So sad for Kari Lake that she lost the race for governor yet again, which I believe is the final one.
So sad for Trump that his recent remarks about E. Jean Carroll are going to bit him in the ass as part of the existing lawsuit she already had gong.
Seems like there’s a lot to be (not) sad about lately.
What are you (not) sad about?
different-church-lady
[Thinks]
I got nothin’.
WaterGirl
@different-church-lady: Buck up, baby!
Alison Rose
Definitely not sad that Marco’s feelings got hurt by the Dodgers deciding not to be scared little rabbits after all. If there’s a chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence near his hometown, I hope they put on a show just for him.
JPL
Clarence hasn’t spoken yet, so just you wait until he rules as a member of the top court.
gene108
@JPL:
SCOTUS takes up the Carroll v. Trump case and makes a ruling that nullifies the last 40 years of progress on sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Cameron
I’m neither sad nor happy; I am somewhat anxious about my upcoming colonoscopy on Friday. I’m concerned the doctor may find some unannounced Republican presidential candidates in there….
dmsilev
Still amused by an email I got last night. A Canadian colleague of mine is trying to organize a meeting that would take place on a weekend, and he originally suggested first weekend of July. And then followed up, in surprise and some disgust, saying that he had no idea that so many Americans plan to take long weekends off in the vicinity of July 4th. Uh, yeah, it’s a thing. Don’t try to schedule something for the 4th Thursday of November either. People might already have plans.
M31
@Cameron: “Polyp of concern tied for 4th in NH primary!”
schrodingers_cat
So not sad about BJP getting its ass handed to it, in its southern bastion, Karnataka home to the IT and outsourcing hub of Benguluru (previous Bangalore)
Also not sad about, multibillionaire Sudha Murthy (Sunak’s MIL and the wife Infosys founder Narayana Murthy) becoming a meme for her poverty cosplay. She is like a female Uriah Heep who goes on and on about how ‘umble she is.
dmsilev
@gene108: Nah, they’ve got what they wanted from him (cramming of the judiciary) and it’s not like they need to face the Republican primary electorate.
NotMax
@dmsilev
Phone off the hook, blinds drawn sleep-in in order to be in tip-top shape for Black Friday?
//
Rebel’s Dad
I’m sad that I keep confusing Kari Lake with Ricki Lake.
Rebel’s Dad
@NotMax: That $3 toaster at Walmart ain’t gonna buy itself, ya know.
PDXBob
(Not) Sad that Ron DeSantis’ latest anti-drag law is getting a challenge by the restaurant Hamburger Mary’s, a drag themed restaurant that has lost business since the law went into effect.
There used to be a Hamburger Mary’s in Portland, OR. The food wasn’t bad, they made a good burger and good portion size. A friend of mine and I would go after work for happy hour on occasion, while gay bingo was going on. I didn’t know there were any left. Their schtick was to bring your bill to you in a high heeled shoe.
My friend is very Republican, but not so much on the social issues, and he likes a good burger. He would often suggest going there.
Geminid
I’m not sad that a group led by Josh Harris apparently will buy the Washington NFL team from its odious owner.
Rebel’s Dad
@dmsilev: You should schedule a meeting for Monday, October 9, just to drive the point home with him.
:)
Roger Moore
@Cameron:
It’s better to find them early and have them removed now rather than waiting until the primaries start.
Matt McIrvin
@dmsilev: They don’t for Le Jour Du Canada Day?
Rebel’s Dad
@Cameron:
doctor gasps
Cameron: what’s up, doc?
Doctor: I’m afraid you have a serious Jindal in there, idk if surgery will remove it. Jindals tend to keep popping up no matter what.
scene
Roger Moore
I am not sad the Nuggets swept the Lakers.
Baud
I’m not sad that you’re not sad.
Rebel’s Dad
@schrodingers_cat: such good news! I have to be careful not to overdose on schadenfreude in situations like this.
Rebel’s Dad
@Baud: I don’t care, do U?
japa21
@Alison Rose: Did not see his response. What did he have to say?
NotMax
@PDXBob
Oh my, Hamburger Mary’s. Haven’t thought of them in years and years and years. Used to be one here.
Awaiting DeSsntis attempting to slap a hefty fine on any broadcast, cable or streaming venue which shows Bosom Buddies.
Also too, the majority of Some Like It Hot was set in Florida. Just sayin’.
randy khan
I am not sad about the DC-area being in one of its rare spates of genuinely pleasant weather.
