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artemesia

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I've been around online since the earlier usenet days when you had to have some chops to know what usenet is (was), and how to get on it. Mastodon right now feels a bit like the good days of usenet, there's some of the same vibe.

Interests: bike maintenance, ebikes, orchids, cymbidiums, weird succulents, gardening in general, security engineering, current events, congressional shenanigans, courthouse shenanigans, US and european politics.

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GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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MSNBC:

NEW: A jury of 12 and 4 alternates has been seated in Senator Bob Menendez's bribery trial.

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@GottaLaff

Senator bob moneybags must be very thankful there's some other trial right now soaking up all the attention.

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1/…More color from Pagliery:

Eric Trump just swapped seats with Rep. Donalds just in time for the congressman to appear in photos behind Trump's defense table.

That's what this trial is now for Trump, a political photo opp.

More...

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@GottaLaff

"Today he's at the courthouse defending the guy who's on trial for allegedly paying off a porn star for the alleged affair he had while his wife was home with his infant son"

I'm sure that's in the old testament somewhere. Lots of fun stuff in there.

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When the prosecution rests in the Manhattan case, I plan to read the transcripts so far looking for evidence that supports the elements of particular crimes.

This is my thing: Reading trial transcripts. My job was reading trial transcripts looking for appealable errors.

Shall I tell you my favorite moment in a transcript?

The defendant (yes, my client) walked in to court with baggy pants. The judge (a woman) was offended and angry. She thought the defendant was disrespecting her.

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@Teri_Kanefield

Baggy as in parachute pants, ok. Baggy as in half your underwear is exposed, not ok.

artemesia ,
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@Teri_Kanefield

I'm still waiting for the prosecution to spell out what is the mangolini-committed crime that was furthered by the bookkeeping fraud.

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Got my mail-in ballot for the Primary today and it included an "I Voted" sticker. But there's nothing to stop you from wearing the sticker without returning the ballot, opening the door for massive I Voted sticker fraud.

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@mattblaze

I shooped mine to read "I Vetoed".

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1/… First, via Lawrence O'Donnell:

J.D. Vance was on the phone the entire time. He wasn’t taking in a word of testimony. Tuberville, to his credit, looking straight ahead, taking it all in as best he can, whatever sense he can make of it

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@GottaLaff

NFL

Five bucks says tuberhead forgot his phonevandbis bored shitless.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

If you're mikey cohen doing mangolini's business you keep around an external battery for days like this.

artemesia ,
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@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff

small IT firm that specializes in rigging online polls, among other things.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

420k-50k(red finch)-60k(remainder of mikey's bonus)-130k(to daniels) is $180k.

So the "famously frugal" mangolini paid an extra $180k on $240k in bills just to keep his name out of the daniels deal. It also moved that $240k in bills from being paid in 2016 to 2017 and first couple months of 2018. I wonder if they had a liquidity crunch in 2016.

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@GottaLaff

"Earlier, Cohen said, he had to do a "double-take" when he saw the bonus. He wasn't expecting more, but he wasn't expecting less."

Most likely that was punishment for not successfully stalling the daniels payoff until after the election, when they would have told her to get lost.

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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller @darthstar

He did keep his mouf shut on social media after the warning from the judge (most recent fri-sat-sun), so he's not hopeless. AFAIK he's paying his attorneys out of his own pocket, so one of them likely sat him down and pointed out representation in an order to show cause hearing would like run into 5 figures. The hearing may be brief, the attorneys' prep time is not. Tomorrow's cross will be interesting. They should have gone with necheles again, she scored some hits on daniels. (blanche is doing cross tomorrow, right?)

gcluley , to Cybersecurity
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Prison for cybersecurity expert selling private videos from inside 400,000 homes.

Months before, the guy had given an interview demonstrating how simple it was to hack into wallpads - describing them as something that "middle schoolers with basic knowledge of computers can easily hack."

He later argued in court (unsuccessfully) that the data leak was to publicise the security vulnerabilities... 🙄

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/prison-for-cybersecurity-expert-selling-private-videos-from-inside-400-000-homes/

artemesia ,
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@gcluley

Meanwhile, the execs of the company that designed and distributed 100s of thousands of these security-defective wallpads go scott-free.

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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.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff @enmodo

There exists a small subset of mastodon users who believe public posts should be locked down to conform to their own particular sensitivities. Meanwhile, the fuctioning adults amongst us will continue to have conversations.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams

Unbundling Teams from Office has apparently failed to impress EU regulators.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/report-microsoft-to-face-antitrust-case-over-teams/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

Why? They don't have a monopoly on suck.

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/

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@GottaLaff

Even barron's thinking his dsd's gonna be jugged.

