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GottaLaff, to legal
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🤦🏻‍♀️ This is what desperation looks like:

Via Inner City Press:

docket: Just filed by Habba, "Trump respectfully requests judgment as a matter of law in this case under Rule 50(b) of the FRCP. It is warranted because failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove causation of any damages in this case

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff Keep throwing bogus motions and pleas and whatever to try and delay and hope one of them sticks. Either he will get some traction on an issue, or he'll get something that goes up the appeal ladder and delays (maybe until he wins the election after which he'll claim immunity). In any case, spending a million or so on legal fees to try and escape an $83M payment makes economic sense. But his lawyers should he sanctioned for this cynical, dishonest tactic.

itsfoss, to random
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Magika is Google's open-source AI-powered file-type identification tool.

https://news.itsfoss.com/google-magika-ai/

richard_merren,
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@itsfoss Everything using what we previously called ML is marketed as AI now.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to Georgia
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📌 Via Tamar Hallerman: 1/...

Coming at 1 pm: closing arguments from Fulton election defendants who are arguing should be disqualified from the case. We're also expecting both sides to try and submit additional evidence, incl text messages, cell records and an affidavit

Live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@judgescottmcafee/streams

Among today's spectators: Scott Grubman, att'y who rep'd defendant Ken Chesebro. Former Dekalb CEO and gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones is also back

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff This is an admission that he is blowing smoke. How can a prosecutor have a conflict of interest with someone who is supposed to be on her side 100% already? If they think she was taking kickbacks for giving him a contract then they don't seem to have any proof of that. Or of anything at all. This is a sideshow they are running as part of the wider legal strategy to delay all legal proceedings to after the election. These lawyers should be sanctioned for taking part in this sham.

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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The Intercept has published a damning deconstruction of the NY Times' "October 7 Expose".

Notable: The Times' standards editor "stepped back" from his position shortly after the piece appeared.

https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/

As former Public Editor Margaret Sullivan is quoted in the piece, the Times desperately needs -- no, the public needs -- a public editor again. The paper killed the position years ago, and essentially all accountability with it.

richard_merren,
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@dangillmor Thanks for the reminder of why I don't generally read the intercept. That was a terrible hit piece, full of "this raises questions" and "I have doubts" with very little substance. If you already disbelieve the widespread rape allegations, and just want another reference point for some kind of argument that the horrific mass murder spree was slightly less bad, you will enjoy this article. But if you are looking for any concrete information about anything at all, pass up the click.

Jeze3D, to Nostalgia
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Bring back the 80s/90s BBS/internet experience with this PCB wifi replacement with simulated dialing!

https://tempestfpga.com

@retrocomputing

video/mp4

richard_merren,
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@Jeze3D @retrocomputing This is so fantastic and useless--I love it!

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Michigan reporter Craig Mauger:

MAJOR:

Renner says the group of false electors was told that lawmakers had the ability to accept the Republican electoral certificate over the Democratic certificate.

[Previous tweet by Craig👇🏼]

James Renner says the false electors met at the Radisson hotel in downtown Lansing before walking to the Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020.

They were invited by someone to return to the hotel for pizza and hot chocolate after going to the Capitol, he testifies

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff OK, so it was perfectly legal for them to take part in a fraudulent conspiracy to overthrow an election because some guy told them it would be fine. And there were snacks.

JoshuaHolland, to random
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The big story should be that a Republican prosecutor didn’t find grounds to charge Biden and inserted gratuitous commentary that aligns with GOP talking-points during an election year in an attempt to influence the outcome. That should really be a huge scandal.

richard_merren,
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@JoshuaHolland "But his age" is the new "but her emails." We have two candidates who are close enough in age that they were in high school AT THE SAME TIME but only one of them is too old? That's just stupid.

GottaLaff, to random
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Yes, THAT Delgado.

A.J. Delgado:

Again, you morons, I will take , even if so old he literally has to be propped up on the podium with wooden strings, over insufferable nepo-babies Jared and Ivanka running the country and the world again.

