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Social Media

Twitter is about to be Musked

The Musk buyout of Twitter is all but done, and even before the blo…ink dried on the contracts, the scent of Musk permeates the social service. According to the Verge: Musk has a deadline to close the purchase of Twitter by October 28th. In a sign the deal is proceeding, Twitter froze its employees’ equity […]

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Media Political

Raffensperger conspires with Walker’s campaign and rightwing orgs to smear Senator Warnock and MLK’s Church

On October 11, a story appeared in the Washington Free Beacon that claimed “Warnock’s Ebenezer Baptist Church” moved to evict disadvantaged residents of an apartment building it owns. As evidence, the publication provides copies of two eviction notices for the same person. One dated September of 2021, and one dated September of 2022. In rapid […]

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Environment Legal, Laws, and Regs

Sackett v EPA: Today’s the day

Today’s the day when the second Sackett v EPA case is heard in the Supreme Court. The consequences of today’s imbalanced Supreme Court could be devastating to the quality of the waters in our country. I’ll be writing about this case after the oral arguments. In the meantime, I’m putting together a page (Sackett v […]

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Burningbird

Lessons learned from the Wayback Machine

I’ve learned many lessons from recovering weblog posts from the Wayback Machine. If you feel the need to freshen your site, you really don’t need a new domain or subdomain, and most of the time you don’t need a new site redesign. All you need, is a break. It’s OK to mix content types. So […]

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Documents Legal, Laws, and Regs

Court Cases with Docket Sheets and Downloadable Documents

Following are the court cases I’m following and/or docket sheets and associated court documents provided by others: Front Range Equine Rescue et al v. Vilsack et al: Several animal welfare groups and individuals sued the USDA for issuing horse meat inspection permits without conducting a proper NEPA review. This case is based on the Administrative […]