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Email I just got: Dear (me), the Journal of (name) would like to include your paper (title) in our publication. - Mop🧹 Apr 25, 08:59 1
- You gonna be famous! -- nm - LFG Apr 25, 09:03
ty97 news network: Southwest Airlines is ceasing operations at four airports and reducing flights from others. - decline Apr 25, 08:51 1
- shocking was they are stopping flights to Hobby. That is part of their legacy hub. Interesting. -- nm - Pippy Shark Apr 25, 09:02
This is me: Video Games Should Be Easy, For Baby Gamers Like Me - JD Apr 25, 08:41 1
- I play everything on easy. No shame. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 25, 08:58
The Ohana Festival might be aimed at a bit different income bracket. Well, at least at some level. Ultimate VIP: $10,255 (no hidden fees!) - JD Apr 25, 08:10 2
- getting that jnine money -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:13 1
  - I stay with friends in San Clemente when I go every year. All the hotels are $300+ that weekend. They do get my ticket money every year. -- nm - jnine Apr 25, 12:33
Ring customers to receive $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 07:30 1
- so about 50 bucks per account -- nm - decline Apr 25, 07:34
Sotomayor and Sauer discussing assasination is something something. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 07:10 50
- * not applicable to the Democratic Party -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:45
- Roberts tried to wrap, but gave the floor to Alito who's dragging it out. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:38 2
  - the Trump court (it's not even Roberts' anymore) is just dril's wise man tweet over and over and over and over -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:42 1
    - sir, I believe your soul has turned almost black and you must get out there into the California Sun, turn that frown upside-down and lighten up! -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:50
- these orals gonna kill poor Chris Hayes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:21 5
  - Asha!: -- (pic) - mud Apr 25, 08:23 [Attachment] 4
    - They are all something, but #6 is even more so. -- nm - LFG Apr 25, 08:27 1
      - Yup - he's immune for giving the order - but you can go to jail for following it. The fuck??? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:28
    - She forgot #7 - Benjamin Franklin said at the Constitutional Convention. "Donald Trump should be able to do whatever he wants." -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:24
    - d'oh - meant this above -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:24
- I would have loved 1 person to say, "We've had 46 presidents in this country and only 1 of them has claimed that he can't do his job without immunity" - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:13 4
  - "you've never seen anyone politcize prosecution and law enforcement like crooked joe before now" would be my response -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 08:40
  - Their answer would be that they *had* immunity. Their position is that saying he doesn’t would be the change. -- nm - mara Apr 25, 08:16 1
    - Well, heck. Another waitress note. Half Moon server is Maggie. -- nm - mara Apr 25, 16:33
  - well 1/3 of them are sitting on the bench because of him -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:14
- Any view on how the conservative justices are receiving this / reacting? -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 08:08 18
  - The conservatives seem more sympathetic than I thought they’d be. -- nm - mara Apr 25, 08:11 4
    - to assassination? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:13 3
      - "What if... and believe me this is a hypothetical... but what if the President were to order the assassination of a Supreme Court justice? - Bob Slydell si Apr 25, 08:53
      - Heh. Coups and bribes too. -- nm - mara Apr 25, 08:14
      - *nods* -- nm - LFG Apr 25, 08:14
  - they put on a skeptical front, but who knows -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:11 2
    - KB Jackson is stellar. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:12 1
      - Yes. Yes she is! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:36
  - They don't seem to offering softballs or anything, if that's what you mean. I'm a little behind on the live - but Kavanaugh and Barrett haven't said - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:10 9
    - Even if Roberts isn't buying it, you can still get a 5-4 in support. Need one of the others (at least) to reject the argument -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 08:14 8
      - And we all know this should be a 9-0 vote. I still can't believe they're even hearing this case. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:16 2
        
        SCOTUS has been a corrupt wing of the GOP since Dec 2000 - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 08:19 1
        
        ...and before that, they were completely neutral for 100 years. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 25, 13:57
      - The others really haven't spoken enough for me to get an idea how they might be feeling. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:15 4
        
        Ok, Kavanaugh has now. He's a vote for Trump - guaranteed. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:29 3
        
        He believes a president should be able to grab woman by the -. -- nm - LFG Apr 25, 08:31 2
        