Miss Bianca
@M31: LOL!
I can’t believe you got me to laugh at a colonoscopy joke!
Gin & Tonic
@Roger Moore: I’m not sad the Celtics are about to get swept.
Omnes Omnibus
He might just have a point with that one.
different-church-lady
@Rebel’s Dad: AI toasters are only a few months off.
japa21
@Gin & Tonic: Interesting that both the NBA and NHL finals will probably have a number 8 seed involved. Doubt if that has ever happened before.
zhena gogolia
@Omnes Omnibus: Nooo! It’s brilliant!
Sparkedcat
I am not sad that the upcoming Trump-DeSantis primary deathmatch will be epic. This is a twofer in that Trump wins the nomination to an election he cannot win and in the process destroys DeSantis.
Scout211
He is been tweeting out nonsense.
Eric S.
@NotMax:
NotMax
@different-church-lady
Obligatory.
Rebel’s Dad
I applied for Rutgers’ Master’s in Education program. Classes start Tuesday but my application is still pending. However, the program director already sent me the new student orientation video, student handbook, and class schedule. I’m sad that I haven’t got a clear answer yet :(
different-church-lady
@Scout211: Poor little bigot, so sad he got control of the narrative for a moment, then lost it so quickly.
Rebel’s Dad
@different-church-lady: Call me a Luddite, but I’m not even comfortable with a fridge connected to my phone via Bluetooth, I refuse to buy an AI appliance of any sort.
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
@randy khan: It has been glorious here for quite some time now. Seems drier than normal. I remember when I first moved here around Y2K it was pretty dry for a couple years and I’m wondering if this year might be like those.
dmsilev
@NotMax: The amusing thing is that he and his coworkers told me that Black Friday is a thing in at least their part of Canada, and yes it’s right after the US Thanksgiving, not the Canadian October version.
Yay cultural imperialism!
different-church-lady
@dmsilev: BUILD THE WALL!
brendancalling
I have a lot to be not sad about right now. My kid is visiting all week, and it’s been a lot of fun. We watched “A Fish Called Wanda” last night and it’s held up well! School is almost over and I am not sad about that! Also, I got the results of my first formal observation and I did better than I’d expected.
Rebel’s Dad
@dmsilev: Could be worse I guess, we could’ve exported slavery to them. Although our current MAGA idiocy has crossed over into MACA.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
It must feel like Groundhog’s Day
They say we’re young and we don’t know
We won’t find out until we grow
Well I don’t know if all that’s true
‘Cause you got me, and baby, I got you
Babe
I got you babe, I got you babe
Rebel’s Dad
@WaterGirl: Hi, WG! I copied the nym exactly as Steeplejack wrote it, but I’m still always in moderation. After a 5-minute countdown, it posts my comments. Idk what I’m doing wrong, maybe I need a different nym altogether (which sucks because I’m terrible at creating them.)
Baud
@Rebel’s Dad:
Apostrophe. No good.
NotMax
@Rebel’s Dad
Cleared your browser cache?
prostratedragon
@dmsilev: Wow. Isn’t July 1 Canada Day? Do they not make a little to-do out of it?
@M31: 😆😆!
gene108
@dmsilev:
Canadians don’t get Canada Day, July 1, off?
When I was in grade school, I lived in Ann Arbor, and there was some sort of joint celebration of Canada Day and the 4th of July.
Edit: I thought Canada Day would be a big deal for Canadians.
eversor
Had a disasterous non profit job interview today. SO had taken my webcam over the weekend and then the macbook pro up and died over it and is in for repairs. So, no video! Then about 10 mins in Comcast died so I had to call into Zoom. What a mess, and it’s for an IT job so I look the fool. The rest went pretty well but I have a feeling I’m not going to get it. The one hope was at the end the director said he’d never hired someone he hadn’t seen before so please send a picture. So I ran a few blocks to a friends to steal his webcam, fixed Comcast, and then sent a picture. Fingers crossed!
Steeplejack
@brendancalling:
Another comedy that holds up surprisingly well is Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Maybe check it out.
James E Powell
@Sparkedcat:
Will it really be a death match? With all the other R bots in the mix, will anyone come close to TFG?
Rebel’s Dad
@NotMax: Just cleared it. Let’s see what happens.
Mike S. (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
@Rebel’s Dad: “MACA”
=?= “Make America Canada Again?”
prostratedragon
@Rebel’s Dad: I am sad that that silly woman and her incessant silly headlines make it harf for me to remember the name of the actual governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs.
