Scubaval
@scubaval.bsky.social
I was a Blue dot in the red state that everyone wants to saw off the map. Now I’m mobile in a van currently hanging out in the sw USA. Follow me on YouTube @scubaval08 for incoming & upcoming #vanlife blogs. I’ve documented my journey from the very start.
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This is an interesting article written from the perspective of Intelectual Property holders in the music industry who are analyzing the case between Reuters (owns Westlaw) and Ross (company who used Westlaw to train an AI).
Fair Use is very complex.
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/using-copyri...
Fair Use is very complex.
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/using-copyri...
Using copyrighted content to train AI without permission is not ‘fair use’, US court rules in Thomson Reuters case - Music Business Worldwide
However, the ruling might not apply to the music industry’s lawsuits against generative AI developers.
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is an interesting article written from the perspective of Intelectual Property holders in the music industry who are analyzing the case between Reuters (owns Westlaw) and Ross (company who used Westlaw to train an AI).
Fair Use is very complex.
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/using-copyri...
Fair Use is very complex.
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/using-copyri...
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While we wait for the Supreme Court to rule in a critical redistricting case from Louisiana, this is what the GOP is up to in Texas and Ohio. Remember the GOP's plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
June 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
While we wait for the Supreme Court to rule in a critical redistricting case from Louisiana, this is what the GOP is up to in Texas and Ohio. Remember the GOP's plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
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Perfect
June 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Perfect
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When the “Papers Please” debate in Arizona raged, one of the huge arguments against it was:
“How am I supposed to feed my family when I get fired for being late to work because I’m stuck at checkpoints because of the color of my skin?”
That should be shouted again more now
“How am I supposed to feed my family when I get fired for being late to work because I’m stuck at checkpoints because of the color of my skin?”
That should be shouted again more now
June 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When the “Papers Please” debate in Arizona raged, one of the huge arguments against it was:
“How am I supposed to feed my family when I get fired for being late to work because I’m stuck at checkpoints because of the color of my skin?”
That should be shouted again more now
“How am I supposed to feed my family when I get fired for being late to work because I’m stuck at checkpoints because of the color of my skin?”
That should be shouted again more now
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Follow Lolo’s channel for live coverage of her Democracy Dino 🦖 🦕!
Follow Lolo’s channel for live coverage of her Democracy Dino 🦖 🦕!
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June 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Follow Lolo’s channel for live coverage of her Democracy Dino 🦖 🦕!
Follow Lolo’s channel for live coverage of her Democracy Dino 🦖 🦕!
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Steller’s Jay in the morning. Follow me on YouTube: Val’s in a van 🚐
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Steller’s Jay in the morning
YouTube video by Val’s in a Van
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April 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Steller’s Jay in the morning. Follow me on YouTube: Val’s in a van 🚐
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Steller’s Jay in the morning. Follow me on YouTube: Val’s in a van 🚐
🩵🦋🩵🙏🏽
youtube.com/shorts/XGuLH...
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Steller’s Jay in the morning
YouTube video by Val’s in a Van
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April 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Steller’s Jay in the morning. Follow me on YouTube: Val’s in a van 🚐
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I posted your article today @gregolear.bsky.social but messed up tagging you. Follow me back please (and thank you).
March 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I posted your article today @gregolear.bsky.social but messed up tagging you. Follow me back please (and thank you).
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As I sit here in the desert, on public land, reading @gregolear Sunday Pages today, I am again reminded how easy it was my whole life to take democracy for granted. One of his best.
“Ignorance, thy name is Trump.” And also his spokesperson at the podium.
As I sit here in the desert, on public land, reading @gregolear Sunday Pages today, I am again reminded how easy it was my whole life to take democracy for granted. One of his best.
“Ignorance, thy name is Trump.” And also his spokesperson at the podium.
Sunday Pages: "La Liberté éclairant le monde"
A Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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As I sit here in the desert, on public land, reading @gregolear Sunday Pages today, I am again reminded how easy it was my whole life to take democracy for granted. One of his best.
“Ignorance, thy name is Trump.” And also his spokesperson at the podium.
As I sit here in the desert, on public land, reading @gregolear Sunday Pages today, I am again reminded how easy it was my whole life to take democracy for granted. One of his best.
“Ignorance, thy name is Trump.” And also his spokesperson at the podium.
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A word…
We can be good Democrats and still demand better from the party. In fact, that’s what being a good Democrat is—fighting for its future, pushing for stronger leadership, and calling out those who are failing us.
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We can be good Democrats and still demand better from the party. In fact, that’s what being a good Democrat is—fighting for its future, pushing for stronger leadership, and calling out those who are failing us.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A word…
We can be good Democrats and still demand better from the party. In fact, that’s what being a good Democrat is—fighting for its future, pushing for stronger leadership, and calling out those who are failing us.
🧵
We can be good Democrats and still demand better from the party. In fact, that’s what being a good Democrat is—fighting for its future, pushing for stronger leadership, and calling out those who are failing us.
🧵
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March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025
Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend’s rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump...
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March 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
March 22, 2025
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So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for…
You guessed it.
Food banks.
You guessed it.
Food banks.
March 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So… the very same Republicans who said they were cutting SNAP because hunger could be “addressed by food banks”, just cut $500 MILLION in funding for…
You guessed it.
Food banks.
You guessed it.
Food banks.
