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jetton

@jetton@mastodon.online

Nerd/geek since card-punch days. He/him. Recovering Aspergerian. Long retired. Trans rights are human rights. Oxford comma.

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Earliest known complaint about light pollution due to Starlink satellites.

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Donald Trump at his New Jersey speech:

“The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man,” Trump continued. “He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me, I’m about to have a friend for dinner’ as this poor doctor walked by. ‘I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ But Hannibal Lecter, congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter.”

jetton,
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@MikeF

I wondered about the "late, great Hannibal Lecter" line so I had to check if Anthony Hopkins was still alive. He is.

jetton,
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@nigel @raven

I forgot to link the WP column. Edited the initial post.

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Former Trump aide bragging on TikTok:

"So I always keep this fake Hollywood money in my car, so when a homeless person asks for money, and I give them like a $5 bill, I feel good about myself, they feel good," said McEntee, also a senior advisor to Project 2025. "And then when they go to use it, they get arrested, so I'm actually helping to clean up the community and get them off the street."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mcentee-secret-service/

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My Mother, in 1980:

“You know, I’ve always said, if you can’t think of anything nice to say about someone, you should say nothing at all.”

“What was the question? Oh yes, what do I think about Reagan.”

She then sipped her coffee in complete silence.

Miss you Mom.

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Mission Comics asked me to design a t-shirt as part of their "Save Mission Comics" fundraiser. The shirt will be available in a few weeks, but you can sign up to get notified when they are available. All proceeds go to MC as part of the "Save Mission Comics" campaign. https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/5ed77483-3782-4824-8639-496cb83b8057/landing

jetton,
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@docpop

For those unfamiliar with Goya (which evidently include the editors of Mission Comics) this is the painting alluded to.

jetton, to journalism
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The only time I’ve been beaten by police was in NYC in 1969.

I was at a peace rally at a field near the edge of Central Park and was one of the volunteers on the perimeter. A van pulled up on the path. A group, in full Nazi attire and carrying Swastika flags, jumped out right next to the rally. They ended up running away, chased by some from the crowd. Several of us ran alongside yelling at people to turn back, to little avail.
Two blocks away they turned a corner and…

1/3

jetton,
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ran into the phalanx of police waiting for us. The Nazis set around joking with the cops, while the rest of us were pummeled.
I was lucky because I got away, with only severe bruising on my chest and a small scalp cut from being thrown on the ground.

But that’s not what I came to tell you about.
Came to talk about the press.

2/3

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I was somewhat dazed and wandered around looking for the subway entrance. Someone came up to me to help, asking if I needed to go to the ER. I declined. I looked worse than I felt. Head covered in blood does that.

He was a reporter for the New York Times. He had been at the rally. And had seen the Nazi disruption.

He bought me a coffee and we talked for awhile. I asked if he was going to include it in his article. He said yes, but it would not be printed. It would be cut.

He was right.

3/3

NanoRaptor, to random
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Apple recommended keeping the Macintosh Horizontal Product’s key switch locked in the On position for user safety.

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@NanoRaptor

This never became popular due to it requiring 2 people to operate, one on the keyboard and the other controlling the trackpad and to read the screen, balanced on their laps.
Codenamed the "Duo", it was originally designed as a dating computer, where people could find out if they were compatible. The development of dating websites on the then new World Wide Web obviated the need for such a product.
The only remnant of the product was the codename Duo and the term laptop.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opinion/biden-trump-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.JwoR.sHGc-KQhAFAz&smid=url-share

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@thepoliticalcat @sandlapper37

There are good reporters and columnists, including conservatives, at the NYT.

Ross Douthat is not one of them.

Among other things, he is an anti-abortion extremist that believes a fertilized egg is a person, so abortion at any age, and any form of birth control that prevents implantation is murder.

His other views are equally obnoxious.

Notice he does not say Trump is too old.

The only reason he would write such a column is that he's afraid Biden will win.

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@pluralistic

When my late son was in jail, he fell and broke 4 teeth. No dental care in jail. He was told to take ibuprofen which he could buy from the commissary.

