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tptacek ◴[] No.45261951[source]
For whatever it's worth, the Reddit story here says that the federal courts used "fraudulent warrants to jail my husband again". Maybe! The other side of that story, via PACER, is a detailed parole violation warrant (you can hear the marshal refer to it in the video); the violations in that warrant:

1. Admitting to using cannabis during supervised release

2. Failing to make scheduled restitution payments and to cooperate with the financial investigation that sets restitution payment amounts.

3. Falling out of contact with his probation officer, who attempted home visits to find him.

4. Opening several new lines of credit.

5. Using an unauthorized iPhone (all his Internet devices apparently have keyloggers as a condition of his release).

These read like kind of standard parole terms? I don't know what the hell happened to get him into this situation in the first place, though.

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ranger_danger ◴[] No.45263190[source]
It gets worse... both the wife and (either their husband or a previous partner) have their own threads on kiwi farms and are closely tied to both Encyclopedia Dramatica and Ethan Ralph. There's videos posted of them showing signs of severe mental illness.

https://0x0.st/KcyY.jpg

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tptacek ◴[] No.45263235[source]
Saying this only because I'm probably speaking for a lot of people here, but: I have no idea what any of that means.
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1. fwip ◴[] No.45263496[source]
Kiwifarms is a forum that mainly is about chronicling the life events of people it can laugh at, often those suffering from mental illness.

Oftentimes, kiwifarms users directly harass or manipulate their targets to try to provoke more weird behavior, usually directly making the target's life worse in the process.

I can see why it's entertaining for folk (kind of like watching reality television), but overall it seems to have a pretty negative effect. And if you hang out there too long, it seems like you tend to lose human empathy.

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2. tptacek ◴[] No.45263621[source]
What does it mean to be "closely tied to Ethan Ralph"?
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3. fwip ◴[] No.45264124[source]
No idea, sorry. Google seems to indicate he's some kind of podcaster.