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iamnotamouse··on Former Twitter Employees vs. Twitter lawsuit filing [pdf]
This does not seem like a confident filing. It seems very roundabout, subjective and not substantive. Most of the points are either recounting the complainers' emotional states or trying to psychoanalyze Musk and his team. A lot of time is spent accusing Musk of breaking other laws unrelated to this case. Very few of the points show that Musk was obligated to do something, or that Musk didn't do that thing.

This complaint was written for the media, not the court.

iamnotamouse··on Framework Laptop 13 review: a DIY dream come true
I like my 2022 framework, but the Linux support has been disappointing.

I've had off and on display issues: both the built-in display, which used to constantly freeze (now less so), and external displays which sometimes will stop working until I switch kernels. Battery life is awful -- it'll last maybe 8 hours with the screen off (doing basically nothing, but not sleeping). A few hours of actual use. Sometimes the replaceable ports stop working until I re-insert them after boot. The manual screen brightness doesn't work until you disable the auto adjustment and reboot (not sure if this was fixed).

It's about the level of support I'd expect form a laptop not specifically advertised as Linux friendly, except Linux was part of the marketing for Framework.

Just want to put this out there since this review didn't test Linux.

iamnotamouse··on DEI Brings Kafka to My Law School
If Gerber is being fired as retaliation for reporting a sexual assault the school would 100% need to hide that.
iamnotamouse··on Are Blue Checks Uncool Now?
Journalists were always the most annoying proponents of the old blue check system. Where it worked well was letting people check someone claiming to be a public figure really did represent that figure. But then journalists, who got the check as a matter of course by their employment, started treating it as a mark of credibility and demanding people they didn't like be stripped of their check.

I never trusted blue checks. I would regularly see fake accounts in the pre-Musk days and I regularly see fake accounts today. But I do take pleasure in the wounded egos caused by the new system.

iamnotamouse··on Supreme Court will decide if all home equity may be forfeited for unpaid taxes
I think the title is confusing people. A more descriptive title might be, Supreme Court to decide if county can seize and sell $40k condo as penalty for $2k unpaid taxes, without giving back the excess value. It's not in question the government can penalize you for unpaid taxes by taking your property.
iamnotamouse··on Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds
> Twitter fueled run

> Which came first, the tweets or the bank run?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc