Post AjEERRdShGgAxMcoj2 by sewblue@sfba.social
(DIR) More posts by sewblue@sfba.social
(DIR) Post #AjDlKc2uhA14Xvv5ma by futurebird@sauropods.win
2023-09-07T11:15:57Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
Thinking about judges wigs and other trappings of power. Apparently in Poland when they have legal court everyone wears robes: different colors for attorneys and the judge etc. Of course in the UK judges still wear wigs which US judges are free to wear too, but simply don't.On the US Supreme court it's just black robes-- Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, and Stephen Breyer have all tried to make skull caps happen but no one else cared.
(DIR) Post #AjDlVBVbhT9rQbNkwa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T13:50:43Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
Never forget that Clarence Thomas tried to make silly little hats happen on the court and failed. I think an attraction to little hats that make you important is not a good character trait.
(DIR) Post #AjDlf8ep9k8pTrRKTI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T13:52:30Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
To be honest it's something I see in myself and I work hard to keep any attraction to little hats of power in check. I would be delighted to wear a wizard's cap all of the time for some pointless but official reason. And knowing this about myself I reflect and repent.
(DIR) Post #AjDlvW9lYSzGzkis7M by VampiresAndRobots@writing.exchange
2024-06-23T13:55:28Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird the only time I ever had to wear a silly little hat was for a demoralizing fast food job.
(DIR) Post #AjDlzNEefJuKU7qeQ4 by i_give_u_worms@mastodon.cloud
2024-06-23T13:56:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird as a certified ant lady if you feel the need to inform someone that you are blowing the dust off a grimoire of hidden ant lore from your collection that is a flex you are allowed
(DIR) Post #AjDm5KiAxhm6OXUwAC by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2024-06-23T13:57:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I think if you let other people wear their own little hats of power instead of demanding only you can wear yours it’s okay.
(DIR) Post #AjDmGxgKPbhcRbB8sq by ben@pgh.social
2024-06-23T13:59:15Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Roberts should have to wear this hat
(DIR) Post #AjDmTopmcNpSlijRlw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T14:01:39Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@ben no that hat is way too cool
(DIR) Post #AjDmuTKOgZuHt3lDqS by WearsHats@realsocial.life
2024-06-23T14:06:27Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Don't repent. Wearing hats to try to make yourself look important is stupid, but wearing hats because hats are fun is is the right way to go. Get yourself a good wizard's cap. You don't need it to look powerful. You need it to look cool. There's a difference.
(DIR) Post #AjDoDH3cdDLJHqRZGC by thecorodon@wandering.shop
2024-06-23T14:21:03Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I sincerely think our society is mostly squandering the power of cool hats and robes. We need an even more ostentatious outfit that's reserved for SC justices emeritus.
(DIR) Post #AjDoqMpF7U8gTCMJNo by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-06-23T14:28:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird You really think wizard hats are pointless?Really?
(DIR) Post #AjDphT1omwFN3VYq1o by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2024-06-23T14:37:41Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Have you read Svetlana Chmokova's "Awkward" ?
(DIR) Post #AjDrckgbuPrAHUWKnI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T14:59:18Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@lienrag No, but if I get back to reading comics I'll look it up.
(DIR) Post #AjDrkFpYVuJ4ttHXnM by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2024-06-23T15:00:38Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird And then please tell me if you do so (and noticed why I asked the question).It's not a must-read, but it's cute and quite good.
(DIR) Post #AjDrouh2WsDInAWK92 by billiglarper@rollenspiel.social
2024-06-23T15:01:26Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Perhaps of interest: The German supreme court wears hats. (The only court in Germany to do so.)Robes are not owned by the judges. They are actually passed on to new judges with some retailoring.The supreme court can kick out judges for dishonorable conduct or when they are gulty of such a gross dereliction of duty that their stay in office is untenable.#Germany #law #SupremeCourt
(DIR) Post #AjDuLAyjiQoETXJFlA by Cyrus@zirk.us
2024-06-23T15:29:43Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@futurebird I’m fascinated by the intricate hats worn by men in the Joseon period of Korea, to show their place in court and society.
