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The headline of the day= Otters attack swimmers in Sierra Nevada river and lake
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@Daryl: I am a lousy judge of such, so I’ll just go with 4’3″ – 469#.
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According to Publishers Weekly, Tucker by Chadwick Moore sold just 3,227 copies in its first week after publication on 1 August.
Carlson cooperated with his biographer, giving extensive interviews. Moore promised to tell Carlson’s side of the story regarding his shock ejection by Fox last April, in the aftermath of a $787.5m settlement between the rightwing network and Dominion Voting Systems, regarding the broadcast of Donald Trump’s election fraud lies.
Fast fading into irrelevance.
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@Daryl: Maybe he decided not to piss us all off? Like he could ever really piss any of us off.
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@OzarkHillbilly:
@becca:
I thought it was interesting, and would provoke a great deal of discussion.
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@Daryl: I swear he’s got lifts in his shoes. 5’9”, 285.
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https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1691639366043533370
This thread is fascinating-confirming prosecutors got high value from DMs, location info, etc. It suggests the govt had a close informant who gave them the PC they needed to get into the account & who they were strenuously protecting from Twitter’s efforts to disclose to Trump.
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1691638632837185937
The bottom line: Twitter pleaded to inform Trump about a search warrant in a way that it apparently never did in its 17-year existence with any other user. It did this despite having no knowledge of the basis for the warrant or nondisclosure order.
“Politico”
Special counsel Jack Smith obtained an extraordinary array of data from Twitter about Donald Trump’s account — from direct messages to draft tweets to location data — newly unsealed court filings reveal.
But it took a bruising battle with Twitter’s attorneys in January and February — punctuated by a blistering analysis by a federal judge, who wondered whether Elon Musk was attempting to “cozy up” to the former president by resisting the special counsel’s demands — before prosecutors got the goods.
Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell held Twitter (now known as X) in contempt of court in February, fining the company $350,000 for missing a court-ordered deadline to comply with Smith’s search warrant. But the newly unsealed transcripts of the proceedings in her courtroom show that the fine was the least of the punishment. Howell lit into Twitter for taking “extraordinary” and apparently unprecedented steps to give Trump advance notice about the search warrant — despite prosecutors’ warnings, backed by unspecified evidence, that notifying Trump could cause grave damage to their investigation.
“Is this to make Donald Trump feel like he is a particularly welcomed new renewed user of Twitter?” Howell asked.
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@Other Other Other John: I hate to
Admit this, but I went down the rabbit hole on Trump’s height before the 2016 election. There are pictures of him in tennis shoes (i.e. no lifts) standing next to professional athletes whose height is known. So at least in his younger years he was 6’ 1”. He may have shrunk a bit -
@Other Other Other John: I hate to admit this, but I went down the rabbit hole on Trump’s height before the 2016 election. There are pictures of him in tennis shoes (i.e. no lifts) standing next to professional athletes whose height is known. So at least in his younger years he was 6’ 1”. He may have shrunk a bit
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@MarkedMan: There are several pics of him standing next to 6’1” Obama after the 2016 election, and they appear to be the same height.
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https://twitter.com/TamarHallerman/status/1691890743411945857
BREAKING: A proposed scheduling order from Fulton DA Willis calls for arraignments the week of Sept. 5 and a trial to begin March 4, just before the Georgia presidential primary
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There was another near miss, this time in San Diego on August 11th.
The German government is having issues with older A340 VIP aircraft. So they will retire them early. I wonder what the market is like for older quad jets. I’m guessing chopped for spares and recycled.
Lastly, his majesty Manuel Andres Zero, is going ahead with plans to revive Mexicana as a government-owned, low-priced airline. Other than I find the livery atrocious, I won’t comment until it starts operations, supposedly in December this year.
I don’t think it’s a good idea, but the reports are so jumbled and contradictory in many ways, I rather wait and see. For example, some reports say the airline will operate with the White Elephant airport as its hub, others that it will also use Terminal one in Mex City’s airport (the one that was so saturated, no new slots would ever be granted ever again).
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One day we happened upon a family of otters. Northern Wisconsin up near Hayward. We were ostensibly fishing, but mostly just bullshitting and drinking beer.
The otters clocked us way before we saw them.
We just sort of drifted towards them. They were basking in the sun and frolicking around their bellies full of fresh fish.
It was fascinating, mesmerizing. Never seen an otter in the wild before or since, but that is indelibly etched. They were just playing and goofing around.
One day when we inevitably nuke ourselves to death I hope the next species that jumps up the sentience ladder are otters.
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I’m a bit undecided on what to cook next week. I was planning burger patties in creamy mushroom sauce on a bed of rice. But then my new slicer arrived, and I got that specifically to make potatoes au gratin. I could wait for next week, but I don’t want to. Two creamy dishes feels redundant.
So now I’m thinking chilaquiles with shredded chicken for the entree.
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@Kathy:
The last couple of days I have been living off patty melts and steak fries.
A beef burger smashed thin and pan fried hard and fast on cast iron to a crispy sear. Fried onion slices, sharp cheddar, and two slices of seeded rye toasted.
Dang! I am suddenly so hungry right now!
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@de stijl:
One day when we inevitably nuke ourselves to death I hope the next species that jumps up the sentience ladder are otters.
As usual, there’s a classic SF story along those lines. “Like Young”, Theodore Sturgeon, 1960. Except in that one it’s a plague, not nukes.
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Wish me luck tomorrow, friends. I’m off to civilization to take my oldest kiddo to COLLEGE!!
I don’t do well around people or my ex, they’re like……my two least favorite things. 😛
HOWEVER….we made a deal, I bring everything over, buy the computer and printer, get it set up in her dorm room, we all have a nice dinner, and then I’m out Friday after we make sure he bought everything else. She’s indicated she wants to stay on campus after that, no extra parental attendance required after the “Freshman Social” on Friday.
I’m still struggling a little. 😐
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@Jax: Congratulations Jax! To you and your kiddo. This is a big moment. I hope you enjoy it in whatever way suits you best.
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@Mimai: Thanks! I can’t believe it’s been 19 years since we were in love and gonna have a baby. 😛
We made a deal then, and we’re keeping it now. We get along. I just can’t believe it’s been that long.
