@RedRiderX i don't mean to fault the kid at all, it's not the kid's fault that the parents are exploiting him

but eventually the kid ages out of being cute or doesn't feel like performing (aka wants to be a kid) but the parents got bills to pay and it becomes a mess

@GodEmperorDune Right that could definitely still happen.

I was only thinking of the fame aspect and how a kid playing with toys on youtube probably won't have to worry about that.

@RedRiderX if his peers are the ones watching those videos, the fame will probably follow him

@TimStone Once again proving to be the most popular just means you gotta get the young audience

aka quality means nothing. NOTHING.

unrelated

@Wipqozn Not necessarily the most popular but the most profitable.

@Wipqozn Yeah, though the article about him does mention the fact that his viewers are so young his views are worth less because they themselves have less money to spend apparently

Which are related but not 100% so

@TimStone they can nag parents though

although Markiplier is actually pretty solid, and seems to be a pretty good guy? He plays everything up for his videos, but he often makes more serious videos where he tries to SCIENCE! some stuff.

I think an India music label is still the most popular thing on youtube

Yeah it's just not as directly effective so I guess the monetization is different

@GodEmperorDune That's literally the entire premise of toys commercials after all

When I see Ryan Toys Review I just immediately think of the SEO potential.

I forgot Logan Paul existed until that article

I blame @TimStone

At least paul and pew are at the bottom of the list..of the top 10...

> Despite a backlash last year after he included racist imagery in his videos, advertisers have returned, shelling out up to $450,000 for a sponsored video.

Part of me wonders if youtube developed related product ads just for channels like these

Just man, fuck advertisers

That and makeup vloggers

also capitalism (cc @Unionhawk)

@Wipqozn lol they are responsible for the site we're on

@Wipqozn hell yeah

@GodEmperorDune CURSE THEM I SAY

#forAFreeAndSovereignNovaScotia

There's another video of riot police removing their helmets and refusing to fight

Actually that reminds me of a funny story from yeeeeaaaaarrrrrsss ago, at the newspaper I used to work with. A food critic did a piece reviewing donairs in the city, and made a special point of pointing out just how terrible a specific places donairs were. That company did a lot of advertising with the paper I guess, so they complained. I guess the food critics response was "If they're not happy with my review, then they shouldn't serve me sewer garbage and call it a donair"

Or something to that effect

and I guess for the next few days there were full page ads for them in the paper. GOOD TIMES.

Here thread:

Also a really good example of how the sales and news teams never even talk to each other.

I haven't had time to read it but 3 people on discord said it's good so

@Unionhawk I really liked the part where he said flipping over cars represents anger

@Wipqozn Yeah apparently it took their best scientists to reason that one out.

Interesting thread but still not sure what the "Cartesian premise of France" is.

I'm glad I didn't say "good analysis" now

Vs "making fun of Arab spring think pieces" good

This is what I get for not personally vetting a thing

lmao

@Unionhawk new group of reps are +1

@Unionhawk yay-oc

For the love of god

HW Bush, meh! Picking a fight with the service dog though, ????

Right? lol

He's going to be at Walter Reed now

@TimStone i mean he lived to be 90 something, no dog lives that long

Ah, yes, but

> Does the photo say anything special about this dog’s particular loyalty or judgment, or is he just … there? Also, if dogs are subject to praise for obeying their masters, what do we do about the pets who eat their owners’ dead (or even just passed-out) bodies?

It's just...it's just bad

As @Unionhawk memed it's true but they shouldn't have said it!

@TimStone this is extremely weird as far as "GW bush is dead" takes go

@TimStone yeah, this

It's so weird!

Of all the things to write about

Murkowski and Sullivan (Alaskan Senators) just got 10 full minutes on the local news on the earthquake, FEMA, and Trump's promises. Between the lines, the message was clear. "Yeah, we'll take the money. Alaska's economy can use the boost, but stay out of our way. The last few days have demonstrated clearly that Alaska ROCKS at emergency response."

@Ash I think it's Satire

@Nzall whew child, the mansplaining

@Unionhawk I feel like it's possible to read too much into things

Cars have also been upturned in riots originating from football games. Nobody is going to say those riots represent "upturning the cartesian premise" of football

@Unionhawk Excellent. $5 million seems like a whole lot to spend on a dumpster

unilad.co.uk/life/…

Neat

@Unionhawk I like her. I'll tell you what, let's make a trade. You give us her, and we'll give you, oh I don't know, some politician from Ontario

@Wipqozn I hope these protests don't escalate over the next 2 weeks. I'm going on a road trip holiday from Belgium to Spain in 2 weeks and my uncle who already went there had major delays from the various road blocks

@Nzall The protests will probably start to die down now that the tax rise has stopped

@Wipqozn I'm not sure about that, actually. The petrol tax might have been the spark that lit the powder trail, but there have been a number of other causes that have made use of the protests to add their own fuel to the fire

Like, the students that joined the protests are upset about the budget cuts to education, the ambulance drivers are upset about the new rules for ambulance drivers that could cause 80% of them to go bankrupt, and a lot of people are not just upset about the petrol tax, but also about their low salaries compared to the cost of living

And Macron does not believe in dialogue apparently, and he really wants to push on hard with his rules.

