Seth takes a closer look at Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene lying about their roles in the January 6 insurrection and a member of the committee investigating the insurrection revealing what he called the most chilling moment from that day.
Marshall Tucker!
Looks like some LASD shenanigans going on…..
“There are at least 18 gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,” according to the investigation, and they are allegedly tied to the deaths of at least 19 people, all of whom were men of color. Castle’s reporting includes a database of names of deputies reportedly involved in these gangs. The department did not speak to the journalism outlet for the series.
This week, the civilian oversight board charged with keeping tabs on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) announced it’s launching an investigation into the prevalence of deputy gangs within the department.
The investigation is set to take five to six months to complete. In a letter sent to Villanueva, LA County Inspector General Max Huntsman demanded documents from the department that are still owed to investigators.
re: #2 Dr Lizardo
So being anti-gang violence means being anti-law enforcement?
“Do you think it would be OK if we defend ourselves against right wing lies and smears? We don’t want to offend anyone, though. Probably shouldn’t.” https://t.co/P7hgbu6GQP
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
White House Press Corps delenda est.
They’re a bunch of know nothing propagandists who ache for Trump and can’t deal with competency. I’ve long said that everyone would be better off if we replaced the “professionals” with a bunch of high school journalism students on a rotation basis, and I think that’s probably underselling how badly the WHPC performs. They are awful at their jobs. I don’t think they know what the fuck their job actually is - because they think being assholes and trying for gotcha quotes is the sum and substance these days.
The full quote is so much worse:
The press corps are awful at their jobs and should be replaced with high school journalism students. We’d get better questions, more professionalism, and the WH would actually be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/wCkWGHVVd2— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) April 29, 2022
re: #5 lawhawk
as mentioned earlier, Trump was ratings gold and his coverage just wrote itself.
Got the T-Mobile 5g gateway in. Only 2 ethernet ports so I’ll have to go digging for my hub for my antiques :)
That said, set up was a breeze and the Internet Speed Test says I’m getting 68 mbps down and 6 up, whoot! Should be very good for gaming and if I actually do any streaming,
3x faster than CenturyLink. If it’s more reliable (low bar) I’ll be sticking with this.
re: #3 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So being anti-gang violence means being anti-law enforcement?
Law enforcement in the L.A. area has certainly had quite a rich history of corruption, criminality and assorted nastiness for a very long time. The Rampart Scandal immediately comes to mind, and I remember my dad telling me about major scandals in the 1930s and the 1950s, some of it related to extrajudicial homicides by cops and narcotics trafficking.
That there are apparently violent gangs - with a badge, no less and operating under the color of law - in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department doesn’t surprise me all that much, to be honest.
re: #5 lawhawk
They all fancy themselves modern day Sam Donaldsons and Hellen Thomases - and they ain’t neither.
re: #7 William Lewis
Got the T-Mobile 5g gateway in. Only 2 ethernet ports so I’ll have to go digging for my hub for my antiques :)
That said, set up was a breeze and the Internet Speed Test says I’m getting 68 mbps down and 6 up, whoot! Should be very good for gaming and if I actually do any streaming,
3x faster than CenturyLink. If it’s more reliable (low bar) I’ll be sticking with this.
Be careful of any bandwidth caps, especially since it’s cellular…
re: #8 Dr Lizardo
Law enforcement in the L.A. area has certainly had quite a rich history of corruption, criminality and assorted nastiness for a very long time.
“Forget it Jake, This is Chinatown.”
This confirms that the media truly are broken. These people care about nothing except advancing their careers. The more conflict and chaos, the better it is for them. Who gives a shit about democracy? https://t.co/nu7F222Ex2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #10 TedStriker
Be careful of any bandwidth caps, especially since it’s cellular…
They claim there is none and that is something I intend to test, hard, during my free month.
Even God is getting sick of Trumps rallies…
Misogynist and serial sexual harasser Donald Trump is in Greenwood, NE tonight to rally for misogynist and serial sexual harasser Charles Herbster for Gov. The updated weather forecast. pic.twitter.com/eJ0cnvEAOK
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 29, 2022
re: #12 Charles Johnson
This confirms that the media truly are broken. These people care about nothing except advancing their careers. The more conflict and chaos, the better it is for them. Who gives a shit about democracy? https://t.co/nu7F222Ex2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
If they want conflict and chaos, they really should be picking up their flak jackets and reporting from a war zone, not trying to create conflicts by downplaying evil to make things look like a horse race.
it’s time to squee https://t.co/7gVG1fzPJN
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #13 William Lewis
I can confirm that there have been no caps during our 10+ months of use.
re: #2 Dr Lizardo
Looks like some LASD shenanigans going on…..
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I haven’t lived in LA since the ’80s, but I can still recall that Back In The Day, the County Sheriffs were notorious for their corruption, brutality and general low-competence. And lack of effective oversight, either political or administrative. I see little has changed…..
re: #5 lawhawk
White House Press Corps delenda est.
They’re a bunch of know nothing propagandists who ache for Trump and can’t deal with competency. I’ve long said that everyone would be better off if we replaced the “professionals” with a bunch of high school journalism students on a rotation basis, and I think that’s probably underselling how badly the WHPC performs. They are awful at their jobs. I don’t think they know what the fuck their job actually is - because they think being assholes and trying for gotcha quotes is the sum and substance these days.
Maybe they should do the research to find the policy questions that stump her. Maybe ask her why Republicans refuse to pass bills that would benefit the American people.
re: #5 lawhawk
White House Press Corps delenda est.
They’re a bunch of know nothing propagandists who ache for Trump and can’t deal with competency. I’ve long said that everyone would be better off if we replaced the “professionals” with a bunch of high school journalism students on a rotation basis, and I think that’s probably underselling how badly the WHPC performs. They are awful at their jobs. I don’t think they know what the fuck their job actually is - because they think being assholes and trying for gotcha quotes is the sum and substance these days.
Also, they weren’t saving Democracy, no matter what they think they were doing.
The right is currently engaged in a full metal freakout over Biden’s ideas to combat disinformation, because disinformation is what the right has always peddled, and they want to keep doing it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
I’d like to cordially invite you to go somewhere nice and quiet and fuck yourself. Thanks! pic.twitter.com/EdvZpG4Pg1
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #16 Charles Johnson
Thankfully for mom, she gave birth to a baby tree kangaroo. Birthing an adult tree kangaroo is quite the task.
re: #8 Dr Lizardo
Law enforcement in the L.A. area has certainly had quite a rich history of corruption, criminality and assorted nastiness for a very long time. The Rampart Scandal immediately comes to mind, and I remember my dad telling me about major scandals in the 1930s and the 1950s, some of it related to extrajudicial homicides by cops and narcotics trafficking.
