@mylawyerfriend.bsky.social Hey Noah! Little communications issue on my end, can you drop me an email or give me a ring?
May 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@mylawyerfriend.bsky.social Hey Noah! Little communications issue on my end, can you drop me an email or give me a ring?
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Absolutely love this pic my friend Wendy got of the very careful avoidance of Taylor Swift's trademarks on a coloring book.
Really loving this #TaylorSwift coloring book. Also loving how careful they were to write around trademarks.
December 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Absolutely love this pic my friend Wendy got of the very careful avoidance of Taylor Swift's trademarks on a coloring book.
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Fun travel tip: forced perspective and a few plastic dinosaurs can make all your travel photos more interesting.
December 16, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Fun travel tip: forced perspective and a few plastic dinosaurs can make all your travel photos more interesting.
Attn: @kenwhite.bsky.social: Your planet needs you.
What’s your sign?
November 27, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Attn: @kenwhite.bsky.social: Your planet needs you.
If you want to know to what extent kids can mess up your mind, I just helped one poop liquid into a cup and then portion out the poop - which smells like a hog manure lagoon, btw - into MULTIPLE specimen containers and I’m pretty sure I don’t even get paid for this.
November 24, 2024 at 6:42 AM
If you want to know to what extent kids can mess up your mind, I just helped one poop liquid into a cup and then portion out the poop - which smells like a hog manure lagoon, btw - into MULTIPLE specimen containers and I’m pretty sure I don’t even get paid for this.
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Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Excel: the cup is January 2nd
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Excel: the cup is January 2nd
August 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Excel: the cup is January 2nd
Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty
Excel: the cup is January 2nd
This sign cracks me the Hell up.
November 17, 2024 at 8:59 PM
This sign cracks me the Hell up.
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this owl just inhaled a pound of cocaine
November 12, 2024 at 12:55 AM
this owl just inhaled a pound of cocaine
We watched the political action thriller "Monkey Man" last night. I quite enjoyed it, though it threw into sharp relief how Online I am: I am a middle aged white dude and I followed almost all of the references to the BJP and Indian politics, and my wife didn't even realize they *were* references.
November 12, 2024 at 2:09 AM
We watched the political action thriller "Monkey Man" last night. I quite enjoyed it, though it threw into sharp relief how Online I am: I am a middle aged white dude and I followed almost all of the references to the BJP and Indian politics, and my wife didn't even realize they *were* references.
In case you all think all I do is play with computers all day long, here is my latest issued patent, US Patent 12,129,181, "CARBON-BASED CLATHRATE COMPOUNDS," to Strobel et al, for new forms of sp3 (three-dimensional) carbon-lattice structures.
patents.google.com/patent/US202...
patents.google.com/patent/US202...
US20230147042A1 - Carbon-based clathrate compounds
- Google Patents
The present invention provides carbon-based clathrate compounds, including a carbon-based clathrate compound that includes a clathrate lattice with atoms of at least one element selected from the grou...
patents.google.com
October 29, 2024 at 5:46 PM
In case you all think all I do is play with computers all day long, here is my latest issued patent, US Patent 12,129,181, "CARBON-BASED CLATHRATE COMPOUNDS," to Strobel et al, for new forms of sp3 (three-dimensional) carbon-lattice structures.
patents.google.com/patent/US202...
patents.google.com/patent/US202...
This is amazing.
Someone named Spud Klingbeil did this and I have so much respect and envy
October 25, 2024 at 3:48 PM
This is amazing.
As noted this sounds silly but is a HUGE win for small businesses and others in similar positions.
HUGE win.
Seriously. Far larger than you'd think.
Seriously. Far larger than you'd think.
WE FREED THE MCFLURRY (full statement coming soon)
October 25, 2024 at 3:47 PM
As noted this sounds silly but is a HUGE win for small businesses and others in similar positions.
I really like this song, but I think my favorite part of the video is how this *adorable* little purple-haired waif opens her mouth and that rich, absolutely *sultry* voice comes flowing out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl9F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl9F...
Dance Monkey (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Rabea & Hannah)
YouTube video by Frog Leap Studios
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2024 at 6:15 AM
I really like this song, but I think my favorite part of the video is how this *adorable* little purple-haired waif opens her mouth and that rich, absolutely *sultry* voice comes flowing out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl9F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl9F...
Well for once that leaves ME out, which is a relief.
anyone with parents they don't hate should welcome this. anyone who intends to live into old age and doesnt hate themselves should also welcome this.
Kamala Harris will propose a major new initiative today: expanding Medicare to cover the cost of long-term care at home
October 8, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Well for once that leaves ME out, which is a relief.
We came into a little extra money and I bought us a new theater-seating loveseat for the living room and good lord and butter, this is amazing. Nicest furniture we’ve ever had. And SOLID. I am a big fellow and I sit and it’s just there.
October 7, 2024 at 12:54 AM
We came into a little extra money and I bought us a new theater-seating loveseat for the living room and good lord and butter, this is amazing. Nicest furniture we’ve ever had. And SOLID. I am a big fellow and I sit and it’s just there.
