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Wipqozn
Wipqozn
12:17 AM
@ToxicFrog I misread "that" as "you're" somehow and was really confused
 
user15026
12:30 AM
@ToxicFrog ah yes I remember now
 
ToxicFrog
ToxicFrog
12:56 AM
@Ash has decided to train the colony's pet rat
It's adorable
(the ten cats sleeping in the battery room are, of course, untrainable)
@Unionhawk called @Yuuki's aunt an eagle(?) and this enraged @Yuuki so much she went on a biting frenzy.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
om nom nom
 
user15026
@ToxicFrog you might wanna move this to Bridge proper
 
user15026
I would but I am on mobile
 
ToxicFrog
ToxicFrog
Oh whoops
I got completely confused about which channel this was.
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
1:40 AM
This is some edit to the NYT story. http://newsdiffs.org/diff/1897383/1897412/https%3A/www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/world/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-killing-saudi-arabia.html
Tweeted by nycsouthpaw on October 19, 2018 at 1:02 AM
cowards lol
 
 
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Nzall
Nzall
12:28 PM
Cartoon for @chronicleherald #clue #Khashoggi #CrownPrince #SaudiArabia #JamalKhashoggi
Tweeted by deAdder on October 19, 2018 at 12:26 PM
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
12:58 PM
lol what
apparently anarchism is itself a crime in new york state
it is a class E felony to (a) advocate the overthrow of the existing form of this state by violence, or (b) with knowledge of its contents, publish, sell or distribute any document which advocates such overthrow, or (c) with knowledge of its purpose, become a member of any organization which advocates such overthrow
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
1:51 PM
The Saudi rulers are expected to say that General Assiri received oral authorization from Prince Mohammed to capture Jamal Khashoggi for an interrogation in Saudi Arabia, but either misunderstood his instructions or overstepped that authorization https://nyti.ms/2yOOnTZ
Tweeted by nytimes on October 19, 2018 at 10:31 AM
lol come on
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
I'm surprised that wasn't a friedman piece
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Why even tell such an obviously stupid lie?
"Oh when you said 'take care of him' you meant to give him a spa day, not kill him? My bad, MSB"
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
Opinion | MBS may have ordered the execution and dismemberment of a dissident journalist, but he also did some reforms, so it's impossible to say if he's bad or not
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
"It's just that it's not unusual for us to kill dissidents so I got confused, as one does"
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
2:12 PM
@Unionhawk I am happy to report that Reason Magazine has The Matt Bors Comiced this
which is now a verb
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
2:39 PM
@TimStone The problem is, it doesn't really matter if it's believable or not. So long as there is a story that Trump and the Trumpets can latch onto and promote as the "truth"
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
2:50 PM
> It may be Heidi’s way of avoiding one truth she’s learned as a political spouse: that this life only gets harder as it goes on. Another term in the Senate means six more years her husband won’t live at home. It means more family conversations about why Dad can’t make it to school on Wednesday for the meet and greet with Caroline’s new teachers. It means Heidi is working 70-hour weeks not only because she wants to, but also because she has to.

“I really feel mission-driven on what he’s accomplishing,” she clarified. But “it does take some supportiveness, you know. Six to seven years in it…
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
See they're saying they're not rich, they're just comfortable, a message that resonates with vo...ah hold on I'm being told a lot of people are no longer, in fact, comfortable
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
Hmm...
Trying to figure out how to condense down to the relevant parts.
> It means Heidi is working 70-hour weeks not only because she wants to, but also because she has to.
> Six to seven years in it, with me being the primary breadwinner—it’s like, ‘Uh, yeah, this is when people say thank you. I’ll now take that appreciation.’” She laughed. “Yeah, we’re seven years into this, and we’re not buying a second home anytime soon.”
Pretty sure if you're angling to get a second home, you don't have to work 70-hour weeks.
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
don't senators make like, a hundred and seventy thousand dollars a year or some shit
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
That's why this is even more of a joke.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Look in her defense she really just wants a second home so she doesn't have to be near Ted and I think we can all appreciate that
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
2:57 PM
Ted Cruz alone makes enough to put his family in the top 3% income earners in the US.
@TimStone I mean, she could already get a second home. She just can't get another $10 million dollar home just yet.
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
Listen, we can't keep giving them more money until they learn financial responsibility
smdh
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
@Yuuki That's true, Ted could build her one out of Campbell's soup cans
 