(DIR) Post #AjDwlsOf6tziZWINns by sewblue@sfba.social
2024-06-23T15:54:30Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@justafrog @futurebird Clothing was important back in the day to make lines of authority clear in an era before photographs were cheap and plentiful. Now that most people would recognize royalty, Elon Musk or Biden due to mass media, there is no need for over the top clothing designed to intimidate.You get the deference without needing the hoops or top hat. That is why everyone found it funny when Justin Timberlake didn't get let off of a DUI. He wasn't recognized so got no deference. Judges have retained ceremonial clothing because most are an unknown bureaucrat that deals with the public directly. That authority needs to be immediately clear.That these guys want to add additional pomp to their clothing speaks volumes about how they view themselves. The robe alone are not enough to make the peasants cower. Their clothing need to mark their authority over other judges as well. They want crowns.
(DIR) Post #AjDwltubTd8fGsFPEG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T15:57:00Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@sewblue @justafrog I thought it was funny that the cop did recognize him, but it never occurred to me that he wouldn't get a ticket. I'm kind of shook that so many people think that this would be OK at all?But then I don't drive so I don't know much about police stops first hand. Do they let people off? I've never seen that as a passenger.
(DIR) Post #AjDx3Jtu6YIQnSE652 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T15:59:57Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@sewblue @justafrog I have been "pulled over" by NYPD on four occasions on my bike. Once for running a red light, Once for making a right turn on red and I got a ticket for both. I showed up at court and since the cop didn't show I didn't have to pay for either. The other two stops were for no reason the cop didn't explain and I was scared to ask. But after not giving a reason they said something vague about "riding safe" (I was not going fast or breaking any rules) and let me go?
(DIR) Post #AjDxDf7Y4157VOXXqC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T16:02:00Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@sewblue @justafrog Made me late for work though. Oh I forgot they also tried to give me a ticket for not having back reflectors. But, I have those now, but not on my fixie. (they are ugly and reflectors are pointless in NYC it's too damn bright.)
(DIR) Post #AjDxGn2z3AhYxPtdey by philip_cardella@historians.social
2024-06-23T16:02:03Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog cops do sometimes let people off. This is part of the problem. Because they retain discretion, which on the surface makes sense, they choose who to let off with "a warning," who to give a ticket it to and for ANY reason who they arrest. The problem with discretion is, of course, that it let's their own personal biases as well as the department's culture of biases to apply the law unequally. And we all know who loses when that happens.
(DIR) Post #AjDxIujNS9RzMpjqQS by Woodswalked@mstdn.party
2024-06-23T16:02:48Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird IF you pass as white or privileged without being ostentatious (appear to have a good lawyer) then most police officers will try to let you keep a clean record.If your record isn’t clean, you appear too poor for a lawyer or ahem… not part of the protected group.You are lucky to only receive a ticket.cc: @sewblue @justafrog
(DIR) Post #AjDxOB7lvifRetevi4 by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:03:43Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird If you're white and act polite cops hardly ever ticket you even after they pull you over. I've been let off with a verbal warning 4 out of 5 times.@sewblue @justafrog
(DIR) Post #AjDxpNKqdcv1LgkBAO by sewblue@sfba.social
2024-06-23T16:08:48Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @justafrog I think it depends. I've not read enough on the incident (other than hearing the jokes) but cops do have a huge amount of discretion in charging someone. A cop flustered by fame might not be as rigorous in enforcement. I've had cops pass me through DUI check points when I said I had a drink on the ferry. Young, pretty white chick in business clothes, 7 pm in the evening, while they weren't treating people of color with nearly as much courtesy, demanding papers and what not. Seizing cars for any reason they could. Came out later that they were abusing the DUI process to collect fees. Show me your papers! Kind of thing. I stopped trusting cops and DUI enforcement after that experience. I was by no means drunk, but I should have been tested if they gave a shit.
