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Business Insider
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Bluesky started out at Twitter. Now it's a Twitter rival. CEO Jay Graber explains what happened.
I admit it: I most definitely rolled my eyes in 2019, when Twitter announced vague plans to build a " open and decentralized standard for social media." At the time I didn't really understand what then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was trying to do — or why the head of a social media company with plenty of problems was messing around with plans to create more social media companies. I get it now: Bluesky was a science project that aimed to let people build their own social networks. And that's still what it is at its core, says Bluesky CEO Jay Graber. But in the meantime, Bluesky has also become an accidental Twitter rival, with some 36 million users. And most of them likely don't care about Bluesky's origins, or the fact that it's really supposed to be a technical framework for decentralized social media. Or what decentralized social media means, for that matter. All of which means that talking to Graber about Bluesky means you're doing two things at once: asking about how Bluesky, the app, works — and what Bluesky, the idea, is. I tried to do that in a conversation with her at Web Summit Vancouver in May, and you can hear the entire conversation on my Channels podcast. In the edited excerpt below, Graber discusses the recent influx of Bluesky users, the premise behind the company and its ambitions — and her T-shirt that trolled Mark Zuckerberg. Peter Kafka: You've been growing really fast. I assume a lot of that is people who came over after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, and then another wave of people who came over when Mark Zuckerberg pivoted toward Donald Trump. Jay Graber: I think it happens for various reasons in different places. But in general, people want to branch out, try new things. And in the US recently we've seen a lot of uptake since November. Are people coming because they want a service that gives them something they don't have somewhere else? Or is it because they don't like the service they're using — either because of the people that are on there or the people who are running it? It's all sorts of reasons. It's moderation policies. It's a sense of toxicity and fatigue. It's people wanting to just try something new. It's people finding their community here. I think in general it's both people looking for something and people looking to get away from something. I think most people are still confused about what Bluesky actually is, because it's not a simple answer. Want to try explaining? Bluesky started as a protocol that Twitter would run on, and so it was an alternative foundation for Twitter. It has turned into an alternative app that people treat as a microblogging alternative. We built an app that is very familiar, and that's both good and bad. It's good because it's familiar, so people don't have to feel like it's this big learning curve to use it. It's also bad, because people think that's all it is. And what it actually is, is a lobby to the open social web, which is what we set out to build — this open protocol ecosystem that you could build apps like Twitter on. In Twitter's earliest days, there were debates about whether it should be a protocol instead of a company or a service. What does protocol mean? The protocol is like a toolbox for building social apps. The way to think about it is it's a bit like email. Email services [can] talk to each other [because there's a protocol]. And so the protocol is a way to build a microblogging service that talks to other services. It's a language that computers talk in order to transfer data and information. And companies can build on the protocol. A big idea behind Bluesky is that it's decentralized. That appealed to Jack Dorsey, who started Bluesky when he was still running Twitter, and it appeals to you. What is it about decentralization that excites you? Is it inherently a good thing? There's benefits to both centralization and decentralization. There are ways to build things. There are system properties. You see it across the organic world, and you see it in organizations and you see it pretty much everywhere once you start looking for it. And what decentralization is good for is parallel experimentation and resilience: You can do a lot of things at one time, like all the arms of an octopus. When you're centralized, you can concentrate resources, and move one direction very fast. But if you get that wrong, then you have no fallbacks. With decentralization, you can try all these things and then you pick the experiments that win. It lets you evolve in a more open manner. And I think that produces better outcomes in a time when you have a lot of rapid change. Because if you bet on a centralized direction, you're putting all your eggs in one basket. I get why that appeals to a developer, someone who wants to try building their own thing. Why is that good for a normal person, who probably doesn't know that this thing is decentralized, and probably has not heard the word protocol? Why would they care about whether something is centralized or not? It really takes developers