That there are apparently violent gangs - with a badge, no less and operating under the color of law - in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department doesn’t surprise me all that much, to be honest.
re: #18 Jay C
I haven’t lived in LA since the ’80s, but I can still recall that Back In The Day, the County Sheriffs were notorious for their corruption, brutality and general low-competence. And lack of effective oversight, either political or administrative. I see little has changed…..
Lee Baca, the former L.A. County Sheriff, went to Federal prison, though I do believe he’s out now. Paul Tanaka, the former L.A. County undersheriff, he’s still a guest at Uncle Sam’s Graybar Hotel up in Englewood, Colorado.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
The Right was certainly willing to take what Trump said at face value. Think about the stacks of blank paper he used to pretend he had bills written up.
Disinfo sent by Russia isn’t just right wing stuff. They also send left wing stuff to sew division. This will take out all of that.
a thread
OMG it literally took someone SWIMMING FROM HAWAII TO CALIFORNIA to discover this, but wow did we find something shocking in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch…
[a thread 🧵]…
Preprint: https://t.co/aWuSntbnBOpic.twitter.com/zeLKnBsqz1— Open Ocean Exploration (@RebeccaRHelm) April 29, 2022
interesting bit:
BAM. They reached the boundary of the patch and there they were. Plastic yes, but also LIFE. Life living out there totally SEPARATE from plastic! Blue floating life, called ‘neuston,’ that’s been in the pacific for millions of years. This is… pic.twitter.com/wtIhYPV3IC
— Open Ocean Exploration (@RebeccaRHelm) April 29, 2022
Their predators, the blue sea dragons, who eat man-o-war and steal their stinging cells. Covering their bodies in an armor made from the weapons of their vanquished prey…pic.twitter.com/zeLKnBsqz1
— Open Ocean Exploration (@RebeccaRHelm) April 29, 2022
lots more coolness in the thread
Those GOP tax cuts are like crack for billionaires https://t.co/maze42Ku5G
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) April 29, 2022
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
a thread
lots more coolness in the thread
Looks like something right out of Avatar
Lauren Boebert paid her rent with campaign funds: No consequences. Marjorie Taylor Greene lied under oath: No consequences. Mike Lee texted Meadows a plan how to overthrow democracy: No consequences. Madison Cawthorn brought a gun into the airport: No consequences. Where is DOJ?
— Uncovering The Truth (@UncvrngTheTruth) April 28, 2022
re: #29 Charles Johnson
Would the FEC first have to report them to the DOJ?
My new iMac passed through Junction, Texas at 8:45 am this morning. So it’s probably not coming today, and I am bereft and verklemt.
re: #32 retired cynic
Ben Shapiro is busy trying to claim that the GOP and right aren’t extremists, and haven’t moved to the right.
Besides immigration, voting rights, abortion, and gay rights?
Besides those?
Keep gish galloping while the right and the GOP have gone full fascists and sought the end of democracy on 1/6.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) April 29, 2022
re: #34 lawhawk
Ben Shapiro is busy trying to claim that the GOP and right aren’t extremists, and haven’t moved to the right.
Technically, he’s correct. They haven’t moved right. They’ve just decided that they no longer have to hide it.
The Republican party has moved right, because all of those that tended to vote with Democrats have retired and their children became Democrats.
See? They’re just wonderful, nice people who are being victimized, endlessly victimized. It must be awful being constantly victimized when you’re just trying to be nice. https://t.co/upyA5fLy9V
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
LOL
The Trump rally ‘front row’ guys who attend every rally are tired of Jimmy Kimmel making fun of them and they challenge him to come to a rally and sit with them: “Come talk to Trump supporters, we are the nicest people,” he says while wearing a ‘Jimmy Kimmel Sucks’ hat. pic.twitter.com/vW4NSBKkA8
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 29, 2022
Guy at Trump rally in NE today said he isn’t concerned about all the recent sex assault allegations made by Republican women against Charles Herbster, because the same accusations were made against Trump and Matt Gaetz. pic.twitter.com/I4jRAlKpxG
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 29, 2022
my shocked face…
re: #34 lawhawk
Ben Shapiro is busy trying to claim that the GOP and right aren’t extremists, and haven’t moved to the right.
The right doesn’t “move” .. they pick and choose which awful policies they always adhere to to promote or ignore based on pure political games in an effort to gain power.
The right has not “moved left” in regards to gay marriage, immigration or deficit spending. They are usually always against those in lock step but pick and choose whether to activate those hot button issues based on current political trends and chances of being elected. The same goes for any topic or slogan they use.
“Family values.” ‘Personal Responsibility” “balanced budget” and many many more bumper sticker slogans have been deactivated in favor of such intellectual stuff like “LG Brandon”, “Trump Won” “Not Woke.” Republican policies never change because they are designed to increase more power and wealth into fewer and fewer hands. What does change is the method used to achieve it which may give the perception of “movement.”
Sergei Lavrov says Moldova is being dragged into NATO and says that this won’t help its security
Presumably, he means Moldova’s EU aspirations are a gateway to NATO or Moldova might unite with Romania. And warning about Moldova’s security sounds like a veiled threat.— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 29, 2022
Crazy eyes.
The controversial head of President Biden’s new Big Brother-like disinformation board drew fresh mockery and disdain Friday over cringeworthy TikTok footage of her adaptation of a Mary Poppins song to be about misinformation.
Nina Jankowicz’s newly resurfaced take on the “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” tune was being shared widely online Friday after it emerged she has her own history of spreading disinformation online.
“Information laundering is really quite ferocious. It’s when a huckster takes some lies and makes them sound precocious, by saying them in Congress or a mainstream outlet, so disinformation’s origins are slightly less atrocious,” Jankowicz sang in her Feb. 2021 TikTok video.
re: #243 The Pie Overlord!
I’m feeling a liddle better this morning (thanks for asking!) but I am still congested and feel generally like crap. Probably just a generic flu/cold (but WTF I had my seasonal flu shot!). My little grandson had the sniffles when they visited for Passover so that is probably where I got it but hey! At least it is not COVID!
A heavy pollen season will make me feel that way and we’re in it now,
Weird that the only outlets ripping Nina Jankowicz are the usual wingnut suspects: NY Post, Fox, National Review…
re: #41 Shropshire Slasher
Are you expecting people to agree with this? Because it’s an incredibly stupid article.
re: #41 Shropshire Slasher
Crazy eyes.
She doesn’t have crazy eyes. I see no white above or below her iris.
She does have square pupils in that photo, so may be an andriod.
Rivian truck voted ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’
nprillinois.org
I hadn’t even heard of these, and they have a factory of 5000 workers in the Bloomington area.
