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Shelley Powers

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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 1h
Just emailed you. I swear, if I was a drinker, the Anthropic settlement process would have knee deep in a bottle.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 3h
That's what happens when Trump calls you an ugly man www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Ken Paxton Says Trump’s Midterm Convention Hurt The GOP In Leaked Audio
Democrat James Talarico leads Paxton by six points in the latest Marist poll out last week.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13h
I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4h
Just a reminder that the last time DOJ filed a misconduct complaint against a district judge, it was dismissed in a ruling by Chief Judge Sutton that was all but dripping with contempt (for the government): www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/jud...
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h
In the same event where he nammers about filing a complaint about judges who sat for an interview. I want to see this guy in jail before the decade is out.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h
What the hell!? Seriously, this is beyond absurd
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 4h
Constant reminder: migration issues are civil not criminal
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Markwayne Mullin is clutching a stress ball while answering questions from reporters
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h
In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 5h
I didn't think RFK Jr could do worse harm than what he's done with vaccines, but I was wrong. He can do much, much worse.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 7h
It would be lovely if you could be in your new home for Christmas. Here's hoping it all goes well, swiftly, no problems, smooth as silk
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 7h
So exciting! When do you expect the big move? I can wait to see more photos of the place. What I've seen...I love your place. It is the perfect place for you.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 7h
And you're doing an exceptionally good job
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 7h
It was at this point where she became part of the problem. Two children hospitalized, including her own child, and she takes down the post because the farmer asked pretty please? Sorry, sympathy for the baby, not the mom.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 7h
Well, I think it will be the publishers finally getting this stuff settled, they don't seem to be listening to authors. O'Reilly and I are both OK with the 50/50, but the settlement folks don't seem to like it. Besides, you need the spare change. Lovely new home!
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 8h
Last year, Emily Marris started a new medication for chronic hip pain that could pass through breastmilk. She needed to find an alternative for her 1-year-old daughter Brooklyn. In a Facebook group run by her chiropractor, she saw one of his posts, which made her curious about raw milk.
Facebook post by Chris Boman, dated January 8, 2025. The post features a photo of a small black fridge with a transparent door, filled with gallons of milk. The post caption includes: "I have 4 gallons of A2A2 Jersey milk. Alf alfa fed only, no grain. $16 a gallon. The cream is a little lighter, we didn't skim it she is just holding back for her twins. Pick up at Trailhead Family Chiropractic in Murrieta. Venmo or Cash."
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 8h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 8h
Sympathetic to parents, but not. How can you be so abysmally ignorant of the dangers of raw milk today? www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 9h
@victoriastrauss.com Not sure you're interested, but activity on the settlement front. But not good. Updated my Anthropic Settlement post to reflect the latest settlement administrator muck up burningbird.net/anthropic-au...
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Anthropic Author Class Action Settlement: How to do Everything Wrong
Eleventh (hour) Update (Sept 30): I had really hoped to no longer be needing to make updates, but the Anthropic Settlement folks just keep mucking things up.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 9h
Updated my Anthropic Settlement post to reflect the latest settlement administrator muck up burningbird.net/anthropic-au...
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Anthropic Author Class Action Settlement: How to do Everything Wrong
Eleventh (hour) Update (Sept 30): I had really hoped to no longer be needing to make updates, but the Anthropic Settlement folks just keep mucking things up.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 10h
Yup, I didn't think the Anthropic author settlement folks could make things worse...and they did. If you specified default, and co-authors specified default, now it shows your book in disagreement. And no, they won't show changes you've made, either. They have completely mucked it up.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 18h
In terrible news, the Secretary of State has decided to ruin the best part about voting in Georgia and destroy the tradition of the peach stickers. Thanks for nothin, Brad. 0/10
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h
Maybe I'm missing something, but I still don't get this. Schmitt was saying Smith went to a Hawks game. His evidence was texts that mention "Jack" but not from Smith (and the Hawks does not have a 109 row). Yes, Smith went to a Hawkeyes game, but Schmitt did not present any evidence of that.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 20h
'something' is happening with the Anthropic settlements, because 'stuff' is happening, but whether this is progress or not is almost impossible to tell.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
'It left detectives with five men from London in their 20s in police custody who had simply been found parked up near the air base in the middle of the night in suspicious circumstances and with some petrol - but little other usable concrete evidence.' www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
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How did the RAF Fairford incident go from 'suspected bomb plot' to police bail?
