So I spent half the day without my computer (in the shop) and the other half working.
What did I miss?
Open thread.
by WaterGirl| 66 Comments
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So I spent half the day without my computer (in the shop) and the other half working.
What did I miss?
Open thread.
Comments are closed.
bbleh
Anything important you missed you will find out about later.
Celebrate occasional disconnection!
Splitting Image
Elon Musk did something insanely stupid and damaging to Twitter, plus lowering Tesla’s share price.
Honestly, I don’t know, but it seemed like a good guess.
Roger Moore
You didn’t miss anything important. We like to pretend the stuff that happens every day is of momentous importance, but this is a lie told us by the 24 hour news cycle.
It’s the reason the media loves Trump so much. He provides endless content that makes us want to stay glued to the news cycle, but the vast majority of it is bullshit we could safely ignore. Of course Trump takes full advantage of this, using the endless churn of the news cycle to hide the much more significant and sinister stuff he’s doing in the background.
SiubhanDuinne
You could have been wealthy beyond your wildest imaginings if only you had been around to invest in SuperTFG NFTs. Or SuperNFT TFGs. Something unique and valuable, anyhow. Shame you missed the window of opportunity.
Sure Lurkalot
You missed that there’s even more justification for taxing wealth than yesterday but probably not as tomorrow.
Sister Golden Bear
@Splitting Image:
In other words, just another day ending in “y.”
Alison Rose
You missed this funny video of a guy who taught his malamute to tackle him and now the dog tackles him anytime he sees him. (Hopefully you can see it without being logged in to FB, it’s a public page.)
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Elongated Muskrat set up one of his stupid Twitter polls when Twitter should unsuspend the accounts reporting the locations of private/corporate jets and other air traffic and he lost both times to “now” lol
zhena gogolia
@Alison Rose: I still didn’t find VZ Time issue in the store but I bought it on eBay. I’ll let water girl know when I’ve mailed it to you.
Scout211
@Alison Rose: No, FB changed that a few years ago. Even public pages can’t be accessed unless you are logged into FB. It’s been really frustrating for those of us who don’t have a FB account.
Note: If anyone has a trick to view public FB pages without logging into FB, I would really appreciate it.
Dorothy A. Winsor
The J6 committee evidently plans to refer Trump for criminal charges. They’re still debating whether insurrection should be included
Delk
TFG is backing McCarthy for speaker. Stay clear of exploding heads.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose: That is funny!
WaterGirl
@Scout211: I was able to see that video, and I don’t have a facebook account.
Scout211
@WaterGirl: What is your trick? Incognito mode? I was blocked.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Is anyone really stupid enough to buy those?
@Sure Lurkalot: That’s a safe bet these days.
Alison Rose
@zhena gogolia: OMG you are the absolute sweetest person ever! I’m a little verklempt over that, thank you so much!! I’m giving you a big hug from California to……..wherever you live :P
WaterGirl
@Delk:
Wow, will that help his chances or hurt his chances? It seems to be to guarantee that no matter who is speaker, people will be pissed.
Alison Rose
@Scout211: That’s so dumb, ugh. Is there a single social media site/app that isn’t run by absolute assholes?
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl:
You know the answer.
zhena gogolia
@Alison Rose: fingers crossed that eBay comes through!
Dangerman
It’s almost the Anniversary of the day I gave my heart away, only to have it regifted the very next day. Can you believe that shit? I should write a song.
WaterGirl
@Scout211: No trick, I just clicked on it.
JanieM
@Scout211: I can see it without a facebook account as well, and without going into incognito mode. I don’t know what the “trick” is but I’m using Chrome on a PC with ABP (ad blocker plus). That’s about it, except for most of my security settings being as tight as I can make them and still use sites I need/want.
WaterGirl
@Dangerman:
I’m not sure what that means. It could be a romantic way of saying the person you gave your heart to gave theirs to you. Or it could mean that you gave your heart to someone and they gave theirs to someone else. Hopefully it’s the first?
HumboldtBlue
@Scout211:
I just watched it and I haven’t logged in to Facebook since 2015.
Mike in NC
It was amusing to read where somebody noted that “Trump spent more time in Stormy Daniels than he did in church”.
WaterGirl
@Mike in NC: hahaha
Mike in NC
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Three options upon being found guilty: firing squad, gallows, or electric chair. I prefer the latter.
Dangerman
@WaterGirl: You haven’t heard the George Michael song? If I hear it one more time, it’s definitely wham time.
ETA: Same applies to Frosty.
Starfish
@Splitting Image: Failing to understand “you break it, you buy it,” Elon is now looking for investors to invest in Twitter.
Starfish
@Dangerman: Thanks. We needed earworms to ruin Christmas.
WaterGirl
@Dangerman: The google tells me that is Lionel Ritchie, not George Michael. I am 2/3 of the way through the song and I still haven’t heard those words. Maybe it’s a different song?
edit: Google fail. I added “George Michael” to the search phrase and it came up with the song you mentioned. Listening now.
