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Getty Images drops its primary claims of copyright infringement against Stability AI in UK court but continues to pursue other claims and a separate US lawsuit (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/gett

Getty drops key copyright claims against Stability AI, but UK lawsuit continues | TechCrunch
Getty Images dropped its primary claims of copyright infringement against Stability AI on Wednesday at London’s High Court, narrowing one of the most closely watched legal fights over how AI companies use copyrighted content to train their models. 

Calamus 13 "Calamus taste"
A celebration of nature in March, an entreaty to enjoy and nurture growth. Both botanical and metaphorical, our personal growth. Some lovely turns of phrase:
Gushes from the throats of birds
Frost-mellowed berries
But I'm here for the gay reading. The erotic is latent in all this burgeoning spring. But it's also more explicit. That first line "Calamus taste" sure is promising if we understand Calamus as a phallic symbol. Then there's the "pinks of love", the "young persons wandering out in the fields", the "love-buds".
It's not porny or anything but it's a little horny. The physical exuberance of springtime.
This poem got edited heavily down in later versions, and perhaps it needed it. But he eliminated one of my favorite lines, "I must change the strain". Gonna drop that in conversation next time I need to change the topic.

"Former military Lawyer David McBride has lodged a special leave application in the High Court to challenge his conviction for sharing classified material with journalists."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-26/david-mc…

David McBride lodges High Court application to challenge conviction
Jailed former military lawyer David McBride has taken his legal battle to the High Court, seeking leave to challenge his conviction. 

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states may exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from providing medical screenings and other healthcare for women on Medicaid.
The court’s conservative majority cast aside the longstanding rule that said Medicaid patients may obtain medical care from any qualified provider.
In a 6-3 vote, the justices ruled the Medicaid Act does not give patients an “individual right” to the provider of their choice.
The dispute turned on abortion, even …

Supreme Court says states may bar women on Medicaid from using Planned Parenthood clinics
Conservative states that banned abortion are still fighting with Planned Parenthood, which provides medical screening for women.

Psychiceyeclix – Serious Idiots
#dubstep

US senators reintroduce the bipartisan Open App Markets Act to challenge Apple's and Google's grip on app stores; the 2021 version never made it to a floor vote (Amber Neely/AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/0

Bipartisan Open App Markets Act revived to challenge Apple's App Store control
Big Tech's grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan "Open App Markets Act" aimed at breaking Apple and Google's app store dominance.

Fellirium – Spring Equinox
#ambient

Sonic Archaeology – The Chaining of Cerberus
#ambient …

Mint Deluxe – Occident Accident
#byncnd

yuriplus – Past product Sleep Sound EP
#ambient