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Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

In the next line after the clip, it’s clarified that they’re talking about electrical energy (i.e. free-flowing electrons).

COWEN: If you could have more of one thing to have more compute, what would the one thing be?
ALTMAN: Electrons.
COWEN: Electrons. Just energy. What's the most likely short-term solution for that?
ALTMAN: Short-term, natural gas.

November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

This claim is quite hyperbolic. Lynching was always a state crime and has long been a federal crime too. All the 2022 act did was increase the sentencing for some things that were already federal crimes.
That is, it was congress pushing the "increase incarceration" button it uses for everything.

https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ107/PLAW-117publ107.pdf

Public Law 117–107
117th Congress
An Act
To amend section 249 of title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a
hate crime act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emmett Till Antilynching Act’’.
SEC. 2. LYNCHING; OTHER CONSPIRACIES.
Section 249(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) LYNCHING.—Whoever conspires to commit any offense
under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall, if death or serious bodily
injury (as defined in section 2246 of this title) results from
the offense, be imprisoned for not more than 30 years, fined
in accordance with this title, or both.
‘‘(6) OTHER CONSPIRACIES.—Whoever conspires to commit
any offense under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall, if death
or serious bodily injury (as defined in section 2246 of this
title) results from the offense, or if the offense includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or
an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt
to kill, be imprisoned for not more than 30 years, fined in
accordance with this title, or both.’’.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior
to the vote on passage.
Approved March 29, 2022.

November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

That request is directed to the registrar, Tucows, and good for them for not complying and instead sharing it with their customer.

UNCLASSIFIED
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SUBPOENA
FD-1035 (REV 2017-06-30)
Subpoena number: 1098808
When responding please reference this subpoena number.
In the matter of case number(s): 305A-HQ-1497320-1045 PG
TO:
Tucows.com, Co. Custodian of Records
TELEPHONE: 000-000-0000
ADDRESS: 96 Mowat Avenue
FAX:
Toronto, ON, M6K 3M1, Canada (CA)
GREETING:
By the service of this subpoena upon you by William Greenwell, Jr., who is authorized to serve it, you are hereby commanded and required to disclose to William Greenwell, Jr., a representative of the FBI, the following information for the period 2024-10-30 to 2025-10-30 or the billing cycle including the requested time period: Customer or subscriber name, address of service, and billing address; Length of service (including start date and end date); Local and long distance telephone connection records (examples include: incoming and outgoing calls, push-to-talk, and SMS/MMS connection records); Means and source of payment (including any credit card or bank account number); Records of session times and duration for Internet connectivity; Telephone or Instrument number (including IMEI, IMSI, UFMI, and ESN) and/or other customer/subscriber number(s) used to identify customer/subscriber, including any temporarily assigned network address (including Internet Protocol addresses); Types of service used (e.g. push-to-talk, text, three-way calling, email services, cloud computing, gaming services, etc.) which may be relevant to an authorized law enforcement inquiry, involving the following:
Subscriber information on customer behind archive.today
Please see the attached page explaining some terms that may be used in this demand. All time values are in the US/Eastern time zone, unless otherwise indicated.
THE INFORMATION SOUGHT THROUGH THIS SUBPOENA RELATES TO A FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE FBL.
YOUR COMPANY IS REQUIRED TO FURNISH THIS INFORMATION.
YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO DISC…

November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

You'd contact the site's operator and make a request, like a normal person. (There's an "ask me" button right on the home page.) Not subpoena the registrar compelling production of all information about the registrant, like a fucking cop, ensuring there will never be any cooperation from the site.

November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Damn, less than 24 hours after Zohran’s elected I see a socialist flyer in Indiana for the first time. Guess we’ll soon be a the-other-red state.
#OnYourMarxSetZoh

Flyer for the Indiana PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation).

November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

In the case of the TRO application re: White House destruction, which was oddly free-floating from any complaint identifying a claim, the clerk's office has now entered its long-winded version of "What even is this?".
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71734...

