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PJ_Evans

@PJ_Evans@mastodon.social

retired map reader; amateur genealogist since 1974; knitter since 1969; SF fan since 1961.
Cactuses (but not opuntias) are fun!

Location: Los Angeles

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rbreich, to random
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The Appeal to Heaven flag isn't just tied to Jan 6.

It's a Christian nationalist symbol.

Christian nationalists believe that the law of the land is not the Constitution, but instead the law of God as they interpret it.

Do you see the problem with Alito flying this flag?

PJ_Evans,
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@rbreich
It shouldn't be flown by any government official. And definitely not in any government building.

rbreich, to random
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Remember: If markets were actually competitive, corporations would keep their prices as low as possible as they competed for customers.

Instead, the concentration of the American economy into the hands of a few corporate giants gives them the power to raise prices with impunity.

PJ_Evans,
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@rbreich
Years of not enforcing anti-trust law does this.

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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PJ_Evans,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat
Got Mole Problems?
Call Avogadro
602-1023

RickiTarr, to random
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Saw this in the bathroom of the Queer Friendly Coffee House:

PJ_Evans,
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@RickiTarr
Boys who want to cook and sew, and girls who want to drive tractors and graders.
(One of our neighbors, when I was a kid, did sewing for his family.)

GottaLaff, to random
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Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy ’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years https://apnews.com/article/b41b6c776fb27f62913e3754afa1ceac

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@thepoliticalcat @GottaLaff
There are state charges of, among other things, elder abuse. This trial was about the federal charges.

Snowshadow, to food
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Solution to Food Waste

.. launched by students to save groceries from the landfill. They’re helping to cut food bills & climate emissions.

"a lot of produce doesn’t make it to grocery store shelves when fruits and vegetables are considered to be misshapen, not the right size or slightly damaged.
.... the problem of oversupply, when too much of one food item is grown or distributed and doesn’t match market demand"- it is dumped!!

https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/14/Boxing-Up-Solution-Food-Waste/

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@Snowshadow
People who have never seen a fruit tree or a vegetable fresh from the garden/field want perfect. Those of us who have been closer to production are less picky.

GottaLaff, to random
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Wow. Good for you @atrupar, who tweeted:

Nate, almost murdered during a last cycle by rolling up on the stage as a biological weapon. Norms and traditions went out the window long ago.

Nate Silver:

You're supposed to be the candidate who stands up for norms and traditions and now you're ducking this tradition?

"The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

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@GottaLaff @atrupar
The CPD didn't handle the debates well in the last TWO cycles.

GottaLaff, to random
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Emptywheel:

Tommy Tuberville says he went to Gotham to help an accused felon threaten a judge's family.

Via David Lurie:

Tuberville is a bad co-conspirator.

Aaron Rupar:

Tommy Tuberville admits on Newsmax that "one of the reasons he went" to NYC yesterday was to "overcome this gag order" #Trump #GagOrder

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@GottaLaff @JustJen
State court, so not DOJ.

GottaLaff, to random
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Reuters review of TX property records shows SpaceX & its contractors can be far slower to pay builders, suppliers than they are to break ground. Unpaid bills, finger-pting among contractors have led many construction-industry businesses to file liens against SpaceX properties in efforts to get compensated.

Result, several of those businesses told Reuters, is reluctance to work on SpaceX-related projects again. "If they were to call me today, I'd tell them to fuck off".. https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-quick-build-texas-slow-pay-its-bills-2024-05-13/

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@GottaLaff
They should do like the contractors in NJ did to Trmp: inflate the bills so they don't lose money when he only pays half.

ai6yr, to tesla

If you're wondering why warranty repairs on your Tesla are taking so long, report that ALL warranty repairs there have to be personally approved by Mr. Musk 😂 https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModelY/comments/1cnp13y/elon_himself_wtf/ #tesla #musk #warranty #automotive

PJ_Evans,
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@ai6yr
I read last year that, at that time, the parts were all going into new cars instead of to repair places (if you could find one).

GottaLaff, to legal
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Via Scott MacFarlane 1/...

ALERT: Former advisor Peter files emergency motion to get his prison sentenced reduced (for release)

Defense argues: "Dr. Navarro’s term of imprisonment has been marred by the same political turmoil that gave rise to his prosecution.. "

"He has been denied the opportunity to speak both with the press as well as a with Member of Congress"

Here it is:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.244001/gov.uscourts.dcd.244001.175.0.pdf

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@GottaLaff
Why does he need to speak to the press or a congresscritter?

rbreich, to random
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Judge Cannon has postponed Trump's classified documents trial and didn't set a new start date.

The Supreme Court is slow walking Trump's classified documents case, which has delayed his Jan 6 trial.

The federal judiciary is effectively acting like a MAGA campaign arm.

PJ_Evans,
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@rbreich
Some of those judges would be unemployed without him appointing them to spots they're really not qualified for.

rbreich, to random
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Call me crazy, but maybe presidents who get themselves indicted shouldn't have their criminal trials presided over by judges they themselves appointed.

PJ_Evans,
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@mastodonmigration @rbreich
It's a ethics thing, so a lot of federal judges don't understand it.