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“On Monday, the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, announced the first criminal charges under Texas’s abortion ban. Maria Margarita Rojas, a licensed midwife, was charged with the illegal performance of an abortion,” a “second-degree felony, which comes with up to 20 years in prison…” 3/22/25
Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas
The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas
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March 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
“On Monday, the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, announced the first criminal charges under Texas’s abortion ban. Maria Margarita Rojas, a licensed midwife, was charged with the illegal performance of an abortion,” a “second-degree felony, which comes with up to 20 years in prison…” 3/22/25
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“President Bukele [of El Salvador] recently met at Casa Presidencial with the co-founders of Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz…” 3/2/25 (Those co-founders are DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.)
h/t @shanley.com 1/
h/t @shanley.com 1/
March 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“President Bukele [of El Salvador] recently met at Casa Presidencial with the co-founders of Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz…” 3/2/25 (Those co-founders are DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.)
h/t @shanley.com 1/
h/t @shanley.com 1/
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“France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.” He had been traveling to a conference near Houston, TX. 3/19/25
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration.” He had been traveling to a conference near Houston, TX. 3/19/25
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It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
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Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43
Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...
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March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
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Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment.
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.
www.politico.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment.
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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Right now, if you don’t have the “right” papers this is the way the regime will treat you if you’re brown.
Eventually, it won’t matter if you have the “right” papers or not. So fight now while you still can.
Eventually, it won’t matter if you have the “right” papers or not. So fight now while you still can.
March 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Right now, if you don’t have the “right” papers this is the way the regime will treat you if you’re brown.
Eventually, it won’t matter if you have the “right” papers or not. So fight now while you still can.
Eventually, it won’t matter if you have the “right” papers or not. So fight now while you still can.
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Lutnick’s mother-in-law has a daughter, Allison Lambert, who is a partner in one of the nation’s largest law firms and is married to a man with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
So, nah, she won't be calling. But if you depend on that monthly deposit to balance your checkbook, you damned well would.
So, nah, she won't be calling. But if you depend on that monthly deposit to balance your checkbook, you damned well would.
March 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Lutnick’s mother-in-law has a daughter, Allison Lambert, who is a partner in one of the nation’s largest law firms and is married to a man with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
So, nah, she won't be calling. But if you depend on that monthly deposit to balance your checkbook, you damned well would.
So, nah, she won't be calling. But if you depend on that monthly deposit to balance your checkbook, you damned well would.
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Elon Musk’s X suspends accounts “spreading information about the widespread demonstrations in Turkey … sparked by the arrest earlier this week of … Erdoğan's main political rival...” 3/22/25
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Elon Musk’s X suspends accounts “spreading information about the widespread demonstrations in Turkey … sparked by the arrest earlier this week of … Erdoğan's main political rival...” 3/22/25
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
www.politico.eu/article/musk...
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NIGHTS OF BLUESKY
DAY 22 MARCH 2025
The last few days in Arizona
11K Arizonans & friends showed up in Tempe
Today, 23K Arizonans & friends showed up here in Tucson to see & here
AOC & BERNIE NO OLIGARCHS
Here is my Arizona Pack
All Vetted All Great
🏜 Pls follow 🏜
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DAY 22 MARCH 2025
The last few days in Arizona
11K Arizonans & friends showed up in Tempe
Today, 23K Arizonans & friends showed up here in Tucson to see & here
AOC & BERNIE NO OLIGARCHS
Here is my Arizona Pack
All Vetted All Great
🏜 Pls follow 🏜
go.bsky.app/2bBCgNu
March 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
NIGHTS OF BLUESKY
DAY 22 MARCH 2025
The last few days in Arizona
11K Arizonans & friends showed up in Tempe
Today, 23K Arizonans & friends showed up here in Tucson to see & here
AOC & BERNIE NO OLIGARCHS
Here is my Arizona Pack
All Vetted All Great
🏜 Pls follow 🏜
go.bsky.app/2bBCgNu
DAY 22 MARCH 2025
The last few days in Arizona
11K Arizonans & friends showed up in Tempe
Today, 23K Arizonans & friends showed up here in Tucson to see & here
AOC & BERNIE NO OLIGARCHS
Here is my Arizona Pack
All Vetted All Great
🏜 Pls follow 🏜
go.bsky.app/2bBCgNu
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I find this so inspirational that I’m thinking my freeway bridge sign for the next two Fridays will be
HONK
TODAY.
PROTEST
TOMORROW.
To create a tiny bit of heat for the March 29th #TeslaTakedown Day of Visibility and the April 5th #HandsOff mass mobilization.
HONK
TODAY.
PROTEST
TOMORROW.
To create a tiny bit of heat for the March 29th #TeslaTakedown Day of Visibility and the April 5th #HandsOff mass mobilization.
Cherry Hill Tesla. Two weeks ago I was one of the ones honking, today I was there with a friend.
#TeslaTakedown
#Indivisible
#TeslaTakedown
#Indivisible
March 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I find this so inspirational that I’m thinking my freeway bridge sign for the next two Fridays will be
HONK
TODAY.
PROTEST
TOMORROW.
To create a tiny bit of heat for the March 29th #TeslaTakedown Day of Visibility and the April 5th #HandsOff mass mobilization.
HONK
TODAY.
PROTEST
TOMORROW.
To create a tiny bit of heat for the March 29th #TeslaTakedown Day of Visibility and the April 5th #HandsOff mass mobilization.
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This is a wonderful act of leadership by wired !
In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is a wonderful act of leadership by wired !