Nice knowin ya…
As I mentioned Musk had an impact on my Thursday beyond being the catalyst in uncovering some seriously awful things at Twitter. Turns out I got a phone call from a few frantic relatives asking, “What the hell is that?”
I don’t blame them, seeing that in the sky is certainly not a good thing for those that are constantly paranoid. This time however, it was SpaceX. Just odd to see the rocket’s trajectory this far east. It’s Musk’s world, we just live on it.
For the links!
As you likely aware by now. Despite an endorsement by The Oranj Man, Brazil is fucked.
How fucked? I guess talking about Benford’s Law is okay again. Perhaps not in Brazil, though. This seems like a pretty bad idea. There is also this trucker thing, and Bolsonaro’s outright refusal to concede.
I mean, this might be totally normal there…A newly elected government official pulling a gun in public however, is a bit fucked.
Ugggh. Not this again.
US and Mexico unveil a plan to turn Sonora into a “clean energy hub.” scare quotes intended as it is indeed a desert. So good luck with the lithium mining fellas. Which for some reason reminded me of this story I caught in the local news about solar charging stations being set-up along I-10. Maybe its related.
A classic. Enjoy hanging out with your dead.
“What the hell is that?”
Chemtrails.
I wish I thought of that
All the BlueChecks leaving Twitter in a huff?
“We recommend that people read the document themselves and draw their own conclusions.”
My conclusion is that no one is going to do anything.
There is also this trucker thing, and Bolsonaro’s outright refusal to concede.
Just more terrorists creating distrust in the institutions by questioning the most free and fair election evar.
I see you read the NYT comments section.
Brazilian authorities, grappling with a torrent of online misinformation ahead of the country’s presidential election, granted the nation’s elections chief unilateral power to order tech companies to remove many online posts and videos — one of the most aggressive actions taken by any country to combat false information.
A one-man MiniTru. Whatever could possibly go wrong?
Mexico has detected the severe H5N1 strain of avian influenza at a 60,000-bird commercial farm in Nuevo Leon state on the border with the United States, the government said on Sunday.
Bird Flu 2, Avian Boogaloo.
“This Time, We’re Serious!”
We need a bird wall.
They have windmills in TX.
“The move culminates an increasingly assertive strategy by election officials in Brazil to crack down on divisive, misleading and false attacks that have flooded the country’s presidential race in recent days, including claims that candidates are Satanists, cannibals and pedophiles.”
So in other words, some of them are satanists, cannibals or pedophiles.
““It’s a very complicated balancing act,” said Philip Friedrich, an elections and technology analyst at Freedom House, an American group that promotes the expansion of democracy. “Trying to protect the integrity of Brazil’s democratic institutions and people’s right to free expression, while also keeping people safe online.”
Oh, bullshit.
“…while also keeping people safe online.”
These people know that the Internet is not a real, physical place, right?
‘somebody stop him, he’s got a word!’
/Words are violence
I think we might have made Winston cry a few times.
“Camps on both sides have spread lies, but the volume of misleading information on the right has far outweighed that on the left, said Tai Nalon, director of Aos Fatos, a Brazilian fact-checking organization that has closely tracked false campaign claims.”
But, of course.
Just to be safe, ban all speech from the right.
Lol, my completely unbiased team of social justice majors has found that the right wing often shares misleading information. Some even say that men have penises and women can have babies.
It’s like reading the last several years of American news only with the names changed.
“It’s Musk’s world, we just live on it.”
Hollow Earth believers would like a word.
One could argue that living on the inner surface is still ‘on’ the world.
I really hate that we’re supposedly in the most “advanced” time in history, but we still can’t trust someone to count pieces of paper marked with filled-in circles. Seems like we’re devolving at an alarming pace.
We can’t trust them because the incentive to lie is strong. We’re not devolving, we’ve laways been this way – Nasty, Brutish, and Tribal.
I say we go back to the old methods. Both candidates (or their selected representative) stand at a local establishment with barrels of their whisk(e)y. Everyone who walks up gets a dipper full. whichever barrel is emptier at the end decides which candidate wins.
It ain’t the counting that’s the issue, it’s keeping the trunk full of pre-filled in ballots from the “Hillary Clinton Organization for Election Security” from finding their way into the count.
If it makes you feel any better, Rome had similar breakdowns over 2,000 years ago as the Republic was coming apart.
I don’t vote in many races. I only vote for people I think I can support in office (which I don’t have to worry much about because my guys never win).
So my ballots have a lot of empty races on them. I giggle thinking that if Minnesoda was ever involved in some Bush-Gore chad counting nonsense, that both sides would be making elaborate arguments about how my ballot that was clearly left empty should somehow be counted for their guy.
“What the hell is that?”
SKY SMITH?
Crying cunte Kinzinger can go fuck himself.
Kinzinger said, “I mean, it’s zero surprise. I think you are going to see an attempt to impeach Joe Biden, I say it facetiously but I may be right every week. There’s always going to be somebody introducing a new bill to impeach Joe Biden. This is the moment, it’s all about how can you drive online fundraising, how can you radicalize. This is what we have to push back against. I’m trying to do it with Country First.”
He added, “We’ve endorsed some Democrats this year, particularly for secretary of state positions because they have to defend these elections. We’re in a pretty bad moment so let’s all stand up and say this is unacceptable, for one moment, an alliance for democracy.”
We need the country to focus on much more important things, such as Jan. 6, Trump’s taxes, and those documents at Mar a Lago.
So, arresting the deep state?
I don’t have high hopes for the GOP being really effective at anything, but if they at least have hearings and shed some light on the CDC, FBI, big tech, Biden, etc., etc., I’d be happy.
Really? I won’t.
Publicizing all the wrong doing, and then nothing else happens? Bah!
You laugh but I actually had something pop up on my social media feed saying that the inflation and shortages were temporary and could be lived with, and that Jan 6 was tHe mOsT iMpOrTaNt tHinG!!1!
*facepalm*
So you suggested that if he’s gonna be a simp, then go simp for some hot Instagram chick instead of a bunch of old rich politicians…
Horn hat guy nearly became Speaker of the House. He was one woman short of his mission. One brave officer saved us.
“those documents at Mar a Lago.”
MUCH IMPORTANT. SO URGENT.
Meh. Impeachment is now the norm when the White House and the House of Representatives are different parties.
I am oddly comfortable with a bunch of politicians doing nothing but working tirelessly to put each other in jail.
This is the way.
Those are the new rules.
Your stupid, incompetent figurehead isn’t the (biggest) problem, Adam. It’s the permanently entrenched bureaucracy determined to destroy America that needs to be cleaned out.
“We’ve endorsed some Democrats this year, particularly for secretary of state positions because they have to defend these elections.”
That is one hell of an admission, especially paired with the big push several years ago (for the first time ever) to get Democrats into SecState positions.
The Biden administration has set a target for EVs to make up half of all new vehicle sales by 2030 and has pledged to replace its federal fleet with electric power by 2035.
If pigs had wings, they’d be eagles.
I can see much of the field that drives mountain tops and long distnaces converted to electric and every tech stranded…what an idiot
The nation’s electoral authority reported Lula received 50.90 percent of the votes, compared to Bolsonaro’s 49.10 percent, one of the closest margins in Brazilian history.
So Bolsonaro didn’t defeat the margin of fraud?
Mexico has detected the severe H5N1 strain of avian influenza at a 60,000-bird commercial farm in Nuevo Leon state on the border with the United States, the government said on Sunday.
WE ALL GONNA DIE!!!1!!11elevnty1!11!1!
50.9% is a mandate!
Protestors blocking traffic are the worst protestors. I don’t care what they’re protesting.
I don’t live there so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If they blocked me I would care what they’re protesting but not how they would like.
Loved that song back in the day
It’s pre-kick Nancy.
John Stossel gives electric cars his usual treatment. Here’s part 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HneqfZGsM
I have arrived at my winter quarters. Met a couple neighbors. Both of whom are strapping young male folk
https://ibb.co/v14RpCD
They look like Ents.
Did you just assume the gender of those trees?
How do you know they don’t identify as Encles?!?
Cedars with cankles
Nice view.
Nice!
Both of whom are strapping young male folk
Even nicer!
Mood music.
The youtube still looks like she’s performing fellatio on that mike.
Someone in the neighborhood is out shooting a rifle. He (presumably) has been at it all afternoon.
Remove silencers from the NFA!
