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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 6h

lmao

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 7h

I’m sorry. what a fucking asshole.

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 7h

awful fucking feeling

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 10h

Dr Assal Rad—

"This story is getting barely any media coverage, which is why Israel returned the bodies with signs of torture.

"Didn’t even try to cover it up because they knew they didn’t have to."

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 8h

oh yes

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 8h

hahahaha

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 8h

well first of all the dead are brothers with Christ, so write that down

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13h

"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"

The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 9h

I and many people are still boycotting and, to be frank, judge people who continue publishing in it. While I understand the publishing landscape is a tough one, I strongly encourage publishing elsewhere. If not on principle, just to avoid negative impressions.

Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · 9h

Are people still boycotting Archives of Sexual Behavior?

The domain for the open letter seems to have lapsed, but this article covers it...

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Sexual Behavior Journal Under Fire Over Gender Dysphoria Paper

Critics blast paper about controversial theory, call for editor's removal

www.medpagetoday.com

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 9h

whaaaaat oh jeez

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 19h

Your standard online liberal who worked at a conservative think tank in college

Peacemaker looking at a mural of hitler and saying “Fuck. How'd I miss that?”

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 9h

enjoying two day late “patient is roomed, no pap today” notifications on my xbox ally

Jai @lowercasejai.bsky.social · 17h

LMAOOO WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE NEW XBOX HANDHELD COMES WITH MICROSOFT TEAMS AND ONEDRIVE INSTALLED??? this is the fucking goofiest company in games

a list of apps pre-installed on the Xbox ROG Ally including Microsoft Teams and Onedrive

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 9h

lmao

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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 18h

"For All Mankind" is a series on Apple TV that takes place in a fictional alternate reality where someone suffers consequences when it is revealed they have secret Nazi ties.

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 10h

moron

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 10h

correct

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10h

Actually seething reading this footnote in the district court judge’s denial of Lindsay Hecox’s request to withdraw her case rather than be forced to endure a SCOTUS show trial. pdf: komonews.com/resources/pd...

1º Hecox flatly states that Little (and Idaho) should be happy she is dismissing this suit because it is getting what it wanted-its law in effect without a legal challenge or injunction. But again, if Hecox dismisses this case and the Ninth Circuit's decision is vacated, what is to prevent another individual from taking up Hecox's mantel and bringing an identical suit. The parties (and the Court) would be back to square one.
" As a final matter, Hecox requests that in the event the Court finds her Notice invalid, it should, nonetheless, dismiss the case under Rule 41(a)(2) on mootness grounds. First, the Court never reaches these arguments as it finds Hecox's notice is invalid, the stay is still in place, and the only information the Court has regarding mootness came in the current briefing. Second, the Court (and the Ninth Circuit) have been down this path before. See Dkts. 105, 107. While it appears more likely than before that Hecox will not re-engage in collegiate sports, she could still change her mind. Third and finally, the Court feels this mootness argument is, as above, somewhat manipulative to avoid Supreme Court review and should not be endorsed.
See City of Erie v. Pap's A.M., 529 U.S. 277, 288 (2000). Accordingly, the Court finds it inappropriate to dismiss the case on mootness grounds.
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER - 11

Third and finally, the Court feels this mootness argument is, as above, somewhat manipulative to avoid Supreme Court review and should not be endorsed.

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 10h

is good

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

"Good news, everyone. We're going to try to stop it from getting you to kill yourself. Don't ask how. Also, you can fuck it. Don't ask why."

And the US is spending more on *that* than consumer spending. Every company relentlessly trying to cram *that* into their product. The government included.

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 10h

goddamn

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 18d

I need you to harden your heart and get serious about hate. You cannot truly love something if you do not take seriously and hate those who scream gleefully as they destroy it.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 12h

So either the EHRC lied in our FOI request and have not done one, or they are also trying to withhold the Equality Impact Assessment from Parliament. /1

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 14h

A Whitehall source said: “Unfortunately this looks like the EHRC deflecting – they still haven’t sent ministers the information requested in order to assess the draft code. The EHRC should be cracking on with their job, not giving lectures on timing while government still awaits their material” 🔥

EHRC drops interim trans advice and urges ministers to act fast to approve its guidance

Equalities watchdog removes interim response to supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman from its website

www.theguardian.com

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Collaterly @collaterly.bsky.social · 10h

badly

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