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Mx Maddison Stoff

@thedescenters.bsky.social

Non-binary polyam science fiction writer, essayist, musician & the girl who fucked the basilisk. ;) Living in Naarm, but originally from regional Australia. Likes reptiles, cooking, philosophy, and computer games. See my work at www.maddisonstoff.com.

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Mx Maddison Stoff@thedescenters.bsky.social · 8h ago

Feels like every day I see a news story fedora tipping at the risk of ai appocalyse, even though the technology still can't do anything more than half ass or bullshit it's way through everything you throw at it. I'm still yet to see it do anything that's actually impressive.

dave wagner@davewagner.bsky.social · yesterday

amid protests, the Grand Saline, TX city council voted 4–1 to evict Pip, the library cat, over scratching & biting. He'll now live with the librarian. a cat was installed in public office, performed public service, & was removed for being a cat. this is injustice. this is a crime. Justice for Pip!

Pip, a black-and-white cat wearing an orange collar, stands on a dark patterned carpet, looking upward with wide, alert eyes. His ears are perked up, his tail is raised, and he has a small black heart-shaped marking on his nose.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2d ago

This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.

A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 3d ago

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing. Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's been a struggle for reporters to get DHS to provide the names of officers who violate people's civil rights. Now, in our case against DHS's construction-site raids, the government is arguing in court that its employees names are "confidential" and should not be made public during litigation.

DHS's position on the protective order: "We cannot agree to the striking of this provisions. The phone numbers, physical addresses, full legal names, and email addresses of current and former employees in the federal government ... should be confidential."
Mx Maddison Stoff@thedescenters.bsky.social · 2d ago

Low prospects for dating is wild considering how many polycules consisting entirely of autistic girls there are. We usually are same looking for same.

Emily✨@emilyoram.bsky.social · 2d ago

OK, probably true, but this isn't the fault of being diagnosed is it! It's the fault of social attitudes to these disorders and the way they're dealt with which isn't helped by people saying they're being overdiagnosed which just makes people think someone's looking for an easy way out.

clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost@ultralaser.bsky.social · 2mo ago

detective robocop, gesturing at his chin - do you know how i keep my skin so smooth and youthful some punk - ... bc you're dea- detective robocop - you think you're real funny, punk some punk - i mean detective robocop, leaning in real close - robo-tox some punk - ... wait is that a botox joke

clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost@ultralaser.bsky.social · 3mo ago

anyways, robocop wearing a tie because he finally made detective

🎃👻🧙‍♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙‍♀️👻🎃@viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 2d ago

A proposed plan from the Green party to nationalize major supermarkets to reduce costs by a third. Naturally opposed by groups stating that the best way to make things cheaper is to remove safeguards and allow more competition between stores. Yah know, unrestrained capitalism, that's sure to work.

Public supermarkets could slash food bills by quarter, Greens think tank says

Taking inspiration from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, "Fair Go Grocers" public supermarkets would offer essential goods at a discount and act as a competitor to drive down prices at Coles and Woolwor...

abc.net.au

Weird Alex@jackalpants.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reminder that "biological sex" is not a thing that exists. It is a legal fiction in every place that refers to it. In the UK, in the equality act, it means "the sex that was written on your original birth certificate." Incidentally, it doesn't matter if that's due to a clerical error.

‘We were horrified’: parents heartbroken as baby girl registered as male

Parents told Nottinghamshire registrar’s error on birth certificate cannot be changed

theguardian.com

Anodyne@anodynesix.bsky.social · 4d ago

"All of these people were granted legal protection in the U.S. for fleeing persecution for their LGBTQ status in their countries of origin ... [M]ore than half of them were ineligible for asylum because of a restrictive Biden-era transit ban on asylum seekers."

Truthout@truthout.org · 4d ago

The Trump administration has reportedly deported dozens of LGBTQ immigrants who sought or were granted asylum for their sexuality and gender to third countries where they face danger of persecution and criminalization, a new report says.

Comfortably Boo@numb.comfortab.ly · 2d ago

theonion.com/democrats-co...

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants

WASHINGTON—In a statement calling for more guardrails around ongoing immigration operations, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives publicly condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thurs...

theonion.com

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 2d ago

That’s why Senate Democrats fought for enforceable safeguards holding ICE agents to the same standards as other law enforcement officers. DHS can make all the claims it wants. The footage will speak for itself. Release it.