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GottaLaff, 2 hours ago to legal

#TrumpTrial started earlier than I did today. Grabbing coffee, starting THREAD HERE🧵1/… #Trump #legal

Here’s the list of Trump’s allies attending his trial today:

AG Alan Wilson
Rep. Eric Burlison
Rep. Andrew Clyde
Rep. Mary Miller
Rep. Keith Self
John Coale
Alan Dershowitz
Will Scharf
Steve Witkoff
Bernie Kerik
Kash Patel
Vernon Jones
Jerry Kassar
Chuck Zito

Sheril, 1 day ago to random

Do you see a series of sunken rectangles or 16 circles?

This is The Coffer Illusion.

Our brains are geared toward identifying objects & here, “pixels” are grouped to form edges & contours, shapes, & objects. The image is inherently ambiguous so there is no “right” grouping.

Rectangles dominate first for most people - including me, but keep staring & the image may flip to circles.

augieray, 1 day ago to random

We are losing SOME tools to track @Covid19's rise and fall, but we still have good data. Biobot is diminishing its COVID data and the CDC is no longer requiring hospitalization data. But:

NWSS tracks COVID in wastewater (albeit a bit slow to update): https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-nationaltrend.html

Positive rate of testing (a biased but useful signal) can be tracked:
https://www.walgreens.com/healthcare-solutions/covid-19-index
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_testpositivity_00

The Household Pulse survey tracks those reporting Long COVID symptoms: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htm

GottaLaff, 1 day ago to random

Donald #Trump's 'Glitch' During NRA Speech Raises Questions

“Trump sparked commentary on social media after he stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds during a speech.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-glitch-nra-speech-1902257

ottaross, 1 day ago to fun

Picked up a #fun thing! A kids' instant camera that prints on thermal paper.

Had seen them around and was intrigued. With some community emerging on the #Fedi I figured it was worth jumping in!

#cameras #thermalpaper #instantCamera

GottaLaff, 1 day ago to random

#WompWomp Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy #Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn #Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car.
https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f

Mojeek, 2 days ago to random

oh no, anyway...

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to random

Today is yet another 🥱 Open House for us, so we’ll have to take Hammy and be banished for 3-4 hours.

If I’m MIA, that’s why.

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to random

Greg Sargent 🧵 1/…

Media coverage of Republicans stampeding to NYC to attack Trump's trial as illegit is marred by euphemism. This isn't just "currying favor" w Trump or "expressing loyalty" or auditioning to be his VP. It's placing Trump over rule of law

Rs are attacking judge, witnesses, prosecutors & trial as illegitimate. This isn't just helping Trump evade the gag order. The point is also to display in spectacle form that their fealty is to him over the rules that make the system function

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to random

Via @Brandi_Buchman over at Xitter:

I can report that in DC last night, an entire bar recited Rep. Crockett's "bleach blonde..." line when prompted and the bar, led by an emcee, toasted MTG with just three words after.

jeffjarvis, 2 days ago to random

"Questions of Supreme Court impartiality."
No, those questions have long-since been answered. But The Times still tiptoes around a fascist takeover...
Display at Alito’s Home Renews Questions of Supreme Court’s Impartiality https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/justice-alito-flag-reactions.html?smid=tw-share

ChrisMayLA6, 2 days ago to books

I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.

#reading #immortality

@bookstodon

Free_Press, 2 days ago to news

BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨

AMERICAN MUSCLE...
AMERICAN MADE...
AMERICAN JOBS...

"For the first time during the war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have enough artillery shells."

• President Zelensky

"None of the brigades are complaining about a lack of shells, and this has been the case for the past two months," he added.

After a Republican blockade was removed, US weaponry now pouring into Ukraine!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #BreakingNews #Breaking

President Biden
President Zelensky

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to random

I parked near some asshole who had a big Trump bumpersticker, and a smaller one that read: "Trump was right about everything."

It took every ounce of self-restraint to not deface it.

jeffjarvis, 2 days ago to random

It is not news to report that airlines suck. What is amazing is how hard they work to find new ways to suck.
https://viewfromthewing.com/run-to-your-gate-lose-your-seat-two-new-american-airlines-policies-leave-passengers-stranded/

Andres4NY, 2 days ago to cargobike

lol. Shelter wouldn't let us take home fosters (in a hard shell carrier) in the #CargoBike because "it's too dangerous". I even deflated the tires a bit for this, for a smoother ride.

So many #CarBrains in #NYC, I'm so fucking tired of it. #BanCars

[for background, every cat I've ever dealt with has been terrified in a car. They hate the speed, and the loud engine/vibrations. It's one of the reasons I started transporting my former cats by bike.]

View of the inside of the box. There's a bag of cat food, a white fuzzy cat bed, a blanket underneath, and room for a cat carrier on top of the cat bed.

coloradosun, 2 days ago to random

Colorado is launching a teacher apprenticeship program in race to solve chronic staff shortages
https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/17/colorado-teacher-shortages-apprenticeship-programs/

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to random

Via Kyle Griffin:

New: Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin is calling on Alito to recuse himself from all cases involving the 2020 election.

"The Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making, and Justice Alito and the rest of the Court should be doing everything in their power to regain public trust."

augieray, 2 days ago to random

US summer surge of #COVID19—hopefully modest—is starting. Biobot & NWSS report small increases in the past week (particularly in the West & possibly South) driven by a new wave of immune-evasive variants. Nationally, COVID in wastewater is near our 12-month low point last summer. Outdoor activities may help limit this surge. A room with 25 people has an 18% chance of including someone infectious.

https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-nationaltrend.html

https://biobot.io/data/

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to Arizona

🙄 Former Donald Trump lawyer John #Eastman pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in #Arizona.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/politics/john-eastman-arizona-not-guilty-plea?cid=ios_app

amydiehl, 3 days ago to random

I was excited to read this study until I got to the sample...all men. So while the headline generalizes the findings, they actually have no idea about how exercise changes saturated fat metabolism in women because they did not study women. When reading studies, always look at the sample. Even today women are being excluded from health studies.
https://gizmodo.com/exercise-changes-saturated-fat-metabolism-study-1851481654

ai6yr, 3 days ago to random

Amazing. $15K for the entire contents of a Red Lobster for someone. I haven't seen if anyone else got a better bargain! #RedLobster #auction