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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 10:31:14 JST Tim Chambers

   This deserves more attention - the press is just now starting to notice this:

   "Elon Musk's X has updated its terms of service to steer any disputes by users of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter to a federal court in Texas whose judges frequently deliver victories to conservative litigants in political cases.
   ...X is not even located in the district."

   https://www.reuters.com/legal/musks-x-seeks-steer-lawsuits-conservative-court-texas-2024-10-17/

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     Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 00:01:05 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     • Samhain Night

     @samhainnight @tchambers There's a lot of corporate stuff that gets filed in TX federal courts because they're considered more something-or-other friendly.

     https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shopping-for-the-judge-you-want-honed-to-perfection-in-texas

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     Samhain Night (samhainnight@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 00:01:06 JST Samhain Night

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     @tchambers I thought you had to be in the district the judge is in. I wonder what legal slight of hand he's doing to get this.

     Tim Chambers repeated this.
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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 00:16:58 JST Tim Chambers

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     • P Stewart

     @pstewart Exactly.

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     P Stewart (pstewart@mastodon.sandwich.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 00:16:59 JST P Stewart

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     @tchambers That's the district where one of the judges refused to disclose/divest a bunch of Tesla stock too, if I recall?