to show you what you can build. But we've tried really hard to make it possible for people who don't know how to code to be able to experience some of the benefits of decentralization. That means having control over your timeline and the way that you moderate the app. You can build your own moderation service and you don't even have to know how to code: You can use one of the open source tools we've put out there and you just go in there and run your own little moderation service for you and your friends. You can do the same for your own feed. Sometimes we say it's a choose-your-own-adventure app. Because you can come into the default experience and the main storyline is familiar. But then if you go deeper under the hood, you can find all these different little universes. Of those 36 million people who are using Bluesky today, how many are using the straight out of the box, Twitter replacement version? And how many are modifying the experience or building on top of that? A good number of them play around with it. It's something that is getting increasingly integrated into people's everyday experience through various feeds. There's about 50,000 feeds. A few thousand are relatively popular, and a few dozen or a few hundred are quite popular. There's the science feed or, Blacksky. There's one called the 'gram, which is just pictures. There's one called Quiet Posters, which is just your friends who don't post that often. Those are essentially different algorithms that give you a different experience of the network. There are no ads on Blue Sky right now. A lot of people say "ads are the reason the internet sucks." You haven't ruled out ads though, right? I think ads work their way into every attention economy. But we are very wary of going down the ad-driven path, because we know that's the history of Twitter and a lot of other sites — particularly when you lock users in around your timeline, you do a lot of things to start actually making the timeline more engaging, but in some ways worse in order to keep users on there. I think there's probably a new relationship that needs to be found with advertising. You wore a T-shirt with Latin on it at an event a couple months ago. What did that say and why did you wear it? It said " a world without Caesars" and I wore it because I saw this article where Mark Zuckerberg had worn this shirt that said "All Zuck or Nothing", which is a "Caesar or nothing" reference. Is there a Bluesky store where I can buy that shirt?
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Asia Morning Briefing: All Eyes on TON as Elon Musk Pours Cold Water on xAI Deal Talks
Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk's Crypto Daybook Americas. Telegram's blockbuster deal with xAI, which would see Elon Musk's AI company integrate into Telegram and the two firms share revenue, is still a work in progress despite an announcement from Pavel Durov earlier Wednesday, U.S. time, that the deal was inked. TON, a token affiliated with Telegram's ecosystem, is trading at $3.30, rallying there from $3 after the initial – now refuted – announcement of the partnership was made. The token is down from an earlier high of $3.68, after Elon Musk posted on X that no deal had been signed between the two companies. TON is still up 11% on the day, according to CoinDesk market data. While Durov has now confirmed that no deal has been signed, the Telegram founder said there is an "agreement in principle" which might be why TON still has significant support at the $3.30. All eyes will be on Telegram and xAI as the Asia business day begins to see if more clarification comes from either side. Unknown block type "articleLink", specify a component for it in the ` option VANCOUVER—Jay Graber, the CEO of fast-growing decentralized social media platform Bluesky, got her start in Web3 as a developer for privacy coin zCash, but she wants to keep her X competitor firmly in Web2. Speaking at Web Summit in Vancouver on Wednesday, Graber argued blockchain technology's permanence and resource-intensive design make it unsuitable for consumer-oriented social networks, where content is fleeting and personal. 'Why do you need your picture of what you post for lunch being maintained forever in this digital archive?' she asked on stage, highlighting the inherent scalability and cost limitations that drove her decision to avoid blockchain at Bluesky. Graber, to be sure, isn't against crypto. She says there's still genuine value in the technology for things like payments and digital identity, even if sometimes Web3 often presents solutions in search of a problem, and has a trend of gravitating towards centralization. 'There's a period where everyone was creating blockchain like this hammer, and we were just going to try blockchain for everything,' Graber said. 