        But more importantly, how do PJ and Squee feel about it? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:33
        
        and beer is good -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:32
- Easy-peasy. They grant absolute immunity, someone just uses it to throw all those idiots out of a window. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 25, 08:07 2
  - ~Joey's got a gun.~ -- nm - LFG Apr 25, 08:11
  - heh -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:08
- So help me out here. I'm listening to this - does this dude actually believe this shit he's spewing?? nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 07:55 8
  - If a lawyer's good, it should probably be impossible to tell whether they truly believe it or are just being a strong advocate for their client. - ty97 Apr 25, 08:07 3
    - Yup. - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 08:19
    - he talked very fast, with a frog in his throat. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 08:09
    - Well - he is a Trump lawyer - so, there's that. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:09
  - Lawyers learn to do that, though. They kind of have to. -- nm - mara Apr 25, 08:02
  - you think he's doing a bit? playing devil's advocate? .. wait, he is the dev- -- nm - mud Apr 25, 07:58 2
    - Also - can this fuckin guy just clear his throat?? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:03 1
      - Barely related -- (link) - JD Apr 25, 08:13 [youtube]
- this fascist slug wants a dictatorship. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 07:39 2
  - ugh -- (pic) - mud Apr 25, 07:41 [Attachment] 1
    - OTOH, they *have* ordered or supported logistically coups elsewhere and no one went to jail for those, so... (NM) - Marlowe Apr 25, 08:17
- "this dumb trump immunity argument" -- (pic) - mud Apr 25, 07:14 [Attachment]
zapzap: power outage just before work -- nm - budice Apr 25, 06:44
LYC: Wyze Alternative Tapo C120. Form factor is nice. Having the IA person, pet, etc alerts be free is great. The Starlight sensor is not -- (edited) - sycor Apr 25, 06:36 12
- I don't understand a word of this post. - MDH Apr 25, 07:33 1
  - I think I understand about ten percent. - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 07:37
- RSTP? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 25, 06:43 1
  - RTSP. Standard streaming video protocol. Often used by other programs like Home Assistant to view the stream locally. Always good to have this - oblique Apr 25, 06:48
- Tapo always confuses me. TP-Link. Kasa. Make up your mind! -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 06:42 7
  - Agreed. But I think this Tapo can be integrated to Home Assistant through HACS. still working on that. -- nm - sycor Apr 25, 07:02 6
    - I need to do a major overhaul of the HA system. I want to run a Matter server to start integrating those devices but I can't because my RPI OS is - oblique Apr 25, 07:04 5
      - I haven't gotten into Matter yet. Which RPi are you using? I assume you only need to do it because you want to run the server? - sycor Apr 25, 07:14 4
        
        I think it is an RPi-3Plus. The hardware can handle 64-bit, I just didn't install it when I installed the OS. The Matter server is required to add - oblique Apr 25, 07:25 3
        
        I was under the impression that Matter didn't need a serve it would just work. I guess I need to look into it and check with RPi I'm using and which - sycor Apr 25, 07:27 2
        
        It's just HA that requires communication with the matter software similar to how you need something like ZHA to talk to Zigbee devices -- nm* - oblique Apr 25, 07:30 1
        
