Zefrank's True Facts: The Semi-Aquatic Hippopotamus

Zefrank’s True Facts: The Semi-Aquatic Hippopotamus

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256 comments

I Would Prefer Not To Mar 31, 2023 • 10:14:09am

wrenchwench Mar 31, 2023 • 10:16:35am

One Hippopotami

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 10:17:28am

Fascism has it’s internationale.

perfect https://t.co/Te04qT6n5N

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 31, 2023

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 10:18:44am

re: #3 jaunte

Fascism has it’s internationale.

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Guess that’s the President of the Judah Benjamin Fan Club…

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 10:20:29am

Ron, don’t you have a Mouse to persecute to advance a political agenda or something? https://t.co/zjqacGQ0S3

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) March 31, 2023

Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 10:24:00am

re: #3 jaunte

Fascism has it’s internationale.

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BUT, BuT, bUT HERitAgE, knOT HATE!!

Orange Impostor Mar 31, 2023 • 10:24:06am

re: #4 Joe Bacon

Guess that’s the President of the Judah Benjamin Fan Club…

Maybe it’s one of those evangelist Christians who want to see the rise of the Israeli super-state so that their fantasy of Armageddon (which includes extermination of ALL people of Jewish faith) comes true

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 10:26:55am

I think DA Bragg needs to have a nice socratic dialogue with Lindsay the Trump Fart Huffer!

‘Smash some windows’: Lindsey Graham makes bizarre suggestions for Trump in face of indictment

rawstory.com

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Friday bizarrely suggested that former President Donald Trump could avoid prosecution in New York by attacking police officers and committing acts of vandalism.

Writing on Twitter, Graham asked rhetorically, “How can President Trump avoid prosecution in New York?”

He then answered his own question in a followup tweet: “On the way to the DA’s office on Tuesday, Trump should smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop. He would be released IMMEDIATELY!”

Graham’s tweet as an apparent dig at the wrongly held belief that Black Lives Matter protesters who rioted in the summer of 2020 were never prosecuted for committing crimes.

As an Associated Press review found two years ago, “more than 120 defendants across the United States have pleaded guilty or were convicted at trial of federal crimes including rioting, arson and conspiracy” after committing crimes while taking part in anti-police demonstrations.

“More than 70 defendants who’ve been sentenced so far have gotten an average of about 27 months behind bars,” the AP added.

PhillyPretzel Mar 31, 2023 • 10:27:02am

re: #3 jaunte

re: #4 Joe Bacon

re: #6 Dr. Matt

I rather have Challah French Toast instead of that. It is much better.

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 10:31:44am

So Trump is the new Julius Caesar? We should call him Orange Julius.

— michael musto (@mikeymusto) March 30, 2023

Interesting counter factual history by noted MAGA Roman Empire historian.

— Christopher G. Moore (@cgmooreauthor) March 31, 2023

lawhawk Mar 31, 2023 • 10:34:38am

re: #8 Joe Bacon

I’d like to see a comparison of the charges and sentencing between those protesters and what we’ve seen thus far from 1/6 insurrectionists.

My guess is that the sentencing has been much lighter against 1/6 insurrectionists as compared to BLM protesters. In fact, it’d probably be even lighter if you exclude the handful of seditious conspiracy convictions from the bunch.

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 10:35:41am

re: #10 Captain Ron

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Shouldn’t Little Hot Wheels be more concerned about paying off that half million plus debt of his?

retired cynic Mar 31, 2023 • 10:36:09am

re: #75 Dr. Matt

Hell of a resume:

34 indictments
7 bankruptcies
3 wives
2 impeachments
2 lost popular votes
1 insurrection

Trump indictment follows 50 years of investigation on many fronts
wapo.st (gift link)
(A History, from 1973 when he met Roy Cohn)

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 10:43:16am

But my Jesusbot relatives tell me that the real criminal presidents are Carter, Bill Clinton and Obama.

Oh and Jesus forgives everything Trump does cause he stopped them babykillers.

calochortus Mar 31, 2023 • 10:44:53am

re: #10 Captain Ron

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Could he please go put on a shirt? I know there are more important problems with the content of this Tweet, but ewww.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 10:45:33am

re: #14 Joe Bacon

But my Jesusbot relatives tell me that the real criminal presidents are Carter, Bill Clinton and Obama.

Oh and Jesus forgives everything Trump does cause he stopped them babykillers.

Once you convince a complete moron that Democrats are murdering babies, they’ll put up with anything, including fascism, from the scumbag Republicans.

If anyone was acting that stupid in my life, I’d rip into them, telling them exactly how stupid they are. The idiocy has gone too far, and I have zero tolerance for it now.

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 10:56:47am

Not gonna lie. This #TransDayOfVisibility, things are hard. A lot of us are probably more afraid of being visible than ever—certainly here in the US, particularly in states actively stripping us of rights and dignity. Please reach out to encourage the trans folks in your life

— Chrissy Stroop (@C_Stroop) March 31, 2023

Thanos Mar 31, 2023 • 11:02:37am

Not looking good for my hometown team this year,
538 predictions based on pitching analysis:

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:03:37am

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 11:05:06am

Mastodon

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 11:08:03am

“…We read occasionally* in conservative literature alternations of sentences, the first an appeal to the coarsest prejudice— the next a subtle hint to a craving and insatiable skepticism.”
—Walter Bagehot, Literary Studies, 1879

*For this century, update “occasionally” to “hourly.”

wrenchwench Mar 31, 2023 • 11:08:31am

re: #20 Charles Johnson

Everything I know about Mike Pence rings hollow.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:08:45am

Are there any Republicans who are responsible adults, or are all of you this crazy?
If Trump didn’t want to spend the next decade in prison he wouldn’t have spent his life committing crimes, and even a coup. Republicans just keep lying for a narcissistic sociopath. It’s vile.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 31, 2023 • 11:09:06am

T-Minus 51 minutes until Twitter (probably) implodes.

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 11:13:19am

re: #23 Crush White Nationalism

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If Bragg gets Jordan, Graham, Comer and several other GOP assholes indicted on obstruction of justice charges…oh the heads on Fox will explode…

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 11:14:47am

Also, people need to read the entire 2nd inaugural address. Yes, there is the rightly famous “with malice toward none” line. But the entire speech also makes clear that justice must be done no matter the cost.

— Joe Ro (@joero3) March 31, 2023

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 11:14:52am

Mastodon

CleverToad Mar 31, 2023 • 11:18:21am

Somebody has to

Hippopotamus song

Hippo Encore

retired cynic Mar 31, 2023 • 11:18:42am

Opinion The GOP response to Trump is one hell of an indictment
By Dana Milbank
wapo.st (gift link)

Really, I think you will enjoy reading it, and your mind will boggle, as mine did, at the total lack of substance, logic, and morality that Milbank exposes. I mean, we KNEW it, but it is another thing to see all the cases listed, in their shabby glory.

It’s no surprise that House Republicans leaped to Donald Trump’s defense after news of his indictment broke late Thursday. What was striking, though, was how many elected GOP officials now sound like Trump.

…

Then came Thursday’s [Weaponization of the Government] hearing, at which Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Sen. Eric Schmitt, the former Missouri attorney general, seated in front of a row of people wearing “Ashli Babbitt” T-shirts, rehashed details of a lawsuit they filed alleging the Biden administration pressured social media companies to restrict content.
Apparently, Jordan worried that, once again, his witnesses’ wild allegations (“the Biden administration has led the largest speech censorship operation in recent American history”) wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny. So he settled on an elegant solution: He hustled the pair out of the room after they read their opening statements, without allowing for any questions.
Democrats objected, and the hearing quickly devolved, like the others, into parliamentary skirmishes, shouting and personal vitriol. It became, in other words, what Boebert might call a public-urination match.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:20:07am

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:28:42am

They meant keeping black people in their place.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

I don’t know if that’s really Misha, but it seems to be, and you can call and find out.

dat_said Mar 31, 2023 • 11:29:07am

Published viewpoint from the Journal of the American Medical Association: The Supreme Court Is Harming Public Health and the Environment

Conclusions

The Supreme Court’s 6 conservative justices are bringing vast changes to the public health legal landscape. The Supreme Court is impairing the government’s ability to act in the public interest and undermining safeguards for groups that have been historically marginalized. Yet far from affecting only a subset of US individuals, the justices are weakening public health, with health and equity on the line.