I keep hoping as cases work their way through lower courts.
There are a few good ones in the queue, apparently.
!
Well yeah. Baby steps, hopefully.
Fucking rich kids.
Ha. I had a woman tell me the other day that some youngsters egged her car, and my immediate reaction was, “What? Eggs are expensive!”
Haha! Perfect!
Every fall.
Someone decides to brush up before hunting season starts.
At least it’s not all the time.
Cops Called as NHGOP Candidate, Supporters Attacked on Campaign Trail
“There’s an extraordinary amount of hostility from some people,” he told NH Journal.
In recent days, Gargiulo’s supporters in Seabrook had a truck driver attempt to swerve into their group twice before he got out of his vehicle looking for a physical confrontation.
“That’s beyond the norm,” Gargiulo said.
Over the weekend, Gargiulo had an iced coffee thrown at him. His wife had a power tool battery thrown at her.
Gargiulo is NH Liberty Alliance endorsed.
‘His wife had a power tool battery thrown at her.’
Didn’t know there were so many Philly expats in NH.
+1 cheesesteak.
Let’s see…
I’m from the Philly area.
and I’m struggling to think of other Philly area expats that I know of that live in NH.
Shit.
Must have been Black and Decker. Those things are trash after a year.
More damned right wing violence.
Dad took the car keys away
Elon Musk has taken over Twitter—most recently, dissolving the company’s board and naming himself CEO. And amid the transition, the platform has apparently limited its own ability to police misinformation, just in time for the U.S. midterm elections.
Musk and co. have reportedly barred most of the employees on Twitter’s Trust and Safety team from accessing their usual content moderation and policy enforcement tools, according to a report from Bloomberg attributed to an unnamed number of anonymous sources. Some of these workers are reportedly unable to impose penalties on accounts that violate Twitter’s rules on hate speech, or posts that include misleading or offensive content.
Generally, site moderation works through multiple levels of screening. There’s automatic detection and enforcement tools, plus external contractors who review content. Both of these protocols are still active on the site, said Bloomberg. However the final level of assessment, which is often deployed for prominent accounts or bigger violations, falls to real-life Twitter employees. Usually, hundreds of workers have the ability to ban or suspend accounts in breach of policy. Right now, only about 15 people on staff are able to do so.
Bloomberg described the restriction as part of a wider move to prevent employees from changing the Twitter code during the transition period. Which is an account further supported by Yoel Roth, the company’s head of safety & integrity, who seemingly confirmed the freeze on employee access. In response to the Bloomberg report, Roth tweeted, “This is exactly what we (or any company) should be doing in the midst of a corporate transition to reduce opportunities for inside risk. We’re still enforcing our rules at scale.”
It’s almost as if they have proven themselves untrustworthy.
Taps out.
The rest of that screed can (presumably) go fuck itself.
And amid the transition, the platform has apparently limited its own ability to police misinformation, just in time for the U.S. midterm elections.
I think this most likely explains Musk’s sudden about-face and rush to immediately close the deal. It’s just too much of a coincidence to be unconnected.
For some reason, Musk must believe it’s in his best interest to showcase Twitter’s new neutrality during the US midterms. Could be a marketing tactic or maybe an insider DC/NGO group is throwing their backing in Musk’s corner…. get Twitter off the Dem’s bench and we’ll guarantee business for SpaceX, Starlink, Tesla, etc.
“Some of these workers are reportedly unable to impose penalties on accounts that violate Twitter’s rules on hate speech, or posts that include misleading or offensive content.”
They say that like its a bad thing.
Target shooting with pistols in Switzerland.
There is a part of me that always thinks “I could sell all of my handguns, and buy a SIG 210…”
And then I check the prices on that model.
He stated without evidence.
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Florida voters that Social Security and Medicare could be repealed by Republicans, an effort to make healthcare and retirement benefits an issue ahead of elections determining whether Democrats hold Congress.
“You’ve been paying into Social Security your whole life, you earned it, now these guys want to take it away,” Biden said in a speech describing the programs as “under siege” by Republicans. “Who in the hell do they think they are?”
No one is going to take it away. It’s going to collapse.
No shit. I already knew I wouldn’t get any of that money. All the printed bills in the world can’t save that pyramid scheme.
So I am guessing that hope to peel off older voters?
