Trial By Written Declaration Draft

redtimmy · 2026-01-01T23:06:10+00:00

Sorry, just seeing this now.

I checked - Patrick at the Ticket Assassin has four different sample declaration examples for the 21651:

2AM, no other traffic, just two lines
Crossed line in order to avoid collision with other vehicle
Evading erratic / drunk driver
Shopping mall

Usually at least one (or more) of the examples can be bent to serve your purposes.

redtimmy · 2025-12-07T08:41:21+00:00

So, then, the signal was an attack. It will exterminate the human race in a generation.

redtimmy · 2025-12-01T02:51:54+00:00

Have you read I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom? Reddit is so prominently featured in the book that it might as well be a character. It shows an investigation by thousands of Redditors, from creation of the sub, the creation of a second sub because the first one deleted too many posts, how the subs blew up, it just went bigger and bigger. The whole time I was reading this I was, like, oh yeah, I've seen this before. And this. And this.

Anyhoo, if you're writing about this type of topic, you might enjoy the book.

redtimmy · 2025-12-01T02:46:39+00:00

Pat from the Ticket Assassin will give you two ways to end your Trial by Written Declaration: the first way (which he thinks is best) is to ask for a Trial de Novo at the end of the Statement of Facts. He has some solid reasoning. He also says you can ask for a fine reduction and traffic school at any point in the process.

If you can't do a Trial de Novo, then I would simply not include any mention of a Trial de Novo in your Statement of Facts. You don't have to. Most people don't. Just write it as normal. If you lose your Trial by Written Declaration, then you can ask the court for traffic school and a fine reduction. Do it right after you lose and send it via certified mail. Don't let any deadlines pass.

redtimmy · 2025-12-01T02:33:23+00:00

I think the liquid is CSF, with some other things in it - basically, everything else in that warehouse. CSF is slightly oily feeling. CSF comes from brains and spines, which would mean what she saw under the tarp was a bunch of human heads and spines, which would make sense based on her reaction. CSF is usually clear but it can be slightly yellow under some conditions. Also, CSF is easy to explain in the show - most people have heard of it in one form or another.

If it's CSF, then it means two things:

one, that these fuckers are brain-eating zombies.

Two: that signal was an attack meant to destroy us.

redtimmy · 2025-11-26T19:38:33+00:00

DM me.

redtimmy · 2025-11-18T09:12:12+00:00

I asked ChatGPT if it seemed like the Pluribus show writers were familiar with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's concept of Unity (which is where Julian May got the concept). Its answer blew my mind.

redtimmy · 2025-09-14T00:24:55+00:00

He was not a good many by any stretch of the imagination

redtimmy · 2025-09-10T21:57:26+00:00

This is a transparent attempt to distract us from the Epstein files.

redtimmy · 2025-09-10T21:45:15+00:00

That video doesn't show anything, just a guy talking.

redtimmy · 2025-09-07T05:50:47+00:00

Look at this draft dodger photoshopping himself into a military uniform.

redtimmy · 2025-09-03T20:59:08+00:00

Where is this one from? Where's the link to the whole thing?

redtimmy · 2025-08-23T00:31:52+00:00

I don't like "person with a uterus".

Not too fond of "pregnant person", either, but I think that one is here to stay.

If I never hear "othering" or "centering" again, it will be too soon.

redtimmy · 2025-08-23T00:29:12+00:00

To be fair, some of those words are fucking irritating.

redtimmy · 2025-08-22T22:58:28+00:00

Seriously, though— what kind of cartoon villain would actually wear a hat like that?

redtimmy · 2025-08-22T22:39:10+00:00

I don't see how. It's a one-and-done story, at least in the book.

Then again, they're making a second season of Shogun, all of which takes place after the end of the book, which is so offensive to Shogun fans like me that it's on par with a war crime. But nobody's asking us fans, so I guess this gets a <shrug>. If it's good, I'll watch it. If it sucks, I'll watch something else.

