The only up side to stare decisis becoming speculative legal fiction, and the last scrap of whatever rule of law that actually existed being trashed, is that you're pretty much morally free to treat it all with the contempt it's so richly earned.

I'm not an IP lawyer, so its certainly possible that LLM produced brand logos would be protected under trademark, rather than copyright etc. On the other hand, laws are merely vibes these days, & they're all basically trying to make your life hell anyway, so you might as well go out having fun lol

hahahahaha oof.

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT 9000S

lol we all know what the "s" stands for there.

Ooooo nice. Not one I encounter very often.

Do I see a fellow Beretta M9/92FS Enjoyer?

the *really* spicy ones are moving on to Russian Orthodox lol

*a million ancient ancestors who survived for thousands of years by rigging weird contraptions together to solve problems all nod at another job almost well done.*

It absolutely tanked a comet for us, I'm willing to put up with a lot of attitude in exchange.

yessss, such a beautiful collection of corvid friends!

so that's the achievement for today I guess lol

Really awesome art market, tho I'm now recharging from meeting like a thousand ppl lol. Thanks to the ppl who were not weird about me answering art questions while my eyes were closed w/migraine aura. Thankfully, I don't get headaches after it, but I'm sure it's a little weird for ppl talking to me

Oof. no joke.

honestly teaching should count as a PhD in hostage negotiation if we're being honest. Who, exactly, counts as the hostage is ofc situationally dependent, but I think it's still valid.

Oh when did you fly over to the US?

(kidding kidding) sorry.

At least here, "hostage negotiation" is a skill the lanyard class picks up via day or weekend seminars. Very much like the "CQB" classes being offered all over around here ostensibly from ex-spec ops "experts". And also like those seminars, civilians can often attend lol

For CNN or any other US news org I think it's just pulling from the very very large pool of local cops who attended a day seminar once. Or, in truly impressive instances, read the book of someone who, at some point, might have negotiated with someone.