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TODAY: Cooperating key witness in Ricky Vaughn meme trial (“microchip”) sentenced in sealed hearing.

Time served, no supervision, no fine. Audible called from the court-room: case was expected to be unsealed per public statements, last minute change surprises even prosecution

I was under the impression that this was not unique and that countries like France tariff our cultural exports

How often do military personnel talk to their spouses

When beef production outpaced subpoenas

The Washington Post is dividing its national desk into one section focusing on national reporting and one on politics/government coverage. Business, tech, health, science and climate teams are also being brought together into one department

If any journalists who have been laid off today from the WSJ (or those elsewhere wanting a change of scenery) are looking to work at a stable media company where (beyond the pretty good benefits) you get to go narrow and deep within IT or corp finance, apply and hit me up.

jobs.lever.co/morningbrew

Does anyone have a good way to learn jurisdictional rules here?

Separately, @courthousenews.bsky.social does a great job for legal reporting

I know the author

You’re wrong here but only because @/amuse news didn’t cite the original source, which was a joke by peachy keenan

Joke->meme news account reports as news-> cpac account takes it seriously->guardian mistakenly reports that it was originated out of some real theory

I think @evianeleidig.com has written about this and surrounding health/politics overlap

www.influencebrief.com?r=4zt2jr&utm...

Also, if the below claim - that her father bought her a handgun on her 14th birthday - is based on a gif from Tumblr corresponding w the second photo in the below post, that gif is from the gif creator "calmstim"

bsky.app/profile/esqu...

This is unconfirmed and the reporter claiming to be in touch with the shooter's boyfriend quotes him saying its fake

Ok

Well heads up people can always use your data here

Description of bsky protocol “Platforms can access and serve any user content within the network”

This works in some spheres but really doesn’t on engineers

For many, FOSS and tool/dataset building is a way to contribute

Also if your priorities a user require restricting others‘s use of your data, this is probably not the right platform to join. This is part of what makes it distinct

Jury is out for deliberations.

- Highlighted Penny's Marine training showing he should have known the risks

- Emphasized other restraint options were available

- Argued case meets standard for either reckless manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide

- Detailed how chokehold exceeded justifiable self-defense:
>> Held for ~6 minutes, far beyond 2-3 minute maximum
>> Continued after Neely lost consciousness, after which he was no longer a threat
>> Ignored multiple witnesses urging him to release

Key points from prosecution closing so far, continuing today:

- Acknowledged Neely was threatening but argued Penny used excessive force

- Pointed to Penny's behavior afterward (nonchalant, making dismissive comments about Neely, lying to police) as evidence of recklessness

(continuing

Key points from defense closing:
- Argued Neely's died from sickling, not a chokehold

- Claimed Penny couldn't have foreseen Neely's death

- Emphasized Penny's military service and character witnesses

- Portrayed Penny as stepping up when police weren't present

in Manhattan Criminal Court at 100 Centre st. for the end of the Daniel Penny Trial. Prosecutors expect to end their case this morning, and Judge Wiley indicated a verdict may come today.

A couple notes summarizing yesterday:

Interesting to see a small sample of posts from bluesky (dark) v twitter (light)

Not a totally Left-Right split

The Defense is going first and started just about an hour ago

Jordan Neely's uncle, Christopher, has been consistently attending trial and tells me he expects the Prosecution's close to go 3-4 hours

In Manhattan for closing arguments of the Daniel Penny trial

Courtroom press seats have filled up so ~10 reporters are waiting in line outside the door

Some New Yorkers who have attended since jury selection haven't gotten in

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