Researcher and Moderator for Lawful Masses with Leonard French. Law twitter student. Stats nerd. Canadian. She/her
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I don't *love* my union because it does a lot of stuff I disagree with - but I do value them and the resources they provide. I know I have options if things get nasty. We spend 40+ hours a week working. It is a huge part of our lives. Having a healthy and safe work environment means the world to me
He walked away with a sweet early retirement deal, which was best because who wants to work for a boss that undermines you all the time? But to have someone in your corner, with teeth, that can say "this isn't right" means the world to someone broken by mistreatment
Finally, he refused to do work above his classification without being promoted to that classification. His boss refused and tried to punish him for refusing work above his pay grade. My Dad got the union involved and when he showed his receipts, the union fought like heck for him
Labour Day is important for me. Unions and the labour movement have given me so much, like others, such as fighting for living wages, the weekend, vacation and sick days, etc. But it's more personal for me. My father was mistreated at work for years. It started small but grew more toxic.
99.9% of the time, someone's gender has little impact on my life. I dont need to know anything about your DNA, hormones, genitals, or medical history to not be a douche. Society is filled with diverse ppl - the emphasis should be on learning how to respect and work with those you may not understand
Genitals and chromosomes matter in some contexts but the vast majority of times, we look at gender. Say its winter and someone drops a glove and I chase after them. Do I shout "sir" Or "ma'am"? Im not checking genitals or DNA. Winter clothing hides our bodies. Im likely reading fashion cues
*Driver is nervous because they fear a bad interaction with police* *police notice the driver is nervous, deems them suspicious* *bad interaction proceeds*
I complain about this at my work. We spend dollars to determine eligibility for something in order to save cents
By this logic, any cis woman on hormonal birth control, menopausal woman on HRT, or certain cancer survivors on hormone suppression would be turned into raging psychopaths. But please, Elon, feel free to fund research into the connection between hormones and behaviour, just so we can be sure...
"I'm not a lazy parent. I know the consequences. Look at all this time, energy, and money I'm investing in my child and making sure they eat healthy, exercise, get the best schooling, and don't get poisoned by vaccines." Scientists can offer facts, but can't challenge parenting culture. IMHO
Parents want the best for their kids and to set them up for success. I think anti-vaccine worries come from a fear of hidden harms, judgement from others, but also, sometimes, a desire to feel superior to others. "You haven't done your homework, but I have. I put in the effort and now know better...
I think vaccine misinformation has an emotional root to it. For example, I think parenting comes with a lot of anxiety and fear of judgement. We criticize past generations for not knowing spanking was bad, or not understanding nutrition, or not supervising their kids.
My Dad started to read anti-vaxxer stuff during Covid. He now refuses to get vaccinated, despite being diabetic, 80, and recently having cancer. My mom is immunocompromised and the last time she got covid she was hospitalized for a week because her lungs were filled with fluid. He puts her at risk
The problem is that vaccines work through herd immunity. When the vast majority are vaccinated, there are fewer people to host the virus, the virus can't mutate as much, and ppl who are immunocompromised or too young to get the vaccine are protected too. Everyone needs to work together
I think people latched onto the idea that he hadn't been seen in a few days and JD Vance saying he's ready to be president if something bad were to happen. There are so many concerning things happening right now that people are looking for any hope that we can change course
*been gluten free for 15 years and I still miss it*
Someone mistakenly tried to equate gluten free with healthy. I informed them that gluten is delicious and has great texture, so if you remove gluten, bakers typically replace with lots of sugar and fat, and have to reduce fiber. Don't go gluten free unless gluten makes you really sick
I'd read the bisexual astronaut forced proximity and queer witch forbidden love ones if they were any good
When I was in college, we were taught that denial is the biggest obstacle for addicts. They can't see/acknowledge how bad things are or else they would be eager for help. She needs accountability, not a book deal
Also, it sounds like she needs therapy, her own lawyer, and possibly prison time
What's sad is that the publisher probably has lawyers that advised this is legally risky for Gilbert - but if she gets arrested, it would drive more sales, right?
