Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

If only Trump had written a book about shooting a dog instead of being a fraudulent philandering rapist, people would finally understand what a horrible human being he is.

@GreenFire Great point! "I suppose that they are counting on the Speech and Debate Clause to protect them from contempt of court charges,"
Exactly. Johnson is a lawyer. All would have consulted with counsel on this issue. They know how to "walk the line" & how to challenge objections to what they said, "They're trying to silences ME TOO!"
Remember, this is not just about winning in the "court of law" this is about winning with social media, RW media & MSM to send out a message
@GottaLaff

@dave Interesting point.
Please help me out here. THIS IS A USE of surrogates to evade the #GagOrder.
Did #Trump direct them to do this?
Rick Scott was asked, he said Trump did not tell him to say this.

So, can any action be taken by the DA?
I do NOT want to suggest that prosecuting someone who violated a #GagOrder with
"prosecuting those who make statements criticizing a legal process"
How best can we talk about this to the media and public?

@dbc3 @GottaLaff

Just a reminder, if you're in a state without access to abortion, there is a network of care, providing safe, effective, and free abortion pills and information.

www.redstateaccess.com

I debated admitting this but last month I asked if I should pick the 60-mile or 100-mile route for my next Climate Ride (happening Saturday). So many of you said "60" that I got angry that you didn't believe in me so I picked 100. What is wrong with me jfc https://support.climateride.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=12036

A generative AI with a smooth, endearing, comforting, friendly voice that spews out the same old misinformation and garbage is even more dangerous than an AI that sounds like the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica. "By your command!"

Random key generator

"Tennessee woman who was denied an abortion despite a fatal abnormality says the state’s anti-abortion laws resulted in her losing an ovary, a fallopian tube and her hopes for a large family.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tennessee-denied-abortion-ban-lawsuit-b2529144.html

🇨🇳 Zhang Zhan, jailed in China for reporting on COVID-19 in Wuhan, was set to be freed after serving a 4-year sentence, but her whereabouts remain unknown as supporters struggle to contact her amidst ongoing suppression of pandemic discussion.

“Consulting jobs” = bribes. They’re all so corrupt they don’t even bother hiding it. https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112435518216632263

@RickiTarr Absurdism. Life has no meaning, but it always feels like it should. Other people try to help by essentially telling me my worldview is incorrect. Coping would be denial. I can only accept it, and squirm under the onus of my own false perceptions, or play along with everyone else's overlapping worlds of make-believe.

Some people's universes are fun to play in. Others force people into their hellish dystopia. I try to be among the former.

Judge indefinitely postpones trial in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050824_trump_classified_docs/judge-indefinitely-postpones-trial-trump-mar-a-lago-documents-case/
U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, will not schedule a trial on Espionage Act charges until the summer, after she has considered the pretrial motions and other issues.
#Tucson #Arizona

Been looking through old Library Bureau catalogs to try to find out when they were selling the type of modular file cabinet + card catalog thing I got from a local church.

But got stopped dead reading this list of super colonial-gaze-y subject headings representing "the chief subjects found in the best collections for children"

- How to Make and Do Things
- Ethical Stories
- Life in Ancient Countries

https://archive.org/details/library-bureau-library-supplies/page/n30/mode/1up

Jack Dorsey confirms that I can trust him as far as I can toss him.
Jack Dorsey Leaves Bluesky Board, Calls X ‘Freedom Technology’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/jack-dorsey-leaves-bluesky-board-calls-x-freedom-technology

Good News! Connecticut Eliminates Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - This kind of common sense is literally saving the lives of children. https://dianeravitch.net/2024/05/06/good-news-connecticut-eliminates-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/ via @dianeravitch #VaccinateNow

Is Xcode actually a program, or a fractal zipbomb of nested installers?

Software update: "New Xcode!"
I fill with dread.
Two hours later: Finally launch Xcode.
Xcode: "Oh, did you want a compiler?? Update tools! Update components!"
Two hours later: press "Run".
Xcode: "Suddenly you have no simulators! Those old ones, they were no good! Download a single simulator!"
Four hours later...

NEW:
Common narratives about #homelessness and #mentalhealth in #SF focus on people who reject help. But last fall, our reporters met an unhoused man so desperate for care that he asked to be detained just to get his meds. 🧵

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/5150-holds-and-often-vicious-cycle-through-sf-mental-health-care-system/

Did you know … the US is building a floating pier to deliver food and supplies to Gaza … working around the Israeli blockade that has northern Gaza in a famine?

If you read/watch/listen to only US media … probably not.

US Gaza floating pier
NYT: Mar 7, 10; Apr 25, 27; May 1
WaPo: Mar 8, 31; Apr 6, 25, 30

Gaza famine
NYT: Apr 27, 27, 28; May 3, 4
WaPo: Mar 28; Apr 6, 4; May 3, 4

@DemocracyMattersALot Violate 10 gag orders and get the 11th free right here in the land of the brave where no one (else) is above the law.

Sick and tired of public schools pushing their trans agenda on our kids. This year alone my children have learned:

-the importance of public TRANSportation
-how TRANSistors work
-the TRANSitive property
-how diseases are TRANSmitted

The brainwashing needs to stop.