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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 2h

The most charitable interpretation I can muster for this sentencing judge's effusive praise of a victim impact statement *in the form of an AI video of the murder victim* is the judge was reflecting the victim's family's emotional energy back to them But, man is this grotesque

coa1.azcourts.gov

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 5h

Incidentally, this 2002 anti-Delaware essay by Jonathan Chait is like the One Good Thing he’s written, and now by transitive property it must be regarded as an anti-Texas essay newrepublic.com/article/6190...

newrepublic.com

The Case Against Delaware

The First State subsidizes itself at the rest of America's expense.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 5h

Raise your hand if you failed to clearly explain to your Europe-based client that you work in the US, and took an important videoconference call at 5:00 AM ET 🙋‍♂️

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 14h

Back around April, US & Israeli strikes hit Iranian pharmaceutical company Tofigh Daru, and then to rebut war crimes allegations, the Israelis said anesthetic drugs like fentanyl are dual use, and therefore was a legitimate military target But I think Trump just hallucinated the nuclear connection

nytimes.com

Israel Strikes Tehran Pharmaceutical Plant, Claiming Military Link

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Tuesday that Israel was “openly and unashamedly bombing pharmaceutical companies.”

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 17h

It’s hard to tell how much of an Actual Thing this is, bc all the WSJ reporting has is Geoff Shepard—an 82-y/o former Nixon aide—gave a PowerPoint presentation asking DoJ to open an investigation, and DoJ is supposedly considering it (Clearly *some* Trumpers are very keen on Watergate revisionism)

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

D.C. Superior court's remarkable but undeniable conclusion that it must take exceptional steps to protect a private citizen from the president's personal wrath www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...

democracydefendersfund.org

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 19h

One of my weird formative political moments was when Arlen Specter switched parties (expressly due to the cynical reason that he definitely could not win a primary as a Republican but maybe could as a Democrat) and then once he was a Democrat, his senate floor votes completely shifted left

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Pennsylvania's Specter runs again like he's the underdog | McClatchy

Sen. Arlen Specter has outlasted many threats to his political survival — the negative publicity he earned from aggressively grilling Anita Hill during Justice Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme ...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

democracydefendersfund.org

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This decision hasn’t posted to the public docket yet, so I can only see the excerpt in Norm’s post, but it appears Judge Edelman punts on whether the USAO engaged in bad faith, saying dismissal w/prejudice would be warranted regardless He denies motion to open discovery on the USAO’s conduct

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If the concept of Rights stands for anything it's that a person can't be summarily rendered out of the country and into torture—and the right-wing justices don't just reject this, they perceive the lower federal courts who *do* believe in Rights as engaged in a sort of rebellion against them

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As Chris said, SCOTUS is hardly alone or even first its responsibility for yesterday’s horror, but they took affirmative & highly unusual steps to open the door They’ve gone beyond standing aside, and moved to actively abusing the shadow docket—it makes them much more than complicit

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gee, it’s like Christa Pike’s lawyers could somehow see the future: “Tennessee's new lethal injection protocol, … is plagued with the same issues that have marked botched executions for decades: secrecy, intentional omission, inattention to detail, and untrained and unlicensed prison personnel”

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is preposterous as it is monstrous Pike survived the execution procedure and now her lawyers, unable to reach the governor or state AG office, are rushing an emergency motion to the Tennessee Supreme Court in their *car* seeking an order to get her medical care

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Roberts Court continues to outdo itself in its depravity This may be the lowest, worst shadow docket order yet, and that’s really saying something

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Running theme since 2017 is the Republicans flout public records laws and face ~no political penalty for it, while Dems and centrists adhere to public records laws and create a paper trail that Republicans and the press tend to treat as nefarious (see, eg, Fauci, Anthony; see also WH Visitor Logs)

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every day Pete Hegseth is like—we care about one thing only: Winning, which is why the enemy has achieved its operational objectives and destroyed an ~irreplicable E-3 Sentry and our department is covering up casualties, and I've focused on dick checks, facial hair, and flybys at Kid Rock's house