A Woman’s Guide to the Most Toxic Trolls on the Internet
If there’s one thing a woman can count on, it’s getting harassing messages online. Here’s a taxonomy of the creatures on the other end of them.
By Nina Jankowicz
Yeah, I can see why they don’t like her.
re: #45 Punish Domestic Terrorists
She doesn’t have crazy eyes. I see no white above or below her iris.
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LOL, ok buddy.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Are you expecting people to agree with this? Because it’s an incredibly stupid article.
You can tell that just by the nypost.com in the URL.
The right has zeroed in on another woman to demonize, smear, and attack. pic.twitter.com/WlZAIQnxGF
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
This guy takes his Trump-impersonating son to Trump rallies to get a patriotic education: “We’ve been to rallies all over the country .. Yep, this is our thing, going around the country supporting .. Trump. I’m not so sure they’re getting a lot of this in school now.” pic.twitter.com/44U5CRnIKL
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 29, 2022
re: #46 retired cynic
Rivian truck voted ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’
nprillinois.orgI hadn’t even heard of these, and they have a factory of 5000 workers in the Bloomington area.
Yup. It’s the old Chrysler plant. If I had $100k laying around I’d get one in a heartbeat. I love my Tesla but I keep thinking about that ahole every time I drive it.
re: #48 Shropshire Slasher
LOL, ok buddy.
I’m joking about her being an android, but it seems like you’re not joking, which is pretty weird.
re: #5 lawhawk
White House Press Corps delenda est.
They’re a bunch of know nothing propagandists who ache for Trump and can’t deal with competency. I’ve long said that everyone would be better off if we replaced the “professionals” with a bunch of high school journalism students on a rotation basis, and I think that’s probably underselling how badly the WHPC performs. They are awful at their jobs. I don’t think they know what the fuck their job actually is - because they think being assholes and trying for gotcha quotes is the sum and substance these days.
They loved the smell of Democracy burning.
*spit*
Wanted in Alabama: Masked woman steals lawnmower, trailer, Crimson Tide yard sign
The post the police have shared make this heist all the more entertaining: https://t.co/YlpWTflMUH pic.twitter.com/CUyE6S5U9y— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) April 29, 2022
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Are you expecting people to agree with this? Because it’s an incredibly stupid article.
I really don’t think having a “czar of disinformation” is a very good idea.
You may think of Jones as a man supported in an organic way by his passionate fans.
Well, the overwhelming majority of his money is coming from two whales. Two very very rich men that we are still working to identify:https://t.co/EXeOYwMhqJ pic.twitter.com/QyaePP8mCu— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) April 29, 2022
re: #2 Dr Lizardo
What the actual hell?!!!
re: #56 Shropshire Slasher
I really don’t think having a “czar of disinformation” is a very good idea.
I think it’s a great idea, long overdue, because right wing disinformation is driving this country into fascism.
Elon Musk’s own tweets prove he’s the website’s worst possible overlord, @ZeeshanAleem writes. https://t.co/ZqNbkUK9C0
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 29, 2022
re: #52 GlutenFreeJesus
Yup. It’s the old Chrysler plant. If I had $100k laying around I’d get one in a heartbeat. I love my Tesla but I keep thinking about that ahole every time I drive it.
I was fortunate to put a deposit down on the R1s SUV variant last Fall before the whole price fiasco blew up Wall Street. Rivian quickly reversed their price increase (about 20% or so) for deposit holders like me but a lot of damage was done. The price increase does still affect anyone placing an order after March 1 2022 but for people like me who did buy in early it now feels like a bargain.
To be sure, it is still an expensive vehicle but with more and more luxury cars and SUVs now at $100k starting prices, at my age of 54 my Rivian may be the last vehicle I ever buy. We’ll see about that. I still do have a Cybertruck deposit down from 2 years ago but will cancel if Elon does indeed turn out to be just another toxic tech-bro enabler of white supremacism.
Rooster to the rescue after a hawk attacked a hen. 😳🦸🏼♂️🐓🦅 pic.twitter.com/HohO5W2rkY
— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) April 29, 2022
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
Weird that the only outlets ripping Nina Jankowicz are the usual wingnut suspects: NY Post, Fox, National Review…
I went to go look her up and found this:
Nina Jankowicz is an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization.
It’s pretty obvious why Republicans would hate her.
re: #63 Belafon
I went to go look her up and found this:
It’s pretty obvious why Republicans would hate her.
Nothing scarier to those people than a smart, competent woman.
Sidney was casually flying home when he suddenly saw a seed…. pic.twitter.com/Ssag5FFs8A
— Carl Bovis (@CarlBovisNature) April 29, 2022
re: #63 Belafon
I went to go look her up and found this:
It’s pretty obvious why Republicans would hate her.
And pretty obvious why the above clown would hate the idea of her too.
re: #63 Belafon
I went to go look her up and found this:
It’s pretty obvious why Republicans would hate her.
Republicans are allergic to truth.
re: #46 retired cynic
Rivian truck voted ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’
nprillinois.orgI hadn’t even heard of these, and they have a factory of 5000 workers in the Bloomington area.
There was a review on it late last year from Doug DeMuro:
There are two kind of dogs.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/IF8N9w7c0y
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 29, 2022
Nina Jankowicz published a book last week called “How to Be a Woman Online: Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back.” She is now trending along with the term “Joseph Goebbels” because Tucker Carlson called her an “illiterate fascist” last night. Checks out.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 29, 2022
Previous thread:
re: #218 Dr Lizardo
Looks like Putin’s pity parade won’t have any foreign dignitaries this time.
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♫♪All by myself
Don’t wanna be
All by myself
Anymore♬♩
It’s self canceling: No foreign leader could retain their dignity if they took part in this.
You are not far left.
You are not far right.
You are just far gone. https://t.co/geNs4jtNyf— God (@TheTweetOfGod) April 29, 2022
re: #71 Charles Johnson
- Woman gets pissed off about online harassment
- Woman writes book about how to deal with online harassment
- Woman releases book, then immediately gets harassed online by men who think she is full of shit
do they have chairs or…https://t.co/fWkJNn7QFB
— darth™ (@darth) April 29, 2022
Republicans love to falsely accuse Dems of teenage grooming. It’s just a play for the Q vote. But boy do they keep stacking up the charges. Don’t stop calling them out on their bullshit. https://t.co/4RhV6odxm8
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) April 29, 2022
He is 26 years old. pic.twitter.com/GHYJeAWvcN
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 29, 2022
Crap she will be dealing with:
For those who believe this tweet is a key to all my views, it is simply a direct quote from both candidates during the final presidential debate. If you look at my timeline, you will see I was livetweeting that evening. https://t.co/nI7ZgBtTLC https://t.co/4DjBl9bzt0
— Nina Jankowicz 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@wiczipedia) April 27, 2022
A while back Veritasium did a video to illustrate the the energy distributed by an electrical circuit is through the electric field, and not by the moving electrons.
