CoffeeAddict

@CoffeeAddict@kbin.social

I am nothing without my morning coffee.

Co-Moderator for @Neoliberal on kbin.social

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Lemmy: @Coffee_Addict

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CoffeeAddict ,

Would you vote for a man convicted of 34 felonies?

Asking for a friend.

CoffeeAddict ,

Yeah, it’s been a while since Ernest has posted anything, and I don’t think he has uploaded any new code in a while. I wonder if there was a roadblock somewhere?

Ernest also said he was having health issues so I hope he’s doing okay.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Not a huge fan of Johnson, obviously, but it was very satisfying to Marjorie get curb-stomped so quickly.

The final vote was 359-43-7. Just 10 republicans sided with MTG.

The House to MTG

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Today, Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri submitted the formal request. He said on X: "I met with Deputy Secretary General of NATO Geoana. I transmitted a letter of intent to him, which contains a request from Argentina to become a global partner of this organisation.”

[…]

“Argentina plays an important role in Latin America, and I welcome today’s request to explore becoming a NATO partner. NATO works with a range of countries around the world to promote peace and stability. Closer political and practical cooperation could benefit us both.”

Firstly, hooray for globalism.

Secondly, I did not have this on my 2024 bingo.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Let’s play a game:

Jury selection is underway for Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and prospective jurors’ past social media activity is being scrutinized for bias.

So, what meme, or shitpost, have you posted that you would like to have discussed with the court for bias?

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Personally, I am glad to see that No Labels is not running a candidate this election cycle - there was a strong likelihood that such a candidate would benefit Trump more than it would hurt him.

I am also happy to see that Joe Cunningham (No Labels National Director) has clearly stated his preference for Biden over Trump.

Maybe in the future a third-party candidate could be viable. For 2024, I think third party candidates only increase the risk of Trump winning back the White House.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Thoughts on this?

The important thing, of course, is to vote; Trump’s victory in 2016 could in part be blamed on the fact that few people thought he would actually win.

But, polls and pundits have consistently underestimated Trump’s popularity since the beginning; while the GOP has definitely been underperforming in the last few elections, it does the opposite in elections where Trump is on the ballot.

I’d like to believe what this article says is true - that his strength is fading - but only time will tell.

CoffeeAddict ,

“If you can’t take it don’t dish it out.”

I know I am preaching to the choir here, but Trump has campaigned like a petulant child ever since he first announced his candidacy in 2016 and taken cheap shots at friends and foes alike.

If he doesn’t want people to make fun of him, then he can behave like an adult. But he won’t, so he shouldn’t be upset that Biden is taking cheap shots at him now too.

Trump also makes this really, really easy; he actually gave himself his own award and boasted about it on social media.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

And the GOP majority shrinks once again.

My guess is they are jumping ship early to escape the clownshow and hurt Johnson and the GOP on their way out.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

At this point, nothing would surprise me with them.

Even if the dems were to somehow get Jeffries as speaker (through more republican defections) I don’t think there would be enough time to clean up the GOPs giant mess.

Might just be better for the dems to cut a deal with Johnson - save him from the Freedom Caucus in exchange for Ukraine Aid.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

It wasn’t even close. The bill, which would basically force the sale of TikTok, was passed 352 to 65 with 1 congressperson voting present.

It will probably pass the Senate. Biden has indicated that he will sign it if it passes, but even if he didn’t want to the vote was so decisive that he would be hard pressed to not sign it.

Thoughts on this? I have never used the app, but it looks like the app could be a real security problem (having an authoritarian regime with no respect for freedom of the press owning the largest social media and news distribution platform in the US is not a good idea, in my opinion.)

But, the bill doesn’t really solve the real problem which is data protection and privacy - Facebook, Google, etc are still collecting data at an alarming rate, even if they aren’t as efficient at it as TikTok.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

@LA9306 Completely agree with the fact that this is the least free market approach. TikTok was just an easy target, and we need much better data protection and privacy laws. We didn’t get that with this.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

This is a good point - TikTok in China is almost a completely different app. It almost could be considered educational.

I am indifferent towards TikTok, but that is mostly because I don’t use it. I can see why there might be some national security concerns due to the amount of data it collects and due to the CCP having some strings in Bytedance. I think it would be better if this was more a set of regulations for all social media companies, not just a ban.

I do agree the vote probably would have been closer if it were a set of data regulations and privacy laws; Facebook and Google would lobby the shit out of that.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

It is absolutely protectionist.

I am not sure if the national security claims are valid or not; I could see that going either way. Just having all that information could pose a problem, but the CCP is sophisticated enough to get that info through other means, too.

All that being said, Facebook and Google are absolutely happy about this. They have spent billions trying to replicate TikTok’s algorithm, and are failing. They are also lobbying congress to do nothing about data protection and privacy. It’s hypocritical for the US to only target TikTok.

But, it is also true that young people don’t vote, so TikTok is probably not the best audience for election disinformation.

RE: Is Ernest still here? ( kbin.social )

I check in here quite often, but for now, I'm just focusing on clearing spam and keeping the instance alive. In January, I was working on the AP module, and there has been significant progress in the work, which hasn't been publicly published yet. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the year, I developed a skin condition that...

