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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • The ADA issues at play in the lawsuit largely stem from ADA claims against websites.

    It’s a real issue where some small business makes a non-ADA compliant website and gets shaken down by sketchy law firms that hire disabled people to be straw plaintiffs (AKA “testers”) to find websites that are in violation.

    From the article:

    The ADA permits a plaintiff challenging a violation of this rule to obtain an injunction requiring a non-compliant hotel to fix its website, and it allows that plaintiff to have their attorney’s fees paid by the defendant if the plaintiff prevails in court. But the plaintiff may not obtain money damages if they prevail.

    So some small business has to fix their website that the “tester” never would have used on their own, and they have to pay the law firm that hired the tester’s legal fees too. And then the law firm pays the tester.

    The ADA is a pre-internet rule, and its enforcement mechanism and regulations around have never been updated for the digital age, so scummy lawyers are making a killing off it.

    For the record, the solution is easy: update the ADA like disability advocates have been calling for ages.









  • Yeah. How much human trafficking is actually going on at airports with a “parent” flying “their” child somewhere?

    If some sicko is a billionaire with a private jet and is THAT dedicated to getting a kid to them, they’ll fly them on their private jet. You know, like Epstein.

    And if they’re the “usual” human chattel that is treated like cattle, they’re probably being transported in some slower, cheaper method than a plane that (1) costs way more and (2) has a dozen security mechanisms designed to catch you.

    This is just racism and people buying into Qanon propaganda.



  • A fed bear is a dead bear. If the mom can’t be rehabed, they gotta put her down. It’s too dangerous to leave them alive - even if you relocate, they’ll just move until they find easy to raid people and become a danger. Black bears usually are fearful or wary of humans - if they lose this, they’re a danger to people and themselves (people often defend themselves against bears with guns that fail to immediately kill the bear. The end result is a bear that dies a slow and agonizing death.

    Surprised they’re even trying rehab. It usually fails.

    The cubs aren’t as lost a cause.