Oct 24, 2025

NOTICE OF NEW CASE ERROR regarding 1 Initiating pleading. The following error(s) need correction: Noncompliance with LCvR 5.1(c). Please file an initiating Complaint to include the name & full residence address of each party and file using the event Complaint. Missing civil cover sheet. Please file the Civil Cover Sheet (JS44) form at www.dcd.uscourts.gov/new-case-forms as an attachment to the complaint. Civil Case filing fee not paid. Please remit payment using the event Payment of Fee-Complaint/Petition. Missing summonses- U.S. government. When naming a U.S. government agent or agency as a defendant, you must supply a summons for each defendant & two additional summonses for the U.S. Attorney & U.S. Attorney General. Please submit using the event Request for Summons to Issue. COMPLIANCE DEADLINE is by close of business today. This case will not proceed any further until all errors are satisfied. (zhcn)

October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Did he say whether this still applies?
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

9. A memorandum in support of TRO will be subsequently filed

October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

I was just asking myself the same upon seeing this White House Historical Association statement about all its work since the announcement of the Ballroom project that ensured that "historic artifacts from the East Wing have been preserved and stored".
www.whitehousehistory.org/press-room/p...

THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

White House Historical Association Statement on October 22, 2025

(Washington, D.C.) – Since 1961, the mission of the White House Historical Association has been to document and share the history of the White House while providing private, non-taxpayer funding to preserve and enhance the White House Collection of furnishings, fine art, and decorative objects, maintaining the museum standard set by our founder, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. While the Association has never had a role in reviewing or approving changes to the physical structure of the White House building, we remain dedicated to advancing the public's understanding of The White House and its history - from when the cornerstone was set in 1792, to present ensuring that all of its stories are preserved and shared for generations to come.
Upon announcement of the Ballroom construction project by the White House, the White House Historical Association supported the preservation of East Wing history through a comprehensive digital scanning project and photography to create an historic record. The East Wing and gardens have been captured in detail for the benefit of our nation and historic artifacts from the East Wing have been preserved and stored. The White House Historical Association was able to support swift completion of this important work thanks to the generous philanthropy of our donors.
November 1 marks 225 years since John and Abigail Adams moved into a White House that has undergone scores of changes and many additions over 47 presidencies. Our important role will continue with the support of thousands of Americans who cherish the historic White House and the history of those who have lived and worked there for 225 years.

October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

They are seeking injunction of "destroying any portion of the White House". Because there are considerable remaining portions and POTUS has already recently expanded the amount of house destruction he says he'll stop at, I don't think this is moot at all.

7. Plaintiffs therefore seek a TRO:
a. Temporarily restraining and enjoining Defendants and any third parties
from further destroying any portion of the White House until: (1) demolition and construction
plans can be reviewed by NCPC, ACHP, SHPO, and CFA; and (2) the public review process is
completed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (“NTHP”).
b. Requiring Defendants to show cause why this Court should not issue a
preliminary injunction extending such temporary relief pending an adjudication on the merits;
and
c. Providing for other equitable relief.

October 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Counterpoint: it's very hard to keep members of this family from standing.

CHARLES K. VOORHEES AND
JUDITH A. VOORHEES

Plaintiffs,

October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

I think Francis was getting pretty pro-turtle earlier this year.
www.vatican.va/news_service...

Even the way of the cross is traced close to the earth. The mighty withdraw from it; they desire to grasp at heaven. Yet heaven is here below; it hangs low, and we can encounter it even when we fall flat on the ground. Today’s builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of Hell. God’s economy, on the other hand, does not kill, discard or crush. It is lowly, faithful to the earth.

October 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

I figured that back on July 4, someone was trying to change "Forty-ninth" to "Fiftieth" and it came out "Forty-fiftieth". But actually there was a clemency grant a couple weeks ago that correctly says "Fiftieth".
So George got a new bespoke number for some reason.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...

Done at the City of Washington in the
District st of Columbia this 1 day of
October in the year of our Lord Two
Thousand Twenty-five and of the
Independence of the United States the
Two Hundred and Fiftieth.

October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

(The date block includes a newly discovered number, "Two Hundred and Forty-fiftieth". Assuming that's equal to Two Hundred and Ninety, I guess Santos may have to wait forty years before the clemency is effective?)

Done at the City of Washington in the
District of Columbia this 17th day of
October in the year of our Lord Two
Thousand and Twenty-five and of the
Independence of the United States the
Two Hundred and Forty-fiftieth.

October 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

@joshuajfriedman.com The Santos commutation is out.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...

