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PJ_Evans

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retired map reader; amateur genealogist since 1974; knitter since 1969; SF fan since 1961.
Cactuses (but not opuntias) are fun!

Location: Los Angeles

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GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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More packing today, so I'll be MIA for the most part.

Have a good Sunday!

PJ_Evans ,
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@GottaLaff
The last week is insane. The last day or so, especially!
Remember to take breaks and unwind.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Ugh, totally wasted open house. Lookee-loo City. I'm so glad this was our last one before we leave. The rest will be after, and the house will be vacant.

Sigh.

So, with that, I'll perk myself up (and hopefully you) with another dopey gif.

I can't believe it'll be a week from tomorrow!

Have a good evening, everyone!
🇨🇦

video/mp4

PJ_Evans ,
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@GottaLaff
Pools require constant maintenance and are a PITA. You did well in not having one.

PJ_Evans ,
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@GottaLaff
We moved into a house that had a disused pool, the kind that's a redwood box with a sand bottom and a plastic liner. Liner had been removed at least a year earlier, judging by the weeds. We filled it with dirt (two dump-truck loads!) and used it as a container for our turtles. Added a couple of fruit trees and a patch of grass. It was more useful that way than if it were a pool.

Teri_Kanefield , to Random stuff
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When people show me hostility, they often speak in the first person plural.

(I blocked this person, so don't pile on him.)

It's group think. It's also mob-like to think that a group of citizens can change the pace or outcome of a criminal investigation.

PJ_Evans ,
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@Teri_Kanefield
They have to have someone to blame, and Garland is the target because he's AG, not because he has anything to do with the cases they where they want convictions last year.

dangillmor , to Random stuff
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Social media disappointments:

  1. Journalists are still actively participating at exTwitter, thereby actively supporting Musk, who is helping extremists bring down democracy and, by extension, a free press.

  2. Reddit got away with stomping its volunteer moderators and users, and its execs are cashing in on an IPO that in a more just world would have flopped.

  3. Writers I respect decided to stick with Substack despite arrogant, extremist-friendly investors and leadership.

PJ_Evans ,
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@dangillmor
They just redid a bunch of stuff that I had been able to avoid, so it's worse than it was.

rbreich , to Random stuff
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Boeing shareholders approved a $33M pay package for CEO Dave Calhoun, despite overseeing huge losses and safety problems.

It's the biggest package ever given to a Boeing CEO.

Calhoun is resigning by year's end. Guess what he gets then?

A $45 million golden parachute.

Unreal.

PJ_Evans ,
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@rbreich
No one is worth that much money per year. NO ONE. I can see $5 million a year, but anything over that...nope.

petergleick , to Random stuff
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Map of US train system in 1890 and today.

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PJ_Evans ,
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@petergleick
My great-great-grandfather worked at one of the railcar companies in Terre Haute, in the 1870s and 1880s. His family lived 30 miles west, in Illinois, and he took the train home for weekends.

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Oh look.

Via Aaron Fritschner:

Justice says his wife Martha-Ann Alito had an altercation with neighbors about a "'Fuck Trump' sign that was within 50 feet of where children await the school bus in Jan 21."

Except... FCPS and ACPS were all remote in January of 2021. No children were waiting for buses

Washington Post 2 EDUCATION ‘I'm so glad you're here: Students return to Fairfax County classrooms for the first time in months ' By Hannah Natanson February 16, 2021 at 7:12 p.m. EST
EDUCATION Alexandria City Public Schools sets date for reopening: Arlington refuses to follow suit ' By Hannah Natanson February 5, 2021 at 3:25 p.m. EST