Touches on COVID, false/misleading scientific information, environmental health, firearm safety, abortion rights, LGBQT+ rights, Medicaid, and health equity.

Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 11:29:29am

re: #31 Crush White Nationalism

I don’t know if that’s really Misha, but it seems to be, and you can call and find out.

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It is Misha, and he is an amazingly wholesome guy. He doesn’t surprise me.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:31:31am

re: #33 Nerdy Fish

It is Misha, and he is an amazingly wholesome guy. He doesn’t surprise me.

I loved him as Castiel. Posting his cell number seems pretty risky.

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 31, 2023 • 11:35:12am

re: #34 Crush White Nationalism

I loved him as Castiel. Posting his cell number seems pretty risky.

It might well be a promo number for some new TV show or something.

Hecuba's daughter Mar 31, 2023 • 11:36:03am

word hurdle surprise

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The words on my Iphone are not the same as the words on my computer???

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 11:39:31am

apparently it’s the powerful republican norm against indicting former officials.

— bruised orange (@neilkli) March 31, 2023

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 11:41:36am

re: #34 Crush White Nationalism

I loved him as Castiel. Posting his cell number seems pretty risky.

He’s got a great series about visiting cities and mostly talking about food, but he talks about the politics as well. The one about Detroit is really devastating.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:43:31am

When I enjoy someone’s work, it’s always great to find out that they’re good people. Loved you as Castiel, and I will be watching Gotham Knights because of your Harvey Dent.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

Targetpractice Mar 31, 2023 • 11:44:32am

re: #37 Captain Ron

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Bill Clinton can’t run for the presidency any more, has made no moves to run for any other office, and has effectively been replaced by Obama as the voice of the party. So go ahead, investigate him, indict him, convict him, and put him in jail. Just don’t be surprised when the entire party fails to immediately collapse into a puddle of screaming rage when you do.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:44:54am

re: #38 Belafon

He’s got a great series about visiting cities and mostly talking about food, but he talks about the politics as well. The one about Detroit is really devastating.

Wiki tells me it’s Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:47:34am

re: #41 Crush White Nationalism

Wiki tells me it’s Roadfood: Discovering America One Dish at a Time

I think it’s time for a 7-day trial of PBS Living on Amazon Prime to check that out this weekend.

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 11:50:14am

100% this 👇👇 - something to keep in mind so that you’re not listening to sources being led around by Trump’s constant sewage pipe of misinformation: https://t.co/MnOFuqQn4R

— Opening Arguments (@openargs) March 31, 2023

Former FBI agent and senior lecturer at Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs @AshaRangappa_ joins @kyraphillips to explain the reality, of what she calls, the “information vacuum where Trump can make claims and set the narrative before anyone has a chance to respond.” pic.twitter.com/DUmMhiKBLY

— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) March 31, 2023

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 11:55:47am

Look at yourself. You’ve been destroyed. You run interference for a criminal madman who attempted a coup now. Did you ever imagine that you’d wind up this depraved and unpatriotic? pic.twitter.com/2jRdXJKAAr

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 11:56:21am

re: #43 Captain Ron

There wouldn’t be this kind of information vacuum if the political media would do its goddamn job and hit Trump and Republican statements with the level of skepticism they deserve.

Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 11:57:23am

On the way to the DA’s office on Tuesday, Trump should smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop.

He would be released IMMEDIATELY!

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) March 31, 2023

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 11:57:45am

Sliding into the weekend like pic.twitter.com/QjULJpTN3x

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) March 31, 2023

lawhawk Mar 31, 2023 • 11:57:52am

re: #44 Crush White Nationalism

Why do you hate cops?

What made you the damaged human being that you are, sucking up to a serial criminal and twice impeached insurrectionist who tried ending democracy on 1/6?

— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) March 31, 2023

PhillyPretzel Mar 31, 2023 • 11:58:41am

re: #47 Charles Johnson

The easy way down.

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 11:59:10am

re: #48 lawhawk

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Trump must have some really serious naughty stuff on Lindsay for him to double down on his asskissing.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 12:00:22pm

re: #47 Charles Johnson

That’s a really smart cat. Mork can turn toys on, but I don’t think he’d ever think to do something like that.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 12:00:58pm

re: #50 Joe Bacon

Trump must have some really serious naughty stuff on Lindsay for him to double down on his asskissing.

Seems that way, and it can’t just be that Lindsey is gay.

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 12:01:15pm

Mastodon

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 12:02:36pm

re: #50 Joe Bacon

Trump must have some really serious naughty stuff on Lindsay for him to double down on his asskissing.

Except this really isn’t much different than his kissing up to McCain, it just looks way worse because Trump so much further down the scale.

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:03:30pm

re: #52 Crush White Nationalism

Seems that way, and it can’t just be that Lindsey is gay.

This. Graham famously did a 180 degree turn from being a Trump critic to the most assiduous of Trump’s colon polyp lickers after one golf outing with Trump.

Graham is obviously compromised, and my guess is the kind of crimes that have no statutes of limitations.

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 12:03:33pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

Someone needs to download a whole bunch of tweets and run them through the code to see if the results are the same.

Hecuba's daughter Mar 31, 2023 • 12:05:03pm

re: #52 Crush White Nationalism

Seems that way, and it can’t just be that Lindsey is gay.

That’s what some tweet said a couple years ago — that Trump had something very terrible on Graham. But we will likely never learn the truth.

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:05:05pm

re: #54 Belafon

Except this really isn’t much different than his kissing up to McCain, it just looks way worse because Trump so much further down the scale.

Graham has always needed someone else to do his thinking for him — that’s what McCain was for. But back then there wasn’t this weird master-slave thing that we now see with Trump and Graham.

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 12:06:39pm

Good day to avoid TV news. Huge story of massive interest chasing almost no facts. The entirety of what is known about the indictment can be conveyed in a few minutes, and yet hours and hours of programming must be made from it. Everyone knows of this, but the ceremony goes on.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 31, 2023

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:07:04pm

re: #57 Hecuba’s daughter

That’s what some tweet said a couple years ago — that Trump had something very terrible on Graham. But we will likely never learn the truth.

Honestly, it’s so obvious that Graham is being blackmailed that an investigation of that issue should long since have been done.

Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 12:07:17pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

This. Graham famously did a 180 degree turn from being a Trump critic to the most assiduous of Trump’s colon polyp lickers after one golf outing with Trump.

Graham is obviously compromised, and my guess is the kind of crimes that have no statutes of limitations.

It has to be something more and I’m wondering if it involves divulging classified information to a certain Russian red headed agent who sprung a honey trap on him.

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:07:38pm

re: #59 Captain Ron

It’s always a good day to avoid TV news.

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 12:07:38pm

re: #58 EPR-radar

Graham has always needed someone else to do his thinking for him — that’s what McCain was for. But back then there wasn’t this weird master-slave thing that we now see with Trump and Graham.

Probably because McCain didn’t need to turn everyone around him into his puppet. I just don’t think Graham can separate himself from the personality he has latched onto, no matter how narcissistic it is.

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 12:08:03pm

re: #56 Belafon

Someone needs to download a whole bunch of tweets and run them through the code to see if the results are the same.

From a quick look, I don’t think you can build a working version from what they put on Github. It’s missing a lot of components.

Colère Tueur de Lapin Mar 31, 2023 • 12:08:44pm

re: #56 Belafon

Someone needs to download a whole bunch of tweets and run them through the code to see if the results are the same.

He shared something, right? Is it the actual current running code? Is that a dumb question?

Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 12:09:03pm

It’s truly amazing the GQP Death Cult continues to dig their heels in deeper and deeper after each time TFG shits himself from the grabbing her by the p****, to making fun of a disabled report, to mocking Gold Star parents, to siding with Russia over allies, to the Mueller report, to making fun of dead and captured veterans, to the first impeachment, to the second impeachment, to losing the WH, Senate, and Congress, to losing several red state senate seats, to a failed red wave, and now an indictment with 34 charges.

The Democrats have abandoned countless politicians for much, much, much, much less. The GQP is irreparable.

Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 12:09:29pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

From a quick look, I don’t think you can build a working version from what they put on Github. It’s missing a lot of components.

