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Play the stakes, not the odds.

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lzg, to random
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i now think the sci-fi scenario where AI turns against its creators would be good, actually

eldubuu,
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@lzg

I’m waiting for AI to invent a new religion. One that requires human sacrifice.

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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Do you think there's ever been a sort of collective agreement in the history of humanity where most people have thought - yep, we're living through such a great period right now ?

I mean - 2012 felt pretty good to me. The Olympics. David Cameron left his daughter in the pub. Savile was outed. Malala survived a shooting. The Conservatives hadn't built up to full steam yet. That guy did a big jump from space. We had Gangnam Style. And that old woman ruined then hilariously repainted that Jesus fresco. That felt like a good year. Although Bieber and fucking Mumford and Sons were still going strong.

eldubuu,
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@TheBreadmonkey

I’m thinking that the evolution of bipedal hominids is where everything went wrong. After that it was opposable thumbs followed by fire, tools, then nonstop rape & murder…

GottaLaff, to random
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Well well. and 👋🏼

FreedomWorks Is Closing — And Blaming Trump

The libertarian organization couldn’t survive the populist shift in the Republican Party.

“We’re dissolved,” said the group’s president, Adam Brandon. “It’s effective immediately.”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/08/freedomworks-is-closing-and-blaming-trump-00156784#:~:text=FreedomWorks'%20board%20of%20directors%20voted,for%20the%20next%20few%20months

eldubuu,
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@GottaLaff

No one hates libertarians more than other libertarians….

taylorlorenz, to random
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“The reason so much of the news media sucks is they aren’t writing for you. They’re writing for their sources in Washington, for the industries they cover, for rich people, and for fancy awards committees.” https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resigning-from-the-intercept

eldubuu,
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@taylorlorenz

💯 👆 👆 👆 🔥 🔥 🔥

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I am going to answer this question for everyone:

https://mastodon.social/@timothyjohnson@mastodon.sdf.org/112349635246409685

My answer is here:

https://mastodon.social/

Remember:

There were possible crimes, but tax and reporting crimes are not election interference.

There is also a circular thing with Cohen and Pecker telling the court that they expected Trump to pay back the hush money payments.

If they expected to get paid back, it was a loan to Trump and not a contribution. Right?

eldubuu,
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@Teri_Kanefield

I am probably not alone in noticing that the concept of “no one is above the law” is largely nonsense. What history and current events have made screamingly obvious is that entire groups of people are above all laws, rules, and morals.

Everyday is another lesson in how the individual and marginalized groups are completely without protection afforded to members of the ruling minority.

The US Constitution has become the instrument of oppression, not liberation.

davidaugust, to random
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I would not rely on this if you’re being pursued by an evil self-driving car, but it might be worth a shot 😈🚙😝

eldubuu,
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@davidaugust

Some devious person is going to invent a laser device that can spoof a self-driving vehicle’s lane detection systems and trick the car into driving off the road. If they haven't already.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via @emptywheel:

The insane wails of people lying about Merrick Garland are getting more and more ridiculous. Sidney Powell investigation overt in 9/21. By 1/19/22, DOJ had Rudy's Jan6 comms. There were overt subpoenas targeting Trump by May. Privilege fights WITH TRUMP started in 6/22.

Jonathan Greenberg:

The only reason that SCOTUS’ evil immunity delay strategy will prevent Trump's Jan6 coup trial & conviction before election is that AG blocked his prosecution for 20 mos…

eldubuu,
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@GottaLaff @emptywheel

It should have been screamingly obvious to everyone that the foundational premise of the Republican party is “Don’t tread on me, I tread on you”

https://medium.com/

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    eldubuu,
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    @thepoliticalcat

    Lets not lose sight of the fact that in the US, news media are private businesses in competition with each other.

    As such, NYT and Politico/Axel-Springer are competing with each other for customers, and each has financial incentive to make the other look as bad as possible.

