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cherold

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Best-selling author in my head, unpublished author in the real world.

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flexghost, to random
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We live in a timeline where Libertarians have more sense than the alt-left

Here’s Trump getting booed…

Trump being rotund asking for votes. This is the Same timeline as Libertarians having more sense than students getting their DoorDash sent to their hunger strike before receiving a degree in imagination and poetry as interpreted through a Marxian lens

cherold,
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@flexghost @MattMerk This is so weird. You absolutely refuse to define "alt-left" and get furious at someone who is willing to play the game for a while of trying to figure out the point you are refusing to spell out.

I'm beginning to suspect you don't know what alt-left means and just use it the way Republicans use "communist," as a way to describe "people I don't like."

GottaLaff, to random
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“Provocative.” 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄 GET HIM OFF THE COURT. Gift: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.Ihnd.LkwD_75RA6zD&smid=url-share

“Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Home

The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html

cherold,
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@GottaLaff So interesting that the two most MAGA justices weren't even appointed by Trump. Shows that what Republicans are now is what they've been for decades.

cherold, to random
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Hey , why am I having to re-login to your app on my phone every day or two? It's been like this the last few weeks. @apps

cherold, to vinylrecords
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Fun psychedelia that also includes a hippie's handwritten annotations on the songs, which includes things like, "use with care."

@vinylrecords #NowPlaying #JoeByrd

Close-up of the back cover of The American Metaphysical Circus with handwritten notes. For example, The Sing-Along Song is notated with "use with care - Dixieland."

kottke, to random
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How to get Google search results without the AI garbage. “It’s essentially Google, minus the crap. No parsing of the information in the results. No surfacing metadata like address or link info. No knowledge panels, but also, no ads.” https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

cherold,
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@scottytrees @kottke I use ddg as my default but I often have to add !g to get useful results. That's the problem - there are other search engines, but even though Google intentionally degrades its results to get more hits, it still gives better results than the competition.

cherold,
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@scottytrees I'm not saying nothing can be done. The government can regulate, and bring lawsuits, and that may help. I'm saying an individual not using Google is as effective as people who claim the only way to change the electoral system is to vote 3rd party. It's not an effective strategy, it's just a way to feel like you're doing something. I choose not to make meaningless gestures. But continue to shout at Google if it makes you feel good.

cherold,
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@scottytrees Most people would rather get useful results as quickly as possible, so until there's a search engine that is at least as good as Google, it will still be the search engine of choice. The number of people willing to inconvenience themselves to avoid benefiting Google is, I'm afraid, far too small to have any effect on Google whatsoever. :-(

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@scottytrees Mate, if I wanted self-righteous condescension I would go back to Twitter. We're done.

cherold, to random
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Turning off my adblocker because otherwise the site won't display the article then leaving the site because the ads cause the browser to freeze.

cherold, to vinylrecords
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I hated the movie, but my God what an album.
@vinylrecords

cherold, to random
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I think everyone should read this @tkanefield piece on what's going on in the Trump trial, simply because if he's not convicted then instead of freaking out and raging you'll say, "oh yeah, that was a distinct possibility. Kinda sucks, but I get why."

She's not saying he won't be convicted (she says the odds are that he probably will) but she explains why it's not the slam dunk some people think it is.

Also, law is kinda interesting if it's explained well.

https://terikanefield.com/wheres-the-beef-trumps-manhattan-criminal-case-and-some-mind-bending-legal-puzzles/

cherold, to random
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Mary Trump on CNN's shameful Trump rally (Twitter through Nitter so you don't have to feel Elon).

https://nitter.net/MaryLTrump/status/1656468642404397057?t=eTmqmqJAsiCd0m7L3HCoeA&s=19

kevbob, to random
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Hell yeah!

Idaho drag performer awarded $1.1 million in defamation case against far-right blogger

https://apnews.com/article/drag-performer-defamation-blogger-idaho-c0f3188081e17843059b27d19d5be980

cherold,
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@kevbob I love that the jury wanted to know if they could force the filthy disgusting liar to take down the posts and apologize. The posts are still up - could Posey sue for libel a second time, since it's like she's retelling the lie every day?

gwynnion, to random
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This is fucking terrifying.

"We're right and everybody else is wrong" from a key Democratic strategist.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/is-the-biden-campaign-running-on-false-hope

cherold,
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@gwynnion OMG, this guy wants to bully the polls into submission!

I don't know if you read David French, but he said when he worked for the Romney campaign they were convinced all the polls were skewed. They were 100% certain they were ahead. He recommended Dems not fall into that trap, but it doesn't seem like they're listening.

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cherold,
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@The_Icarian This is clever, but those people are in their 80s and 90s now, if they're alive at all, so I don't think they're really the driving force of this. It's more people exactly like them who don't want people to understand the full context of the horrible things they do.

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It is just amazing how much I don't give a shit about what's happening in The this season. WTF happened?

cherold, (edited ) to vinylrecords
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One of my dad's audiophile lps, a terrific, obscure 45rpm album.


@vinylrecords

cherold, to random
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Lauren Boebert wants to pass legislation to make the AR-15 our "national weapon." Counterproposal: a bill to make Lauren Boebert our "national idiot."

cherold, to random
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The Titan Sub was run by a now-dead guy who believed safety regulations were killing innovation and is now the official poster child for "move fast and break things."

cherold, to random
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Even though I've known I was weird since I was very young, I still keep learning new ways in which I'm weird.

cherold, to random
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People keep saying DeSantis caved to Disney. As far as I can tell, all he said was "I moved on." But nothing like, I am rescinding all the stupid things I've done that made Disney file suit. How is that caving?

It's like someone robbed a bank and the police are surrounding their house and they say, "listen, let's just stop talking about this, I've moved on from the bank robbery."

DeSantis and his admin never "cave," they make meaningless statements and keep causing harm.

cherold, to random
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After requesting a speedy trial, it occurred to Powell and Cheesebro that they'd just put themselves on the bullet train to prison. 🤣

cherold, to random
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Republicans don't want a strong ethics code for the Supreme Court because if Thomas can't take bribes he's just going to resign. It's all he's there for.

cherold, to random
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@Teri_Kanefield says we don't need legal pundits, and at first I thought, of course we need someone who understands how the legal system works and can tell us what's what. But then she wrote

"...lawyers confuse people. Confused people then turn to lawyers for explanations."

And I realized that if pundits quit saying the legal system was corrupt, we wouldn't keep asking, "is this corrupt behavior?" We would just ... follow what happens and see how it turns out.

https://terikanefield.com/beware-the-lawyers-follow-up/

cherold, to random
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If we go back to 1980 and save a kitten, sci-fi tells us the future will be a cyborgian dystopia. But if we use renewable energy, been guns, invest in education, and give everyone healthcare it won't, if you believe Republicans, have any real effect on our future.

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