He probably had some engineer pull out a handful of relevant files and slap them up into a public Github, just to say he did it, but with no eye toward giving us something working that we could use to substantiate any claims about the algorithm.

Targetpractice Mar 31, 2023 • 12:09:53pm

re: #59 Captain Ron

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Best suggestion is to keep your news consumption to local news until at least Tuesday, largely because even the “liberal media” is currently twisting itself into knots both trying to say “HE’S FUCKED!!!” and “THIS WAS A HUGE MISTAKE!!!” simultaneously.

Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 12:11:19pm

re: #53 Charles Johnson

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I’m willing to bet the code is Elmo’s attempt to recreate The Oregon Trail.

Targetpractice Mar 31, 2023 • 12:12:47pm

re: #66 Dr. Matt

It’s truly amazing the GQP Death Cult continues to dig their heels in deeper and deeper after each time TFG shits himself from the grabbing her by the p****, to making fun of a disabled report, to mocking Gold Star parents, to siding with Russia over allies, to the Mueller report, to making fun of dead and captured veterans, to the first impeachment, to the second impeachment, to losing the WH, Senate, and Congress, to losing several red state senate seats, to a failed red wave, and now an indictment with 34 charges.

The Democrats have abandoned countless politicians for much, much, much, much less. The GQP is irreparable.

I saw John Edwards mentioned downstairs and his is probably the most relevant example right now, of a man whose career in politics was pretty much over the moment it was confirmed that he’d been screwing around behind his wife’s back. The response of the party and the voters was not to circle the wagons the moment it became public knowledge, it was to lament how much raw talent and potential had been squandered in pursuit of the forbidden fruit.

lawhawk Mar 31, 2023 • 12:13:56pm

re: #69 Dr. Matt

I’m willing to bet the code is Elmo’s attempt to recreate The Oregon Trail.

You died from dysentery. /

lizardofid Mar 31, 2023 • 12:13:58pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

From a quick look, I don’t think you can build a working version from what they put on Github. It’s missing a lot of components.

Could you finish it by splicing in frog dna?

Hecuba's daughter Mar 31, 2023 • 12:16:55pm

re: #61 Joe Bacon

It has to be something more and I’m wondering if it involves divulging classified information to a certain Russian red headed agent who sprung a honey trap on him.

Or it could involve a relationship with a very underage boy. There have been a couple politicians who went to jail for relationships with 15 year old girls.

lawhawk Mar 31, 2023 • 12:18:52pm

re: #70 Targetpractice

Bibi is another relevant example. A bunch of key Israeli officials have been indicted, tried, and convicted. Israeli President Katsav (7 years in prison for rape), former PM Olmert (corruption/bribery - 6 years reduced to 18 months), are two of the most recent convictions before Bibi was indicted on fraud. And yet Bibi managed to run and win election against a fractured left wing coalition. He put together the most extreme government in Israeli history, and the resulting strikes may yet topple his government.

But not today.

That’s what Trump is hoping for and that is what pundits here think could happen, ignoring that the US left (Democrats) aren’t fractured, and were able to turn out sufficient votes nationwide to beat back Trump. Democrats turned GA blue. They turned AZ blue. That matters. So, while GOPers are busy trying to subvert democracy in ways big and small, the turnout question was won by Democrats, and GOPers are even now starting to rethink opposition to mail in voting because it suppressed their own turnout sufficiently.

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 12:18:54pm

Mastodon

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 12:22:25pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

“Look I’m being open about the algorithm.”
“Does it work?”
“What, I’m supposed to prove something to you?”

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:22:56pm

re: #75 Charles Johnson

The “much wow” school of coding?

Dangerman Mar 31, 2023 • 12:23:37pm

re: #19 Crush White Nationalism

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“liberals” tend to not fly the confederate flag 160 odd years later

Florida Panhandler Mar 31, 2023 • 12:25:29pm

re: #3 jaunte

Fascism has it’s internationale.

…Confederate flag because a swastika still had negative connotations in Israel. For now.

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 12:28:24pm

Taibbi has attracted some interesting fans https://t.co/Lrr9nUZ2LQ pic.twitter.com/rzoPnwuBt7

— Jonathan M Katz has a newsletter called The Racket (@KatzOnEarth) March 31, 2023

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 31, 2023 • 12:29:13pm

Multiple armenian sources and MPs report that Azerbaijan has taken over new territory in Armenia. Unclear how much, could be 100 meters or 1 KM. https://t.co/062Fth9ZtA

— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) March 30, 2023

Hey, we’re teaming up with another dictatorship that’s actively war criming.

Because Iran.

Surely this (fourth, fifith, sixth?) round of trying this kind of regional strategy will produce positive outcomes and not just one big negative externality.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 12:30:24pm

re: #80 jaunte

Are you sure you’re not a lying fascist? They lie about the people who believe in democracy and rule of law a lot, often projecting their own racism.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

steve_davis Mar 31, 2023 • 12:31:17pm

true fact: more people are killed in the U.S. to gun violence than to hippos every year. But when the statistics include gun violence from hippos, it’s an entirely different story….

Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 12:35:01pm

WTFITS

Click to Reveal

Heads are exploding!!!!
Good! pic.twitter.com/UAqq6PMJf2

— Lost Boy (@3Dman44) March 31, 2023

Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 12:35:56pm

re: #55 EPR-radar

re: #52 Crush White Nationalism

I saw a very interesting conspiracy theory on TikTok regarding why Lady G and the rest of the GQPers fell in line behind Trump. I haven’t checked the timeline, so don’t shoot the messenger.

But, the thesis goes like this: Both the DNC and RNC servers were hacked by Mother Russia/Russian Proxies prior to the 2016 election. Russia leaked information from the DNC server but NOT the RNC. So, the presenter of the conspiracy theory is that perhaps Russia told Trump about salacious data/info on the RNC server, which then Trump used to get the GQPers to kiss his orange arse.

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 12:36:06pm

https://t.co/C13DVkAysz pic.twitter.com/dUTImg2nrM

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 31, 2023

Dangerman Mar 31, 2023 • 12:39:38pm

re: #24 Eclectic Cyborg

T-Minus 51 minutes until Twitter (probably) implodes.

Twitter Is Dying

Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 12:39:39pm

My 18 day streak intact:

OE1uRW8zeFMyUHM0MVZpcVlmUktyRGQ5Ti95RmVFQnMzc3puSlNIOXcvQnhwWU1HdFg5eE1XcTkwdWFYck5hS01HOUpoei9tOWtOOS9lWHVoWnhYUU9ERFAvM0lUWFhrMHVPVjBkN0xjMUxWdjVhSGFMYXJYWndQS1RONXF4aHZTQWQrTFgydmRMREt0cHF2bnVLYWorQ3hGZW9GUXdGc1g4dVo5Y2JWMHBFPTo68V1Wn1W0xcZQPEWQze7M3w==

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 12:40:45pm

Every New Yorker opening their letter for Jury Duty this Fall…:-)#DonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/rhAxWPaOT1

— An Actual Patriot - Not That Faux MAGA Trash!! (@Judson4America) March 31, 2023

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 12:41:29pm

re: #86 The Pie Overlord!

No, but the person running the account you responded to is a criminal who looked the other way when kids were molested and was part of a coup attempt in service of a narcissistic sociopath. Rejecting fascism is not a crime in America.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 12:42:23pm

This is something you might say about AOC, or Rashida Tlaib, but MTG is a fucking nazi.

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, nicknamed MTG, isn’t afraid to share her opinions, no matter how intense and in-your-face they are. She sits down with Lesley Stahl this Sunday on 60 Minutes. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/BIzcRHgrLT

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 31, 2023

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:42:58pm

re: #85 Dr. Matt

That’s has basically been my assumption all along. We know Graham is being blackmailed. It’s only the finer details that are uncertain.

As for the rest of the GOP, it is less certain blackmail is a factor. Their natural level of corruption and fear of their depraved suffices to explain their behavior.

Mike Lamb Mar 31, 2023 • 12:43:43pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

This is something you might say about AOC, or Rashida Tlaib, but MTG is a fucking nazi.

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Super cool to signal boost this fucking lunatic.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 12:44:15pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

This is something you might say about AOC, or Rashida Tlaib, but MTG is a fucking nazi.

