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Post by origami on Mar 13, 2024 19:46:38 GMT -6
Is a scandal about to drop? Because it kinda feels like a scandal is about to drop.
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Post by willow on Mar 13, 2024 20:50:28 GMT -6
Yes. I think the most likely outcome if the legislation passes is that it is sold, not that TikTok is banned. I actually think because it is Chinese owned and the Chinese government can have a say in the sale, they won't divest. They don't want to give up the algorithm. It's too valuable. š¤·š¼āāļø I guess we will see. Everything Iāve read/listened to seems to think they would sell. But we donāt even know if it will get anywhere in senate yet anyway.
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Post by elle on Mar 13, 2024 22:21:04 GMT -6
Is a scandal about to drop? Because it kinda feels like a scandal is about to drop. The Ides of March is this Friday the 15th, so maybe?
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Post by sweptaway on Mar 14, 2024 5:42:21 GMT -6
Be great if this verifies! It would be great but we cannot cannot cannot get complacent for even one second. Not directed here but some stuff I see elsewhere folks are sighing relief and I will not be relieved.
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Post by sweptaway on Mar 14, 2024 5:43:10 GMT -6
News reports saying Nex Benedict died by suicide, which I expected to hear. So heartbreaking.
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 6:46:37 GMT -6
Did you all see this story about the NPS cutting down the cherry trees for a retaining wall? I know they are going to plant more... but it's going to take a while for them to grow. Gifted link wapo.st/48MWhfC
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 6:57:41 GMT -6
Not a chance in hell, but maybe some day. Keep bringing these bills, Bernie!
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 7:45:31 GMT -6
Unexpected!
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 7:59:08 GMT -6
Oh he wants in on that personal data. Will Kushner and Ivanka be some of the investors? Their Saudi friends? Needless to say I trust Mnuchin and anyone he does business with not at all.
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 8:17:13 GMT -6
So the media is definitely going to start harping on his age and questioning his cognitive abilities, saying he's too old, right?
Also - (I-VA), not a Democrat.
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 8:21:56 GMT -6
elle, did you see that video yesterday of Pelosi and the tic-tac-toe?
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Post by origami on Mar 14, 2024 8:29:31 GMT -6
Be great if this verifies! It would be great but we cannot cannot cannot get complacent for even one second. Not directed here but some stuff I see elsewhere folks are sighing relief and I will not be relieved. Thereās also literally no way to know this until November. It feels dangerous to even say it in speculation.
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 8:32:09 GMT -6
elle, did you see that video yesterday of Pelosi and the tic-tac-toe? I saw the quotes, I did not watch the video. But it's clear we need the youngsters in Congress to take the lead on technology bills.
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 9:57:08 GMT -6
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 9:57:40 GMT -6
elle , did you see that video yesterday of Pelosi and the tic-tac-toe? I saw the quotes, I did not watch the video. But it's clear we need the youngsters in Congress to take the lead on technology bills. Yeah, beyond that, she seemed to be almost confused for a minute. I don't want another DiFi situation.
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 10:25:02 GMT -6
I saw the quotes, I did not watch the video. But it's clear we need the youngsters in Congress to take the lead on technology bills. Yeah, beyond that, she seemed to be almost confused for a minute. I don't want another DiFi situation. I don't think it's like that, more just a general old people don't always have a firm grasp of new technology thing. Remember years ago when that one guy from Alaska said the internet is a "series of tubes"? And "it's not a truck"? š¤¦š¼āāļø
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 10:27:28 GMT -6
I found the quote. It's from 2006, when Net Neutrality was being argued about.
Ted Stevens, ladies and gents:
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 11:12:42 GMT -6
Yeah, beyond that, she seemed to be almost confused for a minute. I don't want another DiFi situation. I don't think it's like that, more just a general old people don't always have a firm grasp of new technology thing. Remember years ago when that one guy from Alaska said the internet is a "series of tubes"? And "it's not a truck"? š¤¦š¼āāļø I don't know, it hit different, as the youths say.
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 11:13:06 GMT -6
This is not too far off from Musk and Twitter, is it?
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 11:27:00 GMT -6
I think the biggest issue, from a national security perspective, is that it's China doing/owning it. Hence the they must sell the company. I thought the owner was in Singapore. This was a joke referencing that recent Senate hearing that flew totally over my head yesterday, wasn't it?
