bobmorris

bobmorris, 14 days ago to random

"Zombie" by the Cranberries was about an IRA bombing where children were killed. It was banned when released, attacked by all sides of The Troubles (especially by those with a vested interest in the carnage continuing.) Author and singer Dolores O'Riordan said it wasn't partisan, it was humanitarian. Just stop the killings, stop murdering innocents.

Which IMO is what the college protests are about. Yes, there are noxious bigot crazies, however mostly it's about stop the slaughter.

bobmorris, 2 months ago to random

I do taxes and have three probable identity thefts so far this year - the dreaded IRS efile rejection "Primary social used in a return previously filed this year."

Someone filed a bogus return using their social to get a refund.

Be proactive:

1. Get a IP PIN at the IRS website. It's a six-digit number than must be on a return or it is instantly rejected.
2. Lock your accounts at all three credit agencies and also do a fraud alert. This is free.

Do it now.

bobmorris, 4 months ago to random

Nikki Haley is as vile and racist as any Republican.

Thank you, Mr. President.

bobmorris, 4 months ago to fediverse

Woo hoo, I just used the WordPress ActivityPub plugin to connect my blog to Mastodon. Now anything I post there will appear here.

It's easy to set up.

#activitypub #wordpress
https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

UnicornRiot, 7 months ago to random

Today, a prosecutor announced that Georgia State Patrol SWAT troopers Brylend Myers, Jerry Parrish, Jonathan Salcedo, Mark Lamb, Ronaldo Kegel, and Royce Zah will not face charges for killing #StopCopCity protester Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán on Jan. 18.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/no-charges-for-georgia-troopers-who-killed-manuel-tortuguita-teran/

bobmorris, 7 months ago to random

Why are articles like this always about the far-right rurals who want to flee from godless big city wokes and never about, say, Missoula Montana Democrats opposing blatantly racist, homophobic, neo-Nazis in their rural areas?

Everywhere in the U.S. is the real America. It is delusion, fantasy, and deliberate deception to say only rural areas are the real America. Because they aren't. San Francisco is real America too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/15/oregon-republicans-border-move-idaho/

bobmorris, 7 months ago to random

Agreed. Go Old School Vegas on them.

And highly regulate (or outright ban) cryptocurrency, which is how ransom payments are made.

SwiftOnSecurity, 8 months ago to random

"A staggering number of young people have sworn to me, “I would never touch fentanyl. I would never use fentanyl. I’m doing Percocet. I know this because this guy I bought them from is a friend of mine. He would never betray me like that. He would never deceive me.”

Then they come up negative on the regular drug screen, but the expanded comprehensive test shows nothing but fentanyl.

Parents need to remember the standard drug test at the doctor’s office, the one that lets them say, “Oh, no opioids, we’re fine,” is a test that doesn’t pick up fentanyl."
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2023/09/08/addiction-expert-on-fentanyl-and-dallas-kids-i-am-alarmed-by-how-unalarmed-people-are/

malwaretech, 8 months ago to random

YouTube shorts is frustratingly inconsistent. Most of my videos get decent amounts of views and then the algorithm stops pushing them and then they die. But randomly I'll have shorts I posted a year or more ago just start going viral for no reason. I've never had a short go viral when it was posted, it's always randomly a year or so later.

danielpunkass, 8 months ago to random

The artists at Burning Man are incredible. "Remote Desert Traffic Jam" is something I never would have expected. Amazing execution.

flexghost, 8 months ago to random

Trump in sworn deposition in NY:
I didn’t have time to commit business fraud. I was too busy saving the world from nuclear holocaust with North Korea

Also Trump:
$144,000,000 in golf expenses including
296 days at golf resorts during his presidency
127 days at mar-a-Lago
86 days at Bedminster

futurebird, 8 months ago to random

Does Mitch McConnell have a family? Does anyone love him enough to talk with him about... the finite nature of life. The preciousness of hours, minutes seconds?

How from dust we all have come and to dust we shall all return?

He could be petting some kittens. Listening to the sound of a child's laugh-- Dude really wants to die in front of us holding a pen mid-way through signing a bill that forces orphans to work in coal mines or something.

BlackAzizAnansi, 8 months ago to random

A white supremacist nearly shot up an HBCU today and ended up killing three Black people but I can barely find any discussions about this going on in the fediverse. This is what I'm talking about.

taylorlorenz, 8 months ago to twitter

Elon Musk called me a “stalker ex gf” today for posting news and links to Washington Post stories about X on Threads.

It’s almost like I’m a tech reporter covering social media or something!

#elonmusk #twitter #tech #technology #twittermigration

Popehat, 8 months ago to random

NOT NOW EARTHQUAKE WE ARE HAVING A HURRICANE WAIT YOUR GODDAMN TURN

[Pointing fiercely at wildfires, riots]: AND YOU! FUCK RIGHT OFF

flexghost, 8 months ago to random

DeSantis: I know I picked a fight with our state’s biggest employer for political reasons. Now that I’m losing I want to move on

Disney:

bobmorris, 8 months ago to random

Every few decades the far-right crawls out of the sewer in America and has to be kicked back into it again.

The 2024 election is them or us. folks. We must win. Otherwise, garbage like this will be everywhere.

"CA shop owner shot over rainbow flag hanging outside store"

https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/19/california-shop-owner-shot-killed-over-pride-flag

bobmorris, 8 months ago to random

Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman

Actor Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman were suspicious of cryptocurrency long before it cratered, and the arrests happened. They extensively document the fraud and criminality. This is must-read.

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Money-Cryptocurrency-Casino-Capitalism-ebook/dp/B0B8F2TJ67

ai6yr, 9 months ago to maui

#Lahaina #Maui #wildfire death toll now 36 #Hawaii #disaster https://mauinow.com/2023/08/08/haleakala-highway-closure-due-to-brush-fire-evacuation-of-kula-200-off-auli%ca%bbi-dr/

BlackAzizAnansi, 9 months ago to random

A Georgia high school student who stormed the U.S. Capitol, assaulted a police officer and sat in a Senate floor chair reserved for the vice president was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison.

https://www.wabe.org/high-school-student-who-sat-in-pences-chair-during-capitol-riot-is-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison/

ryanhoulihan, 9 months ago to random

Grown men acting entitled to being the target audience for a Barbie movie basically says it all (and is perhaps the movie’s best joke)

Deglassco, 9 months ago to history

Black-American musical expression during enslavement laid the foundation for blues, jazz, country, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, & popular music. Emerging from oppression, it reflected resilience & creativity, becoming anthems for civil rights movements the world over. The emotive force and cultural distinctiveness of those early songs endure, nurturing the ongoing struggle for a more just world.

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@blackmastodon @BlackMastodon #BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #BlackMastodon #Slavery #Music

taylorlorenz, 9 months ago to twitter

Musk failed to get the necessary permits to change Twitter’s building signage to X, and the police shut it down just in time for “er” to remain. #twitter #tech #elonmusk #x #twittermigration #twitterlogo #elon #musk