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That’s a weird way of saying that she’s a lawless lunatic who lies to undermine America. Why are you giving this crackpot attention? Report on her when she’s indicted.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

Dangerman Mar 31, 2023 • 12:44:27pm

re: #70 Targetpractice

I saw John Edwards mentioned downstairs and his is probably the most relevant example right now, of a man whose career in politics was pretty much over the moment it was confirmed that he’d been screwing around behind his wife’s back. The response of the party and the voters was not to circle the wagons the moment it became public knowledge, it was to lament how much raw talent and potential had been squandered in pursuit of the forbidden fruit.

cunningham

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 12:45:21pm

re: #93 Mike Lamb

Super cool to signal boost this fucking lunatic.

60 Minutes is signal boosting. Do you think Lesley Stahl is going to treat her with kid gloves? ISTR Lesley Stahl got TFG so wound up that he stomped out of the interview.

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 12:45:25pm

re: #93 Mike Lamb

Super cool to signal boost this fucking lunatic.

Goddamn, the political media in this country is awful. This is malice, not mere incompetence.

Mike Lamb Mar 31, 2023 • 12:46:28pm

re: #96 The Pie Overlord!

60 Minutes is signal boosting. Do you think Lesley Stahl is going to treat her with kid gloves? ISTR Lesley Stahl got TFG so wound up that he stomped out of the interview.

I don’t think Greene will care. She’s not as thin skinned as Drumpf.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 12:47:58pm

re: #98 Mike Lamb

I don’t think Greene will care. She’s not as thin skinned as Drumpf.

She’s too dumb to know when she’s been successfully called out on anything. She’ll just keep talking, probably too loudly, because she’s too stupid to speak like a mentally-whole person.

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Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 12:49:25pm

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steve_davis Mar 31, 2023 • 12:50:05pm

re: #63 Belafon

Probably because McCain didn’t need to turn everyone around him into his puppet. I just don’t think Graham can separate himself from the personality he has latched onto, no matter how narcissistic it is.

Graham is the classic southern political poltroon. He is so morally empty that his life revolves around being found worthy by the utter rednecks who turn out faithfully in the upstate to ensure his reelection every six years. This part of the world once elected Butler Derrick, but that time is long dead. Also once had Fritz Hollings, whose claim to fame was leading a tour of the wretched conditions of black-majority schools in the low country.

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Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 12:52:29pm

One Million Moms Vs “Bent Manhood” Ads [VIDEO] - https://t.co/r7YuaXgOVu pic.twitter.com/k9iv91yMaI

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) March 31, 2023

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 31, 2023 • 12:59:29pm

downstairs, someone asked what the background story was on Soros and Bragg.

Here are a couple of explainers that I found:

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ties to billionaire George Soros are not as close as Republicans claim

Soros’ connection to Bragg — and possible influence on his investigation into Trump — are not as clear as Republicans leaders would make them sound. There’s no proof Bragg is “bought by Soros,” as Vance puts it.

A Soros advisor, who declined to be named to speak openly about private matters, said the billionaire “has never met or spoken to Alvin Bragg.”

Most of the criticism of Bragg appears to stem from support, and later political pressure, he received from the racial justice group Color of Change, which tries to influence government and corporate policy around the country. Soros donated $1 million to the Color of Change PAC in 2021. The Soros-funded Open Society Policy Center also piled $7 million into the group’s separate 501(c)(4) arm that year.

Yet, those familiar with the contributions said that the money the billionaire and his organization gave to Color of Change was not earmarked to back Bragg’s campaign, or intended to be used in an effort to pressure the DA.

Soros’ $1 million check to the Color of Change PAC, the largest individual donation it received in the 2022 election cycle, came days after it endorsed Bragg for district attorney and pledged more than $1 million in spending to support his candidacy, according to records.

A Color of Change official, who declined to be named to speak openly about private matters, told CNBC that the group ended up spending around $500,000 to back Bragg.

George Soros Denies Knowing or Donating to Alvin Bragg

On Friday, Soros gave a rare rebuke of attempts to link him to progressive prosecutors, stating that he neither knew Bragg nor donated to his election campaign. “As a matter of fact I did not contribute to his campaign and I don’t know him,” he told Semafor, “I think some on the right would rather focus on far-fetched conspiracy theories than on the serious charges against the former president.”

Soros, a Jewish-Hungarian billionaire, is a prolific donor to progressive causes. His wealth and religious affiliation have made him a target of antisemitic conspiracies which cast him as the shadowy boogeyman behind all manner of social and political change. The rights sees the name “Soros” as a euphemism for globalist political manipulation, and one need not have interacted with Soros to be accused of being under his thumb.

The ties between Soros and Bragg are based on little more than a donation the billionaire made to Color of Change, an organization that supports candidates for prosecutorial office. According to a report from The New York Times, Color of Change, which endorsed Bragg in 2021, never directly donated funds to Bragg but did spend on turnout efforts on his behalf. Soros gave Color of Change $1 million after the group endorsed Bragg, and the group reportedly intended to help Bragg with the money. Color of Change ultimately spent around $500,000 supporting Bragg, who was one of several candidates endorsed by the group in the 2022 election cycle. Soros had given to the group multiple times before it endorsed Bragg.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Mar 31, 2023 • 1:00:52pm

re: #4 Joe Bacon

Guess that’s the President of the Judah Benjamin Fan Club…

Someone who actually understands that pulling out an actual Nazi swastika flag there would not go well.

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Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 1:01:27pm

2 videos from a school board meeting in TN advocating banning books, same day as the school shooting… pic.twitter.com/QCYls14BLo

— ChudsOfTikTok (@ChudsOfTikTok) March 31, 2023

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 1:02:29pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

downstairs, someone asked what the background story was on Soros and Bragg.

Here’s are a couple of explainers that I found:

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ties to billionaire George Soros are not as close as Republicans claim

George Soros Denies Knowing or Donating to Alvin Bragg

Republican propagandists want their victims to become fascist scum with the same targets as the Nazis. I think that’s been obvious for years now.

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Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 1:06:34pm

Covenant School covered up child sexual abuse ~15 years ago.https://t.co/qx7nfLLLRc

— superlorna69 (@superlorna69) March 27, 2023

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Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 1:09:22pm

Jeanine Pirro’s ‘pretty desperate’ quest to push debunked Dominion claims revealed in new leak

Media Matters for America senior fellow Matt Gertz has published some new slide decks used by Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News, and one particularly intriguing slide revolves around Fox News host Jeanine Pirro.

Jeanine Pirro’s executive producer re: her 11/21/20 show (which was filled with Dominion lies): “She is refusing to drastically change the open despite the fact check.”

Executive overseeing show: “Understood.” pic.twitter.com/8JoK18qDwc

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 31, 2023

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gocart mozart Mar 31, 2023 • 1:09:29pm

💣 https://t.co/YOlpvCX0Yo

— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) March 31, 2023

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Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 1:12:26pm

re: #107 Teukka

An interesting fact is that Hale appears to be in the right age to have been the child which was abused.
Don’t know if it’s coincidence until the manifesto or further investigation details are out.
But I’m not holding my breath…

— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) March 31, 2023

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 1:15:05pm

re: #109 gocart mozart

I didn’t think that I could hear Trump’s voice without getting angry. I was wrong.

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Captain Magic Mar 31, 2023 • 1:15:23pm

Erm….Isn’t Trump’s indictment going to get bounced due to statute of limitations?

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No Malarkey! Mar 31, 2023 • 1:15:58pm

re: #112 Captain Magic

Erm….Isn’t Trump’s indictment going to get bounced due to statute of limitations?

No. It was stayed while he was outside New York.

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Romantic Heretic Mar 31, 2023 • 1:18:17pm

re: #50 Joe Bacon

Or maybe it’s just that Trump is his special master.

Image: SpecialMasterWEB.jpg

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No Malarkey! Mar 31, 2023 • 1:18:50pm

re: #108 Joe Bacon

Jeanine Pirro’s ‘pretty desperate’ quest to push debunked Dominion claims revealed in new leak

Media Matters for America senior fellow Matt Gertz has published some new slide decks used by Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News, and one particularly intriguing slide revolves around Fox News host Jeanine Pirro.

Partial Summary Judgment granted to Dominion; actual malice has to be decided by the jury.

