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I do recall him saying that if Harris won he'd end up in jail

You know, that's a good question. I know that there are some folks out there who are into that archival aspect of things, but I don't know off the top of my head if anyone retained a master list of ASMB avatars. Maybe someone plugged into that side of the world can pop in?

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid

He said in the Time interview that he can't actually make grocery prices go down.

Maybe grift is a strong word, but I guess I disagree. She was an interesting figure in that she's from the inside and all that background, and it was interesting to hear her viewpoint about him and their ongoing family drama up to a point. Sympathetic figure and the schadenfreude and all that. But the eventual shift to every tweet just teasing the tip of some story about every twist and turn to hawk of her subscription-based website to read the full thing was such a turn-off. It feels like a very Trumpy turn to take, like proof that they are related. But I'm also probably overharsh because I kind of resent that whole chronically online "resist lib" ecosphere that I'm lumping her in with.

I lump her in with the 'resist libs' grifters, those who got popular and then monetized their adjacency to relevance (e.g. the "mueller she wrote" lady). The folks where every other post they make is "[comment about the latest shocking news] and what it means for Trump and Democracy. If you subscribe to my website, you can read my analysis in full." Unless I'm totally mistaken and she's not charging anyone anything to subscribe to her. But people who use that framing just trigger me, it's literally DJT in reverse.

the iranians can have jeff van drew

but also a grifter like the rest

happy birthday @UwPp x @Gemini@Sandstonerock

ken klippenstein published the whole manifesto https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto

happy birthday katt I almost wrote kapt by accident

happy birthday @txanimeluva!

My sense of it is that there is some risk of foreign influence both in personal data and in the algorithm, but the absolute ban is probably as much for the benefit of its American competitors and that there are probably much less extreme alternatives.

Article is way longer but here is excerpt: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-rebels-celebrate-captured-homs-set-sights-damascus-2024-12-07/

They didn't delay, the court annulled the first round that had already happened.

2004 built all my game-related expectations with the interminable delays for both Zelda: Twilight Princess and Resident Evil 4. Ever since then it's like I hear a tentpole game is announced and then next thing I know all the sudden it's out with no hype. I know it's a me-thing but I still can't shake it.

Couple years ago we ordered takeout the night before a trip, and I was talking to the guy at the front desk about plane travel and how we both traveled unsupervised to meet grandparents in Florida or whatever. And so I say "yeah it was just totally different pre-911, your parent could walk you to the gate and your grandparent could meet you right at the other gate. And he goes "ah... yeah... I never got to experience that..." So I recognize he's younger than me and I says "oh yeah you probably weren't old enough to remember that" And he says "I wasn't born yet" and when I couldn't hide the shock he was like "I'm 18, I was born in 2004" and gives an intentionally awkward smile and thumbs up. and then I turned into dust

happy tugjob @molarbear

this must be an app-side thing cuz i still see them on browser

I saw the clip, definitely a hit job. I made a comment earlier that Fox News would probably portray it as an example of crime run amuck despite it clearly being a targeted assassination. Of course this link was immediately posted in response because of course https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-anchor-baselessly-ties-shooting-united-healthcare-ceo-migrant-crisis