US copyright attorney, primarily for photographers and other visual artists. WAY- Leftie. LGBTQ+ ally. Feminist. Supporter of Black and other PoC voices. Poor-person’s Martha Stewart. Drives a stick-shift, usually too fast. Rides a Triumph. Dabbles in linguistics. Hates fascists. Bad Buddhist.
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Last Notes npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/117172792450861828 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/117139872714734611 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Continuing on the citrus theme, a dry gin martini with a twist. 2.5 gin + .5 vermouth + dash orange bitters. Stirred. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/117071543673806137 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/117062238144143748 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Oh...my first block of the day. Joy! npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Copyright is not the enemy here. Don't go there--the enemy are these heartless, greedy companies that are trying to EVADE the protections of copyright (etc.) which should have (but failed to) save these actual books. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns As a Buddhist, I try not to kill anything, including spiders. If I see one on my wall, I try to capture it and release it outside. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns No it didn’t. It made that fair use ruling a year ago. This settlement was about obtaining the books illegally not, technically, the fair use question. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116958362172916139 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://blackqueer.life/@Damselfly/116930203320139880 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://mas.to/@scientificamerican_rss_bot/116913734819220054 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns I'm afraid I may lose my US citizenship because, if for no other reason, I find ranch dressing abhorrent. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Now do the S2000. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Got an email from a client this morning asking for an update, forgetting that I had sent one and he'd replied. when I pointed this out he gave the best reason for his distraction: npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns * I think I’m becoming whatever the Buddhist version of a church lady is. 😜 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Drove to sangha, teared up during meditation (I am definitely processing some stuff), afterwards met some of the other people who are in the prison volunteer group and talked about maybe teaching at the temple, too (*); then bought some champagne for the Second Fabulous Neighbor’s birthday “party” this week (and a gift card…since she’s into wine) and came home to Ruthie side-eyeing me for late afternoon treats. 😁❤️🙏 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://hachyderm.io/@selfcare/116665675774626675 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns The Islamic Center of San Diego is raising money for the victims of the shooting there, particularly the families of the three men who very likely prevented the event from being much worse. I have nothing to do with any of this but thought I would pass along the fundraising link, in case anyone wants to contribute. https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns What it's like, at least for me, dating in the patriarchy. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Men get concierge medical care including imaging and medication for a sore muscle, but a woman complaining of flu-like symptoms after being exposed to hantavirus is told it’s anxiety. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns A variation on a basil elderflower gimlet that, afaik, I just invented. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Online Dating Follies, No. 39248 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116420461487009518 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns RE: https://social.ketupat.me/@huey/116230628785311844 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns And the inside of the card… npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Seriously! Just did an image search and virtually all of the photos look that way! The only photo where he's sort of smiling (his Wikipedia page)? He not only still looks like he's going to cry (albeit happy tears) he makes Dukakis in the tank look butch: npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns OMFG… I have a matter that is being handled by State Farm for the defendant. They have changed their phone system recently so that you have to speak the claim number, which it NEVER gets right, before you can do anything. When that fails, it tries to check by phone number, but since I’m not the claimant, that doesn’t work. The whole time I HAVE THE EXTENSION NUMBER FOR THE SF EMPLOYEE, but I can’t enter that until I’ve hit # about 100 times, cussed, and almost stroked out. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Judge Boasberg has thrown the gauntlet. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns There are a shitton of US people in power, like members of Congress and SCOTUS, who really need to watch Judgment at Nuremberg. NOW. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns If one is deported, they are merely kicked out. They are not put in chains and put in jails/facilities in other places. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns PLEASE stop saying “deport” when what is happening is not kicking out or exiling but rather TRANSPORTING to a third country…like the Nazis did not deport the Jews (et al.) but rather transported them to death camps, often in other countries. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns The Fiancé’s daughter is in a masters program for landscape architecture at CalPoly Pomona. Last night at our lovely dinner she told us that her cohort were mostly sane but the undergrads were mostly MAGAts, which (as she pointed out) makes no damn sense especially since so much of their work is about climate change and its effects. 🤷♀️😔 npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns Revolution is sounding more and more like the only way out of this. The people have got nothing to lose if the MAGAts are going to start arresting and transporting (it is NOT deporting—use the correct language, please) anyone they choose to prisons in other countries. The Orange Bastard has floated his awful thing balloon to do this to citizens as well as legal residents, etc., which is what he always does before actually doing an awful thing. npub1wtpd5dldh7xva5qlhj33k8gykzju9upg0dy0mvy53enzql867t2swqrrxz Leslie Burns This morning already I’ve seen at least three Monty Python-based memes relating to the Trump admin. That’s got to be some sort of record; it certainly is telling as to precisely how insane the admin is.