Washington Post More Northern Virginia school syst t to onli ly 1l ing ’ By Hannah Natanson December 14, 2020 at 2:58 p.m. EST /> Share ] comment 14 [ save More Northern Virginia school systems are sending children back to fully online learning, citing unacceptable levels of community transmission of the novel coronavirus, as cases and deaths continue to rise in the Washington region and nationally. Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox _ every weekday morning. Over the weekend, Fairfax County Public Schools — whose 186,000 students make it the largest school system in the state — announced that it was returning thousands of children to virtual learning on Monday. Likewise, Fauquier County Public Schools, a neighboring district of roughly 10,000 students, said last week that it would return to remote schooling starting Monday.
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    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Citations/photos needed of the sign, too. Because I've never seen one that said what he claims it said.

    mattblaze , to Random stuff
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    The secret to a good marriage is to have a clear mutual understanding of which partner is responsible for the flag in front of your house.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk0.ya83.n8G49DAhJEPK&smid=url-share

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mattblaze
    And which one gets to take the blame when the other wants to be found innocent of doing bad things.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    I parked near some asshole who had a big Trump bumpersticker, and a smaller one that read: "Trump was right about everything."

    It took every ounce of self-restraint to not deface it.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    I felt like that at the supermarket yesterday, looking at a big truck advertising something-or0-other, and a small "F--- Biden" sticker on the back left corner.

    mastodonmigration , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    So now SpaceX, with no working spacesuit, and years behind on it's multi-billion dollar moon lander, is lobbying NASA to go to the Hubble Space Telescope.

    "A successful private mission could improve Hubble's ability to point at celestial objects and, by boosting its orbit, extend its life by years... however, an accident could leave the multibillion-dollar telescope broken — or, even more tragically, tethered to the dead bodies of the astronauts sent to repair it."

    https://www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1250250249/spacex-repair-hubble-space-telescope-nasa-foia

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration
    It wasn't supposed to be around this long...

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration
    I'd like to make Starlink go to tethered balloons.

    dugglebutt , to Random stuff
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    I don’t really use Twitter anymore, I have a burner that I just use for sports and weather and news and never post from. But every time I open it, I have to question my sanity.
    I just read an article about how there is an ice cream that is designed to, and I am not making this up, “taste like your grandma”
    I subsequently read another article about how the New York Knicks won an NBA playoff game because someone let out “an epic fart”
    These are real things. You can look them up.
    Are people just getting more insane? Should I double up on my meds?

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @benroyce @dugglebutt
    That's what I do at the bird hellsite: I follow the people I want to, and block the idjits. I also keep an eye on the followers.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

    At Justice ’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

    An upside-down flag, adopted by supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Not accidental. And, I understand, not just one day. He absolutely knew about it at the time.

    gbhnews , (edited ) to News from fediverse
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    🌞 Hello ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 3mi.

    The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is financed, a win for the watchdog agency.

    Renters rallied at the Mass. State House for rent control and a higher minimum wage.

    A kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, speaking in a commencement address, panned checks notes women working outside the home, LGBTQ people, and IVF.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @gbhnews
    My grandparents were ferocious scrabble players, and I grew up with the rules being "if the biggest dictionary in the house says it's not a proper noun, and abbreviation, or a foreign term, it's legal". I remember going out one time to get my grandmother a new Word Book, because hers was literally falling apart.
    I don't play - not good at that stuff - but I know the basics.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    🧵starts HERE.

    Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

    Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

    1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order

    PJ_Evans ,
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    NFL
    The entourage showed up, got seen, and left again. Is Congress on vacation this week?

    foone , to Random stuff
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    Properly photographing a 3.5" floppy disk for archival is annoyingly complicated. The label has THREE sides!

    I've already built an automated system to take a picture of the front of a disk, but really I need to take THREE photos if I want to get the whole thing.

    That means either three cameras or I need to rotate the disk 90° and then 180°, which is going to really stress the limits of my mechanical engineering skills.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @foone
    I only ever used the front side of the label. Edge is too small to use..

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Oooo! Our first PODs is coming in 10 minutes!

    (Next week will be the second)

    So, we'll be breaking our backs loading boxes in today, my posting will be minimal unless big news breaks.