Some, quite a few actually, Youtubers were in outrage. I came across one such when I was looking at videos about audio gear, of all things.
Anyway, today Veritasium posted an extensive follow-up, to try and illustrate what his point was:
It’s a pretty good physics post, and the animations provided are rather cool.
Here’s a thought I just had — imagine a completely honest GOP election campaign ad.
IMO it would be something like this:
Hi. My name is Gene Eric Republican. I am a tool of the donor class of my party, and my only goal is to lower their taxes and deregulate their businesses. Nothing in your life will improve as a result. But we will provide entertainment. Decades of our propaganda has turned your minds into bigoted mush, and we’ll provide various spectacles of people getting oppressed that you’ve been propagandized into hating to make you feel better about your sorry lot in life. Our focus groups show that this is very effective, even for Republican voters going into bankruptcy because of Republican policies.
re: #68 Dr Lizardo
I’ve watched a lot of in depth reviews on this truck. It seems it’s towing prowess is exaggerated, at least as far as range is concerned, but everything else about it (but the outrageous price) I really like.
I’m still likely going for one last ICE car before I go EV, but my first EV may very well be a truck unless the EV car manufactures stop insisting on making everything that’s not outrageously priced a non-functional SUV.
In the few intervening years before I get there we might get to the 1000+ mile batteries as well, so it might be worth the wait.
re: #81 EPR-radar
Here’s a thought I just had — imagine a completely honest GOP election campaign ad.
IMO it would be something like this:
Mr. w has a nephew named John Eric. His sister used to drive him crazy calling him Generic.
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’ve become a hero to those who seek to trample on the rights of others.
People like Boebert, Greene, Gaetz & Jordan…
A cult of a caucus seeking to marginalize women, immigrants, people of color & LBGTQ.
Ask yourself why?
Why do they worship you?
Do you endorse their hate?— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) April 29, 2022
re: #82 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
In the few intervening years before I get there we might get to the 1000+ mile batteries as well, so it might be worth the wait.
Yeah, that Rivian is damn nice, but pricey. If the industry can get into the 1000 mile battery range, then I’d go for it. I admit to being an old-school gearhead, and if I was going to get myself a car right now, I’d probably go with a mid-1990s Toyota Camry or an early to mid-90s Volvo wagon. A 1995-1997 Camry was probably the ultimate commuter car. Peak Toyota. Volvo…hell those older ones are just indestructible and I can work on those powertrains with my eyes closed.
re: #84 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I wonder how the RWNJs would react to Elon if he had darker skin?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 29, 2022
BREAKING: The EU is reportedly going to start implementing a phased oil embargo on Russia from next week
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 29, 2022
re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Pepe LePew was a role model for budding sexual predators
re: #85 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, that Rivian is damn nice, but pricey. If the industry can get into the 1000 mile battery range, then I’d go for it. I admit to being an old-school gearhead, and if I was going to get myself a car right now, I’d probably go with a mid-1990s Toyota Camry or an early to mid-90s Volvo wagon. A 1995-1997 Camry was probably the ultimate commuter car. Peak Toyota. Volvo…hell those older ones are just indestructible and I can work on those powertrains with my eyes closed.
You’re in Europe. Why would you need a 1000 mile battery for? We don’t even need those here in the US.
re: #90 Belafon
You’re in Europe. Why would you need a 1000 mile battery for? We don’t even need those here in the US.
Running guns to Ukraine?
Yes. Next question.https://t.co/dM6Srae4tS
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 29, 2022
re: #310 Backwoods_Sleuth
sigh
re: #321 Hecuba’s daughter
The legislator responding to this idiot is also an idiot for failing to explain to the moron that ectopic pregnancies are invariably fatal to the woman who has one.
Neither of these incompetents knows what an “ectopic pregnancy” is. The stupid man, obviously, wants every ‘pregnancy’ carried to term, and the ignorant woman, who claims to only be responsible for “the language” is too stupid to even know that the correct language is “ectopic implantation” not “pregnancy.”
re: #91 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Running guns to Ukraine?
I’m hoping the war will be over before the 1000 mile battery gets built.
re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Sylvester used to dress up as Grandma to try and catch Tweety.
re: #92 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Now with liberals attacking other liberals.
You let Trump goad you into taking a DNA test and then you let Bernie Sanders play you for a fool in the primaries. You should sit the hell down.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) April 29, 2022
First on tap for New Twitter (TM all rights reserved) under Elon Musk is getting Donald Trump back on the site.
Musk’s top deputy, Jared Birchall, told an associate:
“He vehemently disagrees with censoring. Especially for a sitting president. Insane.” (2/x)— Rob Copeland (@realrobcopeland) April 29, 2022
Just as I predicted. https://t.co/oq1sZM6UON
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #98 Charles Johnson
Trump IS NOT A SITTING PRESIDENT.
re: #11 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Forget it Jake, This is Chinatown.”
it really makes me sad when i watch old adam-12 episodes and consider that THIS is what jack webb wanted the cops to be: blue collar, scrupulously honest, fair to people. Reed and Malloy get into a fight in one episode with a retired wrestler, get slung around the room, and it doesn’t occur to either of them to pull out their guns and end the guy.
re: #90 Belafon
You’re in Europe. Why would you need a 1000 mile battery for? We don’t even need those here in the US.
So I wouldn’t have to charge it up so often. Same as getting an ICE that gets 40+/mpg. Both electricity and fuel here are very expensive.
re: #98 Charles Johnson
We are getting qs about the controversial Charles Johnson, who we reported has been in contact with the top deputy to @elonmusk about being brought back on Twitter.
Mr. Johnson, as he is known, has said that he *won’t* attend the party if invited.https://t.co/yMOqDskV8I— Rob Copeland (@realrobcopeland) April 29, 2022
re: #101 Dr Lizardo
So I wouldn’t have to charge it up so often. Same as getting an ICE that gets 40+/mpg. Both electricity and fuel here are very expensive.
It also cranks the range anxiety down to almost nothing.
The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover - WSJhttps://t.co/VAybObqCuh pic.twitter.com/1BcN449rgg
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #100 steve_davis
it really makes me sad when i watch old adam-12 episodes and consider that THIS is what jack webb wanted the cops to be: blue collar, scrupulously honest, fair to people. Reed and Malloy get into a fight in one episode with a retired wrestler, get slung around the room, and it doesn’t occur to either of them to pull out their guns and end the guy.