    The reason you know the NYT needs to be “burned to the ground” is because some other media company told you so.

    eldubuu,
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    @thepoliticalcat

    If you are referring to Guido Enderis (NYT’s 1933 Berlin bureau chief) shameful soft peddling of Hitlers anti-semitism, its also important to recognize that during that same time the paper also published a lot of important material that identified Hitlers menace to the world.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    MEANWHILE, at , via Ryan Reilly:

    Supreme Court Trump immunity arguments underway.

    "There can be no presidency as we know it" without presidential immunity, Trump lawyer John Sauer argues. 🤦🏻‍♀️

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff

    If politically motivated prosecutions are a legitimate concern, why are they not common at the state level with governors who do not enjoy the blanket immunity of the US President?

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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    If you read my weekend blog post, you know that I've been pointing out that the predicate crime in the Trump trial is not clear.

    (For what I mean, see my weekend blog post).

    Here is what the Washington Post reported.

    See screenshots #1 and #2.

    Here is the law: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/17-152?utm_medium=email&wpisrc=nl-nationalpopup&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_the_trump_trials

    To be clear: I have no idea how this trial will turn out. I cannot substitute my judgment for the jury because I am not seeing what they are seeing.

    1/

    eldubuu,
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    @Teri_Kanefield

    Cohen went to prison for crimes he committed in furthering the conspiracy on behalf of the Trump campaign. This would seem to be the underlying basis for the charges against Trump. It seems unlikely that had Cohen not done what he did, the DA would not have brought the charges.

    Green_Footballs, to random
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    I’ve seen folks theorize that Trump is deliberately flouting the gag order because he wants to be jailed, to turn himself into even more of a martyr.

    I don’t think so. His narcissistic self-image is already cracked, but being jailed would be the last straw.

    I think he simply cannot help himself.

    eldubuu,
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    @Green_Footballs

    I dont think its outside of the realm of possibility that the stress of facing the future as a bankrupt convicted felon, political pariah and laughingstock of high society will cause him a major medical crises.

    The question is not whether he can be elected, but whether or not his health will fail him before then.

    An uncanny possibility that raises all kinds of questions about electing a candidate that is alive but physically and mentally incompetent.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Random #TrumpTrial post via Kyle Griffin:

    Pecker testifies that, following his 2015 meeting w #Trump & Cohen, he met w ex-Nat Enquirer editor-in-chief Dylan Howard

    Pecker outlined the arrangement & described it as "highly private & confidential."

    Pecker asked Howard to notify the tabloid's bureau chiefs that any stories that came in about Trump or 2016 election must be vetted & brought to Pecker.

    Pecker said it needed to stay a secret bc it was being carried out to help Trump's campaign

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff NFL

    Blanche’s objections re New York Election Law 17-152:

    1. Blanche was ignorant of the conspiracy element.
    2. Blanche was knowledgeable of the conspiracy element and objected anyway as a legal maneuver knowing he would be overruled.

    Which is more plausible?

    ErikUden, to random
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    Joe Biden has deported more people than Donald Trump [1], funded the police more than Trump [2], and has now helped to kill more Palestinians than Trump [3].

    If you cannot allow criticism towards this person because you believe critiquing them is the same as endorsing the opponent, then you are participating in the very cult behavior you should be criticizing.

    Yes, Trump would be worse, way worse...

    ...but it's horrible to compare Trump's potential genocide to Biden's currently real and ongoing genocide. Voting Democrat is harm reduction, portraying it overall as anything else is, in my privileged opinion, incorrect. In many individual examples I can, however, see how you come to view the Democrats not just as the lesser evil, but even positively.

    Many vulnerable groups such as queer (especially trans) people are helped by a Democratic government, even maintaining the right to abortion is, visibly, helped by Democrats. There are examples in which voting the Democratic Party betters the lives of certain groups. Yet that change doesn't come sustainably and the tides may as well turn. If the Democratic Party is willing to throw one group of people under the bus for winning Republican voters, who is to say they won't do the same with your group?