    Yes, we'll be careful, yes we use a hand truck/dolly for the really heavy stuff, so no unsolicited advice necessary. 😘

    See you later.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff @spocko
    When I moved time before last, friend taught me how to pallet-stack boxes.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Wow. Good for you @atrupar, who tweeted:

    Nate, almost murdered during a last cycle by rolling up on the stage as a biological weapon. Norms and traditions went out the window long ago.

    Nate Silver:

    You're supposed to be the candidate who stands up for norms and traditions and now you're ducking this tradition?

    "The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff @atrupar
    The CPD didn't handle the debates well in the last TWO cycles.

    GottaLaff , to Maryland, USA
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    Decision Desk HQ projects Sarah Elfreth wins the Democratic primary for 's 3rd Congressional District.

    DecisionMade: 10:00pm ET

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Dang, I wanted Harry to win.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    NYT just now on Mastodon:

    "Trump’s Defense Cast Michael Cohen as Untrustworthy"

    Trump trusted him for, what, 10 years?

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    They have to stay on the good side of the guy everyone in NYC knows is a criminal.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Emptywheel:

    Tommy Tuberville says he went to Gotham to help an accused felon threaten a judge's family.

    Via David Lurie:

    Tuberville is a bad co-conspirator.

    Aaron Rupar:

    Tommy Tuberville admits on Newsmax that "one of the reasons he went" to NYC yesterday was to "overcome this gag order"

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff @JustJen
    State court, so not DOJ.

    malwaretech , to Random stuff
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    Bruh. I just want a nice luxury EV that doesn't fund the world's most obnoxious man baby and his awful social media platform. If you're gonna lock BYD out of the US market, at least ask one of the US manufactures to make some good cars first.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @malwaretech
    More trains, lower long-distance fares, and more EV charging places.

    gbhnews , (edited ) to News from fediverse
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    🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

    Congrats to Mr. & Mrs Punxatawney: the weather-prognosticating groundhogs welcome 2 kits, Sunny and Shadow.

    3 men charged in the killing of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger now have plea deals.

    The Biden administration announced that it will raise tariffs on some imports including EVs from China.

    Today:

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @gbhnews
    L.A. is approaching summer - nighttime low clouds (AKA fog), but sunny during the day.

    mastodonmigration , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    Cohen today said it was Melania's idea to spin the Access Hollywood tape as "locker room talk." We will most certainly get strong push back on this from team Trump in the days ahead, but let's recall that immediately after the tape came out just prior to the 2016 election, Melania was all over the media pushing this 'totally unfair' "boy talk" damage control canard.

    Here is just one example from an interview with Anderson Cooper on October 17, 2016:

    https://time.com/4534216/melania-donald-trump-billy-bush-boy-talk/

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration
    I really don't care, do U?

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Back to regular life... the Open House, although filled with positive feedback on our house, was a dud.

    Again.

    It's so disheartening. We're priced right, the house is beautiful, in great shape, great neighborhood... etc etc.

    So we wait.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    My parents needed months to sell their house, in 1980. It was priced below the other houses in the area, and still is less. (It's a conspicuously different house.) They carried the second mortgage themselves, to get the sale.
    (They'd bought it as a foreclosure, getting a better price by telling the bank we'd do the fixing-up ourselves. Turned out to need stuff the bank would never have found.)

    scalzi , to Random stuff
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    Apple said the Logic Pro updates would be available May 13, well now it's May 13 and I don't see the updates in the app stores WHERE ARE MY LOGIC PRO UPDATES APPLE

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @scalzi
    They didn't say what time...so 11:59pm?

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Reuters review of TX property records shows SpaceX & its contractors can be far slower to pay builders, suppliers than they are to break ground. Unpaid bills, finger-pting among contractors have led many construction-industry businesses to file liens against SpaceX properties in efforts to get compensated.

    Result, several of those businesses told Reuters, is reluctance to work on SpaceX-related projects again. "If they were to call me today, I'd tell them to fuck off".. https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-quick-build-texas-slow-pay-its-bills-2024-05-13/

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    They should do like the contractors in NJ did to Trmp: inflate the bills so they don't lose money when he only pays half.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    FYI, someone just asked me, "Could you please put a CW on those US politics posts?"