Detectives are entering a vital stage of the investigation, with many of the public's questions unanswered, the BBC's Daniel Sandford writes.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After Eric Schmitt lied and was corrected at the Jack Smith hearing, the NY Times called it a “misunderstanding.” This might be fair if Schmitt had a record of honesty (he doesn’t) and if Schmitt didn’t repeat the same lie after the hearing (he did). What the hell is the NY Times doing?
Devlin Barrett and Charlie Savage
Reporting from Washington
Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, defended his actions in testimony before Congress on Tuesday, as a Republican senator accused him of perjury based on what appeared to be the lawmaker’s misunderstanding about a basketball game involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
SCOTUS cons never met a cruelty they didn't fully embrace
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
CNN has a good recounting of the GOP's embarrassing error. 'He said he was not at a game featuring the Atlanta Hawks, but rather the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team – which then featured Caitlin Clark – at the University of Maryland in the Washington, DC, area.'
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
Kennedy, chewing his cud behind Schmitt, perfectly frames the entire event
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These Republicans are actual fucking clowns
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
www.theborderchronicle.com/american-rus...
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American Rust: The $1.1 Billion Border Wall Built with Salvaged Materials and Few Answers – The Border Chronicle
A newly constructed wall built with old, salvaged material in South Texas is probably illegal; it's also costing twice as much as previous walls. What are taxpayers paying for, exactly?
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
Something completely and totally unrelated, but I thought of your laptop and sticking one of these puppies on it. New Georgia "I voted" sticker. Must say, I'm not fond.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 29/09/2026
Public Citizen files a complaint opposing the broadcasting of Trump’s ads as violating laws against taxpayer-funded propaganda. Full complaint buff.ly/kYCsKEW
Public Citizen urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and broadcasters individually, to end airing recent campaign commercials by President Trump and the White House that appear to be in breach of federal law. At least three campaign ads, paid for by taxpayer dollars, appear to violate the federal law against using taxpayer funds to finance propaganda (5 U.S.C. §3107) and related provisions of the appropriations laws as well as the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §7324).
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
Per Trump's promise to Xi...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Open manhole covers everywhere, and Shumate is walking right down the middle of the street and falling into each of them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this really picks up at the 26 second mark
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/09/2026
Republicans keep bringing Jack Smith back to tell the truth to them, for some reason. Masochists.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
For once, the media is not playing along. I think everyone is just plain tired of his bullshit.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
This is the norm for Schmitt. He's always been a lying bastard.
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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another stunning investigation by @propublica.org, this time on how the Trump administration bullied the Postal Service on restricting vote by mail: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I sort of get the candidates who live in Florida while running for office elsewhere (e.g. Tuberville, Rodgers, Marshall). Kansas, not so much. (Sorry Kansas).
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
@victoriastrauss.com Just an FYI. I actually got an email from the Anthropic settlement folks, acknowledging claims update allocation received. Most of my books are still in disagreement, and shouldn't be. They still don't reflect changes I've made. But I've given up trying to fix.
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
Yes. I've known Bill Marler for years, and the right against raw milk and raw milk cheeses never seems to end.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026
Sorry, if you eat raw milk cheese you are asking for something like this to happen to you
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NOW: DC Circuit en banc aguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt proceedings have now begun at the DC Circuit. Brett Shumate is now arguing for DOJ. www.youtube.com/live/4A1BwFh...
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Shelley Powers @burningbird.net · 29/09/2026
Finally got an acknowledgement of claims adjustments form the Anthropic settlement folks...and now, there's even more books in the disagreement set. I don't know how this is ever going to be fixed, with primitive systems like this.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Trump's lawyers filed their Eleventh Circuit brief fighting the sanctions order in Trump v. IRS tonight. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-irs-... The best way I can describe the brief is showing you their statement regarding whether they believe the court should hold oral arguments:
STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT
Appellants respectfully request oral argument. This appeal presents substantial questions concerning Article Ill adversity and the limits of the district
court's sanctions authority. In this case, the court erroneously imposed (i) an unprecedented and unconstitutional restriction on the speech of the sitting President of the United States, as well as other government officials, and private persons, in every official forum in the country, and (ii) career-altering sanctions on the President's attorneys for advocating a legitimate legal position with which the court
simply disagreed. Even worse, the district court did so without a show-cause order,
a hearing, or individualized findings. Oral argument will assist the Court in
resolving these important constitutional and procedural questions.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
tfw you think you’re an end and you find out you’re a means
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