This is the worst possible case scenario.
It's what happened after the ABC interview, and it's what I desperately fear are the headlines after the NBC interview.
This cannot keep being dragged out like this. This totally fucked intermediate state is fucking poison.
When I'm on bsky on the desktop web, I get a "Follow All" button in the header of the starter pack, which follows all the people on the list that I'm not already following.
Okay, I've written my response, but I've got too much dependency on minor formatting (bold, code-spans) that I'm going to leave it as a markdown gist here:
gist.github.com/ncallaway/f7...
I'm adding screenshots so you don't have to leave bsky if you don't want to, but I'd recommend the gist link.
Ha! I didn't expect the complaint about my 8 skeet response to be that I wasn't wordy enough :p
I used 'knowledge of content' largely because I was quickly borrowing language from Smith v California, and not thinking about it too closely.
I agree that in the context of defamation, the site operator would need to know about the defamatory character of the content to be held liable (as in Osmond v EWAP law.justia.com/cases/califo...)
Yea, most of the ruling turns on the definition of a "minor child" in the Wrongful Death of a Minor civil law claim, which presumably the Alabama legislature could try and amend, but they're constitutionally stuck with Article I, Section 36.06:
@nobodyinteresting.bsky.social I'm struggling with a paragraph in Merchant's 1st reply to Willis' filing.
You've stated that she's a serious lawyer, and I respect your opinion.
This paragraph feels... like it was not written by a respectable lawyer.
I can't get it out of my head
That's not super convincing, since it's not accurate.
Here's the PDF to the ruling: www.txcourts.gov/media/145764...
The Court _clearly_ and nakedly states that Dr. Karson "did not assert that Ms. Cox has a 'life-threatening physical condition'.