I get the original idea - a public official, acting in good faith, does not have personal liability when a situation is ambiguous and a reasonable person could think the decision was constitutional What it has morphed into is "if you do something heinous in a unique way, the victim has no recourse"
I'm Canadian, so we have socialized health care. Insurance companies keep sounding like they are practicing medicine by declining coverage except under certain circumstances, like telling you who you can see, and how sick you have to be. I don't get it
The amount of damages he's suing for? 10 BILLION DOLLARS
Grade 10 science class. It was nearing the end of the semester and the teacher did not give a fuck anymore. He asked us what distance/time gave us. We answered "Speed". He said, "That's what we're watching today" and we watched Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
Very important - you must use it as directed or you will give yourself more problems. That is, use sterile water with added salts. Using non-sterile water can cause infections, which some people treat with more neti pot, which prolongs the infection
The bad part: long-COVID is real and we now know that COVID increases your risk for things like stroke, which has long-term consequences The good part: the shift to remote work has opened up more employment opps for people with disabilities
And how long does it take to build a factory? To shop for tax breaks while trying to find a location, design the factory, apply for all the necessary permits, physically build it, then hire and train all the employees... it's expensive and timely - all while being tariffed
Whatever the gov can do to your enemies, it can do to you too - we need to be very careful when we determine the criteria for denaturalization
A decent tech startup *should* be consulting with a lawyer that will write into their TOS that you can't sue if there is a defect in what the AI generates. But you're right, not all tech startups will consult with a lawyer for their TOS
If a lawyer messes up, you can hold them responsible. But you can't sue AI for incompetence. I think there is likely a place for AI, especially when it comes to e-discovery and sorting and summarizing info, but the final product needs to be reviewed, and you would need to deal with privilege issues
And have broad immunity for their actions. Really hard to get any sort of civil remedy against a judge when they are acting as a judge
My cat was trilling so much my husband asked if he wanted to start a podcast
The best part about therapy is that you can say "I didn't feel like doing the homework and here's why" and suddenly it's a breakthrough and emotional awareness and I'm growing as a person because I'm learning how to say 'no'
I've decided that for a horror movie, it was delightful and fun!
Watch The Wicker Man from the 1970s as it actually had good reviews on rotten tomatoes and thought I would give it a try. There is an excessive amount of singing. I also feel like this would go down better if I was a tad bit high?
And yes, there is a podcast about nazis banning fraktur for conspiracy theory reasons www.typeroom.eu/a-nazi-font-...
Apparently fraktur was developed in the middle ages to write Latin, so it's not really German in origin and there's no real factual basis to the "Jewish" influence. It was just a weird antisemitic allegation of the time
Asking my husband about the theories behind fascism and he managed to turn it into a conversation about typography. Apparently Fraktur was considered very "German" by the nazis, until someone said it had Jewish roots, and they literally switched the writing style in Germany to distance themselves
In Canada, lawyers aren't allowed to serve on juries.
But like... where did you get your pants?
I work for the gov and it is a regular occurrence for an edict to come down from on high, without consultation, and the front line workers are left scrambling trying to figure out how to enact it. There will be no plan, just a decree to unleash the dogs and report back the results on a spreadsheet.
The things I fear being done to me in the bathroom are already illegal. I'm far more concerned with lackluster enforcement of those laws than trans women in the same bathroom as me. For every stupid call the cops have to respond to, there are fewer available to respond to real crimes.
The past few years have been so bizarre and outlandish that I thought you meant he literally passed away on election day. So I guess that says where my mind is at
As a Canadian, I keep hearing about long lines at polling stations, and I don't think I've ever had to wait more than 5 minutes to vote (although I do live in a large city). Who is campaigning on making voting cumbersome? Elections Canada is struggling to find ways to get people to vote
not widespread or systemic. Most cases are like, elderly people that forgot that they voted in the advanced polls and try to vote on election day. Making it difficult to vote doesn't serve citizens. So, what do Americans do if they lose their wallets? Or get their citizenship a few days before?