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Le Mai 68 protests started over student housing (and eventually caused de Gaulle to flee the country in fear of revolution) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68

en.wikipedia.org

May 68 - Wikipedia

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

tfw you caught the witness at the Schouwburg with the Stadtholder of Nijkirk (when actually he was attending the nieuwe kerk with the Duke of Schomberg)

The Dutch master painting The Laughing Cavalier (1624, a portrait by the Dutch painter Frans Hals, superimposed over the meme of Senator Schmitt smirking at Jack Smith

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eleventh Circuit refuses to block the district court's sanctions order in the "$1.776 billion Weaponization Fund Settlement" case I'm reading through the panel's 22-page decision now... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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#68 in Donald Trump v. Thirty-Five Former Federal Judges (11th Cir., 26-12692) – CourtListener.com

ORDER: The appellants’ motion for a stay is denied. The motions by Oversight Project and America First Legal Foundation to file amicus curiae briefs on the stay motion are denied. The motion of John K...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Has anyone ever seen a grant of certiorari for “Such . . . questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case”? The scope of cert. is just whatever?

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's remarkable, if not surprising, that a guy who built his political career on "it's time to stop being so politically correct!" has turned the full force of the federal government into becoming the language police

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Schmitt's conspiracy-brain theory: Smith traveled to Atlanta (false) rather than just pick up a phone, used an NBA game as cover (why?), met with Fani Willis to coordinate, and coordinating efforts with a local DA would be improper (why?) (Cf. Loretta Lynch - Bill Clinton tarmac encounter)

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.

The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

11th Circuit panel: "so it says here the president devised a fake lawsuit to steal ~$1.8 billion from the Treasury?"

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fascinating to compare the latest YouGov/Economist generic ballot polling with their Oct. 21–23, 2018 poll d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... That snapshot was on the eve of the election, and, uh, the responses for "definitely/probably going to vote" 2018 v. 2026 are strikingly similar:

Economist/YouGov Poll, October 21-23, 2018, 1500 US Adults
Question 87. Vote likelihood
Will you vote in this year's Congressional elections?

Overall Results

Among all respondents:

76% said they would definitely vote.
10% said they would probably vote.
6% said they might vote.
3% said they would probably not vote.
5% said they would definitely not vote.
Virtually no respondents reported having already voted (0%).

In total, 86% expressed at least a probable intention to vote, while only 8% indicated they probably or definitely would not vote.

Gender

Men reported slightly stronger voting intentions than women.

79% of men said they would definitely vote, compared with 73% of women.
Women were somewhat more likely to say they might vote (7% versus 5%) or definitely would not vote (6% versus 4%).

Overall, both genders exhibited high expected turnout.

Age

Age was one of the strongest predictors of vote likelihood.

Only 56% of adults aged 18-29 said they would definitely vote.
The figure rose to 65% among those aged 30-44.
77% of those aged 45-64 said they would definitely vote.
Among seniors aged 65 and older, 89% said they would definitely vote.

Younger adults were much more uncertain:

18% of those 18-29 said they would probably vote.
15% said they might vote.

By contrast, only 2% of seniors said they might vote and just 4% said they would probably vote. The data show a clear increase in certainty about voting with age.

Race

White respondents reported the highest vote certainty.

81% of White respondents said they would definitely vote.
75% of respondents in the “Other” category said the same.
The figure was lower among Black respondents (59%) and Hispanic respondents (53%).

Hispanic respondents showed the greatest uncertainty:

20% said they would probably vote.
11% said they might vote.
10% said they would definitely not vote.

Black respondents were also comparatively more likely to say they might vote (17%).

Party Identification

Republicans reporte…

Economist/YouGov Poll Sept. 26-28, 2026 - 1429 U.S. Registered Voters

Question 41. Likely Voter in 2026 Midterm Elections
How likely are you to vote in the election in November?

Overall Results

Among all registered voters surveyed:

71% said they definitely will vote.
14% said they probably will vote.
6% said they maybe will vote.
4% said they probably will not vote.
2% said they definitely will not vote.
3% were unsure.

Combining the top two categories, 85% indicated they were at least likely to vote, while only 6% said they probably or definitely would not vote.

Sex

Men reported higher certainty about voting than women.

77% of men said they definitely will vote, compared with 67% of women.
Women were more likely than men to say they probably will vote (17% versus 11%) and maybe will vote (7% versus 4%).