    If you don't give human rights to everyone, it's not a right anymore, it's being treated human as a privilege.

    When it comes to foreign policy, unions, most social services, the treatment of the poor, healthcare, border policy, it's mostly the same between the two parties. Trump is merely the death of the euphemism.

    A queer person won't vote for a party that doesn't support queer rights, so what should someone of another marginalized group not supported by the Democrats do?

    Additionally, don't forget that it was the Democratic party that supported and funded Donald Trump's primary election in 2015 [4] as they always back the most far right candidate [5] in order to even make a distinction between the two parties visible.

    What I'm trying to say is that you, as a democratic voter, cannot blame someone for supporting an alternative party, nor claim that supporting that third party is horrible merely because it may “allow for a Republican victory.” If it was in the Democrat's interest to change the election system or electoral college to allow for something other than effectively a two party system, then they would've done so.

    I won't ride a high horse and claim it's morally wrong to support the Democrats, I don't think that. I do believe, however, that many people are disillusioned in voting for Democrats but know voting for Republicans only makes things worse. If not allowing a Republican victory was in the Democrat's interest, then they would adapt the party's stance to social, non-war/non-genocide, non-deportation, anticapitalist, pro-Housing, and pro-Healthcare for all positions. They don't, so what choice is there for people from marginalized groups other than voting for a third party? Can you tell them it's only morally right to vote for a party that worsens their living conditions or wishes to have them erased?

    A representative democracy exists so people can voice their opinions through voting in the representation they favor — if you critique them because the USA's democratic system fails to represent them, hence they should vote for one of the two representations that are possible, but aim to kill them or worsen their lives, then you are critiquing an individual for the faultiness of the system.

    And last but not least, any person should still be called out for “boycotting the election”, not voting is ridiculous which is perfectly explained by Jay Foreman here.

    Participate in every election while you can. :voteblue: :dsa:

    eldubuu,
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    @ErikUden

    Based on the number of people reminding us hourly on every social media platform out there about what a horrible person Biden is, it seems unlikely that there is anyone on the planet that isnt aware of this.

    If your point is that no politician is above criticism and do not deserve the unexamined loyalty we all too often give them, OK.

    If what you say is true, then morally we cannot vote for Biden because of genocide he HAS committed, and choose Trump who has NOT committed genocide

    eldubuu,
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    @ErikUden

    We did read it, all 638 words.

    A charitable reading is that people should always vote, even if one dislikes the choices.

    A less charitable reading is that people should vote for some third party that has ZERO chance of of winning & enacting ones policy preferences.

    It is reasonable to expect any credible advocate for a third party to at least offer some policy & moral analyses as to why that third party is the better choice.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    👀Via Emptywheel:

    I'm with 'paw.

    Not a single participant in a Trump-related case (or Hunter Biden's) has avoided life-altering threats. You can't do this to people serving their civic duty.

    nycsouthpaw:

    Another Lawfare editor has posted a thread—based on pool reports—compiling copious personal identifying information for all six seated jurors. It’s so dangerous, at least as I perceive the character of the movement, I don’t even want to link it. WTF are we doing?

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff

    Recourse?

    GhostOnTheHalfShell, to random
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    The largest mistake those who oppose conservatives, largely the left, make is to think the wealthy are driven only by greed, and ignore that hatred and contempt apply in equal or greater measure in their thinking.

    They will sacrifice profits to them. Understand this point.

    eldubuu,
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    @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    For the ultra-wealthy, “F*** You Money” has a different meaning than it does for the merely well off.

    GottaLaff, to comics
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    : : “NOone knows more about dimension than me!”

    Just… go. Now. You’re welcome.

    Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/04/14

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff @jimmy_insane

    Jimbo!

    Jimbo makin’ copies!

    Jimbotron!