That’s an old school line that’s been keeping my mom and dad voting Dem for decades. He’s losing on every current issue, so why not dust off that bull and and at least try to get the old and poor people in line.
Congress doesn’t have a pen and phone.
LOL. And idiot voters will believe this thing that not one candidate has said.
It’s Musk’s world, we just live on it.
He’s certainly made me rethink my life choices. Having a massive amount of fuck you money sure would have been fun.
Oh well.
Carrying a gun is not a threat, you cunte.
Threats, intimidation and coercion are illegal under the federal Voting Rights Act, even if they doesn’t succeed, the government’s attorneys wrote. While lawful poll watching can support transparency, “ballot security forces” present a significant risk of voter intimidation, the court documents state.
“While the First Amendment protects expressive conduct and peaceable assembly generally, it affords no protection for threats of harm directed at voters,” U.S. government attorneys wrote.
The filing runs counter to a judge’s order Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi found the allegations present “serious questions” but it wasn’t clear they were a ”true threat” to specific people or groups and barring them could violate the watchers’ freedom of speech.
Carrying a gun can absolutely be an attempt at intimidation.
I’ll stay silent on whether it is in this particular case, because I haven’t seen any evidence one way or the other. I will say to whomever is playing this ballot-watching game – if you were really interested in gathering information on ballot-stuffing operations, you’d be much more discreet.
I will say to whomever is playing this ballot-watching game – if you were really interested in gathering information on ballot-stuffing operations, you’d be much more discreet.
I think the time for discretion is well past. There’s hours upon hours of blatant ballot-stuffing footage from 2020. In Georgia for example, you could watch one worker repeatedly run the same stack of ballots through the machine 4 or 5 of times after the observers were forced to leave the building. There’s already names and video of the crimes. Thousands of sworn statements made by witnesses under penalty of perjury were all ignored.
2020 was blatantly rigged in the open. There was more than enough evidence to take down the ballot-stuffing operations. But the government officials were complicit and the media refused to cover it. All the discretion and evidence building in the world won’t help in that scenario.
In that case, I wonder what they’re doing there at all. Assuming this whole thing isn’t some Karen’s fever dream…
They’re reacting. In 2020, the Dems locked election observers in closets and forced them out of the buildings in the key contested areas. The police did nothing when called. Judges refused to enforce the law.
When the law is selectively enforced, it creates a gap that’s filled by vigilantism. I could see the Dems backing down from physically forcing observers out of the polling buildings when there are angry armed groups to confront while doing so. I doubt these groups will actually do any good, but I imagine that’s what they are thinking.
Well, not really thinking, more reacting. Similar to the the Trucker Protests but amped up a notch.
Hence now why Republicans are armed at
polling places they are suspicious of and watching.
something very bad is gonna eventually happen
I agree that they are reacting. This is why they keep losing. They keep letting the opposition define the battle space.
Let me describe a couple of scenarios, to illustrate what I mean:
Scenario #1 is as you describe – the election observers (EOs) have a group of armed supporters outside the polling place, The Ds, having seen this before, call 911 and report that a bunch of armed rioters are threatening election workers. The Ds also call the local papers and news stations, and have them send a few friendly camera crews to watch the fun. The cops arrive and remove the armed supporters (who are not insane and are not going to bang it out with the police,) on camera. The Ds toss the EOs out of the building, and the ballot stuffing goes on unimpeded. The EOs and supporters have done nothing to even slightly inconvenience the Ds, and have in fact handed them a tasty propaganda victory.
Scenario #2 is when the EOs decide to be proactive. No armed supporters outside. The EOs have careful instructions to always stay in pairs, and always stay close together. At some point, the Ds attempt to remove the EOs. The EOs refuse to move, right up until one of the Ds physically lays hands on the EO, at which point the EO draws his concealed pistol and shoots the D to the ground.
Now, it’s a circus. There’s police, there’s emergency medical services, there’s media all over the place. There’s at least one eyewitness (the other EO) who will testify that the shooter lawfully resisted a violent assault. There is absolutely no chance that any coordinated balloting shenanigans can continue at this particular polling place at least. Any propaganda value can easily be slurped up by both sides, the gun-totting nutball vs. the peaceful EO defending themselves against a violent bully.
