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dbc3

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I'm Donald Bede Cooley III, trying to live up to DBCI & DBCII standards. Lived thru Cold War, Civil Rights era, supported Gore's message. Believed in the "Dawning of the Age of Aquarius."
I've worked as an engineering and/or project management consultant in various industries, eg: space, transp, defense, oil, food, steel, medicine..., retired in '16. Now I'm an ombudsman for my refugee friends. I love science, all fields, write code for fun.
I refurbish donated bicycles for folks in need.

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catsrule0000, to random
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"MAGA, can we talk?
if your slavish devotion to an 88-count felony factory who shits his own pants has reached the level where you’re wearing adult diapers outside of your clothes, in public, guess what: you’re in a fucking cult.
get help."

https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/this-week-in-stupid-may-4-edition?r=rmgks&utm_medium=ios

dbc3,
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@catsrule0000
Holy cat litter, batman! Are the trumpcult really doing that? I thought it was some sane people rather crudely and cruelly mocking him but Tiedrich has lots of photos. It looks like a major campign blitz. Seriously? Are they all going to start fart contests to see who is the most loyal?
Say, when they smeared shit in the Capitol was that some sort of consecration ceremony for him? Like spitting in your beer so nobody will want it?

alexpsmith, to random

Regarding the whole bear meme that's going around the internet, I'll say this much: I've been backpacking all around the world solo, and have gone on extensive trips in the wilderness where bears exist, including the entire Appalachain Trail and Olympic National Park amd Olympic National Forest. I've encountered plenty of bears and plenty of men while alone at night, and the bears were always, always less threatening to me. Not because men are powerful or anything like that, of course, but because of their behaviour and potential motives.

The men who are protesting need to learn to shut up and listen.

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@Pineywoozle @alexpsmith @samiamsam
Well said. I was trying to come up with something similar without seeming to be one of them

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@Pineywoozle @alexpsmith @samiamsam
Yep. My wife and daughter have educated me over the years to their reality. But it is still difficult to just keep quiet when my daughter says all men... my immediate impulse is to say ' are you saying you think I would..."
I stop myself because she is explaining the world she lives in and yes, if she did not know me she would understandably be as wary of me as of any other. Nothing about my appearance or demeanor of the moment says I would be an exception.

dbc3,
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@alexpsmith @Pineywoozle @samiamsam decades ago I was working in NC, walking on a city sidewalk, and Black man was coming toward me. As he got close he moved to the curb and dropped his gaze, looking down and toward the street. I asked myself how I could have not so threatened him. The only possible answer was "Be Black." It was not about me personally, & I was saddened that that was the life he lived. My being male is the same thing for women.

GottaLaff, to random
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Good. Hurry up.

The coalition of Democratic groups that pressured No Labels out of the 2024 contest is now turning its sights on #RFKJr.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/03/bidens-allies-move-to-sink-rfk-jr-00156113

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff i got one of those political texts today, which I normally delete and block the number. But this one i looked at. It was one question: "Would you vote for RFK Jr? Respond yes or no." I replied "HELL no"
And blocked the number.

GottaLaff, to random
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Pre , my thread starts soon. Via Klasfeld:

Good morning from New York.

's criminal trial resumes this morning, but before the jury comes in, the judge will hear arguments over the next batch of alleged violations after writing days ago: "jail may be a necessary punishment."

👉🏼That said, Trump's latest batch of alleged gag order violations fell before judge's latest, most explicit warning of jail.

So it's seen as unlikely Merchan will choose that option this time.

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff good morning Laffy. I have been waiting for you since 5 local time ( now 8:26) all comments hence will be NFT, as:

"I'll not inflict myself on you further, ma'am."

-Dwayne Hickman in Cat Ballou
Best
Mobie
Ever

timrichards, to Travel
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I don’t like the idea of expensive private tours for the rich cutting into the usual opening hours for everyone else. Why not instead have a lottery draw for entry to overtouristed sites?

Why Europe's most famous tourist attractions are turning people away - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/why-europe-tourist-attractions-are-turning-people-away/103787662

dbc3,
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@timrichards
Or do the rich folk tours in off hours

blogdiva, to random
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after many Black people who had nowhere to go, were charged rents by their former plantation owners if they didn't leave. if they didn't pay, they were either re-enslaved thru prison OR indentured into financial servitude.

when the numbers of indentured Black servants weren't enough, that's when poor migrant workers became key to this new form of renter slavery.

this is what GOP fascists want to bring back with &

https://reason.com/2024/04/24/she-only-served-10-months-behind-bars-florida-still-slapped-her-with-a-127000-bill/

dbc3,
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@blogdiva this is obscene. The whole concept is bad, but the billing for time not served HAS to be illegal. The sentence was incarceration, not a fine. State is piling on. ACLU should be fighting this.

GottaLaff, to Michigan
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👀 “Google and Twitter recently provided hundreds of files to prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro- lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/michigan-search-warrants-google-twitter-2020-fake-electors?cid=ios_app

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff @tomiahonen
I think it is cool that my two favorite follows follow and interact with each other.

Catlynn, to random
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What the actual heck? 🧐🫣 I thought I was hallucinating. I kept seeing something out of the corner of my eye

dbc3,
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@Catlynn

dbc3,
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@Catlynn @alameth
Get a red fox family to move in.

Ok, that might be hurtful, but foxes gotta eat too, and the kits are adorable
We had a family under my shed one year and their playtime was delghtful.

dbc3, to random
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My daughter in Tucson is taking a welding class. Not plumbing or construction welding; welding art pieces, typically from scrap metal. This is her second project. Second. As in, " she has only done one other project."

mekkaokereke, to random
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Yesterday I pointed out that the fertility rate dropping is a good thing, because the biggest drop has been the disappearance of teen pregnancies.👍🏿

I also said that the right way to increase the birth rate, is to build a society where girls who grow into women, choose to have babies when they are women and understand the world and the implications more.

