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@itty53@beige.party

Just some guy in California.

If I've followed you it's because I just moved to this server and I used to follow you.

I'm not funny like everyone else on this server, I'm just here for the obnoxiously long character limit.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. For a complete list of posts, browse on the original instance.

futurebird , to random
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It's only happened twice:

Andrew Johnson refused to attend the inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant.

Donald Trump refused to attend the inauguration of Joe Biden.

Media have been stonewalled asking "Will you recognize the winner if not Trump?" I would like to hear this question asked. "If Biden wins in a free and fair election will you graciously attend the inauguration?"

The current dodge is "you can't know if it will be fair, how can I answer that"

OK, but if it is fair. What then?

itty53 ,
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@epilonious @futurebird @Sean

My concern is less threat he'll be duly elected and more that the GOP criminal conspiracy to undermine elections will again even further reduce the number of votes needed to win.

The GOP is preparing to lose the popular vote. They're planning on it. They don't think they can eek it out, so they're building contingencies in judicial appointments, election laws, ID laws, etc.

Trump isn't popular, but the GOP is one-minded about winning: "at all costs". And that's the real threat.

futurebird , to random
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I decided to find out if any progress had been made on the science behind why some ants are attracted to electrical fields. After filtering out exterminators (it's so demoralizing to search for information on creatures you love and find nothing but people who know nothing about them boasting about how they will kill them all) I found what looked like a blog. But, who the heck is "James Brown"? Never heard of the dude. Maybe he could be my new friend if he likes ants enough to blog about them!

itty53 ,
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@futurebird @mistergibson @wa7iut @wmd

I'll go one further. All those national drives from India and similar areas to plant billions of trees? It's just free labor for capitalism. They're planting lumber forests, and it's done by volunteers.

Renewable yeah, but that's just lining billionaire pockets, folks who own thousands of acres for those projects. New growth trees are carbon neutral at best.

DemocracyMattersALot , (edited ) to random
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LOL! What a cowardly motherfucker!

'I'll lose the debate on purpose': Trump tries to lower expectations for Biden showdown https://www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-debate-2668519861/

itty53 ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot

"I'd love to do a drug test beforehand"

This is Trump getting recent "Trump drug test" search results in his favor, because before this statement they would've been directing towards reports that he was allowed to skip that (very standard) part of his first probationary interview.

Clearly he doesn't want a drug test with his results out there.

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    itty53 ,
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    @Natasha_Jay

    Honestly that shop makes her look like she's on SNL.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke ’s license to carry a gun

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/politics/trump-gun-nypd-revoke?cid=ios_app

    itty53 ,
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    @CStamp @cvvhrn @GottaLaff

    You better believe that he hasn't used that carry permit since he got Secret Service protection.

    There's no chance in hell that USSS would let him carry a gun personally while they're responsible for his safety. That's got nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with the office.

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    @GottaLaff @CStamp @cvvhrn

    But a hired thug you call a bodyguard isn't the same as USSS detail assigned to protect you, not at all. The thug is your decision, you choose to hire them, they listen to you. POTUS cannot deny USSS detail. It's not an option. They don't even necessarily follow orders. They're the ones telling the POTUS what's going to happen.

    Trump himself said years ago he carried a gun for protection and explicitly said until he became president, at which point he stopped. Trump is a liar, yes, but with regards to that I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    Now that HE needs it to spew disinformation (because ShitSocial has so few members,) TikTok is wonderful!

    Trump joins TikTok and calls it ‘an honor.’ As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing app https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-ufc-hush-money-trial-df3fdbc5634940bc57efa1c733a87a11

    itty53 ,
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    @DemocracyMattersALot

    Jeff Yass owns 15% of ByteDance. He is also a major Trump donor. Yass probably started insisting he use TikTok because it's the only way Trump's actions are likely to see him any earnings. His election seems a lot less likely as of late, so it's not gonna come from the tax cuts.

    futurebird , to random
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    Someone in my building is BLASTING "New York New York"

    Which is traditionally done after yankee games if they win in our building.

    LOL.

    itty53 ,
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    @futurebird @sri @ozdreaming @realmaplesyrup

    This is legitimately an Alicia Keys song that just features Jay Z, imo.

    Man, but I love her voice.

    itty53 ,
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    @futurebird @sri @ozdreaming @realmaplesyrup

    All that, plus the piano talent and she's beyond beautiful and she's got the brains to back it all up. She's the whole package. Wildly underrated imo, even if she is a mainstream icon.

    And she stole the Super Bowl show from Usher, same way she did this Jay Z song. To paraphrase her husband, "why are we talking about Usher? Did you see how beautiful she was in that dress?"

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    @flexghost

    What's good for Bitcoin is bad for Biden.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    Paul Waldman asks,

    "How'd you like to win an election with just 4% of the vote?"

    "Under the GOP proposal [in Texas], a candidate could win a statewide race with just 4 percent of the vote."

    #Texas #Republicans #democracy #MinorityRule
    /1

    https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on

    itty53 ,
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    @wdlindsy

    "But what we’re seeing now is different. It’s partly a product of the Trump era, not because Trump is asking state Republicans to do these things, but because his comprehensive contempt for democracy in any form has encouraged them to stop pretending that they have any belief in the idea of majority rule."

