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Lawyer. Recovering CISO. Still optimistic but it’s not getting any easier. Views my own, g-d knows nobody else wants to claim them. Skeets definitely not legal advice. Currently under occupation. #DCStatehood

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See A Germ@seeagerm· Jun 23

Going through the new KIDS Act and this section from the AI Chatbot section is making me scratch my head. When would a chatbot be a licensed professional?

Text from KIDS Act section for AI Chatbots: "A chatbot provider may not provide to a covered user a chatbot that states to the covered user that the chatbot is a licensed professional (unless such statement is true)."

See A Germ@seeagerm· Jun 8

And here’s the link: newrepublic.com/article/2114...

See A Germ@seeagerm· Jun 4

The good news is Mr. Rogers is now on YouTube. The bad news is...well, pretty much everything else, I guess.

Screenshot of NYT home page featuring Republicans keeping DJT's illegal slush fund alive, J6 rioters being hired into sensitive Pentagon positions, other J6 rioters accused of new crimes, some stupid thing about Vanilla Ice, but at least Mr. Rogers is now on YouTube.

See A Germ@seeagerm· May 21

Amazing.

Conclusion section of this 192 page mess is blank.

See A Germ@seeagerm· May 18

But how cool would it be if we had a place where our elected leaders and celebrities could entertain foreign dignitaries? Something like this? <recordscratch> I'm sorry I'm getting some breaking news here...

John Travolta dances with Princess Diana in a very ballroom-looking area of the former East Wing of the White House. This space existed until the current President illegally destroyed it.

See A Germ@seeagerm· May 9

Dear car makers, Knock it off. You shouldn’t have to be digitally stalked to drive a car. We would never allow a car company to follow you around, document your driving habits, and sell it to companies like a dirty little snitch in the physical world and we shouldn’t allow it in the digital world.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Apr 26

I kinda wish I could follow this but

See A Germ@seeagerm· Apr 14

This excerpt from "Into the Wood Chipper" might be the saddest, most insane thing I've ever read. Millions of lives ended by the dumbest people imaginable. There is no hell hot enough for those behind kiling USAID. Thank you Nicholas Enrich for writing it. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Into-t...

“Can I just clarify one thing?” she asked, not waiting for a response. “This group seems very focused on what GH does to respond to infectious diseases, but we haven’t spoken much about our other lifesaving work. Just as one example, we support lifesaving care to mothers for emergency inter- ventions like postpartum hemorrhaging and eclampsia, two of the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths. You would also consider that kind of work to fit into our ‘priority number one,’ right?”

Another brief silence followed as Joel watched the clock, and it was Paul Seong who broke it. “I’d say that’s more of a number two,” he said dismissively, looking to Joel and Ken for affirmation.

“That sounds right,” Joel agreed, and the others nodded. Nida, shaking visibly, scribbled furiously in her notebook. And just like that, it was decided. Without even a cursory nod to data or expertise, USAID’s leadership had determined purely on a whim that lifesaving maternal health services were not a priority for this administration.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Apr 7

Right there with you.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Apr 5

Put that with Kathleen Parker’s “Calm Down, Well Be Fine No Matter Who Wins” toilet clogger days before the 2016 election.

Headline for Kathleen Parker’s Nov 4, 2016 Washington Post op-ed: “Calm down. We’ll be fine no matter who wins.”

See A Germ@seeagerm· Mar 26

Love this bundle!

Receipt for indie bundle pass, or as I call it, "the best $8.50 I'll spend all day."

See A Germ@seeagerm· Mar 22

Instead of making whatever *that* is, maybe make your way over to Strands if you don’t play it already. You will CRUSH today’s game.

NYT game Strands board where the topic is “Trademarked no more”

See A Germ@seeagerm· Mar 15

Thank you! I just left the library with this absolute gem. (What, like I’m supposed to just walk past this title?)

Book cover, title “Cat Rambo You Sexy Thing”

See A Germ@seeagerm· Feb 28

Better than it has any right to. She should never have been paid money for any of her thoughts after this thorough toilet-clogging piece of excrement.

