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The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

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Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

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Testing the PaulB‘ theory of why some embedded videos might still play and why others don’t.

PaulB

My guess is that the Twitter video issue is because of the double embedding. Both of the videos above are in tweets that are embedded in someone else’s tweet. Other tweets in posts below that are the primary tweet for the video don’t have this problem and play just fine on my Windows PC.

This is the original tweet with video:

This one has the retweeted tweet with the same video.

If you don’t have a twitter account and you are willing to try this experiment, let us know in the comments and also let us know what your environment is.  Mac, Windows, browser, etc.

Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Jacqueline Squid Onassis

    I can play the first one.

    The second one opens a tab with Twitter where it then tells me that something went wrong.  The thing that went wrong, of course, is that it brought me to Twitter.

  3. 3.

    Scout211

    PaulB is correct. The single tweet video played for me and the double one directed me to the sign in.

  9. 9.

    Jerzy Russian

    First video works for me, but not the second one.     Regarding the content: hopefully that will be a few fewer assholes setting off fireworks on the future.

     

    ETA:  Chrome on an iPhone 14.

  13. 13.

    Torrey

    Video plays in the first, but in the second I get the same redirect to Twitter with the “something went wrong” message as everyone else. Mac running Mojave.(10.14.6), Firefox browser.

  14. 14.

    Jerzy Russian

    @WaterGirl:   Did you end up getting your home internet back?    I am sure your ISP will prorate your bill to account for the downtime…

  16. 16.

    oldster

    Yup, I’m getting what others report: #1 works, #2 takes me to a twitter log-in page.

    Mac laptop running 12.5.1 (Monterey)

  17. 17.

    RepubAnon

    I tried it on an iPad running iOS 15.5: first one ran, second one did n ot.

    NOTE: Those bozos should have watched the first Tremors movie – when “Stumpy” the graboid spit one of Bert’s bombs into the duffle bag where he had the rest of them stashed.

  18. 18.

    p.a.

    1st played, 2nd did not- it sent me to twitter page and “something went wrong” message.  Have had that happen many times the past few days.

    Tried the ‘share’ button on the first.  No effect.

     

    iPad Safari, wifi via fios.

  22. 22.

    Origuy

    Edge on Windows 11. The first one plays, the second gets the same error as others.

    I want to see what is left of that car.

  24. 24.

    William D

    android phone…first video fine…second video “something went wrong please try reloading” message

     

    in the past when I clicked on these links I sometimes get video but no sound

  27. 27.

    MobiusKlein

    My punchcard VMS system is able to see second one, not first.
    But I’m still waiting for the 4rd frame to display of the video. Not bad for ascii art

  31. 31.

    RSA

    My experience is the same as everyone else’s: first video plays, second redirects to Twitter.  (Chrome on a MacBook Air, OS 13.4.1.)

    The backstory, for anyone who hasn’t looked it up (I was curious): This happened in Nebraska and was recorded by a home security camera. There were no injuries or even any significant damage to the house or minivan. The home owners sent the video to neighbors in case any of their cars might have been damaged and needed insurance coverage.  One of the recipients shared it with a relative who put it on Reddit, birthing a viral video.

  33. 33.

    The Thin Black Duke

    1st video played fine. 2nd video redirected me to Twitter. Played, no problem. Android phone, chrome.

  34. 34.

    Another Scott

    PaulB is right, ++1.

    What is interesting to me is if I try to copy the tweet URL and send it to Telegram or even a different browser tab, it doesn’t work.

    Melon is determined to annoy about 90% of the planet, isn’t he??

    Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  35. 35.

    Cptlhill

    First one worked fine on an iPhone 14, iOS 16.5.1 running Safari.

    Second one did not!

    returning to Lurk Mode now….

  37. 37.

    There go two miscreants

    Firefox on Win 10. First video plays fine; second one opens twitter link, which fails (has been failing for me for quite some time anyway).