The Ds win a lot because they have a cultural talent for planning and coordination. The Ds often lose because they frequently suck at handling crises. Col. Boyd teaches us to apply our strengths against our enemies weaknesses. Food for thought, I guess.
I don’t think Scenario 2 will work out that way. If the police and legal system are already against you, there’s no way the EO observer is going to face murder charges. I can see people willing to risk stepping up and fighting it out, but who’s going to go into that as a guaranteed sacrificial lamb. The shenanigans will continue. The ballots will just be moved to a different site to continue the rigged count. They already pulled this offsite move repeatedly in 2020.
I do agree with you that Scenario 1 will not effect change either.
there’s no way the EO observer is not going to face murder charges.
Nothing is guaranteed, but I think that Scenario #2 has a reasonable chance of impeding the vote stealing operation, at least temporarily. For one thing, you’re not getting away with any shady shit at an active crime scene. For another, how eager are the D’s goons going to be to get all handsy, when doing so got one of them shot a few hours ago?
Anyway, it was an example. There are other, possibly even more effective, ways to be proactive, if you think about them.
I’m not convinced running a ballot through a machine multiple times counts the vote more than once.
I think its more deterrence than info-gathering.
Say you come up with absolute proof that there is ballot-stuffing and illegal harvesting going on. So what? We’ve seen that the agencies and the courts are completely incapable/unwilling to do anything to change the announced result.
After that, the cartridge box becomes the last remaining option.
So, given what we saw in 2020, are we there now?
I don’t know.
Seems we are at the show them the cartridge box and hope it stems the tide…
Deterrence is for idiots. Eventually you WILL end up facing down someone who isn’t scared of you.
Look as harmless as possible right up until someone threatens you; then hit them so fucking hard that they shit themselves every time they meet someone with your same first name.
Huh.
Who had “war with Iran” on their pre-midterm bingo cards?
Great, SA flags to adorn twit bios and “me must defend democracy!” LOL
we, me – whatevz
Ugh I need a nap
“We must defend monarchy!”
Yah right, after the Saudis cut up a news stringer in their embassy? They’ll replace Russia as the designated bad guy faster than you can say ‘petrodollar crash’…
Not if the hive mind tells the clapping seals otherwise.
Maybe so, and it would be pretty sad if it turned out that way. It would finally confirm that the journalism industry is irredeemably dead.
MSM journalism is irredeemably dead.
The Arabs have been fighting the Persians forever. We should stay out of it.
We don’t appear to be capable of that.
Despite the fact that the Kingdom recently ass-raped Sunset, we have to protect our important ally.
What first amendment?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/fcc-commissioner-urges-us-government-ban-tiktok
Seems legit. Yes it’s Spyware, yes its stupid….but this is not the way
Interesting question – does the right to free expression mean the right to use any particular app? Probably so, but what if the app breaks other laws?* Would banning it still be a 1A violation?
*No clue if Tik Tok breaks other US laws. Seems like its known data harvesting activities would break the EU’s privacy laws, but who knows?
Yup.
Best ban it and let God and the ever so responsive legal system figure out.
Huh.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57413227
It’s almost like… it was a good decision to begin with?
I have no problem with banning them for possibly stealing our personal data/souls and feeding them to communists. Now do all the others: Facebook, Gmail, etc… Ban them all.
Joe Biden’s new normal
Hundreds of call center workers employed by a federal contractor for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services walked off the job in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky and Virginia today, demanding better pay and a less stressful workload.
The workers, who answer about 15 calls per day each averaging about half an hour, are asking for a pay raise to $25 per hour and more breaks between calls. On busy days like today, which is the first day of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, workers said they can take up to 20 calls.
The contractor, Maximus, had operating income of $408 million in fiscal 2021, and has 34,000 employees globally. Sylvia Walker, a customer service representative who participated in the walkout in Bogalusa, Louisiana, said she feels she is not paid enough for how demanding her job is
Maybe we can be like 1960s England, with the nation held hostage by unions.
20 calls a day? For a call center agent?
That’s… not a lot.
“Fine, meet your replacement.”
*presses PLAY*
So I can call them for one-stop medical and legal advice?
Celebrities abandoning Twitter because of Musk.
I love this dude.
. . . and Tik Tok, the real virus made in Chinese labs . . .
