Douglas Barnes
@ssenrab.bsky.social
Business and Technology Attorney
Former Technology Entrepreneur
Trust Company Director
Planning & Zoning Commission, Morris, CT
Former Technology Entrepreneur
Trust Company Director
Planning & Zoning Commission, Morris, CT
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The Groyper Wars
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Groyper Wars
January 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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it's striking how the murder of the United Healthcare CEO is being covered compared to the several women who were killed due to anti-abortion laws and the people who were maimed and killed in factories, including kids: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Immigrant child laborers are being killed in US factories. Companies are walking away with fines
Sawmills and slaughterhouses collect citations amid landscape of ‘underfunded and under-resourced’ regulators
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
it's striking how the murder of the United Healthcare CEO is being covered compared to the several women who were killed due to anti-abortion laws and the people who were maimed and killed in factories, including kids: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The great thing about fake claims of rising theft is that it's less likely to get you fired vs. admitting you tried to sell things people don't want and chose locations where people dont want to shop.
Remember last week when people were insisting to me that big box stores would never be *lying* about the claim that rampant shoplifting was making them close their stores? Well @juddlegum.bsky.social tracked down the data. The retailers? They're lying. popular.info/p/target-say...
Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.
On September 26, Target announced it was closing nine stores "because theft and organized retail crime are…contributing to unsustainable business performance." Target said that before making the dec...
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October 7, 2023 at 12:44 PM
The great thing about fake claims of rising theft is that it's less likely to get you fired vs. admitting you tried to sell things people don't want and chose locations where people dont want to shop.
Continuing the binge of @badlawyerpod.bsky.social. Today it had me Googling "bitch eating crackers". Apparently nobody got that worked up over the hate for Neal Katyal? He's a reliable provider of anti-Trump fanservice on MSNBC, but seems like nobody loves him enough to rush to his defense.
October 3, 2023 at 5:51 PM
Continuing the binge of @badlawyerpod.bsky.social. Today it had me Googling "bitch eating crackers". Apparently nobody got that worked up over the hate for Neal Katyal? He's a reliable provider of anti-Trump fanservice on MSNBC, but seems like nobody loves him enough to rush to his defense.
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System Collapse, the next novel in the Murderbot Diaries, is coming out November 14 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social . It's set directly after Network Effect. Cover art is by Jaime Jones.
September 20, 2023 at 4:26 PM
System Collapse, the next novel in the Murderbot Diaries, is coming out November 14 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social . It's set directly after Network Effect. Cover art is by Jaime Jones.
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This thread contains a nonexclusive list of phrases that you do not ever want to see a court direct at you:
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1: "Defendants' arguments...invoke the time-loop in the film 'Groundhog Day.'"
2: "Defendants' contention...is pure sophistry."
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1: "Defendants' arguments...invoke the time-loop in the film 'Groundhog Day.'"
2: "Defendants' contention...is pure sophistry."
September 26, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This thread contains a nonexclusive list of phrases that you do not ever want to see a court direct at you:
🧵⚖️
1: "Defendants' arguments...invoke the time-loop in the film 'Groundhog Day.'"
2: "Defendants' contention...is pure sophistry."
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1: "Defendants' arguments...invoke the time-loop in the film 'Groundhog Day.'"
2: "Defendants' contention...is pure sophistry."
My ongoing binge of @badlawyerpod.bsky.social kicked up a bunch of memories from law school with the episode on l'affaire Washingtonienne. Listen with a browser open to unblind "Larry Lawyer" and look up the court filings. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
September 25, 2023 at 5:50 PM
My ongoing binge of @badlawyerpod.bsky.social kicked up a bunch of memories from law school with the episode on l'affaire Washingtonienne. Listen with a browser open to unblind "Larry Lawyer" and look up the court filings. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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The “we must save the Senate from John Fetterman’s pajama clothes” thing is the perfect story for rage click cycles, because only the world’s most insufferable dorks care about it, but those people also occupy a startling proportion of editorial board writer jobs
September 24, 2023 at 2:38 PM
The “we must save the Senate from John Fetterman’s pajama clothes” thing is the perfect story for rage click cycles, because only the world’s most insufferable dorks care about it, but those people also occupy a startling proportion of editorial board writer jobs
Edge of Darkness, got it about 3 months ago from Lyndon Lyon.