  38. 38.

    zhena gogolia

    @WaterGirl: But in the comments on YouTube (the one linked by satby this morning), all the commenters are sympathetic to them. “Oh, that mom got her baby out of the way so fast!” Well, why the fuck was she doing this with a baby in the first place? I swear, I hate this country sometimes.

  40. 40.

    NotMax

    Twitter, since day one, has been so locked down via my preferred browser settings I honestly wasn’t aware there were videos. Show as text only and the bulk of the tweets here (and elsewhere when embedded) are often just incomprehensible jibber-jabber (which I happily ignore). YMMV.

    It’ll be permanent absolute zero in Hell before I click on anything that might take me to Twitter.

  41. 41.

    zhena gogolia

    @RSA:
    Yeah, I call bullshit on this:

    “We always practice firework safety. We’ve thrown this party every year for several years without incident.”

    I also don’t believe there was no damage to the car.

  44. 44.

    Coyoteville

    First one works. Second one doesn’t on an iMac running Catalina version 10.15.7 and I’m using Safari.

    Just tried my iPad using OS 16.5.1 First one works. Second one doesn’t.

  45. 45.

    Math Guy

    I can play the first one, but not the second using Safari on an iPad Pro. Don’t have a Twitter account. Looks like one of my family’s fireworks displays.

  46. 46.

    db11

    1st video plays, 2nd redirects toTwitter (using up-to-date Brave browser)

    2014 MacBook Pro running Mohave.

  47. 47.

    Cliosfanboy

    The first one worked for me, but not the retweeted one. I have a Twitter account but have not been logged on in ages, and I am using a brand new phone so I might as well not have an account as far as my browser knows.Firefox on an Android phone.​​
    Second video takes me to annoying Twitter start page.

  48. 48.

    CaseyL

    2012 MacBook Pro, Chrome.  The first one plays just fine, the second redirects me to Twitter, where “something went wrong.”

  49. 49.

    NobodySpecial

    Yep, same as the others on my Windows 10 machine. First plays, second goes to the login thing.

  50. 50.

    bbleh

    MacBook Pro Monterey 12.6.7 (oh look, I’m due for an update), first one worked, second one did like the original post and took me to a second tab that was Twitter with uh-oh-something-went-wrong.

  52. 52.

    Jacqueline Squid Onassis

    Favorite things about the video?

    1)  Using a mortar by setting it on the ground and lighting it.  They’re lucky it didn’t take the baby’s head off instead of getting lodged under the car.

    2)  The guy who decides to hang around where the mortar got lodged.  That’s just hot buttered death wishing, that is.

    3)  The quick thinking lady who immediately picks up the baby.  That allows her to get the infant to safety when, apparently unexpectedly, the mortar blows.

    4)  The guy near the car who runs, letting the little boy fend for himself.

    People constantly do dumb, dangerous things.  Sometimes because they don’t read the instructions, sometimes because they get into a habit and nothing’s ever gone wrong before.  This video demonstrates exactly why most guns should be prohibited for most people in most places at most times.

  53. 53.

    Lyrebird

    Same for me, confirming PaulB’s suggestion.  Refurb Dell Latitude with Windoze 10, Safari.

    @Origuy: “see what is left of that car…”

    Me too!  Yikes.

  54. 54.

    Lyrebird

    @Jacqueline Squid Onassis: Yup.

     

    ETA: and this video shows why most fireworks should be prohibited for THESE people, the grownups at least, forever after.  Did anyone who still has Twitter access look further to find out if they’re okay?

  55. 55.

    craigie

    The first works for me in both Chrome and Firefox, the second in neither. And just to be the odd one out, I’m on Ubuntu 22.

  58. 58.

    dp

    On my MacBook running Chrome, the first plays at Balloon Juice, the second relocates to Twitter and plays there.

    I have no idea of the significance of this.

  59. 59.