BREAKING: a judge has DENIED summary judgment to Fox, but GRANTS summary judgment IN PART to Dominion. Granted: falsity, “of and concerning”, and publication. Denied: actual Malice - that must be heard by a jury. We’re going to trial! pic.twitter.com/K7LotcqQqW

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 31, 2023

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Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 1:20:29pm

NEW: The judge in the Dominion versus Fox News case has entered an Order Denying Fox News’ Motion for Summary Judgment and GRANTING in part Dominion’s Motion for Summary Judgment. pic.twitter.com/s95DbSNkcM

— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) March 31, 2023

However, the Court denied Dominion’s motion as it pertained to “actual malice” and is allowing that issue to go to the jury in April. pic.twitter.com/6K4qBoORsG

— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) March 31, 2023

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The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 1:21:50pm

Please identify the problems with our website for free because i fired all the people who used to do that pic.twitter.com/ZUOcnZrVqP

— eve6 (@Eve6) March 31, 2023

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Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 1:22:33pm

re: #115 No Malarkey!

Partial Summary Judgment granted to Dominion; actual malice has to be decided by the jury.

Not unexpected. Actual malice is the toughest bar to clear. But this is a phenomenally good start.

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Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 1:23:56pm

re: #109 gocart mozart

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At times like this, I really love you internet. 💕💕💕

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Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 1:24:46pm

Fox News Memo: “Label All Biden Policies As Socialism” - https://t.co/RBYsABYauL pic.twitter.com/mfsnO6w4Lp

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) March 31, 2023

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 31, 2023 • 1:25:43pm

re: #91 The Pie Overlord!

This is something you might say about AOC, or Rashida Tlaib, but MTG is a fucking nazi.

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ARGGGGGGH. Why is CBS platforming her like this??

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No Malarkey! Mar 31, 2023 • 1:25:49pm

re: #118 Nerdy Fish

Not unexpected. Actual malice is the toughest bar to clear. But this is a phenomenally good start.

Yes, its very bad news for Fox that they couldn’t even produce enough evidence of Dominion voter machine fraud to create an issue for the jury. Summary judgement is disfavored, so its not a high bar to clear to create an issue of material fact for the jury. Now the jury will go into deliberations being told that Fox News broadcast lies.

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Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 1:27:19pm

.@elonmusk’s tweets have legal consequences, Exhibit 47,951. https://t.co/bPH9h5uZqJ

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) March 31, 2023

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Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 1:27:28pm

re: #115 No Malarkey!

Partial Summary Judgment granted to Dominion; actual malice has to be decided by the jury.

“We’re just low-level coffee boys”
~Fox Corp

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PhillyPretzel Mar 31, 2023 • 1:32:39pm

It is a good thing that I am home today. I just took a peek at the Nat’l Weather Service website and Philly is going to get some heavy weather tomorrow.

weather.gov

I also topped off my batteries just in case the power goes out.

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gwangung Mar 31, 2023 • 1:32:46pm

re: #118 Nerdy Fish

Not unexpected. Actual malice is the toughest bar to clear. But this is a phenomenally good start.

I don’t think there was any way for the judge to decide it in place of the jury. Instant basis of appeal.

But, still a good shot with the jury….(though there’s always a chance for brain dead jurists…)

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Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 1:34:31pm

re: #126 gwangung

I don’t think there was any way for the judge to decide it in place of the jury. Instant basis of appeal.

But, still a good shot with the jury….(though there’s always a chance for brain dead jurists…)

There’s a world in which it could happen, but Fox’s reply to summary judgment would’ve had to have been the most brain-dead legal reply ever written. As pointed out above, even just to get this much thrown at them on SJ, they’re already on a bad footing.

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Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 1:35:07pm

In the motorcade in Zambia, and this is one of the first signs we see.

The last time Kamala Harris was in Zambia she was a young girl visiting her grandfather, Mr. P.V. Gopalan & now she’s back as Vice President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/TZ2CjFjGSy

— Opal Vadhan (@OpalVadhan46) March 31, 2023

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The Ghost of a Flea Mar 31, 2023 • 1:36:02pm

re: #97 EPR-radar

Goddamn, the political media in this country is awful. This is malice, not mere incompetence.

re: #121 Eclectic Cyborg

ARGGGGGGH. Why is CBS platforming her like this??

What if I told you that there was a simple explanation for why a for-profit entertainment entity would platform someone that creates spectacle and conflict?

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Dangerman Mar 31, 2023 • 1:40:38pm

The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, and Vox won’t pay for the blue checkmark

in short order, not having the blue checkmark will be a sign of authenticity.

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steve_davis Mar 31, 2023 • 1:42:20pm

re: #103 Backwoods_Sleuth

downstairs, someone asked what the background story was on Soros and Bragg.

Here’s are a couple of explainers that I found:

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ties to billionaire George Soros are not as close as Republicans claim

George Soros Denies Knowing or Donating to Alvin Bragg

“not as close as Republicans claim” i.e. “don’t actually exist.” Media needs to die in this country and be reborn as the adversarial fourth-estate it was supposed to be.

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Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 1:42:24pm

Damn I’m gonna have to really stock up on Jiffy Pop knowing that Dominion gets the jury trial and they’re gonna put Screwpert Murdoch on the stand!

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Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 1:42:25pm

There are deep fakes and then there are bad deep fakes:

Morgan Freeman BLASTS Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/qyPZaIPZmG

— 🔥⭐️Edwin⭐️🔥 (@Edwin07011) March 31, 2023

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Dangerman Mar 31, 2023 • 1:44:29pm

“When former President Donald Trump arrives for his first appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court next week, he will look up at a judge who has played a key role in several investigations involving those in Trump’s orbit,” CBS News reports.

so of course

This case is starting off about how I expected. pic.twitter.com/lINa1s728o

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 31, 2023

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The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 1:47:40pm

60Minutes has Ratio of the Day

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, nicknamed MTG, isn’t afraid to share her opinions, no matter how intense and in-your-face they are. She sits down with Lesley Stahl this Sunday on 60 Minutes. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/BIzcRHgrLT

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) March 31, 2023

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Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 1:47:54pm

re: #133 Dr. Matt

There are deep fakes and then there are bad deep fakes:

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I think Freeman should sue. Spend some money setting a precedent in release deep fakes of someone.

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Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 1:48:43pm

re: #130 Dangerman

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The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, and Vox won’t pay for the blue checkmark

in short order, not having the blue checkmark will be a sign of authenticity.

Except Musk has now backed off requiring them to pay for the checkmark.

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Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 1:53:20pm

Dirty Loops - Work Shit Out

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steve_davis Mar 31, 2023 • 1:54:24pm

re: #134 Dangerman

so of course

did he mean “appealing” down there, or perhaps appalling?

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Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 1:57:10pm

re: #130 Dangerman

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The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, and Vox won’t pay for the blue checkmark

in short order, not having the blue checkmark will be a sign of authenticity.

They may refer to it as a checkmark, but those with them are definitely marks.

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A Three Hour Tour Mar 31, 2023 • 1:58:32pm

re: #120 Captain Ron

Dear Fox “News”:
When EVERYTHING is socialism, NOTHING is.

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PhillyPretzel Mar 31, 2023 • 2:00:04pm

re: #141 A Three Hour Tour

Fox is trying to make a “man bites dog” story out of nothing.

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Dr. Matt Mar 31, 2023 • 2:01:40pm

re: #120 Captain Ron

That’s been the GQP marching orders for decades. Everything they don’t like is socialism, communism, etc. And more recently everything they don’t like is “woke”.

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retired cynic Mar 31, 2023 • 2:03:23pm

We have a small group chat of like-minded horsey-folks, and one just sent me this:

MVP: Okay Joe I’ve got my coffee tell me everything

POTUS: Now I’m not one to gossip but I heard he was begging his secret service detail to hide him

MVP: Let me put an alert on my phone so I don’t miss the arrest

POTUS: I’ll send it to the group chat with Hillary and Barack pic.twitter.com/B2FmcDvMpT

— Qondi (@QondiNtini) March 31, 2023

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Joe Bacon Mar 31, 2023 • 2:07:11pm

Mr. President deserves more ice cream.

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Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 2:07:42pm

Whew. Trump is really raging at his shitty website. Mixed with hilariously blatant grifting for cash.

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retired cynic Mar 31, 2023 • 2:08:27pm

re: #81 The Ghost of a Flea

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Hey, we’re teaming up with another dictatorship that’s actively war criming.