Voters agree w me.

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff Some people still want to pretend that they have a choice between Biden and someone better than Biden. Like it or not, we will not have that choice. The real choice is between Biden and someone so, so much worse than Biden.

GottaLaff, to random
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Aww... Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, Action Jackson and dozens of other films and TV shows, died Tuesday, his family announced. He was 76. https://deadline.com/2024/02/carl-weathers-dead-1235812684/

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff Don't forget Force 10 from Navarone. So many classics!

GottaLaff, to random
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OMFG. I'd never heard it before either, Robbie.

Via Emptywheel:

This is actually one of Roger Stone's favorite slurs against women. He has used it against me at least once.

" told her: 'See you next Tuesday' – a phrase that is often used as a derogatory euphemism directed at women." https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/01/politics/roberta-kaplan-donald-trump-deposition-maralago/index.html

As for , here's what he tweeted to me in 2014, among other things::

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff Whenever I learn racist or misogynistic phrases that old people know but I've never heard I consider it to be a good sign that the world is changing for the better.

And Roger Stone's name should never come up without a reminder that he was kicked off the Dole campaign for being a pervert.

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff Same. I had to Google the phrase. I forgot to search it in incognito mode and I can only imagine what ads I am going to get now...

GottaLaff, to random
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Politico: Intelligence officials have estimated that Tehran does not have full control over its proxy groups in the Middle East, including those responsible for attacking and killing U.S. troops in recent weeks.

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff It's so hard to find quality goons and henchmen these days.

mcnees, to random
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Physicist Rudolph Mössbauer was born in 1929. He is best known for his eponymous scattering phenomenon in which gamma rays are absorbed without recoil by nuclei in a crystal lattice. This allows frequency measurements precise enough for tests of general relativity.

Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, he was a handsome. Was he setting unrealistic standards for future physicists? Also yes. Please don’t let this prejudice your opinion of his scientific contributions.

richard_merren,
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@mcnees Was there much physics coming out of Germany in the late 40s and early 50s? It seems like they must have lost a whole generation of physicists as they either fled the Nazis or were snatched up by the Allies after the war. Mossbauer would have been a kid during that period and got a doctorate later. Did he study in Germany or did he have to travel abroad?

GottaLaff, to random
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Thanks for the Dem ad, Nik!

Via Aaron Rupar:

on Newsmax: "Let's speak some hard truths. If Donald becomes the Republican nominee, we will get a President Kamala Harris. You mark my words. He cannot win a general election ... he can't get independents. He can't get suburban women."

richard_merren,
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@GottaLaff An oblique "Biden is old and will die" reference without having to be bold/crass enough to actually say it out loud.

Some_Emo_Chick, to conspiracy
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, , and the ‘Epstein List’: Why the Far Right Is Obsessed with Sex Trafficking

An expert on theories explains why figures are embracing the latest twist in the Jeffrey saga.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/09/why-maga-is-obsessed-with-jeffrey-epstein-00134394

richard_merren,
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@Some_Emo_Chick It's ridiculous how many of these crazy conspiracy theories rely on basic, old-school antisemitism. It seems paranoid and narcissistic to believe our people are that central to their convoluted fantasies, but scratch nearly any conspiract theory and you find "it's the jews!" somewhere down the line. It's like the glue that holds together the whole world of nutbaggery.

JoshuaHolland, to Israel
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Unless there's more to it than this story lays out, the allegations made by a far-right gov that sees humanitarian orgs as mortal enemies and is notoriously loose with the facts seem exceptionally thin. A teacher in an UNRA school "celebrated" 10/7 and Hamas kept hostages in an UNRA employee's apt?

