Notices by Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)

Another Friday, another development in the effort to prevent Trump and his lackey's from unlawfully sending people to wretched prisons in foreign countries. Judge Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, who has refused to protect detainees there before, today ruled against class certification for them in their effort to petition for habeas corpus. 1/ #LawFedi https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.402915/gov.uscourts.txnd.402915.67.0_1.pdf

Before I get into Hendrix's opinion, a reminder about why class certification matters. Venezuelans detained per Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act are scattered throughout the country, in various DHS/ICE facilities. Many detainees are not able to contact or find a lawyer. They remain nameless for litigation purposes. 3/

I created a SoundCloud account years ago, just to try it out. Uploaded a handful of tracks.

SoundCloud just updated their terms of service to say that I now suddenly consent to my music being used to train AI.

I gave no such consent. I give no such consent.

I just deleted all my tracks. Not deleting my account, though. I’m considering how I might upload something more…interesting to help train the AI. 😈

“It’s a deal about nothing”

ouch https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xyzlbocbcny36mjw53wuzxh4/post/3loouejvmt223

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https://catholicreview.org/chicago-native-cardinal-prevost-elected-pope-takes-name-leo-xiv/

previously:
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/114470135136909460

#conclave #pope #LeoXIV #CatholicChurch #RCC

@kouett @tiotasram
Pain à Grande Vitesse

"We pray that as our church transitions from 12 years of an historic papacy, Pope Leo XIV will continue the welcome and outreach to LGBTQ+ people which Pope Francis inaugurated. The healing that began with 'Who am I to judge?' needs to continue and grow to 'Who am I, if not a friend to LGBTQ+ people?'”

#pope #LeoXIV #LGBTQ
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I read this news in mind of my belief that organizational structures that promote people on the basis of them not understanding the limits of a currently in-vogue technology will suffer an inversion of expertise.

That's not even Peter Principle, it's that a lack of technical competence concentrates in more senior positions and in positions where critical decisions are made.

https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/114473063306352182

@bright_helpings
People use too many words sometimes.

@RandyMongenel @mbybee @RealGene @bovaz @pluralistic @maggiejk This is from 2015, and it's worse now.

A good read.

Short version:

- The cuts so-called “Doge” claims are wild lies, just made-up numbers.

- If you look at actual Treasury data where theirs cuts would have showed up…spending actually •increased• overall. They’re failing completely in their supposed mission.

- Cuts are not really savings if they cost more than they save. “Doge” in the long term “seems quite likely to expand long-term budget deficits.”

- But saving money was never the real point.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3loogrdexyc2v

❝Recall that last November, the single biggest reason voters gave in exit polls for choosing Trump was that he’d bring prices down.❞

Never trust a con artist. https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/114472828485962307

"The most important thing to understand about Trump’s trade war is that it’s an attempt to solve a problem that only exists in his imagination. He keeps insisting that other countries are engaged in unfair trade, but the reality is that most of our important trading partners impose very low tariffs on U.S. products."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #tariffs #economy #recession #StockMarket #prices #chaos #TradeWar
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-trump-pretend-to-fix-what-he

"The price of American-made cars is about to go up.

Tariffs will add an average of about $4,000 per car bought by Americans.

Not just cars.

Although Trump has scaled back some tariffs and paused others as he seeks trade deals with foreign nations, his tariffs are already eating into household budgets.

More companies are warning consumers that they’ll be raising prices as a result of the tariffs."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #tariffs #economy #recession #prices
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/prices-up

And if we do start hearing about Cybertruck fires at dealerships, well…raise your hand if you actually think this company wouldn’t try to commit insurance fraud.

Honestly, if I were Tesla, I’d just be •dying• for someone to set all of those unsold Teslas on fire so I could file an insurance claim and get something back for them.

Vandals: please leave those unsold Swasticars untouched! Don’t cut the millstone from their neck.

Unsold Cybertruck inventory is going through the roof.

And quick, pop quiz: high supply + low demand = ______

(Worth clicking through just to see the photos of rows and rows of unwanted Nazimobiles.)

https://www.arenaev.com/tesla_cybertruck_inventory_goes_through_the_roof-news-4680.php

When even Bill Kristol says we should feel shame for our moral degeneracy, I mean…. https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/114472786536653586

@ComicContext @blogdiva
Now trying to decide whether “fileboner” should refer to a compression utilility, grep, or secure erase

Zuck's told investors how he plans to make back the tens of billions he's spending on AI: he's going to use it to make ads that can bypass our critical faculties and convince anyone to buy anything. In other words, Meta will make an AI mind-control ray and rent it out to grateful advertisers.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/07/rah-rah-rasputin/#credulous-dolts

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