Because Iran.

Surely this (fourth, fifith, sixth?) round of trying this kind of regional strategy will produce positive outcomes and not just one big negative externality.

That is EXACTLY what I was worried about.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 31, 2023 • 2:08:59pm

re: #81 The Ghost of a Flea

“We have been receiving news since early morning that the Azerbaijani armed forces have invaded Armenian territory several kilometers since yesterday and reached the outskirts of Tegh village” - Armenian news outlet Hraparak

— Faytuks News

We will start capturing journalists and killing them one by one until we have no more Faytuks to give!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 31, 2023 • 2:10:44pm

re: #70 Targetpractice

I saw John Edwards mentioned downstairs and his is probably the most relevant example right now, of a man whose career in politics was pretty much over the moment it was confirmed that he’d been screwing around behind his wife’s back.

How about Gary Hart?

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sagehen Mar 31, 2023 • 2:14:48pm

re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

How about Gary Hart?

Anthony Weiner.

And he didn’t even have sex with anyone, it was just DM’s.

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I Would Prefer Not To Mar 31, 2023 • 2:15:36pm

re: #150 sagehen

Anthony Weiner.

And he didn’t even have sex with anyone, it was just DM’s.

to someone underage

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 31, 2023 • 2:17:23pm

re: #134 Dangerman

Sure, trash the DA, Judge and prosecutors. That oughta go well for you.

Also, agreeing to a plea deal is basically the opposite of getting railroaded.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 31, 2023 • 2:21:01pm

re: #120 Captain Ron

Fox News Memo: “Label All Biden Policies As Socialism”

“Label everything we don’t like as socialism” has been their approach for decades now…

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BlueSpotinAL Mar 31, 2023 • 2:21:37pm

Some of you may see this before Shabat starts.

Today is the year anniversary since the liberation of Bucha, #Ukraine

A year ago, we discovered the massacres of Ukrainians by the Russian invaders.

I arrived in Bucha the day after the liberation & saw the massacre with my own eyes.

We will always remember 🇺🇦🕯️#Bucha pic.twitter.com/H5liJ1IVkQ

— Chief Rabbi Of Ukraine Moshe Azman (@RabbiUkraine) March 31, 2023

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TedStriker Mar 31, 2023 • 2:23:20pm

re: #64 Charles Johnson

From a quick look, I don’t think you can build a working version from what they put on Github. It’s missing a lot of components.

re: #72 lizardofid

Could you finish it by splicing in frog dna?

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The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 2:24:05pm

And another NOT A DRAG QUEEN

A Minnesota jury has found GOP strategist, donor & founder of Big Tent Republicans, Anton Lazzaro, guilty of sex trafficking children. pic.twitter.com/5elzJzV8cV

— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) March 31, 2023

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Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 2:26:13pm

I’m not an economist, but I’ve long held that suppressing wage growth was been the real evil in the system over the last 40 years, and had wages kept pace with production at the worker level, the impact of the pandemic would have been lessened regarding the hiring problems and inflation.

It’s fantastic that @brycecovert got so much on the Fed’s long-standing obsession with weakening labor into her NYT piece. This is history that should be much better known. https://t.co/CU9WlSs5KY pic.twitter.com/77kFX6dsd4

— JW Mason (@JWMason1) March 31, 2023

158

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 2:34:45pm

pic.twitter.com/nSI8LnFY3h

— HBServetus (@HBServetus) March 31, 2023

159

Patricia Kayden Mar 31, 2023 • 2:36:15pm

Mastodon

160

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 2:38:50pm

re: #158 The Pie Overlord!

For Trump to face justice if you’re a patriotic American. Are you a patriotic American, or do you think a lawless narcissistic sociopath should be above the law if he’s popular with the radicalized-right? Our laws need to apply to everyone.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

161

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 31, 2023 • 2:40:18pm

re: #160 Crush White Nationalism

My thoughts and prayers are for Trump and also our country, as I see everything our forebears fought for on the cusp of collapsing

Our forebears fought to keep a class of rich white landowners in a position above the law.

162

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 2:43:40pm

re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Our forebears fought to keep a class of rich white landowners in a position above the law.

Can’t have the abusive system collapse.

163

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 2:44:24pm

LO fucking L

Mastodon

164

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 2:44:50pm

Twitter comedy of the day, from the newly released “recommendation algorithm” at Github, in the file HomeTweetTypePredicates.scalahttps://t.co/0wImhlJc5R pic.twitter.com/GDshOz7xi9

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 31, 2023

165

Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 2:48:40pm

re: #163 darthstar

LO fucking L

[Embedded content]

He’s deleting this from the code? But this is the flag he EXPLICITLY TOLD his engineers to put in so that it prioritizes his Tweets above everybody else’s… Is he sure that’s what he wants?

166

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 2:48:56pm

Mastodon

167

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 2:50:25pm

Mastodon

168

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 2:51:40pm

re: #165 Nerdy Fish

He’s deleting this from the code? But this is the flag he EXPLICITLY TOLD his engineers to put in so that it prioritizes his Tweets above everybody else’s… Is he sure that’s what he wants?

He’s an insecure man child and he just told the world about it. He’s also an idiot.

169

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 31, 2023 • 2:51:50pm

re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Our forebears fought to keep a class of rich white landowners in a position above the law.

And now we’re almost all the way in the opposite direction.

170

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 2:52:17pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

STOP LAUGHING AT ME!

171

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 2:52:18pm

re: #167 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

“I’ll have someone look into this!”

Shouts down a corridor of empty offices in a building he’s behind in paying rent on.

172

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 2:54:10pm

Let this be a lesson to you, kids: never share your algorithm with strangers.

173

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 2:55:36pm

The issues page at Github!

github.com

174

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 2:56:05pm

Wow, white supremacist “Ricky Vaughn” found guilty:

Amidst other hoopla, EDNY quietly convicts a right-wing twitter user for conspiring to deprive Hillary supporters of their voting rights. pic.twitter.com/H0zueUeATI

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 31, 2023

175

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 2:57:44pm

re: #158 The Pie Overlord!

nevermind, i just realized what you must’ve been saving FDR for

— man it’s a hot zone, (@Mobute) March 31, 2023

176

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 2:57:58pm

re: #174 Barefoot Grin

Wow, white supremacist “Ricky Vaughn” found guilty:

[Embedded content]

We’re gradually being paid back emotionally for all the shit white nationalists and their leader Trump put us through.

177

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 2:58:17pm

The hits keep coming:

Just in: Federal jury finds Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, a one-time Minnesota Republican political operative and top donor, guilty on all counts of sex trafficking five girls, ages 15 and 16.

— MPR News (@MPRnews) March 31, 2023

178

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 2:59:20pm

re: #173 Charles Johnson

The issues page at Github!

github.com

Rewrite it in assembly

179

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 3:00:29pm

re: #177 Barefoot Grin

The hits keep coming:

So he won’t be a character witness for Trump at his trial.

180

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 3:00:54pm

I just posted one.

181

Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 3:02:29pm

re: #178 darthstar

Rewrite it in assembly

[Embedded content]

“Will this repo get deleted?”

Hurry up and fork it!

182

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 3:02:30pm

re: #180 Charles Johnson

I just posted one.

“That doesn’t mean Elon”

183

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 3:02:53pm

re: #179 darthstar

So he won’t be a character witness for Trump at his trial.

He’s not the Gaetz we wanted, but he’s the Gaetz we got.

184

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 3:03:16pm

You can download a ZIP of it.

185

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 3:08:06pm

re: #165 Nerdy Fish

He’s deleting this from the code? But this is the flag he EXPLICITLY TOLD his engineers to put in so that it prioritizes his Tweets above everybody else’s… Is he sure that’s what he wants?

He’s deleting it from the released code, not the working code.

186

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 3:12:04pm

new and improved pic.twitter.com/gimQSwpDeE

— cats being weird little guys (@weirdlilguys) March 31, 2023

187

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 31, 2023 • 3:13:06pm

re: #150 sagehen

Anthony Weiner.

And he didn’t even have sex with anyone, it was just DM’s.

