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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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"And it’s amazing that the woman who is really just a bunch of AR-15 parts stuffed into a skin suit stood more on principle than Tim Kaine this week."
Read the dingus this week! Find some joy in the madness www.patreon.com/posts/dingus...
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The wisdom of @lyz.bsky.social:

"It hasn't been a great week in America. And you know it's a bad week when the heroes that emerge are Lauren Boebert and Rand Paul."
Dingus of the week: Definitely not Joyce Carol Oates | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The anti abortion movement has always been a terrorist movement. They've shot, murdered, and bombed doctors and clinics for decades.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m the JD Vance of black rhinos! I want those ladies KNOCKED UP!
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I always enjoy Lyz, but her words re: "our lady of perpetual posting" JCO are EXTRA good, simply very, very fun stuff
Read the dingus this week! Find some joy in the madness www.patreon.com/posts/dingus...
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Read the dingus this week! Find some joy in the madness www.patreon.com/posts/dingus...
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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1/ "our lady of perpetual posting went after Elon Musk. In response to some self-important screed he wrote about being self-made, or something — I cannot read it all; my body revolts against it — she observed:

'So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that..
Dingus of the week: Definitely not Joyce Carol Oates | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I love writing a deeply researched and thoughtful analysis in the topic I’m an expert in. I especially love sharing that work and some guy named Steve replies, “you are wrong!” Okay, let’s pack it up and go home. Steve says I’m wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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to add to Lyz's point: some of the most hardcore Trumpers I talked to also loved Bernie.

it's not about liking Trump's policies. it's about giving a "f you" to the system shitting on them, which is exactly what socialism does in this moment.
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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“What I mean is, a democratic socialist can run in Iowa and win … Despite the reputation of red states as deeply regressive places of Busch Light, angry farmers in diners, and Ford F-150 ego haulers, the Midwest has a radical history of socialist movements.”

always-welcome historical perspective.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here is my argument that the pundits are wrong. You absolutely can run a socialist in middle America and win. www.patreon.com/posts/143343...
You can run a Mamdani in Iowa and win | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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November 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Northern Lights are one of the few astrological phenomena that photograph well. Those divas
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Hitting like on every northern light photo
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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when new yorkers all experience something on social media it's like a rat that got ahold of a brazil nut. when upper midwesterners all experience something on social media it's a breathtaking dance of radiant light and color across the entire night sky
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Northern lights came to visit me in Iowa
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com! Sarah is unfailingly supportive of other authors, a deeply kind and generous person in an industry with far too few of them. She's also a stone-cold genius. Buy WITHOUT CONSENT!
She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."

Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com and her deeply important book Without Consent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rand Paul is more principled about hemp than Chuck Schumer is about Americans affording healthcare www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...
Reporter's Notebook: Paul stands firm against spending bill as shutdown clock ticks
Sen. Rand Paul blocks government funding bill over hemp provisions, potentially extending shutdown through complex Senate procedural delays.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Unfortunately, I am now rooting for Rand Paul.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Democrats responded to anti-trans attacks this year — and won.

LGBTQ+ rights groups and party strategists point to wins in Virginia and New Jersey as a template heading into the 2026 midterms. @amandabecker.bsky.social reports
Democrats responded to anti-trans attacks this year — and won
LGBTQ+ rights organizations and party strategists point to wins in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey as a template heading into the 2026 midterms.
19thnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM