The End: Twitter Announces Ridiculous New Paywall for API Use

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This is the end, my only friend, the end.

The end of Twitter.

Because Elon Musk is now going to make people pay to use Twitter’s API.

API stands for Application Programming Interface, and it’s how an external application gets access to Twitter’s data, allowing the creation of helpful bots (and bad ones), applications for viewing and collecting tweets, and much, much more.

I’ve been using the Twitter API at LGF for years, doing tasks like automatically tweeting links to new posts, embedding tweets in LGF comments, etc. And 500 API calls per month — reportedly the cheapest plan at $149 — wouldn’t even begin to cover our usage. So all those features will be going away soon, and I’ll be focusing much more intensively on Mastodon and other decentralized apps that Elon Musk can’t destroy.

I know Twitter won’t go belly up overnight, but this is where the downward slide really begins. Thousands of applications and tools people use, enjoy, and in some cases rely on for important research will simply stop working, and not many individuals will be able to afford these absurd prices.

It’s sad to watch this happening, but there will come a day when we say, “At least Twitter isn’t suffering any more.”

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302 comments
1
TarHellion  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:08:29am

Twitter (2006-2023)

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:09:44am

Another point besides the one I raised on Mastodon: Hosting a site isn’t terribly expensive these days. A Twitter API license that covers enough usage for a site like LGF could easily run many times more than it ordinarily costs to operate the site otherwise. And again, ain’t nobody going to try to turn around in the span of a WEEK and say, “We have to charge every user of the site $X to play here,” or in the alternative, make Twitter features available only to those willing to pay for them.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:10:45am

So, this basically nukes Tweetdeck, right?

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:11:46am

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

So, this basically nukes Tweetdeck, right?

Tweetdeck is owned by Twitter and has its own integrations, so I would actually expect it to continue to work. I would, however, expect Twitter to announce that Tweetdeck is a paid feature coming Soon (tm).

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:11:49am

re: #3 Eclectic Cyborg

So, this basically nukes Tweetdeck, right?

No, because Twitter owns TweetDeck. But I still expect it to be killed soon, because it doesn’t put money in Musk’s pocket.

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Captain Ron  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:13:04am
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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:13:48am

re: #1 TarHellion

Twitter (2006-2023)

Dear Twitter,

I’d like you to meet AIM, Friendster, Google+, Vine, MySpace, and Tumblr. Get well acquainted with them.

Sincerely,
LOLZ

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:16:11am

This is going to cause a lot of work for me. It isn’t going to be easy to shut down all our Twitter support.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:18:28am

re: #285 Eclectic Cyborg

One conspicuous absence in that list: Georgia. Wonder what that’s about.

Another one: Nebraska.

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:18:28am

People suggesting malevolent motives to Phony Stark and moves like these seem to be missing that this is not something new or different in tech industries. This is almost the textbook example of why you don’t bring in execs from non-tech industries and install them as your new CEO because they’re a “whiz kid.” Name a major brand that took a tumble in the last 30-40 years in the tech sector and odds are there was a leadership change where the new guy made a whole lot of controversial changes once in power that pissed off the user base in the belief that they had a product so unique that nobody would leave them for competing brands. If Musk is doing anything malevolent, it’s almost as though he’s trying to milk all the money he can out of Twitter with the intention of dumping it in a few months and then using some obscure tax code provision to write off the remaining debt.

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EstebanTornado1963  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:20:08am

Freaking cops are the biggest babies.
Of course they still play like you can die from fentanyl like this, but why are the people inside of the car fine?

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:20:13am

I’m not on spoutable and probably never will be, but I do wonder: is there any reason those other sites couldn’t just integrate into the fedeverse?

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:20:54am

re: #11 EstebanTornado1963

Forget it Esteban, it’s Fox.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:22:30am

re: #12 Belafon

I’m not on spoutable and probably never will be, but I do wonder: is there any reason those other sites couldn’t just integrate into the fedeverse?

It would be work, but because the ActivityPub spec is open-source, there’s no reason a non-federated site couldn’t implement it. It would, however, be up to the fediverse to allow it to integrate with their instances, so the results might not be worth the effort.

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EstebanTornado1963  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:22:56am

re: #13 Joe Bacon

I think I might put my real name (Jeff) in my screen name.😆

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:25:20am

re: #15 EstebanTornado1963

I think I might put my real name (Jeff) in my screen name.😆

Be JefftebanTornado1963.

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jeffreyw  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:26:12am

re: #15 EstebanTornado1963

I think I might put my real name (Jeff) in my screen name.😆

Some iterations are taken.😁

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:26:17am

Seriously, Musk is the kinda guy who probably tasked somebody on the first day to get him a list of all the items and services that Twitter offered for free, then has sat at meetings go down said list and asking staff “We’re giving this stuff away! We could make a fortune if we started charging people!,” meeting panicked staffers telling him that doing that would kill brand loyalty with the usual rich guy disbelief because “So many people use our service, there’s no way they’ll stop because they have to start paying for it!”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:28:12am

re: #340 Orange Impostor

I don’t know about your whereabouts, but in this stretch of the woods (DFW), unless you have a bank/credit union who offers the service without charge, notarization always has around a $6.00 minimum fee that is required for any oath/seal request.

Nebraska Republicans are effectively trying to pass a poll tax.

Yup. That’s exactly what Sen. Slama is trying to do. But since it’s a fee not imposed by the government, if this passes and someone brings a case to the federal courts, the state will argue it’s not a tax because the state is not charging for it, a private individual is.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:28:15am

re: #10 Targetpractice

People suggesting malevolent motives to Phony Stark and moves like these seem to be missing that this is not something new or different in tech industries. This is almost the textbook example of why you don’t bring in execs from non-tech industries and install them as your new CEO because they’re a “whiz kid.” Name a major brand that took a tumble in the last 30-40 years in the tech sector and odds are there was a leadership chance where the new guy made a whole lot of controversial changes once in power that pissed off the user base in the belief that they had a product so unique that nobody would leave them for competing brands. If Musk is doing anything malevolent, it’s almost as though he’s trying to milk all the money he can out of Twitter with the intention of dumping it in a few months and then using some obscure tax code provision to write off the remaining debt.

Ima keep saying this.
Its idiotic hideous financial thinking

You cannot save money by spending money to save taxes.
You will *always* finish up with less money after taxes

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:29:27am

re: #11 EstebanTornado1963

Freaking cops are the biggest babies

[Embedded content]

I’m convinced at this point that nine out of ten of these stories are the placebo effect, that cops have been told so many times that any white/yellow powdery substance is “fentanyl” and it will kill them if they so much as touch it that they have a panic attack as soon as they touch something they can’t immediately identify.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:29:39am

Mastodon

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:30:08am

So this means no more embedded Tweets here.

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nines09  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:30:13am

re: #11 EstebanTornado1963

Panic attack. Lucky for the driver he passed out. They usually empty full clips when they have panic attacks.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:31:24am

re: #23 The Pie Overlord!

So this means no more embedded Tweets here.

Yup. A lot of stuff will be going away.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:33:38am

re: #286 Dangerman

Won’t work.
Dealt with long ago
Multiple times

Iirc, Can’t restrict a product that has otherwise legal uses that could also be used ” illegally”

(Ianal)

Walgreens in that article says they are already complying with the threat letter from the Missouri AG and are not delivering the drugs by mail any more.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:33:45am

lol

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nines09  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:34:20am

re: #25 Charles Johnson

You will be standing for your principles.
That’s a good thing.
He’s destroying a tool that good people used and relied upon.
Instantaneous updates. Info. News.
Can’t have that. Poor rich boy needs ego stroke and more money, because everything is never enough.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:34:43am

re: #18 Targetpractice

Seriously, Musk is the kinda guy who probably tasked somebody on the first day to get him a list of all the items and services that Twitter offered for free, then has sat at meetings go down said list and asking staff “We’re giving this stuff away! We could make a fortune if we started charging people!,” meeting panicked staffers telling him that doing that would kill brand loyalty with the usual rich guy disbelief because “So many people use our service, there’s no way they’ll stop because they have to start paying for it!”

Yup
And that’s not the thinking of someone trying to sabotage it all.

Its desperation.
Rather than determining the market’s tolerance and sensitivity to price, its deciding how much to sell something for based on how much money you need.

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:34:44am

re: #22 Belafon

(Stolen from… er… Discovered from… someone here.)

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:35:14am

White trash and life-low scum:

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Orange Impostor  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:39:38am

re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yup. That’s exactly what Sen. Slama is trying to do. But since it’s a fee not imposed by the government, if this passes and someone brings a case to the federal courts, the state will argue it’s not a tax because the state is not charging for it, a private individual is.

All I can say is ‘good luck with that’ because Notary Publics are licensed agents of the state they represent (including an official state seal), and are required to take an oath of office. Additionally, the fees charged are state-mandated, and only some banks/credit unions would waive these fees for their members. So even those people are paying for the service, just indirectly,

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:41:00am

re: #27 Dr. Matt

lol

[Embedded content]

Melon is going to hire Vanna White.

I’d like to buy a vowel…

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:41:16am

Well they did it on a party-line vote.

House Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

alternet.org

Now who’s next on the Squad that they will remove?

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:42:43am

re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yup. That’s exactly what Sen. Slama is trying to do. But since it’s a fee not imposed by the government, if this passes and someone brings a case to the federal courts, the state will argue it’s not a tax because the state is not charging for it, a private individual is.

Fwiw, iirc notaries do not have to charge a fee
There would still be the inconvenience issue

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:42:56am

re: #25 Charles Johnson

Yup. A lot of stuff will be going away.

Please let us know when you determine “end of life” for various twitter features.

And also recommended alternatives/solutions (screenprints?) as well.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:43:28am

re: #34 Joe Bacon

Well they did it on a party-line vote.

House Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

alternet.org

Now who’s next on the Squad that they will remove?

Not the Squad, any Democrat. They’ve already removed Swalwell and (my brain has gone blank) one other person from committees.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:43:29am

re: #21 Targetpractice

I’m convinced at this point that nine out of ten of these stories are the placebo effect, that cops have been told so many times that any white/yellow powdery substance is “fentanyl” and it will kill them if they so much as touch it that they have a panic attack as soon as they touch something they can’t immediately identify.

Maybe he passed out from the heat. //

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Captain Ron  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:43:42am
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sizzzzlerz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:43:54am

If I were conspiracy-minded, and I’m not saying I am, I might believe Musk actually wants Twitter dead and buried. Every single action he has taken has led to sticking in that knife just a bit deeper. Given how much money he sunk into this thing, it’s hard to rationalize why he’d do that. Must be 12-level chess, or something.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:44:10am

re: #25 Charles Johnson

Yup. A lot of stuff will be going away.

I’m staying

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:46:00am
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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:46:42am

re: #37 Belafon

Not the Squad, any Democrat. They’ve already removed Swalwell and (my brain has gone blank) one other person from committees.

Schiff

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:47:04am

re: #40 sizzzzlerz

If I were conspiracy-minded, and I’m not saying I am, I might believe Musk actually wants Twitter dead and buried. Every single action he has taken has led to sticking in that knife just a bit deeper. Given how much money he sunk into this thing, it’s hard to rationalize why he’d do that. Must be 12-level chess, or something.

Have you seen Free Guy? I’m pretty sure Antwon is every “smart” guy who thinks they know how to run a company and that every choice they make is a good one.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:47:51am

re: #41 Dangerman

I’m staying

Stuck In The Middle With You

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right!

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:48:11am

re: #40 sizzzzlerz

If I were conspiracy-minded, and I’m not saying I am, I might believe Musk actually wants Twitter dead and buried. Every single action he has taken has led to sticking in that knife just a bit deeper. Given how much money he sunk into this thing, it’s hard to rationalize why he’d do that. Must be 12-level chess, or something.

I’m willing to lose half my wealth to shut down Twitter?

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:48:16am

re: #324 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

where would he go, anyways?

Snowden and folk like that always have an ideological Shangri-La.

Suspect he’s suffering from Kerouac syndrome, and now that Russia is no longer his refuge, his Shangri-La is somewhere else.

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:48:46am

Also -

(Iirc, without double checking, there are about 1000 Federal judges of various types/flavors.)

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:50:07am

re: #29 Dangerman

Yup
And that’s not the thinking of someone trying to sabotage it all.

Its desperation.
Rather than determining the market’s tolerance and sensitivity to price, its deciding how much to sell something for based on how much money you need.

I think it’s more likely that he’s trying to monetize every aspect of Twitter that he can because he’s got bankers breathing down his neck about all the damage he’s done to the brand with his dudebro antics. That they expect a return on their investment/loans and he’s trying to make good on that by trying to show a profit even if doing so means permanently nuking the brand’s image.

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:51:35am
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sizzzzlerz  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:51:55am

re: #45 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right!

And there’s your one-hit wonder of the day!

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:52:51am

re: #50 ckkatz

Some really dark stuff in the official Punxsutawney Phil FAQ: He is an immortal because he sips the “elixir of life” every summer, but his “wife” Phyllis “doesn’t receive the Elixir of Life so she will not live forever like Phil.”

So Mr. P is the Andrew Tate of Groudhogs…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:53:50am

re: #32 Orange Impostor

All I can say is ‘good luck with that’ because Notary Publics are licensed agents of the state they represent (including an official state seal), and are required to take an oath of office. Additionally, the fees charged are state-mandated, and only some banks/credit unions would waive these fees for their members. So even those people are paying for the service, just indirectly,

So are doctors and lawyers, but they can charge for service as well.

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Teukka  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:54:38am

Just gonna leave this right here, mmmkay?

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:55:48am

re: #49 Targetpractice

I think it’s more likely that he’s trying to monetize every aspect of Twitter that he can because he’s got bankers breathing down his neck about all the damage he’s done to the brand with his dudebro antics. That they expect a return on their investment/loans and he’s trying to make good on that by trying to show a profit even if doing so means permanently nuking the brand’s image.

I agree with the “monetize every aspect”
I’m curiously ok with that thinking

Then the pricing comment has to be fit in to the model:
if he can’t get a critical mass to actually pay because its priced too damned high, then what’s he accomplished?

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Ace Rothstein  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:57:22am

re: #30 ckkatz

(Stolen from… er… Discovered from… someone here.)

[Embedded content]

Me.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 10:59:54am

re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

So are doctors and lawyers, but they can charge for service as well.

Not quite the same. At least in fla.

Yes doctors, lawyers, accountants, barbers are licensed by the state.

Notaries are officers “appointed by the governor”

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Orange Impostor  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:00:04am

re: #53 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

So are doctors and lawyers, but they can charge for service as well.

As are certified accountants, but the gist here is that there is a fee schedule that is set by the state for any Notary Public, and only those agents would have the option of waiving it. Anyone walking in off the street wanting the service I guarantee would be customarily charged.

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:01:35am

re: #56 Ace Rothstein

Me.

I thank you!

And as Oscar Wilde is reputed to have said “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.”

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BlueSpotinAL  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:01:50am

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:04:39am

re: #51 sizzzzlerz

And there’s your one-hit wonder of the day!

ISTR Baker Street, & Right Down the Line.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:06:31am

re: #57 Dangerman

Not quite the same. At least in fla.

Yes doctors, lawyers, accountants, barbers are licensed by the state.

Notaries are officers “appointed by the governor”

Notaries in Nebraska are commissioned by the state Secretary of State.
sos.nebraska.gov

sos.nebraska.gov

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:06:55am

re: #57 Dangerman

Not quite the same. At least in fla.

Yes doctors, lawyers, accountants, barbers are licensed by the state.

Notaries are officers “appointed by the governor”

Ps
Interesting that forms of ID acceptable for notary purposes are not acceptable for voting

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:08:51am

re: #54 Teukka

Just gonna leave this right here, mmmkay?

[Embedded content]

My favorite alternate cuss phrase is, “ding blast it, old smelly goats anyhow.”
h/tWalt Kelly

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:09:43am

re: #58 Orange Impostor

As are certified accountants, but the gist here is that there is a fee schedule that is set by the state for any Notary Public, and only those agents would have the option of waiving it. Anyone walking in off the street wanting the service I guarantee would be customarily charged.

The State of Nebraska charges no fee nor requires one. Notaries public may charge a nominal fee for their service but are not required to. That’s how the state gets out of the “poll tax” accusation.

33-133.
Notaries public; fees; governmental employee; limitation.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, notaries public may charge and collect fees as follows: For each protest, one dollar; for recording the same, two dollars; for each notice of protest, two dollars; for taking affidavits and seal, two dollars; for administering oath or affirmation, two dollars; for each certificate and seal, five dollars; for taking acknowledgment of deed or other instrument, five dollars; and for each mile traveled in serving notice, mileage at the rate provided in section 81-1176. An employee of the state or its political subdivisions may not charge the fees prescribed in this section if his or her governmental employer paid the commission and bonding fees required of notaries public.

nebraskalegislature.gov

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TarHellion  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:10:02am

re: #51 sizzzzlerz

But what a one hit - and always will be associated with Tarantino’s first movie.

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nines09  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:11:12am

re: #60 BlueSpotinAL

He should have walked in with a toilet. Because he flushed whatever was good and decent right down it.
People thought Elon was smart.
Because his name was on things HE BOUGHT.
Polished turd.
Trumps gimp.

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:11:18am

re: #55 Dangerman

I agree with the “monetize every aspect”
I’m curiously ok with that thinking

Then the pricing comment has to be fit in to the model:
if he can’t get a critical mass to actually pay because its priced too damned high, then what’s he accomplished?

Wrong way to look at it. If these are products/services that were already being made available at no cost, then any money generated by slapping a price on them goes in the ledger as new profit. So it’s not a question of “Will enough people pay to make this a worthwhile endeavor?,” but instead “Will the money generated from this be enough to offset losses elsewhere?”

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:12:10am

You’ll still be able to use screenshots of tweets, if there’s something worth posting here. Example…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:13:47am

re: #48 ckkatz

Former Nebraska state senator and US Representative:

Something something TFG left thousands of positions unfilled. It’s going to take some time to correct your party’s dereliction-of-duty.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:14:56am

re: #68 Targetpractice

But the losses caused by doing something this insanely drastic are going to be very substantial. A lot of services that help drive traffic to Twitter are going to suddenly stop working. It seems to me that the losses will almost certainly greatly outweigh any profits.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:17:13am

Not to mention the ill will it will generate among the many developers and companies that built services to use the API.

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lawhawk  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:17:59am

re: #70 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There’s been grousing that the Democrats haven’t been able to find people to fill judicial slots across the South. GOPers have blue slips available to block those nominations in any event, and it takes someone to proffer the nomination.

There are no easy ways to fill those empty judicial seats, which means that the problems will persist, or get worse should the GOP retake the WH and/or Senate.

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:18:12am

re: #71 Charles Johnson

But the losses caused by doing something this insanely drastic are going to be very substantial. A lot of services that help drive traffic to Twitter are going to suddenly stop working. It seems to me that the losses will almost certainly greatly outweigh any profits.

Hence the “Our product is so unique/vital/etc” thinking. As in Musk and/or his lackeys are convinced that enough people will bite the bullet and open their wallets because there’s no immediate alternative to Twitter’s API.

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lawhawk  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:20:21am

re: #72 Charles Johnson

Not to mention the ill will it will generate among the many developers and companies that built services to use the API.

Most online businesses are tied to Twitter to drive traffic to their sites in some fashion, or to get word out to their customer base. News businesses use Twitter to drive traffic/interactions eyeballs to their content.

All of that goes away with this move. Sure, some businesses will pony up to maintain the connection, but if eyeballs are dropping at Twitter, it becomes diminishing returns and people will look elsewhere.

Heck, we’re already seeing it with Facebook too as other social media sites are getting in on the action as legacy social media sites fall by the wayside.

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:21:04am

re: #61 BeenHereAwhile

ISTR Baker Street, & Right Down the Line.

Gerry Rafferty, who sang both, was in Steeler’s Wheel but I’m referring only to the band, not individuals who went on to solo careers or had hits with others.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:21:42am
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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:23:40am

spineless

HEWITT: Will you support whoever the nominee of the Republican Party is in 2024?

HOGAN: I imagine that will be the case. I’m anxious to find out who the nominee’s going to be.

HEWITT: Well, that, I’m assuming that no one knows, but it might be Donald Trump. So you’re saying if it’s Donald Trump, you’ll be willing to support him?

HOGAN: Yeah, as I’ve said, Hugh, I don’t think it is going to be Donald Trump, but you know, we’ll cross that bridge or jump off that bridge when we come to it.

HEWITT: Now wait a minute… If Trump is the nominee, does Larry Hogan support him?

HOGAN: Yeah, I just don’t think he’s going to be the nominee, but I’ll support the nominee.

HEWITT: There you go. That’s what I wanted.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:25:09am

re: #78 Dangerman

spineless

Larry Hogan is held up as a “good Republican.” There is no such thing.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:25:13am
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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:28:27am

re: #76 sizzzzlerz

Gerry Rafferty, who sang both, was in Steeler’s Wheel but I’m referring only to the band, not individuals who went on to solo careers or had hits with others.

No snark intended.

Just remembered when I heard “Baker’s Street” on the radio in the 70s it was, “I’ve heard that voice before.” And subsequently discovered Gerry Rafferty did the vocals on both.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:28:31am

re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Except my first question is whether or not they are actually hosting a drag event.

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:28:46am

Given his behavior to date, odds are Musk is trying to fatten up Twitter like a Christmas goose so he can con somebody else into taking it off his hands for at worst a small loss. That he’ll fill the books with lots of “profits” so it looks like a worthwhile acquisition to some investment firm or perhaps an aspiring tech firm looking to get into the social media business at a bargain.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:28:55am
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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:29:27am

I’ve been double-checking that pricing chart, and I think it’s not for the current paywall. This is Twitter’s pricing for “premium search” abilities, and it’s been in place for a while. So I updated the post to remove that.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:30:47am

What will happen first: Kevin is labeled a RINO or Kevin walks back his statement?

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:32:33am

re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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We’re talking people who think the height of entertainment is a case of beer and nachos while watching Sunday Night Football. Broadway is that thing that some of them get dragged to by their wives because there’s no sportsball game on that they can use to excuse themselves from going.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:32:53am
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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:33:53am

But I suspect the real pricing won’t be too far from that.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:34:03am

re: #68 Targetpractice

Wrong way to look at it. If these are products/services that were already being made available at no cost, then any money generated by slapping a price on them goes in the ledger as new profit. So it’s not a question of “Will enough people pay to make this a worthwhile endeavor?,” but instead “Will the money generated from this be enough to offset losses elsewhere?”

you’re right in that any new revenue contributes.

and while every dollar helps, if it’s not substantial it’s gonna be insignificant to meaningless compared to the monumental losses being generated.

and second, i think every fee will cause the loss of more eyeballs.
that translates into lost ad revenue.
im guessing that to be more than any fee revenue gained

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:34:20am

re: #81 BeenHereAwhile

No snark intended.

Just remembered when I heard “Baker’s Street” on the radio in the 70s it was, “I’ve heard that voice before.” And subsequently discovered Gerry Rafferty did the vocals on both.

Actually, I had to look up the fact Rafferty was in SW. When Baker Street came out, I had no idea who he was and it wasn’t as easy in 1978 to get background on anyone as it is now so I never cared enough to do so.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:35:15am

re: #70 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Former Nebraska state senator and US Representative:

Something something TFG left thousands of positions unfilled. It’s going to take some time to correct your party’s dereliction-of-duty.

plus who has been trying everything to slow down the process?

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:35:34am

re: #71 Charles Johnson

But the losses caused by doing something this insanely drastic are going to be very substantial. A lot of services that help drive traffic to Twitter are going to suddenly stop working. It seems to me that the losses will almost certainly greatly outweigh any profits.

said it better and faster than i did

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:36:53am

re: #73 lawhawk

There’s been grousing that the Democrats haven’t been able to find people to fill judicial slots across the South. GOPers have blue slips available to block those nominations in any event, and it takes someone to proffer the nomination.

There are no easy ways to fill those empty judicial seats, which means that the problems will persist, or get worse should the GOP retake the WH and/or Senate.

how dare you not fill seats in our districts
ok, here’s a bunch of nominations
how dare you not appoint the judges we want

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:37:06am
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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:37:35am

re: #75 lawhawk

Most online businesses are tied to Twitter to drive traffic to their sites in some fashion, or to get word out to their customer base. News businesses use Twitter to drive traffic/interactions eyeballs to their content.

All of that goes away with this move. Sure, some businesses will pony up to maintain the connection, but if eyeballs are dropping at Twitter, it becomes diminishing returns and people will look elsewhere.

Heck, we’re already seeing it with Facebook too as other social media sites are getting in on the action as legacy social media sites fall by the wayside.

another one, faster and more concise than me

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dat_said  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:38:37am

re: #20 Dangerman

Ima keep saying this.
Its idiotic hideous financial thinking

You cannot save money by spending money to save taxes.
You will *always* finish up with less money after taxes

My MIL was incredulous over my pleasure in paying off my home mortgage ten years ago because my taxes would get higher. Her response to my “why would I pay the bank $1000 to save $300 in taxes?” was a very sarcastic “that’s not how it works”.

And, yes, I know that there are sometimes reasons to have a home mortgage even if you can pay it off - cash flow concerns, freeing up money for better investments, etc. - but that wasn’t her argument.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:39:33am

Mary Trump on Tyre Nichols’ murder.

threadreaderapp.com

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:40:45am

re: #83 Targetpractice

Given his behavior to date, odds are Musk is trying to fatten up Twitter like a Christmas goose so he can con somebody else into taking it off his hands for at worst a small loss. That he’ll fill the books with lots of “profits” so it looks like a worthwhile acquisition to some investment firm or perhaps an aspiring tech firm looking to get into the social media business at a bargain.

he waived due diligence when he agreed to buy it.
i hope no one else is ever so stock stoned stupid to voluntarily waive due diligence.
surely twitter itself is now pre-disastered in this regard?

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:41:00am

re: #97 dat_said

My MIL was incredulous over my pleasure in paying off my home mortgage ten years ago because my taxes would get higher. Her response to my “why would I pay the bank $1000 to save $300 in taxes?” was a very sarcastic “that’s not how it works”.

And, yes, I know that there are sometimes reasons to have a home mortgage even if you can pay it off - cash flow concerns, freeing up money for better investments, etc. - but that wasn’t her argument.

Or that someone will file a lean on your house and won’t tell you and then they suddenly own your house. Yes, that has happened.

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:41:22am

re: #90 Dangerman

you’re right in that any new revenue contributes.

and while every dollar helps, if it’s not substantial it’s gonna be insignificant to meaningless compared to the monumental losses being generated.

and second, i think every fee will cause the loss of more eyeballs.
that translates into lost ad revenue.
im guessing that to be more than any fee revenue gained

Given how they made the announcement only a week before implementation, I suspect the plan is to basically create the temporary impression of a sudden influx of “profits” as people who depend upon the API fork over for at least the first month while they research alternatives. That by the time enough users have pulled the plug, whoever Musk is looking to offload this albatross onto will have been conned into believing that Twitter is wildly “profitable.”

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:42:30am
COLUMBIA - Police have identified the burned human remains found at a home in north Columbia last week.

The remains belong to 21-year-old Samuel Michael Clemons, an MU student and former Jefferson City resident.

Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones offered condolences to Clemons’ family.

“We will support them by pursuing this investigation to its conclusion, and they will need comfort from their family, friends and community,” Jones said in a news release.

Clemons was a sophomore studying biological sciences, according to a campus email sent by UM System President Mun Choi.

Human remains found at north Columbia home identified as MU student (KOMU)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:42:45am

re: #86 Dr. Matt

What will happen first: Kevin is labeled a RINO or Kevin walks back his statement?

Both.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:43:21am

re: #94 Dangerman

how dare you not fill seats in our districts
ok, here’s a bunch of nominations
how dare you not appoint the judges we want

Fuck the Blue Slips. Pack the Courts and FUCK THE GOP!

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:51:30am

re: #97 dat_said

My MIL was incredulous over my pleasure in paying off my home mortgage ten years ago because my taxes would get higher. Her response to my “why would I pay the bank $1000 to save $300 in taxes?” was a very sarcastic “that’s not how it works”.

And, yes, I know that there are sometimes reasons to have a home mortgage even if you can pay it off - cash flow concerns, freeing up money for better investments, etc. - but that wasn’t her argument.

yup, that’s how it works

start with 1000 in your bank account
spend 1000. 300 comes back as a tax refund. net 700 out and you have 300 left.
vs
spend 300. you have 700 left

+400

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:53:48am

re: #101 Targetpractice

Given how they made the announcement only a week before implementation, I suspect the plan is to basically create the temporary impression of a sudden influx of “profits” as people who depend upon the API fork over for at least the first month while they research alternatives. That by the time enough users have pulled the plug, whoever Musk is looking to offload this albatross onto will have been conned into believing that Twitter is wildly “profitable.”

so…Musk needs to find someone stupider than Musk

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Targetpractice  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:55:32am

re: #106 Dangerman

so…Musk needs to find someone stupider than Musk

Probably got somebody already nibbling at the bait. Somebody who’s expressed interest into “taking it off [his] hands.” Which could make this less about convincing the banks and more about driving up the sale price.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 2, 2023 • 11:59:26am

Better Call Saul!

Things Cops Say when pulling you over, hoping you will talk #potbrothersatlaw

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lawhawk  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:01:40pm

Current TX power outage numbers:

Customers Tracked: 13,032,478
Customers Out: 432,344
Last Updated: 2023-02-02 02:50:43 PM

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:04:00pm

re: #110 lawhawk

The streets in my ‘hood are finally clear enough to drive, so I tried to make a much-needed trip to the store. The entire street that houses the commercial district where my chosen grocery store resides is without power. Couldn’t even go to the damn liquor store for a consolation prize.

Luckily I still have electricity and a pantry full of… soup.

I really love tomato soup, don’t get me wrong. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have like 10 cans of it. But I really wasn’t in the mood for tomato soup just now.

OH WELL.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:05:56pm
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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:06:16pm

re: #111 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

I have a craving for a Bueno chilada platter when we’re able to get around here.

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mmmirele  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:06:59pm

Mom update:

V1NkZWZhWHdkN0V2TnJDMi9EbVpuY1UrLzhabldsTVVISDhHcXRwd0g1SDlRdWxvbElOS3ZIR2dFRmlLTEIrbE1lZW5mV2dHQkZyRUtPeWZjZmZucEplekVlUGJCRDMwMmNmU1E5OVNnQktVQS9SMkllZFUyYlNkWWdwazVPczFVWjVTdy9OMkoyME5kc0djdHBWZWJPbVN4bE42QkJhM2QyUXQ0QTNqaXpyeDRSSUdyNXNZUDFkdVVwMlpLRXQyOjrbvx8w4JM3vZcfKo3BRm5d

So we wait.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:12:00pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:12:10pm

re: #64 BeenHereAwhile

My favorite alternate cuss phrase is, “ding blast it, old smelly goats anyhow.”
h/tWalt Kelly

A former coworker of mine was known to use: “What the fudge cakes?”

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A Three Hour Tour  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:12:21pm

re: #107 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

‘The Dr. Phil Show’ Ends Two-Decade Long Reign Of Daytime TV Terror (Wonkette, today)

Yaay! Another of the evils Oprah unleashed upon the world …

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:15:42pm

re: #117 A Three Hour Tour

Yaay! Another of the evils Oprah unleashed upon the world …

Not quite the happy news you might think it is:

But McGraw himself won’t be going too far. The 72-year-old plans to announce a “strategic, prime-time partnership [with CBS Media Ventures], scheduled for an early 2024 launch, which will expand his reach and increase his impact on television and viewers,” according to the release.

McGraw noted that he’s compelled to expand his audience because he has “grave concerns for the American family” and is “determined to help restore a clarity of purpose as well as our core values.”

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:16:05pm

About Spoutible: it’s not a new app. It’s this: mansurtl.com

And it’s from Russia.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:16:45pm

re: #114 mmmirele

Mom update:

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So we wait.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:16:55pm

A thread about Spoutible…

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:18:21pm

re: #121 Charles Johnson

A thread about Spoutible…

I’m glad I was wary of Bouzy and his product. I still think the fediverse is going to wind up catching on with the majority of users; with the right client, it could be made palatable to most.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:18:58pm

re: #121 Charles Johnson

A thread about Spoutible…

Probably hoping to sell it to Musk.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:22:21pm

If Bouzy is just using an app from Russia, I have to wonder how closely he examined the code for security issues. It wouldn’t be difficult for a programmer to leave a back door open without being obvious.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:27:20pm

well regulated militia must include spouse beaters

or maybe they didnt recognize spouse beating as a thing back then

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danarchy  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:28:19pm

re: #40 sizzzzlerz

If I were conspiracy-minded, and I’m not saying I am, I might believe Musk actually wants Twitter dead and buried. Every single action he has taken has led to sticking in that knife just a bit deeper. Given how much money he sunk into this thing, it’s hard to rationalize why he’d do that. Must be 12-level chess, or something.

Twitter was already losing millions of dollars a day when he took over. It isn’t like he is sinking a thriving company. The first boneheaded move was buying the company for way more than it was worth, everything after that is just flailing. He didn’t have to buy twitter to kill it, it was already dying. It doesn’t matter how many people are loyal to the service if you can’t find a way to monetize it.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:32:12pm

re: #77 Crush White Nationalism

“None of these things is not like the others…”

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:32:32pm

re: #125 Dangerman

“By ignoring the Founders’ requirement of a well regulated militia, we find that there is nothing the government can do to prevent someone from acquiring a gun.”

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:36:04pm

WTAF

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:36:39pm

re: #125 Dangerman

5th Circuit comes out in favor of more dead women.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:36:47pm

re: #122 Dopamine Fish

I’m glad I was wary of Bouzy and his product. I still think the fediverse is going to wind up catching on with the majority of users; with the right client, it could be made palatable to most.

I hate the federated bullshit. Finding people is a bitch. I prefer simplicity and mastodon isn’t simple.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:37:43pm

re: #124 Charles Johnson

If Bouzy is just using an app from Russia, I have to wonder how closely he examined the code for security issues. It wouldn’t be difficult for a programmer to leave a back door open without being obvious.

I have no desire to use anything from Russia. I cancelled, removed and scrubbed Kaspersky.

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KingKenrod  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:38:41pm

Mastodon

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:38:44pm

re: #129 The Pie Overlord!

WTAF

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Group of white guys: “Okay, what’s something cool we can do to recognize Black History month?”

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retired cynic  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:40:55pm

re: #129 The Pie Overlord!

WTAF

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WTAF x 2

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William Lewis  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:41:26pm

re: #125 Dangerman

well regulated militia must include spouse beaters

or maybe they didnt recognize spouse beating as a thing back then

You were a bad parent if you didn’t beat your children; likewise a bad spouse if you didn’t beat your wife. Not everyone believed that, naturally, but it was common. “In 1824, the Mississippi Supreme Court, citing the rule of thumb, established a positive right to wife-beating in State v. Bradley, a precedent which would hold sway in common law for decades to come.” (wiki)

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dat_said  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:41:36pm

Need to talk with Mother first for permission.

I am truly hoping this all leads to additional searches of Trump properties (preferably under search warrant after he refuses and is caught actively moving material).

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:42:25pm

re: #117 A Three Hour Tour

Yaay! Another of the evils Oprah unleashed upon the world …

He will be in syndication for decades.

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Dr. Matt  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:43:37pm

re: #137 dat_said

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Need to talk with Mother first for permission.

I am truly hoping this all leads to additional searches of Trump properties (preferably under search warrant after he refuses and is caught actively moving material).

The FBI should send all female agents to watch Mikey squirm.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:44:34pm

re: #125 Dangerman

Wanna bet they would find a way to keep the National Anthem intact.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:47:25pm

I seem to have neglected to post my birble.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 593 3/6*

🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

No yellow feathers on that birbie.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:49:36pm

Mastodon

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Thanos  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:51:11pm

re: #124 Charles Johnson

If Bouzy is just using an app from Russia, I have to wonder how closely he examined the code for security issues. It wouldn’t be difficult for a programmer to leave a back door open without being obvious.

I decided no to spoutible the first time I went fill out the form to pre register it was like he wanted a complete anal probe to do so.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 12:56:52pm

I can rub my forehead firmly on the left side, and when I stop, my left eyebrow goes up. It stays for about a minute, then sinks back down. I can make the left corner of my mouth curl up. I can’t move that side of my face without using my hand.

It is possible to look like a clown who teaches philosophy.

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nines09  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:00:27pm

Before Elon turns it into a right wing howler monkey shit stained yard sale, he’ll probably push a Golden Membership in which he views and comments on your shit stained Bird Droppings.
I hope he royally screws every single person and entity that built/helped and ran the site.
Because he’s screwing everyone else.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:00:43pm

re: #144 wrenchwench

Reference.

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nines09  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:15:30pm

instagram.com

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:15:33pm

re: #129 The Pie Overlord!

WTAF

That’s Miami resident Billy Corbin best known for his documentaries such as Cocaine Cowboys & Dawg Fight (MMA).,

He doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

en.wikipedia.org

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:20:27pm

re: #102 Crush White Nationalism

Samuel Clemons of Missouri. That is a name that has a whiff of the familiar. Of course the spelling and middle name differ.

en.wikipedia.org

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sagehen  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:20:47pm

re: #132 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I have no desire to use anything from Russia. I cancelled, removed and scrubbed Kaspersky.

(or at least you *thought* you removed and scrubbed it)

//?

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piratedan  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:21:36pm

re: #61 BeenHereAwhile

yeah, but those were as a solo artist, post Steeler’s Wheel

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:26:26pm

re: #147 nines09

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:30:10pm

re: #149 ckkatz

Samuel Clemons of Missouri. That is a name that has a whiff of the familiar. Of course the spelling and middle name differ.

en.wikipedia.org

That seems to be considered to be the more interesting part of the story of this murder based on what people are saying online.

We’re desensitized to people being murdered then burned up. It also happened to a waitress at the local Denny’s years ago. A dead guy with a name similar to someone famous is a novelty.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:31:53pm

re: #152 ckkatz

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My cats just cover the bathroom floor with toilet paper.

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:39:20pm

re: #137 dat_said

Need to talk with Mother first for permission.

I am truly hoping this all leads to additional searches of Trump properties (preferably under search warrant after he refuses and is caught actively moving material).

(apparently biden himself didnt even know about the one yesterday)

so imagine that:

mr biden and mr pence volunteered and agreed to have *all* their properties searched.

mr. trump can we….?

oh no? hmmm. gee why not…

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William Lewis  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:43:03pm

Well, my primary photo web community - Cameraderie Forums - allowed users to use their Twitter account to log in along with Google or a local password. As of the 5th, the Twitter option is gone. In the announcement the head coder said, yes, it is due to their changes.

I have no doubt that’s the choice most if not all of those using that API will make.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:44:04pm

re: #155 Dangerman

(apparently biden himself didnt even know about the one yesterday)

so imagine that:

mr biden and rm pence volunteered and agreed to have *all* their properties searched.

mr. trump can we….?

oh no? hmmm. gee why not…

Every time I see Pence’s name, I hear this:

Mother

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:44:17pm

Is Sleazy E going to show up?

Making good on a midterm election promise, Representative James Comer (R-Kentucky), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, has announced that next week the Committee will host a special hearing titled, “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part One: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.”

rawstory.com

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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:45:42pm

Of course he did.

‘Faked being Jewish’: George Santos scorned for defending Ilhan Omar’s ouster from House committee

alternet.org

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:49:28pm
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) told Semafor he expects recordings by a prospective staffer they interviewed this week to be published this evening by progressive news site Talking Points Memo.

Said Santos: “He’s violated the trust that we had in him.”

It is legal under federal and local District of Columbia law to record your own conversation without the other participants’ consent.

i’m surprised every dictionary doesnt explode when this guy uses the word ‘trust’

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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:51:08pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended a U.S. Capitol Police officer who this week has been falsely accused by several Republicans of murdering Jan. 6 Capitol riot participant Ashli Babbitt, Politico reports.

Said McCarthy: “I think the police officer did his job.”

‘defended’ in the most spineless and mealy-mouthed way

which he’ll obviously have to walk back

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:54:15pm
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Dangerman  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:54:50pm
Donald Trump claimed Ron DeSantis begged him for his endorsement when he first ran for governor in 2018.

Said Trump: “He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the race, he came over and he begged me, begged me, for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out.”

He elaborated: “There were tears coming down from his eyes. He said ‘if you endorse me, I’ll win.’ So I end up doing it, and he wins. They say it was like a bomb went off. Just a bomb totally went off. From the moment I endorsed him, he went from losing by numbers that were not catchable to winning easily.”

Link

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:57:22pm

re: #162 ckkatz

No one in their right mind takes the things that Tucker Carlson says seriously, but he has a large audience that does take his stupid lies seriously, which is scary.

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 1:59:56pm
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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:02:53pm

He’s not wrong -

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A Three Hour Tour  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:03:44pm

re: #163 Dangerman

Link

1.) Begging, check
2.) He was nothing without Trump’s endorsement, check
3.) Tears in his eyes, check
3.) Called Trump “sir” while begging … uh-oh, Trump forgot that important part of his standard template.

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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:04:37pm

You never can tell what Tweets do well. I thought this was just a random run of the mill comment that would get one or two likes, and it gets 648. Maybe I have been unshadowbanned.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:05:20pm

re: #168 gocart mozart

Didn’t the USSR dissolve in 1991?

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:09:40pm
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Joe Bacon  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:09:58pm

re: #166 ckkatz

He’s not wrong -

So is she pressing his pants too?

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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:10:09pm

re: #169 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s right. I was thinking of the Berlin Wall coming down. You’re the 1st to correct me. Making an error helps things go viral it seems.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:13:50pm

re: #172 gocart mozart

That’s right. I was thinking of the Berlin Wall coming down. You’re the 1st to correct me. Making an error helps things go viral it seems.

I think we all assume that date is the beginning of the end.

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:16:09pm
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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:16:28pm

re: #173 Belafon

I think we all assume that date is the beginning of the end.

At that point, the writing was on…
*sunglasses on*
the wall.

YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:17:32pm

re: #171 Joe Bacon

So is she pressing his pants too?

I’m trying to remember the phrase Trump used to describe her. I believe with respect to her relationship with Lewandoski.

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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:24:56pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:26:49pm

re: #176 ckkatz

I’m trying to remember the phrase Trump used to describe her. I believe with respect to her relationship with Lewandoski.

Trump reportedly said Hope Hicks ‘had about as much experience as a coffee cup’ in politics — but that her good looks helped (Business Insider, December 5, 2017)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:26:58pm

our local groundhog (who lives in a burrow between the front porch and the creek) pretty much said this morning “fuck you, I’m hibernating…see you in the Spring; now go away.”

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darthstar  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:28:08pm

Busy day today at work. I didn’t see if McCarthy got the 218 votes he needed to oust Omar. Please tell me he came up short.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:28:28pm

re: #180 darthstar

Busy day today at work. I didn’t see if McCarthy got the 218 votes he needed to oust Omar. Please tell me he came up short.

Sorry to disappoint.

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William Lewis  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:29:35pm

Practice time…

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GlutenFreeJesus  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:29:46pm

re: #174 Charles Johnson

So instead of banning these bots etc., he’s going to charge those not abusing $1200 a year. 😂😂😂

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Charles Johnson  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:31:00pm

Yep, I’m definitely not gonna pay $100 a month. If it was $10, maybe. But $100 is stupid.

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:31:06pm

re: #178 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

newsweek.com

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:31:27pm

re: #182 William Lewis

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Practice time…

Does the furball enjoy music?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:34:12pm

What’s happening: A total of 109 Democrats joined Republicans in voting for a resolution that would denounce socialism, with the measure passing 328-86 Thursday. Fourteen Democrats voted present, while three Democrats and three Republicans did not vote.

The resolution, introduced by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), denounced the “horrors of socialism” while also condemning a list of communist dictators, such as Vladimir Lenin and Kim Jong Un. Russian President Vladimir Putin was not included in the list of leaders. Read that resolution here.

Breadcrumbs of defectors: Democrats were publicly divided on where they stood on the legislation. The New Democrat Coalition, a group of nearly 100 lawmakers that are primarily centrists, tweeted a statement rejecting socialism.

(more)

politico.com

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William Lewis  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:35:25pm

re: #186 wrenchwench

Does the furball enjoy music?

If I’m practicing quietly, she’ll sit and listen. But if I crank it even a little bit, she hightails it to the back room.

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:37:13pm

re: #188 William Lewis

If I’m practicing quietly, she’ll sit and listen. But if I crank it even a little bit, she hightails it to the back room.

She needs ‘earlids’. They can hear almost as well as they can see.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:37:24pm

re: #184 Charles Johnson

Yep, I’m definitely not gonna pay $100 a month. If it was $10, maybe. But $100 is stupid.

Can he tank Twitter faster than Eddie Lambert tanked Sears?

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ckkatz  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:37:30pm
A Pennsylvania court ruled Friday that special elections to fill three vacancies in Democratic-leaning state House districts will be held together next month, with partisan control of the chamber at stake.
*snip*
A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel sided with the House’s Democratic floor leader, Rep. Joanna McClinton of Philadelphia, who had moved to fill all three Allegheny County seats together on Feb. 7.
*snip*
Democrats won 102 seats in the November election, but one of their reelected incumbents died of cancer in October and two others resigned in December because they were also elected to higher offices.
*snip*

WTAE - Court greenlights holding Pa. House special elections Feb. 7

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:38:09pm

re: #187 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Waiting for the GOP resolution to condemn atheism next. /half

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:40:57pm

re: #184 Charles Johnson

Yep, I’m definitely not gonna pay $100 a month. If it was $10, maybe. But $100 is stupid.

Why would you give even $10 to the (allegedly) Richest Man In The WorldTM

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:41:28pm

re: #184 Charles Johnson

Yep, I’m definitely not gonna pay $100 a month. If it was $10, maybe. But $100 is stupid.

It’s time to move on. Tweets at LGF are my main lure to Twitter, so once that’s shut down, that’s it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:41:37pm

focusing on the important stuff:

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:44:14pm

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

focusing on the important stuff:

Guess what? As soon as they repeal the vax mandate for foreign travelers, it’s going to be, ZOMG THOSE EVIL CHINESE PEOPLE ARE BRINGING NEW STRAINS OF COVID INTO THE COUNTRY!!! WHY DIDN’T BIDEN STOP THIS!!1!1!111!ONE

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darthstar  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:45:11pm

re: #184 Charles Johnson

Yep, I’m definitely not gonna pay $100 a month. If it was $10, maybe. But $100 is stupid.

So he’s already backed off the 2499 price point? That didn’t take long.

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William Lewis  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:45:57pm

Just for curiosity, how does this B&W version compare?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:46:48pm
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retired cynic  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:47:12pm

re: #198 William Lewis

Just for curiosity, how does this B&W version compare?

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too flat tonally for me….

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:47:28pm

So, today I had a flu shot & COVID booster ahead of my planned trip to Florida. If only there was a MAGA repellent.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:48:31pm
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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:49:09pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:49:22pm

Uhh …

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:49:55pm

[…] People have been talking about a mine in Elk Creek since the early 1970s when, according to local lore, pilots reported their instruments went haywire while flying over southeast Nebraska. The real story: University researchers received a federal grant to fly over the state with instrumentation that identified changes in the earth’s magnetic field, indicating the possible presence of certain minerals and metals[…]. (no paywall)

nytimes.com

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wrenchwench  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:50:07pm

re: #198 William Lewis

Just for curiosity, how does this B&W version compare?

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Needs light on stuff.

What retired cynic said.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:50:59pm

re: #203 gocart mozart

I thought the middle finger was to display strong emotion. Who knew?

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:51:07pm

re: #201 The Pie Overlord!

So, today I had a flu shot & COVID booster ahead of my planned trip to Florida. If only there was a MAGA repellent.

These might work.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:51:19pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:57:14pm

re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth

Couldn’t the GOP just kick her off the budget committee too?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:58:44pm

How nice, if you’re a Republican, you get a heads-up and a warning when the FBI is going to come visit.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 2:59:49pm

re: #210 Eclectic Cyborg

Couldn’t the GOP just kick her off the budget committee too?

They could. And Rep. Jeffries could then put her on another committee. Make the GOP waste time and look petty. If they’re doing that, they’re not fuquing the country.

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danarchy  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:02:14pm

re: #210 Eclectic Cyborg

Couldn’t the GOP just kick her off the budget committee too?

They could, they may not. They specifically removed her from the foreign affairs committee and didn’t remove her from other committes she was already on. They could have moved to remove her from all committees but didn’t, so maybe they will be happy with the bit of political theater and move on.

I really don’t see this as any sort of power move by Hakeem Jeffries, it is really just the move he had to make.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:03:18pm

re: #198 William Lewis

Just for curiosity, how does this B&W version compare?

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In this case, color es mejor

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:04:49pm

re: #213 danarchy

He could have left her off of the committee.

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Mike Lamb  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:06:16pm

re: #137 dat_said

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Need to talk with Mother first for permission.

I am truly hoping this all leads to additional searches of Trump properties (preferably under search warrant after he refuses and is caught actively moving material).

If they don’t, I don’t want to hear a fucking peep about Trump being singled out in a negative way.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:06:37pm
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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:08:53pm

re: #217 Crush White Nationalism

“You don’t do masks?” You don’t follow the rules of the school district, willfully and intentionally? So you’re just using this as performative art, since surely if you were that dead-set on not masking, if you TRULY believed it was child abuse, you would’ve pulled your child from a school that requires masks the instant they mandated them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:09:13pm

re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

How nice, if you’re a Republican, you get a heads-up and a warning when the FBI is going to come visit.

well, if you’re Biden, you don’t worry about that because you’re the one giving the heads-up and invite to the FBI

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mmmirele  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:10:17pm

M2o5Q1dsamxtNEc4c3JWbHY0Y0xpU2xzR1ROdDZJZjkxMC9Vc2tBMVArdkJya0wyS3gwMndUL1ZKL2hrc0UrN2QwckFub3ViWkJhMXkyZUZveEZJdE5UdXVsM2o0bzFKQjU4NFJzTzZaWHpFM01zNnE3YWZCNytaRkNXcmR5V0V6UVZudGg4OFpPdDlaSlpCTDdFazl4eFdMaHduRDg5b1RxMkludFRVTDYyM3FUQTM5aC9uanROSjZkUDZTeDBycDNXTzZqK2pPMnRXS1RDYTFIYm41QT09Ojqfm99rR7TaGfWhXZKF3BVA

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Mike Lamb  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:11:56pm

re: #217 Crush White Nationalism

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Can we get confirmation this actually happened somewhere recently before we actually waste brain cells treating it as legitimate?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:14:06pm

re: #217 Crush White Nationalism

good fucking grief, she’s a moron

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:14:42pm

re: #221 Mike Lamb

Can we get confirmation this actually happened somewhere recently before we actually waste brain cells treating it as legitimate?

Not until a while after she shows up on Tucker Carlson and no one she knows calls her out for lying.

It’s the actions of this idiot that I find amusing. It doesn’t even matter if it’s real, since the school would not have been out of line.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:15:33pm

re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth

good fucking grief, she’s a moron

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Yes. A self-righteous moron, and I assume Republican media made her this confident.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:15:45pm

re: #217 Crush White Nationalism

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:16:48pm

re: #217 Crush White Nationalism

Ms. Erikson there is a conservative. Axiomatically, she is lying unless she proves otherwise. Gotta have that attention.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:17:33pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:19:21pm

re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:20:52pm

re: #223 Crush White Nationalism

Not until a while after she shows up on Tucker Carlson and no one she knows calls her out for lying.

It’s the actions of this idiot that I find amusing. It doesn’t even matter if it’s real, since the school would not have been out of line.

With a sniffly nose, they could have kicked her child out of the school. I imagine that would be a whole lot more inconvenient than a mask for mom.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:23:10pm

re: #97 dat_said

My MIL was incredulous over my pleasure in paying off my home mortgage ten years ago because my taxes would get higher. Her response to my “why would I pay the bank $1000 to save $300 in taxes?” was a very sarcastic “that’s not how it works”.

And, yes, I know that there are sometimes reasons to have a home mortgage even if you can pay it off - cash flow concerns, freeing up money for better investments, etc. - but that wasn’t her argument.

In my case, I decided that I could earn more money (especially now) from investments than the interest rate on my mortgage.

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darthstar  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:23:45pm

re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

How nice, if you’re a Republican, you get a heads-up and a warning when the FBI is going to come visit.

Are butt plugs classified?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:25:51pm

re: #231 darthstar

Are butt plugs classified?

Depends on what’s printed on them.

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terraincognita  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:26:47pm

re: #197 darthstar

So he’s already backed off the 2499 price point? That didn’t take long.

Trump had his Art of the Deal
Musk has his Deal for the Schlemiel

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:27:43pm

re: #229 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

With a sniffly nose, they could have kicked her child out of the school. I imagine that would be a whole lot more inconvenient than a mask for mom.

Then she could have been outraged about that.

I have nothing against idiots in general. It’s the hand they were dealt.

Idiots trained by Republican propaganda to be outraged all the time are a whole other thing. I’m so tired of outrage over nonsense making stupid people dangerously mean and destructive.

Some of the nicest people I’ve known have had mental handicaps, leaving them with much lower IQs than most of these people. Low IQ doesn’t make people mean. Republican propaganda fed to a person with low IQ creates mean people.

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PhillyPretzel  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:28:18pm

re: #233 terraincognita

I still prefer Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:32:36pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:35:25pm

Lots of morans in that thread. Yeah, just let that giant package of equipment fall through someone’s house or on a car.

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Jay C  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:35:37pm

re: #232 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Depends on what’s printed on them.

“This End Up”???

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:37:17pm

re: #237 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Lots of morans in that thread. Yeah, just let that giant package of equipment fall through someone’s house or on a car.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:38:52pm

I’m sure these two things aren’t related.

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Dave In Austin  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:39:59pm

re: #239 Crush White Nationalism

Chalk it up to “The Price.of Freedom”.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:41:53pm

re: #237 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Lots of morans in that thread. Yeah, just let that giant package of equipment fall through someone’s house or on a car.

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Just need something to rip a small hole in it.

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Belafon  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:42:35pm

re: #238 Jay C

“This End Up”???

They could be awards for a job well done.

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austin_blue  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:45:10pm

re: #227 GlutenFreeJesus

Heard from SIL in Austin. They’re all fucked down there with this ice storm. It’s pretty horrific.

Total Customers with Power:
72.92%
Active Outages
1,646
Total Affected Customers
147,091
Last Updated: Feb 2 at 5:36 PM
Information updated every 10 minutes.

Horrible response times. So much tree damage. So few buried utilities.

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aatharuv  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:46:48pm

re: #240 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m sure these two things aren’t related.

They’re obviously not also related to the 20% jump in Meta shares and the noted $5 billion share reduction I heard mentioned today morning on NPR.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:47:21pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:47:32pm

re: #240 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:48:10pm

re: #234 Crush White Nationalism

…..

Some of the nicest people I’ve known have had mental handicaps, leaving them with much lower IQs than most of these people. Low IQ doesn’t make people mean. Republican propaganda fed to a person with low IQ creates mean people.

Republican propaganda fed to people with a high IQ makes them mean too.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:48:52pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:50:08pm

re: #248 Hecuba’s daughter

Republican propaganda fed to people with a high IQ makes them mean too.

If they don’t have the will to see through it, yes. Smart people can believe what they want to believe too.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 3:54:44pm

Lots of Loving Christians (tm) in this thread.

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William Lewis  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:00:24pm

Just looking at the Grammy nominations. It’s a pretty typical year - the best sellers and the occasional nostalgia nomination (ABBA for best album? An Ozzy song for best rock performance - oh, Jeff Beck) etc.

Nothing actually worth a damn in the things I know about and certainly none of the things I actually enjoyed IOW.

No surprise. And the winners will be whomever sold the most.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:01:12pm

There have been so many shootings, not all of them are making the news any more. This one only made Nebraska news because the guy didn’t hit anyone when he opened fire.

Will Frei had a grateful heart on Wednesday.

The day before, two men had come to the rescue of his pregnant wife and toddler son when they fell to the ground while fleeing the west Omaha Target where an active shooter was roaming the floor.

“Some guys were across the street at the gas station, they saw it happening, backed the car up and tossed them in,” he said.

The store, 17810 West Center Road, opened for two hours Wednesday afternoon so those who left belongings could retrieve them. In ones and twos, people came back for purses, baby carriers and car keys.

Frei was there to pick up his wife’s purse.

“Nick and Levi” from White Horse Utilities were the two men, he said.

“I want to give those guys credit. They were awesome to jump in and help out,” Frei said.

(more)

Shaken but grateful Omaha Target customers, employees return for belongings (Scottsbluff Star-Herald, today)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:06:40pm

Speaking of performative outrage, the full US House voted to put Rep. Ilhan Omar on the foreign relations committee only yesterday. If there was some sort of principled objection, any Republican could have objected at that time.

None did, and she was unanimously seated.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:08:47pm

re: #254 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Speaking of performative outrage, the full US House voted to put Rep. Ilhan Omar on the foreign relations committee only yesterday. If there was some sort of principled objection, any Republican could have objected at that time.

None did, and she was unanimously seated.

So, wait. They voted to seat her… then immediately voted to remove her? What a crock of performative bullshit.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:09:51pm

re: #231 darthstar

Are butt plugs classified?

I don’t know, but maybe once every year or two I get magical butt itch and I feel compelled to wipe all the way up to my colon and I almost fall from the throne with exquisite pleasure and….

To quote Michael Stipe: “oh no I’ve said too much.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:10:55pm

re: #255 Dopamine Fish

So, wait. They voted to seat her… then immediately voted to remove her? What a crock of performative bullshit.

That’s correct. The slate of members was put up to a vote of the full US House. If there was an objection to any member, a representative could have challenged that person on the slate at that time.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:12:35pm

re: #256 Barefoot Grin

I don’t know, but maybe once every year or two I get magical butt itch and I feel compelled to wipe all the way up to my colon and I almost fall from the throne with exquisite pleasure and….

To quote Michael Stipe: “oh no I’ve said too much.”

Congratulations on reaching 93,014 LGF karma points. You may select the butt plug of your choice from Mr. Johnson’s extensive catalogue.

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austin_blue  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:17:29pm

re: #258 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Congratulations on reaching 93,014 LGF karma points. You may select the butt plug of your choice from Mr. Johnson’s extensive catalogue.

Hey! TMI!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:17:29pm

In North Korea’s case, they send married men so the country can hold their families hostage if they think about defecting.

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darthstar  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:18:34pm

re: #232 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Depends on what’s printed on them.

Mother’s little helper.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:19:19pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:21:45pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:22:42pm

re: #262 Backwoods_Sleuth

And yet, Rep. Buck voted to toss her off the committee. He can spare me his hypocrisy.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:25:21pm
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Patricia Kayden  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:30:37pm

Mastodon

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:31:07pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

“It’s not socialism when we do it.”—Republicans

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Patricia Kayden  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:31:39pm

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:33:22pm

re: #258 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Congratulations on reaching 93,014 LGF karma points. You may select the butt plug of your choice from Mr. Johnson’s extensive catalogue.

I’ve got my finger on the pulse.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:42:38pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:44:24pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:44:30pm

Julie Roys, February 1, 2023. She is a Christian reporter who reports on crime and excess in churches in the hopes of raising awareness within the faith to “restore” it.

Should Clergy Be Mandated Reporters? New York’s CARE Act Says Yes

If a member of the clergy suspects a child in the congregation has been abused, is the clergyperson legally required to report it?

In New York state, the answer is no. But some advocates, clergy and lawmakers think that should change.

This issue is at the heart the Child Abuse Reporting Expansion Act, a bill making its way through New York state Legislature that, if passed, would make clergy mandated reporters.

(more)

A number of domestic violence and child abuse advocates along with clergymembers are advocating for the bill.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:47:26pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Finger not on the pulse.

Or he’s been hypnotized by the three-toed sloth.

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EstebanTornado1963  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:48:04pm
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:49:44pm

“There will come a time when you won’t even be ashamed if you are fat.”

Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance

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austin_blue  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:53:11pm

re: #263 Backwoods_Sleuth

While the balloon’s current flight path carries it over “a number of sensitive sites,” the official said it does not present a significant intelligence gathering risk. The balloon is assessed to have “limited additive value” from an intelligence collection perspective, the official added.

The US believes Chinese spy satellites in low Earth orbit are capable of offering similar or better intelligence, limiting the value of whatever Beijing can glean from the high-altitude balloon, which is the size of three buses, according to another defense official.

“It does not create significant value added over and above what the PRC is likely able to collect through things like satellites in low Earth orbit,” the senior defense official said.

The US government has engaged with the Chinese government both through the Chinese embassy in Washington and the US diplomatic mission in China, according to the official.

It was the “strong recommendation” of senior military leaders, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, “not to take kinetic action due to the risk to safety and security of people on the ground from the possible debris field,” the official said.

So, yawn!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:54:30pm

re: #274 EstebanTornado1963

The world’s most terrifying socialist organisation is the US Military. Why does she hate the troops?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:55:30pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:56:18pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:57:57pm
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PhillyPretzel  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:58:09pm

re: #279 The Pie Overlord!

Mmmm. That looks good.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:59:04pm

re: #280 Backwoods_Sleuth

interrupt the groundhog’s hibernation and you just might end up killing him

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:59:31pm

‘We Are Babylon’: Dozens of Members of Congress Join Religious-Right Prayer Service to Repent for the United States (Right Wing Watch, yesterday)

In all, more than a dozen members of Congress prayed during the event, including Reps. Steve Scalise, Rick Allen, Brian Babin, Michael Cloud, Robert Aderholt, Tracey Mann, Burgess Owens, Gary Palmer, Michelle Steel, Warren Davidson, Brandon Williams, Dan Bishop, Nathaniel Moran, and Mike Johnson.

(more)

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retired cynic  Feb 2, 2023 • 4:59:45pm

re: #281 PhillyPretzel

Mmmm. That looks good.

I can smell it from here!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:01:18pm
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jaunte  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:02:57pm

Testing

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jaunte  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:03:11pm

Hey, it works!

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jaunte  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:04:54pm

Positive fix for LGF access problems: new computer.

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gocart mozart  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:06:56pm
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Barefoot Grin  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:09:07pm

re: #288 jaunte

Positive fix for LGF access problems: new computer.

Whadja get?

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jaunte  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:09:49pm

re: #290 Barefoot Grin

One of those little bitty macs.

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Captain Ron  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:10:00pm
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jaunte  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:11:52pm

I tried to stop buying new stuff, but unlike my chisels, computers keep getting upgrades.

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jaunte  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:12:57pm

re: #292 Captain Ron

DeSantis is asking for some unpleasant mail.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:13:02pm

He’s repeating the same shit he said in 2016.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:13:36pm

re: #283 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

This is the “new group” after Congress took control of the National Prayer Breakfast away from The Family.

The current group was allegedly founded to be more inclusive, and get rid of the religious lobbying that occurred during the Breakfast.

However, the Congressional mission statement of the new group reads:

“…[O]ur annual Breakfast is an opportunity for Members of Congress to pray collectively for our nation, the President of the United States, and other national and international leaders in the spirit of love and reconciliation as Jesus of Nazareth taught 2,000 years ago. Every president, regardless of party or religious persuasion, has joined since. All faiths are welcome.”

That is not “inclusive.”

Also, the current group’s board has many of the same members of The Family that the old group had.

Sens. Lankford (R-Okla.) and Coons (D-Del.) combined forces to create the new group.

There were concerns after Maria Butina became a fixture at the previous group’s events.

President Eisenhower (R) made the National Prayer Breakfast run by The Family a fixture of our government.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:14:51pm

re: #296 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

More: npr.org (February 1, 2023)

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:15:03pm

When you’ve lost the New Hampshire Libertarian brain trust:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:17:10pm

re: #296 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Fixed comment to put Sen. Chris Coons in the correct state (Delaware).

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darthstar  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:19:09pm

re: #294 jaunte

DeSantis is asking for some unpleasant mail.

Send him your used feminine hygiene products!

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Florida Panhandler  Feb 2, 2023 • 5:27:35pm

re: #295 The Pie Overlord!

He’s repeating the same shit he said in 2016.

Trump’s “solution” would be for Ukraine to surrender or the US will help Putin.

…In which Trump thinks he will never ever hear the words “Go Fuck Yourself” to his face at any point in his life.

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 3, 2023 • 7:09:17am

re: #182 William Lewis

[Embedded content]

Practice time…

Is that your lead vocals under the music stand?


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