Nothing says, "social media need no public oversight", like Elon Musk sharing copyright protected video, then being told that he is breaking the law… but not responding, because he does not need to, as he is both the lawmaker, the police and the judge in the virtual world he now controls.
American lawmakers really need to wake up.
Ex-Pence aide slams culture of fear in Trump's White House: He'd 'examine every woman in the room' https://www.rawstory.com/cassidy-hutchinson-trump-women-meetings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Damn, the CERN's OnlyFans page is 😳 *fans self*
*Now* we come to it. Donald may have just said publicly that one of the witnesses in his Federal January 6 case should be killed.
Stochastic terrorism. Witness tampering. Violation of conditions of release from prison pending trial.
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The Democrats @senatedems mustn’t sink to the level of the Republicans @senategop . Our elected officials must be held to a higher standard. If you are indicted by the Department of Justice you should be compelled to resign. Absent accountability we get impunity and lawlessness.
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9: #bennu
8: #walvaus
7: #caturday
6: #nasa
5: #packers
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I'm thinking of doing an experiment:
1. I'll create a bunch of LLC AIs and I'll train each one on a different set of right wing "information", such as faux news, certain selected websites, etc. The goal is to create a rough AI maga community. I will probably also feed reading lists from evangelical sources and maybe the $0.00 books on Amazon (which tend to be right wing screeds and conspiracy theories.)
2. Then like the old Perry-and-Eliza hack of days of old, I'll have these AI magas talk to one another (and learn from one another.)
I'm curious what kind of mentality they will exhibit at the end.
Later I could brew in some of the really awful "history" stuff from The History Channel and Smithsonian Channel.
New video shows Utah mayor spit on, assaulted by attacker: 'You don’t know who I am, do you?' https://www.aol.com/news/video-shows-utah-mayor-spit-162314005.html
Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles for the first time https://www.aol.com/news/u-send-ukraine-atacms-long-144332030.html
Jack Smith adds war crimes prosecutor — his deputy from the Hague — to special counsel team
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/22/jack-smith-special-counsel-prosecutor-trump-00117736
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In the wake of a Seattle cop(the VP of the cop union) getting caught laughing about a woman the department had killed, SPD ends contract with the company responsible for reviewing body cam footage.
Why is this even a contract managed by the cops? Really seems like anything involving bodycam management should not be run by the corrupt cops.
Man gave brother motorcycle in exchange for killing ex-wife — mom of 4 kids, feds say https://www.aol.com/news/man-gave-brother-motorcycle-exchange-162341164.html
Parents, aunt arrested after baby nearly dies from more than 50 rat bites https://www.aol.com/news/parents-aunt-arrested-baby-nearly-173149000.html
There is now a blood test that can detect if someone took #abortion medication mifepristone. It is already being used by police in Poland investigating pregnancy outcomes. It is NOT yet available in the US - but it is likely only a matter of time. https://jezebel.com/there-are-now-tests-that-can-detect-if-someone-took-abo-1850839647
Former Republican congressman endorses Democrat Brandon Presley for governor - https://mississippitoday.org/2023/09/20/mike-parker-republican-endorsement-brandon-presley/
Woman rescued from outhouse toilet after climbing in to retrieve Apple Watch, Michigan police say
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This doesn’t look like concern about the sexual musings of a young woman. It’s a convenient red herring excuse to ban a book on the Holocaust, which in truth is what they really don't want taught.
Apparently fascist political systems don't like fascism actually being studied and understood within those systems.
Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank's diary to students:
https://www.jta.org/2023/09/19/united-states/texas-teacher-reportedly-fired-after-reading-from-anne-franks-diary-to-students
"My brothers wanted to save me. But the enemy aircraft continued to fire at us. Then I started waving and yelling at them to get away from me"
14 hours in the open Black Sea - 130 km from friendly shores
Ukrainian HUR military intel trooper "Conan" fell out of his assault craft as it manouevred rapidly to evade Russian warplane cannon fire
"Conan is now a legend not only of the unit, but also of all special forces"
Conan tells Ukrainian Pravda: "I knew perfectly well that the crew of the boat, which is 13 people, is more precious than me alone"
"The current was very strong... I did not stop [swimming] for a moment because it would have carried me further and further from my reference point"
As Conan struggled against fatigue, dehydration, a falling core temperature and hallucinations, Ukrainian forces were looking for him with a Bayraktar drone
They finally found him by spotting heat traces from seagulls that had perched on him
"That's how it was reported that there is an object that floats in the direction of Odessa and 'rides' seven seagulls"
A HUR team zipped in on a rescue boat amid more enemy aerial fire to scoop up Conan
"Now, as much as I can, I will try to convey my story to other people. Why? So they do not give up"
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