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Just a giant rubber duck trying to get a few people to laugh at the absurdities.

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Nonilex, to Law
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#TrumpTrial ๐Ÿงต Tues 21 May 2024

Testimony may conclude today in Trumpโ€™s #criminal NY #ElectionInterference trial, after 5 weeks & 22 witnesses.

Yesterday the jury was introduced to #RobertCostello, a #Giuliani associate & #lawyer who acted as a โ€œback-channelโ€ for #MichaelCohen to #Trump in the summer of 2018.

Yesterday, Costello behaved so atrociously on the witness stand that Juan Merchan cleared the courtroom to admonish him & the defense attorneys. Costello is due back on the stand

#law

i_gvf,
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@Nonilex How long until Trump claims the "gag order" blocked him from testify?

Surely he can't let that juicy lie go unsaid.

mastodonmigration, to random
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Tomorrow in the Trump election fraud trial, Cohen's cross examination will conclude. The usual suspects on TV will offer their hot takes as to whether the defense 'scored points' or 'dirtied up Cohen' successfully.

Let's try to stay focused on the facts, not some kind of sports coverage analogy.

Bottom line is going to be, did Trump approve "grossing up" Cohen's payment, thereby commiting fraud, as shown in this piece of hard evidence, the Cohen bank statement with Weisseberg's notes?

i_gvf,
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@mastodonmigration Why does anybody else other than the jury concentrating on the facts matter at all?

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Dammit.

I turn 55 on the 20th.

Why does this keep happening?

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude Wow, I only turned 55 once.

FantasticalEconomics, to random
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Important question: when have large-scale student movements been on the wrong side of history?

I may be biased by my progressive leanings (no, scratch that, I'm definitely heavily biased by them) but it seems like we can reliably look to the young to see the direction we should be moving.

I don't care where you stand politically or your views on the fucked up situation in Gaza, everyone should be standing up to loudly support the rights of students across the globe to protest.

Full stop.

i_gvf,
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@FantasticalEconomics @BernieDoesIt The Iranians transitioned from a brutal secular dictatorship to a religious one, to thunderous applause and plenty of student support.

And the massive brain drain that has occurred since is a testament to the ongoing support from young people and being on the right side of history.

i_gvf,
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@FantasticalEconomics Students invaded the US embassy.

i_gvf,
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@FantasticalEconomics Iran 1979?

i_gvf,
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@BernieDoesIt @FantasticalEconomics This is true.

But this all started with a claim that student protest is never on the wrong side of history.

futurebird, to random
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Thank the lord for Tish James. If you look at the research she did into this bond it made my head spin and I'm a math teacher. She understands all of these fancy finance games, and I guess you'd need to do her job in NYC. We have the worst/best "banking wizards" sometimes they break the laws of physics, sometimes they just break laws.

This bond is a stinker. I wonder what Trump promised the guy to let his company implode as sacrifice to avoid the full fee?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/letitia-james-says-company-put-162203280.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

i_gvf,
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@futurebird The whole thing is a scam to avoid paying out when he loses the appeal.

i_gvf, to random
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Fiction: Mike Johnson speculates that 100K+ illegal immigrants signed up as voters are going to swing elections.

Fact: The Heritage Foundation says there have been less than 100 cases of illegal immigrants voting in every federal election since 2003.

thelinuxEXP, to random
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All it would take for AI to completely collapse is a ruling in the US saying these companies have to licence the content they used to train these tools.

They simply would never reach a sustainable business model if they had to fairly compensate all the people who wrote, drew, edited, sang or just created the content they use.

Simply being forced to respect attribution and licenses would kill them. Will that ruling ever happen? Maybe not. Should it? I think so.

i_gvf,
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@thelinuxEXP I have used every one of those words in a previous post.

You will be hearing from my lawyers.

It all depends on how the information is reused.

If whole passages are copied, that is copyright infringement. But using a collected works to learn what is proper is basically how humans do it on a much larger time scale.

mastodonmigration, to random
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So, maybe you heard that Trump got a $175M bond for his NY fraud appeal. Well, it seems his bond deal is falling apart and the NY AG may be about to start seizing his properties.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-bond-new-york-fraud-trial-letitia-james-attorney-general-arthur-engoron-1887833

"An insurance company will not be permitted to post a $175 million bond for Donald Trump while he appeals a fraud judgment, a former federal prosecutor has said... as a result, New York Attorney General Letitia James will be able to begin enforcement proceedings on Donald Trump's properties."

i_gvf,
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@mastodonmigration
Why couldn't $175m have been raised as part of a syndicate before? Suddenly it was easy when the appellate court caved on the amount?

The moment they lowered the bond to $175m, Trump decided they were suckers and was going to try to play them.

i_gvf, to random
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Kneel when the US National Anthem is played: Lose your mind.