'Every system that's trying to do it ends up with concentrations because it's easy, and convenience ultimately wins at the end of the day." For her, Bluesky's future lies in combining the ideals of decentralization, such as user autonomy and portability, with practical, Web2 infrastructure to create a platform that prioritizes users' needs. "Blockchain will probably find its place somewhere in the world of technology, but Bluesky is not on a blockchain because we're just making the best choices for our users,' she concluded. Shares of Nvidia rose roughly 4% in after-hours trading Wednesday after reporting stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings, highlighted by a 69% revenue increase from last year and a 73% jump in its data center business driven by robust demand for AI chips. Net income rose 26% to $18.8 billion, boosting Nvidia's year-to-date performance modestly higher, CoinDesk previously reported. The earnings report provided a slight lift to AI-related crypto tokens like Bittensor (TAO), NEAR Protocol, and Internet Computer (ICP), though gains were modest. However, Nvidia tempered future expectations, cautioning that second-quarter revenue might fall short of market estimates due to tariff-related trade tensions between the U.S. and China. BTC: Bitcoin dipped 1.2% to $107,800, though NYDIG sees more room for gains. At the same time, crypto markets shrugged off a U.S. court blocking Trump's broad tariffs as unconstitutional, with BTC trading remaining muted. ETH: Ether is trading above $2700 as Asia begins its business day. Earlier, CoinDesk analyst Omkar Godbole wrote ETH is eying a breakout above $3,000, forming a bullish "ascending triangle" pattern with rising support and resistance at $2,735, as higher lows signal growing buying pressure and accumulation ahead of a potential price surge. Gold: Gold has slipped 1% to $3,267.47 amid cooling safe-haven demand, though tariff and geopolitical uncertainty linger. Nikkei 225: The Nikkei 225 is opening in the green, up 1%, as investors in export-reliant Japan are looking at a recent announcement that the Supreme Court has blocked Trump's tariffs with cautious optimism, even as crypto shrugged it off. S&P 500: While the S&P 500 closed in the red, futures are up 1% as traders await more clarity regarding the court's move to block Trump's tariffs. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Time Magazine
01-05-2025
- Business
- Time Magazine
Why Bluesky Is Letting Users Write Their Own Social Media Rules
On May 1, Gold House unveiled its annual A100 List, recognizing the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders across industries. See the full list here. This March, Bluesky's CEO Jay Graber showed up to her SWSX keynote speech wearing a shirt that seemed to pay tribute to Mark Zuckerberg. It was an oversized black tee with Latin block lettering, just like the shirt that Zuckerberg had designed and worn the year before. Zuckerberg's t-shirt read 'Aut Zuck aut nihil' or, 'Zuck or nothing'—a reference to a famous quote about Julius Caesar and his uncompromising lust for power. Graber's shirt, however, read 'Mundus sine Caesaribus'—'a world without Caesars.' Graber's shirt was a pointed critique of Zuckerberg. She strives to run and build Bluesky, an ascendant social media app which opened to the public in early 2024, antithetically to the centralized way in which Zuckerberg has built Meta, she tells TIME. 'These tech companies have built online kingdoms where the CEOs style themselves as self-made monarchs,' she says. 'We have made them that by giving them our time, our attention. I want people to remember that they can take that back.' This message has increasing resonance in a hyper-centralized era of social media, in which tech titans like Zuckerberg and Elon Musk make unilateral decisions about censorship, privacy, and data harvesting for AI. The day after the election, as users searched for a haven from right-wing trolls, paid posts and disinformation bots, X lost 115,000 users, while BlueSky's daily usage climbed 500%. (X's U.S. daily active user count remained 10 times that of Bluesky, however.) Bluesky now has 35 million users, the most prominent of which include Stephen King, George Takei, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. It is by far the largest decentralized social network in the world. Bluesky still has a ways to go toward profitability and gaining widespread adoption outside of its large base of liberal supporters. But Graber's goal, she says, is not to supplant Zuckerberg or Musk atop the social media heap. 'We reject centralized authority dictating the rules for everyone else,' she says. 'We don't want to create a world where I'm a new emperor who rules more kindly. We want a world where there's no need for emperors at all.' Visually, Bluesky's interface looks a lot like Twitter: it shows you an infinite scroll of text posts that are limited to 300 characters or less. New users can join the conversation quickly by following ' starter packs,' which are user-created lists of accounts based on shared interests. There are lots of people talking about politics, pop culture, sports, and memes. The big difference between Twitter and Bluesky is that the latter is powered by an open-source protocol, which allows users to customize their algorithms and content feeds. Similar to Reddit, tight-knit communities have formed on Bluesky and developed their own modes of communication and censorship rules. And Bluesky's architecture means that users can take their followers and posts with them to another platform, provided it's built atop the same protocol. Bluesky wasn't Graber's idea: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced Bluesky as a decentralized version of Twitter in 2019, funding a small team of researchers. In 2021, Graber, who had long been interested in decentralized technology—including working on cryptocurrency projects—pitched herself to run the organization. At the time, San Francisco was in the throes of lockdown, and Graber was living in a large group house full of entrepreneurs. Rose Wang, Graber's then floormate who is now Bluesky's COO, says that the unique circumstances of COVID helped inform Bluesky's development. 