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peteriskrisjanis

@peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv

Balamute, mūziķis, pārāk jūtīgs cilvēks - Chatterbox, musician by heart, programming / devops / design at Frontier Developments

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GottaLaff, to random
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FYI, someone just asked me, "Could you please put a CW on those US politics posts?"

I said no sorry,, just mute me.

I don't understand CWing political posts. And that doesn't mean you need to @ me explaining why. I know THEIR reasons, I just disagree with them and won't do it.

I respect CWs for other things, but not politics. Politics is news and people need to be aware of what's happening. It's not gory or violent, it's politics.

Kthxbye.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff @peterainbow @nicolesandler filtering is excellent on Mastodon. Politics can be triggering, but I don't feel there is general consensus it should be CW. Also each instance and user abide their own rules :)

danjac, to random
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You get the impression from today's Tories (Sunak, Truss et al) that they don't really like Britain or its people very much. They regard the British people as lazy, "woke", workshy and ungrateful.

Hence all their talk about doing away with doctors' sick notes, discouraging work-from-home, "Singapore on the Thames" etc. They would much rather be governing an imaginary authoritarian country somewhere in Asia with zero workers rights.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@danjac Sunak is sociopathic billionare with no real identity or belonging. He is so distant from even top earner working for normal wages that he could be from entirely different planet.

rose, to random
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holy shit. they actually called it "reply guy". seeing the Torment Nexus and copying it for profit is one thing, but seeing a reply guy and being like "I can monetize that" is a whole new type of evil.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@rose I thought it was a joke and it was funny. Then I realized it was real.

danjac, to random
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Looks like the US "originalist" Supreme Court is not only overturning the founding principles of the US Constitution, but the 1689 English Bill of Rights that bound the King under the law.

Any constitution, after all, is just a piece of paper subject to the whims of whoever is in power at any time.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@danjac it is really not. The majority of constitutions are codified, so if someone wants to grab power, they eventually will come in conflict with it.
It is way UK and USA does it is plain wrong and has been wrong for centuries. It has ensured rich people rule. Fact that they start to openly embrace fascism is because they have means to BS half of the populace.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Obama advisor Eric Schultz:

wow - NYT reporter says their nonstop coverage of ’s age is retribution for not giving their boss an interview:

“It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/25/new-york-times-biden-white-house-00154219

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff this can't be serious. But it is. This world is ruled and will be damaged by childish behaviour.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff you really don't know half of it. Majority of power hungry sociopath problems come from personal vendettas. This is how they see world.

GottaLaff, to random
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Should I be posting dopey countdown posts to my move to BC?

Your choice.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff ohh yeah

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Emptywheel:

The radical right adopts Mitt's self-deportation approach.

🤣😂🤣😂

Billy House:

Tom Massie says he doesn't plan to trigger the motion to vacate against Johnson today -- and MTG declines to comment ... but Massie said a strategy right now is to get the speaker to resign, by growing the number of co-sponors on the ouster move.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff so anti Ukraine move blew up in GOP face and no one wants to keep this Vlad train going, at least for now. I will get popcorn.
Also will get a drink because I thought help for Ukraine is a bust. Hope it passes today 🤞

GottaLaff, to random
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Okay guys, I gotta go pack some more stuff. I can't believe we move in 5 weeks!

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff good luck with everything, hope it goes smoothly!

GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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1/... Klasfeld:

News

In 's NY criminal case, prosecutors file so-called "Sandoval" notice—disclosing unchged prior bad acts they intend to use at trial to impeach his credibility.

The list rattles off NYAG civil fraud case, case, & more.
"If the defendant chooses to testify, the People intend to inquire regarding the following"

Full list of litigation prosecutors intend to confront Trump w, if given the green light by judge: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24554324-peoples-sandoval-notice-filed

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff but if he does, popcorn won't be enough

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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1/… I'll ask a favor of you.

This trial hasn't even started yet, not one witness. Yet...

I'm getting Doomers galore in my feed.

A Trumpy helped convict him in an earlier trial.

The prosecutors are vetting the jurors carefully.

I am not Dooming. Not yet.

Can we wait for the trial to be in full swing before predicting the worst possible outcome? Or do people thrive on constant pessimism? I just don't.

Thanks so much for listening. Let's try to be hopeful.

