John Scotus
American abroad. Iconoclast. A member of the radical center. #nevertrump.
Joined Oct 2022
In the end, the danger isn't that people will have their freedom taken away from them: It is that they will willingly and eagerly give it away. For LOLs.
TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/02/tiktok-tells-european-users-its-staff-in-china-get-access-to-their-data
The ads that keep showing up on webpages based on my browser activity are getting worse. I don't even know what these things are. Should I be afraid? I'm afraid.
@kel Sounds like my marriage.
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So a couple months ago, Kash Patel was on a RWNJ podcast declaring that trump [sic] had a “standing order” to declassify any classified document that trump took out of the Oval Office. Today, he entered a cooperation agreement with the DOJ in exchange for under oath testimony stating the opposite. 🤔
@kel But can we still blame you? 😉
She may want to rethink this: "Other Trump associates involved in the Mar-a-Lago documents matter also have been offered some form of immunity, people familiar with the matter said, including one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Christina Bobb, who declined, saying she didn’t need it."
DOJ: So you like to mouth off about illegal activity. Wanna mouth off under oath?
Patel: I'm taking the Fifth!
DOJ: And we're granting you immunity.
Patel: Oops.
Kash Patel, Granted Immunity, Set to Testify at Grand Jury Probing Mar-a-Lago Documents https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-aide-granted-immunity-set-to-testify-at-grand-jury-probing-mar-a-lago-documents-11667429590
This is a masterful primer on content moderation:
Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/
In FBI recording from Jan. 10, 2021, Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes talked about hanging Pelosi "from the lamppost" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oath-keepers-trial-pelosi-trump/
Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification https://politi.co/3Nt5GQs
Dan Snyder Hires Bank Of America To Sell Washington Commanders https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2022/11/02/dan-snyder-hires-bank-of-america-to-sell-washington-commanders/
Wordle 502 3/6*
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John Scotus
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Wow! Turns out those air raid sirens I heard this morning in Ishigaki was actually North Korea firing 17 missiles over South Asia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/world/asia/north-korea-missile-launch.html
My buddy who is in the Air Force said it's not time to panic until they start evacuating soldier's families, so I'll be keeping a close eye on what US troops are doing in Naha. We're actually closer to Taiwan than mainland Japan so realistically a US return (amidst all the political chaos) might be my family's safest bet.
How We Would Know When China Is Preparing to Invade Taiwan https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/10/03/how-we-would-know-when-china-is-preparing-to-invade-taiwan-pub-88053
Broncos trade LB Bradley Chubb to Dolphins for RB Chase Edmonds, first-round draft pick https://sports.yahoo.com/report-broncos-trade-lb-bradley-chubb-to-dolphins-for-first-round-pick-183006223.html
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"How does a political movement start to call evil good and good evil?
"Combine a sense of existential threat, a fear of imminent defeat, and a conviction that only cruelty can stave off disaster, and you've got a recipe for this political moment." - David French
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CounterSocial has seen a 20% increase in its user base in three days. We are experiencing as many 400 new accounts per hour. It is an insane amount of growth in a very short period of time.
If you were hanging out with a spinning atom for a minute, that's why. Please be patient. Good things take time. #CoSoTips
@LauraPhillips99 Yes. I just generally don't use them.
John Scotus
American abroad. Iconoclast. A member of the radical center. #nevertrump.
Joined Oct 2022