Because scrupulously honest and fair to people are what cops should be.
Cops should be Reed and Malloy.
Not Judge Dredd.
re: #14 Eclectic Cyborg
Reminds me of the time tfg abandoned his rally attendees where they had to walk a good distance back to their cars in the middle of a major snowstorm.
re: #2 Dr Lizardo
LASD, still fulfilling their mission of providing there is something worse than the LAPD.
why not use the fuckin sharpie again and change the path of the storm https://t.co/Uufxbq7p9p
— darth™ (@darth) April 29, 2022
re: #102 Eclectic Cyborg
“Mr. Johnson, as he is known.” LOL, no. You probably can’t post what he’s actually known as.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 29, 2022
Sure thing, he will never return to Twitter. Uh huh.
That must be why he’s tried to re-register ~40 times since 2015. https://t.co/rKYSflunYG— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #109 Punish Domestic Terrorists
LOL, yeah pretty sure they just can’t write “Mr. Floorshitter”.
re: #90 Belafon
You’re in Europe. Why would you need a 1000 mile battery for? We don’t even need those here in the US.
I’ve watched enough very long videos on various EVs doing road trips to say, yes we do in fact need them in the US. Everyone of them was able to pull off the trip but with a lot of hoops and anxiety to deal with.
Another thing is if you can have a battery that does 1000 miles in the size of a 200-300 mile one now, it will make 200-300 mile batteries far smaller and lighter with that tech.
A third issue is the batteries lose a lot of range in the cold. Both in Europe and the US there are places in the winter that are cold enough to ruin your day with current EV batteries if you aren’t being *very* diligent.
The most extreme on the fascist right can directly text the people who handle Musk’s business. The reason he’s so extreme is his inputs are those who enabled the violence & hate that Trump capitalized on. https://t.co/WP3lweZAby
— anildash (@anildash) April 29, 2022
re: #112 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’ve watched enough very long videos on various EVs doing road trips to say, yes we do in fact need them in the US. Everyone of them was able to pull off the trip but with a lot of hoops and anxiety to deal with.
Another thing is if you can have a battery that does 1000 miles in the size of a 200-300 mile one now, it will make 200-300 mile batteries far smaller and lighter with that tech.
A third issue is the batteries lose a lot of range in the cold. Both in Europe and the US there are places in the winter that are cold enough to ruin your day with current EV batteries if you aren’t being *very* diligent.
I’ve seen stories about new aluminum based batteries. They have three times the voltage density of lithium ion batteries, but weigh three times as much.
re: #79 Belafon
Crap she will be dealing with:
Russian disinformation asset chimes in:
Do you still believe that the Hunter Biden archive is “Russian disinformation”?
Do you believe that those who used social media to spread this false claim were guilty of spreading “disinformation” even though doing so helped Joe Biden win the election?— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 29, 2022
Sometimes I hate being right. https://t.co/u5qWl9bAaH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #115 BlueSpotinAL
Russian disinformation asset chimes in:
Glenn, tell us you don’t know the meaning of “live tweeting” without saying you don’t know.
re: #114 Belafon
I’ve seen stories about new aluminum based batteries. They have three times the voltage density of lithium ion batteries, but weigh three times as much.
I was thinking more the graphine/carbon nano-tube route.
Anything that makes batteries weight more is going to be a non-starter IMO
re: #115 BlueSpotinAL
Russian disinformation asset chimes in:
Yes, Glenn, the laptop thing is still Russian disinformation that has been adopted by people like you and Republicans. So the rest of your tweet is crap.
re: #118 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I was thinking more the graphine/carbon nano-tube route.
Anything that makes batteries weight more is going to be a non-starter IMO
Have there been any successes in using carbon nanotubes to store charge?
re: #111 Dr Lizardo
LOL, yeah pretty sure they just can’t write “Mr. Floorshitter”.
I referred to him as “Rage Furby” to a journalist friend once and she knew exactly who I was talking about without elaboration.
re: #118 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Heavier batteries are fine for fixed home backup but a no-no for vehicles.
I also officially cancelled my pre-order for the Cybertruck with the latest info stating Elon will be bringing back those who inspire violence and a coup against our government. My Twitter account deactivated,
Truckloads of grain being carried off toward Russia from Russian occupied Melitopol.
Just like in the days of Stalin. pic.twitter.com/TeVUAWWZS1— Expat in Kyiv (@expatua) April 28, 2022
Listening to Pink Floyd pic.twitter.com/5mnsNRTTyQ
— David Gilmour (Fan) (@GilmourOrgasm) April 26, 2022
re: #115 BlueSpotinAL
On Ms. Jankowicz, I have great sympathy for the crap she is having to deal with.
Particularly the mendacious crap thrown at her by ideological whackjobs.
On disinformation, I am of several minds…
1. It is a problem. It significantly and adversely affects our society and governing. It most definitely needs to be effectively addressed. The best bully pulpit we as a country have is that of the President. So it can get visibility this way.
2. It is part of a larger problem where power in our country is concentrated in a small and self centered group of people. They see an opportunity to gain even more power by using disinformation. This needs to be addressed.
3. I am uncomfortable with the government determining what is true and not true and the sanctioning people.
4. This is a mess. And until we can find a way to resolve it, we may be unable to solve any of the other pressing problems we face.
re: #122 Florida Panhandler
Heavier batteries are fine for fixed home backup but a no-no for vehicles.
I also officially cancelled my pre-order for the Cybertruck with the latest info stating Elon will be bringing back those who inspire violence and a coup against our government. My Twitter account deactivated,
Yes this is true. I haven’t looked into them in awhile but I hope there are reasonable competitors to the Tesla Powerwall.
As for Tesla cars, they have been on my shit list since Elon’s COVID shenanigans, and the company’s outright hostility to right-to-repair which results in it taking weeks to get simple shit like broken headlights replaced.
re: #120 Belafon
Have there been any successes in using carbon nanotubes to store charge?
Off of the top of my head I don’t know for sure, last time I checked in 2015-ish it was said to be 5-10 years away from being a realistic thing. A quick google has a lot of hits I’m going to research further when I have time.
re: #112 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
“… batteries lose a lot of range in the cold. Both in Europe and the US there are places in the winter that are cold enough to ruin your day “
Not sure the current EV infrastructure is sufficiently ‘fail-soft’ to handle this. Particularly as the more and more ‘naive’ users enter that market.
I was just reading that this has been a problem with the British anti-tank weapon “NLAW” in Ukraine. Between the winter cold and the long storage they have been in, a number of their batteries have failed. Obviously, workarounds are being used.
Ottawa police say they won’t allow motor vehicles to stop or park on downtown streets and additional personnel have been brought in to bolster municipal authorities https://t.co/g4Ye2svXxd
— Jenna Zucker (@JennaLZucker) April 29, 2022
Since 7 am, Officers have issued 185 tickets and towed 20 vehicles in relation to Special Event No Stopping Zones in place for the motorcycle event this weekend.
Thank you for respecting posted signage and municipal by-laws.https://t.co/42WqlprZdV #OttCity pic.twitter.com/rYMtBQB082— Ottawa By-law (@OttawaBylaw) April 29, 2022
re: #126 Dr Lizardo
Neat. But Paramount (CBS) has been trying for several years now to capture the old Star Trek magic but I think nostalgia just can’t deliver.
We see that in Picard, which I think is an ok series but Picard being old man Picard just isn’t the same. And it can’t be what TNG was 30 years ago. The Picard series is well acted (for Star Trek) and the production values are fine. But it just isn’t the same as the TNG group of shows.
re: #125 ckkatz
I think it probably should have been more like a task force to produce a detailed report with recommendations. And whoever picked the name is an idiot; it’s tailor-made for right wing exploitation.
Newborns in #Mariupol are given birth certificates of self-proclaimed DPR
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova confirmed this information.
She said that issuance of such documents violates rights enshrined in UN Convention on Rights of the Child. pic.twitter.com/FocvMIizov— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 29, 2022
Regardless, I’m just glad to see the Biden administration doing ANYTHING about disinformation, because it is a very real plague.
re: #133 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Strange New Worlds is going to be more episodic, like classic Trek. I think there’s a not small chance it might turn out pretty good.
re: #134 Charles Johnson
It should have been called the “Propaganda Tracking Office”, since it is really about foreign propaganda aimed at radicalizing the weak-minded.
Ukraine just received a massive shipment of weapons from Spain.
The Ukrainians found Spanish sausages among the boxes with grenade launchers and a postcard saying: “I wish you victory! With love, Leticia”.
It took them a moment to understand that it was from the Queen of Spain. pic.twitter.com/EXalzM4qN7— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 29, 2022
re: #137 Eclectic Cyborg
Unfortunately, Pike was introduced during the Discovery show and that put a clock on Pike’s time in the chair of the Enterprise. After the most recent appearance of Pike and the Enterprise in the ST:D show, Pike will only have a couple of years before Kirk takes over the ship.
Here is a pattern:
1. Right wing media is in a tizzy about what some person allegedly claims
2. Google that person and some keyword about the claim (for example Nina Jancowicz Biden)
3. No hits for anything this person thinks about the issue that they have actually written somewhere, but a whole shit ton of right wing sources all parroting the same shit
Wordle 314 3/6
“And would you please tell the court exactly how long it took you to get from that point to the following one?”
“Your honor, I would like to plead the fifth.”
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re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Unfortunately, Pike was introduced during the Discovery show and that put a clock on Pike’s time in the chair of the Enterprise. After the most recent appearance of Pike and the Enterprise in the ST:D show, Pike will only have a couple of years before Kirk takes over the ship.
They’ve already cast their Kirk.
space.com
They have a different word for everything over there.
Wordle 314 4/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #133 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Neat. But Paramount (CBS) has been trying for several years now to capture the old Star Trek magic but I think nostalgia just can’t deliver.
We see that in Picard, which I think is an ok series but Picard being old man Picard just isn’t the same. And it can’t be what TNG was 30 years ago. The Picard series is well acted (for Star Trek) and the production values are fine. But it just isn’t the same as the TNG group of shows.
The Star Trek franchise needs to move forward. Let’s have a Star Trek series set in the 28th Century, with new characters, new starship designs, new friends, new foes and fresh challenges, triumphs and tragedies and the lessons learned along the way as humanity reaches out further into the galaxy
re: #145 Dr Lizardo
The Star Trek franchise needs to move forward. Let’s have a Star Trek series set in the 28th Century, with new characters, new starship designs, new friends, new foes and fresh challenges, triumphs and tragedies and the lessons learned along the way as humanity reaches out further into the galaxy
That’s what Discovery is from the 3rd season on. They just need to make it more episodic. Good writers can still do that with season or series long threads.
T -8 till the next star link shot.
The nice thing about the aluminum batteries is that while they weigh the same for the equivalent storage as an LI battery, they would only take up a third of the space.
re: #146 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
That’s what Discovery is from the 3rd season on. They just need to make it more episodic. Good writers can still do that with season or series long threads.
Why would they need to make it more episodic? Doing away with the magic reset button at the end of episodes and moving to story arcs was a large improvement as TV storytelling improved in general, and missed episodes ceased to be a problem.
re: #140 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Unfortunately, Pike was introduced during the Discovery show and that put a clock on Pike’s time in the chair of the Enterprise. After the most recent appearance of Pike and the Enterprise in the ST:D show, Pike will only have a couple of years before Kirk takes over the ship.
The second season of Star Trek Discovery takes place in 2257. Kirk takes command of the Enterprise in 2265, so they can fit 8 years in there. Longer than any Star Trek series has gone.
Seeing the woodpecker in the hummingbird feeder is normal. What wasn’t normal was seeing a 4 inch long one of these on my work laptop’s keyboard the other day. He got away, as I was trying to get a picture, he is somewhere between the brick wall, and the desktop drilled into the wall, free pest control, though I was a bit shocked to see one inside.
“Provocateur” is apparently the new way to describe a Holocaust denier who raised money for outright Nazis. https://t.co/e10087cQAB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
re: #151 Egregious Philbin
Seeing the woodpecker in the hummingbird feeder is normal. What wasn’t normal was seeing a 4 inch long one of these on my work laptop’s keyboard the other day. He got away, as I was trying to get a picture, he is somewhere between the brick wall, and the desktop drilled into the wall, free pest control, though I was a bit shocked to see one inside.
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Watch out, those critters bite.
re: #152 Charles Johnson
The media use that phrase a lot, rather than saying what these people are. It’s like they’re afraid to be honest about the monsters among us.
re: #100 steve_davis
it really makes me sad when i watch old adam-12 episodes and consider that THIS is what jack webb wanted the cops to be: blue collar, scrupulously honest, fair to people. Reed and Malloy get into a fight in one episode with a retired wrestler, get slung around the room, and it doesn’t occur to either of them to pull out their guns and end the guy.
Dave Thomas and Billy West were on Gilbert Godfried’s (PBUH) podcast once, and one of them remarked: “What was the name of that TV show where the two assholes drove around and harassed people and got into fights?”
re: #153 Charles Johnson
Yeah, a neighbor had one in his attic, he grabbed it and got it out, but it pecked his hand down to the bone. Little bastards. Noisy as hell. They don’t peck at my house because its painted blue..they don”t like blue.
re: #149 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Why would they need to make it more episodic? Doing away with the magic reset button at the end of episodes and moving to story arcs was a large improvement as TV storytelling improved in general, and missed episodes ceased to be a problem.
