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Joined Apr 2022
@gshevlin I may use Disconnecticut. 😉
@peeppeepcircus @carmen It's the sum of E. Jean Carrol's two judgments against Trump.
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A Russian disinfo campaign disclosed by the FBI argued that Twitter/X, had become “the only mass platform that could currently be utilized” in the United States."... because it was the only one that didn't remove Russian created content.
At what point does Musk have to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/lies-russia-tells-itself
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@th3j35t3r @ImagineThat @VylaMundi It's redundant and there to satisfy the Google Play Store. Not a priority, but perhaps a user toggle to remove it?
Salt water is making electric cars blow up after Hurricane Helene
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/29/saltwater-making-electric-cars-blow-hurricane-helene-21700959/
@nursefrombirth
Contrary to common usage, which has largely stripped the word of its meaning, fascism is an ideology that views political violence as a means of purification and national rejuvenation.
If you listen to Trump there are many elements of fascist ideology - autarky, racial purity, etc.
@cassandra17lina Maybe he'll toss them paper towels. It's his MO.
@rphlegm
"Once the rockets are up,
Who cares where they come down?
That's not my department,"
Says Wernher von Braun.
Curiously, both Musk and von Braun shared a goal of going to Mars, not so much the moon.
Head of NASA Says Musk's Instability Is Okay Because He Doesn't Really Run SpaceX
https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-nasa-says-musks-instability-150747545.html
@cassandra17lina I used to participate in Gallup surveys years ago. I've no beef with polling and find it highly useful.
Online polls aren't really polls. They're an amusement. Most polls that you see on sites like 538 are reliable, although you'll see outliers.
Here's a short article on how political polls work.
https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/voting-elections/political-polls-science
@hapkidogal Good information on the accuracy of home testing, too.
@MookyTroubadour @grayman @northernbassist That's the fiscal horsepower for taxation purposes. I think they started at 9 and by the end of production produced 29.
@grayman @northernbassist I used to see a 2CV driving around Northwest DC years ago. James Bond drove one in For Your Eyes Only.
The Toxic Men Who Want To Control Federal Employees
What do a terrible boss, teen predator, and dog killer have in common?
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They are key figures in Trump’s effort to redesign the federal public sector. The guys who should trigger calls to HR want to become the HR system for government.
#Politics #PaulDans #JohnMcEntee #KevinRoberts /nosanitize
Far right wins Austria election, boosting European right-wing surge
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The Eurosceptic, Russia-friendly FPO held a slim lead in opinion polls for months over Chancellor Karl Nehammer's ruling conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP) in a campaign dominated by immigration and worries about the economy.
🇹🇼🇺🇦🇮🇱Duck Dodgers
My social media interests include humor, current affairs, politics (we live in interesting times), history, art, cinema, and technology.
Joined Apr 2022