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Via Pagliery:

We wrapped up the day with some news.

The hush money trial now features... yet another hush money deal.

Prosecutors say Allen Weisselberg is getting $750k this year to keep quiet about his former boss.

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@GottaLaff

...and the funny thing is they don't seem to care much. I guess they feel weisselberg isn't all that important to making their case. But I do like them taking the opportunity to shiv they defense.

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Ex-Nebraska Lawmaker Faces New Charges in Campaign Finance Case
The indictment of Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican, renewed a case in which he was convicted of lying to federal agents but that an appeals court later overturned.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/politics/jeff-fortenberry-nebraska-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

Good. The fucker got off with zero jail time the first go-round, and that was before his conviction was voided.

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DoJ sues Iowa over what it calls an unconstitutional state immigration law. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-state-iowa-regarding-unconstitutional-state

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@w7voa

Why the fuck is Iowa doing this when their farming and dairy operations absolutely depend on undocumented immigrant labor?

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I am getting questions across a few soical media sites about the ongoing trials.

I gave some quick answers about the problems with this.

Maybe, for my next blog post, I should offer a more thoughtful and thorough answer about what a lawyer can actually say that is valuable as a trial progresses.

It will probably appeal to my geekiest readers and annoy everyone else.

Maybe I should call it: "Beware the Lawyers." (Like "beware the Ides of March" but worse.)

artemesia ,
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@Teri_Kanefield

A meta-analysis of when a legal pundit is saying something substantive would be very useful.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause

Amazon is adding three types of shoppable ads to Prime Video's ad tier.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/prime-video-subs-will-soon-see-ads-for-amazon-products-when-they-hit-pause/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Makes me very glad for all those times I refused to sign up for amazots prime.

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Welp! 🧵

Via Kyle Cheney: 1/...

: Judge has indefinitely postponed Donald 's trial date in Florida.

It may be months before we know the new schedule.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.530.0.pdf

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

Hey, at least that means she can't continue to fuck up other trials' scheduling by pretending the may 20th start date was still on.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

Yup, I'll give 5-1 odds on a remand to lower court shadow docket punt past the election. We'll have to beat him at the ballot box, which was always the best plan.

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@GottaLaff @Liliki

There's still GA. That court has already determined that his actions being tried there were not within the perimeter of performing his office.

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@trainman @GottaLaff

And remember, these two trials are being delayed past 2024, not ended. If he loses the election he still gets tried on those charges, just in 2025.

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@msbellows @GottaLaff

I'm not sure she's crossed the line where a removal request would be successful. You effectively get only one shot, after that the appeals court is not receptive to further attempts.

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@msbellows @GottaLaff @Nonilex

Meh, I'm already on record predicting that the supremes will once again do a shadow docket punt past the election.

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@msbellows @GottaLaff @Nonilex

A) the votes aren't there (wouldn't be there) to remove in the senate, so what's the point of woofing about impeaching crooked justices? Just makes the democratic party look ineffectual, for low information observers. Just asking for a political defeat. Can't see Speaker Jeffries being this stupid.
B) I hate the cliche construct "needs to be...". No the subject of your needs to be does not need that. What you are expressing is your emotional need to see that happen. Lose that cliche.

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My apologies, I misread your post.

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Picking up after my "mistrial" thread/ 1/...

All via McB for awhile:

Counsel approaches, brief sidebar

"Binoculars down."

As I mentioned, courtroom rules strictly enforced. During sidebar, court security doesn't allow reporters to use binoculars they had brought to see exhibits and facial expressions better

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@GottaLaff

> Now that Necheles is on the attack, nearly all of them are focused on Trump's lawyer.

NFL well, necheles is the one telling a story right now

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@MarkRDavid @GottaLaff

NFL Necheles is doing her job and doing it well, attempting to plant a seed of reasonable doubt with the jury that daniels made up the sex thing.

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@GottaLaff

Thing is, even if true, isn't it still a campaign contribution in kind to pay off the extorter? (and for the record I find Daniels' story very credible on many levels)

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/boeing-says-workers-skipped-required-tests-on-787-but-recorded-work-as-completed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

Why does boeing's executive management still have a job?

Meanwhile, boeing has lost $1.5 bil so far on their crewed spaceflight vehicle, starliner. Though to be fair this week's scrub was due to the Atlas rocket, which is ULA, not boeing.

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1/…

Tyler McBrien::

Necheles rises to renew Trump's objection to Daniels testifying about any "sexual details," which she says has no relevance and is prejudicial.
By details, Merchan asks, more than just "we had sex"? Yes, Necheles says.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

> Stormy's lawyer was pretty aggressive about getting the $130k before the 2016 election

Was the attorney paid via contingency? Because even a child would know that the payout was going to shrink or disappear if left til after the election. Regardless of contingency, it's the attorney's fucking job to represent the client's interests, and $130k is $130k.