(DIR) Post #AjDxrtxYJSZT6u3I9Y by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:08:54Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog yes, a lot: "don't do that again" or "this is just a warning". I've gotten "I will remember your car and be here later this week watching for you and if you don't have your car registered, next time you get the ticket" and even a driving while impaired (lack of sleep) where the cop said you are going to park right here and sleep for four hours and if your car isn't here when I come back in an hour I'm sending out an alert and they'll haul you in.
(DIR) Post #AjDxtyqF8GNEpacmAa by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:09:41Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog this is pure harassment
(DIR) Post #AjDxzWUrQlfWetGYbI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T16:10:38Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@richpuchalsky @sewblue @justafrog Once of the cops who ticked me said "there's a quota, just show up for the court date and you won't have to pay" He was correct about that. Granted I probably shouldn't run red lights, but I'm on a tiny bicycle and it's very hard to take anything seriously when the bike lanes are full of parked cars and drivers honk at you for no reason.
(DIR) Post #AjDyF12k8rBdjyVAh6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T16:13:27Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@smellsofbikes @sewblue @justafrog I think it'd be worse if I were younger and male. Really I think I get stoped mostly because they think I'm a teen sometimes until they pull me over. They seem to do nothing all day long but annoy the kids in the neighborhood, and if the kid isn't polite they rough them up. Then everyone wonders why no one likes them.
(DIR) Post #AjDyc3U5ETY5yIHAZ6 by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:17:32Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@futurebirdAnd then there's Rehnquist and his silly racing stripes like he wandered out of a comic opera.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2000/06/rehnquist-s-scandalous-shmatte.html
(DIR) Post #AjDyejf9Nv2HMgjLrU by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-06-23T16:18:03Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @smellsofbikes @sewblue It's about who they think they can hassle without consequence.And kids sure have a hard time litigating.Usually their parents tell them to let it go, right?It's what cowards do. Pick the least dangerous target and harass them to feel "strong".
(DIR) Post #AjDzFKiT68tEi2jXY8 by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:24:44Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog i think cops in the Hamptons deal with drunk celebrity types all summer. Lots of, " do you know who I am" kind of interactions. Maybe they get specific training on how to deal with entitled rich people.
(DIR) Post #AjDzH1STfZUJYr3khc by tofugolem@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:24:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Clarence Thomas = Black Andy Ngo
(DIR) Post #AjDzLrLQhQ6Zds4MMq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T16:25:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@BLTpizza @sewblue @justafrog We can dream I suppose.
(DIR) Post #AjDzXd7VPaij05AY0u by tofugolem@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:28:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @richpuchalsky @sewblue @justafrog We live in a police state. And why can't we make cities that are friendlier to bikes?
(DIR) Post #AjDzirKguSooGWguC8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T16:30:03Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@richpuchalsky @sewblue @justafrog Also I was a bike messenger back in the day. I'm a much more conservative rider now. And all of the times I've been pulled over have been post-messenger days. When I was really a minor street terror I never once got pulled over.The police can't really manage to signal and pull over anyone who is riding like a manic. So they pull over school teachers going 15 mph. It's pretty pointless.
(DIR) Post #AjDzr22oy2m5nvEIEK by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:31:32Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog 😆
(DIR) Post #AjE0iMgqwDADBRNwcC by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:41:11Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog I ALWAYS worry when my Black friends report an encounter with the po-po. All of mine have been terrible.
(DIR) Post #AjE23iJTq5CeHWCFgO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T16:56:05Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@JizzelEtBass @smellsofbikes @sewblue @justafrog In theory. But I think they put you on a list if you do those kinds of things and make your life terrible forever. I do not want the police to know who I am, or care about me one way or the other.
(DIR) Post #AjE25WHvWEVbZ8KaoK by smellsofbikes@mastodon.social
2024-06-23T16:56:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog yeah, "you cower or we'll hit you with legal backing" is a pretty core part of cop culture.I got lucky.and probably predictably, in 5000 miles a year of cycling, over 40 years, I've never been stopped by a cop when I was on a bike.