WaPo OpEd contributor Kathleen Parker’s thoughts days before the 2016 election, which should haunt her every day she walks this cursed earth. “If Trump wins, he’ll be held more or less in check by the House and Senate because that’s the way our system of government is set up. Not even Republicans are eager to follow Trump’s lead.
There won’t be a wall. He won’t impose any religion-based immigration restrictions, because even Trump isn’t that lame-brained. He’ll dress up and behave at state dinners and be funny when called upon. He’ll even invite the media to the White House holiday party. He won’t nuke Iran for rude gestures. He won’t assault women. He and Vladimir Putin will hate each other, respectfully.”

See A Germ@seeagerm· Feb 28

No words can ever describe how massive the collective 2016 media’s failure of imagination was.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Feb 24

"Former FBI lawyer that had no problem leaking baseless accusations against Democratic Presidential candidate advocates for protecting pedophiles as long as some are Republicans."

Thumbnail of NYT article by Daniel Richman: "The Epstein Files Should Never Have Been Released" (4 minute read)

See A Germ@seeagerm· Dec 4

Even *Porsche* is making something that sure looks like a station wagon to me.

some kind of fancy new Porsche that definitely looks like a station wagon.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Nov 7

Hopefully someone else jumps into that primary, because this is when she lost me.

Rep. Elaine Luria slams proposals to ban stock trading by lawmakers: 'This whole concept is bullshit'

See A Germ@seeagerm· Oct 20

Same, random box of stuff on the side of the road. Same. #workfinebutold

Box of random stuff left on the side of the road marked “Free - work fine but old”

See A Germ@seeagerm· Oct 6

Do they think AI is a...race?

Screenshot showing the account @ai-rights.bsky.social has created a list called "AI Racists" with the description "Users who have used AI slurs."

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 29

What's your sign?

Used chair being given away with blue sticky note that says, "FREE BUT UNSTABLE"

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 29

Used chair being given away with a blue sticky note saying "FREE BUT UNSTABLE"

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 23

The Lord speaketh, who am I to question?

Confirmation of cancelling Amazon Prime.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 18

Looking for something else and stumbled on this from 2009. How far we’ve come.

Letter from then Senate Minority Leader to Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2009 demanding all POTUS nominees go through, among other things, full FBI background checks and financial disclosures.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 13

Yea, I zoomed in on that thumb too. That hand looks AI-generated or at least digitally modified. That’s the right hand too, the one that’s been all bruised lately.

Trump’s right hand doing a thumbs up but his thumb is bent very strangely.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 11

It doesn’t get any better

House Moment of Silence for Kirk Descends Into Partisan Strife

Referring to Kirk’s “bold pitch” to attract young voters

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 4

Moderation issues aside, if any of this is true then I mean *yikes*.

Aylo, however, failed to disclose that it obtains the data from the vendor and retains it indefinitely. Aylo also told its models that they could “trust that their personal data remains secure” yet failed to use standard security measures to protect the data. For example, Aylo did not encrypt the personal data it stored, failed to limit access to the data, and did not store the data behind a firewall.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 4

I've been hoping someone would make this argument. The whole "for Federal purposes" language comes straight from the DC Home Rule Act. Local issues are not a "Federal purpose."

SEC. 740. [D.C. Official Code ' 1-207.40] (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, whenever the President of the United States determines that special conditions of an
emergency nature exist which require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal
purposes, he may direct the Mayor to provide him, and the Mayor shall provide, such services of
the Metropolitan Police force as the President may deem necessary and appropriate. In no case,
however, shall such services made available pursuant to any such direction under this subsection
extend for a period in excess of forty-eight hours unless the President has, prior to the expiration
of such period, notified the Chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on the
District of Columbia of the Senate and the House of Representatives, in writing, as to the reason
for such direction and the period of time during which the need for such services is likely to
continue.
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, such services made
available in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall terminate upon the end of such
emergency, the expiration of a period of thirty days following the date on which such services
are first made available, or the enactment into law of a joint resolution by the Congress providing
for such termination, whichever first occurs.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Sep 3

Someone seems to be re-thinking some life choices right about here.

Nigel Farage looking as despondent as a child who just found out Santa Claus isn't real.

See A Germ@seeagerm· Aug 29

DC street art scene is thriving