Timothy A Wiseman

AI can be useful. I make limited, cautious use of AI in my practice. But it must be carefully double checked because it can confabulate / hallucinate among other problems. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Inflation eating up worker pay. Household debt and student loan defaults at a record high. 8 million people have lost healthcare the past year. Thousands have been sickened by disease outbreaks and contaminated food. Trump says, "Pretend I'm on the ballot" ahead of the midterms. Please do.

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

The one good thing about Trump's ridiculous promise to send $5000 to every adult is that it seems to be getting attention turned towards how absurdly high the deficit is right now. apnews.com/article/trum...

Hasbro on DHS’ use of Optimus Prime in their deportation slop.

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Inflation is eating up worker pay. Household debt is at a record high — student loan defaults are too. 8 million people have lost healthcare the past year. Thousands of people are sickened by disease outbreaks and contaminated food. And Trump is focused on renaming Lake Ontario. Priorities.

You can take this to the bank. 👇👇

I rather miss being able to walk without crutches. I'm impatient for my foot to finish healing.

I do rather miss being able to walk. I cannot wait until this break heals.

It seems that DOGE was both deeply unwise and incredibly expensive. www.ms.now/news/doge-cu...

The pointless war with Iran has a high cost in both money and blood. www.ms.now/news/pentago...

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It seems I've got a fracture in my foot, so it may be a bit before I get back to judo or jiu jitsu. :(

"This swift wariness of ICE’s account is well-earned, given the agency’s increasingly documented acts of seeming deception and dishonesty, certainly when it comes to claims of 'vehicle weaponization' in particular, but more broadly as well. " www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...

Castonacouch is apparently calling JD Vance a "sentient jar of mayonnaise" and accuses him of "having the rizz of a soggy saltine cracker". All in a quest to get more followers than JD Vance on Instagram. www.instagram.com/CatsOnACouch

Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.

The crowdfunding campaign for the Exalted: Essence Storyteller's Guide is NOW LIVE! #EX3Essence #Exalted

E. Jean Carroll didn't just "accuse" Trump of sexual assault. She won a civil lawsuit against Trump for sexual assault. A jury found that Trump sexually assaulted her. She deserves for us to call it what it is.

BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.

“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anyone.” – President Donald Trump

Trump seems to continue to have an extremely tenuous relationship with the truth. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Another week, another episode of Serious Trouble about things not to do, including using public chatbot "lawyers", lying about federal judges, or litigating while you are Matt Taibbi. www.serioustrouble.show/p/dont-use-t...

Even setting aside the legal and ethical issues, Trump's dreamed of ballroom appears to be an expensive, pointless, boondoggle. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

If a landlord breaks any of the new rules outlined in AB 121, you can take them to court. A judge can order the landlord to pay back money and even pay a penalty of up to $250 for each time they cheated or misled you.

I am NOT an expert an international law, but it does seem to me that a statement that "a whole civilization will die tonight" might possibly be evidence to support the intent requirement for genocide as defined under the Genocide Convention and similar treaties. www.ms.now/liveblog/ira...

Student loan borrowers are suffering because of Trump. The cost of living is sky high and predatory companies & billionaires are profiting off of borrowers’ hardship. We're pushing back in Congress, in the courts, & in community to defend borrowers.

@cathygellis.bsky.social makes a strong case that Trump should be impeached, convicted, and removed as soon as possible. Failing to do so is disastrous for the U.S. www.techdirt.com/2026/03/16/a...

America’s Diminished Place In The World And The Consequences Of Not Impeaching It has long been clear: Trump needs to be removed from office before he can inflict even more damage than he already has. But he doesn't just need to be stopped; for America to have a future he also needs to be…

The SAVE Act has nothing to do with stopping voter fraud. It’s a poll tax to stop legal voters from casting their ballots. It's how Trump is laying the groundwork to block certification of any election results he doesn’t like. Tell your senators to vote NO: (202) 224-3121 [@brennancenter.org]

#AI is improving and does have uses. But it must be used cautiously and appropriately to be genuinely useful. Rushed application of AI and "workslop" can cause serious problems. www.techdirt.com/2025/10/02/s...

Kansas' recent anti-transgender law is deeply unjust, unfair, and unwise. www.ms.now/opinion/kans...

Trump's Board of Peace appears to be a distraction at best and an outright sham at worst. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Ludovic Mbock has been in US more than half his life, having graduated from a MD high school in 2006. It's unclear when/how he emigrated from Cameroon, but it's hard to imagine he was flaunting immigration violations while competing in Street Fighter tourneys for 12+ years across the US. End ICE.

The ‘Most Massive Attack On Free Speech’ Is Happening Right Now, And The Twitter Files Crew Is Mighty Quiet For the last five years, we had to endure an endless, breathless parade of hyperbole regarding the so-called "censorship industrial complex." We were told, repeatedly and at high volume,…

NO KINGS March 28!! ❌👑 This will be the largest non-violent protest in American history. Spread the word online and IRL, it’s up to all of us. FIND a No Kings protest: bit.ly/nokings328 ***Events are still being registered. Please check back next week if you don’t see one near you yet.***

Trump officials have blocked Minnesota law enforcement from accessing materials to investigate the death of Alex Pretti. They also refused to cooperate with Minnesota officials to investigate Renee Good’s death. What don’t they want the public to know?

I have a new post at Techdirt that is both a look back at just about everything I've written about Section 230 since its 20th birthday, and a crash course in how it works and why we need it.

This week Section 230 turned 30, and you'll see a bunch of posts on Techdirt today and the rest of the week about the importance of Section 230, but my first contribution this week is how the arguments against 230 are so contradictory that it should give everyone pause to consider why.

While cautious, appropriate use of #AI and #LLMs can sometimes assist in research and speed up workflow, they still hallucinate / confabulate and still provide incorrect information at times. Double-checking is vital when accuracy matters. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Trump seems to have extreme difficulty with math. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

No one should be opposed to this.

Learned Hand said: “liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it.” www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-fashio... #freespeech

This is not normal. Silencing reporters and punishing free speech is cowardly behavior from those afraid of the truth. People on the right side of history will not be silenced.

Speculation that the FBI special agent in charge in Atlanta was fired when he raised questions about the planned raid on the Fulton County elections center are confirmed.

The First Amendment is a foundational promise to every American: Each of us has the freedom to speak, to report, and to hold those in power accountable without fear of retribution or retaliation.

"News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend [independent journalists Don] Lemon’s and [Georgia] Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.” Full Freedom of the Press Foundation statement below.

Based upon currently available information, this arrest seems to be unjustified and immoral. But it also just seems strategically unwise for the administration. This will likely draw more attention to Don Lemon and his reporting. www.ms.now/news/don-lem... #freedonlemon #streisandeffect