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EllenJS

@EllenJS@mstdn.plus

I’m a New Englander who loves to walk, cycle, kayak, travel and build community. In my community I'm a Town Meeting Member, and I serve on the Library Foundation (we're building a new library), and on the Community Path Project Committee (we're building one of those too). I joined Mastodon to find news, thoughtful conversation, and fun.

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GottaLaff, to animals
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Some-bodee got his pre-Big Moving Day haircut today!

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff 🩷

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I am getting questions across a few soical media sites about the ongoing trials.

I gave some quick answers about the problems with this.

Maybe, for my next blog post, I should offer a more thoughtful and thorough answer about what a lawyer can actually say that is valuable as a trial progresses.

It will probably appeal to my geekiest readers and annoy everyone else.

Maybe I should call it: "Beware the Lawyers." (Like "beware the Ides of March" but worse.)

EllenJS,
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@Teri_Kanefield
“former pundit”? Do such really exist?

@rdnielsen

Bam, to random
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And now well meaning and hopeful people are going to fall for more Hamas propaganda. 🤦‍♂️

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/officials-hamas-appears-to-have-okayed-ceasefire-terms-that-israel-did-not-approve/

EllenJS,
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@Bam

I’d love to be hopeful, but things like this (2nd bullet under ‘Summary’) make me skeptical:

“It is not yet known exactly what the group has agreed to - and whether Israel will give its backing to the plan”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-68963839?src_origin=BBCS_BBC

heidilifeldman, to random
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Sometimes one is weirdly able to worry simultaneously about the most mundane personal matters and the most serious global and national ones. Today, worrying about the situation in the Middle East does not put into perspective the stress of packing up my household for a long-distance move. Instead, my psychic perspective is flattened, with concerns about both occupying the same plane. Know what I mean?

EllenJS,
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@heidilifeldman
@GottaLaff understands

Good luck with the move and with your new adventure in your new location!

EllenJS, to random
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@GottaLaff

Thinking of you on this Saturday as your house hunting adventure moves forward. Here’s hoping it goes well!

GottaLaff, to random
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Sorry if I'm not replying. Busy!

We may put offer on a house in Canada that we have yet to see except in photos & vid.

Our kids are up there to see it Sat. when it lists for real, getting lots of interest, it will sell & we still need to drive up, which takes 3 days (we don't fly w Hammy), so we gotta move FAST.

Ack! No pressure, right?

FYI: Finding a house in Port Moody is needle/haystack, so it's crunch time. Our agent =🥇

No, we haven't sold ours yet.

We leave TOMORROW!

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff

Ain’t house buying fun? 😉
Best of luck to you. Port Moody looks lovely.

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff

There are fun aspects; but after several years (two condo sales and one house purchase, with a wedding and a job layoff along the way), my husband and I were ready for it to be done!

GottaLaff, to random
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House showing time. See you if news breaks.

This is the family that's coming back for a second look, is comparing our house to one other.

Hopefully, ours is the winner.🤞🏼

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff 🤞🏼

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff offer?

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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I'll put this response here for everyone:

The Court made a decision. All we can do is speculate about why. Eventually we may know why they elected to proceed in this manner.

Like everyone else, I can speculate on why they proceeded this way, but I refuse.

I predict they'll nix the idea of immunity.

That's different from speculating on what happened in a closed meeting.

(Maybe, as a defense lawyer, I am accustomed to courts not doing what I want them to do or think they should do.)

EllenJS,
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@mjf_pro
Could your theory about dragons being in the reasoning apply to the Roe decision? I believe I read somewhere that although RBG felt abortion should be legal, she disliked the reason why that Roe provided.

@Teri_Kanefield

GottaLaff, to random
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This. Was excellent.

“Pundits suggest replacing President Biden as the Democratic nominee because they don’t understand the job of the presidency or how conventions work. Lawrence O’Donnell gives a history lesson in governing in the age of television.”

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-on-what-they-don-t-tell-you-about-the-dump-biden-fantasy-204684869613

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
Thanks for sharing this. I’d listened to the Ezra Klein podcast Lawrence refers to, and as I did I thought “I’d love to hear a rebuttal to this”.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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A word about left-wing conspiracy theories.

Yesterday I sent about 10 people to this page because they were saying the same untrue things about Merrick Garland that I disproved here with facts:

https://terikanefield.com/can-democracy-work-in-america-part-iii-an-msnbc-cnn-conspiracy-theory-and-the-perils-of-legal-punditry/

That's when I realized a new Merrick Garland conspiracy theory had taken hold.