They do not want to turn voters away. They do not like long lines. They want lots of accessible locations that are close to you. They are trying to get more people to vote, not less. Sure, there are sometimes investigation into voter fraud, but most of the time it's a nothingburger and definitely
If you just moved and Elections Canada doesn't have your current address, you can show pieces of mail that you have received with the new address. If you lose your wallet, there are ways that you can swear a solemn oath that you are who you say you are and have a neighbour vouch for you /3
You can register on the same day as voting. There are always heartwarming stories of New Canadians getting citizenship a day or two before the election and then bringing their paperwork to the polls to show that they can vote in Canada for the first time /2
Question for my American friends. There is a lot of talk about voter registration right now, which is dramatically different than in Canada. In Canada, if you file taxes, you just check a box that says to share your info with Elections Canada, which keeps things up to date
AI can have a place in legal work. For example, in e-discovery, where you might need to sort through 50,000 documents and catalogue them fast. If you design AI products and want to work with lawyers, there are decent opportunities, but AI cannot replace a lawyer wallstreetpit.com/119841-from-...
I'm not fan of hate speech but your argument that hate speech laws meant to protect vulnerable people can be (and have been) used to target vulnerable people is something I weigh every time a new law is proposed. The enforcement of well-meaning laws is not done by the law drafters
Question - is this a list of what is the most popular apps currently installed (regardless of install date) or a list of most popular apps being recently installed?
I know he was reaching out for emotional support in dealing with my mom's chronic health issues, and I want to be the kind of person that he can reach out to, but I can't take his conspiracy theory bs either. I can't pretend that it's okay to put your loved ones at risk because you read a blog once
He refuses to get vaccinated but also refuses to do anything to reduce his risk because covid is not a big deal. My mother is literally hospitalized with the illness because it is a big deal for her body. But he gets to "stick it to the liberals" by not getting vaccinated.
He said that more people had died from the covid vaccine than covid. I asked him point blank if he believed millions of people had died from the vaccine. He told me he didn't know how many people had died, but it was more than from covid. I ended up hanging up on him.
My elderly father called to tell me that my mother is in the hospital with covid. She has other health conditions and the covid is stressing her body and it can't cope. I asked when the last time she had her vaccine was and he went on an anti-vaccine rant.
Can I get more information on who came up with this estimate and how it was defined? Is this LLM-generated social media posts, or only looking at new content, or does this mean that 90% of websites you find in a google search will have some LLM generated content?
Yeah, I'm not sure we need jargon in order to describe having a healthy work environment. They literally say to listen to employee feedback, not be a hypocrite, point out employee strengths, and get to know your employees on a personal level. It's all basic human decency stuff
Importantly, I am paid a fair salary and have decent benefits for my job title and responsibilities
To be fair, compliments are a great productivity booster for me, personally. Are the individual tasks I do at work fulfilling? Nope. But my supervisor and manager make me feel like I'm essential and make a huge difference for our understaffed team. I can live with that
A forced-birth “crisis pregnancy” center *illegally intercepted communications* between a patient and a legitimate health center in MASSACHUSETTS. I hope these monsters go to federal prison, but this is also generally horrifying.
If you find anything they say relatable, great, if you don't find it relatable, then you might better understand someone else. Of course, if you need accommodations at work, that piece of paper from a specialist might be useful.
There's a lot of overlap between ADHD and autism (you can use AuDHD for when you have both). There are some benefits to getting diagnosed by a specialist as an adult, but lots of ppl find self-education to be more useful. There are plenty of autistic adults who make online content
IANAL, but I thought inducement/entrapment is when the gov pressures a person to do a crime that they wouldn't normally do, especially with promises of substantial rewards, and then turns around and prosecutes that person. Are there any other elements I'm missing?
Honestly, I think it's the closest thing I'll experience to when a lawyer is hired to give legal advice and then has to fight against the advice of the person's uncle or a reddit forum.
I had one tutor student that would ask a question. I would explain the answer. He would look up the answer on ChatGPT and then ask if the answer was correct. Dude, what are you paying me for exactly? If you trust ChatGPT, then you don't need me. If you don't trust it, then listen to my explanation
To be fair, when he's not angry, I sometimes have a hard time following what he's saying. He's much better at delivering sound bites and slogans than... explaining things.
But it was happening in 1969. I don't want to go back to 1950s 1A standards. I don't want to go back to 1900s 1A standards. No going back.
I was doing my Pride Month duty and looking up the history of the Stonewall Riots. Police would raid bars and clubs and then do (sometimes strip) searches to see if anyone was "dressed as the opposite sex", because it was against the law. I was like "how does that past 1A scrutiny?"
So, an account has been created by the X team to reveal the “unlawful directives issued to X by Alexandre de Moraes”. Problem is, those documents are confidential and allegedly contain the addresses, full names and social security numbers for all the people X was supposedly protecting.