        Gotcha. (I think) -- nm - sycor Apr 25, 07:33
HAPPY LIGHT JACKET DAY!!!! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 06:30 15
- (lotta people here are unfamiliar with the classics) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 06:58 3
  - It's the Perfect Date? - Andie Apr 25, 07:14 2
    - I forgot all about that scene. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 08:29
    - right?!?! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 07:15
- was -17C with the wind chill here last night (-9C w/o) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 06:56 1
  - In Rhode Island today it's 9 with a max of 13, which is in light jacket territory though I wouldn't say it's perfect. -- nm - Roger More Apr 25, 09:00
- and last day of The Flash day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:43
- Nope. It's quite chilly today. Carhartt is back on to stay warm. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 06:40
- gonna be almost 90 next Monday though -- nm - decline Apr 25, 06:36 1
  - but that's not today! that's why today is Light Jacket Day! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 06:38
- ha! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 06:36
- *checks temp* 38F - oblique Apr 25, 06:33 3
  - Well I've got it over you today. 41F! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 25, 07:05 2
    - well, NOW it's 41F here :) -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 07:06 1
      - 54F -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 07:27
Weinstein's conviction overturned by the New York Court of Appeals 4-3. -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 06:20 5
- It's up to the DA to decide if they will go for a retrial - decline Apr 25, 06:27 2
  - Hit him again. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 06:31 1
    - I agree. It basically nullifies all of the women he abused to just let it go. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 25, 08:11
- hit him again -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 06:21
- Weinstein will remain incarcerated, however, because in 2022, he was sentenced in California to 16 years in prison after his conviction for rape. -- nm - budice Apr 25, 06:21
Q1 GDP slowed to 1.6% -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:17 2
- *cackles madly* -- nm - Jerome Powell Apr 25, 06:18
- NYT Pitchbot: How that's bad.... oh wait -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 06:18
I'm seeing breaking news that Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction has been overturned on appeal. -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 06:15 1
- oh, that would be *bad* -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 06:16
Challengers 93% (135 reviews), Boy Kills World 63% (50), Nowhere Special 100% (36); Humane 55% (11); Alien and The Mummy rereleasing too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 06:14 1
- i think we are seeing Challengers this weekend. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 06:26
well at least the NYT is ratfucking Joe honestly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:13 5
- Fucking idiots -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 06:48
- Jfc. -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 06:14 3
  - also the NYT -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:46 2
    - This is so not the paper I grew up reading. The shift over the past 10-20 years has been bad for the news and America. - Krusty Apr 25, 06:52 1
      - A.G. did the same thing to the Oregonian while he was here in Portland. - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 07:36
Trump “earns” another $1.2 billion worth of DJT after hitting price performance targets -- (link) - znufrii Apr 25, 06:11 7
- Time to buy Tik Tok. -- nm - LFG Apr 25, 07:45
- Now $1.1 billion worth….$1.0 billion…$900 million… -- nm* - znufrii Apr 25, 06:14 5
  - Up 9% so far today. The free fall was fun, but the stock has been performing well more recently. -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 06:20 4
    - in the sense that suckers are buying more to keep it propped up? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:23 3
      - Just saying the stock is doing well now. -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 06:28 2
        
        For a given value of “well”, it’s off its lows, sure, but yesterday’s gain only recovered the previous days loss, basically -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 25, 06:29 1
        
        Up even though they just diluted the shares by what? 10% -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 13:31
prolly gonna need some laws against AI at some point, guys -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:08 3
- isn't this kinda covered by existing laws? Fraud? -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 06:13 2
  - probably? but also . . . Sec 230 = no liability for the shitheels putting the tools in the hands of the defamers -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 06:16 1
    - If AI legislation is put in place at a software level, I'm fairly sure that Sec 230 won't protect Microsoft or OpenAI or Midjourney or Stability AI - JD Apr 25, 07:54
Strands #53 Yellow 5th - decline Apr 25, 05:58 1
- Yellow - 3rd - VMan Apr 25, 07:30
Connections in order. (spoilers) - Baron Kills World Apr 25, 05:54 5
- No oopsies - GBYP - VMan Apr 25, 07:27
- when I've made a mistake in Connections I often give up and hit random buttons until it's done, just to see the answers. - mud Apr 25, 06:18 1
  - I do the same thing. :D -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 25, 07:17
- spoilers - Volnelk Apr 25, 06:03 1
  - I have never heard this term before today, which means I will now probably hear it 10 times in the wild in the next week. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 25, 06:38
Wordle 1,041 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Apr 25, 05:51 1
- 5 - rollo Apr 25, 06:04
Happy birthday, Andie! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Apr 25, 05:42 17
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 11:24
- Happy day! -- nm - Roger More Apr 25, 08:49
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 25, 08:45
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Pippy Shark Apr 25, 07:55
- Huzzah! Happy Birthday! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 25, 07:28
- BIRTHDAY!!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 25, 07:18
- happy birthday, Andie! :) - — nm - i.b.! Apr 25, 06:50
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 06:45
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Apr 25, 06:00
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 06:00
- yay! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 05:58
- 😀 thanks! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 05:58
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Guigue Apr 25, 05:55
- Happiest of birthdays -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 05:54
- indeed! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 25, 05:51
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 05:51
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Apr 25, 05:47
Tony Khan listed as questionable for the NFL Draft after last night’s AEW Dynamite. -- (link) - Tim Apr 25, 05:38 1
- I saw the clip. Goldberg might sell better. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 05:48
TV PSA: NFL Draft, NHL, NBA, Young Sheldon, Next Level Chef, So Help Me Todd, Elsbeth, Them, City Hunter, Velma, ST Discovery, Dead Boy Detectives, - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 05:36 4
- Disco, Detectives -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 08:58
- To note - The Long Shadow is very good. UK gets Taskmaster -- nm - LMS Apr 25, 06:05
- Draft, MLB and Ghosts. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 05:42
- Start the Draft! ; Ghosts, Next Level Chef; Dead Boy Detectives -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 25, 05:37

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