Al Franken

188

Patricia Kayden Mar 31, 2023 • 3:15:26pm

Mastodon

189

Patricia Kayden Mar 31, 2023 • 3:17:20pm

re: #177 Barefoot Grin

Not a Drag Queen

190

Patricia Kayden Mar 31, 2023 • 3:20:15pm

re: #160 Crush White Nationalism

Jeff, tell him to paint a portrait of Trump facing justice in an orange jumpsuit!! LOL

191

Captain Magic Mar 31, 2023 • 3:22:13pm

re: #186 Charles Johnson

On last night’s @JetBlue flight, ONT-JFK: “Is anyone missing a CAT. A grey-and-white CAT.” Yes I woke up for this. pic.twitter.com/XE5ywPM9x7

— Yi Shun Lai (賴儀遜) (@gooddirt) March 17, 2023

192

Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 3:23:52pm

Red Flag Alert for Genocide - USA [Lemkin Institute]

At the mainstream Conservative Political Action Conference in the USA on March 4, American actor-turned-pundit Michael Knowles announced that “for the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely” to loud applause and shouts of support. The Lemkin Institute is horrified by Knowles’ statement, which is part of a much more widespread pattern of genocidal language and policies being used by political actors in the USA against the transgender community.

[More at link]

More on Raphael Lemkin

193

Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 3:25:23pm

re: #192 Teukka

Red Flag Alert for Genocide - USA [Lemkin Institute]

At the mainstream Conservative Political Action Conference in the USA on March 4, American actor-turned-pundit Michael Knowles announced that “for the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely” to loud applause and shouts of support. The Lemkin Institute is horrified by Knowles’ statement, which is part of a much more widespread pattern of genocidal language and policies being used by political actors in the USA against the transgender community.

[More at link]

More on Raphael Lemkin

Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention issues Red Flag Alert for the United States of America. https://t.co/0UfDeGYY7K

— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) March 31, 2023

194

Patricia Kayden Mar 31, 2023 • 3:28:21pm

re: #192 Teukka

He claimed that he never called for the death of transgender people. SMH

195

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mar 31, 2023 • 3:34:42pm

re: #191 Captain Magic

I haven’t been in an airplane since before 9/11. Is this really a thing that happens now?

196

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 31, 2023 • 3:34:49pm

re: #194 Patricia Kayden

He claimed that he never called for the death of transgender people. SMH

There’s fucking video of him saying it. JFC.

197

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 3:35:06pm

Local Trump Indictment reaction:
I just took a drive into Brenham for groceries; the house at the city limits on FM 389 is now flying their American flag upside down.

198

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 3:35:24pm

I think Stable Diffusion turned out a lot worse than Midjourney for this prompt.

Stable Diffusion Online above. Midjourney below.

199

Teukka Mar 31, 2023 • 3:38:43pm

re: #194 Patricia Kayden

He claimed that he never called for the death of transgender people. SMH

Direct and public incitement to Genocide?

200

Moe Avattar Mar 31, 2023 • 3:41:24pm

re: #194 Patricia Kayden

He claimed that he never called for the death of transgender people. SMH

Charles Manson never told anyone to hurt Sharon Tate.

201

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 3:43:12pm

re: #200 Moe Avattar

Charles Manson never told anyone to hurt Sharon Tate.

“It’s too late….”

Sorry.

202

sagehen Mar 31, 2023 • 3:43:44pm

re: #198 Crush White Nationalism

I think Stable Diffusion turned out a lot worse than Midjourney for this prompt.

[Embedded content]

Is that giant cats, or a tiny Tardis?

203

gocart mozart Mar 31, 2023 • 3:44:39pm

Corrected version pic.twitter.com/FGYCviBkTv

— 1997 Nissan Sentra (FKA Serpico Rising) (@97Nissan) March 31, 2023

204

Captain Magic Mar 31, 2023 • 3:47:04pm

re: #195 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Probably got out of it’s carrier..

205

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 3:47:19pm

re: #203 gocart mozart

That’s fucking hilarious.

206

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 3:52:43pm

Zero points. See me after class.

207

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 3:54:31pm

re: #202 sagehen

Is that giant cats, or a tiny Tardis?

I told it to do a giant cat.

208

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 3:55:43pm

“Cocaine News” with Donald Trump Jr. | The Daily Show

209

William Lewis Mar 31, 2023 • 3:56:54pm

Weather is ugly down in Arkansas and Tennessee. And of course, the damage in Little Rock and Wynne won’t be helped much by Fuckabee being in charge < spit >

Thankfully Memphis is ok so far…

210

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 3:57:51pm

re: #195 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I haven’t been in an airplane since before 9/11. Is this really a thing that happens now?

Well, people are allowed to bring ESA pets on the plane with them. It could happen that the ESA gets loose in the cabin. If it’s a cat or a puppy, people are all like AWWWWWWW but if it is a python or a tarantula people are all OMGWEREALLGONNADIE.

211

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 4:01:12pm

New: Prominent Republican strategist and campaign manager Anton Lazarro was just convicted on five counts of underage sex trafficking, paying teenage girls for sex. https://t.co/8iashc1327 pic.twitter.com/xsRT1BLuHI

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 31, 2023

Prosecutor said: Lazzaro told Gisella what he wanted delivered to his doorstep. Girls ages 16-18, but said 16 was best. Looking for: White, no tattoos, skinny, small, tiny. He wanted sluts, whores and the broken girls.

212

Hecuba's daughter Mar 31, 2023 • 4:01:29pm

….

213

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:01:35pm

Ah, those wild and crazy Finns.

The Defense Minister of Finland letting it loose celebrating Finland’s accession to NATO -

Perjantai, 31.3.2023. pic.twitter.com/8gSkV8TPLP

— Antti Kaikkonen (@anttikaikkonen) March 31, 2023

214

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:02:28pm

600 injured in Little Rock from tornadoes.

215

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mar 31, 2023 • 4:05:11pm

re: #208 Charles Johnson

Cocaine Decisions

I don’t wanna know ‘bout the things that you pull
Outta your nose or where they goes
But if you are wasted from the stuff you’re stickin’ in it
I get madder every day
‘Cause what you do and what you say affects my life in such a way
I learn to hate it every minute

216

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:05:36pm

re: #212 Hecuba’s daughter

Someone in the thread claimed that was Robert E Lee behind Lincoln. I’m not an expert — could it be another leader, either President or a Union general?

It’s wearing what appears to be a grey military coat. So it could well be.

Probably somebody online has catalogued the supposed figures.

217

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mar 31, 2023 • 4:05:45pm

re: #211 jaunte

Quick, someone find video of him at a drag show…

218

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 4:06:16pm

re: #212 Hecuba’s daughter

Someone in the thread claimed that was Robert E Lee behind Lincoln. I’m not an expert — could it be another leader, either President or a Union general?

Maybe.

The other guy behind Lincoln is Billy Dee Williams.

Why can’t Naughton label his people like Garrison does?

219

Hecuba's daughter Mar 31, 2023 • 4:07:56pm

re: #160 Crush White Nationalism

[Embedded content]

Someone in the thread claimed that was Robert E Lee behind Lincoln. I’m not an expert — could it be another leader, either President or a Union general?

220

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mar 31, 2023 • 4:08:24pm

re: #213 ckkatz

Finland

221

Charles Johnson Mar 31, 2023 • 4:08:51pm

Microsoft Edge for Mac is actually a very nice browser.

222

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:08:56pm

For those following Stew Peters. So the rest of us don’t have to.

Truly impressive 24 hours from Stew Peters: a fake video of Biden, a fake photo of a California Democrat, a fake Norm Macdonald tweet, a mislabeled old video from France. pic.twitter.com/2bFn4l48FT

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 30, 2023

223

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mar 31, 2023 • 4:12:04pm

re: #221 Charles Johnson

The signals I pick up in my fillings tell me that Edge for any platform collects as much (or more) personal data as Google Chrome, and you’ll take my Firefox when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers (or when Mozilla finally shits the bed, whichever comes first).

224

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 4:12:20pm

re: #222 ckkatz

For those following Stew Peters. So the rest of us don’t have to.

[Embedded content]

This is an outrage. Lord Elon is supposed to boost Conservative Tweets. He’s clearly chosen his side.

225

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 4:12:34pm

And the grift goes on and on and on and on

Trump claims he raised $4 million off the indictment and his campaign is offering free T-shirts to donations above a certain threshold. pic.twitter.com/6fIrga1P6v

— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) March 31, 2023

226

Markm1960 Mar 31, 2023 • 4:13:36pm

re: #216 ckkatz

It’s wearing what appears to be a grey military coat. So it could well be.

