Tootfinder

Russia tightens passport rules for children in occupied Ukraine, complicating escape, activists say: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/26/russia-tightens-passport-rules-for.html

"Will your clothes need a passport? EU targets fashion’s greenwashing with new rules"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Greenwashing

Will your clothes need a passport? EU targets fashion’s greenwashing with new rules | The Optimist Daily
Clothes entering the EU may soon require digital passports to prove sustainability claims, targeting greenwashing and improving supply chain transparency.

EU countries must mutually recognise same-sex marriages, ECJ rules (Euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/11/25/eu-countries-must-mutually-recognise-same-sex-marriages-ecj-rules
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p54#a251125p54

A US judge rules Kalshi's sports-betting contracts are subject to Nevada Gaming Commission enforcement; Kalshi argues they should be regulated only by the CFTC (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

The EU Commission says WhatsApp's Channels fall under the DSA's Very Large Online Platform rules, joining Instagram and Facebook, requiring it to address risks (Anupriya Datta/Euractiv)
https://www.euractiv.com/news/whatsapp-falls-under-eus-strictest-on…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Black Cab:
🎵 Rotsler's Rules
#NowPlaying #BlackCab
https://blackcab.bandcamp.com/album/rotslers-rules
https://open.spotify.com/track/14H3iYDoIHFs85Dszncdn4

Top court rules EU nations must mutually recognize same-sex marriages
The Court of Justice of the European Union said in a statement on Tuesday that any refusal to do this 'is contrary to EU law' and 'infringes not only the freedom to move and reside, but also the fundamental right to respect for private and family life.'

Top court rules EU nations must mutually recognize same-sex marriages
The Court of Justice of the European Union said in a statement on Tuesday that any refusal to do this 'is contrary to EU law' and 'infringes not only the freedom to move and reside, but also the fundamental right to respect for private and family life.

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/eu-touts-climate-leadership-while-undermining-antideforestation-rules-critics-say/

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say
BELÉM, Brazil — At a Nov. 19 press conference at the U.N. climate summit currently underway in Brazil, European Union officials spoke for half an hour without a single mention of forests or efforts to halt deforestation — even though COP30 is taking place in a city dubbed the “gateway to the Amazon.” For Boris […]

The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 along party lines on Thursday
to scrap rules that required U.S. phone and internet giants to meet certain minimum cybersecurity requirements.
The FCC’s two Trump-appointed commissioners, chairman Brendan Carr and his Republican colleague Olivia Trusty,
voted to withdraw the rules that require telecommunications carriers to “secure their networks from unlawful access or interception of communications.”
The Biden administ…

Despite Chinese hacks, Trump's FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies | TechCrunch
Two Trump-appointed FCC officials voted to undo the telecom industry's cybersecurity rules. One Democratic commissioner dissented, saying the decision leaves the United States "less safe" at a time when threats are increasing.

John Harbaugh calls Ravens' handling of Lamar Jackson injury designation an 'honest mistake' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6752270/2025/10/26/john-harbaugh-ravens-lamar-jackson-injury-designation-mistake/

The EU Commission says WhatsApp's Channels fall under the DSA's Very Large Online Platform rules, joining Instagram and Facebook, requiring it to address risks (Anupriya Datta/Euractiv)
https://www.euractiv.com/news/whatsapp-falls-under-eus-strictest-on…

Peterson's Rules:
(1) Trucks that overturn on freeways are filled with something sticky.
(2) No cute baby in a carriage is ever a girl when called one.
(3) Things that tick are not always clocks.
(4) Suicide only works when you're bluffing.

Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons

Yup, cats, and their wandering predatory ways, are a huge problem in Aotearoa, and getting much bigger: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/579669/why-are-there-so-few-rules-for-the-millions-of-cats-that-damage-our-biodive…

Ole Miss is a bunch of cheating scumbags. This'll be a critical test of the college tampering & transfer portal rules.
▶️ Dabo Swinney has the receipts on Ole Miss and their tampering - ClemsonTigerNet
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VjbzIM_E6tY&si=UeuO5vWjrKJTW…

An iconic Scottish bird? Golden Eagle.
Bird shown on AI generated draft for a Glasgow mural? American bald eagle.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25785987.calls-stricter-ai-misuse-rules-glasgow-mural-row/
Bird o…

Calls for stricter AI misuse rules after Glasgow mural row
THE Scottish Greens have called for stricter rules to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) after an AI-generated mural design was…

"Under the new rules, online service providers will be required to assess the risk that their services could be misused for the dissemination of child sexual abuse material or for the solicitation of children."
Where do homelab and self hosting stuff fall exactly?

