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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When a product is built to keep kids scrolling, who should carry the responsibility for how much they use it: the company, the parents, the lawmakers, or the kids themselves?”
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(continued from the Uptrust slack) Links: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/judges-rule-big-techs-free-ride-on Hacker News discussion This stuff was hard for me to make sense of. I think writing about it here has helped.... Open Question Oct 7: DEI. What does it get right? And what does it get wrong?
Each side says it defends the individual, fairness, merit, and free speech, and each side sees the other as the threat to these values. Both quote MLK. Places we can start: Personal. When has DEI, or its absence, helped or hurt you? The law.... What Mamdani Said, What COPA Does, and What the Law Allows
The fight over Zohran Mamdani is loud, but the record is narrower than either side admits. His words on housing are real. He has called for taking housing off the open market over time and for moving neglected buildings to nonprofits and tenants, so owners have reason to pay... - eric.ries...
so true. I actually had to start a new law firm in order to be able to get the exact customer experience I want for startups: https://tryvirgil.com/
Radiofrequency Exposure Rules Face Court Review and New Scientific Questions
1996 Standards Remain in Place While Agencies Accept Comments on Children and Long Term Use The United States National Toxicology Program reported clear evidence of heart tumors and some evidence of brain tumors in male rats exposed to high whole body levels of radiofrequency... - Wirvine...
Many thoughts in many different areas, but for now I'll focus on the legal perspective: Should we regulate it? We have to. "Regulate" has a wide variance in terms of quantity and quality, but at a minimum we must deal with legal ramifications of AI use.... - Paulleverich...
"No, I don't think I'd choose my own legal code entirely. Laws exist because human beings are capable of incredible kindness and breathtaking stupidity before breakfast. A society needs a framework bigger than any one person's preferences.... I don't believe we had anyone in a legal profession on the jury. I do recall an attorney being part of the jury pool, as she stood during one of the intermediate rounds of selection and declared as such, and if memory serves correctly, she knew some of the other attorneys... Vance is a lawyer
Important to remember about Vance is that he is a Yale trained lawyer. He is a very good debater, he’s literally trained in it. A little more than half of all senators are lawyers. Walz is the first person on a Democratic ticket to not have a law degree since like 1980 I think.... Read the full post- Sassiebrat67...
What I dont understand is what is the reason for these hearings? To divert our minds and attention from the war, from Epstein Files, and or for deflecting us from noticing the stealing being done by Trump? Hes been pardoned. Which leads me to my next question.... Meta’s $18 Billion Child Safety Deal Still Rests on Age Checks That Miss Kids and Tag Adults
Meta agreed in late August 2026 to pay up to about $18 billion and change how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram. The main pot is about $16.7 billion for 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.... Resolution: The spirit of the law ought to outweigh the letter of the law.
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ICYMI🚨: Yesterday, Senate Chairman Rand Paul subpoenaed Anthony Fauci to testify publicly in July after Fauci backed out of a prior voluntary agreement to appear.... AMA - I recently served as a juror on a murder trial
The crime happened within the last five years, and the trial happened within the last six months. I'm happy to discuss anything about my experience except: The exact time and location of the crime The names of the people involved Those restrictions are to protect the family... - John r Blake...
The punishment needs to fit the crime, not the criminal...If there is evidence of a crime, no mittigating evidence shud remove the criminal from the cnsequences...
- Kevinnj...
May I see Your ID Please.
AT the top,l et me say I pride myself as being what I call a common sense Centrist, I think good governance is good governance simple as that. I think Its Good for Gvt to defend our country, pave our roads, help people recover from disaster, provide Limited help to people who... According to my search .. (Grok & Chatgpt & Google) Sortition is the selection of people by lottery rather than election or appointment. In simple terms, people are chosen randomly from a qualified population to serve in public decision making, review government actions, or... - JenniferT...
I totally agree that birth is still a fairly arbitrary threshold in a biological/cultural sense. (I am not opposed to infanticide in cases of a newborn with severe medical issues, just as I am a supporter of euthanasia in general under the right circumstances.) But birth seems...