Change the lyrics of the US National Anthem for playing at rallies: Cheer wildly

Obvs

w7voa, to random
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I did a double take on this headline in a DLCC press release.

i_gvf,
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@w7voa Commas?! We don't need no stinkin' commas!

atomicpoet, to random

Having to depend on my mobile phone for all my Internet actually put things in perspective.

It means no Netflix. No Alexa. No downloading 80GB video games off Steam.

I get it, first world problem. But also, itโ€™s made me realize how important it is that I have books, CDs, DVDs, and cartridges. Or just data stored locally on my hard drive.

I donโ€™t want to live in a world where everything is streamed and we own nothing.

i_gvf,
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@atomicpoet I am rather old school in that regard.

I have a very nice collection of 4K UHD movies. It helps that they still kick streaming's ass.

It is not clear whether the max effort will ever be put into an encoding for streaming, like the directors still do for the physical.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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I just asked the A.I. Bard how many songs have the word "dance" in it's tittle and it gave a long worded response that sums up to mean "Fuck if I know, they are too many damn songs out there. I don't have the time nor the patience. Look it up yourself if you're that interested."

https://g.co/bard/share/630be79f12fd

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude Ah yes, the future of AI.

Lazy and uncooperative.

Mrfunkedude, to random
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Who did who in the what now?

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude Can I buy a vowel?

georgetakei, to random

The Internet of Things just got very real. Perhaps itโ€™s bitcoinโ€ฆ laundering?

i_gvf,
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@georgetakei Why does a washing machine need to be accessing the Internet?

On WiFi to see status would be nice. No need to leave the LAN.

SrRochardBunson, (edited ) to philosophy

I don't quite understand how humans-us humans get so tripped up by paradoxes.

Life is a paradox. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค

Hydrogen and oxygen are 2 if the major building blocks for life, yet are incredibly dangerous to it.

Does the Hindenburg ring a bell? Now oxygen. That's the stuff of life, right? Let me introduce you a mortal enemy of mine. It's formed by the interaction of metal with oxygen.
:blobcatthink:
Rust!

Don't even get me started on drownings & fatal water intoxication!

You know what I think? I don't think that paradoxes exist. What we preceive as aparadox is just at the intersection of 2 different paradigms.

Neither of which, when separated, fully explain the other's plane.
:blobcatthink:
It's all one thing?
:blobcatjustright:

i_gvf,
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@SrRochardBunson Salt.

Na - nasty
Cl - holy crap!

SrRochardBunson, to random

"Don't eat yellow snow."

#TTJ Ch. 16p
#JohnMastodon

i_gvf,
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@SrRochardBunson "Comfort the child handed the lemon snow cone."

Mrfunkedude, to random
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You mean we have to do this again???

i_gvf,
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@Mrfunkedude One more trip around the sun.

Hold onto your butts!

RickiTarr, to random
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What are your true opinions and thoughts on marriage?

Just for fun, this is a photo from my wedding day (ignore the reflection of my phone lol) I was all of 21.

i_gvf,
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@RickiTarr Important if you want to have children.

Pointless otherwise.

Free_Press, to Ukraine
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DEAFENING SILENCE!

Where is the Republican outrage?

World leaders condemned last night's attacks by Russia and called for protections for Ukraine against Russia in their rocket attacks against Ukrainian citizens.

NOT A PEEP of condemnation from MAGA Republican House Leader Mike Johnson or other Republican leaders today... not a word!

Come to your own conclusion!
๏ธ

i_gvf,
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@Free_Press I don't think people should be surprised that Russian agents aren't attacking Russia.

RickiTarr, to random
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It's that time of year again! I know this can be a time of year where we have a lot of complicated feelings, so let's have a little Mastodon Holiday Party, but you can talk, vent, cry, laugh, or really anything you want. So, I'm asking, How are you doing today, for real?

And just for fun:

i_gvf,
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@RickiTarr I never liked Christmas much. I always found the pressure to find great gifts overwhelming. "Thought that counts" blah,blah, blah. I still put too much pressure on myself.

This year I'm struggling dealing with the loss of my father in Dec. 20.

My sisters have been amazing and we are supporting each other.

But, I will see how I deal with this time in years to come.

dangillmor, to random
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Trump: I will be dictator.
Media: Trump says he wants to be a dictator, but others say he's not really serious.
Trump: I want to be dictator and destroy the news media I don't control.
Media: There goes Trump again, ha ha.
Trump: I can't wait to put you in prison.
Media: Wowzer! Haley is ahead of DeSantis.

i_gvf,
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@dangillmor

Mein Kampf was right there.

And much of free Europe didn't think Hitler was dangerous.

"The Art of Destroying American Democracy and Becoming King"

Oh, that silly Trump.

nixCraft, to random
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It is that time of year again. I need to do obligatory post ๐ŸŽ„

i_gvf,
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@nixCraft

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