CoffeeAddict ,

Thank you so much for the update ernest! I can only imagine how much work this website takes, and I hope you have a swift recovery - skin problems are no joke!

CoffeeAddict ,

[…] Trained in ideas, the political class sees in grand terms — “authoritarian” this, “isolationist” that — a man who is, at bottom, a miser. The ultimate rule of negotiating with Trump is that no one will be worse at it than an intellectual.

An interesting take, but not totally incorrect. I think it depends more on how much one can appeal to Trump’s ego. It has been apparent for years that Trump is manipulated by compliments; anyone who sucks up to him can influence him.

But I am also reminded of Mark Twain's quote “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” I think this is certainly true of Trump. Most intellectual arguments will fall flat with him unless they can be spun in a way that makes Trump look good.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Wisconsin is finally able to undo the ratfuckery the Republicans did over a decade ago.

Just another reminder that it can take years to undo the damage done after just one lost election.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Vote was 214 to 213.

About as partisan as you could get.

The only thing this GOP congress has done is (barely) impeach a sitting cabinet member in the Biden Admin on questionable charges.

Sad.

CoffeeAddict ,

This man is a complete monster, and nothing even surprises me with him anymore. Every time I think he can’t get any worse, he gets worse.

He’s just a horrible person to the core.

Earlier last week I saw this article and marveled at how Trump was so absolutely dreadful that I was agreeing with Anne Coulter. Never even thought that would be possible.

CoffeeAddict ,

It’s amazing how partisan the average republican is. With so many of them it’s like they have a mental block that stops them from seeing how Trump violates almost all of their morals, and how Biden actually meets them.

I have spoken to people who say that “if Trump were in office, Putin never would have attacked Ukraine.”

I have also spoken to people who say “Trump would have stopped October 7th and hamas would be destroyed.”

All of the the information we have says that these would be so much worse under Trump. He is weak, sucks up to Russia, blackmailed Ukraine, and has such a poor understanding of the world that his interventions do nothing to stabilize the world (quite the opposite).

CoffeeAddict OP ,

The 3-0 ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit handed Mr. Trump a significant defeat, but was unlikely to be the final word on his claims of executive immunity. Mr. Trump is expected to continue his appeal to the Supreme Court — possibly with an intermediate request to the full appeals court.

It’s just so, so obvious that a President should not be above the law.

But, somehow Trump and his cohorts have convinced his followers that he (1) should be above the law, and (2) that it is a good thing he is above the law. It’s frightening.

Hopefully, the Supreme Court is rational, sets aside partisan politics, and states the obvious: the is not above the law.

Reddit revenue rises 20% ahead of IPO, but it isn’t profitable yet ( www.businesstimes.com.sg )

REDDIT posted a more than 20 per cent rise in revenue in 2023 versus the year before, sources familiar with the situation said, as it prepares for one of the United States’ most anticipated potential initial public offerings (IPOs).

CoffeeAddict OP ,

The company is moving ahead with its plans to go public more than two years after it first confidentially filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Reddit’s listing is closely watched as a bellwether of an IPO market in the midst of a tentative rebound from a two-year dearth of first-time share sales.

Looks like the enshittification is about to get even worse than it was. Perhaps we might see another exodus to lemmy/kbin once this happens?

CoffeeAddict OP ,

Gift Article.

The United States on Friday carried out a series of military strikes against Iran-backed militants in half a dozen sites in Iraq and Syria, according to a U.S. Defense Department official, marking a sharp escalation of the war in the Middle East that the Biden administration has for four months sought to avoid.

The strikes are a retaliation against a drone attack launched by Iranian proxies that killed three American soldiers.

What Biden *really* says about Trump behind closed doors ( www.politico.com )

President JOE BIDEN has a reputation for salty language behind closed doors. But it nearly slipped out in public during his speech at Valley Forge last month to mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Animated and angry, he derided DONALD TRUMP and his followers for drawing glee from political violence.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

“At his rally, he jokes about an intruder, whipped up by the Big Trump Lie, taking a hammer to Paul Pelosi’s skull,” Biden said.

“And he thinks that’s funny,” the president continued. “He laughed about it. What a sick …”

Biden let his voice trail off as the crowd cheered and chuckled.

In private, he doesn’t stop short.

The president has described Trump to longtime friends and close aides as a “sick fuck” who delights in others’ misfortunes, according to three people who have heard the president use the profane description. According to one of the people who has spoken with the president, Biden recently said of Trump: “What a fucking asshole the guy is.”

Emphasis is mine.

Biden is saying what we’re all thinking here.

Also, being President, I would bet that Biden knows even more secrets about what Trump did during his presidency that aren’t public knowledge.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

I agree. I like it when he displays this type of disgust with Trump. Makes him more relatable.

But, I also kinda get why he doesn’t because I think he wants to portray himself as being a class act, whereas Trump is, well, clearly not.

CoffeeAddict OP ,

They are not going to take this deal, which is beneficial for republicans, because Trump wants the border crisis to continue so he can campaign on it.

If anything, this is proof that conservatives don’t actually care about the border and just want to hurt Biden.

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