Law… Why Police Killings Are a Thing 28 Sep 20169 Feb 2017 A lot has been said in the past year or so about law enforcement officers killing people, with hardly a day going by without some news story on the matter. For…
Random Thoughts… Facebook’s Data Collection–I’m a Late Adopter? 25 Aug 2016 The New York Times recently ran a story (found via Geekwire) on Facebook's deep trove of personal data that it keeps on people, including its opinion on where you fall…
Entertainment… No Big Surprise: FanDuel and DraftKings Ordered to Stop 11 Nov 2015 It really comes as no surprise that New York's Attorney General has ordered FanDuel and DraftKings to stop taking money from New York residents. This is because the New York AG…
Law… Vote Buying 28 Aug 2015 T-Mobile's CEO John Legere is a prolific tweeter, and he is one of the few CEO Twitter follows that provides entertainment. Whether he's in Central Park running a race, handing…
Gizmos… Weaponized Police Drones 27 Aug 2015 North Dakota's police forces can outfit drones with any variety of "nonlethal" weapons, according to a Daily Beast article. This really shouldn't be surprising, given the increased militarization of the United States'…
Law… TYSK–Infidelity and Divorce in Texas 21 Aug 2015 The AshleyMadison.com hack and subsequent release of about 30GB of user data claimed at least one very high-profile victim this week: Josh Duggar. The former FRC Action head's brand image…
Law… TYSK: Changes to Texas Expunctions are NOT Coming 25 Jun 2015 Earlier this morning, I mentioned that a lot of changes to the Texas petition for nondisclosure regime are coming on September 1, 2015. Alongside those changes, the legislature also passed…
Law… TYSK: Changes to Texas Petitions for Nondisclosure are Coming 25 Jun 2015 It wasn't so long ago (February 26, 2015, to be precise) that I mentioned that people who did some sort of straight probation (rather than getting a deferred adjudication) were…
Law… Josh Duggar and a Changed World 22 May 2015 Josh Duggar, member of the 19 (maybe 20, now) Kids and Counting Duggar family, and until-yesterday, lobbyist for the Family Research Council, has admitted to "acting inexcusably" when he was…
Society… PSA: Adult Friend Finder May Have Been Hacked 22 May 2015 Just a quick note: if you've ever used Adult Friend Finder--and apparently, quite a few people (40+ million) have--its databases may have been hacked. While the information that was taken…