Rebroadcasting.
Trans folks (especially those who have transitioned in your 30s or later)—I’m looking for advice on how to best support a friend who is transitioning and it’s unleashing some heavy emotions. I’m trying to be a supportive ear, but is there anything else I should be thinking of/being proactive about?
October 7, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Rebroadcasting.
USPTO: Hey, important news!
Me: Yeah?
USPTO: Remember that one client you decided was too iffy?
Me: Yeah.
USPTO: Good call. You avoided a truly gigantic OED investigation.
Me: Thanks?
Me: Yeah?
USPTO: Remember that one client you decided was too iffy?
Me: Yeah.
USPTO: Good call. You avoided a truly gigantic OED investigation.
Me: Thanks?
October 2, 2024 at 8:25 PM
USPTO: Hey, important news!
Me: Yeah?
USPTO: Remember that one client you decided was too iffy?
Me: Yeah.
USPTO: Good call. You avoided a truly gigantic OED investigation.
Me: Thanks?
Me: Yeah?
USPTO: Remember that one client you decided was too iffy?
Me: Yeah.
USPTO: Good call. You avoided a truly gigantic OED investigation.
Me: Thanks?
DOG.EXE has crashed. Restart DOG.EXE y/n?
October 1, 2024 at 12:51 AM
DOG.EXE has crashed. Restart DOG.EXE y/n?
Rabies is one of most miserable deaths known to humankind. It is not worth any risk. GET THE SHOTS.
If you ever discover a bat in your house, GET THE RABIES SHOTS AS SOON AS YOU CAN. The "oh, they're super painful shots in the stomach" thing is not true anymore! They are normal regular shots and they will stop you from dying miserably if the bat bit you in your sleep and you didn't notice!
"Bats have tiny teeth so a bite mark may not appear, according to the Department of Environment, Health and Safety at the University of Michigan. Sometimes victims don’t even feel themselves being bit."
Rabies:
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/h...
Rabies:
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/h...
September 30, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Rabies is one of most miserable deaths known to humankind. It is not worth any risk. GET THE SHOTS.
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Potential New Client: I got a publishing contract offer for my book from an Internet site and it doesn't make any sense, can you help me?
Me: Oh, my friend, have you come to the right place.
Me: Oh, my friend, have you come to the right place.
September 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Potential New Client: I got a publishing contract offer for my book from an Internet site and it doesn't make any sense, can you help me?
Me: Oh, my friend, have you come to the right place.
Me: Oh, my friend, have you come to the right place.
If you see this, post a vampire 🦇
This image is called "Thicks Man's Blood:"
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
This image is called "Thicks Man's Blood:"
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
September 27, 2024 at 7:42 PM
If you see this, post a vampire 🦇
This image is called "Thicks Man's Blood:"
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
This image is called "Thicks Man's Blood:"
Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
WE DESPERATELY NEED A FEDERAL RIGHT OF PUBLICITY LAW TO DISTINGUISH THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY FROM COPYRIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO WITH EACH OTHER AND IT SHOULD BE VERY BROAD AGAINST ANY NON-REPORTING COMMERCIAL USAGE WHATSOEVER.
LAWSKY, GIMME YOUR ALL-CAPS LEGAL HOT TAKE
I'LL START: WARHOL WAS NOT BAD, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED FAIR USE ANALYSIS WITH ENTIRELY REASONABLE POPULAR BELIEFS ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW
I'LL START: WARHOL WAS NOT BAD, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED FAIR USE ANALYSIS WITH ENTIRELY REASONABLE POPULAR BELIEFS ABOUT COPYRIGHT LAW
ACTUALLY THE FAILURE IS NOT CORPORATE LAW (DELAWARE LAW) BUT SECURITIES LAW WHICH CREATED MODERN VENTURE CAPITAL - THOSE FREAKIN' FUNDS WOULDN'T EXIST IF NOT FOR LOOSENING OF THE SECURITIES LAWS IN 1996 I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL
September 27, 2024 at 6:04 PM
WE DESPERATELY NEED A FEDERAL RIGHT OF PUBLICITY LAW TO DISTINGUISH THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY FROM COPYRIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO WITH EACH OTHER AND IT SHOULD BE VERY BROAD AGAINST ANY NON-REPORTING COMMERCIAL USAGE WHATSOEVER.
Meredith and I differ on some things - I am more conservative than her about some aspects of copyright law. But I share this opinion unreservedly. Also, she is very brilliant, so really my only advantage over her is experience and guile. Caveat lector.
Behold, my least popular opinion (among people who are not actually copyright specialists)
I worry that a lot of the legal reasoning around copyright and AI is working backward from a desired outcome. “Well *something* in the chain of operations must be copyright infringement” is how we got Aereo.
September 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Meredith and I differ on some things - I am more conservative than her about some aspects of copyright law. But I share this opinion unreservedly. Also, she is very brilliant, so really my only advantage over her is experience and guile. Caveat lector.