But many of those women, choose not to have kids. Why not?

This is easy to know. Because women tell us.

https://www.tiktok.com/@tallmomrunning/video/7362198294891760942

dbc3,
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@mekkaokereke

Good analysis!

In addition, the pearl clutching over "replacement" illogically suggests banning abortion will help prevent that. It is not their precious soccer moms they are forcing to give birth, other than those with health reasons. It mostly is low or no income young women/girls who did not want to be pregnant & were forced or uninformed, a high percentage of whom are the very "replacement" folks they fear. Tuberville ranting "we need more babies" is really saying "slaves."

cstross, to random
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This is not a software glitch, it's the Y1C problem: old mainframes were so storage-constrained that they only allocated two decimal digits for passenger age, and adding another digit would mean rewriting software that in some cases has been in use and constantly patched since the late 1950s.
https://press.coop/@BBCNews/112345996328670433

dbc3,
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@cstross @addressforbots
It is American Airlines, not United
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wz7pvvjypo

SteveThompson, to tesla
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"Drivers using Tesla Autopilot crashed hundreds of times"

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/26/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk

"Federal auto safety investigators say in a new report that they've identified hundreds of crashes — 13 of them deadly — in which Tesla's Autopilot system failed to protect its drivers and passengers.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) flagged 467 crashes over a period of about 15 months from 2022-23."

#Tesla #Autopilot #EVs

dbc3,
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@SteveThompson
Drivers using Tesla autopilot are f-ing idiots. Self driving cars are f-ing nonsense. Maybe in controlled "tracks" like a dedicated expressway lane where the autopilot just stays in lane, follows speed limit, maintains following distance. Cut sleepy driver, highway hypnosis syndrome. That's a plus. Mixing it in chaotic traffic needs a whoooole lot more testing NOT with gen pop who did not sign up to be guinea pigs

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW #TrumpTrial THREAD 🧵 STARTS HERE. #Trump #legal 1/...

Klasfeld:

Trump is back at the defense table, and we're waiting for the judge to return to the bench.

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
Your humility is admirable but don't sell yourself short. It may be a tiny effect overall, but every bit helps. A follower is better equipped to pursuade an uninformed fence sitter by virtue of your up to date dissemination of info. And every vote counts.
@bronakins

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff

But at the end of the day if you can say to yourself "I did what I could" that is what matters. I wish I could help every child in Gaza, Syria, Burma, S. Sudan, Afghanistan. I wish I could save all their lives & help their parents get jobs. I can't. But I CAN help some of the ones settled here as refugees. I can fix donated/discarded bicycles for them, help them get benefits, etc. Some kid who calls me Uncle or Grandpa may become a civil rights attorney!
@JamesWNeal @bronakins

GottaLaff, to random
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😴Via Acyn:

A source tells Ben Meiselas that is taking ‘full-on bonafide naps’ in the courtroom: Trump looked to be close to deep REM sleep. His lids are heavy..

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
I fell asleep and dropped my phone twice reading your excellent morning thread just now.😀but i only got 3 hrs sleep last night and now on a break from a boring honeydo project. I would probably be snoring loudly in his situation. Here's hoping that happens. Would people giggle?Would judge tell bailiff to shake him?

What a lovely thougjht!

GottaLaff, to random
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@Snowshadow Ack. https://press.coop/@CBCNews/112334084279537519

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
Keep working on it. By the time you are my age you could be almost as foul mouthed as I am on a slow day.
@Snowshadow

GottaLaff, to random
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An hour or so to go before we can go home after our open house, but so far today was a bust, per our Ring camera. Hardly anyone showed. The market has been flat. 😢

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
Just keep in mind it only takes one.

fkamiah17, to UKpolitics
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Trudat.

dbc3,
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@fkamiah17

Same on this side of the pond

GottaLaff, to Alaska
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#Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of #Alaska petroleum reserve in sweeping win for climate advocates #ClimateCrisis

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/climate/alaska-drilling-ban-biden-climate?cid=ios_app

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
Joe is proving to be the best POTUS ever, as long as you are not an obscenely rich asshole. His accomplishments and efforts on so many fronts are mind boggling. Even the southern border - he put together with bipartisan support the biggest & best plan to really work the issue. Trump killed it.
He jawboned Israel into settling for a token response, avoiding casualties. He's gotten Israel to agree to deals Hamas refuses.
Student loans, childcare credit, SNAP, infrastructure...

GottaLaff, to random
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I’m not sure if I’ll be doing as detailed a blow-by-blow thread of void dire in the . I may pick and choose info as it comes up, should anything stand out.

It’s exhausting trying to keep up with 4 reporters and then editing together here.

So, I’ll do what I can. Remember, we’re also moving/packing/showing the house/living life.

So … please understand.

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff
I agree. Use your time wisely. Lots of things happen that are unremarkable. Summaries are fine, maybe pass along any surprises like the wedding trip indicating a possible longer trial. People who want more of a blow by blow are free to follow the folks you do.

dbc3, to random
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Just for fun I took the %drop so far today and extrapolated that % per day. Worth a penny on June 26. His 78.8 million shares will be worth less than what he owes in judgements in under 10 days. Not only does the grift fail to save his sorry butt, it also fleeces his true believers of billions that just evaporate. Some will have picked up a few bucks, but it's like passing a roach around; some get a good puff but at the end it's all gone. Of course it may level out at maybe $0,45

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

Most transparent pump and dump in history

Via Josh Marshall:

dbc3,
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@GottaLaff

😄
What'd I tell ya?

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