Okay, but what's the vetting process?

https://nebulas.sfwa.org/on-the-nebula-awards-rules-for-our-current-nominations-cycle/

The European Broadcasting Union says it is tightening Eurovision's voting rules to limit the influence of governments on the public poll that decides the winner (Lynsey Chutel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/arts/music/eurovision-votin…

Eurovision Tightens Voting Rules to Tamp Down on Government Influence
In this year’s contest, a campaign by Israel to encourage voting for its entrant drew criticism.

Judge rules that NSO cannot continue to install spyware via WhatsApp pending appeal https://therecord.media/judge-rules-nso-cannot-continue-whatsapp-spyware

Cowboys' final Week 17 injury report rules out 5 players for Christmas https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-final-week-17-injury-report-5-players-out-christmas

"The old world is dying,” Antonio Gramsci once wrote.
“And the new world struggles to be born.”
In such interregnums, the Italian Marxist philosopher suggested, “every act, even the smallest,
may acquire decisive weight”.
In 2025, western leaders appeared convinced they – and we – were living through one such transitional period, as the world of international relations established after the second world war crashed to a halt.
During such eras, Gramsci more f…

Kremlin in shock: Ukraine's robotic army changes the rules on the front line!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/kremlin-in-shock-ukraines-robotic.html

I'm having a right bugger of a time upgrading my desktop from Debian 12 to 13 (trixie). Of course it's down to NVIDIA.
It has a GTX 1080 Ti which worked mostly okay under Debian 12 and version 535.something of their drivers. I was a little disappointed to find I still had to hack udev rules to convince gdm to offer a Wayland session. Finally get into Wayland and find it spams me with kernel OOPS:

AI company are now adding Azimov style rules to the intend of their chatbot to make us believe auto-complete will become sentient soon.

California AG appeals after judge rules transgender-secrecy policies unconstitutional
https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-rules-californias-transgender-secrecy-policies-unconstitutional

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Le Tigre:
🎵 Mediocrity Rules
#LeTigre
https://yvanfiend.bandcamp.com/track/mediocrity-rules-le-tigre
https://open.spotify.com/track/0csJWFMsiGNN1gFEGQQvlm

Trump's Immigration Forces Deploy "Less Lethal" Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p90#a251125p90

TikTok US says it doesn't "have rules against sharing the name Epstein in direct messages" and is "investigating why some users are experiencing issues" (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5689104/tiktok-epstein-direct-me…

from my link log —
How slide rules work.
https://amenzwa.github.io/stem/ComputingHistory/HowSlideRulesWork/
saved 2025-11-20 https:…

'Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/15/dont-argue-with-strangers-and-11-more-rules-to-survive-the-information-cris…

Before you head out for the weekend (and if you're lucky for a long Thanksgiving break), check out today's Metacurity for a ton of top infosec developments you should know, including
--SEC drops ill-fated cyberattack lawsuit against SolarWinds, CISO,
--FCC gets rid of Biden-era reporting rules addressing Salt Typhoon intrusions,
--Cybercrime money laundering network active in the UK bought a bank,
--Russian intel services funded former Wirecard exec's spy r…

SEC drops ill-fated cyberattack lawsuit against SolarWinds, CISO
FCC gets rid of Biden-era reporting rules addressing Salt Typhoon intrusions, Cybercrime money laundering network active in the UK bought a bank, Russian intel services funded former Wirecard exec's spy ring, Salesforce probes another third-party cyber incident, NSO appeals judge's ruling, much more

Of course he does
"Starmer plays down prospect of retaliatory tariffs against US over Greenland."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/19/greenland-keir-starmer-rules-out-retaliatory-tariffs-against-us

A federal judge has ruled members of Congress are not required to give advance notice when visiting ICE facilities.
A dozen House lawmakers filed suit earlier this year in response to an ICE memo
requiring members of Congress to provide at least a week’s notice if they plan to visit a site where detainees are held.
The suit argues the new policy goes against a U.S. statute that guarantees lawmakers the right to make unannounced visits to facilities for oversight.
“Th…

Members of Congress can make unannounced visits to ICE facilities for oversight, judge rules
A dozen House lawmakers filed suit earlier this year in response to an ICE memo requiring members of Congress to provide at least a week’s notice if they plan to visit a site where detainees are held.

