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Simulflow (Jerrified)

@simulflow.bsky.social

Singer, cat lover, avid trivia collector. Canadian. Atheist. Ancient history, paleontology, psychology, birding, painting, whisk(e)y, deep dub techno, general mayhem. Married to distant relative of Vincent van Gogh. Lived in South Korea 2005-2009. 환영합니다!

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Simulflow (Jerrified)@simulflow.bsky.social · 1h ago

It was only a matter of time. You can go do things in one state that are illegal in another state; but they will be watching you do it, and looking for ways to punish you.

404 Media@404media.co · 3h ago

NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Mildred Pitts Walter, a Los Angeles schoolteacher who grew up in the Jim Crow South and wrote award-winning children’s books focusing on Black characters, filling a void in her students’ reading material, died on May 19 in Redwood City, Calif. She was 103." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...

Mildred Pitts Walter, Author of Books for Black Children, Dies at 103 (Gift Article)

Teaching kindergarten in South Central Los Angeles in the 1950s and ’60s, she realized that her students were not represented in the books they read. So she wrote her own.

nytimes.com

The Walrus@thewalrus.ca · 6d ago

Indigenous nations are creating child welfare laws grounded in their own legal traditions. As law professors Val Napoleon and Hadley Friedland note, the work ahead is about “recovering and then taking up an interrupted, intergenerational conversation.” https://ow.ly/oRA750ZuvGL

On the left: an image of a circle of different hands surrounding an illustration of a child wearing a coat and backpack on a blue background.. On the right: text that reads “Canada took First Nations children away. Now communities are bringing them home. The harder challenge will be building services that can help keep the families together”
Steve Held@peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 3w ago

wtf “But the 25-foot buffer is not a fixed line. It moves with the agent. Which means the crime moves with the agent. Which means an ICE officer can walk toward you, close the distance himself, and manufacture your arrest.”

ICE Gestapo Weaponize New Fascist Kansas Law That Makes It Illegal to Witness ICE – The Kansas City Defender

Kansas Republicans overrode their own governor to pass the Halo Act, a moving 25-foot arrest zone around every agent in the state. In Olathe, ICE is already using it to trap the people who film them, ...

kansascitydefender.com

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · last wk.

Here's a bunch of context from Adam Cochran regarding McConnell, Kentucky state law, and August 3rd Basically August 3rd is relevant, but McConnell's staff could game out the system in a myriad of ways to stall a special election Gov. Beshear needs to act quickly

There is lots of confusion around the August 3rd Kentucky date, so let's clear it up. First you need to know two things: 1) HB 622 did not amend the state constitution - it amended statutes. Even after Kentucky's changes Kentucky Constitution $152 still uses the phrase of "all elective offices" when describing the 3 month cut off date and gubernatorial appointment. It is worthy of a state Supreme Court challenge, and likely to win. That means Aug 3rd still relevant. 2) KRS 118.740 requires that proclamations must be sent to the Sheriff's 63 days before the date of the election, with certificates filed 56 days before. For Nov 3rd that would mean a filing date of Sept 1st. SO: You'd have two sides arguing for the 3rd with one saying: -Section 152 still constitutionally requires a gubernatorial appointment for statewide vacancies, and HB 622 failed because it tried to remove that by statute instead of amending Section 152. So while HB 622 is constitutional under the 17th amendment, it violates the state constitution. And the other arguing: -Section 152 does not reach federal U.S. Senate seats, and the Seventeenth Amendment lets the Kentucky legislature choose special election only, with no temporary appointment. That Supreme Court argument is only relevant AFTER August 3rd and not likely to be resolved quickly.Secondly, you have the notice periods of the statute. If you make it having the court case, you can get injunctions against the proclamation and drag it out. Because of the 56 day rule, by the time you get to Sept 1st the soonest you can have the election is now Nov 3rd, meaning you'd have Kentucky vote for both a special senate election and regular one on the same day. But even prior to that, you've tied the governors hands. Is he really going to proclaim a special election just two weeks before the main one? And if you can push it back and not have the special election separately, it's easier to push people to vote for the same candidate on both the special and regular elections on the same ballot (blocking a Massie run) And if you can do that, you can ensure that there is no disruption, especially to McConnell's committee assignments. And all of that begins with the question "is this constitutional under Kentucky's state constitution?" Which is only relevant, if it's after August 3rd. And if you are Mitch McConnell, or his aides, you know you don't need to win on the "is it constitutional question" because it's a procedural time game. And I can guarantee you, every single person in McConnell's office knows more procedural games in both Congressional rules and Kentucky State law than you can imagine.And I can guarantee you, every single person in McConnell's office knows more procedural games in both Congressional rules and Kentucky State law than you can imagine. And given his health, I'm confident they've gamed out a dozen scenarios like this in advanced. So is August 3rd as clear cut a date as it was historically? No. Is it still legally relevant? Absolutely yes.