 
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GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
5:07 PM
@Unionhawk whew child, the centrists
@Unionhawk how is this constitutional? because it's violent rather than peaceful overthrow?
what if we advocate policies so that all capitalists self deport?
@TimStone i believe only wilbur ross is allowed to build things out of campbells soup cans
@Yuuki oh for some reason i thought this was about heidi heitkamp
with more context, i wonder why she wasn't asked about the porn tweet
@Yuuki urgh, eugene gu is problematic
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
> One problem here is that both natural gas and nuclear plants also rely on heat exchangers, and there's no reason this material can't be used to boost their efficiency, too.
I mean I'm not 100% sure that's a problem actually, we literally could start with shutting down all coal and already be making a big step
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
we really gotta name things better than "supercritical carbon dioxide"
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
It's a very condescending molecule, saying things like "You think you can continue to live on this planet? Pssh"
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
oh i was thinking like a nuclear reactor about to melt down
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Nah, it's actually in a supercritical state
Which like, I guess is also not exactly different, but is
> Carbon dioxide is gaining popularity among coffee manufacturers looking to move away from classic decaffeinating solvents, because of real or perceived dangers related to their use in food preparation. sCO2 is forced through the green coffee beans which are then sprayed with water at high pressure to remove the caffeine
Ah sorry it's bad now
It does sound like this could be used for some fairly significant efficiency gains even in traditional systems, which is a plus if retrofitting them is faster than building plants of a new type, at least immediately
 
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
5:22 PM
criticality in nuclear reactors has nothing to do with the thermodynamic criticality this is about
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Yeah, it's a word versus scientific meaning confusion
It's Friday, y'all!
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was never given or shown a Transcript or Video of the Saudi Consulate event. FAKE NEWS!
Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on October 19, 2018 at 5:26 PM
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
NEW: We found that 3 weeks before Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi general consul in Istanbul, the Trump Org’s business partner in Indonesia inked an agreement with a construction firm in which the Saudi government owns a large stake. https://www.citizensforethics.org/trump-organization-business-partner-signed-a-deal-with-saudi-backed-fund-weeks-before-journalist-disappeared/
Tweeted by CREWcrew on October 19, 2018 at 3:54 PM
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
We had a party for our new office last night but nobody got hacked to death with a bone saw so was that not an "event"? Have we redefined that now?
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
5:45 PM
@TimStone clearly this is Qanon letting people know that the killers snuck into the country as "event planners"
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
5:58 PM
*BREAKING* Paul Manafort will be sentenced in EDVA on Feb 8. Manafort was wheeled into court today in a wheelchair. His attorneys say the terms of his confinement are affecting his health.
Tweeted by JakeBGibson on October 19, 2018 at 5:55 PM
Yeah prison is in fact bad and a lot of people have been there much longer than you buddy
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@TimStone was this a fancy wheelchair like in silence of the lambs?
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
ostrich leather muzzle straps
 
user15026
@TimStone forgive me if this is common knowledge but why the chair?
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@Ash not common knowledge
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
He's doing a "prison has made me so frail" bit
Which may or may not be true but also he did crimes so?
We can't fix that just for him
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
6:03 PM
if i had to guess, it's either legit medical issues or trying to gain sympathy for being old and in poor health therefore make the punishment less severe
because before the trial he was walking around like a main character from the sopranos
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Manafort's right foot appeared to be in a thick white sock or wrapping, it was hard to see into the courtroom well. A source familiar with his condition said he has a serious medical condition related to his diet, and that is related to inflammation in his foot
Tweeted by ZoeTillman on October 19, 2018 at 6:04 PM in reply to ZoeTillman
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
so... gout?
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
I think diabetes can cause inflammation as well? But not sure
lol @ the replies that are basically all exactly what you said as you said it
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
maybe trump will do prison reform now that his buddies are getting jailed
@TimStone yeah i realized that later lol
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
The thinnest of silver linings but I'd take it because it's important!
 
user15026
6:09 PM
@TimStone Yeah, could be that as well
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
CNN's Jim Acosta sends vulgar private message to former Melania Trump aide http://hill.cm/byKQ2Bp
Tweeted by thehill on October 19, 2018 at 6:10 PM
🙄
The tweet might give you the impression he did something other than tell a shitposter eff you but he did not!
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
So he just told someone to get into the sea?
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@TimStone oh i thought this was some metoo stuff but nope
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Right? I was like "Jim, buddy" and then saw what actually happened and that's the narrative they want!
BREAKING: The Houston Chronicle, the Texas newspaper that endorsed Romney over Obama and both George Bush Sr and Jr when they ran for President, has endorsed Beto O'Rourke over Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate. Vote @BetoORourke https://twitter.com/evan7257/status/1053334177263824898
Tweeted by shannonrwatts on October 19, 2018 at 6:08 PM
lol, it's hard to imagine being as unlikable as Ted Cruz. Just really committed to the bit
Sean Spicer doing the weather on the DC local news is one of the more satisfying footnotes of the Trump era.
Tweeted by AlexThomasDC on October 19, 2018 at 6:02 PM
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@TimStone The Chronicle is a garbage newspaper whose only redeeming qualities are the food section and whaaaaaaaaat?
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
6:19 PM
@TimStone lol rekt
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
"The weatherman said it was supposed to be rainy tod…ah right it was Sean Spicer this blistering sun makes sense"
@Yuuki Surprise!
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@TimStone if i was the graphics dept i would've changed the clouds to bushes that the sun is hiding behind
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
lmao
Ballot box access will be more difficult in Dodge City, Kansas, where Hispanics make up 60% of the 27,000 residents. The city has only one polling site. Officials moved it this year outside city limits to a facility more than a mile from a bus stop. http://www.kansas.com/news/business/article220286260.html
Tweeted by kylegriffin1 on October 19, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Okay this is both terrible but also hilarious
And I am angry at the universe for allowing that combination
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
congrats to this cbus cop for not doing a murder
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
clears throat The Cops, folks
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
6:24 PM
here is your medal for doing the baseline
🥉
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
to quote my DSA LA voter guide: "cops, man"
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
> A UK police force that shot its own race relations adviser with a stun gun in 2017 after mistaking him for a wanted man has once again confused him for the very same person.
> “They were shouting ‘Hey Royston, Royston’ but I just kept my head down. They pulled in by the shop and kept calling me ‘Royston’,” he told the Bristol Post. “I decided to ignore them. They were saying: ‘Are you Royston or are you Ras?’”

Adunbi, 64, said the officers were “giggling” about the incident as they drove past him.
Pretty sure they didn't confuse him for the same guy this time.
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@Yuuki dafuq
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
6:42 PM
Exclusive: "Ad firm for pro-energy choice group made unusual $500,000 contribution to teachers' union PAC," via @RileySnyder. https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/ad-firm-for-pro-energy-choice-group-made-unusual-500000-contribution-to-teachers-union-pac
Tweeted by TheNVIndy on October 19, 2018 at 6:02 PM
kinda local to nevada but still news
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
7:07 PM
Trump administration set to expand religious exemptions to BIRTH CONTROL coverage (Abortion advocates everywhere screaming: WE TOLD YOU IT WASN’T ONLY ABOUT ABORTION!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2018/10/19/trump-administration-set-expand-religious-exemptions-birth-control-coverage/
Tweeted by leahmcelrath on October 19, 2018 at 6:40 PM
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune yeah, that's about how I reacted :P
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
9:05 PM
 