    SpaceUnit

    I don’t have a Twitter account and I can play the first but not the second on my Mac running Big Sur OS and Safari.  The blank Twitter page tells me something went wrong.  Like I needed them to point that out.

     

    That video is everything America in 2023.  Maybe needs some gunz.

  60. 60.

    Ruckus

    @RepubAnon:

    I’m on Mac with Ventura 13.4.1 and first one plays, second takes me to twitter and then plays. Using Safari. The upgrade from 13.2.1 to 13.4.1 is very recent, I think a couple of days ago. I wonder if you upgrade Mac OS if it will work that way for you?

  61. 61.

    Tony G

    @Baud: Same here.  I’m using Safari on a MacBook.  The first video shows the suburban rednecks and their massive explosions, the second one issues the message from Twitter: “Something went wrong. Try reloading.”  (A message with zero diagnostic information, by the way.)   I have to say that, politics aside, I’m appalled by what Elon has done to that company.  This particular fuck-up has been going on now for about 72 hours.  I “worked” in I.T. for almost 40 years, 22 of those years in a position that had me on call 24×7 for system support.  Believe me that if had allowed a problem of this magnitude to fester for 3 hours — let alone 3 days — I would have gotten a stern talking-to by management.  It’s just unbelievable; Elon has the reverse Midas-touch —  everything he touches turns to shit.

  62. 62.

    Tony G

    @SpaceUnit: That’s true.  The video is missing the big finale in which the explosions set off the cache of AR-15 ammunition, thereby wiping out half of the happy family.  I’m sure that someone is working on that now.

  63. 63.

    Ruckus

    @Another Scott:

    Melon is determined to annoy about 90% of the planet, isn’t he??

    I think he may be pissed that more of us aren’t buying a Tesla. Or that he way overpaid and under thought about what the hell he was doing buying twitter and now more people hate him than ever before. Does he have ANY friends left?

  64. 64.

    Jim Appleton

    Clicking the retweet brings me to a page with a GIF showing Melon the Hutt smoking a joint and saying, “Naughty naughty …”

  65. 65.

    BruceFromOhio

    Kindle Fire, Silk 112.5 on Android (PIE).

    First one plays, shows what happens when untrained suburbanites invoke Fiendfyre.

    Second opens the twatter, which opens with a variation on location and curse invoked.(can’t see it unless logged in etc)

  66. 66.

    BeautifulPlumage

    That video is at least a year old or older. And yeah, piling all the fireworks so near the launch area.

    Similar results as others: first video plays, second takes me to Twitter. Android phone, Chrome browser

  67. 67.

    CapnMubbers

    The first one took a while to load but eventually played.
    The second one showed a “retry” message.

    iPad 16.3.1, Firefox, private browsing

  70. 70.

    Lacuna-Synecdoche

    Watergirl @ Top:

    If you don’t have a twitter account and you are willing to try this experiment, let us know in the comments and also let us know what your environment is. Mac, Windows, browser, etc.

    First video plays. Second video redirects to Twitter error page.

    Nice catch, PaulB!

    Firefox, Linux (Debian 12), Self-built PC (CPU: AMD 5800x; RAM: 32 GB Crucial Ballistix; MB: ASRock X570 PG Velocita; GPU: AMD 6700XT)

     

    —–

    @craigie:

    … just to be the odd one out, I’m on Ubuntu 22.

    Not the only odd one out. I’m on Linux too.

  71. 71.

    Pauline

    The first video plays for me on the BJ page. The second one takes me to Twitter with the retry message. Using a Windows 8.1desktop (yeah, I know, time for an upgrade) with Chrome browser.

  74. 74.

    retiredeng

    I can see the first but not the second. I’m on a Linux OS with KDE and Firefox.

  75. 75.

    CAM-WA

    On two different iPads, PaulB’s theory pans out.  I can see the video that is directly embedded, but can’t play the video that is “double embedded”

  76. 76.

    Jertian

    The first video plays.

    The second one tries to open Twitter and gives me the following message:

    This page isn’t working
    twitter.com redirected you too many times.