Executive Grant of Clemency
Donald J. Trump
President of the United States of America
To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
BE IT KNOWN, THAT THIS DAY, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, PURSUANT TO MY POWERS UNDER
ARTICLE II, SECTION 2, CLAUSE 1, OF THE CONSTITUTION, HAVE
GRANTED UNTO THE INDIVIDUAL NAMED BELOW
AN IMMEDIATE COMMUTATION OF HIS ENTIRE SENTENCE To TIME
SERVED WITH NO FURTHER FINES, RESTITUTION, PROBATION,
SUPERVISED RELEASE, OR OTHER CONDITIONS
For those offenses against the United States individually
enumerated and set before me for my consideration:
United States v. Devolder Santos, 2:23-cr-00197
GEORGE ANTHONY DEVOLDER SANTOS
I HEREBY DESIGNATE, direct, and empower the Pardon
Attorney, as my representative, to administer and sign this grant of
clemency to the person named herein. The Pardon Attorney shall
declare that his action is the act of the President, being performed at
my direction.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and
caused the seal of the Department of Justice to be affixed.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
QUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR

Done at the City of Washington in the
District of Columbia this 17th day of
October in the year of our Lord Two
Thousand and Twenty-five and of the
Independence of the United States the
Two Hundred and Forty-fiftieth.
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT

October 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

I can't even remember life before the Segway.

October 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

And although the rules of succession to the throne were made gender-neutral in 2015, there was no change for dukedoms. Harry's 2018 Dukedom of Sussex was created with the same male-only begottitude.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue...

STATE
Departments of State
CROWN OFFICE
STATE APPOINTMENTS
STATE
In accordance with the direction of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of the Realm, dated the
16th July 2018 granting unto Her Majesty’s Grandson, His Royal
Highness Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales, K.C.V.O., and
the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten the dignities of Baron
Kilkeel, Earl of Dumbarton, and Duke of Sussex.
Elaine Chilver

WEST YORKSHIRE LIEUTENANCY
Commissions have now been signed by Her Majesty’s LordLieutenant for the County of West Yorkshire appointing: -
Colonel Patrick Cairns DL, MA, BA (Hons)
Mr. Jon Hammond Booth, DL
Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Karim, DL
Dr Edward Max Ziff, OBE, DL, Hon DBA
Kevin Sharp LVO, DL, Clerk to the West Yorkshire Lieutenancy

LIEUTENANCY OF OXFORDSHIRE
The Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Mr Tim Stevenson OBE has
appointed the following to be a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire:
Brigadier Dennis Hamish Anthony BLEASE
Peter Clark, Clerk to the Lieutenancy
18 July 2018

12928 | CONTAINING ALL NOTICES PUBLISHED ONLINE ON 19 JULY 2018 | LONDON GAZETTE

October 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Yes, Andrew's dukedom was only passable to "heirs male of
his body lawfully begotten", so was due to be extinguished soon anyway.
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue...

No. 50606 S1

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
DIEU ET MON DROIT

SUPPLEMENT TO
The London Gazette
of Wednesday, 23rd July 1986
Published by Authority
Registered as a Newspaper

WEDNESDAY, 23rd JULY 1986
HOME OFFICE
Queen Anne's Gate
London, SW1H9AT
23rd July, 1986

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been pleased to direct
Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the
Realm, to bear this day's date, granting unto Her
Majesty's Son, His Royal Highness Prince Andrew
Albert Christian Edward cvo and the heirs male of
his body lawfully begotten, the dignities of BARON
KILLYLEAGH, EARL OF INVERNESS and DUKE OF YORK.

LONDON
Printed and published by HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE: 1986
Price 40p net

ISBN 0 11 660606 1
ISSN 0261-8575

PRINTED IN ENGLAND

October 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Here's the original photo, taken on October 20, 2020 by Andrew Harnik. Miller looks taller, but that was about 20,000 fascist-utterances / thousandth-inches ago, so the math checks out.
conchovalleyhomepage.com/wp-content/u...
www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/house-j...

October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Francis continued to cook in the next paragraph.
www.vatican.va/content/dam/...

108. The idea of promoting a different cultural
paradigm and employing technology as a mere
instrument is nowadays inconceivable. The technological paradigm has become so dominant that
it would be difficult to do without its resources
and even more difficult to utilize them without
being dominated by their internal logic. It has become countercultural to choose a lifestyle whose
86 Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 462.
goals are even partly independent of technology,
of its costs and its power to globalize and make
us all the same. Technology tends to absorb
everything into its ironclad logic, and those who
are surrounded with technology “know full well
that it moves forward in the final analysis neither
for profit nor for the well-being of the human
race”, that “in the most radical sense of the term
power is its motive – a lordship over all”.87 As a
result, “man seizes hold of the naked elements
of both nature and human nature”.88 Our capacity for making decisions, a more genuine freedom
and the space for each one’s alternative creativity
are diminished.
(ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME, 2015)

October 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Here's the wording in the separate TRO: "Defendants [which includes the whole DoD] are temporarily enjoined from implementing Defendants’ September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland."
courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56-1 Filed 10/04/25 Page 1 of 2

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
STATE OF OREGON and the
CITY OF PORTLAND,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as
President of the United States; PETE
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as
Secretary of Defense; U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE; KRISTI NOEM, in her
official capacity as Secretary of Homeland
Security; and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY,
Defendants.
Case No. 3:25-cv-1756-IM
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
The Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 6, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants are temporarily enjoined from implementing Defendants’ September
28, 2025, Memorandum ordering the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard
service members to Portland.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order expires by its own terms on October 18, 2025,
at 11:59 p.m.