The gender gap appears to reflect greater certainty among men rather than greater overall voting intention, since large majorities of both groups expected to participate.

Race

Voting intention was relatively similar across racial groups, though Hispanic voters expressed somewhat less certainty.

73% of White respondents said they definitely will vote.
71% of Black respondents said the same.
72% of Hispanic respondents said they definitely will vote.

However, Hispanic respondents were more likely to select “probably will vote” (19%) than White (13%) or Black (12%) respondents, indicating somewhat more uncertainty about turnout.

Black respondents stood out for having the highest percentage answering “don’t know” (5%).

Age

Age was strongly associated with turnout certainty.

57% of voters aged 18-29 said they definitely will vote.
67% of those aged 30-44 said so.
73% of those aged 45-64 said so.
85% of those aged 65 and older said they definitely will vote.

Younger voters were considerably less certain:

25% of 18-29 year-olds said they probably will vote.
8% said maybe will vote.
4% said definitely will not vote.

By contrast, older voters were much mo…

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you asked poll subjects about “change the system overall” (without mentioning any specifics), what would be the last year we *wouldnt* expect at least ~40% of voters to say that should be a priority? 1987?

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The whole internet hates Dilkshake Muck, a loathesome bigot who loves misogyny. *5 seconds later* we regret to inform you Dilkshake Muck is assistant general counsel of the General Services Administration"

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t mean to be a buzzkill but it’s weird that ppl On Here casually post Polymarket as though it’s (a) a news account, and (b) not deeply entwined with MAGA World

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"did you get that photo of Venezuelan gold miner for the article?" "sure boss, real sexy just like you asked"

Photograph a gold miner at work in El Callao, Venezuela, showing the miner shirtless and muscular, with one leg slightly raised and resting on a rock, the miner's muscles glistening in the light of headlamps and camera lighting.

Photo credited to photographer Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

According to BBC's livestream, one of the six Raptor engines failed, and although the Starship reached low-earth-orbit, SpaceX decided to cut the mission short and reenter 7 hours early ....But you'll notice all of SpaceX's public statements about this are completely positive spin

bbc.com

Watch live: SpaceX's Starship rocket returning earlier than planned

The rocket - which had been due to orbit the planet six times on a 10-hour flight - is soon expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a three-hour flight.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"did you get that photo of Venezuelan gold miner for the article?" "sure boss, real sexy just like you asked"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026

“i woke up every morning and name searched myself on twitter. i am normal by the way”

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Interesting review article on Paulinella The genus is an amoeba 🦠 that has a shell comprising silica scales There are three described photosynthetic species. Each cell comprises two chromatophore organelles that photosynthesize, but are not homologous to green algae / plant plastids

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

PAULINELLA, A MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING PLASTID PRIMARY ENDOSYMBIOSIS

The uptake and conversion of a free-living cyanobacterium into a photosynthetic organelle by the single-celled Archaeplastida ancestor helped transform the biosphere from low to high oxygen. There are...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

normal person: this antivaxxer and measles denialist is insane me: actually they don’t swab the rash, they swab the nose or throat and collect blood www.cdc.gov/measles/php/...

cdc.gov

Laboratory Testing for Measles

Detection of measles RNA by RT-PCR can provide laboratory confirmation of infection.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

After Jean-Paul Marat was assassinated on July 13, 1793, the Jacobins arranged a Roman lying-in-state with laurel crown, except his skin was turning green, his tongue kept lolling out so they had to cut it, and to pose him holding a quill they had to cut off his arm and sew another arm on

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WHEN NEWS OF THE ASSASSINATION was brought to the Convention there was an immediate outbreak of shouting and sobbing, grand eulogies and laments taken from stage tragedies. Given the success of David's funeral and painting for Lepelletier, it was inevitable he would get the call. Pointing to the Lepelletier painting that hung on the Convention wall, one of the deputies, Guirault, invoked his creation of Lepelletier as a republican martyr and called out, David... where are you?... There is one more work for you to do I shall do it, he replied. How could he not?
The painting A Marat, 1793, was, then, intended to be a pendant for the Lepelletier. But there was one serious difference from that earlier commission: the season. Lepelletier had been embalmed and laid out in the depths of winter. This was the hottest July anyone could remember, and Marat's body was in any case not in prime condition. The raw red skin was beginning to turn an alarming shade of green even before David's top embalmer and five assistants could get to him. Some cosmetic work was immediately necessary. The tongue ligature of the Friend of the People had to be cut to prevent it from lolling out of his mouth, and the face itself had to be heavily whitened. But it proved impossible to close Marat's eyes

