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ecstaticcling

@ecstaticcling@pnw.zone

just a weird guy

I'm a big manufacturing nerd. I enjoy board games and video games. I tend to hit like on a lot of selfies because I think it's neat people put their pictures online.

"Some people have a rapier wit, he's got a claymore wit." -Some guy in high school who might have been insulting me

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GottaLaff , to random
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Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: Alvin Bragg urges Justice Merchan to reject Trump's bid to immediately rescind his .

The filing includes an affidavit from the NYPD sergeant who leads Bragg's security detail and describes a sharp spike in threats against the DA and his staff after the indictment. https://documentcloud.org/documents/24769156-2024-06-20-peoples-response-to-mot-to-terminate-filed

ecstaticcling ,
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@GottaLaff This gag order is part of the trial, right? Does it end after sentencing?

archaeohistories , to random
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Hahahaha 😂😂😂

ecstaticcling ,
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@archaeohistories Which priceless artwork has been destroyed?

What artwork is more valuable than the entire natural world?

GottaLaff , to random
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Next stop: SCOTUS

“A federal appeals court Thursday night rejected Steve ’s bid to delay the July 1 start of his criminal contempt-of-Congress prison sentence.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/steve-bannon-appeal?cid=ios_app

ecstaticcling ,
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@GottaLaff He needs someone following him around with a loudspeaker playing a ticking clock sound, like the crocodile in peter pan.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

's political operation has routed more than $3 million so far this year through a Delaware limited liability company whose owners are not publicly disclosed, according to campaign finance records — a strategy that mirrors past efforts to mask exactly how his campaign is spending donor cash.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/mystery-fundraising-firm-takes-millions-trump-campaign-rcna156755

ecstaticcling ,
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@GottaLaff The trial for this will probably interrupt his 2032 election campaign.

futurebird , to random
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If the Supreme Court tosses out the "obstructing an official procedure" charges for Jan. 6 is that not an invitation to obstruct all of their official procedures forever so they can't make any more rulings?

ecstaticcling ,
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@futurebird Do you figure they'd rule the same way for anyone obstructing them from passing the rulings they've been paid for?

alice , to random
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So, a guy walks up to me and says "Your tranny is acting up".

Now, one of two things is about to happen...

  1. I'm about to put some dude down for talking about my girlfriend like that.

  2. I'm going to ask him how much it'll cost to fix my car.

Context is everything.

ecstaticcling ,
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@alice "One of use is about to be broke."

"Don't worry, I'll top up 'er fluids when I get home."

h3artbl33d , to random
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LastPass had an outage of nearly twelve hours yesterday, where users couldn't login to access their password vault.

This is one of the (many) reasons why you shouldn't use essential tools that are either cloud-first or cloud-bound. There are decent alternatives, like KeePassXC or Bitwarden with the selfhosted server (Vaultwarden).

ecstaticcling ,
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@h3artbl33d Another reason to never use LastPass is that if you lose access to your account for any reason their actual recommended solution for contacting customer support is to post in their public forum and hope someone replies.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Kyle Cheney:

Ken CHESEBRO charged with forgery in Wisconsin. (h/t
@mattsmith_news)
Jim TROUPIS and Mike ROMAN also charged

ecstaticcling ,
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@GottaLaff
NFL

There's nothing Wisconsin hates more than cheese forgery. 🤬

molly0xfff , to random
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back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

ecstaticcling ,
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@molly0xfff It seems like every day we get more evidence of why monopolies are bad.

alice , (edited ) to random
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    ecstaticcling ,
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    @alice Ugh it always seems like it'll nice and sunny all week and then Saturday rolls around and suddenly it's raining sharks again.

    flexghost , to random
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    “We need to know who is going to stand up with us! And this choice is clear. Joe Biden bet on the American worker, while Donald Trump blamed the American worker”

    • United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain

    Although this clip is a few months old the sentiment is still true

    If you truly are moral, if you truly care about the American worker then you must vote Joe Biden

    🇺🇸

    UAW President Shawn Fain giving speech that “lefties” forgot so that they can hold signs with words they don’t know the meaning of complaining about things that make them look foolish all while undermining morals they claim to have

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @LALegault @flexghost Sophie's Choice as a model for democracy.

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @flexghost @LALegault What's an alt lefty?

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    How many people alive today have read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair? Less than 1%, probably.

    How many people have seen "Our Daily Bread" from 1934, or similarly subversive movies? Less than 1%, probably.

    How many people have read "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn? Less than 1%, probably.

    Almost everyone is traveling blind.

    The education we receive and the cultural literacy we are allowed has been carefully crafted and controlled to serve the interests of our capitalist masters.

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @breadandcircuses How much is just a change in how we communicate and the medium available? I read everything I could find at the local library during my "teenage socialist" phase, but I feel I got a way deeper understanding of the subject from a few dozen youtube videos and online forum discussions. Books written by historical figures just don't connect the same.

    I think there's something fitting about social media being the vehicle for a spread of social justice.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    American Exceptionalism.

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Republican Mike Gallagher hints that death threats may have been behind his early resignation:

    "This is more just me wanting to prioritize being with my family," he said. "I signed up for the death threats and the late-night swatting, but they did not. And for a young family, I would say this job is really hard."