Remember when Neal Young left Spotify?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/musicians-react-neil-young-spotify/
That was a rough 3 days for me. I deeply wanted to hear “Harvest Moon” but didn’t want to download any of the other 300 music providers.
Are they actually leaving or are they just threatening to go to Canadian Twitter?
Twooter, eh?
I do Benford tests from time to time but fail to see how they would be useful in an election to determine fraud reliably, especially when there are 2 candidates on the ballot, and where some districts are not competitive, driving vote totals. Oh noes, a hyper partisan county with 90000 voters and 60000 sending in a ballot cast went 44975 for candidate x. Fraud!!!
You can’t fix an election that’s been stolen. You can only prevent any election from being stolen. The US has decided over the last decade to leave the keys in the car with the engine running every November in an even-numbered year. Currently, elections can neither be validated nor invalidated after the fact. Only the election process itself can be fixed.
Benford tests also don’t work if the precincts are of roughly comparable size. You need sizes covering multiple powers of whatever base you are using.
Although I guess base 2 wouldn’t work…hmmm 100% begin with a 1.
I really wish that parents would keep their kids up to date on current events. After the Paul Pelosi kerfuffle, I decided to greet the trick-or-treaters yesterday covered in fake blood, wearing only my tighty whities, and wielding a framing hammer.
It was hilarious, seeing the looks on their little faces, but now I have a court date on the 22nd.
Bravo!
nice
Nice
But you were in your own home.
In civilized and mature Minnesoda, the AG race has devolved into arguing about the propriety of suing egg producers (no not pc-speak for some trans rights shit).
Brother Keith said that his office punished evil doers and got a bunch of free eggs for poor people. Schultz says that the dudes were not price gouging in the first place and that maybe they should be focusing more on car jackings and murder and shit.
I also think that anyone who enforced an “emergency order” should be banned from further office and shunned by polite society.
None of that amnesty/forgiveness bullshit that I have been reading about lately.
I think brother Keith is getting worried.
I also hope he gets bone, dick and pancreatic cancer simultaneously, then lingers in unimaginable pain for months until he explodes like a Spinal Tap drummer.
I think he is behind. Wonder if he will try to get his seat back from Omar?
My favorite add this year is the “attack” ad for our current DFL SecOfState against the GOP meanie.
“He wants to make mail in balloting harder!!”
“He wants to shorten early voting!!!”
I chuckle because I’m supposed to think those things are bad? What will he do next?
“He’ll only enforce voting laws passed by the legislature and won’t ‘settle’ lawsuits by implementing his own rules”
It would make me happy to see him and Walz both gone.
I watch the Wild through Minne stations, so I’ve seen the ads. As you say, all of the so-called bad things seem like really good ideas.
Rooting for a rout.
Mrs F tracked down 2 Sharpies yesterday, they were hiding in deep cover but when she goes hunting she’s a go getter.
Minnesoda Wild is where it’s at
I don’t watch local news, too local.
Late season pepper picking!
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/cqt12okESqWGPenpqhzLEQ.2KKGq2lUVe7fuOxhVs0Yuu
The apocalypse (red) went into my salsa. Whew!
Has anyone else noticed an egg shortage?
We’re down to a few because I’ve been baking pumpkin bread.
No but store brand eggs here are nearly $4/dz
*snort* Minimum $5 here.
Shortage? Not really. My only complaint about eggs is that they’re sold for an absurd $4.50/dozen.
Not really.
We buy from a ranch nearby and there are production fluctuations, but no shortage.
Costco cooler was full last week.
Coolers more than half empty. Best price for large I could find was 18 for almost $9.
Holy shit! Where are you?
Menopause?
I spent my afternoon trying to comfort my wife. She had to put her Russian Tortise to sleep permanently. Dammed thing got some kind of infection and she is really upset because she thinks it’s her fault. It’s not but that won’t change how she feels.
We’ve had the little guy for over 10 years, so there certainly is a attachment.
Arturo will be spending the rest of eternity in a moderately deep grave in the back yard.
Sorry, man. How long do they normally live?
50 years. We’ve no idea how old it was before we got him. He was a classroom animal.
I’m not very upset, my wife is sad. She loves her pets. When my dog goes it will be a real rough one. He’s old for his breed, but still healthy.
