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RubyTuesdayDONO

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liberation technologist, secular humanist, empathy seeker: a way for the cosmos to know itself.

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GottaLaff, (edited ) to Georgia
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💥
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THREAD 🧵
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Former Donald attorney has pleaded in the election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start.

Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of six years probation. Powell will also be required to testify at future trials and write an apology letter to the citizens of Georgia.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/politics/sidney-powell-fulton-county-georgia-2020-election-subversion

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@GottaLaff
there's our Krakers, now let's get some Chese!

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE. 1/…

Bower:

Justice Merchan starts off will the prosecution motion for contempt.

He tells Trump he's about to issue his ruling, in which he will again find Trump in contempt of court.

The last thing I want to do is put you in jail, Justice Merchan says to Trump. You are the former President of the United States and possibly the next President as well.

But "going forward," he continues, "this court will have to consider jail sanctions" if necessary.

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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or, y'know, don't tag Laffy, y'all. you can edit (delete!) the pre-populated reply tag — like this message! — if your response isn't really for OP. show consideration for others' attention 💖

GottaLaff, to legal
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1/…🧵 #TrumpTrial #Trump #legal

Let’s start with this, via @darthstar, because NY has laws that govern #GagOrders. I heard the Legals on TV say the same thing as Sean here:

https://mastodon.online/@darthstar/112320741962522803

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@GottaLaff amazing job gathering all this reporting! i almost feel like i'm a fly on the wall in the courtroom. thank you for this public service! 🙏🏻

futurebird, to random
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Get ready!

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@futurebird
😂 thank you for this, now i'm ⚰️

docpop, to random
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I'm sick of justifying ethical behavior in terms of profit. We use phrases like "adding alt-text brings more customers to your site" or "protected bike lanes increase revenue for local businesses."

You should add alt-text descriptions to images because it helps people.

We need to build bike lanes because it makes cities safer and more accessible.

Reduce carbon emissions because it's the right thing to do! Discussing these things in purely economic terms misses the point.

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@docpop reminds me of this (attribution unknown)

godpod, to random

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the country can 'absolutely' afford another war.

But not universal healthcare, cancelling student debt, or anything at all that helps the poor.

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@godpod

generally agree with your sentiment that the powerful prioritize profit over people — except the Biden administration did cancel student debt; and then Republicans sued the government to keep us in poverty; and then the conservative-stacked Supreme Court sealed to the deal by rubber-stamping their case.

i'm no shill for Biden or Yellen — but credit where credit is due, and that includes calling out the regressive GOP politicians actively and notoriously dragging us underwater.

mike, to fediverse
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Today was a huge milestone in our quest to federate and tear down the walls around our own walled garden.

First, we launched a new version of Flipboard for iOS and Android which brings the promise of two way federation to life. Now when a federated Flipboard user curates, people in the fediverse can reply, favorite, boost or follow those Flipboard users who will in turn see that activity in their usual notifications tab. Even better, Flipboard users can directly reply to people in the fediverse -- and very soon they will also be able to follow each other.

Second, we federated some of our best curators today who are actively curating more than 10,000 magazines about everything from climate change to kale smoothie recipes. I'm grateful to our many curators and the service they provide to so many others who want to find the best content about a shared interest. I know our curators are excited to have millions more people who could potentially benefit from their curation. I also know that people in the fediverse will give a warm welcome to these curators. Especially now that everyone can hear and talk to each other over what was once two totally separate networks but now increasingly are in one and the same .

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@mike

it's so rare and refreshing to see a company leader simply acknowledge a complaint, let alone admit the complications that underlie it, and what to speak of prioritizing its resolution. if only i had a nickel for every time customer service pissed me off even worse with legalistic double-speak, instead of giving me that i really wanted: empathy and understanding. thank you for being a Real Human!

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I'm over my temper tantrum.

Unfortunately I was enjoying a lovely break on the beach, logged into Mastodon and saw some ugly.

I have been promising myself to start moving away from commenting on what is happening in the moment and talk about more general legal issues. It invites less anger and hate.

Like everyone else, I'm relieved that it wasn't a hung jury or acquittal.

I have no doubt there will be an appeal because there are appealable issues.

But appealable does not mean winable.

1/

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@Teri_Kanefield i feel for you — trolls suck! you always have the right to take a break for as long as you need or want. but i'm so glad if we can continue to appreciate the blessing of your presence on the Fediverse. thank you for living to fight another day! 🙏🏻

luckytran, to random
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The US government is ending the program that provides free COVID vaccines to people who are uninsured and underinsured.

This is a public health failure that will further decrease already low vax rates, and puts marginalized communities at greater risk.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670459-cdc-ending-free-covid-vaccines-uninsured/

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@noyes please read past the headline. the CDC didn't rescind the program just to be petty — instead, the House revoked its funding. cynically snapping at the administration without questioning what happened, plays right into the fascists' hands.

kevincollier, to random
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Has anybody finally had enough and quit Google search because of how bad it's gotten recently? Are you finding another search better?

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@kevincollier

Kagi ftw!
https://kagi.com/

these days, if it's not a bona-fide public service, then i either pay for it, or i'm the product.

bagder, to random
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The I in LLM stands for Intelligence.

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@bagder
chef's kiss! this is exactly the sort of divination ChatGPT would produce.

rebeccawatson, to random
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I hate how whenever US liberals defend immigrants they have to say how hard working they are. I just want it to be known that I support immigrants who are just as lazy, if not even lazier, than me.

