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On its second pass of the case, the Ninth Circuit said it relied on a Supreme Court decision last June, during which the U.S. top court took its first look at the decades-old CFAA. In its ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed what constitutes a violation of the CFAA as those who gain unauthorized access to a computer system — rather than a broader interpretation of exceeding existing authorization, which the court argued could have attached criminal penalties to “a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity.” Using a “gate-up, gate-down” analogy, the Supreme Court said that when a computer or website’s gates are up — and therefore information is publicly accessible — no authorization is required.
Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms – TechCrunch
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The experience is difficult to capture in words; parenting truly is a bizarre short circuit of the brain, like a wormhole into otherwise inaccessible portions of the mind. In this way, parents who have an abundance of life force and time and mental space are “blessed” in the literal meaning of the word — that is, they are promoted, like gods to their children, and have the power to establish the healthy parameters of life and possibility. There were weeks where it’d just be me and this kid, and the conversations we had — lord, talk about expanding. I felt the edges of my own universe fly out as I witnessed the kid’s own sense of spaciousness swell in their eyes.
Archetypes Revisited — Roden Newsletter Issue 075
craigmod.com
In fact, far more Asian workers moved to the Americas in the 19th century to make sugar than to build the transcontinental railroad.
Making Sugar, Making 'Coolies': Chinese Laborers Toiled Alongside Black Workers on 19th-Century Louisiana Plantations
theconversation.com
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