Investigating the claim is one thing, but pausing funding when 2 million people are suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in memory is horrific.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68104203

richard_merren,
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@JoshuaHolland Of the two examples (both of which are things that a UN agency employee should be fired for) the hostage keeping is particularly egregious. Regardless of your opinions, holding these hostages is a war crime and someone working for a humanitarian NGO participating in war crimes is about as bad as it can get for that organization--it is either complicit, unaware of the complicity in its ranks, or aware of the complicity and completely incapable of confronting it. All bad options.

jeffjarvis, to random
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AUTHENTIC?
Trump is authentic, appealing and funny. That’s what makes him dangerous. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/25/trump-charisma-moderation-ideology/

richard_merren,
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@jeffjarvis The guy who lies about his height and covers his bald spot and has orange-dyed skin, does photo shoots with bibles even though he mispronounces the names of major books in it, who has announced every position possible on abortion at one time or another, and who has been accused of multiple different cases of fraud, should never be referred to as "authentic." It's like words no longer have any meaning at all.

atomicpoet, to random

I hate how Europeans simply referred to the area between India and China as “Indochina”.

That’s like referring to the area between France and Russia as “Francussia”.

richard_merren,
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@atomicpoet We carry on that tradition today with European-focused terms like "the middle east" and "far east" and "sub saharan africa" and "the third world" and "developing countries". The worst might be "Indian" for Native Americans. Calling Israel "the Holy Land" is a little ranking, too.

jeffjarvis, to random
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Who's the "we"?...
We Are Normalizing Trump. Again. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opinion/trump-republican-nomination-coalition.html?smid=tw-share

richard_merren,
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@jeffjarvis Aside from the ridiculous lack of self awareness by the Times, this headline is a terrible description of the article (which was actually pretty interesting).

AnnaAnthro, to Florida
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    richard_merren,
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    @AnnaAnthro Good riddance to that guy. I'm sorry that Floridians are still stuck with him, but I hope that's the last the rest of us have to be subjected to his squeaky voice and platform shoes (not to mention his bigotry and authoritarianism, but the voice really is the worst).

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via Aaron Rupar:

    Sununu on 's rally last night in New Hampshire: "It wasn't even that big of a rally. The guy had to curtain off half of the stadium so it didn't look empty, and then flies out of here."

    richard_merren,
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    @GottaLaff "I absolutely condemn this restaurant's use of horsemeat and I find it abhorrent, but I will continue eating the burgers here because the restaurant across the street does not serve Pepsi products."

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    God bless Mastodon. Before I can even report the rare spam account, it's alread gone. Thank you @Gargron

    richard_merren,
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    @jeffjarvis @Gargron He does a great job of keeping my feed both spam-free and Nazi-free, all while keeping it ad-free. Pretty amazing.

    jeffjarvis, to random
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    Classic . "As a longtime tech reporter, I thought I was well acquainted with the dangers of the internet." But...
    Our kids have lived in different worlds since the jitterbug and Dobie Gillis....
    Our Kids Are Living in a Different Digital World https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/opinion/children-nicotine-zyn-social-media.html?smid=tw-share

    richard_merren,
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    @jeffjarvis It's fun watching in real time while the Millennials morph into the Boomers and start yelling at kids to get off their lawn.

    JoshuaHolland, to random
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    Since 2006, right-wingers have blown up every effort to pass centrist, bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform by crying “amnesty.” To the degree that there is a “border crisis,” they created it and are happy to exploit it for political gain.

    richard_merren,
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    @JoshuaHolland If this Musk post is not specifically "Great Replacement Theory" then it is at the very least great-replacement-adjacent. Aside from this being an absolutely idiotic theory for a number of reasons, this is evidence that Musk is listening to the worst anti-immigrant, racist, and antisemitic rhetoric so regularly and has absorbed it so thoroughly that he will spout this nonsense back as if it is some kind of reasonable, cogent, fact-based analysis.

    GottaLaff, to Michigan
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    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Breaking: Republicans have voted to remove state Chair Kristina Karamo, an election denier, from her role.

    richard_merren,
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    @GottaLaff Did they oust her because she is an election-denying extremist, or did they oust her because they think she is not enough of an extremist and they want someone worse to take her place?

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