Rebel’s Dad
@Mike S. (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!): OOF that was supposed to be MCGA
Steeplejack
@Rebel’s Dad:
I think your comments are going through; the five-minute timer is your edit window. If your comment actually goes into moderation you get a message explicitly saying that.
JPL
@eversor: Oh my! Let us know how it works out ..
Steeplejack
@Baud:
No, we fixed it (I think). See my comment immediately above this one.
gene108
@Rebel’s Dad:
Good Luck!
I tried the Master of Arts in Teaching program at Rowan during the summer of 2021. Between burnout from my previous jobs and health issues, I wasn’t able to complete the program.
schrodingers_cat
The only Twitter Spaces I have participated in have been hosted by my mutuals. Being able to join in on Marathi Twitter Spaces has been one of the best parts of Twitter for me
I have learned so much about Indian history in the past 4 years. I mostly follow political parties, their activists and scholars.
Baud
@Steeplejack:
Cool.
Jay
@dmsilev:
it was brought up across the border by large Corporations. The Big Box Stores and cross border brands. Funny thing is, it hasn’t been a big deal in my neck of the woods for about 5 years. The deals arn’t deals and are switch and bait. Playstation XXX for $57.99, and then in fine print, (2 per store, regular price $257.99).
A&B used to have a “Midnight Madness Sale” back in the ’80’s in early December. Blaupunkt car stereo’s for $99.99 until they are gone, 75 per store, any CD, $2.99, etc. Doors would open at midnight, close at 5am. By 5am the stores would look like they had been looted in a zombie apocolypse.
Roger Moore
@Baud:
Yep. WordPress does not like apostrophes in posters names for some reason. I guess they had one too many poster named Robert’); DROP TABLE Students;–.
Rebel’s Dad
@Steeplejack: OOOOOOHHHHHHH
Boy, do I feel dumb now.
TriassicSands
The prep should flush them out.
JPL
A few days ago a judge that popehat eterned (?) with years ago died. Popehat linked to an article that he wrote about the judge a few years ago. I hope that he is right that America is better than the sum of its wrongs. We’ll find out soon. oh btw you might need a hanky.
link
schrodingers_cat
If I hosted a Twitter Space would anyone here be interested?
Manyakitty
@eversor: hopefully, the interviewer appreciated your ability to navigate a small-scale shit spiral. 😀
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: @Rebel’s Dad:
Yeah, once you mentioned the 5-minute thing, that was super helpful. You can edit your comment for 5 minutes, but it shows up right away now that you are suing the “magic apostrophe” that works with WordPress.
Success!
Rebel’s Dad
@gene108: Thank you! Teaching children is definitely not for me, so I’m doing the Adult Basic Education with ESL certification path. I worked in higher ed until last year and I’d like to continue building a career there.
Sorry to hear you burned out- that’s what happened to me in 2021-22. I hope you’re able to get back to the program soon (if that’s what you still want, of course!)
Steeplejack
@Roger Moore:
We fixed it for Rebel’s Dad using the “smart apostrophe” solution.
Manyakitty
Duplicate
Josie
@Scout211:
Umm. I’m not sure what he is saying in that second tweet. I’m not sure he knows what he is saying. Smells of desperation to me.
WaterGirl
@schrodingers_cat: Only if you invite Musk. //
Dorothy A. Winsor
@eversor: Oh wow. What a stressful experience. I’m sorry.
Omnes Omnibus
@WaterGirl: Why sue the solution?
ETA: Lawyers might be interested.
schrodingers_cat
@WaterGirl: Never.
Steeplejack
@Rebel’s Dad:
Just to pile on 😹 if you had been in moderation, Baud would not have been able to reply to your 7:05 comment at 7:06.
WaterGirl
@Rebel’s Dad: Yeah, that sounds like a not not sad situation. Ambiguity is hard!
Jay
@gene108:
Yeah, we get the day off. It’s not hype like the 4th.
Yeah there are fireworks and Citizenship ceremonies, but it’s mostly chill, and in Quebec and Ontario, if you can, you go to the cottage, otherwise, you go camping, except in Vancouver, where you go to Chinatown and eat dim sum, because it takes 6 hours to get out of town at 30kmh on the Friday, (as far as Hope, Squamish or Twassen/Deep Cove if you have ferry reservations)
It’s faster to head south to Bellingham and go to the mall.
eversor
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Thanks everyone for the kind words and it happens. I’m also getting over a brutal cold and half lost my voice. Worst of all worlds but the recruiter told me they are trying to fill fast. For what it’s worth, the conversations were good and it saved me the “cat ass pops into zoom interview” moment.
