Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

@SecondJon According to wikipedia, that is accurate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

Trump's statement that we are the only country in the world with birthright citizenship is blatantly false, as is typical of him.

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RT @ChuckWendig@twitter.com
TRUMP: "I've decided to eat babies."

PEOPLE: "He can't eat babies, that's super illegal."

TRUMP, on TV, eating babies, not even cooking them first: "People are saying that I really am the best baby-eater, folks."

NYT: "Trump Vs. Babies: The Rhetoric On Both Sides Must Stop"
https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/1057256706537897984

.@realDonaldTrump@twitter.com wants to alter the definition of citizenship by executive order. @LindseyGrahamSC@twitter.com wants to do it by legislation. This is the attempt at a killing blow against democracy. VOTE NOW OR IT MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE. #resist

Cormen et al. claims that A(4, 1) is "a huge number" beyond anything one would realistically encounter, but according to both Wikipedia and Wolfram Alpha it's only 65,533. #ackermann

50 Collective Nouns for Your Favorite Groups of Animals http://mentalfloss.com/article/551081/collective-nouns-groups-animals#.W9iFbjqZt04.twitter

Driverless e-scooters.

It turns out just about every country in the Americas has birthright citizen ship, but few others do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

Yes, there is some rain.

HIVE MIND:

Like many of you, I have had my landline rendered useless by a constant assault of telemarketers and phone frauds. (I have a landline because @verizon@twitter.com has lousy coverage at my house.)

Most of these calls hang up when they get the answering machine. I therefore never answer unless someone gets that far. ("Hello? It's <actualperson I know>. Are you there?")

Still, the ringing is annoying. Is there a way to turn OFF the ringer, but leave sound ON so that I might be able to pick in response to legitimate calls?

I'm not above buying a new phone to get this feature. I'd rather not pay a monthly fee for caller ID (which wouldn't solve the problem).

Ideas?

Sigh. These wargamers and their historical special cases.

@SecondJon Nope:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-says-13-explosive-devices-packages-sent-nationwide-bomb-not-hoax-device-2018-10-26/

The true source of cryptocurrency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=536&v=uNOLQGk7QLk