    I said no sorry,, just mute me.

    I don't understand CWing political posts. And that doesn't mean you need to @ me explaining why. I know THEIR reasons, I just disagree with them and won't do it.

    I respect CWs for other things, but not politics. Politics is news and people need to be aware of what's happening. It's not gory or violent, it's politics.

    Kthxbye.

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    @GottaLaff @peterainbow @nicolesandler
    It shouldn't need a CW. (If you're that easily triggered, don't use social media. Or learn to use a filter.)

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    📖 Book banning is one of the first signs that a democracy is losing its way, writes Michael Harris, dragging behind it the scorpion’s tail of ignorance and intolerance.

    https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/Book-Bans-Warning-Endangered-Democracy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @thetyee
    I'd say that intolerance and ignorance are driving the book banners.

    timkmak , to Random stuff
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    In , clashes erupt between opponents of the "foreign agents" law and the police. Thousands protest against the law, fearing it could stifle dissent, while security forces withdraw from the main square after a standoff. Critics dub it the " law," with the final vote scheduled for Tuesday.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69001339

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @timkmak
    It gets easier with experience.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    A video filmed during Donald 's New Jersey rally on Saturday has shown "thousands" of people leaving while the former president was still talking.
    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-new-jersey-rally-crowd-walks-out-speech-video-1899832

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration @LockEx @GottaLaff
    Extremely veiled, then: who would get that meaning from it?

    rbreich , to Random stuff
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    Lack of affordable childcare forces working moms to take unpaid time off & pass up good jobs, costing the average working mom of two ~$94,000 in lost income over their career.

    Republicans (and Manchin & Sinema) have repeatedly blocked investments in childcare. Do they hate moms?

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @rbreich
    They hate women. And minorities.

    timkmak , to Random stuff
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    Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

    With Rus-Ukr relations destroyed, there's one last group that negotiates with the enemy:

    The Coordinating Headquarters, which relatives of POWs also call to get info on their loved ones...

    Today, we take you inside.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @timkmak
    (I didn't learn to drive until I was nearly 30. Needed a car small enough for me to fit.)

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @timkmak
    I was at the DMV in my area of LA, renewing license (new pic needed; it was in 2020), and couldn't help overhearing a clerk explaining to someone that they had really, seriously, failed the test, especially since a cop noticed them doing whatever it was, and it wasn't something they could overlook.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Aww. Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.

    https://apnews.com/article/b85b5fbc13184b5f8dab1e9d4b881645

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    A very long life, and many rewards for him.

    dangillmor , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    EDITED: One of journalism's consistent flaws is ignoring relevant context.

    Case in point is this NY Times story about a judge tossing out a new federal regulation limiting extortionate credit card late fees.

    Here's the context the Times didn't care to include: The financial companies went forum shopping, and landed one of their favorite Trump-appointed judges, who (to his credit) objected to the process, but then predictably ruled against the administration.

    Journalistic malpractice, IMO.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @dangillmor
    Assumed the forum shopping, since it's the 5th Circuit.

    TonyStark , to Random stuff
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    A must-read article from Anne Applebaum. It has been obvious for a while that pro-Trump social media is mostly foreign propaganda. The irony of using “America First” to sabotage America is no doubt something foreign trolls find amusing.

    Fear, cynicism, nihilism, and apathy, coupled with disgust and disdain for democracy: that is what modern autocrats sell and there are far too many people falling for it.

    Russia and China Are Winning the Propaganda War - The Atlantic:
    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @mastodonmigration @katrinakatrinka @TonyStark
    Emptywheel had a lot of posts on it.

    rbreich , to Random stuff
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    Each of Trump's 34 criminal counts of false business filings in the New York case carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.

    If Trump is convicted, what should the sentence be?