Got another one tomorrow with the SPLC of all places and fingers crossed on that as well. I want back in non profit this legal/consulting IT shit sucks goat ass.
As for stress, I oddly do not stress. I dunno. I’ve been through too much crazy shit by now that the volume on the rest gets turned down. I just sort of laugh at it all. World won’t end. Super volcano won’t errupt. Just roll with it and laugh at it! Pet cat eat sushi.
WaterGirl
@prostratedragon: I believe Katie Hobbs also goes by “Not Kari Lake” and “Not not the governor”.
Jay
@eversor:
on the brightside, no video, no bookcase.
For the next one, make sure your bookcase game is en flique.
rikyrah
The history about housing and racism that they don’t want taught 😡
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTREQJvmW/?t=1
schrodingers_cat
Putting finishing touches on a page where I added my own landscape background to Johanna Basford’s illustration, in watercolor. I am waiting for the paper to dry to add the final touches
geg6
I’m not sad that Pittsburgh has hired its first gay chief of police who got fired by Ft. Lauderdale for being too interested in diversifying their police force. Florida loses again.
Jay
@geg6:
did you see the comment/quote earlier today where a report shows DeathSantis’s Covid Bonus for hiring kkkops has brought a buttload of KKKriminal KKKops to Floriduh?
Murderer’s even.
geg6
@Rebel’s Dad:
I’d take that as a good sign! Good luck! I found grad school easier than undergrad but YMMV.
NotMax
Read where the law firm assisting Santos in legal and FEC matters has now dropped him as a client.
Not sad. Not at all.
prostratedragon
@Rebel’s Dad: Hard to avoid in some categories now, though I don’t like it much either. Never engage those features, and as backup I notice that my Alexa pad turns those functions off in game mode, so perhaps it has no memory of how regularly it gets its butt kicked in backgammon. (“I’m sorry I can’t open the refridgerator for you Dave, but you have not shown me the proper respect lately …”)
NotMax
S. Carolina’s asshole-in chief.
geg6
@Jay:
I saw that somewhere, I think, yesterday. I like the cut of this guy’s jib so far. We’ll see. But he is from the ‘Burgh and came up through the ranks here. So he knows how to play in this sandbox. Pittsburgh City Council made it formal today. Unanimous vote.
Quinerly
“I left a prescription at a pharmacy once. I went to get birth control,” Boebert said. “And I was there at the counter and went to pay for it, and the price was very, very high. I said, ‘Wow, is this a three-, six-month prescription?’ ‘No ma’am, this is one month.’ And I said, ‘It’s cheaper to have a kid,’ and I left it there.”
She added that as a result of not purchasing the contraception, she now has “my third son, Kaydon Boebert.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-birth-control-twitter_n_646d302ee4b035573939b015
NotMax
Good on them.
Building in more robust wiring insulation/isolation for radios in EVs might run what – less than a buck per vehicle?
MagdaInBlack
@Quinerly: I saw that on twitter. The comments were everything you hope they’d be. 😉
eversor
@Quinerly:
That kid is going to have issues now.
Omnes Omnibus
@Quinerly: Her third son?
Baud
@Quinerly:
Too bad her mom didn’t have access to cheap birth control.
Jeffro
Realizing this thread has already gone on a while…Philip Bump of the WaPo is pointing out more than he thinks when he notes that Reality Is an Endlessly Useful Political Opponent.
Kari Lake is wondering why, if she really lost, why everyone is so INSISTENT that she lost! And in her mind, that’s proof that she won!
WACK. O
What’s even weirder? In that same article? Apparently there’s an R even crazier than Lake!
WHAT’S WITH ALL THESE GLOBES, IF THE EARTH IS SUPPOSEDLY “ROUND”, ANYWAY??!
Rebel’s Dad
@Quinerly: Ms. Boebert lives off the government teat, so in this case she is correct.
Rebel’s Dad
@eversor: Have you seen his parents? That kid was fucked from conception.
mrmoshpotato
@Gin & Tonic: The Heat totally slapped the Celtics on Sunday. What a non-game!
Rebel’s Dad
@prostratedragon: I’m actually looking forward to AI therapists and psychiatrists, oddly enough. I’m so tired of bias and judgement from human ones.
Rebel’s Dad
@geg6: Thanks! This will be my third attempt at it. Mental health is a bitch to deal with.
