Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
@SuziqLeathers Snopes has debunked the photo as a fake. They have the original onto which Harris's face was placed.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-mcdonalds-uniform-fake/
#Politics This #WaPo article on the editorial decision not to endorse a presidential candidate also includes a response by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
"We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 12 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post’s own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald #Trump poses to democracy."
#Politics #Florida #SpaceCoast
The banners are constantly refreshed, but I have to admire the courage of whomever is hanging them. This county is overwhelmingly pro- #Trump. I fully expected these to be vandalized long ago.
The pro-Trump roadside vendor used to be about a half-mile north of this, but she's moved on. I never saw any customers at her stand.
BREAKING From #CNN: #Israel has begun strikes on #Iran, possibly #Syria.
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-lebanon-gaza-war-10-25-24-intl-hnk/index.html
#China targeted phones of #Trump and #Vance, also targeted members of #HarrisWalz2024 campaign.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/china-phone-target-hack-trump-vance-harris-rcna177383
@sentientdessert When I reached age 55 and wanted to draw down on my pension plan, they tried to talk me out of it. Rotten to the core.
@Razdawg22 At a rally, Tim Walz called him "the dancing dips***." Works for me.
After #DOJ warning letter, Elon Musk has stopped awarding $1 million a day to registered voters in battleground states. 🤣 🤣 🤣
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/elon-musk-super-pac-lottery-winner-doj-warning/index.html
@sentientdessert The COO ended the company's pension plan. He had to pay those of us who had participated, but he was looking for any excuse to drive out those who were vested so he wouldn't have to pay us for our remaining years. It was awfully conspicuous that these layoffs would have been effective on my 50th and 52nd birthdays.
The first time, I found another job in the company. The second time, I left because the place was miserable. I took the unemployment.
@sentientdessert I got laid off twice on my birthday -- once on my 50th, then two years later on my 52nd. Pretty sure it was age discrimination but couldn't prove it.
@MLClark ... I was writing for #StarTrek licensees and needed the scripts to know how to spell names, terms, etc. Majel gave me a deal.
When I was done, I donated the scripts to local screenwriting class taught by a one-time Star Trek writer.
Lincoln is long out of business. Someone in the thread posted a link to where the DS9 scripts are now online for free. That triggered the writer in question.
Mind you, all this was 30 years ago. Why he's fussing now is beyond me. (2/2)
@MLClark The core issue is that, once upon a time, the Roddenberrys profited from Lincoln Enterprises. Among their schemes was selling photocopies of scripts. The writers were never compensated, presumably because the script belongs to the studio, which licensed Lincoln.
Seems to me the writer's gripe is with the WGA. If it's not covered, it's not covered.
My sin apparently was mentioning that I'd once bought DS9 scripts in bulk from Majel because ... (1/2)
@MLClark Thank you ... My modest little vanity blog already started a fist fight over on Zombie Twitter involving multiple #StarTrek alumni. A writer got mad because someone in the thread posted a link to a site that has archived DS9 scripts. He was mad because he wasn't compensated for his scripts being published. Out of all that came the mistaken notion that I'm publishing Trek scripts, which I'm not. Fingers pointing in all directions. So much for IDIC. 
From #KTLA: #LATimes editorial board member resigns after the paper's owner blocks the board's #HarrisWalz2024 endorsement.
From #CNN: #Georgia secretary of state says a review found only 20 non-citizens statewide who were registered to vote.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/georgia-raffensperger-noncitizens-registered/index.html
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022