Look, I'm just a silly Canadian, but if you need to cite Dred Scott to make your legal argument, your legal argument is based on bad law and probably racist. And I don't know why we should give the benefit of the doubt to people who make those types of arguments
Speed climbing is my absolute favourite sport to watch. Canada isn't even competing, I just watch it because it's so surreal. I wish everyone success and love it when records are broken. I'm just in awe the whole time
E.g. "Oh, when did you come out?" benign question. "Oh, so you're into threesomes?" *red flag* "Oh, that's cool. My sister's bisexual." benign "So what's your favourite female body part" *red flag*
Not trans, but bisexual, and I can spot someone fetishizing it from a mile away. If someone's interested in me, and asking questions, and then my sexuality comes up, they're allowed to have questions, but the type of questions matter.
When I recognize/assume someone is trans who is presenting feminine or masculine, I feel awkward asking their pronouns. I want to make sure I get them right, but on the other hand, I'm not asking cis people, and I wonder if it causes dysphoria to have someone 'question' their presentation. What do?
I'm not saying that violence is okay, or that she was justified. But you take a person who is mentally suffering, falsely imprison them for decades, and subject them to the poor conditions of jail, you are not going to get a mentally healthy person who is fully accountable for their actions.
NEW: Judge Glanville has been RECUSED from the Young Thug case (via ThuggerDaily, Jozsef Papp / AJC)
Like, even if it's an adult fun time club with consenting adults and no money changes hands? It feels like an unnecessary cockblock
Why are you LGBTQ+?!? wrong answer only. Because ADHD makes me indecisive about who's hotter, men or women
Not a lawyer but this seems real sus. I can understand a judge wanting to make sure a witness know the impact of pleading the 5th, but 1) it's a constitutional right, are judges allowed to talk you out of asserting your constitutional rights? and 2) why have the conversation ex parte?
Happy Pride Month. Remember: Stonewall wasn't a petition, wasn't a letter of concern, wasn't a dismayed tweet. Stonewall was a RIOT against police harassment and brutality led by street queens of color and angry dykes. We are NEVER going back to hiding who we are.
In Canada, you can have (partisan) people witness the counting of the ballots, called scrutineers, and they generally make sure that there aren't any irregularities. All parties can have them and they have rules they have to abide by. Does the US have something similar?
As long as you like the sound of the keyboard!
I know there is a book about all sorts of animals and whether they fart. This link is for adults (an actual well researched book) www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/nick-... Link for kids book, which is more humourous but no less researched: www.amazon.com/Does-Fart-Ki...
Yeah, but you probably made that host's night, because they put all this effort into borscht, and you ate it for them
Elon Musk, standing in front of a room full of investors: unlike other AI, Grok is not only able to say common slurs, but actually create new ones.
Just donated. We were pretty poor growing up, and now that I've gone to school and improved my standing, I'm happy to donate back to a worthy cause.
Such a great cause, just in time for the giving season!
I think neither. It's a "political" outcome.
You should always testify at your criminal trial. Do not listen to your lawyer, who is only trying to hold you back in order to keep the spotlight on himself
Didn't Musk win his defamation lawsuit when he called that guy that rescued the kids a pedophile? Defamation is a hard case to make. Even with Alex Jones, I thought Jones lost as a sanction due to discovery shenanigans rather than on the merits (not saying there wasn't merit)
You have to be tested to know you have cancer, but that doesn't stop it from killing lots of folks
Karikó, a biochemist, was denied tenure over this work, and struggled for years to find any funding. Weissman, an immunologist, believed in her and kept her work on life support. Together they figured out how to stop the inflammatory response to in vitro mRNA.
Here’s the indictment for Duane “Keffe D” Davis in Tupac’s murder, via Clark County District Attoney’s Office. Photos of Davis via Las Vegas police.
Breaking News: The U.S. sued Amazon for illegally protecting a monopoly over swaths of online retail by squeezing merchants and favoring its own services, setting up an antitrust fight with the e-commerce giant that could alter the way Americans shop. nyti.ms/48rAJGu
I'm getting training this week to be my section's back-up Fire Warden
So, assuming that social media is bad for youth, how does that give schools standing to sue?