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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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GottaLaff, to random
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He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

At Justice ’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Not accidental. And, I understand, not just one day. He absolutely knew about it at the time.

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Hello ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 3mi.

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is financed, a win for the watchdog agency.

Renters rallied at the Mass. State House for rent control and a higher minimum wage.

A kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, speaking in a commencement address, panned checks notes women working outside the home, LGBTQ people, and IVF.

PJ_Evans,
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@gbhnews
My grandparents were ferocious scrabble players, and I grew up with the rules being "if the biggest dictionary in the house says it's not a proper noun, and abbreviation, or a foreign term, it's legal". I remember going out one time to get my grandmother a new Word Book, because hers was literally falling apart.
I don't play - not good at that stuff - but I know the basics.

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
The entourage showed up, got seen, and left again. Is Congress on vacation this week?

GottaLaff, to random
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Oooo! Our first PODs is coming in 10 minutes!

(Next week will be the second)

So, we'll be breaking our backs loading boxes in today, my posting will be minimal unless big news breaks.

Yes, we'll be careful, yes we use a hand truck/dolly for the really heavy stuff, so no unsolicited advice necessary. 😘

See you later.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff @spocko
When I moved time before last, friend taught me how to pallet-stack boxes.

flexghost, to random
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“I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully”
-Trump

Imagine being a sitting United States Senator of the speaker of the house and choosing to help Trump break his gag order over representing your constituents

Winning.

PJ_Evans,
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@flexghost
Imagine thinking it was a good idea in the first place!

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."

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

GottaLaff, to maryland
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Decision Desk HQ projects Sarah Elfreth wins the Democratic primary for 's 3rd Congressional District.

DecisionMade: 10:00pm ET

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Dang, I wanted Harry to win.

GottaLaff, to random
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NYT just now on Mastodon:

"Trump’s Defense Cast Michael Cohen as Untrustworthy"

Trump trusted him for, what, 10 years?

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
They have to stay on the good side of the guy everyone in NYC knows is a criminal.

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

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff @JustJen
State court, so not DOJ.

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Congrats to Mr. & Mrs Punxatawney: the weather-prognosticating groundhogs welcome 2 kits, Sunny and Shadow.

3 men charged in the killing of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger now have plea deals.

The Biden administration announced that it will raise tariffs on some imports including EVs from China.

Today:

PJ_Evans,
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@gbhnews
L.A. is approaching summer - nighttime low clouds (AKA fog), but sunny during the day.

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

1/…More color from Pagliery:

Eric Trump just swapped seats with Rep. Donalds just in time for the congressman to appear in photos behind Trump's defense table.

That's what this trial is now for Trump, a political photo opp.

More...

PJ_Evans,
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@Grant_M @GottaLaff
NFL
She's his stenographer.

GottaLaff, to random
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Back to regular life... the Open House, although filled with positive feedback on our house, was a dud.

Again.

It's so disheartening. We're priced right, the house is beautiful, in great shape, great neighborhood... etc etc.

So we wait.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
My parents needed months to sell their house, in 1980. It was priced below the other houses in the area, and still is less. (It's a conspicuously different house.) They carried the second mortgage themselves, to get the sale.
(They'd bought it as a foreclosure, getting a better price by telling the bank we'd do the fixing-up ourselves. Turned out to need stuff the bank would never have found.)

rbreich, to random
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Trump referred to himself as “the builder president" who would fix America's roads and bridges.

The only thing he built was a tax code rigged for the rich.

Meanwhile, the Biden Admin has announced $454 billion in infrastructure projects in all 50 states.

The contrast is clear.

PJ_Evans,
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@stux @rbreich
Which "he" are you referring to?

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/

PJ_Evans,
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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.

PJ_Evans,
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@jadugar63 @GottaLaff
Friend was a contract systems consultant/programmer, and he hated dealign with Fortune 500 companies, because his 50K bills kept getting lost and accounting.

GottaLaff, to random
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FYI, someone just asked me, "Could you please put a CW on those US politics posts?"

I said no sorry,, just mute me.

I don't understand CWing political posts. And that doesn't mean you need to @ me explaining why. I know THEIR reasons, I just disagree with them and won't do it.

I respect CWs for other things, but not politics. Politics is news and people need to be aware of what's happening. It's not gory or violent, it's politics.

Kthxbye.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff @peterainbow @nicolesandler
It shouldn't need a CW. (If you're that easily triggered, don't use social media. Or learn to use a filter.)

GottaLaff, to random
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A video filmed during Donald 's New Jersey rally on Saturday has shown "thousands" of people leaving while the former president was still talking.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-new-jersey-rally-crowd-walks-out-speech-video-1899832

PJ_Evans,
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@mastodonmigration @LockEx @GottaLaff
Extremely veiled, then: who would get that meaning from it?

lauren, to random
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Most people don't realize the extent to which U.S. agriculture really is in the 21st century. Robot tractors doing seeding and cultivation with enormous precision, autonomous drones doing mapping and spraying on a large scale. That is why when GPS gets screwed up these systems are at risk. Oh, yeah, also when politicians try to ban them without evidence of wrongdoing just to bash China, like they're trying to do with DJI drones that do the vast majority of that crucial agricultural work.

PJ_Evans,
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@lauren
If they talked to experts, they might have to change their views, and They Can't Do That.

nocontexttrek, to StarTrek
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IYKYK
#StarTrek

PJ_Evans,
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@nocontexttrek
Naraht's mother!

GottaLaff, to random
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Aww. Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.

https://apnews.com/article/b85b5fbc13184b5f8dab1e9d4b881645

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
A very long life, and many rewards for him.

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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EDITED: One of journalism's consistent flaws is ignoring relevant context.

Case in point is this NY Times story about a judge tossing out a new federal regulation limiting extortionate credit card late fees.

Here's the context the Times didn't care to include: The financial companies went forum shopping, and landed one of their favorite Trump-appointed judges, who (to his credit) objected to the process, but then predictably ruled against the administration.

Journalistic malpractice, IMO.

PJ_Evans,
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@dangillmor
Assumed the forum shopping, since it's the 5th Circuit.

effinbirds, to random
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Every group of friends has that one clown who wants you to "havean adventure". Skydiving or bungee-jumping or rock climbing or some bullshit. Let them have their action movie fantasy. Your adventure involves watching playoff games and eating a dangerous amount of nachos! Visit https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/what-in-the-adventures-of-indiana-fuck today to check out our entire new collection of gifts and apparel.

PJ_Evans,
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@effinbirds
Adventure: going to the San Diego Zoo and seeing live hoopoes in the Jewel House (where the captive hummingbirds live).

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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

PJ_Evans,
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@smach @hittitezombie @cshlan @mekkaokereke
Don't forget that the US is much larger than most European countries, so things that work there would need to be much larger (and more expensive).

stina_marie, to Meme
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"The stars do not know you. Repent: they too, have teeth."

👻 HAPPY SATURDAY, WEIRDOS!

#meme #horror @horror #Saturday #MotherSuspiriasMorningMeme

PJ_Evans,
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@stina_marie @horror
"The trees plot revenge; Prepare: the clock ticks on!"

GottaLaff, to random
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Dear real estate agents,

Please tell our agent that you will be showing our house BEFORE surprising us with a visit and setting Hammy's barkage off like a broken car alarm.

Especially only minutes before another agent was coming over.

Kthxbye.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Consideration for the residents is a must. (I lived for a while in a house that was for sale. Had to clear out for showings, but those were mostly on weekdays while I was at work. (It didn't sell. 2006.)

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