To keep them from making every season a 10 to 13-episode long “Stop the badguy/spatial anomaly that’s trying to destroy the galaxy” stretched out movie. This is not going well in current Trek iterations.
Good writers can keep the A-Plot of an episode contained while not using a reset button and keeping the season long arcs and threads relegated to B and C-Plots.
Zoom no boom at max Q
re: #127 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Yes this is true. I haven’t looked into them in awhile but I hope there are reasonable competitors to the Tesla Powerwall.
As for Tesla cars, they have been on my shit list since Elon’s COVID shenanigans, and the company’s outright hostility to right-to-repair which results in it taking weeks to get simple shit like broken headlights replaced.
It’s a shame really, my 2018 Model 3 long range has been the best car ever for me, no problems, great feeling passing by gas stations. Fuel for free (not really, but feels like it) courtesy my solar panels on the roof.
But the long list of EVs about to hit the market at all price points is enough to make me consider other options now that the mask has dropped from Elon Musk’s face and I do not like what I see underneath. Enabling monsters is not what I choose to be associated with. I already have a Rivian on order (due late 2023) and my wife will probably need a new car in about 5 years. By then EV options will be everywhere.
re: #145 Dr Lizardo
The Star Trek franchise needs to move forward. Let’s have a Star Trek series set in the 28th Century, with new characters, new starship designs, new friends, new foes and fresh challenges, triumphs and tragedies and the lessons learned along the way as humanity reaches out further into the galaxy
I’m all for it.
re: #156 Egregious Philbin
They don’t peck at my house because its painted blue..they don”t like blue.
Years ago, I was passing through a Middle East village and noticed that most of the doors were painted blue. I asked around and was told that it was to discourage Satan by making him think when he saw the blue that he was approaching Heaven.
Some time later I was in another location. And a number of the doors were painted red or orange. I forgot to ask what was behind that.
Not sure how this relates to woodpeckers, though. :)
re: #161 ckkatz
Years ago, I was passing through a Middle East village and noticed that most of the doors were painted blue. I asked around and was told that it was to discourage Satan by making him think when he saw the blue that he was approaching Heaven.
Well, you didn’t see Satan anywhere around there, did you? Case close.
re: #161 ckkatz
Some time later I was in another location. And a number of the doors were painted red or orange. I forgot to ask what was behind that.
Trump voters?
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If Elon really does take over Twitter later this year, I fully intend to see just how pro “free speech” he is. I won’t be holding one damned thing back.
re: #161 ckkatz
Years ago, I was passing through a Middle East village and noticed that most of the doors were painted blue. I asked around and was told that it was to discourage Satan by making him think when he saw the blue that he was approaching Heaven.
Some time later I was in another location. And a number of the doors were painted red or orange. I forgot to ask what was behind that.
Not sure how this relates to woodpeckers, though. :)
Maybe they’re trying to keep Angels away because they might think they’re near Hell.
It is ridiculous to bring up things from 30 years ago. Wait, I’m being told that this criminal Congressman is 26, and is talking about things from the recent past. Nevermind. Run the criminal out of Congress.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 29, 2022
re: #166 Punish Domestic Terrorists
His early 20s? Maddy is like 12 so things he’s going to do?
re: #80 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
A while back Veritasium did a video to illustrate the the energy distributed by an electrical circuit is through the electric field, and not by the moving electrons.
Some, quite a few actually, Youtubers were in outrage. I came across one such when I was looking at videos about audio gear, of all things.
Anyway, today Veritasium posted an extensive follow-up, to try and illustrate what his point was:
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It’s a pretty good physics post, and the animations provided are rather cool.
My. EE. Mind. Blown.
re: #166 Punish Domestic Terrorists
“Digging up shit I did last week…..Geez…..Get over it.”
re: #169 nines09
“Digging up shit I did last week…..Geez…..Get over it.”
To quote Chris Tucker in Friday: “Why you bringin’ up old shit?”
re: #164 GlutenFreeJesus
If Elon really does take over Twitter later this year, I fully intend to see just how pro “free speech” he is. I won’t be holding one damned thing back.
Haha. I’m sure Twitter will end up as a right wing safe space. These “Freeze Peach” people are always clowns and snowflakes, and Musk is no exception.
Reminded me of some posts from last thread:
The decline of humanity is directly traceable to the loss of the winnowing impact of jarts
— VeryDangerousFruitHat (@Popehat) April 27, 2022
re: #166 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It still boggles my mind that the voters of North Carolina-11 sent this guy to congress in the hopes that he would advocate for them. They certainly have not gotten their money’s worth out of him.
And the sad part is that they could have had Moe Davis instead.
re: #46 retired cynic
Rivian truck voted ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’
nprillinois.orgI hadn’t even heard of these, and they have a factory of 5000 workers in the Bloomington area.
There was a time when I was the coolest thing made in Illinois. A glorious time, long, long ago.
re: #145 Dr Lizardo
The Star Trek franchise needs to move forward. Let’s have a Star Trek series set in the 28th Century, with new characters, new starship designs, new friends, new foes and fresh challenges, triumphs and tragedies and the lessons learned along the way as humanity reaches out further into the galaxy
DISCOVERY has been set in the late 32nd century since Season Three.
re: #33 Charles Johnson
My new iMac passed through Junction, Texas at 8:45 am this morning. So it’s probably not coming today, and I am bereft and verklemt.
It sounds like your iMac is having one last fling before reporting to work at its new job. :)
re: #4 Charles Johnson
I hope that’s a parody article because no way are Democrats asking such an asinine question when Republicans are pushing their hard right, fascist agenda all over the dang country.
re: #150 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
The second season of Star Trek Discovery takes place in 2257. Kirk takes command of the Enterprise in 2265, so they can fit 8 years in there. Longer than any Star Trek series has gone.
SNW season one is set ca. 2259. The Enterprise is beginning a new five year mission, which would end in 2264, just in time for Kirk to take over for his 2265-70 FYM.
re: #175 A Three Hour Tour
DISCOVERY has been set in the late 32nd century since Season Three.
I never got into Discovery. Watched the first season and completely lost interest.
Free speech except for that paid part.
Elon Musk is considering charging a fee to embed or quote tweets. https://t.co/d82497oFrN
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 29, 2022
re: #179 Dr Lizardo
I never got into Discovery. Watched the first season and completely lost interest.
They almost lost me early in the first season, but got me back.
Season Two was a course correction, and Season Three a bigger course correction.