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @rbreich
    How about 34 years?

    timkmak , to Random stuff
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    Here's what we are reading today:

    Over 1,700 residents were evacuated from the region, after Russia's offensive. Yesterday advanced 1 km into Vovchansk.

    This comes as part of a recent push by Russia to gain ground before aid arrives in

    https://kyivindependent.com/over-1-700-civilians-evacuated-from-kharkiv-oblast/

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @timkmak
    I've heard that they frequently fall off onto tarmac and decks, Doing it in flight says it's a problem with the plane or the people loading the munitions.

    malwaretech , to Random stuff
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    I can see the Northern Lights from Los Angeles lmao

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @malwaretech
    Congratulations!

    TheConversationUS , to Random stuff
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    How much is too much, and what can you do about it?

    We’ll be discussing toxic stress with an expert in the field, Dr. Lawson Wulsin, at a free online webinar on Thursday, hosted by our health editor.

    Dr. Wulsin has written about his work for us, too, in addition to his recent book:
    https://theconversation.com/how-much-stress-is-too-much-a-psychiatrist-explains-the-links-between-toxic-stress-and-poor-health-and-how-to-get-help-222245

    Register for the here:
    https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MEPPgiyyST-SdxJ1FxZtPw#/registration

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @TheConversationUS
    Input: I've had like two headaches in the last 11 years. When I was working it was almost one a month. Stress!

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Lol. "Prior commitments." Right.

    "Barron won't be an at-large convention delegate for his father after all." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/10/barron-trump-delegate-gop-convention/73646811007/

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    He should be thinking about what he's going to do for the next year, not about going into politics.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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    Dear real estate agents,

    Please tell our agent that you will be showing our house BEFORE surprising us with a visit and setting Hammy's barkage off like a broken car alarm.

    Especially only minutes before another agent was coming over.

    Kthxbye.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Consideration for the residents is a must. (I lived for a while in a house that was for sale. Had to clear out for showings, but those were mostly on weekdays while I was at work. (It didn't sell. 2006.)

    rbreich , to Random stuff
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    Trump wants to:

    Extend his tax cuts — which have made billionaires $2 trillion richer

    Cut Social Security — which working people pay into for a lifetime

    Would you like to keep your retirement money? Or would you like to gift it to billionaires?

    That is your choice in 2024.

    PJ_Evans ,
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    @rbreich
    Not only that, but most of us pay into Social Security (and Medicare) on 100% of our income. Raise the income cap to 300K, or remove it entirely!

    rbreich , to Random stuff
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    Top media company CEO pay in 2023:

    Disney: $31.6M
    Warner Bros: $49.7M
    Netflix: $49.8M & $40.1M
    Comcast: $35.5M
    Paramount: $31.3M

    Remember when execs claimed they couldn't afford to pay writers and actors more during the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike?

    That was pure fiction.

    PJ_Evans ,
    @PJ_Evans@mastodon.social avatar

    @rbreich
    That was part of why the unions were getting so much support.

    AkaSci , to Random stuff
    @AkaSci@fosstodon.org avatar

    Incoming! A severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to arrive around 02:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning.

    At least 5 Coronal Mass Ejections took place over the past 24 hours, directed towards Earth. These originated from a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664).

    There is potential for disruption of communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.

    And bright auroras as far south as Alabama!

    https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
    1/n

    PJ_Evans ,
    @PJ_Evans@mastodon.social avatar

    @AkaSci
    That sunspot group is about the same size, they think, as the one Carrington saw.

    GottaLaff , to Random stuff
    @GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

    NEW 🧵 starts HERE.

    Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

    1/

    McB:

    ...At 2:14 p.m., Trump walks in, entourage in tow.

    Boris Epshteyn just handed a piece of paper with a photo on it to Kaitlan Collins.

    I thought he maybe said "Conway" to her, but I'm not exactly sure.

    PJ_Evans ,
    @PJ_Evans@mastodon.social avatar

    @GottaLaff
    The trial isn't the place for that, and Blanche knows it. It's so transparently poor as an argument.

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