September 23, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Edge of Darkness, got it about 3 months ago from Lyndon Lyon.
I concur.
The Murderbot Diaries are SO GOOD and as your attorney I advise you to read them immediately.
And the first six books are FREE if you have Kindle Unlimited.
Oh and I totally ❤️Murderbot itself. They're amazing.
Why are you still here? Get reading!
And the first six books are FREE if you have Kindle Unlimited.
Oh and I totally ❤️Murderbot itself. They're amazing.
Why are you still here? Get reading!
September 22, 2023 at 12:13 PM
I concur.
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This meal just cost me $78 at the Newark airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
September 21, 2023 at 2:47 PM
This meal just cost me $78 at the Newark airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
I do this too, but still watch. Even more so with YouTube police interaction videos, even when they're deliberately setting out to bait the cops. I've seen enough of those to know that while the TV shows may be unrealistic, it's not on that point.
I’m just a girl, sitting in front of a TV, yelling at every character who speaks to the police without a lawyer
September 21, 2023 at 4:07 AM
I do this too, but still watch. Even more so with YouTube police interaction videos, even when they're deliberately setting out to bait the cops. I've seen enough of those to know that while the TV shows may be unrealistic, it's not on that point.
Just listened to my first episode of the "Lawyers Behaving Badly" podcast. @badlawyerpod.bsky.social So awesome.
>> I always love when federal judges are like "it strains credulity" because that is the nicest way to be like "you're a fucking liar". <<
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
>> I always love when federal judges are like "it strains credulity" because that is the nicest way to be like "you're a fucking liar". <<
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Lawyers Behaving Badly: Stainless Steel Scorcher on Apple Podcasts
Show Lawyers Behaving Badly, Ep Stainless Steel Scorcher - Aug 23, 2023
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September 20, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Just listened to my first episode of the "Lawyers Behaving Badly" podcast. @badlawyerpod.bsky.social So awesome.
>> I always love when federal judges are like "it strains credulity" because that is the nicest way to be like "you're a fucking liar". <<
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
>> I always love when federal judges are like "it strains credulity" because that is the nicest way to be like "you're a fucking liar". <<
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Willow and Pearl snuggled together.
September 19, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Willow and Pearl snuggled together.
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These folks are just terrified and incensed that so many young people aren’t bigoted assholes like them and aren’t scared of the same people they are. Talking to high school kids and seeing how many of them are chill about these issues is one of the few redeeming qualities of current American life.
September 19, 2023 at 6:23 PM
These folks are just terrified and incensed that so many young people aren’t bigoted assholes like them and aren’t scared of the same people they are. Talking to high school kids and seeing how many of them are chill about these issues is one of the few redeeming qualities of current American life.
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The uncanny valet
He parks your car neeaaaarly perfectly
It's really creepy for reasons you can't quite pin down
He parks your car neeaaaarly perfectly
It's really creepy for reasons you can't quite pin down
September 19, 2023 at 5:10 PM
The uncanny valet
He parks your car neeaaaarly perfectly
It's really creepy for reasons you can't quite pin down
He parks your car neeaaaarly perfectly
It's really creepy for reasons you can't quite pin down
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We all know that the GOP always accuses the Democrats of whatever it is they are guilty of. Take the Biden impeachment inquiry. The real corruption we should be investigating is by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, whose private fund received $2 billion from the Saudis.
September 19, 2023 at 2:28 PM
We all know that the GOP always accuses the Democrats of whatever it is they are guilty of. Take the Biden impeachment inquiry. The real corruption we should be investigating is by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump, whose private fund received $2 billion from the Saudis.
