And the crazy part is that it sounds like Google didn't have backups of this data after the account was deleted. The only reason they were able to restore the data was because UniSuper had a backup on another provider.

This should make anyone really think hard about the situation before using Google's cloud. Sure, it is good practice and frankly refreshing to hear that a company actually backed up away from their primary cloud infrastructure but I'm surprised Google themselves do not keep backups for awhile after an account is deleted.

many in Washington wondered how they would be able to govern effectively with one of the slimmest majorities in history

Through diplomacy and compromise I'd imagine.

I think another issue is that Tesla isn't seen as an innovator in the EV market or even the automotive industry as a whole anymore. There's also the production quality issues. Musk doesn't seem to be spending enough attention on solving even these issues over the years.

If the Tesla Semi-Trucks fail (and I think that they probably will fail after the initial orders are met) Tesla is going to have a serious problem if Musk remains at the helm and at least the big investors are probably thinking the same thing. It'll just be another Cybertruck fiasco.

I suppose it could also be argued that Musk tends to say things that may alienate his demographic while embracing those that are more likely to want to drive rolling coal modded trucks but I think that's just a smaller piece to the bigger problem. Another piece is probably that people are starting to see that he isn't some genius.

tldr;
The big problem, I think, is that people just don't trust Tesla and they don't want to pay a premium for shit quality EVs that have nothing to really write home about versus the competition and Musk just doesn't seem to be trying to put a lot of energy into solving that.

In short, his argument in court is that the lack of evidence is evidence of criminal intent.

It's like the Flat Earth Society expanded into the Financial Advice business or something.

Obviously not as extreme but certainly much more common are those charged with assaulting a police officer who hurts themselves beating the shit out of a cuffed person lying on the ground.

One example is the case of Tyrone Carnegay where an off-duty cop working security though Tyrone stole a tomato, only to beat the shit out of him and finding the receipt. Then he charged him with assaulting a police officer and obstruction. Maybe he sprained his wrist as he hit Tyrone's knees with a baton while yelling get on the ground without giving him a chance to comply. He also lied and said Tyrone went after his weapon which the camera shows that he did not.

As I recall, even though he was charged with assaulting the police officer and obstructing a police, once Tyrone sued them, the police department was like "Whoa, whoa, he wasn't a police officer at the time while wearing his uniform but he was working for Walmart." in a case of being Schrodinger's cop. Some justice was eventually served in this case, though it still falls very short in my opinion, but there are many that never made headlines and had much public support. I'm pretty sure if the camera wasn't there and if he stole the singular tomato, he would have gotten much more than the 5 years former officer King got. I also bet if it wasn't for the DOJ getting involved King would have done probation, if anything.

Rage bait not in the article (since it's just talking about the two paramedic's sentence):

Context of the arrest:

911 call because McClain was wearing a ski mask and flailing arms, though caller noted he didn't think McClain was armed nor anyone in immediate danger.
McClain wore a ski mask due to a blood circulation issue that caused him to easily feel chilly.
Friends believe he was 'flailing his arms' because he was probably dancing to music.
McClain was near his house.

The arrest of McClain:

Officers slammed McClain into a wall when they apprehended him
Officers claimed to hear another shout "He is going for your gun!"
Later accounts had differed as to which officer's gun he was going for (they didn't match between each other).
A body cam supposedly knocked off during the struggle was picked back up but dropped again with someone saying "leave it there"
Another officer can be heard telling another to move his camera, which the family's attorney believed was to try to support their claim that he was going for a gun and so it couldn't catch the interaction and show he did not go for a gun.
For 15 minutes, 3 officers held down 5'4" 140 lbs. McClain as he apologized, vomited, apologized for vomiting and said that he couldn't breath right.
Officer Woodyard applied a carotid control hold which cuts off blood flow to the brain to render McClain unconscious.
One officer threatened that he would have his police dog bite him as he already lay handcuffed and pinned.
An officer tells newly arrived officers that McClain was "acting crazy" and was "definitely on something" and that he attacked them using "incredible, crazy strength"

The death of McClain:

Paramedics injected McClain with 500 mg of ketamine to sedate him though the local protocols only called for 320 - 350 mg for someone McClain's weight.
The injection caused him to stop breathing and was brain dead.
Photos were discovered of officers posing inappropriately and reenacting the carotid control hold taken at the site that he was detained and assaulted.

The coroner

Aurora PD met with the county coroner prior to the coroner making his final decision on cause of death.
Aurora PD investigators were present for the autopsy itself.
The coroner's decision on cause of death was "undetermined"
The coroner opined that his death could have been caused by McClain's own physical assertion comibed with a supposed narrow coronary artery or if he had an asthma attack or choked on his own vomit.
The coroner opined that it wasn't clear if the officer's actions contributed to any of it and that McClain was given a "therapeutic level" of ketamine.
A later coroner report obtained through a lawsuit listed the cause of death now as "complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint" though officially remains "undetermined" due to that being the reason on the initial report.

The protest organizers:
Protest organizers were charged by AuroraPD ranging from inciting riot to kidnapping.
One organizer, Northam, was arrested with the aid of SWAT and an armored vehicle.
Roberts was arrested while jogging.
Others were arrested at home or at work.
Charges for everyone was eventually dismissed or dropped.

The officers:
After the photo was discovered, one officer resigned and the other three were fired.
Roesenblatt, was fired because he responded "ha ha" to the photos in a text message.
Roedema was found guilty of negligent homicide and assault.
Roesenblatt was acquitted of all charges.
Woodyard was acquitted of all charges and returned to working as a police officer for Aurora PD in November of 2023 and will be receiving $212,546.04 in backpay (backpay from September 2021 until he was reinstated).

The paramedics:
As mentioned in the article, two paramedics were convicted of negligent homicide.

Since he doesn't mention it in his 'fantastic' reporting, OpenSSH 9.6 was released Monday that will patch this attack. Also, since he doesn't mention it, if on the Internet, the MITM would have to be installed at both end points (client side and server side) to be effective without the patch.

Judge: Adela Kowalski-Garza
Prosecutor: Rene Garza
Principal: Myrta Garza

“[Garza] has a lot of people to back her up. She has people in high places. So I guess she can basically do whatever she wants and she receives no consequences for it.

Hmmm.

I hope this doesn't count as qualified immunity.

She stopped him from changing a tire because he was 'suspicious'. She deserves prison for assault, battery, wrongful arrest (there's no RAS, regardless of what she found after) and a hate crime.

Trump's lawyers: Banks should have done their own due diligence for his properties themselves. We even put a disclaimer to not trust us!

Also Trump's lawyers: Failed doing due diligence on Trump's properties in court.

I wonder if their slides had a disclaimer to not trust their evidence.

And they said the Hamas and Israelis can't find common ground on anything.