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff I don't get it. A sitting US congressman is getting death threats and their response is to resign and end their political career instead of using their power to try and prosecute the people responsible? What's the USSS doing in all this? What was the point of the whole mass domestic surveillance and the patriot act if not for tracking down anonymous criminals? They'll push for intense invasion of privacy to track womens health, but not for their own safety?

    thomasfuchs , to random
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    Lieberman died.
    You should not speak ill of the d…

    Bullshit, he’s the reason we don’t have public health insurance.

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @thomasfuchs He spent the past year campaigning for the no labels party.🤡

    GottaLaff , to random
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    The U.S. imposed sanctions on Chinese hackers accused of trying to place malware into American electric grids, water systems and other infrastructure -NYT #China

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff The worlds superpowers getting caught trying to collapse each others governments.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Only the best murderers:

    NYT: A Republican candidate who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in in 2020, and was endorsed by Donald , surrendered to the police on Wednesday after he was charged with killing a man at a Las Vegas Strip resort last year, his lawyers said.

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff It's so surreal how not shocking anything is these days.

    jeffowski , to random
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    #PennJillette

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @jeffowski
    But is a democratic majority as likely to be as oppressive as the minority rule systems we've had so far? Would you trust a vote by 51% of the population over a vote by a couple dozen rich people who gerrymandered, suppressed, and bribed their way into office?

    GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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    1/… As expected

    And it was UNANIMOUS

    Supreme Court rules Trump cannot be kicked off Colorado ballot https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-kicked-colorado-ballot-rcna132291

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff NFL

    I can kind of see the argument for not allowing states to remove people from the ballot for the presidency. If it were allowed the red states would certainly start using it to remove democrats for whatever insane reason they can invent. It could lead to strong divisions between states. It's a slippery slope argument, but I get it.

    I'd love to see Thomas' originalist argument for it though.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    As expected

    “ has appealed an Illinois state judge’s ruling to remove him from the Republican presidential primary ballot for his role in the attack at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/29/trump-illinois-presidential-primary-ballot-appeal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff NFL

    Based on recent news I guess this will go to the supreme court and they'll give a ruling in January 2026?

    mastodonmigration , to random
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    WTF Starlink?

    https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-deorbit-space-sustainability

    So it begins. Critics like astronomer Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets have been calling attention the many horrible aspects of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink system (https://theconversation.com/an-astronomers-lament-satellite-megaconstellations-are-ruining-space-exploration-215653).

    Perhaps the greatest threat is for a Kessler Syndrome event, wherein these terrible little satellites, lose control and start smashing into each other, creating a cascade of destruction that closes off space for generations.

    more...

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @mastodonmigration @sundogplanets Deorbiting older satellites is exactly what we want companies to be doing.

    There are definitely reasons to be concerned about allowing private companies to launch tens of thousands of satellites, but this aint it.

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @mastodonmigration @sundogplanets What do you mean they're not particularly old? It says they're v1. It's literally the first operational version of the satellites they launched. They found a potential problem with one batch and are deorbiting them to mitigate it.

    You're right that there is no precedence for the number of satellites being proposed. There are concerns that need to be addressed. Unscientific scare mongering over bullshit is counterproductive.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Um, wut.

    “House Intel chair warns of 'serious national security threat' ahead of planned White House briefing
    The administration will brief House leaders on Thursday.

    Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said there's no reason for Americans to panic.” 👈🏼 Oh. Okay.
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/house-intel-chair-warns-serious-national-security-threat-ahead-planned-rcna138848

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff
    This has very "what they don't want you to know" vibes.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Mystal:

    Roberts now worrying about all the candidates who might commit insurrection.
    "Other states may have different views about what constitutes an insurrection. And we'd have to develop rules about what constitutes insurrection."

    Murray: YES!
    Me: IT'S KIND OF PART OF YOUR JOB

    Kavanaugh has evidently read one case and it's the only thing he can think about. It's, like his whole personality now.

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff

    NFL

    Wait, I thought liking beer was his whole personality? Is he experiencing growth?

    pluralistic , to random
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    I wuz robbed.

    More specifically, I was tricked by a phone-phisher pretending to be from my bank, and he convinced me to hand over my credit-card number, then did $8,000+ worth of fraud with it before I figured out what happened. And then he tried to do it again, a week later!

    --

    If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

    https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/#swiss-cheese-security

    1/

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @pluralistic I still don't get how it's possible to place a phone call without leaving some sort of trace back to yourself or a liable party. The entry points are so much more limited than with email traffic.

    GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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    UPDATE. I'VE CHANGED THE LINK so you can avoid Threads (thanks @deborahh ❤️

    Via @atrupar

    Wow -- Hawley badgers #Zuckerberg into apologizing to people in the audience

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUAfRod2xgI

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @GottaLaff @atrupar @deborahh I don't have to like Hawley to enjoy watching a tech billionaire get threatened with accountability. I wish there were more people in power threatening billionaires.

    jonathankoren , to random
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    Always remember, Silicon Valley is a bunch of crazy woke libs.

    From: @w7voa
    https://journa.host/@w7voa/111782592245203025

    ecstaticcling ,
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    @jonathankoren @paninid Is there really that much difference between an autocrat and a grifter?

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