The price? 95 cents. For two tablets.

Since he then couldn't work, he started again accruing the $34/day "room and board" fee.

They also started seizing half the money I put on his commissary account to pay part of this fee.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/20/captive-market/#locked-in

jetton, to random
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Looks like the first person to suggest Shakespeare was the pseudonym of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was Francis Meres—in 1598. George Puttenham mentioned in 1589 rumors that de Vere wrote plays covertly.

Article has some interesting side observations such as de Vere being a "crossdresser", and that Oxfordians include several justices of the US Supreme Court. [Although the latter might militate against the theory, considering their recent rulings.]

#Shakespeare

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/19/questions-over-shakespeares-authorship-began-in-his-lifetime-scholar-claims

GottaLaff, to legal
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REMINDER: I can’t always reply/answer questions. Use NFL (Not For Laffy)

🧵Starts HERE 1/…

Pagliery:

Trump is sitting at the defense table, with Todd Blanche at his right and Emil Bove at his left, plus Susan Necheles at the far left.

Blanche is explaining something, waving his right hand around while Trump nods in approval.

Dozens called for jury duty are downstairs and going through metal detectors.

The judge just sat down. We begin.

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@GottaLaff

Is the Karen listed as a witness Karen McDougal rather than McDouglas?

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Bros always assume you think Crypto and NFT's are a scam, because you don't know how they work. My brother in Christ, I think it's a scam, because I do know how it works.

jetton,
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@RickiTarr
I can see how people fall for crypto scams with all the bro technobabble.

But NFTs? They seem such an obvious scam. Well except for the one of a Nigerian prince. That's clearly legit. He told me so himself.

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The fediverse is bigger than Truth Social and most of it isn't even a company... just a bunch of nerds running their own social network on pocket change (as it should be) and the content here is chefs kiss so much nicer.

Maybe we should "go public" too LMAO.

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@futurebird

Truth Social has < 1 million monthly active users.
Truth Social supposedly worth $5 billion.
Mastodon alone has > 2 million monthly users.

Math is complicated, so I'll let others calculate the dollar value of the Fediverse.

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@tshirtman @futurebird

A company that pays its board and top execs more than its annual revenue and has losses > 12x revenue is really not worth anything.

Except to those gullible enough to follow Trump.

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@tshirtman @futurebird

The previous time DJT was used as a ticker symbol was on the NY stock exchange. The stock lost 99.5 % of its value by the time it was dropped from the exchange. It lost > $ 1 billion but somehow the founder made $44 million.
Wonder whose stock that was…*
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  • I think you can guess.
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@tshirtman @futurebird

In case the suspense is too much, the company was Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts.

Many, many people come up to me with tears in their eyes, big strong men who have never cried in their lives, saying "how can he lose money from casinos?"

He didn't.

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Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced that the eclipse Monday is a Sign from God that America has to Repent.
Guess she must have skipped the day in grade school when the teacher explained about eclipses.

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There is now famine in Gaza.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/famine-gaza-us-state-department-israel-food-aid

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Twenty-one years ago today the IDF killed Rachel Corrie in Rafah, Gaza.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie

GottaLaff, to random
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Busted..

Via david.heath.writer on Threads:

Journalist Jonathan Katz fact checked Katie Britt’s horrific rape story from her over-the-top rebuttal.
Despite all the drama, it turns out to be a story that happened 20 years ago - and not in the U.S. but in Mexico. It’s a story that was recounted in Congressional testimony in 2015.

Katie lied when she blamed this on Joe ’s border policies and when she said it happened in the U.S.

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@GottaLaff

Four Pinocchio rating on Washington post.

[gift link]

https://wapo.st/4cbzyg4

RustyBertrand, to random
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I'm going to keep re-posting this until stops putting me on silent mode.

HAPPY WOMENS DAY!

Mastodon is putting all my posts in silent mode automatically. Check before you post.

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@RustyBertrand

@Gargron

Eugen, why are you blocking one the best accounts on Mastodon? I know mastodon.social has moderation difficulties, but this is ridiculous.

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