Thanks Tundra.
Poor kitty. Just comfort Mrs. Timeloose as best you can.
Actual tortoise, not coat color.
I was flummoxed too.
Sorry, Time.
Sorry 🙁
Sorry.
Thanks everyone.
The main problem I have with Russian tortoises is they spread tortoise misinformation.
I like that I’m the only asshole not to type a post of sympathy.
Aww, man. I’m sorry to hear that.
Did you know that John Moses Browning was a Mountain Jew?
Persian Jews who moved to Siberia?
I don’t like the heat either, but that seems way over doing it.
Mountain Jew is one of my favorite soft drinks.
Drink it only on Saturdays!
“Docs show Facebook and Twitter closely collaborating w/ Dept of Homeland Security, FBI to police “disinfo.” Plans to expand censorship on topics like withdrawal from Afghanistan, origins of COVID, info that undermines trust in financial institutions”
https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1587095890983936000
Totally worth reposting. MSM almost entirely silent.
My ex is going on a fucking TIRADE on me. She’s thankfully in NYC .This is getting scary. Pages and pages of messages. All vitriol. All clearly an unstable person. I do not say that lightly. I’ll give you some of her latest. This is legit 5 minutes ago. It’s the latest in a couple days’ worth.
” Oh, have I told you that I think you’re a despicable weasel yet? You’re a despicable weasel. And no woman worth having will ever put up with you – you will end up with someone desperate for a husband who tolerates you just because she doesn’t want to be single. That is literally where you’re headed. And she will almost certainly be overweight. Okay, I’m going to be good and cut my rolling 24-hours short, so I’m done insulting you, but I just have to tell you that it felt great, but unfortunately it probably won’t hurt you nearly as bad as you hurt me. At least I have the reassurance of knowing you’re going to live a miserable life full of regrets and failures, which is what you deserve. You’re a predator as far as I’m concerned. So get a life – oh yeah, that’s what you’re trying to do! And failing miserably. They’re totally going to fire you before the year is out. And you were so close to having an apartment. And you had a hot girlfriend who loved you and would do anything for you. Man, it’s going to suck when you look back. All the shitty shit in your life is basically all caused by you and your choices. That must suck. Anyway, last message, I got my mean out, feeling good, and REALLY glad you pushed me so far that I literally hate you because this is going to be so much easier to get over now. Bye, Evan. I literally wish you all the shit you have coming to you, because karma is real and she is a fucking bitch.”
It’s pretty good.
You are better off with out her.
Agreed.
Well aware. I’m having a good time. Smokin’ hot NYC lawyer…smart…funny…glorious…INSANITY!
I recognized the red flags and put some pins in her early on in our…2 month relationship? That’s some fun context.
I got my bite of the apple and the wisdom to recognize a rotten core and a trash can. I was trying to not burn any bridges and maybe we could have one last fun-as-hell weekend when she visited her family here for either Thanksgiving or Xmas.
Now, I wouldn’t dare be left alone in a room with her. But DAMN. It was truly magical while it lasted. For both of us. I regret nothing. I have never felt that explosion of passion before. Sex was a surprisingly small part of it, though it was hot and heavy.
I rejected her 15 years ago when she texted me that she wanted to fuck me..in our living room…with my roommate/friend…who was also her boyfriend at the time! I saw the warning signs even back then. I just waited til the time was right and got the bite when it was ripe.
Time for the next tree.
I missed the vitriol, Evan. I thought that’s the way all women acted. Am I wrong?
You’ll get used to it, don’t worry.
Sorry to hear….I think my ex who disappeared might be your ex
“She will almost certainly be overweight. ”
I like her values.
She says it like it’s a bad thing.
what’d you do to her? Or just a nutso?
Not only did I not do shit, she can’t even tell me what I did when I ask her to just spit it out.
I think she wants me to leave my job, sell my car, move in w her in NYC, somehow find a job there…and….I’m not sure. To be an unquestioning pawn in her magical game is the only thing I can come up.
Sounds like a plan. 😉
Not only did I not do shit,
Maybe she’s into Scheißeporn, and you didn’t shit.
*Imitates Pace picante sauce commercial
“NEW YORK CITY!!?????”
Yow! Keep an eye on your pet rabbit!
WTF?
