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Criminal cases against ex-FBI director Comey, Letitia James dismissed in blow to Trump administration
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-va-case-dismissed-james-comey-9.6990482

Judge cites 'defective appointment' of U.S. attorney, killing 2 criminal cases Trump desired | CBC News
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at U.S. President Donald Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

Here’s a good analysis by Gartner and The Next Platform that tries to make sense of spending on AI predictions over the next few years. “if you add devices to datacenter stuff, then AI drove 19.6 percent of IT revenues in 2024 and will drive 27.2 percent of IT revenues in 2025 and 34.1 percent in 2026.” h…

Dicing, Slicing, And Augmenting Gartner’s AI Spending Forecast
When we try to predict the weather, we use ensembles of the initial conditions on the ground, in the oceans, and throughout the air to create a kind of

'An obligation to challenge the indictment': Lindsey Halligan is now a 'private citizen' — here's what that could mean for the dozens of other cases with her name on them
https://lawandcrime.com/uncategorized/an-obligation-to-challenge-the-indictment-lindsey-halligan-is-now-a-private-citizen-heres-what-that-could-mean-for-the-dozens-of-other-cases-with-her-name-on-them/

I am full of germs and even huskier than usual, so this week, enjoy this fascinating conversation with Dr Jan Eppingstall, where we talk about hoarding disorder vs Diogenes syndrome vs squalor vs disposophobia vs syllogomania vs Plyushkin Syndrome vs Havisham Syndrome!
Phew!

Podcast REMIX: Hoarding disorder, Diogenes syndrome or squalor? With Dr Jan Eppingstall
I am full of germs and even huskier than usual, so this week, enjoy this fascinating conversation with Dr Jan Eppingstall, where we talk about hoarding disorder vs Diogenes syndrome vs squalor vs disposophobia vs syllogomania vs Plyushkin Syndrome vs Havisham Syndrome! Phew!

"„Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte“, Charles Dickens, und das internationale Urheberrecht" https://irights.info/artikel/weihnachtsgeschichte-charles-dickens-internationale-urheberrecht/32733

Federal Judge Cameron McGowan Currie on Monday tossed out separate criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and New York’s attorney general, Letitia James,
saying the loyalist prosecutor installed by Trump to bring the cases was put into her job unlawfully.
The twin rulings are the most significant setback yet to Trump's efforts to co-opt the criminal justice system to punish his perceived foes
The dismissals,
while embarrassing for the Wh…

Judge Tosses Criminal Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James
The decision is a setback for the president’s efforts to wield the criminal justice system against his perceived enemies.

NFL aims to dismiss Gruden suit, now in state court https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46704016/nfl-seeks-dismissal-jon-gruden-lawsuit-nevada-supreme-court-sends-case-back-state-court

A Florida judge grants The Guardian's and others' motions to dismiss Trump Media's defamation lawsuit over reporting on a federal criminal investigation (Sarah Rumpf/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/judge-throws…

Judge Throws Out Truth Social’s Defamation Lawsuit Against The Guardian
A Florida judge granted motions to dismiss to The Guardian and other defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by Truth Social's parent company, Truth Media & Technology Group Corp., the latest example of President Donald Trump's legal actions against media companies not holding up in court.

«Generative AI is nothing more than a form of social suicide that must be reined in before it’s too late. It cannot be allowed to reach the level of proliferation that social media has achieved, as it may then be impossible to properly roll it back, but also because the social harms from this stage of the digital revolution (if we still want to call it that) will be amplified to an unimaginable degree.»
https://disconnect.blog/generative-ai-is-a-societal-disaster/

New: Podcast REMIX: Hoarding disorder, Diogenes syndrome or squalor? With Dr Jan Eppingstall https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/podcast-remix-hoarding-disorder-diogenes-syndrome-or-squalor-with-dr-jan-eppin…