Baud
@Jeffro:
As the man said,
We don’t need no education.
We don’t need no thought control.
Rebel’s Dad
@eversor: Good luck with everything. Make the cat get a job to pay for their own sushi.
Baud
@Rebel’s Dad:
I’m hoping for some AI friends soon.
eversor
@NotMax:
A LOT more. Most consumers don’t get this but speaking as an IT person when something is rated for industrial use the cost skyrockets. Hence why if I’m running an HDMI cable through building walls that sucker is going to cost 10x per foot to make code than what is just your Playstation to TV cable. If there are temperature issues at play you have to factor in get ready cause it will be worse. Anything electrical is going to get pricy and quick. Then there are inspection and certification costs. The reality is that EVs are going to make vehicles in general cost a ton more. There’s also the issue that used EVs are non starters as replacing the battery costs so much you might as well junk the car and get a new one. So get ready for massive toxic waste on a scale you haven’t seen before.
EVs are not the solution. Better public transit is. But as long as EVs are the goal get ready for more waste than you have ever seen that’s insanely toxic, cost increases, and a general shit show.
Rebel’s Dad
@Steeplejack: That’s a good point!
eversor
@Rebel’s Dad:
Cat’s job is to be a cat and be cute. Also bug killing. She’s doing well at that!
Jackie
Good news update on Jimmy Carter!😊
NORCROSS, Ga. — “Three months after entering end-of-life care at home, former President Jimmy Carter remains in good spirits as he visits with family, follows public discussion of his legacy and receives updates on The Carter Center’s humanitarian work around the world, his grandson says. He’s even enjoying regular servings of ice cream.”
“They’re just meeting with family right now, but they’re doing it in the best possible way: the two of them together at home,” Jason Carter said of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, now 98 and 95 years old.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/jimmy-carter-hospice-ice-cream-00098480
Rebel’s Dad
@Baud: Perhaps we’ll have AI voters in time for your 2024 campaign!
HumboldtBlue
@Geminid:
Josh Harris owns the Philadelphia 76ers and he’s as fucking odious as every other billionaire.
Rebel’s Dad
Preach!
geg6
@Quinerly:
Jesus Christ. She’s the worst.
Maxim
@schrodingers_cat: I don’t know what a Twitter Space is.
Baud
@Rebel’s Dad:
Baud! 20XX!: We Are Baud!
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: I’m not. I was told we are all DougJ.
JaySinWA
@NotMax: Wow, the AM circuitry was in the EV models, and just not enabled in software? That seems weird in cost/weight and energy savings. Of course the default hardware would probably have AM support, so it may have been cheaper to disable it.
OTOH The software update is hardly likely to do anything for RFI if that was really an issue. But if it stops legislated changes who cares if it really works?
I would be fine with radios, AM, FM, and/or Satellite being an option. They didn’t used to be standard equipment.
Steeplejack
@Rebel’s Dad:
Well, you’re good now, so hang onto that magic apostrophe! (Might want to copy your nym to a text file or someplace safe on your computer or phone.)
Sparkedcat
@Rebel’s Dad: There’s an app for that!
prostratedragon
@WaterGirl: Ah, me!
billcinsd
@Baud: or her or her oldest in HS
Roger Moore
@eversor:
Yep. The biggest problem with cars is they take up so much space they completely distort the design of our cities, and EVs do nothing to solve that problem. Public transit does solve it.
billcinsd
@HumboldtBlue: But may still be better than Dan Snyder
schrodingers_cat
@Roger Moore: Not everyone lives in a big city with mass transit.
NotMax
@eversor
Perhaps I wasn’t cl;ear enough. Wasn’t referring to the entirety of the vehicle wiring, only that of the head unit module.
cckids
@Quinerly: That is appalling; not just that it happened (if it did), but that she’d make it public. That poor kid.
RevRick
I’m not sad that The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and The Great are streaming right now. I’m also not sad my daughter and son-in-law got us a subscription to Wondrium for Christmas.
Tony G
@Rebel’s Dad: The “Internet of Things” is one of the stupidest concepts in our stupid culture. Any device connected to the internet can be, and probably will be, infected with viruses and other malware. I’m not saying that it should never be done, but it should be done sparingly and carefully, with careful assessment of both the advantages and the dangers. They marketing push to connect everything to the internet is just idiotic and dangerous.
Rebel’s Dad
@Omnes Omnibus: I’m every woman.
Chris T.
@different-church-lady:
Aaauuuugh, no, not Talkie Toaster!