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BREAKING: Perkins Coie sues the Trump administration, seeks TRO, over last week's executive order targeting the law firm — which I wrote about over the weekend at Law Dork (lawdork.com/p/trump-tests-out-…). As was reported Monday, Williams & Connolly is representing Perkins Coie in the litigation.


“It is beautiful!”

Donald Trump is now using the US presidency to market the Tesla Model Y.

youtu.be/7CuIIilLD78?si=3iohl6…

in reply to Randahl Fink

the comments on that YT video are insane! Every one of them forgot to put a /s at the end for sarcasm, they're all applauding Cheeto and Muskolini.


“Helicopters should be barred from a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River when flights are landing on Reagan National Airport’s Runway 33, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a briefing today as the NTSB released its preliminary report on the mid-air collision in January.”

cnn.com/us/live-news/dc-plane-…

in reply to Laffy

Sounds like they advocate making the temporary restriction put in place after the crash permanent, except only for runway 33 (it current bans helicopters when any DCA runway is in use). Makes sense.
in reply to Matt Blaze

@mattblaze Maybe this is obvious to someone who knows aviation (I don’t), but I’m not seeing anything outlining how heli’s are going to know when runway 33 is in use? Is this just one more thing for air traffic controllers to have to keep track of? How often is runway 33 NOT in use? Why qualify the restriction, instead of just barring heli traffic there as the default?
in reply to CrazyDogLadysezPEACE

@heartofcoyote everything is heavily controlled by the DCA tower in that airspace. Either the helicopters wouldn’t be authorized for the route when 33 is in use or they’d hold landings on 33 until the helicopters are out of the area.
in reply to Matt Blaze

@heartofcoyote (33 is mostly a secondary runway at DCA, generally used either to accommodate heavy traffic along with runway 01, or during relatively unusual weather.)
in reply to Matt Blaze

@heartofcoyote The restriction actually makes it *easier* for the controllers, since they won't have to watch as as carefully for imminent conflicts between planes on approach to 33 and helicopters flying on "route 4" (the helicopter path along that stretch of the Potomac.

These flight paths (in DC) aren't like roads in the sense that you can just fly on them when you think it's safe. Every movement has to be authorized by ATC.

in reply to Matt Blaze

@mattblaze Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain. 🙏 Very interesting and good to know.
in reply to Matt Blaze

(The other DCA runways don't have approaches that overlap the helicopter path along the Potomac the way runway 33 does)

in reply to Bruce Sterling @bruces

well here's the spoon anyway
nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews…
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in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

I think you're right. I know I'm ready to see public servants willing to fight for the rights of the people and the stability of the Republic.


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in reply to Fedi.Tips

I'm 3 days into this, and am learning as I go. Thank you. Now there's more info I need to learn! But I'll get there.



in reply to Ars Technica

LOL. If it doesn't run Steam better than the Steam Deck, this thing is 100% doomed with PC gamers.


Okay, after *years* of over-hype about AI, does the DeepSeek moment and the deflation of the AI bubble mean we can finally be normal about AI and treat it like any other tech, evaluating it on its pros and cons, and its actual utility? I wrote about how we might actually do that in our day jobs: fastly.com/blog/can-we-be-norm…
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Anil Dash
@johnzajac I'm not sure this is really true? Training can be relatively power-intensive, though this varies a lot. Usage is increasingly not that power-intensive, especially when efficient caching is in place, and overall the average consumer's impact is roughly in line with other activities that we don't generally critique, like video encoding or high-res video streaming. I agree with you about consent on content, but again... same issue with streaming content on (e.g.) YouTube.
@John
in reply to Anil Dash

not yet. We need something like OpenAI to crash and burn first - the hype men have to move on before we can really talk.

in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

huge props to Kia in Norway. Unfortunately Kia here in Australia's latest big marketing campaign has been embracing the huge oversized petrol vehicles that Americans call "trucks", that damage roads, endanger pedestrians, and guzzle up fossil fuels.



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2025 BMW i4 xDrive40 review: This is the one most people will buy
We spend a week with BMW's regular all-wheel drive electric sedan.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/2…
in reply to Ars Technica

I'm still not fond of the Mater style grill of the new BMW's. Who's idea of style was that?


