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Oh hey it's the thing I posted about last night with Meta and the tort of appropriation

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Empty middle seat on my flight, I just turned to the guy in the window seat, stuck out my fist and said "dude". He returned the bump. "Let's go."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

This is why LF is undefeated, just 4D levels of detail when you nail it

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Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Jackson should just run ads that are a screenshot of this post with a header that says "And Who Voted For Him, Sen. Collins?"

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Dr. Jess Hebert @jesshebert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just seems like a matter of time before they trip on this particular landmine

Screenshot from the Cornell Law Library definition of the tort of Appropriation

"appropriation
Appropriation occurs when a defendant uses a plaintiff’s name, likeness, or image without their permission for commercial purposes. Appropriation is one of several torts falling under the category of invasion of privacy. When a defendant uses a plaintiff's name or likeness for a newsworthy purpose, however, this does not fall under the tort of appropriation and can be used as a defense by defendants.

Generally in an appropriation case, the plaintiff must prove several elements. California Jury Instructions regarding appropriation set out 5 essential factual elements for jurors.

The defendant used the plaintiff’s name or likeness,
The plaintiff did not consent,
The defendant gained a commercial benefit (or some other advantage),
The plaintiff was harmed, and
The defendant’s conduct was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiff’s harm. "

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It is now on the blog, my rantings. Check it out (and follow the blog if you like hearing me yell about stuff): jesshebert.beehiiv.com/p/new-posjus...

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Fun Facts About Academia, Part 1

AKA I'm About To Tell You Some Things About Academia And It's Gonna Make You Mad, The Blog Edition

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Ban Greek societies All of them

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"So @benwolfevision.bsky.social said Bob Slate was his old stationary store in Cambridge, I should check it out and maybe buy a notebook just to support them oooh a build-your-own Kaweco Sport thing with factory press dies OOOOH they have a glow-in-the-dark exclusive colorway" I am so weak

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how many different rolling stocks does the Boston metro need

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Always try to hit up a great cafe when traveling to a new place. George Howell has provided in Boston, their pourover is great but the single-origin espresso shot was pretty much perfect. The sandwich was great as well, firm recommend.

Carafe and cup of pourover coffee, shot of espresso and glass of still water, and a breakfast sandwich at George Howell in downtown Boston

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Honestly about as jank as I remember vehicles being in the original SiN release

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For further reading on the topic, consult the scholarly miniseries Love Death + Robots, Season 3, Episode 1

Gif from Love Death + Robots of three robots, one of them saying "They were mean to robots and then the robots killed them" and laughing

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A: There has never been a better candidate for the next Libertarian Utopia Where Everything is Broken and People Are Eaten By Bears B: They can't get people to fucking move out of California the odds of them getting people to move to South America are zero

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 24/09/2026

Each of these is basically when a door opened for me for gaming or game design/writing, when I learned something new and big about either games or myself as a player.

My9Games meme: Half-Life 2, Spec Ops: The Line, Outer Wilds, Destiny 2, Fallout, Alan Wake 2, Doom Eternal, Freespace 2, Marathon 2026

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My concern is how much this is kowtowing to people who want just brain-off effortless gameplay. Marathon works in large part because you have to pay attention and work for what you get. "Just hanging out with friends shooting bugs" isn't engaging and it isn't what has made Marathon special.

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 24/09/2026

We can only hope that Sarah's inadvertent adventure next year doesn't kill us all

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I just find it very annoying how all those puff pieces about Rahm Emanuel are immediately met with "Chicago will skewer this man" and everyone agrees but when Californians do the same with Newsom we get blamed for foisting him on the country

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 23/09/2026

Again, I must ask what they think the response from governments will be when given this information, because it will likely not be "wow we should let you do whatever you want"

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 23/09/2026

ready for some Red Stockings baseball

Photo down Jersey Street outside of Fenway Park, crowd waiting to get in under a "WELCOME TO FENWAY PARK - GATE A" banner

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 23/09/2026

Ah, Tau Ceti IV back before the colony became a waking nightmare

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 23/09/2026

It's because the vibe in the hip downtown scene in NYC legitimately did shift toward reactionaries and it's bad for the country that all of our politics media people are here now

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I can see why this was a pain in the ass to assault

Photo of the obelisk and Col. Prescott statue at the Bunker Hill memorial

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I have timed my visit to Boston for the 2-3 weeks a year where it's not clammy and humid and not freezing ass or soaking. I think the best word to describe the weather is "deceptive" - the kind of weather that makes a visitor go "you know, I could live here, it can't get *that* bad"

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Oh hey the thing we all thought would happen (well one of the two things we thought would happen) happened

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Your average Capitals fan:

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you got us we've been keeping one of the best players in hockey history and the captain of one of the most famous NHL teams in our back pocket this whole time, no one talks about Sid the Kid unless we say so - and we NEVER say so

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Someone liked the post about being born with gentrification particles in your blood I made that this is replying to, and in honor of the return of "I know a gentrifier when I see one" Discourse I think we should make this the term for the ineffable quality of gentrifier-ness

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Evelyn Normielib is in command and her bloodlust is insatiable

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The three horsemen of every internet outage are DNS, BGP, and the Greater North American Cable Seeking Backhoe

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Love to see the Greater North American Cable Seeking Backhoe at work as I'm flying into Logan

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(also it's very funny that Marathon, almost certainly conceived, pitched and designed as a smaller, cheaper to make and cash flow positive counterpart to the big and expensive Destiny 2 now has to grow and become more expensive to make because they killed Destiny 2)

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Not a ton of *new* info, but good to see them hard commit to finishing the unvaulting of pre-BL D2 content (which, credit to the community projects to forcing Sony's hand), keeping Destiny alive in the future, and emphasizing a long term commitment to Marathon. Nothing yet hits like a Bungie FPS.

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Some law firm somewhere needs to re-do Civil Procedure

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he hasn't acted with any forethought whatsoever the last several years but *this* is the time he's got a long term malicious plan cooking, to pretend to build a Flakturm that can be easily bypassed

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