Scout211
I get a “you must be logged into Facebook” message every time I try to view a Facebook public page. On my phone, iPad and Mac with both Safari and Chrome.
I just did a google search and it happens to other people, too. I am not a techie so I don’t know what the problem is. No one else seemed to know either on those sites. Very strange. I guess I am just (un)special. ☹️
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: Last Christmas by Wham! :)
Jeffro
Dana Milbank’s piece in the WaPo today, “Is Kevin McCarthy ok?” is pretty nifty, mostly just by quoting McCarthy verbatim
Jeffro
@Jeffro: with a nice wrap-up!
WaterGirl
@Scout211: I’m on my MacBook with Safari and it played for me.
WaterGirl
@Jeffro:
That made me laugh out loud.
Jeffro
@WaterGirl: I appreciated the warning but it was too late, I already sprained something, mentally.
AND YET
I’m still sharper than Kevin McQ!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Jeffro: I somehow missed this episode
gotta say, Milbank has come a long way since Bitch Beer with Chris Cillizza
rikyrah
Why Republicans hate TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTRVtj61L/
WaterGirl
@Jeffro: The nuns who taught me how to diagram a sentence are probably rolling over in their collective graves.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: I think that Trump has been letting people know he supports McCarthy’s Speaker bid for a while now.
Qrop Non Sequitur
Naw, you just gotta get on his level, bruh. That isn’t nonsense, that’s genius beyond the ken of mere mortals.
WaterGirl
@Jeffro:
We need to work on your self esteem. That’s a very low bar! :-)
Mike in NC
Empty Greene needs to be GQP speaker for two years of nothing being done. Then bury them in 2024.
BlueGuitarist
@Mike in NC:
Stormy Daniels said that was the worst 90 seconds of her life
eta https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-says-alleged-sex-with-trump-was-the-worst-90-seconds-of-my-life
Jeffro
@WaterGirl: I hear you – my 7th grade English teacher, Mrs. Boyle, whew! She would NOT be happy!
Jeffro
@Qrop Non Sequitur:
@WaterGirl:
all this good advice, wow =P
It’s ok to wake up each day and think, “Dang…I’m STILL not Kevin McCarthy!” I mean, you can add on to that, but it’s a great baseline and it never, EVER fails.
mrmoshpotato
Nothing worth knowing. 😁
Back to camping and cooking videos for me.
Dan B
There was an insurrectionist in Tennessee who got the names of the FBI agents in Knoxville who were bringing the charges. He hatched a plot with a friend to kill all 37 of them. Got caught. Buh bye…
WaterGirl
@Dan B: Un-fucking-believable. At least a third of the country is unhinged.
HumboldtBlue
@mrmoshpotato:
Have you ever watched Wargeh? He’s fascinating, bushcraft, building and cooking in the bush.
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@Alison Rose: I saw it on my Instagram feed. One more strong argument for not doing with puppies or kittens anything you don’t want the grown dog or cat to do.
I made this mistake with a kitten. Started putting him on the back of my neck because my lap was full of a grown cat. soon enough Nick was grown and my neck said OUCH.
rikyrah
The azzes who sued to mess up the Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan😠😠😠
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTRVtbBBN/
HinTN
@WaterGirl: I guess the good news is that bunches of y’all are more hinged that we is down heah.
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: I didn’t realize there had been a ruling against student debt relief. That’s discouraging.
WaterGirl
@HinTN: I wasn’t suggesting that all the unhinged folks are living in a particular place. No offense intended toward TN in particular!
There seem to be a whole lot of people who are off their rockers, wherever they happen to live.
Sister Golden Bear
@Alison Rose: So damn prevalent that there’s actually an annual online game Whammegadon. The rules are simple:
– Gather a pool of friends
– Game starts Dec. 1
– If you hear the Wham version of “Last Christmas” you’re out (cover versions don’t count)
– Game ends Dec. 25 (or sooner if everyone is out)
– Remaining survivors are declared the winners.
but it’s surprisingly difficult to win.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Sister Golden Bear:
@Alison Rose:
It’s such a good song, one of Wham’s best
mrmoshpotato
@HumboldtBlue: No, but I’ll check it out.
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
What gets me is what standing do they have. Because, he never got a Pell Grant, he sued?
And, the other selfish right-wing shrew who got $55k in PPP loans is mad?
They are right out of right-wing casting
WaterGirl
@rikyrah: Someone should sue her because she got a PPP loan and they didn’t. Maybe a hundred people should sue her because she got the PPP loan. All separate cases.
Miss Bianca
@Alison Rose: I’m pretty sure that’s a Siberian Husky, not a Malamute (the looks and build, plus it’s such a Husky thing to do), but whatever, yon was great!
J R in WV
I just wonder how that guy thinks he can teach the dog NOT to tackle him if guy get hurt, say hit by a car, or a fall on the ice, etc.
All fun and games while guy is in good shape, but if guy gets hurt… oops!