My initial reaction was pure irritation.

A knew what it would take to disprove it. . .

1/

EllenJS,
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@tanyakaroli

One author whose book Teri recommended, historian Heather Cox Richardson, also writes a daily letter that is usually about current day American politics through the lense of history, and sometimes is just about the history. You can read, or listen to the letters here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/

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jonah, to random
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I’m watching a show on Amazon Prime and they start playing an ad right in the middle of it, WTF?

If this is the new norm for streaming they’re not giving me a lot of options here 🏴‍☠️

EllenJS,
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@jonah
You do still have options — you may just not like them.

“If you haven't noticed, all Prime Video content now includes ads. If you're a Prime member and you'd like to opt out of viewing the ads, it'll cost you an extra $2.99 per month.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/essentials/is-amazon-prime-worth-it/#:~:text=If%20you%20haven%27t%20noticed,an%20extra%20%242.99%20per%20month.

Sheril, to random
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I visited my 5th graders school for their writing celebration today. A classmate’s essays began…

“Have you ever imagined what it was like to live in the 1900s?” 🤔

EllenJS,
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@Sheril
Wow! I don’t know whether to 🤣 or 😢

kevinrothrock, to random

idea for a Mork & Mindy episode where Mork accidentally kills Putin and must pose as the Russian president. all he says to anyone is “nanu nanu,” and this is interpreted to be so philosophically deep that Russia finally experiences the Renaissance

EllenJS,
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@kevinrothrock
The statement “this is interpreted to be so philosophically deep” reminds me of Peter Sellars character Chauncey Gardner in the film ‘Being There’. If you’ve not seen it watch it — you’ll enjoy it.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to twitter
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"/#X lost bid to block content moderation law, w federal judge dismissing challenge

X claimed CA law violated its free speech rights by requiring it to publicly post its policies, report data on hate speech, disinfo, harassment & extremism online

District Judge Shubb ruled law’s reporting requirements fall should be considered corporate speech, which can be more closely regulated by the govt" [Shubb was nom'd by Geo HW Bush]
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4382032-musks-x-loses-bid-block-california-content-moderation-law/?utm_source=press.coop

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff

Question: what’s the meaning of “fall” in the sentence I’ve pasted below. I see it’s a direct copy of a sentence in the article in The Hill, but I don’t get it.

“Shubb ruled law’s reporting requirements fall should be considered corporate speech”

EllenJS, to random
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I looked down the street at just the right moment.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to journalism
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“ is endorsing effort by news orgs to provide live TV coverage of his trial on federal charges that he conspired to overturn election.

In bombastic legal filing submitted late Friday to the judge who’s scheduled that trial to begin in March, Trump’s attorneys argued he’s the victim of political persecution by Pres Biden’s admin & should be allowed to use the platform of TV to showcase the proceedings’ unfairness” 1/…https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/11/travesty-in-darkness-trump-backs-drive-to-televise-his-d-c-election-subversion-trial-00126704

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
You have had a hard 6 months, and somehow you found time to move during it! You must have super powers!

@MichelleRNCHPN

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
Didn’t you already move from FL to AZ? And the one in May will be to BC?

@MichelleRNCHPN

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
I’ve read your bio and got confused. Sorry about that.

@MichelleRNCHPN

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
I know you’re not Nicole, but all I know of Nicole is through you, and all I know of you is through Mastodon, so it all got muddled.

@MichelleRNCHPN

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
Years ago (pre-internet) I worked with a woman named Brenda on the same project and we shared an office phone. We look nothing alike (and I’m 5’7” and she’s 5’) yet people constantly called us by each others names.

@MichelleRNCHPN

Teri_Kanefield, to random

Deep thought for the day: Why do they call the little candy bars "fun size."

Isn't it more fun to get a big candy bar?

EllenJS,
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@Teri_Kanefield
Thank for the laugh!

GottaLaff, to random
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Well I'm an idiot.

Thank you all who reminded me to sign in to my apps.

I thought I had, based on a couple of them, but nooooooo.

I'm starting to get news alerts again, slowly. Let's hope that works on all of them now.

Once it does, I'll be back to covering news instead of whining about this endless day (the phone was only part of it, you have no idea. 😫 ).

Thanks again! ❤️

EllenJS,
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@GottaLaff
glad your issue has been figured out…and that you promoted much use of Mastodon in the process! 🙃🤣

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    EllenJS,
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    @GottaLaff
    Is the iOS on the new phone different than the iOS on the old phone? Sometimes how things work changes with iOS upgrades.

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