'There were a lot of community challenges, of how do you get people to feel safe together in this time?' she says. 'I think that Jay's and my experience of building community in the real world helps a lot toward how we think about building community online.' Female-led startups are rare in Silicon Valley; Pitchbook found that they receive only 6% of all venture capital deals. Graber says that her and Wang's identities have shaped their approach to their company. 'Our experience as women online has meant that we prioritized moderation first and foremost as one of the things we think a healthy social platform needs,' she says. In 2022, Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion. While he originally stumped for making its algorithm open-sourced—which could be drawn from Bluesky's research and tech—he instead quickly cut off Bluesky's funding. So Graber and her team looked elsewhere, eventually raising funding rounds of $8 and then $15 million. They also decided to make Bluesky a public benefit corporation, which requires them to pursue social and public good alongside generating profits. In 2023, as Bluesky's team readied their invite-only system for launch, demand surged, with numerous prospective users urging them to lift the platform's restrictions. But its decentralized tools weren't quite ready, so Graber opted to keep Bluesky small until the tools were built. 'That is probably one of the hardest decisions a company can make: to throttle growth and to instead stay principled and build the underlying plumbing,' Wang says. Graber now presides over 24 employees and over 100 content moderator contractors who work to remove dangerous posts like child-sexual-abuse material and violent threats. Bluesky's approach to content moderation raised the ire of Dorsey, who left the board last spring and later contended that Bluesky was centralizing and that its moderation tools were becoming too heavy-handed. Graber argues that it's mostly up to the users to create their own moderation systems in order to decide what they see and what they don't. 'You have this open right to leave—where if you disagree with the services, moderation actions, or design choices, you can build your own thing,' she says. Popular feeds on Bluesky include Science, with 28,000 users, and Blacksky, for Black community building, with 27,000 users. 'Some of the feeds are based around people who are finding shared affinity in gender or their identities,' Graber says. 'My goal of building an open network is also so that people and communities who feel alienated from existing social media platforms and structures of power can build their own spaces.' Bluesky still skews extremely left politically, with conservatives complaining that they have faced censorship or harassment on the platform. Bluesky's user growth has also slowed significantly since its post-election bump. And its 35 million users pale in comparison to the hundreds of millions of users on X and Meta's Threads, to say nothing of the billions of users on Instagram and TikTok. Graber says she's not concerned about the slowdown, noting that the platform has experienced several waves of fits and starts. She adds that she's comfortable moving more slowly to avoid the pitfalls of earlier social media platforms that prioritized growth above all else—only to degrade the user experience once they achieved dominance. 'Social networks have gotten too used to thinking users are trapped because of the network effects, so they can degrade the main experience of the feed,' she says. 'This monetization model is probably not going to last indefinitely, because it hits some natural limits where people get tired of it.' It is now up to Graber and Wang to find a new monetization model beyond incessant ads or wielding user data to train AI models. Graber says she's considering subscription models or monetizing Bluesky's marketplaces of custom tools, but no concrete plans have been set in motion. While Bluesky crawls towards monetization, Graber and Wang are all too happy for independent entrepreneurs to build other platforms on top of Bluesky's AT protocol, which are also open-sourced and interoperable with each other. (Think of how Gmail, Yahoo, and other inboxes were built atop standard email protocols.) These new projects include Flashes—an Instagram alternative which has been downloaded more than a hundred thousand times—and Skylight, a TikTok clone backed by Mark Cuban. If someone wants to build a Bluesky clone atop the infrastructure, Graber and Wang aren't going to stop them. 'If Bluesky the server shuts down overnight, Greensky can pop up the next morning,' Wang says. 'People ask us all the time, 'How can we trust you?' And our answer is, 'Don't trust us. Trust the infrastructure.''
