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Practicing lawtologist. Coffee achiever. Husband and sometimes research assistant of Dr. Wife. WFU '10, SC Law '16

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w7voa, to random
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One journalist killed and three wounded, including two Al Jazeera journalists, in an Israeli rocket strike on a car in Alma al-Shaab, . - Al Jazeera https://x.com/AJABreaking/status/1712853414776840378?s=20

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@w7voa Israel killing journalists? I'm shocked, shocked.

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat Awful lot of teeth for that to be Bama

the_etrain, to random
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Alexa! Exact revenge on all who have wronged me.

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@the_etrain @reay OK, now playing "The Song That Doesn't End" by Shari Lewis. High Quality sound is available for only $2.99 per month. Try now?

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat Coming this Christmas, the sequel no one asked for: Cocaine Croc

Garwboy, to random
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"I discovered a fish that has the smallest brain to body ratio of all vertebrates"

"Aw, the poor thing. You gave it a nice name though, yeah? No need to kick it while it's down"

"..."

"...You named it something nice, right?"

"..."

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@Garwboy "Why'd you call it an assfish?"

"You heard me say that it was pale, soft, and flabby, right?"

georgetakei, to random

The MAGA cult at it again. https://secondnexus.com/trump-share-courtroom-sketch-jesus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

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@georgetakei Just as I remember it from Catechism, Jesus being sued by the Romans for defrauding his creditors to support his exorbitant lifestyle

georgetakei, to random

Fun fact: Even if Trump thinks he can stop the criminal cases against him by being reelected, when he loses the civil case in NY and his access to property wealth, that's it. No more riches, however inflated.

And that's why he is so furious and scared.

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@georgetakei bribes are a somewhat more liquid asset

w7voa, to random
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AP: Federal prosecutors press for a limited gag order on former President Donald Trump, citing a continuing pattern of incendiary and intimidating statements in the case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of . https://apnews.com/article/7433a481bd49c32020d129ab925bad1f

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@w7voa Federal prosecutors urge judge to dangle a red cord in front of Trump over court misconduct

arstechnica, to random
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Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

Despite total lack of specifics, rumored collaboration has everyone guessing.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/jony-ive-and-openais-altman-reportedly-collaborating-on-mysterious-ai-device/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The collaboration will mostly involve inflated stock prices and awards of options for stock performance.

stevesilberman, to random
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Traitor/grifter Jared Kushner, who is not yet dying in federal prison as he deserves, tried to quash the Washington Post's investigation into the Trump campaign's collusion with the Kremlin, demanded editor's firing. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/27/jared-kushner-editor-washington-post-trump-russia-election-interference-2016

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@stevesilberman Nice of Marty Baron to sit on the news for 4 years rather than, I don't know, write about it when he was the editor of the Washington Post.

arstechnica, to random
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Space Force chief foresees role in protecting commercial satellites

"It would stand to reason that that same philosophy would extend into space."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/space-force-chief-foresees-role-in-protecting-commercial-satellites/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica "Space Force chief foresees reason for his job to exist"

MissingThePt, to random
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Lauren Boebert’s date, looking to avoid further embarrassing media coverage, agrees to attend Sweeney Todd with Lorena Bobbitt.

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@MissingThePt God that's good

FuckElon, to random
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I love the smell of desperation in the morning...

https://defector.com/linda-yaccarino-is-the-last-funny-twitter-bit-left

#X

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@FuckElon Hey, more people are watching a few clips of the 4th-10th most popular sports on Twitter in a random weekend than last year. That is the kind of YoY success that leads to minor increases in ad sales.

GovTrack, to random
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Stop Pot Act from Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC11) would cut federal highway funds 10% to states that legalize recreational marijuana. https://govtrackinsider.com/stop-pot-act-would-cut-federal-highway-funds-10-to-states-that-legalize-recreational-marijuana-ff86e13ffe8c

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@GovTrack Oh, look, its Sebelius with precedent that this is facially unconstitutional.

georgetakei, (edited ) to random

She actually asked if they knew who she was as she was escorted out. Unbelievable.
https://www.comicsands.com/boebert-outrageous-behavior-theater-beetlejuice-2665401932.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

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@georgetakei "Everyone knows who you are and they all want you to shut up."

Chrishallbeck, to random
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This feels like they are trying to recruit me into being a human battery for the Matrix.

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@Chrishallbeck Well, Soylent Green was set in 2022, so it is about time

lowqualityfacts, to random
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That's rough.

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@lowqualityfacts

pluralistic, to random
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When Unity CEO John Riccitiello was CEO of EA in 2011, he proposed a monetization scheme for Battlefield where players would be charged $1 every time they reloaded their gun.

https://mcvuk.com/business-news/pc/when-riccitiello-said-battlefield-players-could-pay-1-per-reload/

h/t @beltsquid

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@ramblingsteve @pluralistic the arcade machines rewarded skill. You win, you keep playing without more money. This would just be demanding money to play, no matter how well you play.

MissingThePt, to random
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Jim Jordan, co-leader of the House impeachment inquiry of President Biden, announces that there is already evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that he covered up sexual abuse during his time as an Ohio State assistant wrestling coach.

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@MissingThePt

Bill Hader playing Jim Jordan in an SNL skit. Jordan begins by scrunching his eye brows and frowning into the camera, then suddenly raises his eyebrows and drops his mouth and then asks, in shock, "What?"

halfcocked, to random

However dumb you might think Elon Musk is, you're wrong. It's so, so much worse than you thought.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/

malwaretech, to random

The LinkedIn meta of creating fake Tweets from yourself, photoshopping in a verified badge, then quoting yourself by posting screenshots makes me want to kms.

I genuinely did not think it was possible to be more cringe than chronically online Twitter users until I learned about LinkeInfluencers.

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@malwaretech I think you might be gregnant

andrew, to solar
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In this week's column I call for a streamlined process for low income households to obtain energy tax credits. TLDR: Don't require them to install solar on their roof or build a solar farm in their community, let them invest in community projects that are situated where they'll generate the most electricity.

Ultimately, engage with the communities you seek to aid and ask them what they need and how to facilitate it.

@law

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/energy-credits-for-low-income-taxpayers-should-be-easy-to-get

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@dbc3 @andrew @law Agreed on the ineffectiveness of tax credits for low income households. The standard deductions for individuals and joint filers the 2023 tax year are $13,850 & $27,700, respectively. The odds of low income households receiving any benefit from itemizing, short of catastrophic illness, are minute to begin with, and even smaller when it requires them to spend money on things that aren't necessities.

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@dbc3 @andrew @law Agreed on the ineffectiveness of tax credits for low income households. The standard deductions for individuals and joint filers in the 2023 tax year will be $13,850 & $27,700, respectively.

The odds of low income households receiving any benefit from itemizing, short of catastrophic illness, are already minute, and will be bordering on non-existent if it requires them to spend money on things that aren't necessities.

pluralistic, to random
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I'm With The Band

Me with Chris Franz

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@pluralistic You got what you were after

gsuberland, to random
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when your game's players leak so many military secrets that Wikipedia considers forking that section into its own article

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@RichiH @azonenberg @gsuberland Well, building a bad reputation, anyway. It seems like trolling people about why some tank or plane sucks is the most effective way to get someone to leak classified specs to prove you wrong.

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