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A tale told by an attorney, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Former fed. Mostly law, econ, and politics. This is not a place of honor

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Natalie harp today:

a.bacall comic
"In an effort to make this sales meeting more pleasant, I have taken the liberty of rotating our sales graph counter clockwise a full ninety degrees."

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sure, this is gonna be like 2018

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(11) General Inter/erence with Organizations and Production
(a) Organizations and Conferences
(1) Insist on doing everything
through
"channels." Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.
(2) Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your.
"points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. Never hesitate to make a few appropriate "patriotic" comments.
(3) When possible, refer all matters to • committees, for "(urther study and considera-tlon." Attempt to make the committees as large as possible - never less than five.
(4) Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
(5) Haggle over precise wordings of com-munications, minutes, resolutions.
(G) Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempl to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.
(1) Advocate "caution." Be "reasonable" and urge your fellow-conferees to be "reason-able" and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.
(8) Be worried about the propriety of any decision — raise the question of whether such action as is contemplated lies within the jurisdiction of the group or whether It might conflict with the policy of some higher echelon.
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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A chart showing lead exposure by year of birth and showing Gen X was the peak

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Image of the famous “wug” experiment on language acquisition

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s at least open to debate whether it would violate the antitrust laws. Here’s Dave Lawrence, the former director of policy for the DOJ Antitrust Division, staking out why he thinks it would be ok:

David Lawrence
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I think it's important to be very clear-eyed about how antitrust law interacts with Al safety. And to be clear: antitrust law would not prohibit an agreement among competing Al companies to slow progress in order to reduce catastrophic risk.
The critical issue is the interaction between catastrophic risk and the ancillary restraints doctrine. Suffice it to say that catastrophic risks reduce output. They cut off all output should the catastrophe arise, and in the meanwhile they discourage investment. So agreements that prevent them increase output and promote competition.
The antitrust laws absolutely permit what would ordinarily be per se unlawful competitor agreements when they are subordinate and collateral to a productive joint arrangement that increases output. This is called the ancillary restraints doctrine and it is a critical exception to the per se rule (it's why competing fast food franchisees can 'collude' to buy ads for their hamburgers, ala the Big Mac). Suffice it to say that Al competitors agreeing on measures to reduce catastrophic risks
-if appropriately crafted-could certainly qualify.
The Antitrust Division previously took a similar position, publicly, on cybersecurity coordination among antivirus firms. It would be a good idea for them to reiterate that guidance. And it would be a good idea for states or the federal government to engage here, as the post below suggests. But the legality of any private arrangements will not depend on government blessing-the ancillary restraints doctrine protects procompetitive agreements whether or not the executive branch has weighed in.

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Reporting an anti vax spam account for child endangerment

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“Candles”

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

There’s also California, as demonstrated by this useful infographic:

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Mine was a future cast for 9:20 (as shown in the still) from Capital Weather Gang’s app.

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Hah unsurprising

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Why, friendly neighborhood anthropomorphic plane, is this chart bad for him?

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

That’s right

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Literally top comment on a random reddit thread I just opened:

I have heard this piece of shit's name every day for a fucking decade. I am so sick and tired of it.
I just want to never hear his voice or his name or see his face ever again. That's all I fucking want.
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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Imagine being this mad about the pope

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The perfect encapsulation of BSKY

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Thinking of Hungary today

Photo of Hungarian uprising against the USSR with men standing atop a captured tank

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The billionaire class

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

She did the meme

A t shirt with the text “not involved in human trafficking”

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Reading the news and have theory on my mind

Foucault’a Discipline & Punish

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It’s like they saw this meme and thought “yes, good idea”. Russia is off to the side as the Sickos guy

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

L

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Also that assumes they’re not gonna do this

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Finally reaching the third panel

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Respect that she inverted the meme at least

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Evil league of evil

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I can’t tell if I was perfectly off or perfectly on here

Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social · 05/02/2026