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
American Battery Materials and XTC Lithium Limited Announce Letter of Intent for Strategic Partnership in Carachi Lithium Project
GREENWICH, CT / / March 27, 2025 / American Battery Materials, Inc. (OTC PINK:BLTH) (ABM), a Delaware-based corporation dedicated to advancing lithium resource development, and XTC Lithium Limited (XTC), an Australian corporation, are pleased to announce the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) outlining summary terms of a proposed partnership to develop the Carachi Lithium Project in Argentina's Catamarca Province. The Carachi Lithium Project, held by XTC's wholly owned Argentine subsidiary, XTC Lithium Argentina SAR (XLA), comprises several exploration properties within Argentina's renowned Lithium Triangle. This region is globally recognized for its rich lithium deposits, a critical component in the production of batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. Under the terms of the LOI, ABM will have the opportunity to acquire up to a 50% interest in the Carachi Lithium Project. Additionally, upon securing a 10% interest in the Project, ABM will have the right to enter into a joint venture agreement with XTC for the continued exploration and development of the mining tenements. "This Letter of Intent represents a pivotal step in our strategy to expand our footprint in the global lithium market," said David E. Graber, CEO of American Battery Materials, Inc. "Partnering with XTC Lithium LTD, gives us access to a promising project in the heart of the Lithium Triangle, and we look forward to working together to unlock its full potential." Mr. Graber also said, "Beyond proven geological data on the salar, Xantippe (XTC Lithium) has an excellent operating team in place that is personally invested in the project. Those individuals have a successful track record in identifying, developing and financing projects all the way through a sale." John Featherby, Chairman of XTC Lithium Limited, added, "We are excited to collaborate with ABM on the Carachi Lithium Project. Their expertise and shared commitment to sustainable resource development make them an ideal partner as we advance this project toward production." Although ABM has entered into the LOI with respect to a proposed partnership to develop the Carachi Lithium Project, such transaction is subject to the execution and delivery of a definitive agreement and the satisfaction of the closing conditions which will be contained therein, including securing all necessary statutory, corporate and regulatory approvals and obtaining cash proceeds from financing arrangements. There can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will be entered into, or that the Carachi Lithium Project transaction will be consummated upon the terms set forth in the LOI, or otherwise. The proposed partnership underscores both companies' commitment to meeting the growing global demand for lithium, driven by the rapid expansion of the clean energy sector. The parties will now work toward finalizing a definitive agreement and obtaining all required approvals to move forward with the transaction. About American Battery Materials, Battery Materials, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, is a U.S.-based company focused on the exploration, acquisition, and development of lithium and other battery materials critical to the global energy transition. ABM is committed to sustainable practices and delivering value to its stakeholders through strategic partnerships and innovative projects. About XTC Lithium LimitedXTC Lithium Limited, based in Wollstonecraft, NSW, Australia, is an exploration and development company with a focus on lithium resources in Argentina and other regions. Through its subsidiary, XTC Lithium Argentina SAR, the company is advancing projects in the Lithium Triangle, a globally significant region for lithium production. For Media Inquiries:American Battery Materials, Inc.500 West Putnam Avenue, Suite 400Greenwich, CT 06830+1 800-998-7962ir@ XTC Lithium Limited63 Sinclair StreetWollstonecraft NSW 2065, Australia Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the potential partnership between ABM and XTC, the development of the Carachi Lithium Project, and the expected outcomes of the proposed transaction. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the failure to finalize a definitive agreement, obtain necessary approvals, or meet other conditions. Neither ABM nor XTC undertakes any obligation to update these statements based on future events or developments, except as required by U.S. federal securities laws. SOURCE: American Battery Materials, Inc. View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
9th Circuit upholds California ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines
California has the authority to ban large-capacity ammunition magazines, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday, reversing a previous decision that found the state law unconstitutional under the strict, history-minded limits on gun control measures recently established by the Supreme Court. Writing for the 11-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber found that the state's ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds fell in line with other historical weapons restrictions in that it "restricts an especially dangerous feature of semiautomatic firearms — the ability to use a large-capacity magazine — while allowing all other uses of those firearms." "So far as California's law is concerned, persons may own as many bullets, magazines, and firearms as they desire; may fire as many rounds as they like; and may carry their bullets, magazines, and firearms wherever doing so is permissible. The only effect of California's law on armed self-defense is the limitation that a person may fire no more than ten rounds without pausing to reload, something rarely done in self-defense," Graber wrote. While the law was not a "precise match" to historical weapons restrictions, "it does not need to be," Graber wrote, citing previous case law. The state's aim, to "protect innocent persons from infrequent but devastating events," was "relevantly similar" to the justifications of some historic laws, she wrote, and that was enough to justify it under the modern Supreme Court standard. The Supreme Court established in 2022 that modern firearms regulations usually must align with some historic law to be legitimate. Read more: Battle over California's ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines shows a nation divided The panel's decision reverses an opposing ruling by a lower court, and sends the case back down to that court for reconsideration. The ruling was a major win for California and a coalition of nearly 20 liberal states that joined in the fight to uphold the ban, a measure they described as critical in the fight against mass shootings and other gun violence. "California's ban on large-capacity magazines has been a key component in our efforts to fight gun violence and prevent senseless injuries and deaths and the devastation of communities and families that are left behind in the wake of mass shootings," California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said in a statement. "This commonsense restriction on how many rounds a gunman can fire before they must pause to reload has been identified as a critical intervention to limit a lone shooter's capacity to turn shootings into mass casualty attacks." Bonta said the ruling would save lives and was an "important win." California gun owners and advocacy groups challenged the ban, and more than two dozen conservative states argued alongside them that the restrictions amounted to an unlawful infringement on the self-defense rights of average, law-abiding Californians. "This incorrect ruling is not surprising considering the inclination of many 9th Circuit judges to improperly limit the 2nd Amendment's protections," said Chuck Michel, an attorney for the plaintiffs. Michel said he intended to ask the Supreme Court to review — and vacate — the 9th Circuit's decision. "It is high time for the Supreme Court to [rein] in lower courts that are not following the Supreme Court's mandates," he said, "and this case presents an opportunity for the High Court to do that emphatically." The case, which has been ongoing for years, is one of many in California and around the country that have been re-litigated with an eye toward sometimes centuries-old weapons laws since the Supreme Court's ruling requiring such analysis in 2022, in a case known as New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. vs. Bruen. There, the high court rejected a long-standing pillar of 2nd Amendment law and said most restrictions on firearms are legitimate only if they are deeply rooted in American history, or sufficiently similar to some historic rule. The ruling prompted states like California to delve through history to find historic laws — including against antiquated weapons such as "trap guns" — that could be construed as establishing early precedent for current laws against modern weapons such as assault rifles. In September 2023, District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that California's ban on large-capacity magazines was unconstitutional under the new Bruen standard. In October 2023, he ruled the state's ban on assault rifles was similarly unconstitutional. The 9th Circuit stayed both decisions, as it took them up for review. Many in the state were awaiting Thursday's decision in the magazines case — which could help to clear a logjam in other gun litigation, in California and across the American West, where the 9th Circuit retains jurisdiction. The decision divided Graber, an appointee of President Clinton, and the panel's liberal judges from its conservative judges. Three panel judges appointed by President Trump — Ryan D. Nelson, Patrick J. Bumatay and Lawrence VanDyke — wrote dissents. Bumatay wrote that California has a justifiable interest in reducing gun violence, but that its long list of gun control measures "continually whittle away the Second Amendment guarantee," and in clear violation of the Bruen decision. "Nothing in the historical understanding of the Second Amendment warrants California's magazine ban. Even with some latitude in searching for historical analogues, none exist," he wrote. In his own dissent, Nelson wrote that he agreed with Bumatay that the panel majority's decision upholding California's law as constitutional "flouts" the Supreme Court's ruling in Bruen. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
