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A man is walking barefoot across America to raise awareness for men's mental health in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is apparently a thing he does, and this will be a "walk in the park," so to speak:

In 2019, he became the first and only person to make the 80-mile round-trip hike to Mount Everest Base Camp without shoes. Two years later, he set the 2021 Guinness World Record for the longest barefoot journey after hiking 1,875 miles on the Australian coast. Now he plans to break that record by walking 3,000 miles from Los Angeles to New York City, entirely barefoot.

Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Gaia is such a slut.

Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Trump was never going to win Illinois anyway.

Spanish Flu 1918 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

... willful idiots we had this time ...

Oh, there were plenty of those in 1918, too.

Trump is prepared to post $100 million bond but not the full $454 million judgment, lawyers say in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Carroll's case is federal, this one is New York State.

Good chair that is *affordable* ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I am right now sitting on a Steelcase Series 1, and while it doesn't have great lumbar support, it is far better than any shitty $150 "gaming" chair, and is right in your price range brand new.

Trump offers $100m bond instead of full $454m as he appeals New York case in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

This is for the tax case; Carroll's judgment for the most recent one was $83.3M. They're both civil cases, though this one is NY State, and Carroll's is federal.

In either case, if the bond amount is not posted, there is no appeal, and assets can be seized to fulfill the legal consequences.

Sovcit sent the IRS a stunning letter, got a stunning reply. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"I don't want extra attention from the IRS, let me send them a letter that will surely cause them to pay less attention to me!"

Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Tangent story, I was in Manitowoc, WI, on a motorcycle trip. In WWII, they built submarines there, and they have a US submarine at a museum on the lake.

You might remember Manitowoc as being the area where Making A Murderer happened. Turns out that series only gives a light impression of the local accent there. The tour guide for that submarine sounded like he was speaking a completely different language from English.

It all makes sense now. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I read The Fountainhead instead, and it was interesting enough to keep me reading. "Okay, there's a lot of setup of characters and circumstances going on, I am curious to know how this plays out," and then it just ... doesn't. It was all a lead-up to a long, weakly written, and plainly stupid monologue about how completely ruthless all people should be at all times, only ever thinking in the shortest term about themselves.

I closed that book wondering why Ayn Rand was famous for anything beyond being a shitbag, when I was young enough to be kind of a shitbag myself.

Why does our civilization send signals and our location into space? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even then, the signal strength is not high enough. It gets overshadowed by the CMBR before it gets anywhere significant.

Achievement unlocked in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Why have I never seen this before?

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SCOTUS: Statement of the Court Regarding the Code of Conduct - original document (www.supremecourt.gov)
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Judge Chutkan's Opinion and Order regarding Defendant's Intent to Rely on Advice-Of-Counsel Defense - original document (storage.courtlistener.com)
 

By invoking the defense, the defendant waives attorney-client privilege and must therefore disclose to the government (1) all “communications or evidence” the defendant intends to rely on to establish the defense, and (2) any “otherwiseprivileged communications” the defendant does “not intend to use at trial, but that are relevant to proving or undermining” it. United States v. Crowder, 325 F. Supp. 3d 131, 138 (D.D.C. 2018) (emphasis in original) (citation omitted); see United States v. White, 887 F.2d 267, 270 (D.C. Cir. 1989).

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When You're Feeling Low, Just Remember I'll Be Dead In About 15 Or 20 Years (www.theonion.com)
 

My friends, everybody has their down days, and during these long winter months it is especially easy to succumb to the doldrums and find yourself in a bit of a funk. But not to fear! I have a simple tip that’s guaranteed to pick you up and get you back in good spirits in no time, and here it is: Whenever you’re…

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‘The Onion’ Has Finally Read Michael Cohen’s 2013 Email Regarding His Client Donald Trump And Would Like To Discuss The Matter Further At His Convenience (www.theonion.com)
 

In a free press, journalists must expose the truth even if it upsets those in power. Our work often leads to significant backlash, and we at The Onion are no strangers to receiving threats of legal action. While we generally dismiss them as the baseless accusations they are, we recently found an old cease-and-desist letter from the president’s personal attorney that has caused us to reexamine this policy.

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Judge Chutkan's reinstatement of Trump gag order in DC Circuit - court document (storage.courtlistener.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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First footnote:

The government also asks the court to incorporate the Order into Defendant’s conditions of release. Resp. in Opp’n to Mot. to Stay, ECF No. 120, at 30–32. The court hereby DENIES that request without prejudice. Even assuming that request is procedurally proper, the court concludes that granting it is not necessary to effectively enforce the Order at this time.

Trump's conditions of release are not modified.

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Justice Engoron's written order fining Trump $10,000 for targeting the Court Clerk (www.documentcloud.org)
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Justice Engoron's written order fining Trump $10,000 for targeting the Court Clerk

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Justice Engoron's written order fining Trump $10,000 for targeting the Court Clerk (www.documentcloud.org)
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Jack Smith's court filing requesting that Chutkan's gag order be reinstated - original document (storage.courtlistener.com)
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Harris addresses shootings in Maine: 'It does not have to be this way' (youtu.be)
 

Vice President Harris began her remarks at an event with the Australian prime minister by addressing the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that killed at least 1...

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Newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson comments on Lewiston shootings (youtu.be)
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that killed at least 18 people, calling it a “horrific tragedy.”

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Maine resident: People knew to 'stay away' from Robert Card (www.nbcnews.com)
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Robert Card is now officially a suspect.

Liam Kent, a Maine resident who is familiar with Robert Card, the person of interest in the Lewiston shootings, said that Card and his family are "gun fanatics." He also went on to claim that people around town knew to "stay away" from the family.

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Tom Emmer withdraws from House speaker race hours after GOP nomination: Live updates (www.nbcnews.com)
 

Republicans voted behind closed doors to nominate Tom Emmer for speaker of the House three weeks after Kevin McCarthy was ousted. Emmer dropped out hours later.

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