I thought the same thing until they mentioned she made no effort to hide her pregnancy either. She just kinda existed while pregnant. Everyone is entitled to do pregnancy their way (mostly) and if this worked for her then more power to her. If someone wants to take 8 million pregnant nudies in a cornfield and put them…

if you’re going by the book, you’re not supposed to wear it as a swimsuit or underwear or tshirt or anything else.

I’ve had some shitty managers over the years, including one who told a man who took the day off to take care of his sick daughter that he was selfish for letting down the (work) team, but this still sounds fake to me. The employee couldn’t possibly be more sympathetic, and the manager couldn’t be more comically evil…

Governments and regulators should go after Valve for different reasons. They can’t control third party gambling sites, but it’s their game that enable gambling, it’s their mechanics that are gambling by all definition but legal.

You could sell those items, but the things people bought were not loot crates but instead directly loot. Still ethically dubious in that a 12 year old could try to game the market by buying low and sell high on certain items, but not the same as spending money on the chance of getting something good.

Remember when Kotaku, and Nathan Grayson and Patricia Hernandez in particular, laughed off the need for disclosure?

Unless you can turn around and sell your in-game rewards for a real world monetary value, other games are not doing the same. With Overwatch winning a skin is only worth-while to use in-game. With CS GO, many people betting don’t have any intention of using the skins they buy, they just want to gamble in hopes of…

Actually I would give her better than even odds to win on the First Amendment point, it’s not clear to me what exception this speech would fall under. It’s not a threat, or solicitation, or fraud, or obscenity. I guess it’s almost like incitement, but not really. Did you have specific precedents in mind? Or did you…

Really? I feel like if her lawyer weren’t raising a First Amendment defense they’d be pretty incompetent. I mean, it’s arguably her best defense, maybe a close second after intervening cause.

I don’t know how to feel about this. On the one hand, yes, she is awful and definitely has some responsibility for his suicide. On the other, based on the description of Massachusetts law, it appears that all of the time and money spent on bringing her to trial has no chance of actually resulting in a conviction.

She should not have been charged with murder, but that doesn’t mean he should have been, either.

If you are being abused you can call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), TDD 1-800-787-3224, for help in coming up with a safe plan and general support. Leaving is difficult, but you don’t have to do it alone.

The guy was arrested on weapons charges in 2007. But easy access to guns totally isn’t the problem, right?

(shrug)

The rules that apply to alcohol DO NOT apply to all other substances/’contaminants’. It’s no wonder the crazy lactivist culture (not to mention anti-science culture, but that’s another rant entirely) we now live in has everyone harassing new mothers to get off of their medications so they can breastfeed.

That’s just not true. You’ve conflated trademark law (where failure to protect your trademark can result in a loss of protection), with copyright, which does not have the same rule. If you’re going to assert otherwise, please provide a citation to a case or some provision of title 17 of the US code.

DeRay is an almost singularly powerful voice in this fight. I’m glad he’s found a position that will utilize his skill base for the short term. I know he’ll keep enacting change in a meaningful way. It’s a great moment for the Baltimore school system.