Russ Spencer

IT Factotum .. Progressive-leaning centrist .. Atheist .. Disturbed Sense of Humor 🐉🐉

Making the move to BlueSky

[Russ Spencer @RhinoData]

@elonmusk You really should use one of these pics as your profile photo

[Russ Spencer @RhinoData]

because the battery she bought thru AAA was bad and had to be replaced after less than 3 years. Final straw was the snarky customer service rep. Buh-bye. @aaacares

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@AAACares

Been a AAA Plus member for 29 years. Won’t be 30. It took multiple times needing a tow, only to be told there were none available. Then they charged my daughter $100 because she had to make a 3rd call in the 11th month of the plan year. She needed a jump start 1/2

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@acnewsitics He looks so sad. And that really seems to be amusing her.

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@guelphgirlchris 1.3 million acre feet is roughly 423.6 billion gallons

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@johnastoehr @threadreaderapp unroll

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@David_Charts @threadreaderapp unroll please

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@WUTangKids

[Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 @KellyScaletta]

I keep thinking about how Elon compared Twitter to the new town square—a place where we can have civil public discourse.

In the town square you can see who is talking to who, and who is listening to who. If people are listening to the Nazis and clapping, you know they're Nazis. It goes with public discourse. If you wanna be a Nazi in public, people see it.

Hiding likes is the exact opposite of that.

The idea of "privacy" is the polar opposite of "public" discourse.

[Russ Spencer @RhinoData]

@Jane4UsGirls @TheRickWilson Jury of one's peers is a reference to the term "judgement of his peers" from the Magna Carta. The word "peer" does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. The Sixth Amendment specifies "an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed".

[Caitlyn Yaede (she/her) @caitlyn_yaede]

The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

[@mrrjnkns @MrRJNKNS]

Wow. Never seen it all put together like this. Definitely worth a watch.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

I approve this message.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Caught us. President Biden is working to make life easier for hardworking families.

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Charles Barkley, everybody!

[Jesse McLaren @McJesse]

Wow. Disney+ changed the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark...

[PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes]

A deepfake video depicting Ron DeSantis as Michael Scott from The Office wearing a woman’s pantsuit is making the rounds.

[🥀_ Imposter_🥀 @Imposter_Edits]

This is Pat Loller a vet, he was a combat medic that's suffered the cost of war. Now Pat is dependent on the minuscule social services this country allows the disabled service members. They put insane restrictions on disabled people such as. you arent allowed any source of income and you aren't allowed to keep more than a few thousand dollars in the bank, so you are basically surviving on a shoestring budget from month to month.

Now thanks to the Republican lead house holding these benefits hostage, and trying desperately to cut them, people like Pat have to constantly worry about how they are going to survive.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here: https://t.co/QFjBGwYDCL

[Russ Spencer @RhinoData]

@dbongino I've heard the original meaning of the name Bongino is "baby boy" and is believed to have sprung from a cautionary tale warning of the dangers of inbreeding. Weird how true that's remained true over the centuries.