    The Jimbonator!

    w7voa, to random
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    The games continue on Twitter/X with my rather inactive account — first was the involuntary upgrade to a complimentary premium account. I quickly hid the meaningless checkmark that came with it. Now it appears the account will be forced to display the blue tick.

    eldubuu,
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    @w7voa

    Everyone knows where this is going, yet somehow, Musk has managed to convince his ‘customers’ that the painful, persistent anal intrusion they are experiencing is essential to their business and personal well being.

    w7voa, to random
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    I am seeing a lot of discussion about this piece today on my social media feeds from former NPR staffers: https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust

    eldubuu,
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    @w7voa

    Apparently, the ridiculous MAGA-curious white people at NPR are so far beyond irony that a conflicted snow flake employee complaining about other snow flake employees is treated as Serious Journalism TM.

    Berliner is obviously sucking up to Rupert Murdoch for a job, trying desperately to keep his “pro-business billionaire bootlick” gig going.

    What a pathetic loser…

    rbreich, to random
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    Let's be clear. Arizona's Supreme Court knocking reproductive rights back to 1864 is a direct result of Donald Trump keeping his promise to appoint U.S. Supreme Court Justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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    @rbreich

    The AZ SC offered another stark reminder - as if any were needed - of what the stakes are in the coming election.

    I am so looking forward to the coming electoral beat down of MAGA neo-fascist lunatics…

    Teri_Kanefield, to random
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    I did what I said I would do with this week's blog post:

    I analyzed the heated comments to last week's blog post.

    I found it all so interesting that I kept thinking about it. Me: 🤔

    https://terikanefield.com/the-ronna-mcdaniel-story-fall-out/

    I installed that cloudfare cache plugin people were recommending so if you get that 500 error let me know (and I will growl -- but not at YOU. I will growl at Mastodon)

    eldubuu,
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    @Teri_Kanefield

    Too many words. My screeching monkey brain is getting itchy….

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Soon he’ll (hopefully) be another member of the #ETTD club.

    NYT: Just over a year ago, Todd Blanche was a registered New York Democrat and a partner at Wall Street’s oldest law firm, where the nation’s corporate elite go for legal help. Now he is a registered Florida Republican and the principal lawyer for Donald #Trump.

    eldubuu,
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    @GottaLaff

    Former federal prosecutors are wealthy, but not “fuck God” wealthy. For that, they have few options but to bet their entire careers on serving the global criminal oligarchy.

    I am increasingly convinced that these people are evolving into a radically different, hyper-aggressive subspecies of invasive hominid. This new species is resistant to almost all available norms, morals, laws and judgements.

    The question is how do we curtail their expansion before they destroy the rest of us?

    lauren, to random
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    The Open Source community is at a critical juncture. The "xz" controversy is not (or at least should not) be a surprise to anyone who knows the modus operandi of the community. But it is yet another in a line of wake-up calls that have long been ignored, despite the pleas of many in the community for reforms. Act now or forever hold your peace. Time's up.

    eldubuu,
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    @lauren

    Here’s a radical thought: REGULATORY OVERSIGHT WITH PROFESSIONAL LICENSING, BONDING.

    There’s a reason we don’t let uneducated, unqualified rando’s off the street become doctors, surgeons, dentists, lawyers, judges, architects, structural engineers, veterinarians, or even electricians, pilots, or long-haul truckers FFS!

    Teri_Kanefield, to random
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    I took some time to think about the Ronna McDaniel hiring and firing.

    The result is that I have written another blog post that has me going against the current.

    https://terikanefield.com/the-ronna-mcdaniel-story/

    If you get the error message, wait a minute and try again. It's Mastodon's fault! This doesn't happen with any other platforms.

    Some news: I may be back in Nevada doing voter protection work with the Nevada Democrats after several cycles in Georgia. A little closer to home.

    eldubuu,
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    @Teri_Kanefield @mastodonmigration

    Or perhaps its the case that all forms of human interaction are deeply dysfunctional because a powerful white minority prefers violence over sharing social protections with anyone who does not look or sound like them.

    Just a thought….

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