Viral Texas knife shop owner talks about rejecting 'Nazi bulls--t'

The 53-year-old bladesmith became popular for standing up.

chron.com/news/houston-texas/a…

#news #viral #nazi #nazishit



This is so beautiful. The US state of Kentucky overwhelmingly voted for Trump, and now Trump has caused a trade war with Canada in which Canada has retaliated by removing all bourbon from Kentucky’s distilleries, threatening a USD 9 billion industry and 23,000 jobs.

You wanted "America First” — now enjoy the aftertaste!

businessinsider.com/kentucky-b…

in reply to Randahl Fink

like...how americans even thought that their alcohol isnt replacable?



With over 200 cases of measles now reported across 13 states, Amelia Mavis Christnot provides a deep dive into this escalating outbreak and explains why vaccines are more important now than ever. auntiemavis.substack.com/cp/15…


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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
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Vodafone says it will withhold bonuses from employees who don’t return to office
Report: Strict enforcement comes as Vodafone is reducing domestic office space.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
in reply to Ars Technica

enforcement of RTO with cuts to office space is tipping their hand a bit

Legally that should be considered constructive dismissal at best and breach of contract at worst but the law is slow (and bought in places)


in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

“Ill fight for my country, will you fight for yours?” The trump family reputation demands he doesn’t.
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Ol' Patrick Brazeau doing Patrick Brazeau things. I don't know if this is a good deal for #Canada, he lost the last fist fight he had with a politician.

But something suggests to me that he might be able to sort Lil Donnie out fairly quckly.



How the Moving Image Has Become the Medium of Record: Part 1

openculture.com/2025/03/how-th…



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in reply to E-Komik

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A US president claims it is illegal for consumers to choose another car brand, if they disagree with Tesla owner Elon Musk.
in reply to Randahl Fink

interesting take. There's probably a tweet somewhere where the orange clown calls for a boycott of one or the other company over their DEI policies...


Wut

“Several groups representing “startup nations” are drafting legislation to create “freedom cities” in the US that would be free from certain federal laws, WIRED has learned.

They say they've met with the #Trump administration about the idea and that the administration has been very receptive”

ADDED: For the record, I did sound the alarm about this pre-election, but people didn't believe me when I suggested it could really happen.

wired.com/story/startup-nation…

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in reply to MissConstrue

@MissConstrue @gdinwiddie @Lizette603_23 Last week I downloaded and printed all my husband's and my records from the soc security site in anticipation this things would be erased. However, unsure how helpful it will be in the long run. #democracyhasdied


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This is a test. This is only a test.

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The Whistleblower for the Whistleblowers

As the leader of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger’s role was to get wrongfully fired civil servants back on the job—until he got fired himself.

theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption



Milwaukee, WI! 🧑‍💻 EFF is going to be at the Baird Conference Center for @CypherCon. If you're in the area, head over and say hello! eff.org/event/eff-cyphercon


Alhambra Viaduct, Martinez, CA, 2010.

All the pixels, none of the vertigo, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/46…

#photography

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in reply to Matt Blaze

Captured with a 45mm shifting and tilt/swing lens and a DSLR camera. A bit of swing kept the side of the trestle in sharp focus, and a bit of shift enabled the framing.

This long, tall trestle on the BNSF railroad is also known as the "John Muir Trestle". People far bolder than I had tagged it with graffiti.

This is mostly a study in lines and convergence.

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in reply to Norman Wilson

@oclsc There's Amtrak service to Martinez, but it's on the UP, not the BNSF, so its a bit of a walk to the trestle. But do-able if you're sufficiently ambitious (and some nice trails there).
in reply to Matt Blaze

@oclsc heck, the original Alhambra water spring is a few miles away in the amazing Briones Regional Park. The whole area has a terrific amount of very high-quality open-space
in reply to Matt Blaze

Hah I looked at this and said "oh that's over Alhambra Blvd". Grew up 5 miles from there, now I live north of Benicia and used to bicycle there every Sunday.

Martinez is a neat town even today.



in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Ukraine is the line those who fight for what America is all about and those who promote the opposite. We have in the WH those who would destroy the constitution for their own agenda. 2 years from now Democrats need to select middle of the road people instead extremists from the left or see America die. America will never be a left nation.



Texas

Measles Outbreak – March 11, 2025

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. At this time, 223 cases have been identified since late January. Twenty-nine of the patients have been hospitalized.

There has been one fatality in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area. The child was not vaccinated and had no known underlying conditions.

(more)
dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/mea…

#measles #outbreak #health #texas