More…

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff what is the point of the doom anyway? We have to keep fighting. There will be some wins, there will be some defeats.

aral, to linux
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Is it just me or is Ubuntu basically the Windows of Linux now?

peteriskrisjanis,
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@aral no. You might not like it - i use different distributions - but calling it Windows is not matching any comparition.

jwildeboer, to random
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My B4 prototype, 15+ years old. Original battery. Still works and battery charging is no problem. Impressive little machine :)

peteriskrisjanis,
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@jwildeboer I loved concepts (like ad hoc wifi) and idea, I hope some of those ideas lives on.

osma, to Ukraine
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It's been over a month since Rep McGovern started his discharge petition to bypass Mike Johnson in the US Congress and get the support package for Ukraine rolling again. In the meantime, the House has mostly just vacationed, while russia bombards Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure. The petiton is up to 195 of the 218 names needed for majority.

It's not just Johnson. Most of the representatives don't care.


https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024031209?CongressNum=118

peteriskrisjanis,
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@osma multiple reasons: * conflicting feelings about Israel support, because it is tied up together; * GOP reps waiting for trump publicly weakened, as they are afraid to go against him;

MissingThePt, to random
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More people are planning to vote for Biden in the general election. Why that’s bad news for Biden.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@MissingThePt laughed out loud ngl

stux, to random
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As an experiment, I have setup a YouTube channel where I'm uploading compilations of the videos I share here in Mastodon to see if I can get it popular enough to let Google pay for our server bills here :ed_grin:

Not sure if it's a good idea but we can always try right :blobcatgiggle:

It would be a great start if one likes to sub here:
https://youtube.com/@FailToks

Let's try and make Google pay for the Fedi :youtube:

peteriskrisjanis,
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@stux I like idea ngl

GottaLaff, to Colorado
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Oh hell yeah.

💪🏼
Via Kyle Griffin:

A proposed amendment that would formally enshrine access to in 's constitution is all but certain to appear on the November ballot after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates said they have collected the required number of signatures.

In fact, the groups collected 100,000 more signatures than necessary.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/colorado-signatures-abortion-ballot-measure-rcna147558

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff that is beautiful can of worms, ngl.

aaron.rupar, to random

having a normal one

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff @aaron.rupar I am not worried about his followers. I don't understand regular people giving him a pass because "taxes", and Biden being too nice apparently.

GottaLaff, to legal
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“NY state appeals judge on Tues denied 's bid to delay his April 15 trial on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star while he appeals a in the case. [election interference]

Associate Justice Cynthia Kern issued the order following a Tues morning hearing at a mid-level appeals court. A full panel of appeals judges will later consider Trump's underlying challenge to the gag order.”

https://reut.rs/43Q5QJK

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff six days to go, bring it on 🍿

GottaLaff, to random
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Trump vs Lindsey, cont’d.

Via Scott MacFarlane:

JUST NOW: About his rebuke of #Trump’s #abortion statement, Sen #LindseyGraham (R-SC) tells reporters “most Americans” share “my position”

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff I just love whole desperation from trump team on this. He thought he controls it.

GottaLaff, to random
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Yes, he worries me, too.

Politico: Latino Democrats are now taking the threat of #RFKjr’s campaign deadly seriously after party leaders were briefed on a previously unreported poll in mid-February, which showed Kennedy performing surprisingly well among Latino voters in a dozen battleground states, effectively splintering #Biden’s Hispanic coalition from 2020.

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff most likely polling fluke, but good if that kicks people into action.

GottaLaff, to random
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Ruh-roh.

“Lederman noticed that Knight Specialty is not listed on New York's Department of Financial Services website.

On Wednesday, the New York Supreme Court clerk's office returned to 's attorneys the bond filing "for correction." There was no reason publicly specified in the request for correction.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-175-million-civil-fraud-bond-valid-new-york/

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff I suspect they tried to pull a fast one here 😅

Stephen Colbert Popcorn GIF

GottaLaff, to Arizona
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💪🏼 Via Kyle Griffin:

First to NBC News: Groups working to enshrine reproductive rights in 's state constitution say they've ALREADY exceeded the signature threshold to put a constitutional amendment on on the state ballot in November. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/arizona-abortion-rights-amendment-backers-says-gathered-signatures-nee-rcna145922

peteriskrisjanis,
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@GottaLaff niiice!

pluralistic, to random
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Here's a fun AI story: a security researcher noticed that large companies' AI-authored source-code repeatedly referenced a nonexistent library (an AI "hallucination"), so he created a (defanged) malicious library with that name and uploaded it, and thousands of developers automatically downloaded and incorporated it as they compiled the code:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/28/ai_bots_hallucinate_software_packages/

1/

peteriskrisjanis,
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@Babadofar @pluralistic no, we cannot, what are you even about. It is just fricking random choice sorting hat.

peteriskrisjanis, to random
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You know what I am grateful for? It has been hype after hype of "generative AI" for last year. And yet, Mastodon for me is quite mute with this nonsense. Thank you for this. It is not a small thing. Genuine people with genuine expressions.

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