PAGE 2 – TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

3. Plaintiffs are ORDERED to post a nominal bond of $100 within 48 hours. The
bond shall be filed in the Clerk’s Office and be deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants’ Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining
Order, see Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF
35 at 41, is DENIED.
5. The Court Clerk will contact the parties to schedule a telephone hearing on
October 17, 2025, to address whether this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for
another 14 days.
6. Any motion for a Preliminary Injunction shall be filed no later than October 17,
2025; Defendants’ opposition shall be due no later than October 23, 2025, and Plaintiffs’ reply
shall be due on October 27, 2025.
7. A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion and a trial on the merits
under Rule 65(a)(2) is set for October 29, 2025, before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut,
in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

October 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

It's entirely justified, but isn't "enjoin[ing] [the CiC's] Memorandum ordering the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members" overriding a presidential command to the military?
Are you saying the military is free to disregard the TRO and comply with Trump's memo?

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.56.0_1.pdf

For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order, ECF 6, and temporarily enjoins Defendants’ September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering
the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. The
TRO expires in fourteen days on October 18, 2025, and the parties are ORDERED to comply
with the attached TRO. The Defendants’ request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary
Restraining Order, see Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order, ECF 35 at 41, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge
Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56 Filed 10/04/25 Page 31 of 31

October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

His easiest option may be to make it a semiquincentennial coin, which may have a living person on the front (but not the back). All he would have to do is make a bullshit argument that he's "emblematic" to the nation's anniversary and go through some processes controlled by the executive branch.

31 USC 5112(y)(1)(C)
(C) DOLLARS.—The Secretary may, in addition to the coins produced under subsections (r) and (w), mint for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, $1 dollar [sic] coins with designs emblematic of the United States semiquincentennial.

31 USC 5112(aa)
(aa) STANDARDS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR
CIRCULATING COLLECTIBLE COINS UNDER SUBSECTIONS (X), (Y), AND (Z).—
(1) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS.—No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait
of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z).

October 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

Ah, I see the FBI agent was reportedly fired for refusing to participate back before they asked for a summons.
I wonder if CBS is just confusing the timeline in the part about a bizarro post-summons-arrest plan. The Reuters story doesn't mention anything like that.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

October 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

For the main circulating dollar coin, all the law seems to require is that "The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Congress, shall select appropriate designs for the obverse and reverse sides of the dollar coin." (31 USC 5112(d)(1)).
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

(d)(1) United States coins shall have the inscription ‘‘In God We Trust’’. The obverse side of
each coin shall have the inscription ‘‘Liberty’’.
The reverse side of each coin shall have the inscriptions ‘‘United States of America’’ and ‘‘E
Pluribus Unum’’ and a designation of the value
of the coin. The design on the reverse side of the
dollar, half dollar, and quarter dollar is an
eagle. Subject to other provisions of this subsection, the obverse of any 5-cent coin issued
after December 31, 2005, shall bear the likeness
of Thomas Jefferson and the reverse of any such
5-cent coin shall bear an image of the home of
Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. The Secretary
of the Treasury, in consultation with the Congress, shall select appropriate designs for the obverse and reverse sides of the dollar coin. The
coins have an inscription of the year of minting
or issuance. However, to prevent or alleviate a
shortage of a denomination, the Secretary may
inscribe coins of the denomination with the year
that was last inscribed on coins of the denomination.

October 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM

Virgil Abt

@abtnatural.bsky.social

The counterterrorism-chief / ball-guard.

At a time of both international and domestic turmoil, the Justice Department has lost a significant number of experts in counterterrorism since the beginning of the Trump administration. In addition to the departures, the chief of the Justice Department’s counterterrorism section, Matt Blue, had been on leave since August. As a member of the National Guard, he has been patrolling the streets of Washington as part of Trump’s deployment after a DOGE staffer nicknamed “Big Balls” was assaulted during a late-night attempted carjacking.

October 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM

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