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Running a prison gang 😂
Oh gosh.
nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 nostr:npub1ec73me5a6pwv2lcwg6qxtugu6py6weh934w0muvngxup967x800qn3933z Also: trading fake pardons for commissary.
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I'm sure there is a workaround.
Some prisoners are more vulnerable to attack from other inmates, but I can't see Trump really mingling, right?
Adding: I've known cases of inmates attacked by prison guards.
nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 nostr:npub1ec73me5a6pwv2lcwg6qxtugu6py6weh934w0muvngxup967x800qn3933z I'm not whether it's more likely Trump ends up hiding in protective custody or running a prison gang. Toss up.
nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 nostr:npub1ec73me5a6pwv2lcwg6qxtugu6py6weh934w0muvngxup967x800qn3933z I think the ex post facto argument is compelling, but not a slam dunk. I think you could reasonably argue that lifetime protection is not so much an individual benefit for the protectee, but rather serves a national interest in not having former presidents harmed by those seeking to use violence to influence policy.
nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 nostr:npub1ec73me5a6pwv2lcwg6qxtugu6py6weh934w0muvngxup967x800qn3933z Also, as far as the barrier to imprisonment, the statute says that the Secret Service protects former presidents, but it doesn't specify HOW they must accomplish that. It would probably be legally sufficient for them to work with prison authorities to develop and approve a plan for protecting him, without having to have a 24 hr personal USSS bodyguard in physical proximity.
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Secret service for life is by statute:
https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/former-presidents.html
I didn't research whether retroactively changing this statute would violate the ex post facto prohibition, but my gut tells me that it would. It's not a criminal statute, but change the consequences for behavior.
But I didn't do the research, just going from gut.
nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 nostr:npub1ec73me5a6pwv2lcwg6qxtugu6py6weh934w0muvngxup967x800qn3933z I think the ex post facto argument is compelling, but not a slam dunk. I think you could reasonably argue that lifetime protection is not so much an individual benefit for the protectee, but rather serves a national interest in not having former presidents harmed by those seeking to use violence to influence policy.
US Capitol, Washington DC, 2021.
Five months after a bunch of sore losers rioted there.
More pixels than people who voted at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51221569646
#photography
Sigh. This is now the second time I've accidentally blocked an instance rather than a user. VERY easy mistake to make (surprised clumsy me doesn't do it more often).
If any of you are coming to Defcon, be sure to drop by the Voting Village and say hi! I'll be the dorky guy with the mask.
I live in a country, ostensibly run by adults, where a major political party can't decide whether it's Mickey Mouse or Barbie that poses the greater threat.
nostr:npub14cc90lplh078x6xvsrl9mv6tlugh22yz9pswztuvrj3at2vlf3ms9cpprj nostr:npub178rvtslm3qykq8uy5afswta2qz5pk9atjxsepht4x8ldddssp6kq4sqekt I recently had a professor offer to help me get into his graduate program because I initially cold-emailed him about an obscure manuscript.
But crucially, I was hunting the obscure manuscript first, I wasn't even thinking about applying to grad school. We just got to talking about various shared research interests and realized we had a lot in common.
I think any professor would welcome an interaction like that. No one wants empty/self-serving CV/resume spam.
nostr:npub10y2vtx38shdtzqrr0es59c959y8rklxyek2xxptaa0wfglm7l9wsv39tyn nostr:npub14cc90lplh078x6xvsrl9mv6tlugh22yz9pswztuvrj3at2vlf3ms9cpprj Yes, exactly. Emailing someone whose work you're interested in is fine. So is asking specific questions about whether someone is taking grad students. Obviously.
But mass spam? Come on. Don't do it, and don't advise people to do it.
Been using the Apple watch for about 6 months now, and I'um still not sure if it works for me or if I'll go back to my Casio. But one thing that would make it *much* more useful to me is better Signal integration. Would be great to be able to read messages on the watch (like iMessage).
There are security and trust model tradeoffs involved here, YMMV.