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Hold up. I have some surprising news... Elon Musk is actually (this time) defending the 1st Amendment. He's just filed a challenge to a terrible California law. And... it's a really strong complaint: www.techdirt.com/2023/09/08/e...
Elon Musk Files Really Strong 1st Amendment Challenge To California’s Terrible Social Media ‘Tra...
Hey, Techdirt haters: hold onto your hats, because I’m going to praise Elon Musk for doing the right thing, even though many of you insist that my complaints about him are motivated by personal dis�...
www.techdirt.com
September 8, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Hold up. I have some surprising news... Elon Musk is actually (this time) defending the 1st Amendment. He's just filed a challenge to a terrible California law. And... it's a really strong complaint: www.techdirt.com/2023/09/08/e...
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BREAKING: California Judge grants NetChoice's request for preliminary injunction, enjoining AG Bonta from enforcing the California Age Appropriate Design Code. Huge win (for now).
Reading as we speak:
netchoice.org/wp-content/u...
Reading as we speak:
netchoice.org/wp-content/u...
September 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM
BREAKING: California Judge grants NetChoice's request for preliminary injunction, enjoining AG Bonta from enforcing the California Age Appropriate Design Code. Huge win (for now).
Reading as we speak:
netchoice.org/wp-content/u...
Reading as we speak:
netchoice.org/wp-content/u...
Just listened to this yesterday - had no idea Buckley was ever such a zealot, he really did a good job of building a smooth facade by the time I ever became aware of him.
If Books Could Kill is one of my favorite podcasts -- @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has been awesome with everything he's done.
If Books Could Kill is one of my favorite podcasts -- @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has been awesome with everything he's done.
Highly recommend this discussion of Bill Buckley's very bad book, God and Man at Yale. I have one friendly amendment to add that makes Buckley look even worse!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/13544735-god-and-man-at-yale
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/13544735-god-and-man-at-yale
God And Man At Yale - If Books Could Kill
Oops all grievance.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPodWhere to find us: TwitterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:No Ivory Tower : Mccarthyi...
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September 15, 2023 at 9:50 PM
Just listened to this yesterday - had no idea Buckley was ever such a zealot, he really did a good job of building a smooth facade by the time I ever became aware of him.
If Books Could Kill is one of my favorite podcasts -- @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has been awesome with everything he's done.
If Books Could Kill is one of my favorite podcasts -- @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has been awesome with everything he's done.
Good thread on link taxes. Even if you're pissed off that local news has been eviscerated and hate big social media, link taxes fundamentally break the model of the web and do more damage than good. Lots of other ways to subsidise and protect local news & rein in big social media.
It literally breaks the most fundamental concept of the open web, that you can link to anything without needing permission or payment. And once you open that up, bad things happen.
It's fine to hate on Google/FB. But then go after them with antitrust or other laws. This is fundamentally dangerous.
It's fine to hate on Google/FB. But then go after them with antitrust or other laws. This is fundamentally dangerous.
September 15, 2023 at 5:13 PM
Good thread on link taxes. Even if you're pissed off that local news has been eviscerated and hate big social media, link taxes fundamentally break the model of the web and do more damage than good. Lots of other ways to subsidise and protect local news & rein in big social media.
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In news that will surprise absolutely no one (other than Elon Musk), a new study has found that if you allow hate speech on your platform, it makes your users think less of the companies who still advertise with you, harming their brands. www.techdirt.com/2023/09/14/n...
New Study: People Have A Negative View Of Advertisers Who Still Advertise On Platforms That Allow Ha...
One of the things we’ve tried to get across over the years (perhaps unsuccessfully), is that not only are laws to get rid of hate speech almost always abused, they’re also counterproductive in the...
www.techdirt.com
September 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM
In news that will surprise absolutely no one (other than Elon Musk), a new study has found that if you allow hate speech on your platform, it makes your users think less of the companies who still advertise with you, harming their brands. www.techdirt.com/2023/09/14/n...