My brain looked at this log and merged the last two plugin names into "yiffing".
I've clearly spent too much time on the internet.

Chiefs special teams coach brushes off Trump's kickoff rules criticism: 'He has no idea' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6824471/2025/11/20/donald-trump-nfl-kickoff-rules-chiefs/

I think we can actually prove that this constraint is the *only* constraint that can preserve freedom:
1. There will exist actors in a system who will wish to take advantage of others. Evolution drives survival and one strategy for increasing survival in an altruistic society is to become a parasite.
2. Expecting exploitative dynamics, a system needs to have a set of rules to manage exploitation.
3. If the set of rules is static it will lack the requisite variety necessary to manage the infinite possible behavior of humans so the system will fail.
4. If the system is dynamic then it must have a rule set about how it's own rules are updated. This would make the system recursive, which makes the system at least as complex as mathematics. Any system at least as complex as mathematics is necessarily either incomplete or inconsistent (Gödel's incompleteness theorem). If the system is incomplete, then constraints can be evaded which then allow a malicious agent to seize control of the system and update the rules for their own benefit. If constraints are incomplete, then a malicious agent can take advantage of others within the system.
5. Therefore, no social system can possibly protect freedom unless there exists a single metasystemic constraint (that the system must be optional) allowing for the system to be abandoned when compromised.
Oh, you might say, but this just means you have to infinitely abandon systems. Sure, but there's an evolutionary advantage to cooperation so there's evolutionary pressure to *not* be a malicious actor. So a malicious actor being able to compromise the whole system is likely to be a much more rare event. Compromising a system is a lot of work, so the first thing a malicious actor would want to do is preserve that work. They would want to lock you in. The most important objective to a malicious actor compromising a system would be to violate that metasystemic constraint, or all of their work goes out the window when everyone leaves.
And now you understand why borders exist, why fascists are obsessed with maintaining categories like gender, race, ethnicity, etc. This is why even Democrats like Newsom are on board with putting houseless people in concentration camps. And this is why the most important thing anarchists promote is the ability to choose not to be part of any of that.

> Consumer-protection organisations call for tighter rules, while online platforms such as Tik ToK argue that there is only a very limited need for further regulatory intervention.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative

Sources detail how Canadian media company Valnet gutted Military.com, including layoffs and a reduction of in-depth journalism, while facing new Pentagon rules (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/military-dot-c…

The vanquishing of Military.com.
Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most.

I guess I’m going to get to know the peeps at Norfolk Police quite well over the next few months. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/14/public-should-heed-forthcoming-rules-on-single-sex-spaces-says-uk-equ…

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-judge-rules-ice-raids-require-judicial-warrants-contradicting-secret-ice-memo/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p111#a260123p111

@…
Play this. You can play the backlog, too. 😁
https://crosswordle.org/

Crosswordle - Crossword meets Wordle
Solve a 5x5 crossword puzzle using Wordle rules. Try to guess all down and across words in the minimum number of tries. A new CROSSWORDLE available each day!

Cowboys' final Week 17 injury report rules out 5 players for Christmas https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-final-week-17-injury-report-5-players-out-christmas

TikTok = Oracle = DHS = ICE
I'm no longer on the platform so can't confirm these changes to the EUA are true, but I do know I will be more carefully examining any and all future "our rules have changed" emails from every US based service.
https://www.tumblr.com/cheeseandentrails/806562007689183232?source=share

(And they eat garbage.)
Rules of the game:
- Grab the nearest book.
- Turn to page 42
- Find the 2nd sentence
- Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
- Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.
#page42

Since the Trump administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year,
federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons
— rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls.
They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal.

Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.

Looking for a book on the rules of baseball in Mi'kmawi'simk (the language of the Mi'kmaq)? This one was written by a Capuchin missionary born and raised in France. In the words of one scholar, baseball was, at least in the 20th century, "the great Mi'kmaw passtime."
[Pacifique de Valigny], Altjematimgeoel (1912)
https://w…

The rule of law has always been flawed and fragile, always been applied with inconsistency and injustice, always applied partially and with partiality —
but I’m still having trouble getting my head around the fact that it is just not even part of our reality here in Minneapolis as these masked kidnappers rove around town.
I keep having to check myself: the question is never, never “What are the rules?” The only relevant question is “What do they think they can get away with today?” That’s it.

I always know @… wil have a clear view.
https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-of-grief?publ…

Rules of the game:
Grab the nearest book.
Turn to page 42
Find the 2nd sentence
Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
Hash: #page42
Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.”

Your data, their rules
https://blog.42futures.com/p/your-data-their-rules

Europe is changing the rules of the game! Russia is being hit where it is weakest: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/europe-is-changing-the-rules.html

BTW - If you are displaying the Canadian flag, make sure you follow the rules. You don't want the flag police knocking on your door.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/flag-canada-etiquette/flying-rules.html

#DataRetention

Czechia illegally stored citizens’ phone data: here’s what it means
The ruling affects metadata from calls and texts, shows who communicated and where; lawmakers must revise rules, tightening access and protecting privacy.

Religion Clause: HHS Proposes Rules to Bar Hospitals from Performing Gender Affirming Care to Minors
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/12/hhs-proposes-rules-to-bar-hospitals.html

The FCC says TV talk shows should now comply with equal time political broadcasting rules; the board's lone Democrat calls the change a censorship escalation (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pol

FCC Targets ‘The View’ and Jimmy Kimmel With Eye Toward Getting Equal Time for Republicans
The FCC released new guidance Wednesday that stipulates that daytime and late night talk shows will be expected to comply with equal time rules.

Anthropic overhauled Claude's "Constitution" to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/21/anthropic-claude-ai-chatbot-n…

Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’
The AI company is publishing a new "constitution" that teaches its chatbot how to think, not just what to do.

Chiefs assistant says President Donald Trump 'has no idea what's going on' with NFL's new kickoff rules

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/preside

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Black Cab:
🎵 Rotsler's Rules
#NowPlaying #BlackCab
https://blackcab.bandcamp.com/album/rotslers-rules
https://open.spotify.com/track/14H3iYDoIHFs85Dszncdn4

ChatGPT violated copyright laws, German court rules.
Are we surprised?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/11/chatgpt-violated-copyright-laws-german-court-rules

"Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away"
#Denmark #Climate #ClimateChange

FCC spikes Biden-era cyber regulations prompted by Salt Typhoon telecom breaches https://therecord.media/fcc-removes-biden-era-cybersecurity-rules-telecoms-salt-typhoon

The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis.
No one has a solution.
Once again, the Colorado River is heading toward a crisis. This time, the way out appears murkier than ever.

For months, the seven states of the Colorado River basin have failed to reach an agreement on new rules to share the river’s dwindling supply of water.
The current rules that divvy up water among 40 million people in the West, including Los Angeles, Phoenix and farming regions that provide most o…

The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution.
The Colorado River faces a crisis as seven states struggle to agree on water-sharing rules.

New York judge rules GOP-held district is unconstitutional, ordering a new map (Jane C. Timm/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/new-york-judge-rules-gop-held-district-unconstitutional-new-map-rcna255299
http://www.memeorandum.com/260121/p139#a260121p139

Chiefs assistant says President Donald Trump 'has no idea what's going on' with NFL's new kickoff rules

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/preside

The EU warns of possible action after the US imposes travel bans on five Europeans, saying it will defend its "regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures" (Lorne Cook/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/europe-bret

EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship
The European Union's executive is warning of possible action against the U.S. after travel bans were imposed on five Europeans accused of pressuring American technology firms to censor viewpoints. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the five "radical" activists. They include Thierry Breton who is the former EU commissioner responsible for supervising social media rules. The European Commission condemned on Wednesday the U.S. decision and is seeking clarification. It says the EU is within…