JamesGleick, to random
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On the subject of Trump’s dementia, the press remains tongue-tied. Fortunately, Doonesbury’s veteran psychologist is here to help. He brings receipts.

https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/04/28

PJ_Evans,
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@CindyWeinstein @JamesGleick
I've talked/emailed with relatives who are in their 80s and 90s, and they weren't dementing. In fact, they were pretty sharp.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:

The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.

What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.

Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."

In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.

https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly

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@mekkaokereke
I know there are a lot of immigrants on my extended family tree. Like about 99% of them.

skykiss, to random
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Americans,

On Thursday, the will be hearing arguments where lawyers for the criminal defendant are arguing that all former presidents are forever immune from criminal prosecution for any official acts done in office.

Failure to respect the election of a new President, is the ultimate crime against the people, who are the basis of government. The President, by constitutional design, should have no role- official or unofficial-in the determination of the people's
vote. Immunity for the crimes here alleged would be most abhorrent to the Framers, because immunity would upset the constitutional scheme and aid a President in overriding the people's power over him.

The Framers would also have been appalled that Trump, despite having left office, seeks permanent immunity. As a Federalist wrote for the Maryland ratifying convention:

It seems, however, that the president may possibly be continued for life. He may so, provided he deserve it.

🧵 1️⃣

PJ_Evans,
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@skykiss
He's never had to be part of "the mass of the people". He's always had privilege from inherited money. He's never worked for anyone who wasn't family.
Some days I feel like the best thing we could do is turn him into an average prisoner.

skykiss, to Law
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Thursday, April 25th Immunity case before . Americans, we have to keep watch over this corrupt court.

PJ_Evans,
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@skykiss
He (and Thomas, and probably Alito) don't understand that when you're poor, it's IMPOSSIBLE to find affordable housing. Housing is built for people making at least $200K per year, now.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Still relevant:

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111502639878997581

News is such a confused industry. In order for it to be successful, it needs the majority of people to find value in the news that it produces. Most people are not old, wealthy, straight, white, men, but most news stories are framed from that perspective, even when the framing is false and easily debunkable.

Most news rooms don't look anything close to the people that they need to buy their papers to have a sustainable business.

Failure is inevitable.

PJ_Evans,
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@mekkaokereke
L.A. Times is a good bad example. In the 80s, they had localish editions (even if they were only a couple of pages), and the food section was large and had stories as well as ads.
Then they closed the local editions down, and started running stuff like only the people within 3 miles of Mulholland read it, ignoring the other several million residents.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Yes, I take it personally when you say you won't vote, or vote for the Dem. Why? Because among other things, the fascists tried to commit a Black GENOCIDE during the pandemic. Your actions or inaction will give them the power to do it again in some other way. My survival depends on them NOT gaining power. So does yours.

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@dpnash @StillIRise1963
And no one ever thinks to stop the trolley and untie the people.

drupalchix, to random
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Yeppp 😐

PJ_Evans,
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@drupalchix
IMO, finance guys are not qualified to run businesses. (Uncle left a company where he was chief engineer and VP because finance guys took over and required him to justify routine maintenance on the equipment that they used to make money. 1972.)

Sheril, to science
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Born in 1906, computer scientist Grace Hopper invented the first compiler for computer programming language & was among the first programmers of the Harvard Mk1 computer.

Hopper popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages & paved the way to develop COBOL (an early high-level programming language). She originated the term "bug" to describe computer glitches & became a celebrated Rear Admiral in the US Navy. https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/10/grace-murray-hopper-1906-1992-legacy-innovation-and-service

PJ_Evans,
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@servelan @Sheril
A moth, actually.

Nonilex, to business
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Trump banned from doing in for 3 years & ordered to pay $364 million

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@mastodonmigration @CassandraZeroCovid @Nonilex
Someone started a GoFundMe for him. It's been reported, because their TOS blocks funding illegal stuff.

JamesGleick, to random
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Imagine if this runaway drug dispensary had been in the Biden White House, or the Obama White House. What would Fox News be like at this moment? Or, for that matter, the New York Times. https://toot.community/@thezenlady/111830517569520148

PJ_Evans,
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@JamesGleick
The amount of Provigil that was being dispensed - either there were a lot of narcoleptics there, or they were supplying a dealer.

igd_news, to random
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"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began waging a grisly campaign to force Cox to stay pregnant against her will, even though her condition puts her life, her health and her future fertility in limbo. Late last week, at Paxton’s behest, the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court paused the lower court’s ruling, blocking Cox’s ability to access abortion near home with no indication of when it might issue an opinion. On Monday, her legal team at the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that Cox had decided to leave Texas to access abortion elsewhere “due to the ongoing deterioration” of her health. It wasn’t until later that day that the Texas Supreme Court finally ruled that, essentially, Cox’s abortion couldn’t be medically necessary, in part because her doctor had gone to court to confirm that it was medically necessary."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kate-cox-exposes-the-pro-life-politics-of-death-fear-and-control/ar-AA1lofqb

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@LukefromDC @igd_news
I'd rather see states like that busted back to territories, until they learn that the Constitution is serious about rights for women and minorities and non-property-owners.

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