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mjf_pro

@mjf_pro@hachyderm.io

All worn-out and tired after a long squawk 🩜

IT Cloud Solutions Architect. Other interests: sci-tech, astronomy, weather, music. He/him. DMs are not guaranteed to be private; I don’t block them, but please use a non-Mastodon channel for private communications.

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jimcarroll, to random
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At this point, it's pretty certain America won't hear Jack Smith's case before the election. And with that, democracy is gone. Fun experiment for the US while it lasted.

mjf_pro,
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@jimcarroll 80 million Americans — including so-called pastors and so many of our major media outlets — know exactly what Trump is
and aren’t absolutely repelled by it. On that metric, our democracy got mauled in 2015 when he declared candidacy for his first term.

No trial, no matter when it’s held, will change those minds; holding out hope that it might when so many of public information channels are flooded with poison today is, I fear, misplaced.

Nonilex, to Law
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's lawyers told a appellate court Wed that he's prepared to post (only) a $100M to halt of his penalty, arguing that provisions of the verdict make it impossible to secure a bond for the full amount.

TFG's attys made the offer in court papers asking the state's mid-level appeals court for an order preventing ' office from enforcing the $454M judgment while his plays out.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fraud-appeal-bond-new-york/

mjf_pro,
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@EdSanders @Nonilex His candidacy won’t end because the GOP rejects him. It’ll end because he, the Trump Org, and by extension his campaign, go bankrupt.

CultureDesk, to food
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Wendy's has clarified its dynamic pricing strategy, saying that surge pricing (where prices increase when demand is highest) will not be implemented. "Digital menu boards could allow us to change the menu offerings at different times of day and offer discounts and value offers to our customers more easily, particularly in the slower times of day,” a spokesperson told NBC in an email.

https://flip.it/zX6ySV

mjf_pro,
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@CultureDesk “For Immediate Release: Yeah, we sure stepped on a rake, didn’t we?”

atrupar, to random
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New in PN: They're coming for birth control next

Banning IVF is a natural result of anti-choice zealots running the GOP, and they won't stop there. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/alabama-ivf-ban-explained

mjf_pro,
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@atrupar @ai6yr They’re coming for anything and everything that allows the lower rungs of their socioeconomic hierarchy to challenge their power. It won’t stop — if it ever will? — until they literally have our Black friends back in chains.

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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Now I’m watching Shortcut to Happiness (2007) starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

This is a stellar cast. It should be good.

Unfortunately, it was a giant box office bomb. It had a $30 million dollar budget, yet only earned $686,846. A number isn’t missing there, it did that poorly.

I suspect marketing had something to do with this disaster. The poster indicates that this is a rom-com, but it’s more like a fantasy comedy.

Here’s the description:

A down-and-out writer sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune.

Apparently, this is based on the “The Devil and Daniel Webster” written by Stephen Vincent BenĂ©t back in 1936.

iMDB scores this a 5.4, which indicates a perfectly mediocre move. But we’ll see.

mjf_pro,
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@atomicpoet Should’ve called it “Shortcut to DVD” đŸ€Ł

stevesilberman, to random
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Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, the MAGA traitor who came up with the "fake elector" scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, lied to investigators about his insurgent Twitter feed and his involvement in the attempted Trump coup against the United States. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/politics/kenneth-chesebro-secret-twitter-account-kfile/index.html

mjf_pro,
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@stevesilberman @Bam The term “Criminal Lawyer” clearly has two different and diametrically opposite meanings. 😏

Cmastication, to random
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Played around with making generative AI prayer candles:

mjf_pro,
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@Cmastication Good God that is so wrong
.😳

Hey_Beth, (edited ) to random
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In what will be a daily reminder, .

Nikki Haley is attacking Biden. Efforts to say that she is better than Trump legitimize her attacks on Biden.

Haley is not Never Trump. Haley is not Never Trumpism.

Haley is a threat to Biden, to Democrats, to the efforts to protect and restore the rights that the alt-right Christian nationalists are targeting.

Haley is a threat.

mjf_pro,
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@Hey_Beth She'll also be the last person left in the race when (not if, when -- and you heard it here first) Trump drops out. It's why she's still in it now, the elites think she's the most electable "Not-Trump" even though everyone but them hates her. Democrats need to be preparing as if the race is going to be Biden v Haley, because I think that's where this will end up.

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@peteriskrisjanis @Hey_Beth He can run out of cash. He’s nearly bankrupt, and with mounting judgments and an equally-broke RNC and NRA, even if he wants to stay in he may be unable to drive his message any farther. That’s why the genteel-fascism elites are pushing Haley so hard — they see the writing on the wall.

mjf_pro,
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@Hey_Beth @peteriskrisjanis Yep, screw them. They rode their fucking tiger and they can drown along with him.

I crossed over to the GOP primary in 2016 to try thwarting Trump; this year I’ll stay with the Democrats — voting for Allred (our TX-32 rep, great guy) to take on Cruz and try to flip a Senate seat.