Ukraine eases curfew rules as energy crisis caused by Russian attacks deepens: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-eases-curfew-rules-as.html

The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife.
The U.S. Interior Department said the final rule would be published next week but announced it is repealing rules put in place last year.
Those rules restricted future leasing and industrial development in areas within the National …

Trump administration repealing rules to protect parts of Alaska petroleum reserve
The Trump administration says it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife. The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday said the final rule would be published next week. But it announced it is repealing rules put in place last year. The rules restricted future leasing and industrial development in areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that were designat…

Trump's Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs (Peter Eavis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/trump-venezuela-oil-tankers.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p52#a251224p52

Gannon: Rules a factor in Cards' woeful tackling https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47337201/jonathan-gannon-hard-practice-tackling-current-nfl-rules

Judge Rules That Trump Administration Can Add $100,000 Fee to H-1B Visa - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/court-rejects-bid-overturn-trump-h-1b-visa-application-fee-2025-12

US bars former EU commissioner Thierry Breton and others over tech rules (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c4e769c8-edf7-46ab-a208-eb33385fb93a
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p30#a251224p30

Portugal’s far-right Chega party ordered to take down posters targeting Roma people | Portugal | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/portugals-far-right-chega-party-ordered-to-take-down-pos…

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and his immediate family dumped seven-figures’ worth of stock in August — including shares of several defense contractors — to comply with federal conflicts of interest rules and laws, according to a new government ethics document.
Miller and his wife, Katie Miller, who served as an adviser for DOGE before leaving the White House in May, jettisoned shares of Amazon (up to $515,000), Palantir Technologies Inc. (up to $250,000), GE Aerospa…

Stephen Miller Dumps Defense Contractor Stocks to Comply With Ethics Laws
Miller, who serves as White House deputy chief of staff, dumped the stocks in August.

Sources: China is drafting rules for Nvidia H200 purchases, limiting how many chips local companies can buy and requiring them to justify the need (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/artificial-inte…

China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips
Beijing wants to boost domestic industry, but big tech companies need top hardware

Millions Likely To Lose SNAP Under New GOP Rules - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/millions-likely-to-lose-snap-under-new-gop-rules/

Late-night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert criticized FCC Chair Brendan Carr for the FCC's new guidance on "equal time" rules for political candidates (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladit…

Kimmel And Colbert Say FCC ‘Equal Time’ Rule Is A Bid To ‘Stifle’ Them
The late-night hosts questioned the relevance of the old rule in an era where broadcast TV viewership is declining and labeled it as a bid to stifle their speech.

India officially notifies its first data protection law to establish a framework for data processing, protection, and governance, including verifiable consent (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.c…

India notifies its first data protection law to strengthen privacy, security
India has officially notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, establishing a framework for data processing, protection, and governance. These rules, enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, introduce verifiable consent, breach notification mandates, and data retention limits. They aim to enhance individual control and foster safer digital ecosystems.

FCC to vote on reversing cyber rules adopted after Salt Typhoon hack
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/11/fcc-to-vote-on-reversing-cyber-rules-adopted-after-salt-typhoon-hack/

5 Rules for Reading the Epstein Files (Ankush Khardori/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/19/rules-how-to-read-jeffrey-epstein-files-column-00667310
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p9#a251219p9

EU tightening visa rules for Russian nationals, citing security risks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/07/eu-tightening-visa-rules-for.html

What's next after a sloppy, controversial and magical NFL divisional round https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6983743/2026/01/19/nfl-divisional-round-2-bills-bears-interception-rules-scoop-city/

The Delaware Supreme Court rules that Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla CEO pay package, worth around $56B when it vested, must be restored, ending a years-long fight (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/musk-tesla-pay-delaware-supreme-court.html…

Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package must be restored as court rules cancellation was too extreme
Shareholder Richard J. Tornetta brought the suit, accusing Musk and the Tesla board of a breach of fiduciary duties.

