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Privacy & Cybersecurity Professional // Privacy Policy & TOS enthusiast

[Formerly Known As @math_skee]

@cstross @hmv666 I think you’ve identified the super secret plan to keep Scotland in the UK

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@alt_92 @HeadOffSecurity @GossiTheDog @josephfcox Wonder if there is a potential for lawsuits against the apps leaking data, though.

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@TomJohnson3rd @SarahLongwell25 Well… there’s a *kind of* similar US option, if the cabinet invokes the 25th Amendment. Presumably they’d all be from the president’s party. Otherwise, it’d have to be formal impeachment by Congress.

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Uh, UK... what the fuck is happening to y'all's government right now?

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@cstross @DarkAmbientComp But… but… maybe instead of satire we could just consider it an aspirational setting now?

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@cstross GW's edge-lordiness seems proportionate to how seriously one takes them, given how hilariously over-the-top everything in their settings is. Though the companies DO have some similar "burn the heretics" attitudes about IP rights... and GW DID try to make "40k for Kids" one time..

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@Meghann_MT @ValerieInsinna I think Reverse Bro in the back with the pink shirt is my favorite

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@talkS_hit_ @RMSolitayre @GardenResist1 @ParkerMolloy Yes, those things would certainly all be priorities of an unopposed MAGA supermajority

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@RMSolitayre @GardenResist1 @ParkerMolloy Dude, he’s not “doing nothing.” He’s using that megaphone. He’s been on TV practically every day. But he doesn’t have magical “power and resources beyond mortal ken” for unilateral policy making. Not unless you decide the president should just be the fuckin king.

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@RMSolitayre @GardenResist1 @ParkerMolloy What they have right now is a minority in the legislature. They really have 48 votes. 48 votes is not enough to pass legislation. Think the setup is stupid and structured to favor republicans? It is! But you seem to be advocating for the president to just declare himself king.

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@RMSolitayre @GardenResist1 @ParkerMolloy Honest question here: what else is he *supposed to do* ? The president cannot pass legislation. The president cannot amend the constitution. He’s already made multiple public statements. He’s already directed the DoD to continue providing healthcare to servicemembers.

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@ParkerMolloy Do you think the average American doesn’t understand that “republicans control the Supreme Court” even if they cannot name the justices? Because honestly if our electorate is that dumb our democracy is just fucked.

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@KNHeff @BrynnTannehill @dh4onethingonly Why would we assume it’s a “who?” The “what” is something we freely acknowledge we don’t know yet, though.

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@JRBobDobbs10 @cstross In fairness all they can promise is at best you’ll get eaten *first*

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@RonMurpNet @jippen @SteveO2134 @forkazoo @FuzzyMarth Dang do I have to explain this to like every single religious person I speak to. Most of them seem to think it’s something like this: https://t.co/9w8aANcza9

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@soonergrunt @kairyssdal Essentially this is correct — a face or fingerprint is not considered “testimonial” and thus can be compelled without violating the 5th amendment. In practice, it’s super weird.

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@cstross “Schiller, paging Reverend Schiller…”

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@AldoDominic9 @WutsitTooyah @JoeCoal7 @bluspacemann @PhDinProgress17 @jafiny1971 @kylegriffin1 I don’t think there’s any circumstance under which Hillary would have tried to have a mob hang Tim Kaine on the steps of the Capitol to stay in power if she lost in 2020.

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@AldoDominic9 @WutsitTooyah @JoeCoal7 @bluspacemann @PhDinProgress17 @jafiny1971 @kylegriffin1 Yeah because Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are exactly the same

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@Akingbowser @MPohl729 @Slyguy0284 @JoshuaMZeitz Even assuming John Belton’s claims about a repeating smoothbore flintlock weren’t just made up, comparing a weapon like that to a modern high-capacity semi-automatic rifle is bullshit and you know it.