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 11:46:44 GMT -6
This is not too far off from Musk and Twitter, is it? That tweet is a good example of where the far left wraps around and meets the far right with a lot of the "uniparty" or -they're both on the same side- nonsense. One, the GOP started this push, two there is no way Mnuchin came up with this idea overnight, three there is no way that he, as a former Trump cabinet official, would be doing this for the benefit of Biden and his reelection campaign. That's just silly. Yes, it's absolutely about controlling the information and the narrative, but it makes more sense that it would be done to benefit Trump and other authoritarian governments, sort of the way Xwitter has been twisted into a facist propaganda promoter.
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 12:56:36 GMT -6
More proof the arena deal was insane. Revenue estimates were based off $75 event parking and hotel rooms averaging $730/night at 75% occupancy. WUT!!
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 13:03:26 GMT -6
Highest ranking official to visit an abortion clinic
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Post by byjove on Mar 14, 2024 13:04:17 GMT -6
Can you all tell that I am between big deadlines at work right now and don't have enough to keep me busy??
I mean, I could be writing a paper for a journal, but where is the fun in that?!
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 13:06:10 GMT -6
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Post by ponyhairs on Mar 14, 2024 13:23:34 GMT -6
More proof the arena deal was insane. Revenue estimates were based off $75 event parking and hotel rooms averaging $730/night at 75% occupancy. WUT!! At a time when Kellog's is telling people to try and save money by having Frosted Flakes for dinner, projecting $75 event parking and absurd hotel rates for a venue seems bonkers.
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 13:29:20 GMT -6
More proof the arena deal was insane. Revenue estimates were based off $75 event parking and hotel rooms averaging $730/night at 75% occupancy. WUT!! At a time when Kellog's is telling people to try and save money by having Frosted Flakes for dinner, projecting $75 event parking and absurd hotel rates for a venue seems bonkers.Ā Ā Right? The advice has been skip breakfast (can't remember if it was NY Times or another national publication), eat cereal for dinner, and they think there are that many people out there who can/will spend $75 om event parking? Ffs.
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Post by origami on Mar 14, 2024 13:42:47 GMT -6
This is not too far off from Musk and Twitter, is it? That tweet is a good example of where the far left wraps around and meets the far right with a lot of the "uniparty" or -they're both on the same side- nonsense. One, the GOP started this push, two there is no way Mnuchin came up with this idea overnight, three there is no way that he, as a former Trump cabinet official, would be doing this for the benefit of Biden and his reelection campaign. That's just silly. Yes, it's absolutely about controlling the information and the narrative, but it makes more sense that it would be done to benefit Trump and other authoritarian governments, sort of the way Xwitter has been twisted into a facist propaganda promoter. God the amount of hot takes Iām seeing from white leftists saying āweāre already living under fascism sweetieā is not small and infuriating because like, ya wanna say that to the folks worldwide who have or are currently trying to flee actual fascism? Like are we complicit in a lot of that as a nation? You bet your ass we are. Are Joe blow white American experiencing fascism? Mmmm no. Heed the warnings, donāt play into the propaganda. (Speaking for my feed)
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 13:55:41 GMT -6
That tweet is a good example of where the far left wraps around and meets the far right with a lot of the "uniparty" or -they're both on the same side- nonsense. One, the GOP started this push, two there is no way Mnuchin came up with this idea overnight, three there is no way that he, as a former Trump cabinet official, would be doing this for the benefit of Biden and his reelection campaign. That's just silly. Yes, it's absolutely about controlling the information and the narrative, but it makes more sense that it would be done to benefit Trump and other authoritarian governments, sort of the way Xwitter has been twisted into a facist propaganda promoter. God the amount of hot takes Iām seeing from white leftists saying āweāre already living under fascism sweetieā is not small and infuriating because like, ya wanna say that to the folks worldwide who have or are currently trying to flee actual fascism? Like are we complicit in a lot of that as a nation? You bet your ass we are. Are Joe blow white American experiencing fascism? Mmmm no. Heed the warnings, donāt play into the propaganda. (Speaking for my feed) It's so obnoxious and I want to shake some sense into them.
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Post by elle on Mar 14, 2024 16:06:12 GMT -6
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