At the HHS announcement yesterday announcing proposed rules to ban Gender Affirming Care,
they said trans people are
"at the root of the evils we face"
and are
"a hatred for nature as God designed it and for life as it was meant to be lived.”
Just in case you thought it was about concerns for proper healthcare.
-- Alejendro Caraballo

Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net)
At the HHS announcement yesterday announcing proposed rules to ban GAC, they said trans people are "at the root of the evils we face" and are "a hatred for nature as God designed it and for life as it was meant to be lived.” Just in case you thought it was about concerns for proper healthcare.

Sorry, but the DOJ doesn't make the law, it only enforces it; up to a judge to make that determination...
DOJ Rules It Legal To Send Concealable Guns By Mail - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/01/doj-rules-it-legal-to-send-concealable-guns-by-mail/

Italy's competition watchdog fines Apple €98.6M, saying the company's ATT rules are "disproportionate" and "harmful" to app developers and advertisers (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/italy-fines…

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature
Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature. ...

"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the State Department that will impact how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report."
**Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says**
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/11/21/abortion-dei-now-considered-violations-of-human-rights-us-officials-say/

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/google-searches-police-access…

Pa. high court rules that police can access Google searches without a warrant
In a decision that only affects Pennsylvanians but could have privacy implications elsewhere, the state's Supreme Court ruled that police did not need a warrant to access a rape suspect's Google searches.

Italy's competition watchdog fines Apple €98.6M, saying the company's ATT rules are "disproportionate" and "harmful" to app developers and advertisers (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/italy-fines…

Apple Hit With Supersized Fine in Italy Over an iPhone Privacy Feature
Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature. ...

Perryman loses appeal, to miss Chargers' final 2 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47402784/denzel-perryman-appeal-upheld-miss-chargers-final-2

Texas A&M Was Wrong to Fire Professor Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules (Alan Blinder/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/texas-am-professor-gender-lesson-panel-ruling.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p31#a251122p31

Judge rules Oregon won't need to hand over unredacted voter rolls to Trump admin | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-rules-oregon-wont-need-to-hand-over-unredacted-voter-rolls-to-trump-admin/

Judge rules Trump administration failed to meet legal requirements for deploying troops to Portland
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-11-07/judge-rules-trump-administration…

Judge: U.S. failed legal requirements for deploying troops to Portland
A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland, Ore.

The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the "actual delivery" of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets (Micah Zimmerman/Bitcoin Magazine)
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/cftc-scraps-overly-complex-crypto-rul…

CFTC Cuts ‘Outdated And Overly Complex’ Crypto Guidance
The CFTC is withdrawing outdated crypto delivery guidance, paving the way for updated rules amid expanding oversight.

Australians are abandoning travel to the US,
and boycotting World Cup matches there next year,
as the Trump administration flags new rules
that will soon require visitors to ❌hand over their social media history
when applying to enter the country.
In a notice published on Tuesday,
the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP)
said tourists to the US
from 42 countries including Australia would have to
🔥reveal all of their social media …

The US EPA rules that xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 data centers in the Memphis area (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-m…

New York must redraw its congressional map, a state judge ruled on Wednesday,
handing Democrats another key opportunity to pick up another US House seat before this fall’s midterm elections.
The ruling from Jeffrey Pearlman,
a New York state supreme court justice,
comes after a Democratic-aligned law firm challenged the boundaries of New York’s 11th congressional district,
which includes the borough of Staten Island and portions of south Brooklyn.
The dis…

Trump: I won't use force to take Greenland
On Nato, Trump said “we give so much, and we get so little in return.”
At Davos Trump said the US only gets “death, disruption, and massive amounts of cash [given] to people who don’t appreciate what we do.”
– and he’s taking about both Nato and Europe generally.
Trump then points out Nato chief Mark Rutte in the audience
– who this morning was complimentary about Trump’s pressure to raise military spending among Nat…

Sources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/business/economy/trump-uk-trade-deal-tariffs…

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

The case of this Maine woman’s tick bite shows how prior authorization rules can block coverage for even simple, medically necessary care.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/16/tick-bite-prior-authorization/

A doctor directed her to a clinic for a tick bite. Her insurer refused to pay.
The case of one Maine woman shows how prior authorization rules can block coverage for even simple, medically necessary care.