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jeffw , in Texas Judge Says Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions
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Doesn’t matter, there’s already a stay on this ruling.

thal3s , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."
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The advertisement entices workers to make the jump, even for a short while, to its on-campus hotel, saying: “Just imagine no commute to the office in the morning and instead, you could have an extra hour of sleep and less friction,” CNBC reported.

Did these stupid motherfuckers read their own ad??

No commute and extra sleep? That sounds great!

No wonder everyone is trying to WFH - the very same reasons you just listed.

arin ,

LMFAO the only ones really pushing it are the ones invested in real estate

los_chill ,

“If you lived here, you’d be at work by now!”

geekworking , in Another One Of Trump’s Attorneys Seemingly Admitted (Twice) That His Client Committed A Crime

Setting up grounds for future appeals?

kescusay ,
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Not sure how that would work. Would he appeal on the grounds that he had terrible lawyers or something?

bufordt ,
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Yes. One of the reasons for granting an appeal is that you didn’t have adequate representation.

kescusay ,
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I doubt it would be an effective strategy at this point. The lawyers are literally just doing what Trump instructs them to do - often after telling him very clearly that it’s a stupid idea. Not sure how well “My lawyer didn’t tell me that was illegal loudly enough” is going to fly.

mojo , in Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers’ attention, and they have a lot of questions

I wonder how many will go after the thieving data scraping and invasive data collection? Nahhh lol they’ll go after ambiguous AI ethics that mean absolutely nothing that’ll achieve absolutely nothing.

LexiconDrexicon , in New Bill Cosby Accuser Files Lawsuit Alleging He Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Her

But Roman Polanski gets a pass though even though what Polanski did was way worse

LexiconDrexicon , in Kai Cenat: Police plan to charge Twitch streamer after PS5 giveaway mayhem

Of course everyone is ok with locking up black people for no reason

sin_free_for_00_days , in Ford recalls 870K F-150 pickups in US because parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly

This has effected 0.03% of the vehicles (so far). It’s good they’re getting after it early before their vehicles start actively killing their occupants.

nowwhatnapster , (edited )

That’s 2550 255 vehicles for the lazy.

Edit:

I suck at math, but according to the upvotes so does everyone else

sin_free_for_00_days ,

Not 3%, but 0.03%.

nowwhatnapster ,

My bad. Fixed.

vettnerk , (edited ) in Texas Judge Says Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions

Who holds the burden of proof, though? Will the doctor have to prove that his choice was done in good faith to claim that his procedure was lawful, or will a prosecution have to prove bad fath? It might seem like semantics, but I bet a lot of doctors will be risk averse if they hold the burden of proof.

echutaa ,

Regardless this seems like it will just be used by the state/wealthy organizations to drag doctors through court until they’re out of money. If I were a doctor in Texas I still wouldn’t even consider an abortion for fear of losing everything.

girlfreddy ,
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@echutaa @vettnerk

If I were a doctor in Texas I would be leaving Texas asap.

Same for Florida.

thepianistfroggollum ,

Prosecution always has the burden of proof in criminal cases.

andrewta ,

Does the prosecution hold the burden of proof? Yes

Can a defense attorney technically sit there and say nothing during the entire trial? Well technically yes. Because the burden of proof is on the prosecution.

But the reality is the prosecution can make their evidence state anything they want. That exact quote comes from an attorney that I know personally. Evidence can always be made to say whatever you want in a court case.

So the reality is prosecution they lay out their burden of proof or their quote unquote evidence, another defense have to be able to prove that the prosecution is wrong. OK technically they don’t prove anything they just have to put calls in the other side story. But I say tomato tomatoe. At the end of the day it’s basically the same thing. The doctor is basically going to have to demonstrate why they did what they did. And because there are not clear set rules and clear set guidelines, the end result is a lot of doctors won’t do it.

FishInABarrel ,

There is a such a thing as an affirmative defense, though. An affirmative defense allows a person to commit an act that would otherwise be illegal under certain circumstances. However, as the name implies, an affirmative defense has to be argued by the defense. The burden is on the defense to prove that they acted under the circumstances permitted.

Consider murder, for instance. Self-defense is usually an affirmative defense. The prosecutor's only burden is to prove that you killed someone. You have to demonstrate that you were acting in self defense in order to avoid the guilty verdict for murder.

So @vettnerk is asking a good question: will it be assumed that the doctor acted in good faith, or bad faith? Does the defense have to justify the abortion, or does the prosecutor have to demonstrate that it wasn't necessary?

Chetzemoka ,

And it's not just the doctors. Hospitals are businesses that are not interested in taking on financial and legal risk. Even if a doctor is willing, they won't be able to, if they don't have a hospital facility that will allow it

HuddaBudda ,
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There would be the need to set up liability insurance and the procedures and premiums would just be too expensive compared to other states that won't have those issues or hindrances.

It would be like telling you had to spend $300 on a fast food burger, when the other states only charge $10 - $15.

