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Goldman Sac...<ahem>...I mean Splice is buying Spitfire for $50m.

- Splice is now effectively an AI company that maliciously copyright strikes creators for critiquing their terms of service.

- Spitfire's owner unapologetically promoted the harassment of trans people.

www.ft.com/content/647b...

To be clear, this is a new product that Novavax is trying to introduce to the market with a study of a different product from 2021. New products require new clinical studies. Under this administration, we are prioritizing the Gold Standard of Science--not what saves pharma companies "tens of millions of dollars." Headline: "FDA Asks Vaccine Maker to Complete New Clinical Trial for Delayed Covid-19 shot"

Again, they're trying to take away our vaccines.

From the head of the FDA, a gross misrepresentation of the annual process of updating a proven vaccine to target new disease strains.

His plan would make it impossible to get seasonal flu and Covid shots, and of course he knows this.

Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges The White House press secretary is quietly warning the Supreme Court.

Nothing to see here, move along.

Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."

Glad we're burning up the planet for this. 💯

BREAKING: A 400-foot, bipedal lizard has walked out of the ocean and started breathing radioactive fire on the Tokyo neighborhood of Edogawa during Vice President JD Vance's state visit to Japan.

If six months ago you'd told me that in autumn 2025 I'd have to go to Canada to get my annual COVID vaccine but I wouldn't do it because coming back through immigrations was too risky for someone who had criticized the government, I would have looked at you like you were having a stroke.

The NIH is also now in talks with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to broaden agreements governing access to their data, Bhattacharya said. In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data. Between 10 and 20 outside groups of researchers will be given grant funding and access to the records to produce Kennedy's autism studies. Bhattacharya did not give details on how they would be chosen, but said their selection would be "run through normal NIH processes."

Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?

Fuck ALL the way off.

What ad-funded platforms need more than anything is a reporting option for "this ad is an insult to the viewer's intelligence".

fuck these fucking fascists

us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025.

After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine.

Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully.

…and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator

The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

Notably, in his media availability in El Salvador, @vanhollen.senate.gov truthfully keeps saying that Abrego Garcia was "illegally abducted" and "disappeared" instead of the more antiseptic, and factually incorrect, "deported."

Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.

a woman says i 'm standing right here in front of a sign that says schitts creek ALT: a woman says i 'm standing right here in front of a sign that says schitts creek

“Autistic people will never hold a job”

The entire tech industry:

There are physicists who tried to tell people this and we were labeled as histrionic libs who hate free speech

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; FORT WORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; LONGVIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION; CONSUMER BANKERS ASSOCIATION; and TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS, Plaintiffs, V. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU; and RUSSELL VOUGHT, in his official capacity as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Defendants. Case No.: 4:24-cv-213-P JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF CONSENT JUDGMENT Defendants the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Russell Vought (collectively, the Bureau) and Plaintiffs' jointly move for (i) the entry of a consent judgment as to one claim contained in Count Il of the Complaint (ECF 1) and (ii) dismissal of all other claims in the complaint with prejudice, including those contained in Counts I, III, IV, and V.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL., Plaintiffs, V. CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, ET AL., Defendants. No. 4:24-cv-00213-P ORDER & FINAL JUDGMENT Before the Court is the Parties' Joint Motion for Entry of Consent Judgment. ECF No. 149. Having considered the Motion, relevant docket entries, and applicable law, the Court GRANTS the Motion. Accordingly, the Court hereby VACATES the rule entitled, Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation Z), 89 Fed. Reg. 19128 (Mar. 15, 2024), for failure to allow card issuers to "charge penalty fees reasonable and proportional to violations," in violation of the Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1665d(a), and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), as alleged in Count II of the Complaint. See ECF No. 1. All other claims in the Complaint, including those contained in Counts I, III, IV, and V, are DISMISSED with prejudice. This final judgment is issued pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58(a). The Clerk of the Court shall transmit a true copy of this judgment to the Parties. SO ORDERED on this 15th day of April 2025. Mad T. Pittman MARK T. PITTMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Every American should know that the Chamber of Commerce and American Bankers Association literally teamed up with the Trump administration on Monday to end the CFPB rule limiting big credit card providers to an $8 late fee. Today, in light of the agreement, the rule was vacated.

I think I'm done with BlueSky. See you over on Mastodon.

Could he possibly be more of a creep?

Fuck that ableist nonsense about his autism being the problem. Grimes deserves that creep.

Packing for move & synths are mostly going into travel cases & coming as cargo on the 5-day-ish drive - except the 2x84hp Erica case, which I just loaded as shown. Except Pam's, Catnip, & the VCAs & utilities, these are modules I know how to use, but not as well as I'd like. #eurorack #modularsynth

solid branding

But therapy is a tool of teh wokE mInD viRus

First full Eurorack system using my 3D printed case.

There are a lot of details on this page to explain some of the design decisions of the solution.

>>> MORE INFO
forum.uwyn.com/topic/44/fir...

#eurorackcase #eurorackmodular #eurorack #3dprinted #3dprinting #prototype #synthesizer

I could slot that next to a block of drum modules, or a block of envelopes. Another block could house modulation and CV processing. And so on... I see a lot of utility in having blocks of functionality that I can rearrange like this.

Time to dust off the 3D printer...

I love the concept, but it looks like it adds 1cm to each module? That feels like a lot... On the other had, if I had one of these 24hp wide, I'd throw in Pam's, Missed Opportunities, VC Logics, A-151, and a couple of 2hp-wide unity mixers - that block would be my trigger source...

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada

The lawsuit accuses Twitter of "helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK or Canada."

And of course, that photo was taken about three miles from my house :/

If you think that requiring people to link their real names/identities to their online posts is a good idea that will make people more civil, I'm begging you to please read the 15+ years of work showing that it doesn't work and it endangers vulnerable people.

This is a $40,000 MAGA hat. Anyone driving one of these should be regarded as having hopelessly compromised judgement.