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New 🧵starts HERE. 1/…

Plz remember to use "NFL" (Not For Laffy) & remember: typos are theirs, not mine. No time to correct.

Inner City Press (aka Press):

They're back.

Trump's lawyer Blanche: Half an hour ago, we learned who the next witness is - and we have some objections. Invoices from Michael Cohen are not business records of the Trump Organization. If she stamped them, sure

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@GottaLaff

...us the defense really trying to claim that checks issued by a business are not business records? Unless "business record" has some narrow legal definition that is not consistent wth the dictionary definition.

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@GottaLaff

> Why not order him to pick up cigarette butts & styrofoam cups in NYC parks?

He's not physically capable. This is the guy who in Sicily had to ride a golf cart rather than walk a half mile with other heads of state.

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With whose money?

Via Kyle Griffin:

Breaking on MSNBC:

Donald has paid the $9,000 fine stemming from his violations.

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@GottaLaff

That's 23 pairs of gold spraypainted knockoff sneakers. Probably fewer, given he's almost certain to screw the buyers on shipping, too.

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NEW 🧵 starts HERE: 1/...

Hope Hicks is back on the stand.

Merchan: "Good afternoon Ms. Hicks. Remember you're still under oath."

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@GottaLaff

All that aromatic pants steaming for nothing.

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:

BF Borgers, Media & Technology Group’s independent accounting firm, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday with widespread fraud impacting more than 1,500 filings.

👉🏼The SEC made no allegation of wrongdoing against Trump Media, which is not mentioned in the charges from the regulator.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/business/trump-media-accounting-firm-charged-fraud/index.html

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

Meh, not particularly surpring. But it will be entertaining watching DJT search for a replacement accounting firm, and seeing what in prior SEC filings gets updated by the new firm.

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NEW 🧵 starts HERE. 1/...

Klasfeld:

We're back.

Trump's attorney Susan Necheles hands over "a stack of news articles" by legal commentators like Jonathan Turley, others. She says Trump wants to post them, but she wants to make sure they do not violate the gag order.

"We think that they are perfectly fine."

Prosecutor:

🤔👉🏼"It seems odd that they're asking the court for an advanced ruling" on these sorts of things.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

"but he's not going to give an advanced ruling, as the prosecution argued against the judge doing."

Not being born yesterday, the judge refuses to get involved in a game of "move the goalposrs".

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@GottaLaff

"He then takes them (headphones)off and puts them on upside-down"

Didn't want to muss his hair. Way ahead of bove.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

"Perhaps his own silent disco is playing in his head."

Mangolini's silent disco is blocked by a line of paid extras waiting to get in.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

Maybe it was more compelling in person, but I'll bet more than one juror's eyes glazed over during the davidson cross. Perhaps that was the intent.

artemesia ,
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@GottaLaff

Make the jury remember how bored they were, not that davidson said several ways the hush money payoff was totally about the election.

arstechnica , to Random stuff
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First look at the Sony Honda EV: More than a Playstation on wheels

The AFEELA concept previews an EV from the joint venture, due in 2026.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/first-look-at-the-sony-honda-ev-more-than-a-playstation-on-wheels/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

God, what an awful name: Afeela.

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1/…

Via Andrew Weissmann:

Court about to begin. The defense table, from left to right: Blanche, the defendant (ie Trump), Bove, and Necheles (notably farthest from Trump). Gaggle of photographers shoot Trump, inches from his face: he maintains an implacable and dour expression. ADA Josh Steinglass and his team now enter: Steinglass is very much the lead here.

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@GottaLaff

"ADA does not yet seek jail, so as not to "disrupt" the proceedings."

Judge: Very well, the court will not incarcerate the defendant at this time. Bailiff! Take these three attorneys into custody.

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@GottaLaff

"from left to right: Blanche, the defendant (ie Trump), Bove, and Necheles (notably farthest from Trump)"

Given how inverse square law works, farthest away from vonShitzinPants is likely the privileged position.

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Supreme Court lets Texas keep enforcing age-verification law for porn sites

Court denies application for a stay but could still hear challenge to the law.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/supreme-court-lets-texas-keep-enforcing-age-verification-law-for-porn-sites/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

State of texas is about to learn what geofencing is, and VPN providers will see a boost in sales. Meanwhile, add it to the "why it's called flyover country" list.

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🧵starts HERE. 1/…

👀Via Katie Phang:

Interestingly: Eric Trump has accompanied his father to court today. Perhaps Trump’s legal team heard all of the chatter about the appearance to the jury with no family members being present?…

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@ClassyT @GottaLaff

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