Bryan LaVergne
@bryanlavergne.bsky.social
People helper in Houston, Texas. 🌹
I help win social security checks and healthcare for everyday people. Interests in math, biology, and admin law.
I help win social security checks and healthcare for everyday people. Interests in math, biology, and admin law.
insane in the grain drain (insane, got no grain)
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
insane in the grain drain (insane, got no grain)
maltose madres
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
maltose madres
There’s a selective bias for membership in a class defined by continually amassing immense amounts of wealth well beyond personal material necessity: they are more likely to be motivated to further accumulate wealth/power.
This country has a history in repeatedly learning this fact.
This country has a history in repeatedly learning this fact.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There’s a selective bias for membership in a class defined by continually amassing immense amounts of wealth well beyond personal material necessity: they are more likely to be motivated to further accumulate wealth/power.
This country has a history in repeatedly learning this fact.
This country has a history in repeatedly learning this fact.
Imagine the incomprehensible references SSA may appeal to once Gen Alpha ages.
“Bet at age 6 7, no cap to benefit amount.”
“Bet at age 6 7, no cap to benefit amount.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Imagine the incomprehensible references SSA may appeal to once Gen Alpha ages.
“Bet at age 6 7, no cap to benefit amount.”
“Bet at age 6 7, no cap to benefit amount.”
That era had the best communication ideas and art. Since then, only echoes.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
That era had the best communication ideas and art. Since then, only echoes.
Yeah I agree. It is commercial use of creative work.
Meme law may be somewhat informative: Rep. Steve King failed to make a fair use defense when sued by the author of the "Success Kid" meme. The 8th Circuit's opinion at Parts I and II.B give good background info and relevant law re: fair use.
Meme law may be somewhat informative: Rep. Steve King failed to make a fair use defense when sued by the author of the "Success Kid" meme. The 8th Circuit's opinion at Parts I and II.B give good background info and relevant law re: fair use.
Griner v. King for Congress, No. 23-2117 (8th Cir. 2024)
The case revolves around a copyright infringement claim brought by Laney Griner, the owner of the copyright to a popular internet meme template known as "Success Kid." The meme was used by the King fo...
law.justia.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yeah I agree. It is commercial use of creative work.
Meme law may be somewhat informative: Rep. Steve King failed to make a fair use defense when sued by the author of the "Success Kid" meme. The 8th Circuit's opinion at Parts I and II.B give good background info and relevant law re: fair use.
Meme law may be somewhat informative: Rep. Steve King failed to make a fair use defense when sued by the author of the "Success Kid" meme. The 8th Circuit's opinion at Parts I and II.B give good background info and relevant law re: fair use.
that’s so many zinis, at night no less
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
that’s so many zinis, at night no less
Reposted by Bryan LaVergne
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
Sure, waiting for you to godot. to. the. polls.
September 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sure, waiting for you to godot. to. the. polls.
Some years ago, a former cartoonist for the Thresher made a very strong case to me why I should donate monthly to the Wikimedia Foundation. I’ve been doing ever since.
September 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Some years ago, a former cartoonist for the Thresher made a very strong case to me why I should donate monthly to the Wikimedia Foundation. I’ve been doing ever since.
On the flip side, divorces to achieve SSI eligibility (i.e., Medicaid eligibility)
September 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On the flip side, divorces to achieve SSI eligibility (i.e., Medicaid eligibility)