. The government’s demand implicates Penn’s substantial interest in protecting its employees’ privacy, safety and First Amendment rights." #Academia #AcademicMastodon #Antisemitism #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 6mo ago
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Update. "Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html Penn will appeal the ruling. “We continue to believe that requiring Penn to create lists of Jewish faculty and staff, and to provide personal contact information, raises serious privacy and First Amendment concerns.” #Academia #AcademicMastodon #Antisemitism #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 2mo ago
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Update. Finally. "Federal agency drops subpoena seeking list of Jews at Penn." https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/07/penn-eeoc-antisemitism-resolution-subpoena-trump #Academia #Antisemitism #EEOC #Trump #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
Federal agency drops subpoena seeking list of Jews at Penn
Federal agency drops subpoena seeking list of Jews at Penn - The Daily Pennsylvanian

Federal agency drops subpoena seeking list of Jews at Penn

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s July 2025 subpoena garnered widespread criticism on Penn’s campus.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Lazarou@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
RE: https://flipboard.com/@politico/politics-u9ikh4qkz/-/a-6mNAdywHRweZ7SOfQzyvMg%3Aa%3A3195449-%2F0 lol, didn't think that one through, did he? #Trump #BBC #USLaw
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POLITICO
@politico@flipboard.com
Judge says Trump must hand over financial records to BBC https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/trum-bbc-lawsuit-finances?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Politics @politics-politico
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 2mo ago
A federal district court just ruled that training #AI tools on copyrighted texts is fair use. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/ #Anthropic is in the clear for training #Claude on millions of books without permission or payment. However, it's liable for obtaining many of those books illegally, and its settlement of those claims (about $3k/title) was approved by the court. So far this decision only applies in the Northern District of California. But it breaks the ice and will (as lawyers say) be "persuasive but not binding" in other districts. #Books #Copyright #FairUse #USLaw
Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved | TechCrunch
TechCrunch

Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved | TechCrunch

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Lazarou@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
I can't wait for this horrible company to collapse in on itself, nobody will shed a tear for it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/14/meta-ai-mass-layoffs-lawsuit #Meta #Employment #AI #Technology #MarkZuckerberg #TechBros #USLaw
Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims
the Guardian

Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs

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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 3mo ago
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Update. I should have noted Justice Thomas said this in his dissent. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-365_4hdj.pdf Thomas: "The Citizenship Clause 'added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.'…Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship." #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 3mo ago
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"Professor fired over #CharlieKirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement." https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5948386-professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post-could-receive-1-9m-in-settlement This is just the latest in a series. Universities that disciplined professors for criticizing Charlie Kirk knew or should have known that they were violating those professors' free-speech rights. But they did it to align themselves with the Trump admin, even on the wrong side of the law. Consider these settlements and damage awards to be a cowardice tax. #Academia #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
Professor fired over Charlie Kirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement
The Hill

Professor fired over Charlie Kirk post could receive $1.9M in settlement

She would not be reinstated to her former position under the settlement, which still needs approval from the governor and attorney general.

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petersuber @petersuber@fediscience.org
· 3mo ago
"US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers." https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-just-blew-eu-us-data-transfers This is big but confusing. Here's my take: US tech companies that want to sign up #EU users must promise (through a formal process administered by the US Commerce Dept) to comply with #GDPR #privacy protections, and submit to the oversight of an "independent" US agency -- until now the #FTC -- with the power to enforce those promises. With no independent FTC, and no alternative independent agency standing by, US companies may have to stop accepting personal info from EU citizens. #SCOTUS #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers
noyb.eu

US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers

The US Supreme Court decided that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore – with major implications for EU-US Data Transfers.

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JdeBP @JdeBP@mastodon.scot
· 3mo ago
Boosted by @gvenema@fairmove.net
I read the MOU between #Iran and the U.S.A. re the #TrumpWar. The rumours are true. Iran is going to get $300billions, and the U.S.A. is going to ensure that this is legal by removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's status under #USLaw as a foreign terrorist organization. FTO status was assigned in April 2019 by one #DonaldJTrump, and reaffirmed by Trump in February 2025. It's illegal to pay even $1 to a FTO under 18 USC § 2339B. https://law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2339B https://whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-2/
18 U.S. Code § 2339B - Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations
LII / Legal Information Institute

18 U.S. Code § 2339B - Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations

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Flipboard News Desk @NewsDesk@flipboard.social
· 4mo ago
Nearly a year ago, nine people from Spokane, Wash., were arrested for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers after they participated in a protest at the city's ICE building. Six took plea deals. Today, three were found guilty, facing maximum sentences of six years in federal prison and/or $250,000 in fines. @RANGEMedia@flipboard.com, which has been extensively covering the trial, has more. https://flip.it/W6Hhkg #Spokane #Immigration #USLaw
Jury finds Spokane 3 protesters guilty of federal conspiracy charges
RANGE Media

Jury finds Spokane 3 protesters guilty of federal conspiracy charges

The defendants could face up to six years in federal prison and/or $250,000 in fines. They are expected to appeal the verdict.

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