wstidolph

glib techie, rational liberal, innate optimist
on fediverse at @[email protected]

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Whitmire: The Katie Britt retcon has begun. Believe what you saw. https://t.co/P7iru5RPPt

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just felt small earthquake in Santa Cruz, CA

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@TxJollyRoger @JoJoFromJerz 60 Min pays the bills by attracting a mass audience. It is therefore relevant how its planned episodes affect the feelings of the potential audience, especially the feelings of those who command enough attention to alter audience size. Jo's feelings matter more than yours do.

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@barrygott @AshaRangappa_ and if it was a pretense (they misrepresented the evidence or the law) then in most justifications they would be at risk of a charge of malicious prosecution ... which the prosecutor knows, going in

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@joncoopertweets political chameleon

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@rwchomeworks @jrpsaki Alvin Bragg is not Donald Trump's political opponent. (Neither are the other prosecutors looking into possible crimes. That's just what prosecutors and grand juries are *supposed* to do in America)

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@TxJollyRoger @JoJoFromJerz I think she's saying you shouldn't commit substantial business fraud and violate campaign finance laws or the legal system might (should!) come after you and require you to defend yourself in court.

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@joncoopertweets yeah. a bit too soon Presumption of innocence, etc. ... even for those we despise.

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@ericareport Marcus isn't part of Home Depot, is he? I thought he retired out long long ago ... what is modern HD's attitude towards/treatment of young people?

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@CalltoActivism I say "hush. child - you need a nap"

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@elonmusk Both fight misinformation; but when dealing with folk who deny accurate information, then censorship may be the better tool to prevent violence and deeper rabbit-holing driven by exposure to lies and "alternative facts"

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.@CanonUSA "support" website made me crazy - rejected my (correct) MF634C serial number for firmware download, over and over, without explanation ... unless I have logged into my Canon account (to set a cookie?), then even if I log out the D/L works.

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@krassenstein Taxing unrealized gains seems like a bad /complicated idea with vast room for unintended consequence and implementation costs - better to simply treat acceptance of secured debt as income (then allow that as deduction on realization)

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@AntonisNtaKanca @krassenstein Footage demonstrates security system (camera locations, response tactics, etc)

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@th30rs @EdKrassen You know that's fake, right? https://t.co/SEOHmVcQK3 There *was* a guy burned a couple Supreme Court Police vehicles (and himself) on Sept 8 2020

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@geekybiblogger @callme_Chari @EdKrassen At what age do you think they can/should make that drastic permanent life-altering decision? What if they change their mind? What if they don't want kinds but don't want surgery, plan on abstinence - but get pregnant anyway (rape, drunken accident, contraceptive fail, whatever)?

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@callme_Chari @EdKrassen Oh, so you'd be OK with aborting a male or intersex fetus?

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@bmiller808 @NativeSantaCruz You should be - it seems like every couple hundred years or so we get a 'megaflood' and the last was 150 years ago (1862) ... we have lots more flood control now, but those big ones will still be very very bad. Trillion-dollar kind of bad ...

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If tendency towards hierarchy makes for conservatives, why do most software engineers (in my experience) tend towards liberalism?

https://t.co/LsIX9RIxNE

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@PatrioticPizzas @brainsoup86 @EdKrassen What precisely do you think "fascism" is? (I worry that you're a bit ... ignorant ... of the usual definitions.) And then, how does "antifa" use it as a bludgeon?