DISCO got me back into STAR TREK.
LOWER DECKS was way too hyper in its first season, but settled down a bit in its second.
PRODIGY, the kids series for Nickelodeon, has been mostly enjoyable.
For me, the pre-release publicity is looking like Kurtzman and company have learned from what I consider to be the mistakes of the Abrams movies and the chaos of early DISCOVERY.
PICARD is the series that’s currently leaving me cold right now. I am stoked for SNW in a way that I haven’t been stoked for a Trek project in a long time.
re: #179 Dr Lizardo
I never got into Discovery. Watched the first season and completely lost interest.
I bailed on season 1, but bringing in Chris Pike for season 2 brought me back, and while it’s still a fantasy show with a magic mushroom drive, there’s no giant tardigrade anymore, so it’s a lot less terrible.
⚡️Local official: Russia steals over 2,000 artworks from Mariupol museums.
According to Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to Mariupol mayor, stolen artworks include paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky and Mariupol-native Arkhip Kuindzhi, ancient icons, and medals.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 28, 2022
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Russians are digging trenches and mining the area around Kamyana Mohyla, an archaeological site with Stone Age petroglyphs. Glad I visited last summer. Take that moody pic in your favourite spot when you can, you never know when an invading army will come to destroy it. pic.twitter.com/ILhppG2O0c
— Dr Sasha Dovzhyk (@sasha_weirdsley) April 27, 2022
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lotta water under that bridge
Please report this creepy nutjob for targeted harassment.
Oh wait, that’s Twitter’s new owner-to-be. pic.twitter.com/gnLvxhf4Zx— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 29, 2022
I know there are some experienced photographers here, so I have a QUESTION.
I have several rolls of exposed film, 35mm and 120, all of it B&W ISO 400 Ilford, that has been in a freezer since exposure for, in some cases, upwards of 20 years. Is there any chance that this stuff could be successfully processed today? I had dreams of building a darkroom long ago, but then life beat the ever-loving piss out of me and now here I am with no darkroom and a freezer full of film.
I’m now in a position where making my own prints is still out of the question, but I could probably swing processing negatives. I’m sure they’d be degraded, but is it worth the expense and effort to try to develop these ancient rolls of film?
What is happening with the DonBas Russian Offensive. (From Retired Lt General Mark Hertling thread)
Basically, Russia launches massive artillery barrages.
Ukrainian forces get out of way in order to keep casualties down
Russians timidly advance with under-strength units to occupy the abandoned ground
Ukrainians counterattack where they can
Hertling predicts that as new weapons arrive on the frontlines in the next couple of months, the battles will be much more contested.
That’s what we’re seeing now in several locations in the east & south.
Lots of Russian artillery barrages against the front line, followed by smaller RU combat units attempting to seize terrain/cities/critical objectives.
RU artillery is working. The RU maneuver forces…10/— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 29, 2022
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…are undermanned, not well supplied, not well led, are on ground they’re not familiar with, and they don’t do maneuver all that well.
So we’re seeing RU forces temporarily take ground, then being pushed back by the smart, better led, more adaptive active defense of the UA. 11/— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 29, 2022
re: #190 Charles Johnson
I’m just a few hours gone from Twitter and cancelling my Cybertruck and already feel vindicated about my decisions.
re: #192 ckkatz
Once the US artillery gets to the front line Russian artillery will be less effective, as Ukraine can shell the living fuck out of them with a six mile cushion.
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I know there are some experienced photographers here, so I have a QUESTION.
I have several rolls of exposed film, 35mm and 120, all of it B&W ISO 400 Ilford, that has been in a freezer since exposure for, in some cases, upwards of 20 years. Is there any chance that this stuff could be successfully processed today? I had dreams of building a darkroom long ago, but then life beat the ever-loving piss out of me and now here I am with no darkroom and a freezer full of film.
I’m now in a position where making my own prints is still out of the question, but I could probably swing processing negatives. I’m sure they’d be degraded, but is it worth the expense and effort to try to develop these ancient rolls of film?
Wow. I have no idea whether it would still be viable. Maybe try one roll and see how it comes out? You probably have to be pretty careful thawing it out after that long.
re: #195 Charles Johnson
It’s not like the world would be losing The Undiscovered Collaboration Between Ansel Adams and Garry Winogrand. I don’t even have any idea what’s on these rolls. I am inclined to give it a shot, but if there’s, like, chemically no way that it would work then I shouldn’t bother.
re: #194 darthstar
Once the US artillery gets to the front line Russian artillery will be less effective, as Ukraine can shell the living fuck out of them with a six mile cushion.
Yes! And it will probably be more accurate and faster to fire as well.
Plus, the Russians will not be able send gunships against them because of the newly supplied German Anti-Aircraft Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard SPAAG systems :)
These things are genius. By the time anyone shouts… “look out, there’s a Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer”, it’s already too late.
— Baron VonTempsky (@scootntoot) April 27, 2022
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I know there are some experienced photographers here, so I have a QUESTION.
I have several rolls of exposed film, 35mm and 120, all of it B&W ISO 400 Ilford, that has been in a freezer since exposure for, in some cases, upwards of 20 years. Is there any chance that this stuff could be successfully processed today? I had dreams of building a darkroom long ago, but then life beat the ever-loving piss out of me and now here I am with no darkroom and a freezer full of film.
I’m now in a position where making my own prints is still out of the question, but I could probably swing processing negatives. I’m sure they’d be degraded, but is it worth the expense and effort to try to develop these ancient rolls of film?
Frozen? Yes, possibly a bit fogged but nothing a good lab (emphasis on Good) can’t handle. If I had those rolls in hand, I’d probably go with either
or
dwaynesphoto.com (until Kodak pulled the plug they were the last Kodachrome processor)
re: #196 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
It’s not like the world would be losing The Undiscovered Collaboration Between Ansel Adams and Garry Winogrand. I don’t even have any idea what’s on these rolls. I am inclined to give it a shot, but if there’s, like, chemically no way that it would work then I shouldn’t bother.
Some years back I found a couple of (at least) 30 year old rolls of exposed 35mm film. It had not been frozen. I did get it developed. Most shots came out okay. Some seemed a bit ‘foggy’ though.
(They were in the carrying case and camera of my father’s old AE-1. I donated it to a neighbor’s teenage son who was studying photography. He went on to form his own company, get a BA in Photography and is now in grad school in NYC, studying Photography.)
re: #196 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
It’s not like the world would be losing The Undiscovered Collaboration Between Ansel Adams and Garry Winogrand. I don’t even have any idea what’s on these rolls. I am inclined to give it a shot, but if there’s, like, chemically no way that it would work then I shouldn’t bother.
It should be OK.
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