     

    ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

  77. 77.

    JaneE

    Windows 10. Chrome browser.  I do not have a Twitter account.

    First tweet played fine.

    Second tweet said something went wrong, try reloading.  Hitting the retry button did nothing, or immediately looped back to the error message.

  78. 78.

    different-church-lady

    Yuppers, theory confirmed on iPhone.

    Also: Elon broke the sidebar at LGM, which don’t make a scrap of sense from a data scraping standpoint.

  80. 80.

    Anotherlurker

    First video worked for me. 2nd video gave me the dreaded, insipid admonition that “something went wrong”.

  81. 81.

    terben

    I’m running Windows 10 and Firefox, I do not have a twitter acct. The first one played fine and the second one opened a new window and launched twitter, which I immediately closed. If a video launches a new window, I will kill it straight away because I hate that shit.

    As a retired (with all my fingers) pyrotechnician, that video makes me shudder. There’s some Darwin Award material right there. I hope there were legal consequences for that level of reckless stupidity.

  83. 83.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    Speaking of stupid fuckers doing stupid shit with fireworks, I just finished covering what is left of the rear window in our Sienna with clear plastic since a friend of the chucklefuck two houses down thought it would be a great idea to toss a silver salute out into a street with lots of loose gravel.

    I pulled the van into the driveway a bit ago and heard the crunch of broken glass falling. Our dashcam went off at the same time but it would have only caught the sound of glass breaking as the camera points out the front. I’ll go visit the house tomorrow and call the insurance company on the 5th if there are any problems getting the a-hole to cover the damage.

    Fuck.

  84. 84.

    prostratedragon

    First yes (plays at BJ site), second no on linux/firefox desktop. Opening twitter links on this box hasn’t worked in several weeks even when it still worked on the android.

  85. 85.

    mrmoshpotato

    The original tweet works for me.

    Android phone using DuckDuckGo browser

    Added – happy Independence Day to all my fellow United Statesians!

  87. 87.

    SteveinPHX

    Late to the dance, but I suspect you have enough results by now to label it a scientific sample.

    Here: Dell laptop, Windows 10, Firefox

    First one plays. Nothing on 2nd one.

    Happy Independence Day!

  88. 88.

    Super Dave

    Neither works for me. First one acts like it will play but doesn’t. Second one redirects to twitter.

    iPad Mini, Safari

    I will test with PC and report.

  89. 89.

    Super Dave

    First one works, second one redirects to twitter.

    Dell desktop, still running Windows 7, Chrome.

  90. 90.

    JAM

    The first video played on this website, the second to an error message on Twitter. Samsung Galaxy tablet running android.

  91. 91.

    w3ski

    I was never a Twitter user; only the first video played for me. I am using a Chrome browser on an Acer laptop.

    w3ski

  92. 92.

    bkw

    The first video works in both Firefox and Chrome, desktop PC running Ubuntu. Second video does not work.

  94. 94.

    The Pale Scot

    @zhena gogolia:

    “We always practice firework safety

    Reminds me of that guy in Tenn wouldn’t pay for fire protection in an unincorporated  county. The second time the fire department showed up the protect his neighbor and let his place burn. The rabbletariate was bitching about the callousness of the fire dept. (who could not act because their insurance would be void) and they insisted that he was not at fault… for burning garbage near his house during a drought. I pointed out that wasn’t true.. How? His fucking house burned down, killing his pets. That and fact that the house was burning for a while before he called for help tells me he was drinking and was probably sleeping it off

  95. 95.

    lurker

    macOS, safari, recent versions, first one works, second one doesn’t

     

    pretty much any tweet with an embedded tweet (e.g. retweet) takes me to the twitter homeworld to view the embedded tweet, whether it is a video, an image or set of images, or just a tweet.  This holds true across any site I can think of on the web

     

    note – if this was a day the twitter was really slow, I would not expect the first one to work.

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