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@Hey_Beth @peteriskrisjanis Yep. And Allred is about as solid a candidate as you can find. He flipped TX-32 (my district) in 2018 and I’d be glad to see him move up to the Senate. đŸ€ž

mjf_pro,
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@dsmdexter @Hey_Beth @peteriskrisjanis He can’t raise the money he needs to post an appeal bond in NY — and no one, not even the RNC — is going to lend it to him. Being a candidate isn’t going to keep him or his campaign out of bankruptcy.

arstechnica, (edited ) to random
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Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated

Over 100 children at the school are susceptible to virus.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/measles-erupts-in-florida-school-where-11-of-kids-are-unvaccinated/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mjf_pro,
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@arstechnica

the_etrain, to random
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Been a little since I played guitar for y'all. In honor of Dookie turning 30 on Feb. 1, here's a whole bunch of power chords!

Middle age doofus playing power chords

mjf_pro,
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@the_etrain That’s a slick little unit you got there đŸ€˜đŸ€˜

thisismissem, to random
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LOL, spammers got mad that we curtailed them through a one line patch.

Obviously we're moving ahead of them, but this is all a game to them (it won't be when criminal liability catches up with them)

We of course have other mitigation strategies in place too, we're just not disclosing what they are.

mjf_pro,
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@thisismissem @tchambers :blobfoxheartcute: all around!

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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đŸ€ŠđŸ»â€â™€ïžGuess this is how he plans to scrape up enough to pay his legal bills and fines? 1/...

Via Ron Filipkowski:

is Selling “Trump Sneakers at Sneaker Con Today for $399.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-is-selling-399-shoes-today-at-sneaker-con

And Via Kyle Griffin:

Biden-Harris 2024 Comms Director Michael Tyler on Trump's appearance at Sneaker Con:

"Donald Trump showing up to hawk bootleg Off-Whites is the closest he'll get to any Air Force Ones ever again for the rest of his life."

mjf_pro,
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@GottaLaff “Hey it worked for that pillow guy I used to be friends with!”

ajsadauskas, to ai
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In five years time, some CTO will review the mysterious outage or technical debt in their organisation.

They will unearth a mess of poorly written, poorly -documented, barely-functioning code their staff don't understand.

They will conclude that they did not actually save money by replacing human developers with LLMs.

#AI #LLM #LargeLanguageModels #WebDev #Coding #Tech #Technology @technology

mjf_pro,
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@ajsadauskas @technology 
and they’ll find themselves lapped by those who didn’t drink the LLM Kool-Aid.

mjf_pro,
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@BrianTheeBiscuiteer McDonald’s actually puts a burger on the bun. Not the best, but adequate for a quick bite. General LLMs put bullshit into the ether.

emarktaylor, to NFL
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@nfl

Via James Scott @GamingDrudge
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2h

mjf_pro,
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@emarktaylor @nfl A lady smiles and applauds, then bows and makes a “we’re not worthy!” gesture with her raised, open arms.

Ariana Grande Applause GIF by The Voice

mjf_pro,
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@emarktaylor @nfl

A lady smiles and applauds, then bows and makes a “we’re not worthy!” gesture with her raised, open arms.

AE4WX, to amateurradio
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I think this is the point where we humbly suggest everybody getting an license (preferably General class) and get good at using it.

Holy cow.

Russia’s Advances on Space-Based Nuclear Weapon Draw U.S. Concerns https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/us/politics/intelligence-russia-nuclear.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk0.ImZI.me_xQ9d00pOy&smid=nytcore-android-share

mjf_pro,
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@BakerRL75 @AE4WX And why a Republican leaked it.

mjf_pro,
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@BakerRL75 @ai6yr @AE4WX And Musk with his Neuralink thing is gonna have babies with that liquid-metal thing and voila! the world’s first actual Terminator.

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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The DOJ filed its response to Trump's request for the Supreme Court to put his trial on hold.

For a reminder what this is about, see this thread: https://mastodon.social/

The response the DOJ filed is here: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24427532/23a745-response.pdf

It sparkles.

In addition to being done well, it was done quickly. SCOTUS gave them a week. They filed it in 2 days.

Notice that they argue in the alternative: If Trump gets a stay, please expedite the proceedings as with the Colorado ballot case.

mjf_pro,
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@Teri_Kanefield I think the safe bet is cert denied on Trump’s full appeal, mooting the request for a stay and not touching anything on the merits. SCOTUS protects itself, stays above the fray, and best of all (for them, anyway): no Justice who is “in the tank for Trump” actually has to go on record that s/he actually is or isn’t. Second safest bet is no stay now and an 8-1 decision later affirming the DC Circut; Thomas in the dissent. Eager to find out if I’m right. 😎

slessans2, to NFL
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Ratings for the Super Bowl should be out tomorrow. I’m expecting 117 million viewers, but we shall see.

:nfl: | :sblviii: | | @nfl

mjf_pro,
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@slessans2 @nfl You might want to sit down for this. 🧠=đŸ€Ż

https://mastodon.social/

petes_bread_eqn_xls, to superbowl
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Next year is LIX; maybe The Rolling Stones should play the halftime show

mjf_pro,
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@petes_bread_eqn_xls Green Day for the win, set, and match.

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