(DIR) Post #AjE36aY5GOgd1Vxhq4 by timo21@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-06-23T17:07:56Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@futurebird I've always been fascinated by the traditional hats people in various jobs around the world have worn/ still wear. Every job used to have it's own hat, apparently. This did away with the need for name tags. CEO's clearly need a special hat. For the USA Supreme court, the hats should be reflective of who their biggest financial donor is, like in Racing Cars.
(DIR) Post #AjE3pqNpEnkzAGk8Q4 by uberduck@hachyderm.io
2024-06-23T17:16:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog when I get pulled over (very rarely, as I live in a city that literally does not enforce traffic laws), the result is usually either a warning or a minor bureaucratic hassle with no direct monetary consequences (forgot to put the tags on, old insurance card in the car, etc). I've been pulled over for 15 over the limit on the freeway in a state I didn't live in, didn't have a current insurance card, and just got a warning.I'm a cishet white male, though.
(DIR) Post #AjE4R8w9DcxfQEaBu4 by darren@c.im
2024-06-23T17:22:53Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog Just curious, but how much is the ticket?Wonder if his quota is measured in tickets or dollars.
(DIR) Post #AjE4vZm7zzAXLbPKlc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-06-23T17:28:24Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@darren @sewblue @justafrog Most bike tickets are $150 car tickets are like twice that I think?
(DIR) Post #AjE5EzSaj8wAVfWjTM by pdcawley@mendeddrum.org
2024-06-23T17:31:49Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @sewblue @justafrog I don't know about US cops, but I've never had a police stop turn into a prosecution or points on my license, I've only been got by automated speed cameras. Driving while white, middle class and sober, I guess.
(DIR) Post #AjE5mZ4TLajSVmFrvs by cshlan@dawdling.net
2024-06-23T17:37:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebirdI've been let go with a warning for small things that didn't actually endanger anyone. They pointed out exactly what I'd done both times, though. I've also gotten tickets a couple of times for speeding.
(DIR) Post #AjEBX0tcj5UHtv9GGu by unixorn@hachyderm.io
2024-06-23T18:42:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @smellsofbikes @sewblue @justafrog and it’s usually the ones with a thin blue line flag/sticker/pin that are worst offenders and biggest whiners about not being given proper respect. If you fly a different flag, don’t complain about being treated like a hostile occupying army.
(DIR) Post #AjEERRdShGgAxMcoj2 by sewblue@sfba.social
2024-06-23T19:01:32Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@unixorn @futurebird @smellsofbikes @justafrog The car they drive is an indicator a asshole level too.An expensive car is the same as an upper class garment then. Driving is fairly anonymous so the need to have a high status vehicle remains. Giant pickup trucks are doing the same function as big hoop skirts did then. Take up space unnecessarily, make everyone around give way.Hard to sit gracefully in a hoop skirt. Hard to park an oversized pick up truck. Enter a crowded room and people need to make way, enter a 4 way stop and bully your way through first. I call big, ego driven trucks pretty pretty princess trucks because they are no different than a woman in a massive hoop skirt. Exactly the same impulse - wealth and a need for deference - is being communicated.For both skirt and truck, the size indicates driver/wearer is a delicate flower and needs to be treated as such!
(DIR) Post #AjEEfgYi0cXZIKBzPM by tuban_muzuru@ohai.social
2024-06-23T19:17:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Aww... you can wear a wizard's cap. Everyone kinda wears a wizard's cap. Everyone's excellent in some regard: I know this sounds kinda pollyanna-ish, but if you're any good as a consultant, you can interview people and find that excellence.It's how I overcame a great deal of fear, early on.
(DIR) Post #AjEFIJ2FP2dpdCQNou by frog@frogdrool.net
2024-06-23T19:24:29Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird It's even worse than that. Cops in lots of places can give their friends and family cards and bumper stickers that will get you out of most tickets when presented. There's a resale market for them too. It's one of the most openly corrupt things I know of off the top of my head, but most people just seem fine with it.Where I live they get bumper stickers. Nothing as obvious as a thin blue line flag, but after someone told me I see them everywhere. https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-courtesy-cards