> Initially conceived as a protection for inventors against unscrupulous factories, patents have evolved into a mechanism that largely protects established industry players against disruptive startups. The problem with patents is that the incentive for those writing them is to be as broad as possible without getting rejected. If they’re too broad, then they risk rejection for patenting something that already exists. So the way to avoid rejection is to write in a form of doublespeak that seems narrow and specific to the patent examiner, but which allows lawyers to argue that just about anything is an infringement. This form of malicious vagueness is called Motte and Bailey Doctrine, and it has become the standard way in which patents are written.

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This, in my view, is a very moving story of 2 artist:

The bittersweet story of Marina Abramović's epic walk on the Great Wall of China
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#Hubbrücke lift bridge in #Magdeburg for #TrainTrackTuesday

Obviously not a #trainTrack anymore, but it used to be from 1848 to 1998. Hubbrücke is one of Germany's largest lift bridges and a listed monument. Since the 2000s, it has been a pedestrian #bridge and a piece of public #art. Its restoration was funded by donations, with donors inscribing messages on the wooden planks (like the one you see here) as well as commemorative plaques on the bridge. While the plaques aren't visible in this photo, you can spot plenty of love locks. Needless to say, it's a beloved Magdeburg landmark.

Unfortunately, the bridge was closed indefinitely this summer without warning. The owner – an architect who had to purchase three old bridges to acquire a nearby property – founded a club for its maintenance. The club claims the city imposed insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles and denied funding. (Keep in mind the owner is liable if anyone is injured on the bridge, and mandatory safety checks are costly!) The city, however, argues that the bridge is privately owned and thus the owner's responsibility, though financial assistance is available if an application is submitted. 🤷

I'm not sure whom to believe, but the result is clear: Hubbrücke is fenced off, and everyone is frustrated. Here's hoping a solution is found soon so the bridge can reopen. 🥺

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With limited resources, Palestinians in Gaza and in exile are funding community reconstruction efforts amid the absence of international aid. “We have to keep trying to help Gaza rise again,” an organizer with the Sameer Project tells Mondoweiss. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/gazans-…

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#StandingStoneSunday #Celtic: `Another story tells of a giant called Eglone who had been challenged by another giant to throw a rock from the Curlew Mountains to Carran Hill above Geevagh. He threw the #EgloneStone only as far as Highwood and having failed, forfeited his life and was buried next to the rock.`
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There is a meaningful distinction between rare, targeted state violence against elite political dissidents and the routine criminalization of ordinary speech.

High-level dissidents such as exiled officials, influential journalists, or opposition organizers operate within power struggles that states treat as existential threats.

Violence against them, while indefensible, is exceptional rather than systemic.

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Conflating elite dissident killings with arrests for online speech obscures an important distinction. High-level dissidents are targeted for their proximity to power and political impact. Arresting ordinary citizens for speech, by contrast, expands repression downward, normalizing surveillance, self-censorship, and routine enforcement against everyone.

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SCOTUS Dockets Harris Eligibility Case

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The usurper U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and usurper VP was born at best a dual-Citizen depending on the outcome of the “Birthright Citizenship” previously taken up by SCOTUS, if Harris is even a U.S. Citizen at all when she was born in CA to parents temporarily in the USA on student VISA’s. See more on that argument here:

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Being born a Citizen of Jamaica she thus is NOT a “natural born Citizen” of United States with ‘Unity of Citizenship’ and ‘Sole Allegiance’ to USA.

Per the original meaning and intent of the 14th Amendment she is not entitled to ‘Birthright Citizenship‘. She was first and foremost a Citizen of Jamaica at birth via her foreign national, Jamaican citizen father. See:

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