completely, giving him precisely that hooded, toady look of Girondin demonology.
For three days the body was laid out in the deconsecrated church of the Cordeliers, where it was raised up high on a Roman bed similar to the one used for Lepelletier, with a great candlestick stationed on each corner. Although David could hardly have Marat sitting up as he had last seen him, he wanted the arm that had continued to write for the People to be visible. But rigor mortis had made that so difficult that an arm from another corpse had to be found and attached - not altogether successfully, since one morning. distressingly, the arm was found on the floor, separated from the body but still holding the pen. After a torchlit procession through the streets, and republican sermons that naturally compared Marat to Jesus, his body, minus his heart, was interred in the gardens of the Cordeliers. The heart was set in a porphyry urn that was then suspended from a silken cord above the venerating public, swinging to and fro, a perpetuum mobile of the Revolution.
David, then, was all too aware of how provisional were these rites of preser-vation. In their culogies many of the Jacobins had declared that the truest revenge against the assassin's crime - which had been to obliterate Marat - would be to make him forever present, not only in memory but in sight too. David's painting was supposed to do just that - to make Marat-Martyre (the play on words wasn't missed, of course) permanent as the holy icon of the Republic.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a cool story about hunting for Paulinella, a photosynthetic microbe whose organelles stem from an endosymbiosis that occurred only ~100MYA (independent from plants’ one ~1500MYA), …though the story glides over some bitter details about financial distress Donald Trump lawlessly caused

cloud of uncertainty. A group chat with roughly 300 scientists, which had been used mainly for advice during tax season, turned into a career lifeline. The scientists — early in their careers and who often had little financial cushion to bridge even one missing paycheck - shared information, strategized and commiserated.
One day, Dr. Van Etten shared that she was having a particularly difficult time. A few moments later, Dr. Willoughby showed up in her DMS.
As with so many of the freezes to federal funding, this one was disruptive and confusing, but temporary. A judge stepped in, the Trump administration rescinded its memo and the science foundation turned its payment system back on a week later.
Some scientists did lose runding because their grants were deemed "not aligned with program goals." Many, like Dr. Van Etten and Dr. Willoughby, were shaken but able to resume their work.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This story about the Nikon microscopy image award winner maybe-probably being an entrant who cheated with AI is just a total bummer & a shame AI is gonna supercharge research fraud issues, and it’s just sad we’re losing any solid ground in shared truth www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

nikonsmallworld.com

Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) | 2026 Small World in Motion Competition

Ning Xu - Rendition of abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function. AI-assisted in post-processing.

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nikonsmallworld.com

Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) | 2026 Small World in Motion Competition

Ning Xu - Rendition of abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function. AI-assisted in post-processing.

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A few ppl responded to this with “why isn’t already-existing products liability & tort law adequate to impose liability for harms caused by AI models?” In some situations, maybe existing law is adequate, and that’s basically the approach Josh Hawley & Dick Durbin are taking:

judiciary.senate.gov

Durbin, Hawley Introduce Bill Allowing Victims To Sue AI Companies | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)...

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Like 2x per day now, OpenAi/Anthropic is like, “RELEASE: oops, the helper monkey did another uhoh”

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The 8th Circuit had said last week they interpreted SCOTUS‘ prior two orders as telling them they should hurry up, not that they should stop an end the case AFAICT the 8th Circuit’s interpretation was clearly in bad faith, yet they face no discipline, just a bit of a scolding tone

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This 'reasoning' really is ridiculous Imagine if DHS said "we're expanding the SAVE program with door-to-door raids and summary arrests". Would the Roberts Court really say IIRIRA would prevent anyone from "invoking a law" to stop that?

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"sure, there's a law, but the relevant personnel are barred from enforcing it" is like the Roberts Court's epitaph

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