Biological clock ticking down in Three, Two, One…
YEP. She looks a lot younger and is daaaaaaaamn fiiiiiiine, but her 38th bday was Oct 22. She said she never wanted to have kids in our talk about it. That’s been true of ALL the girls I’ve been with. But the biological reality here….is a bit more simple. Well. Same-same. (I wish that Singapore English would take hold.)
Her. Mother.
I’ve met. She’s nice. She LOVES me.
She’s also been married EIGHT times.
I noted “long” ago that the apple (that I crave) hasn’t fallen far from that crazy tree.
Egyptian family. Came over in the late ’60s.
EIGHT TIMES!
Sweet thistle pie, buddy, you do like to live dangerously…
My text reply: “Okay.”
Likely my next reply if I do. I think silence at this point is best.
She has threatened to email my dad, as they do talk.
I have her mom’s number. I could just call her. I am not going to do that. But wowsa. This is fascinating.
“U mad bro”
Something I noticed driving through Arkansas:
I of course appreciate the Roman/Militant Rodent Legionaire thing they’ve got going on, but it strikes me as a bit culty.
Who doesn’t want squirrel free gas?
Am I missing something, or does that site have nothing but a front page?
Contrast that with Stewart’s, where you can easily find all the locations, as well as things like the specials of the week.
Ooh, they’ve got Chocolate Swirl on sale this week.
wut
Sheetz or Die.
How about Turkey Hill?
“HAPPENING NOW: Things are developing quickly in Brazil, and not in a good way after the election that was STOLEN from Bolsonaro.
The police are starting to join with the Bolsonarista truck drivers who are protesting the fraudulent results of the Brazilian election.”
https://twitter.com/VishBurra/status/1587255260715835392
“Misleading
Learn why election experts say civic processes in Brazil are safe and secure. Find out more
This Tweet can’t be replied to, shared or liked.”
OFFS, not this shit again.
Get used to it, because it’s probably coming here.
I was all over the place here (Twitter, YT, etc.) after the 2020 election.
Has anyone ever seen a Twitter fact checker say, “Learn why election experts say Elbonian elections are a rubber stamp for the ruling junta?”
Got my permission slip from the county, picked up my new Shadow 2 OR. The dude charged me $10 EACH to block the mags to 10 rounds. And he had a used Shadow 2 in the case for $1275. WTF? He is a nice enough guy, but his prices suck. And he has far too much cop gear (an entire rack of SP5s and other SBRs).
Got my permission slip from the county, picked up my new Shadow 2 OR.
is that and/or, or XOR?
Welcome to CO!
So, ELON and the overstuffed Twitteratti. I was talking to a friend of mine, who lives in SF and works in “tech” and apparently, no one is going into work. And while I know more than a few here think this is great, much of the management and such in SF want people to come back to work. But, they aren’t. Just flat refusing to come in. And, this is where ELON should take advantage of it. Just put down, in writing to every person via email that there is no longer an excuse, and that they need to be in the building and productive at 8am Monday. And, when they fail to show up three days in a row, it is job abandonment and they get: no job, no severance, no unemployment, etc. Fired, as it were. Problem solved.
Easy. Peasy.
He’s already made noises like that.
I’d just find another job. I am not “going in” – I am more productive where I am and I’m not especially looking for a 30% pay cut right now.
Amazing that journalists have recognized and acknowledged “Quiet Quitting” but no one relates it to forced lockdowns and isolation.
Today I edited a lot of documents and settled some safety issues by phone and email. I could’ve done it from home, but by going in to the office, I was able to keep working on relationships and do some brainstorming.
Work from home is terrific for some people and some jobs, but it is awful fro productivity in team-centric jobs that rely on new creations.
RJ, what’s Thursday night’s movie?
I haven’t decided. It’s between “Basket Case” (for Lump) and “A Fantastic Fear of Everything” with Simon Pegg. I half wrote “Fantastic Fear,” but I really feel like Lump/Basket Case.
What do you think?
I’ve seen Basket Case a couple of times. It’s a good movie for Thursday nights. I’ve never seen A Fantastic Fear of Everything.
Well, I missed you. It is “Basket Case” to get the Fetterlump out of my head. I just can’t pass it up with the elections coming up. Week after is “Fantastic Fear..”
Sounds about right, post election.