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Criticism of Israeli war crimes isn't anti-semitism. This essay on Israel's war crimes was penned by, let me see, oh, Israel's former Prime Minister. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Good morning from the Southern District of New York, where there are multiple hearings today before a magistrate judge in the consolidated lawsuits against OpenAI.

#books

#newyorkforever

The Pacers are the devil’s handiwork.

Game over.

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#books

LFGM

woke up today still mad about the Knicks

The Agony in the Garden, by Eugène Delacroix, 1824-27, 📸 via @DimeUPROXX

FINAL: Pacers 114, Knicks 109. Pacers lead the Eastern Conference Finals 2-0. • Siakam 39-4-3 • Haliburton 14-8-11 • Turner 16 pts • Brunson 36-3-11 Game 3 scheduled for Sunday night in Indianapolis.

I don’t think the Knicks make it back to a game five. This is over.

GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO

Said a million times before, but: Beyoncé has to be the best pure performer on the planet.

A US judge blocked book authors from introducing most new claims against Microsoft and OpenAI, including an antitrust accusation, in a consolidated proposed class action alleging copyright infringement by artificial intelligence models. with @eawhitford.bsky.social www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

It took John Roberts more than a month to rule on this “emergency”—and to find this fig leaf to quietly nuke the NLRB/precedent: “The Federal Reserve is a uniquely structured, quasi-private entity that follows in the distinct historical tradition of the First and Second Banks of the United States.”

Good morning from the Southern District of New York, where there is a case management conference for the consolidated lawsuits against OpenAI.

NBA teams were 0-970 when down by 14 or more points in the final 2:50 of regulation in the playoffs over the last 27 postseasons. They are now 1-970.

Series is over.

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First run on the verdict: Former Safemoon chief executive was convicted of defrauding investors by lying about his use of the decentralized financial firm’s liquidity pool tokens to buy luxury cars and homes for himself and his close associates. www.mlex.com/mlex/financi...

Braden John Karony was found guilty of all counts.

For ARTnews, I wrote about more looted antiquities in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art being returned to Iraq: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Jurors have begun their deliberations in the trial of former Safemoon chief executive Braden John Karony.

Good morning from the Eastern District of New York, where the government is set to make its rebuttal closing argument in the fraud trial of former Safemoon chief executive Braden John Karony. Jury deliberations are expected to begin this afternoon.

Joe Kent, top aide to DNI Tulsi Gabbard, ordered rewriting to an intel analysis re Venezuela & TDA so the doc could not be "used against" Trump, adding to concerns about politicizing intel. More emails also emerging. @julianbarnes.bsky.social Maggie Haberman & me. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

BREAKING: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said.

Pretty clearly the Trump admin betting on Cuomo to win so they can blackmail him

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

Former Safemoon chief Braden John Karony lied to investors about his use of the firm’s liquidity pool tokens, prosecutors said at the close of his fraud trial, while the defense said the evidence was a mess and the claims were taken out of context. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Good morning from the Eastern District of New York, where the prosecution and defense are expected to make their closing arguments in the fraud trial of former Safemoon chief executive Braden John Karony.

the DOJ is literally **arresting Democratic members of Congress** and Senate Democrats are voting to pass Republican legislation

A friend and mentor of former Safemoon chief executive Braden John Karony took the stand as the defense began to make it case in his fraud trial. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

their *lawyer* has also been disappeared now? uh holy shit