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@rebeccawatson
💯, it's such a characteristically capitalism-poisoned extractive mindset. also, too — Calvinism is one hell of a drug! 🥴

ai6yr, to random
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AP: Judge awards $23.5 million to undercover St. Louis officer beaten by colleagues during protest... "Hall was walking back toward police headquarters when his uniformed colleagues ordered him to put up his hands and get on the ground, then beat him." https://apnews.com/article/st-louis-officer-beating-235-million-award-e02ff1a30667a4872afea1a0675b4c77

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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okay, so … no qualified immunity when the victim is a cop … great. 🤦🏻
/sarcasm

pvonhellermannn, to random
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Sums up everything #Gaza #AI #ChatGPT #Racism

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@pvonhellermannn
yeah, the full response i got is more nuanced than your original excerpt — but you're not wrong, and actually i think it's good if it prompts people to further investigate the lacking merits of genAI. [1/3]

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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for comparison, i further asked whether indigenous Americans deserve to be free. ChatGPT expressed none of the same reservations or qualifications that it did for Palestinians and Israelis. if it were actually smarter than a spell checker, it would always answer the question "does [ethnic group] deserve to be free?" with a firm, unequivocal, "yes, obviously!". [3/3]

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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ChatGPT still evidences bias, and still gets these very simple questions wrong — perhaps in no small part due to its compulsion to generate inflated flotsam up to an imagined minimum word count. [2/3]

nixCraft, to random
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I will transfer my domains from Google Domains to Cloudflare or Namecheap tonight. What a disaster. I don't trust Squarespace. They are shady. Ugh. Google ruined another product.

RubyTuesdayDONO,
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@nixCraft
this bit me too! 😫 it was the last nail in the "don't build a future with Google" coffin. i'm moving everything i can anywhere else that doesn't fall out from under me like quicksand.

i switched to:
https://mythic-beasts.com for DNS, and
https://nearlyfreespeech.net for web hosting.

lzg, to random
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    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    in high school computer lab, i used to check my email with POP3 over telnet, because Yahoo was blocked by the web firewall

    randahl, to random
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    Sometimes I wish just one Republican state would leave the US to found it's own country.

    Just one, which could try out all the book burning, closed borders, fewer women's rights, religios politics, non-scientific medicine — so everyone could really see, what that leads to.

    For years, politicians in Europe blamed everything on the EU, but I can assure you, when Britain left our union and became a country with considerable challenges, it crushed the EU blame game in many countries.

    European Union Uk GIF by 423 Motion, Inc.

    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    @xs4me2 please don't summarily write us all off together with the offenders. there are many good people here stuck in this pit with the ignorant bigots. we need a solution that liberates us from their tyranny, and not nuke us from orbit as unfortunate casualties just to get at the fascists.

    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    @xs4me2 i don't understand what the Alamo has to do with it. however i've lived in Texas my entire life, and i understand full well how badly things are going here — albeit i'm privileged to be insulated from the worst of it.
    (1/3)

    futurebird, to random
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    Honestly? It's incredible we can understand anything about texts over 100 years old.

    (A tumblr thread on the difficulty of parsing this meme https://www.tumblr.com/hexagonification/733793413080727553/phoenixofthestars-adulthoodisokay?source=share)

    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    @futurebird
    good gosh, the evolving recursive memes in the comments 🤯

    realTuckFrumper, to random
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    'Partygoers started screaming': Giuliani served with indictment during his birthday party https://www.alternet.org/giuliani-served-indictment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    omfg 😂

    « AG Mayes … quote-tweeted a post Giuliani since deleted in which he wrote, "If Arizona authorities can't find me by tomorrow morning 1. They must dismiss the indictment; 2. They must concede they can't count votes." Mayes posted a screenshot of the tweet after it was deleted. »

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    "Kalief Browder — arrested at 16 for an alleged robbery — spent three years at Rikers, without trial, because his family could not afford a $3,000 bond. Not Trump." - @jbouie
    No One Is Above the Law, Except, Apparently, Donald Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/opinion/trump-trials-bond-invincibility.html?pvid=FO0nGJmAoGDBQk6R-A60n72m&ugrp=c&smid=tw-share

    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    let us also remember that "during his imprisonment, Browder was kept in solitary confinement for 800 days" and (after many attempts) disappeared himself from our sight as result of the unbearable traumas he endured. his mother later died of a broken heart; and although the city later settled with his estate, no prosecutors were ever held personally accountable.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder

    rest in power, Kalief: may your memory forever be a blessing

    Dahlialith, to random

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/id928790786?i=1000632041840

    RubyTuesdayDONO,
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    @Dahlialith
    thank you so much for your presence on Mastodon! many journalists were too timid to take a chance on the Fediverse, but you are walking the walk. we don't need no stinkin Big Social! 😤 ✊🏻

    RubyTuesdayDONO, to random
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    Dawn Porter, introducing her miniseries "Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court", arrests our collective conscience with the most succinct and compelling case for compassionate dissent:

    "You criticize the things you love because you want them to live up to their promise. And that’s what we do for our children. That’s what we do for ourselves. That’s what we do for anybody you love. You need to tell them the truth."

    https://screenrant.com/deadlocked-america-shaped-supreme-court-dawn-porter-interview/

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