Hi @emfcamp.bsky.social #emf #emfcamp #emfcamp26 attendees: I'll be doing my Sense Without Sight (blind navigation / nonvisual sensory techniques) workshop again as usual: www.emfcamp.org/schedule/202... More info: s.ai/emf Sign-up req'd: s.ai/emf/ws Feedback: s.ai/emf/fb See others': s.ai/emf/fbr

www.savethepostoffice.com/the-people-v...

The People v USPS: Pushback against the election mail proposal

Here’s a rundown of the latest developments and key documents in the court cases, USPS rulemaking, and PRC proceedings…

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No, Donald Trump cannot use the mailman to steal your ballot! @lizdye.bsky.social explains why in the latest for @legaleagle.tv www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmyI...

Trump’s Plan to Control Elections Just Got Blocked — Here’s Why

YouTube video by LegalEagle

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Dear everyone who cares about USPS handling of election mail or its Proposed Rule to refuse to deliver mail to/from anyone not on its list: I filed a petition to the Postal Regulatory Commission, prc.arkcase.com/portal/filin..., in 2 parts. If you care, please SHARE & PARTICIPATE. Info below. 1/15

Update: court imposed $2.5k fine, 6mo suspension, bar referral, 2y "no AI" statement, and notification to everyone storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... docket www.courtlistener.com/docket/71703... I intend to intervene to just get their OSC response. Lawyers willing to help, please DM/email.

24-4790 Lnu, et al. v. Bondi

YouTube video by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Lucky225@lucky225.2600.blue · 8mo ago

Watching this case @s.ai pointed out about the LNU name but I think @404media.co will appreciate the AI hallucination allegations about 620 seconds in lol cc @josephcox.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaKZ...

🚨 URGENT U.S. TRAVEL ALERT 🚨 Heads up, everyone. A critical rule change goes into effect TOMORROW, Oct 14, that will prevent people with an "X" gender marker on their passport from flying to, from, or through the United States. Please read and share!!! (1/9)

Here's more on what's happening and what it means: papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/1...

CBP changes procedures for airline passengers with “X” passports – Papers, Please!

CBP regulations require would-be airline passengers to identify as “M” or F”. These regulations were never changed, even when CBP was accepting “X” gender markers.

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I'll probably post more later, but a thing I'm doing today for fun yielded this: gaussian analysts hoverbug suddenly straight lovenuts See if you can figure out what I was doing. (Hint: a=1.)

Researching the history of blind mail laws, I came across this: 14 Stat. 597, 1866 c. 199 (39th), July 13, 1866, paying Sgt. (ret.) George W. Bush (N.Y. 90th reg., co. G) a pension of $8/mo for 2y tile.loc.gov/storage-serv... So George W. Bush actually did do military service. Or, well, one did.

@andrewtorrez.bsky.social @lizdye.bsky.social On Law & Chaos podcast 154, you said you hadn't heard of a pre-answer deposition. Not the same as Trump v Murdock's requested FRCP 32(a)(4)(C) depo, and can't be used on a non US resident, but in theory… there is FRCP 27, which is even pre *complaint*.

Rule 27. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony

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LCC11 presenters on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/did:...

The 11th Language Creation Conference list of presentations[1] and registration[2] are now up! [1] conlang.org/lcc11-presen... [2] conlang.org/lcc11-regist... (1/x)

Out of context: "A brace of abrasive customers"

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

LCC12 2026 hosting proposals are due February 28, 2025. The requirements (conlang.org/cms/wp-conte...) are identical to LCC11's, just to be held any time in 2026.

- veterans & mental health - conlang tips: 5-minute pre-recorded presentation of one focused way to do something conlanging related Please distribute the call for proposals widely.

- constructed signed languages or intentional creation within natural sign languages (including tactile) - conlanger/conlang community sociology - particular conlangs, including talks presented in that conlang (if there are enough proposals related to that conlang for a specialty session for it)

Presentation proposals (conlang.org/language-cre...) are due January 28, 2025. Both in-person and remote presentations are welcome. Anything about conlangs or conlanging is welcome, as always. This year, we are particularly interested in presentations about:

We have published detailed resources (conlang.org/language-cre...) for visitors, including European and trans visitors in particular, as well as an explanation (conlang.org/language-cre...) of our decision and future plans.

On behalf of the Language Creation Society: The 11th Language Creation Conference (conlang.org/language-cre...) will be held on April 11–13 in College Park, Maryland. #lcc11 #LanguageCreationConference #lcc #conlang #lcs #LanguageCreationSociety

From @charlierad.bsky.social "Access to law - Open justice - Helping lay people" go.bsky.app/S7iL8BE

I made a BlueSky list of conlangers: bsky.app/profile/did:... Please LMK if there's anyone missing (including you), or if I should convert it (or some subpart) to a "starter pack" — it's not entirely clear to me what the difference between the two is, though AFAICT the list can be used as a "feed".

I created an FOI and Open Government starter pack and will add to it when I see more FOI warriors on Bluesky.

Re RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary, I'm reminded for some reason of the They Might Be Giants song Doctor Worm: youtu.be/mHliXVifhEM

They Might Be Giants - Doctor Worm (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ParticleMen

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The index to all of my conlang critique articles is at gliese1337.blogspot.com/2023/02/some... 2/

My two-part review of Toki Pona, which I wrote at jan Sonja's request explicitly as an outsider to the community, got "popular" because it seems to have made many toki ponists angry: gliese1337.blogspot.com/2024/08/some... At some point, I will probably do a part 3 incorporating their feedback. 1/

Some More Thoughts on Toki Pona

What the heck is  Toki Pona? After publishing my last short article , several people expressed interest in a deeper analysis of various aspe...

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 2y ago

My reviews of "Reading Fictional Languages" and "Xenolinguistics" were both several times more popular than average for #linguistics content: gliese1337.blogspot.com/2024/02/revi... gliese1337.blogspot.com/2023/09/xeno...

And finally, my latest review before Toki Pona looked at @s.ai & Alex's covert tactile languages, Gripping and Backtile: gliese1337.blogspot.com/2023/02/some... 7/7

The LCS is running a contest to create a #conlang flag to represent not just #conlanging, but also the diversity of the conlanging community. What exactly that means, and what such a design might look like, is entirely up to you. Details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please share widely.

Rainbow conlang flag contest and conlang flag & pin orders

The Language Creation Society (LCS) is a non-profit dedicated to conlanging and conlang communities. Before the LCS existed, the Conlang Flag was designed by Christian Thalmann, Jan van Steenbergen, ...

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@robertmaguire.bsky.social Would you be interested in collaborating on using public FEC data to prove evasion of hard money contribution limits via structuring & shell corps? I have a couple actual examples from 2014, but never followed up on them — wanted to do it more rigourously to file a MUR.

@conlang.bsky.social Nice handle. Out of curiosity, who are you?