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tlariv

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Some white guy in Chicago. Velophile, bibliophile, gastronome. Turnoffs include fascism. ☥
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ashton, to random
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NEWS: The Mississippi Free Press just asked a court to hold that the Legislature is a "public body" under the law and that the MS House GOP Caucus must stop holding secret closed-door meetings and make them open to the public under state transparency laws.

Last year, the Ethics Commission said the Legislature is not a "public body."
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/36011/mfp-asks-court-to-make-house-gop-caucus-meetings-open-to-public-press

tlariv,
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@ashton
Pardon my laziness for not looking it up, but what exactly would be a public body if not the state legislature?

futurebird, to random
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My husband had this tradition at his old job as a journalist where if they had to work a long night on the way out they delivered "the parting shots" things you can say that sound good on the surface... until you think about it.

"Bill? This has been a day I won't forget easily."
"Sarah? You really wrote one of the articles of all time."
"Jake? Tremendous effort tonight."
"It was a crazy night, and whenever it was at its worst? Well you were right there."

etc.

Do you have a "parting shot?"

tlariv,
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@futurebird
For a long time I thought that a certain Smashing Pumpkins lyric — "Today is the greatest day I've ever known" —changed in a later verse to "Today is the greatest day available", and I've hated Billy Corgan ever since I found out it was just a straight repeat.

futurebird, to random
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I feel uncomfortable with the 14th amendment idea. I understand all of the arguments, but it leaves random state officials and courts making a value judgement. An obvious one in this case.

But will we see a candidate stripped from ballot in the future because she protested against a war and got arrested in the process?

That said. Trump's fans will simply write him in. Which seems fine to me. That's going to work out so well for them.

tlariv,
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@futurebird
Fwiw, in Illinois at least write-in candidates need to be approved in advance. Any other write-ins are just disregarded

slcw, (edited ) to HipHop
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These pseudolebrities are digging their own graves. There's a reason why literally nobody in picks a fight with . They're about to find out.

https://firstsportz.com/ufc-news-rapper-eminem-cease-and-desist-to-rising-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-gets-savage-reaction/

tlariv,
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@slcw
Case in point

https://youtu.be/b1a_DBZKJOQ

golgaloth, to books
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But the Walaq did not need direct information.

Well, quite. (Dossouye: The Dancers of the Mulukau, Charles Saunders)

@bookstodon

tlariv,
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@golgaloth
"Lucien Tendret, whose great-uncle was Brillat-Savarin, in his book La Table au pays de Brillat-Savarin, also created a few gastronomic aphorisms."

Oddly fitting.

@bookstodon

evan, (edited ) to random
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Do you own a flag?

#EvanPoll #poll

tlariv,
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@evan
I own several black handkerchiefs that could serve as flags in a pinch

StillIRise1963, to random
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Why is the brown man making the white supremacist finger sign.🤔

tlariv,
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@StillIRise1963
Because he knows his audience?

Private
tlariv,
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@ExcessivelyDiverting
Does doing it in reverse count?
@bookstodon @histodons

kbeninato, to random
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Maddow on Trump trolling the US women's soccer team: "He said he would much prefer to live in France."

HRC: "That could be arranged." 😂

tlariv,
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@kbeninato
He obviously hasn't tried ordering a well-done steak there.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    tlariv,
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    @Teri_Kanefield
    Good boy!

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Remember the fucking corrupt media was spinning tales about how Trump would rise to the level of being presidential.🙄

    tlariv,
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    @StillIRise1963
    How Trump Could Win Over Critics [by becoming a completely different person]

    tlariv,
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    @StillIRise1963
    And yet the headline ran every other week for four years

    evan, to random
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    Today marks 20 years that @micheleann and I have lived in Montreal.

    We rolled into town in our Citroën DS in 2003. The streets were empty for St. Jean. We had to find our apartment on a paper map, in a poorly documented curve of a street in the McGill ghetto.

    It's been a great 20 years. We've put down roots, built businesses, made friends, had kids. We are part of a community in the best city on the planet.

    I love it here so much.

    tlariv,
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    @evan
    @micheleann
    How hard do you think it would be for a French-speaking US American to immigrate? Not asking you to do research, and I don't have an answer; just donne moi une idée if you can

    mattblaze, to random
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    No, Trump was not selling classified documents. His retention and mishandling of those docs was extremely bad, but that's a long way from "he was giving them to Putin" or whatever. That's just silly.

    Even if you think Trump is/was (implausibly) a Russian asset, Intelligence orgs don't want original stolen docs. That's the LAST thing they want someone to take. That means someone will likely figure out they're missing. Which makes the information in them MUCH less valuable.

    tlariv,
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    @mattblaze
    ... and also now that he knew that he could no longer declassify documents (whether the papers he was waving around really were plans for an invasion or were printouts of invoices he had no intention of paying). Let's not gild the liliy.

    hacks4pancakes, to random

    Going to make so many mistakes tonight

    tlariv,
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    @hacks4pancakes
    I hope they're good ones

    futurebird, to random
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    Parallel universes are real! You shall be sent to live in one... forever.

    You will get a choice between 5 universes that each have a similar collection of languages though technology & culture may be very, possibly hazardously, different.

    To make your choice you may request one (1) kind of typical artifact. This will be fetched from each universe, you may compare to make your choice.

    Electronics will be disabled. If the artifact doesn't exist... you get nothing.

    What do you request?

    tlariv,
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    @futurebird
    A bottle of wine

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    How many piercings do you have?

    tlariv,
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    @evan

    • 0 that I know of.
    BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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    I like how corporations and bosses have essentially given up all pretense about caring about their employees and customers and have gone full robber baron

    tlariv,
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    @alienghic @BlackAzizAnansi
    It's what they do. It's all they do.

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    How often do you wear a hat?

    tlariv,
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    @evan
    Winter or summer?

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    How often do you eat fast food?

    #EvanPoll #poll

    tlariv,
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    @evan
    National-chain fast food? Never. Chicago street food? Every damn chance I get.

    ernie, to random
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    “Cryptid cures cancer” would legitimately be a potential headline option for this piece. https://tedium.co/2023/05/20/jackalope-real-cryptid-origin-story/

    tlariv,
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    @ernie
    And therefore the only headline option

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    What time of day do you typically bathe?

    tlariv,
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    @evan
    @evan

    Saturday, tbh

    mattblaze, to random
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    Quick note: If you follow me, you probably noticed that I post occasional photos. Unfortunately, the default display behavior on most Mastodon instances and clients crops many images unless you click on them. I hate this, as does every other photographer here, but it's not likely to change any time soon.

    You can disable this broken behavior in the Mastodon web interface by unchecking a box under display preferences.

    But in any case, please be aware you might not be seeing the whole photo.

    tlariv,
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    @mattblaze
    In Fedilab Settings > Timelines > Fit preview images

    mattblaze, to random
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    Increasingly understanding LLMs as a simulation of "knowledge without wisdom" that also falls short on the "knowledge" side.

    tlariv,
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    @mattblaze I think I prefer "glorified autocomplete"

    evan, to random
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    Large-flowered tickseed, coreopsis grandiflora. Just coming out for the summer.

    tlariv,
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    @evan
    For the record my actual nieces are way cooler than I am

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