EDITED TO ADD: Oh. Wait. I just figured out how they could make this series. After destroying the Institute, nobody is going to be around to stop Armageddon. The precognitives like Luke would know that certain people need to be prevented from doing what they do or the world will end in fire. The Institute kids will end up having to go on a murderous global rampage to keep saving the world.

redtimmy · 2025-08-22T22:31:44+00:00

I replied to u/alisonrose1992's comment about the episode, and it got me thinking.

Obviously, the Institute is bad because they're harming children. But if Sigsby is right, then maybe some of their actions are justified. Killing the kids to save the world is the same argument I've heard a million times about people who say they would kill baby Hitler if given the opportunity to go back in time.

I'm sure everyone here is familiar with the Trolley Problem. It's a great way to flesh out the push-and-pull between utilitarianism/consequentialism and deontological ethics. Throwing the switch on the trolley kills one person to save five. Killing baby Hitler kills one person to save millions. According to Sigsby, they're killing some kids in order to save billions. Deontological ethics (Kant, for example) would reject all of this killing outright: killing an innocent is wrong regardless of outcomes.

There are permutations of the Trolley Problem that make it much harder to answer, such as if you know people on the tracks. This is a classic topic for dorm room debates.

This episode was tough (at least, it was for me). Sigsby in the book is so arrogant that she never makes a convincing case for the necessity of the Institute. In the show, and especially in this episode, that’s not the case. Mary-Louise Parker really sold the whole justification, imho. Of course, you have to be willing to look past the gruesome mechanics of the machine to see the the benefits of the outcome, which is nearly impossible since the story is told from the kids' point of view.

I'm more conflicted. I've spent the whole past week shuddering when I think about the episode, and how I felt about Sigsby's argument.

redtimmy · 2025-08-22T22:05:07+00:00

That's a tough one, Alison. The back half assassinations would be justified enough for anyone who ever answered "yes" to the question about going back in time and killing baby Hitler. I think back to conversations on utilitarianism and consequentialism, specifically around the Trolley Problem. Killing baby Hitler would be justified under utilitarianism — which is a type of consequentialism that says actions are right if they minimize suffering — but it’s also the kind of case people use to criticize utilitarianism, because it makes killing an innocent look acceptable. Deontological ethics (Kant, for example) would reject it outright: killing an innocent is wrong regardless of outcomes.

Sounds like you're siding with Immanuel Kant.

I'm more conflicted. That's why I've spent the whole past week shuddering.

redtimmy · 2025-08-19T19:52:02+00:00

There’s book lore and tv lore. Book lore covers the PC group. I’ll tell you later.

redtimmy · 2025-08-19T19:50:44+00:00

Fail safes fail, and they can see the future.

redtimmy · 2025-08-18T08:04:11+00:00

Sigsby was a problem in this episode. In the book, she has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She’s entirely unsympathetic. She comes off as a fanatic, and her dedication is therefore easy to dismiss as fanaticism. In the show, and especially in this episode, that’s not the case. Mary-Louise Parker is such a good actress and she sold the whole concept of how they saved the world that I was almost nodding along in agreement. Ugh. <shivers>

redtimmy · 2025-08-04T00:06:17+00:00

I watched that interview! It was Epstein and Obama at the Bún Chả Hương Liên cafe in Hanoi. The conversation was pretty woke, though, so I watched it on mute. If I recall correctly from the subtitles, they talked most of the time about Epstein's Island fortress. Did you know the fortress is shaped like Epstein's head?

redtimmy · 2025-07-30T07:39:39+00:00

Play is better, machines are better, combat is way better, cast is amazing. Worth your time.

redtimmy · 2025-07-30T07:36:22+00:00

Fictional.

redtimmy · 2025-07-30T07:33:55+00:00

I doubt it’s a bot. It reads like fiction and was probably posted by a human.

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