New Weekly Site: DEADMALLS.COM
I haven't been to a mall in yearrsss, sometime back in college. I never really went too much other than with friends to just walk around and hang out for a while. I would probably enjoy going today…
IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH highlights ageing amateur radio population
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is the representative body for radio amateurs worldwide. The IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH made a presentation at the 2026 RSGB Conference titled ' What…
Banks controlling society
I spent part of yesterday at a poetry workshop run by Alice Willetts as part of the Cambridge Poetry Festival. She was discussing writing for Read the full article...
Podcast with Guy Standing: Why we all deserve a social dividend
Why should a tiny minority receive the rewards from resources, knowledge and institutions that are ultimately part of our common inheritance? In this podcast, I Read the full article...
Claiming deepfake was not enough to get video evidence suppressed
The Iowa Supreme Court has held that merely suggesting a video could be an AI-generated deepfake is not enough to keep it out of evidence. In State v. Amyda, the court affirmed a criminal conviction…
Case Update: Our Opposition to Apple’s Motion to Dismiss the Santa Clara Semiconductor Fab Case
Gjøvik v. Apple Inc., No. 5:25-cv-07360-PCP (N.D. Cal.)On October 8, 2026, I filed my opposition to Apple’s motion to dismiss my environmental lawsuit about the semiconductor fabrication…
CA8: In a traffic stop, the passenger can be ordered to stay in the car or get out for officer safety
Defendant passenger’s detention was lawful when the car was stopped because of a warrant on the owner-driver. Being ordered into the car was also reasonable for officer safety. United States v.…
False hate crime narratives with deeply ideological cures.
False hate crime narratives with deeply ideological cures. Posted by Ed Folsom, October 9, 2026. As a young assistant district attorney in the late 80’s or early 90’s, I was introduced to the concept…
How to Spot Christian Identity
For several decades, earlier in my academic career, I followed the evolution of white supremacy and its numerous manifestations. I have two bookshelves devoted to studies of white supremacy and…
Consistent Enforcement of Campus Speech Rules? No, Disparate Treatment!
David Bernstein replies to an Amnesty International/ACLU report decrying crackdowns on pro-Palestinian speech on campus. The report particularly hangs its hat on the issue of double-standards: many…
Chronic welfare dependence "is markedly missing from 2026 election campaign issues."
" W elfare is markedly missing from 2026 election campaign issues. ... "Super isn't sustainable. "But what of working-age people? ... "[A]mong physically capable people, long-term and…
“Getting off the Modernization Treadmill”
My notes from this talk by Alexander Petros at Big Sky DevCon 2026. Alex starts by noting how “modernize” used to mean something along the lines of “update this thing that was made before I was…
E.D.N.Y.: Investigation doesn’t have to be complete or perfect for there to be PC
There was no Franks violation, and there was probable cause. Yes, the officer could have done more to investigate, but that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t probable cause. United States v. Cruz, 2026…
Acta Publica - Rapport 2024-04 - Kidnapparna
Metadata Author: Acta Publica Full Title : Rapport 2024:4 - Kidnapparna Document Note : Människorov är ett mycket grovt och allvarligt brott som utsätter såväl offer som samhälle för enorma…
Thoughts on Medical Insurance
The Meme This post is my reaction to a meme going around slamming medical insurance. Promoters of this meme compare medical insurance to ticket scalpers, and the meme states that medical insurance…
3rd Workshop on Fairness and Discrimination in Insurance 2026, in Laval, Québec
Tuesday and wednesday, we will attend the 3rd Workshop on Fairness and Discrimination in Insurance, at the Université Laval, in Québec. I will be giving the closing talk, entitled From Fair Models to…
I Was Raped at a Frat Party, and My Experience is Horrifyingly Common
The problems that make colleges a hostile environment for women start long before. I wrote a column for The Nation about the Cornell case, my own experience with sexual assault, and why…
TERFs, PART 2: JK ROWLING, QUEEN TERF
Welcome to Trans Tuesday! Let me tell you, the last thing I want to be... The post TERFs, PART 2: JK ROWLING, QUEEN TERF first appeared on Tilly's Trans Tuesdays.
What can a South African orange teach us about the entanglement of just transitions?
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South Asian Resistance Book Launch in Luton (as racist lies about the town continue)
Last month I went to the launch of Taj Ali's excellent and timely new book 'Come what may, we're here to stay: the story of South Asian resistance in Britain'. The launch took place at Marsh House in…
The Civility Industrial Complex and how nonprofits and philanthropy keep falling into its trap
Hi everyone, if you’re available on Wednesday October 21st at 10am Pacific Time, please join me and fellow rabble-rouser Aparna Rae for an informal conversation where we bust some of the myths…
Allocation, Block Billing, Hourly Rates, Lodestar, Trade Secrets: Seattle Federal District Judge Awarded Prevailing Plaintiff Parties In Trade Secrets Act Case About $1.25 Million In Fees And A Little Over $42,000 In Costs
Small Reductions Were Made, And No Allocation Was Required. Under both Washington’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, there are attorney’s fees shifting provisions…
POOF!, Trade Secrets: $40 Million Jury Verdict And Over $17 Million Fee Award In Defend Trade Secrets Act Case Went POOF! On Appeal
The Reason Was That The Lower Court Prejudicially Misallocated The Burden Of Dis-Proof To The Defense. Misallocation of the burden of proof, if not harmless error, can lead to disastrous results.…
Before Prop 13, There Was Prop 14
In 1964, 65% of California voters put a right to refuse to sell or rent to anyone into the state constitution. It took the U.S. Supreme Court to undo it.
Sordid little stories: of class and living poor
When I was 17 years old, my family’s car was repossessed. It happened at night, the Dodge sedan my parents had bought used towed away late one evening while we were watching TV. Cars get repossessed…
The Beauty of Private Sufficiency and Communal Luxury in Affordable Housing
In response to a 2018 city tender, Amsterdam designer and postdoc researcher Selçuk Balamir had a crazy/brilliant idea – to develop an affordable housing cooperative based on commoning and the…
The Cascade of Rigidity
Marina Nitze writes about foster care and eating bananas. The pattern I immediately recognized is what Jennifer Pahlka calls “the cascade of rigidity” and while it isn’t unique to…
#MeToo, Cornell University?
Are Universities Embracing the Spirit of the #MeToo Movement? The #MeToo movement started as a local grassroots campaign founded by activist Tarana Burke in 2006, and it later became a global viral…
Let's keep talking about misogyny
and patriarchy, and rape culture. All of it.
The Supreme Court Grants Review of the Threshold Dismissal of a Trust and Estates Case
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in Dill v. Offray. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Under the circumstances presented, should…
Everyone Won the Ross Fair Use Appeal. Except Ross.
Rights holders and AI advocates are both calling the Third Circuit’s Ross decision a win. They’re just reading different parts of it. The case turned on one question, and it’s the one the court…
Culturalism
Near-universal obliviousness to the problem makes culturalism the most widespread yet least recognised of all the major types of discrimination in the world today.
Phat Nguyen’s death goes unpunished: Another setback for the prevention of hazing deaths:
    LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Six of 7 defendants accused of playing a role in the alleged hazing death of Phat Nguyen, 21, in Nov. 2021, have had their cases dismissed in 54-B District…
The Mum he never had
Concentric circles of social control
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