SulaymanF ,

The current Texas law puts the burden on doctors; they have to PROVE that an abortion to save life of the mother was the ONLY option. Doctors do not want to risk jail time and a trial over this, so many necessary abortions were held back, endangering the mother. The court notes this which is why the ruling was issued. Texas AG is denying this reality and claiming the women are being hysterical.

Deeordi ,

Women can be doctors too. Most ob/gyns are women.

AwkwardPenguin , in Jan. 6 Prosecutors Ask for Protective Order, Citing Threatening Trump Post

Paywall bot please?

takeda ,
billwashere ,

Upvote this and not mine. Not sure what happened but the link got buried in formatting somehow so I just stripped it away. takeda should get credit for providing the actual link to non-paywalled content.

Sharpiemarker ,

Thank you for reminding me about archive.is!

Sharpiemarker ,

“12ft.io is disabled for this site”

billwashere ,
Kitten_Mittens , in Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers’ attention, and they have a lot of questions
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Questions like: Who is OpenAI and how does live in my telephone? Can OpenAI serve me crackers, also what day is it? Why does OpenAI suggest Furry porn when I google furry porn?

Lawmakers, most lawmakers, barely remember to take their medications much less have the mental capacity to understand what AI or LLMs are. It’s laughable/frightening to think our congressional octogenarians are writing laws and restrictions on anything pertaining to technology.

lasagna ,
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Most importantly, can it help keep our islands floating?

bentrow ,

Just don’t put too many sailers/soldiers on one side and you should be ok.

demonquark , in Texas Judge Says Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions

It’s a classic “rules for thee, but not for me” law. Good Faith judgment means the rich an powerful get access to while the poor and minorities do not.

sin_free_for_00_days , in Passengers were stuck on plane for 7 hours with no air conditioning, no food or water provided, woman says

What a nightmare. Flying sucks even when nothing goes wrong.

FartSmarter ,

Seriously, i was just on a plane that was stuck on the tarmac for around 20 minutes and the plane was super hot (thanks Phoenix) and I thought I was going to freak out at some point. Also made me realize I should really have a bottle of water with me on every flight

elbarto777 ,

I like flying, especially when nothing goes wrong.

We tend to take things for granted. Could the service be better? You bet. But what’s the alternative to go from, say, Japan to Argentina? Weeks, months?

calabast ,

Going to the dentist is better then your teeth rotting, but going to the dentist still sucks.

elbarto777 ,

Damn. You have a point.

Metaright , in More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’
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Heyck says she got divorced in her 50s after her son turned 18.

“It was really more of a working relationship than a full marriage,” she says, and Heyck was emotionally ready to be on her own.

But the financial transition, she says, wasn’t easy. For years, she struggled to make ends meet, living with roommates and couch-surfing as she waited for a spot to open in income-adjusted senior housing.

“I was an artist. I lived on the edge financially. I didn’t have a 401(k) … I always thought that I would be married. That was the big surprise,” she says.

How was it a "big surprise" when it's implied that she wanted the divorce to happen? You have an unstable job, divorce your spouse, and then go all surprised Pikachu when it occurs to you that your finances are unstable?

average650 ,
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There are a lot of divorced people who like it play the victim when it was painfully obvious what they were giving up to everyone but them. Divorce is horrible.

There are of course many who have escaped abused through divorce, so I don’t want to act like they are all the same, but man can people be selfish.

PeepinGoodArgs , in To fix the labor shortage, economists point to women - and better child care

…why does the U.S. need more workers in the first place? With real wages being largely stagnant over the last four decades, who is producing what for whom?

GiddyGap OP ,

The US, like most other developed countries, needs a constant influx of workers because the population is getting older on average. Boomers will soon be completely out of the labor market, and the smaller, younger generations will not be able to sustain the economy and society without extra hands.

MajorHavoc , (edited )

Good summary.

It’s times like this that I just want to stare at the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, and just contemplate what kind of policy changes could possibly solve our upcoming labor shortage?

If only Lady Liberty could speak, she might have some ideas. I guess I will never know.

/s

Edit: I’m also a big fan of higher wages. And I suspect US immigration levels won’t bounce back quite as high with a ploicy change, after years of racism in our news. We’re going to feel that consequence pretty strongly, I suspect.

MostlyBirds ,
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Good. Sustaining an economy that exploits and disenfranchises the majority, or even a significant minority, is indefensible.

Blamemeta ,

It’s mainly because of the infinite growth paradigm outpacing the rate of population growth. If only investors had realistic goals, we could avoid all this.

Uprise42 , in To fix the labor shortage, economists point to women - and better child care

The cost of childcare is absolutely insane. My wife is staying at home. She is looking for something part time to get some extra cash.

She got a position at a day care
Our child goes to the top of the list since she’s employed there
We do not get a discount on child care with her working there

Her monthly pay will be ~1100
Our monthly cost to put our daughter there will be $2000

It costs more for my wife to work than it would to be stay at home.

GiddyGap OP ,

It’s truly insane.

And it’s mind boggling to me that there are so many great solutions that have been in use for decades in other developed countries, but the US refuses to take any cues, because that’s “socialism” or whatever. It’s tiresome.

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