    Huge point, thank you. Trump is not the root cause of the problem, he's just the most prominent symptom.

    molly0xfff , to random
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    FTX's Ryan Salame has returned to Twitter for the first time since FTX collapsed — hours after he was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for his role in the FTX fraud and for his illegal campaign contributions 💀

    #FTX #crypto #cryptocurrency

    Ryan Salame @rsalame7926 · 18m Yah terrible tweet, like the worst. I get it, I've cringed reading it nearly every day since I found out half of ftx customers money was somehow missing. Quote Ryan Salame @rsalame7926 · Nov 6, 2022 It’s so powerful learning who your friends are! Very excited to grow with them in the long term. It’s not hard to genuinely figure out who cares about customers and who doesn’t if you look past the insanity Ryan Salame @rsalame7926 · 39m Who should I do the first public interview with? Top vote wins. Ryan Salame @rsalame7926 · 2h hot damn, this is going to get interesting quickly Ryan Salame @rsalame7926 · Nov 6, 2022 It’s so powerful learning who your friends are! Very excited to grow with them in the long term. It’s not hard to genuinely figure out who cares about customers and who doesn’t if you look past the insanity Ryan Salame reposted SBF @SBF_FTX · Nov 6, 2022 1) A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us--we're excited to keep climbing together. And especially to those who stay level headed during crazy times. We deeply appreciate it.
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    @molly0xfff

    "Somehow missing" is quite the way to put it.

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    Here lies Irony, she was not well for many years, but after a valiant fight she is dead.

    This would be ironic for any of the speakers at this event... but none more so than this man.

    That people were hauled off by security for heckling him? Well irony would have had something to say about that, but as I explained, she is dead. RIP.

    itty53 ,
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    @ainmosni @hazelnot @futurebird

    They don't define words, they play with words despite their definitions. It's a subtle but important difference. That difference goes to the heart of why their brand of politics is just authoritarianism. The ultimate desire of the authoritarian is to dictate objectivity as desired, moment to moment.

    You could use the definitions they use against them and they'll just redefine it again and scold you for using an old definition.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    My reason for moving: When Trump got in, I said to Mr. Laffy, "He'll now have the courts. We can't overcome a lot of that." This is what I was referring to:

    : upholds 's congressional map, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map for racial gerrymandering.

    The Court also makes it harder to fight against future racial gerrymandering. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-carolina-redistricting-challenge/

    itty53 ,
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    @GottaLaff

    Pointedly asking what prevents Biden from appointing a handful of judges anyway.

    The number of judges on the court isn't mandated anywhere in the Constitution or by federal law. The number of justices is simply traditional. Rubio proposed an amendment to limit it to nine but good luck getting 2/3rds of Congress to agree to it. They haven't, not in the five years since it was proposed.

    The fact that Rubio and Co even proposed the change shows they're aware of that hole in their defense. When your enemy shows you their cards, you take advantage.

    rbreich , to random
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    Trump asked Big Oil execs to give him $1 billion for his campaign.

    He promised lower taxes and a rollback of Biden's climate regulations and clean energy programs in return.

    Trump is literally willing to take bribes in exchange for the destruction of the planet.

    Be warned.

    itty53 ,
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    @rbreich

    Sooo can we investigate the executives at that meeting and keep track of who all moves to take him up on the offer? Campaign donations aren't anonymous, and Trump just opened the door to litigation against his donors, didn't he?

    Nonilex , to random
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    Thurs 9 May, 2024 🧵

    The prosecution asks that the defense be precluded from asking whether she was arrested. Justice agrees w/the prosecutors, saying that “anybody can be arrested” & that it “doesn’t prove anything.”

    The people call Stormy Daniels back to the stand

    atty begins questioning by saying that in 2011, Daniels denied having had sex w/Trump.

    itty53 ,
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    @Nonilex

    Serena married-to-the-CEO-of-Reddit Williams.

    flexghost , to random
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    No, he didn’t.

    This is something a battered spouse would say if you were watching “Cops”

    He is the reason aid to Ukraine was stalled, he is not some shiny Mister Smith savior.

    FU, Newsweek. FU in the face.

    itty53 ,
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    @flexghost

    Really loving watching the division between the Christofascists and the regular ole billionaire fascists grow ever wider through the election year.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Joyce Vance: “This is a five-alarm fire. We know what the reaction would be if Joe tweeted a photo of a bound and gagged Donald in the trunk of an electric car. Why does Donald Trump get more leeway, especially with his past history? He only continues to get it because our institutions—the courts, the Republican party—let him take it.”

    https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this?r=br61&utm_medium=ios

    itty53 ,
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    @GottaLaff @enoch_exe_inc

    Eek. Anyone using that quote without irony doesn't need to be taken seriously about anything. Dude isn't gonna do anything "to the death" except eat junk food.

    FediTips , to random
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    Years ago I used to recommend a Fedi platform called Lemmy. However, in 2021 some very disturbing stuff about Lemmy's developers came out which totally changed my mind. Because of this, I did a thread to warn people about Lemmy and then never mentioned them again.

    Today a mod on this account's old server deleted the 2021 thread, without any explanation but apparently by mistake.

    If you're looking for the thread, it's on the Internet Archive:

    ➡️ https://web.archive.org/web/20230603001819/https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379

    #Lemmy #HumanRights

    itty53 ,
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    @FediTips

    I have a working theory about social media I call "shapes". Reddit is a big part of that theory. Lemmy is intentionally Reddit-shaped, as Mastodon is intentionally Twitter-shaped. Get it? They're containers with shapes.

    These shapes actually influence the content they hold. They shape it, even, if you would. The hierarchical ranking of Reddit's shape encourages certain forms of communication and discourages others. Forum sliding and snowball effects are way too easy to game in that shape. Troll farms know how to do that real well. They know how Twitter shapes work too but they're not as easily gamed.

    It's not really a problem of moderators or moderation but everyone keeps trying to make it about that. In the case of Lemmy, sure, those guys aren't great anyway, but even if they were: that shape breeds toxic things all the same. It creates a dynamic of competition and peer pressure and dogpiling and us-vs-them.

    I wouldn't recommend any social media with a shape like Reddit's.

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