Frank
Frank
9:43 PM
@TimStone How is this news at all?
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
@Frank ???
It would be news if a major press figure conducted sexual harassment, as implied. As it is, it's news because a major media organization is implying that.
The Hill made it news, basically.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
@Frank An excellent question!
Why they feel the need to play into the faux outrage and frame it as something anyone should care about I don't know and we're all worse off for it
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
The founder of the far-right Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, said he was arranging the surrender of 8 members sought by police over a fight outside a Republican club https://nyti.ms/2CTores
Tweeted by nytimes on October 19, 2018 at 6:13 PM
don gavin turns in his men
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:03 PM
@Yuuki wtf
Wow. USC has reached a 200+ million dollar settlement in the lawsuit brought by hundreds of former students regarding decades of sexual assault by its campus gynecologist. https://twitter.com/MattHjourno/status/1053343700456067072
Tweeted by studentactivism on October 19, 2018 at 10:05 PM
10. Meanwhile: LAPD probe ongoing. @LADAOffice sex crimes prosecutors evaluating at least 56 cases for potential charges against Tyndall. No word on why DA taking so long to make filing decision -- or why some plaintiffs chose to settle lawsuit before criminal case resolved.
Tweeted by MattHjourno on October 19, 2018 at 10:06 PM in reply to MattHjourno
and in victim blaming assuming its ultimate form:
#BREAKING Saudi authorities’ assessment of how Jamal was killed: “discussions that took place between citizen Jamal Khashoggi & the persons who met him during his presence at the consulate in Istanbul led to a fight & quarrel by hands, which caused his death.”
Tweeted by hxhassan on October 19, 2018 at 10:04 PM in reply to hxhassan
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@GodEmperorDune Galaxy brain right there
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune I love it because I immediately go "that's it?" Like "The proposed settlement would provide $2,500 to any USC student treated by Tyndall during his three-decade tenure and up to $250,000 to those who alleged they were abused by him. As many as 17,000 students and alumnae are eligible, a university lawyer said." While that's nice and all....blergh
 
user15026
How do you dollar value the effects of this, is the hard part
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@Ash its proposed, not official yet
the judge could nope out and tell them to go higher
@Ash i guess this happens often enough that there are formulas for such things?
 
user15026
Here's hoping it goes higher and not lower or some bullshit
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:17 PM
@Ash as the second tweet points out, this is also just the civil liability, not the criminal
 
user15026
oh, wait, fuck, this is a different guy than I thought, too
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
so people involved can still end up going to jail
 
user15026
well, thats goddamn disgusting, that there was like...more than one case like this so I could mix them up
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
it's also extremely weird to settle the civil case before the criminal even figures out guilt
@Ash yeah there are too many
 
user15026
this dude hasnt been charged with anything yet jesus
 
user15026
10:19 PM
i mean if you're paying out this much, you know he's guilty, because you'd not throw away this much elsewise
 
user15026
goddamn
 
user15026
(sorry, this sort of shit just pushes buttons)
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
knowing USC (i went there), they don't really care about guilt or innocence, they just want it over with as quickly as possible
so they will toss money at it and maybe make superficial changes
 
user15026
ah, so it's "pay to make it go away", got it
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
yeah they have multiple scandals by multiple officials right now
many of them boiling down to "sure he was inappropriate but he was also a huge fund raiser"
 
user15026
10:22 PM
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwww
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
and then firing them after the story comes out in the paper
firing the president was also a good move
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
Hmm, was it USC that paid the PR firm to try to erase the fact that their cop pepper sprayed sitting students?
Oops, that was UC Davis
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@puzzlepiece87 nope, they've mostly had sexual misconduct and covered up the med school dean doing drugs with sex workers
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune wait what
 
user15026
people are garbage
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:31 PM
@Ash one of the sex workers ODed in a hotel room with the dean, ambulance and cops were called, police report was curiously light on details
the paper did a FOIA and huge story about the cover up
i dunno if it was a "do you know who i am" kinda thing or actual bribery or what
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
Going back to UC Davis for a second since bad people everywhere:
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
anyway when we're done with the people are terrible news i found a "people are decent" thing
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
> Katehi violated conflict-of-interest rules in the hiring and promotion of her son and daughter-in-law at UC Davis. Investigators also looked into whether she had made "material misstatements" in asserting that she had not been involved in hiring social media firms to scrub the Internet of references to campus police pepper-spraying of student protesters in 2011. The three-month probe also examined charges that she misused student fees and used poor judgment regarding outside board memberships.
But then immediately after:
> Linda Katehi, the former UC Davis chancellor who resigned last year after an ethics probe into questionable moonlighting activities, will return to campus as a professor this fall for roughly the same rate of pay she received as an administrator, university officials said.
> UC agreed not to pursue charges of misconduct with the UC Davis Academic Senate, which could threaten her tenure.
Love too not give a single fuck about ethics.
Your turn @GodEmperorDune
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@puzzlepiece87 same rate of pay as admin? wat?
anyway here is a nice thing
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
29 secs ago, by puzzlepiece87
Love too not give a single fuck about ethics.
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:35 PM
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
Oh, that's wonderful :)
Thanks for sharing this @GodEmperorDune
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune THIS IS SO COOL
 