Probably somebody online has catalogued the supposed figures.

100%RE Lee. Zoom in and you can kind of make out stars on his collar.

227

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 4:14:41pm

re: #221 Charles Johnson

Microsoft Edge for Mac is actually a very nice browser.

It’s chromium.

228

William Lewis Mar 31, 2023 • 4:15:14pm

re: #223 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

The signals I pick up in my fillings tell me that Edge for any platform collects as much (or more) personal data as Google Chrome, and you’ll take my Firefox when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers (or when Mozilla finally shits the bed, whichever comes first).

What prompted me to drop it was the dev version followed Chrome in disallowing ad blockers. Nope. I hate firefucked but no ad blocker is worse yet.

229

Crush White Nationalism Mar 31, 2023 • 4:15:28pm

re: #225 The Pie Overlord!

So many Republicans are either hopelessly corrupt or so hopelessly stupid that they don’t understand that Trump is a criminal. He’d be foolish not to grift them.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 31, 2023

230

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 4:16:12pm

re: #214 Belafon

600 injured in Little Rock from tornadoes.

And now they have to get scolded by Governor Huckabooboo.

231

The Pie Overlord! Mar 31, 2023 • 4:17:30pm

OK it’s time for me to log off. See you on the other side of Shabbat!

232

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:17:35pm

re: #227 darthstar

It’s chromium.

It’s funny that it and Chrome are the same browser and yet I can find web pages that display better in one than the other.

233

Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 4:18:23pm

re: #231 The Pie Overlord!

OK it’s time for me to log off. See you on the other side of Shabbat!

Shabbat Shalom, scaly friend.

234

PhillyPretzel Mar 31, 2023 • 4:18:31pm

re: #231 The Pie Overlord!

Good Shabbat.

235

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 4:18:41pm

Mastodon

236

PhillyPretzel Mar 31, 2023 • 4:20:51pm

From WHYY:
John Fetterman has left Walter Reed. Depression is in remission.
whyy.org

237

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:21:42pm

re: #235 darthstar

Someone needs to make a Chrome plug in that allows me to open a link in my universodon account.

238

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Mar 31, 2023 • 4:23:43pm

re: #211 jaunte

Anton Lazzaro, who founded a political action committee called Big Tent Republicans & was a GOP strategist, donor & contributor on Fox News, has been found guilty on all counts, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor & 5 counts of sex trafficking a minor. pic.twitter.com/T7YUakuVdR

— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) March 31, 2023

Lazzaro referenced Jeffrey Epstein in a text exchange saying “poor Jeff” & “RIP my brother” on the one year anniversary of his death. pic.twitter.com/VfJKC9mHF0

— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) March 31, 2023

239

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 4:26:08pm

re: #238 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

“When you’re a [Republican] star they let you do it.”

240

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:31:31pm

Forest flowers
(Finnish Folk Song)

Mesakukkia

241

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:34:21pm

if Former President Hillary Clinton was indicted the New York Times would throw a four-day kegger in Central Park. https://t.co/0XTpttkIm8

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 31, 2023

242

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:35:48pm

106-year-old tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od is the cover star of Vogue Philippines’ April issue, making her the oldest person ever to appear on the front of Vogue https://t.co/d2tOouRWdP

— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2023

243

jaunte Mar 31, 2023 • 4:37:50pm

just made my first commit to the @twitter codebase! 😍 love working as an engineer here pic.twitter.com/WUSQwqAacR

— soul nate (@MNateShyamalan) March 31, 2023

244

wrenchwench Mar 31, 2023 • 4:38:19pm

re: #242 Belafon

[Embedded content]

She doesn’t look a day over 98.

245

Nerdy Fish Mar 31, 2023 • 4:39:10pm

re: #241 Belafon

For more than two centuries, presidents have held to an ideal of integrity; even the ones swathed in scandal were not out-and-out criminals, and kept their noses clean even when not in office. No longer. That taboo has been broken.

246

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:40:03pm

I picked up two things from the Rachel Maddow show last night.

First, she pointed out that Bragg has prosecuted 117 of these types of cases. So he and his team might know a bit about these things.

Second, that most people are not prepared for how
.
.
.
_boring_ the entire judicial process is going to be.

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: March 30

247

gocart mozart Mar 31, 2023 • 4:42:01pm

Illinois having a city called Normal has always made me laugh but today it has finally reached its peak pic.twitter.com/bDOjOCO5Q0

— Votto 🇬🇵🐅 (@Votto007) March 31, 2023

248

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:42:13pm

I know not everyone likes it, but I do remember walking out of the theater going “Whoa”.

THE MATRIX was released 24 years ago today. One of the most iconic and groundbreaking movies of its generation, the making of story is a fascinating one.

A THREAD
1/25 pic.twitter.com/hbBEcSrctP

— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) March 31, 2023

249

EPR-radar Mar 31, 2023 • 4:42:28pm

re: #245 Nerdy Fish

For more than two centuries, presidents have held to an ideal of integrity; even the ones swathed in scandal were not out-and-out criminals, and kept their noses clean even when not in office. No longer. That taboo has been broken.

It is also unprecedented to have one of the two major parties be a wretched hive of scum and villainy, with a disgusting personality cult in favor of a Fascist Orange Man-baby being among the least of its aberrations.

250

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:46:14pm

re: #243 jaunte

I wonder if anybody has verified that this is the actual code running on production Twitter.

Afaict, we only have Musk’s word for it.

Not that he has ever lied to us before. But still…

251

Belafon Mar 31, 2023 • 4:47:49pm

re: #250 ckkatz

I wonder if anybody has verified that this is the actual code running on production Twitter.

Afaict, we only have Musk’s word for it.

Not that he has ever lied to us before. But still…

We were joking about that up thread.

252

Captain Ron Mar 31, 2023 • 4:51:23pm

A tornado touched down near Little Rock with reports of damage and injuries, the National Weather Service says, as storms sweep across parts of the US.

Follow live updates. https://t.co/DdKophH5S9

— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2023

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has declared a state of emergency in Arkansas due to severe storms and confirmed tornado touchdowns, including one near Little Rock https://t.co/5YnrwTgVAn

— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2023

People are trapped in homes in Wynne, Arkansas, with “significant damage” in the area, Arkansas Division of Emergency Management spokesperson Rebekah Magnus says https://t.co/jnalHVTgAR

— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2023

253

ckkatz Mar 31, 2023 • 4:56:36pm

One of our esteemed lizards already posted on lgf that Twitter has backed down on charging organizations bigger than them for a ‘subscription’.

But it has been fun collecting the responses. NYT’s response was posted here yesterday. But here are a few more:

CNN said it has no intention of paying for Twitter’s subscription service for its accounts. The New York Times said, “We aren’t planning to pay.” The Los Angeles Times said Twitter is “not as reliable as it once was” and they will “not be paying.”https://t.co/CI22Uhxpz9

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 31, 2023

Scoop: @WhiteHouse won’t pay for @Twitter verification
— It will not enroll in Twitter’s “Verification for Organization” program either
— It also won’t reimburse staff who chose to pay for Twitter Blue either
Story on @axios: https://t.co/y2PFtOXuz8

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) March 31, 2023

254

darthstar Mar 31, 2023 • 5:07:13pm

re: #248 Belafon

I know not everyone likes it, but I do remember walking out of the theater going “Whoa”.

That was Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

255

Barefoot Grin Mar 31, 2023 • 5:10:51pm

re: #247 gocart mozart

My dad was born there. My granddad was a farm manager for universities and other entities in his 20s. They started at UMichigan, went to Normal (not sure if it was ISU), then to Urbana-Champaign—first to work on the Allerton farms then for the university as an ag extension “professor” for the rest of his career*. When my grandmom was in her 20s she often had to feed up to 15 or 20 farm hands as part of her husband’s job.

*My grandmother’s sister had 9 kids and most of them went to the University of Illinois and lived with my dad and my grandparents during the depression and WWII. As a result, we’re still a pretty tight extended family with regular family reunions and a family scholarship fund.

256

So Cal Greek Hippie Apr 1, 2023 • 9:00:25am

2023: Tucson, Arizona as seen from Udall Park, Looking North

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