user15026
I wonder if this is on android
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
sorry, redid the onebox
 
user15026
IT IS! downloads
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:37 PM
@Ash yeah its linked in the thread
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
WikiLeaks has announced founder Julian Assange is to launch legal action against the government of Ecuador accusing it of violating his "fundamental rights and freedoms"
Tweeted by SkyNewsBreak on October 19, 2018 at 2:01 PM
Ahahahahahahahaha
BUT MAH INTERNETS
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
right now it shows about 100k blind people and 1.7 million volunteers
@TimStone exhibit one "moooooooooooooom"
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
@TimStone Take care of your damn cat!
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
@GodEmperorDune clears throat mohammed bone sawman
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@Unionhawk i feel like such an asshole for laughing at this
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
10:43 PM
When you're throwing fists but your fists are bone saws
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
who among us hasn't reached for a bone saw during a friendly chat?
 
user15026
@TimStone I betcha he didn't take care of teh cat
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Hasn't scooped the litterbox in weeks smdh
I'm not really sure it's possible to craft a less sympathetic person though
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
i remember hearing about a 16 year old that was too lazy to get out of bed, so they would lift the covers and just pee on the floor and blame it on the cat... TIL that assange is that teenager
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
That is...wow
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:48 PM
personally i don't know how realistic that is because cat pee and human pee have very different smells
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
Catholic exorcist hosting special Mass to counter witches' hex on Kavanaugh http://bit.ly/2CSLohW
Tweeted by Newsweek on October 18, 2018 at 4:00 PM
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@Unionhawk i don't think a mass counters a hex tho
 
user15026
@Unionhawk One exorcist, vs a bunch of witches.... just on a matter of scale, I am not sure how that balances out :P
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
@Ash wait did they think the hex was going to possess kavanaugh into not being a tremendous asshole or something?
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
I was trying to get the details from the article, I guess they're like trying to magically assassinate him or something idk
But Newsweek's site is just the most god-awful thing
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
10:55 PM
@TimStone i linked a piece about the hex before
its basically to wish bad against him and all abusers and for survivors to reclaim power stolen from them
and also benefits a local NY planned parenthood and LGBT resource center
but catholic church siding with abusers against survivors is definitely not a new thing
 
murgatroid99
murgatroid99
> On Saturday, Catland Books, a “Metaphysical boutique and occult bookshop” in Brooklyn, New York, is hosting a hex on Kavanaugh in an effort to make him “suffer,” and send a message to his supporters.
 
GodEmperorDune
GodEmperorDune
Oct 15 at 23:12, by Memor-X
Witches planning to publicly hex Kavanaugh http://hill.cm/jsndy56
Tweeted by thehill on October 15, 2018 at 10:04 PM
oops @Memor-X posted it, not me
> Please join us for a publich hex on Brett Kavanaugh and upon all rapists and the patriarchy which emboldens, rewards and protects them. We will be embracing witchcraft's true roots as the magik of the poor, the downtrodden and disenfranchised and it's history as often the only weapon, the only means of exacting justice available to those of us who have been wronged by men just like him.

He will be the focal point, but by no means the only target, so bring your rage and and all of the axes you've got to grind. There will also be a second ritual afterward - "The Rites of the Scorned One" w…
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
11:10 PM
@GodEmperorDune Today, in making shit up as you go along...
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
11:36 PM
society has failed this man, and as a result, he's potentially facing life in an asylum
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
@Unionhawk Fuck this whole thing :( This is so so bad.
 

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