@Nzall Oh in that case I wish them the best of luck

Oh, did you see the bit where Trump signed the wrong part of the agreement?

And then asked where he should sign?

And then everybody else just about dies inside.

Also, he insisted on bringing his own sharpie instead of using a pen like the others.

@Yuuki He cannot stand the attention not being on him

@SaintWacko It seems he signs everything with a sharpie.

@Yuuki Yep, he wants to make sure that his signature is the most visible part of it

Which incidentally, would've magnified the mistake he made when the leaders presented the signed agreements if it weren't for Trudeau keeping his version (the one where Trump made the mistake) closed.

Oh, he didn't ask where he should sign, he asked which one was the one that "matters" since there were three copies.

Of course, they're all the one that matters since each leader is supposed to retain a copy to take back home.

@TimStone @GodEmperorDune We even talked about this just a few months ago:

(UEJ represents educators and staff at the Acero Charter School Network. UEJ Chicago is a division of the Chicago Teachers Union)

(this is from the 2012 CTU strike)

(this marks the first ever charter school strike)

Not new, but perpetually hilarious:

aw, doesn't embed the gif

@Wipqozn How about that Ford guy? Americans love Ford.

In case any of you used Quora before StackOverflow:

> Hackers breach Quora.com and steal password data for 100 million users

hey non-DSA-members don't read this... @GodEmperorDune LSC has put each line item on our platform up as twitter polls, to gather broader member feedback (well, the first 5 for now, with 24 hour votes per batch). Visit @dsa_lsc for details. I think the plan is to do 5 at a time each day until we run out.

@Unionhawk thanks

lol

@Unionhawk So what does this mean?

the government has to publish the entire legal advise on the EU withdrawal agreement

I see. But it doesn't mean they need to disband or something like that, right?

No, just that they defied parliament by not doing this before

folk's,,, hes running

> MPs accused of Contempt of Parliament may be suspended or expelled.[18] They may also be committed to the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster,[18] although this practice has not been used since Charles Bradlaugh was detained in 1880.

Queen Elizabeth, do the right thing here

@Unionhawk detain them in the clock tower?

@fredley I don't see why it's fallen out of favour that's excellent

Sure the monarchy is terrible but would we be worse off if the Queen bludgeoned a few folks with a scepter? I think not

I mean for values of "a few"

Twitter has just alerted me, news for me, that Trump has dubbed himself a "Tariff Man" and I hate this timeline so much

you know if you add a couple specific strings to your ignored words list the timeline improves

It's not even the timeline Twitter just decided randomly to classify that as news and alert me

No one asked for this

@Unionhawk In a similar vein, please don't run again Bernie Sanders.

He went further (per the thread) to say he can't support arms sales while MBS is in charge, basically

Which is arguably a dumb distinction but I guess whatever works

"I'd prefer someone who is less bad at assassinating dissidents to sell bus-targeting bombs to"

yea I don't know that you're going to get that

it's like 50 saudi jareds running the show/next to run the show

lol, amazing

I appreciate Graham's commitment to taking absolutely no consistent position on how he deals with Trump's administration

@TimStone Look, I will only deal with competent dictators.

Also Trump retweeted Charlie Kirk saying the riots in France are due to leftist fuel taxes or something

lol

The article is about how millennials are killed canned tuna because they don't own a can opener which is both absurd and also StarKist sells pop-top canned products so that's kind of an own-goal then if you don't want to make that universal if that's the supposed problem

@TimStone lol Jared's so bone(sawe)d

Corker is also out saying if this were a trial MBS would be found guilty of orchestrating Khashoggi's murder

Oh wait @Unionhawk posted that already

> The president’s deception about his pursuit of a Trump Tower in Moscow, his refusal to disclose his tax returns and his opaque finances present deeply concerning questions: What else does he have to hide and, more urgently, who else knows about it? Was the effort to consummate a deal in Moscow the only financial leverage the Russians had over the president, or is there more?

Strong editorial

> The American people deserve to know that our president is acting in their interest and not his own financial self interest, or because he has been compromised by a foreign power. Now, with a new Democratic majority in the House, we should be able to find out.

@TimStone noted leftist emanuel macron

lmao

@TimStone Maybe millennials are killing canned tuna because canned tuna tastes horrible.

@Unionhawk The tweet, it's just bad

Boomers in the mid-1800s: “Millennials are killing the slave industry.”

Can't wait for millenials to kill the "millenials are killing X" article industry

So chances are that the Belgian government may be toppled by the Flemish Nationalists over Marrakech

@fredley Dril MP is the greatest account

@Nzall 🤔

I know there's something to be said about loyalty to your party, but you gotta draw the line somewhere

@TimStone hue

@TimStone wut

@Yuuki hue

@Yuuki extremely same

@TimStone hue

@TimStone oh wow, over $2

@TimStone RIP pierce brosnan

oh wait, wrong remington

What was the rule again on political humor?

doh. Flynn doc still hasn't dropped...

it'll probably drop like 10 minutes before Rachel Maddow goes on the air, then she'll just end up reading it aloud the entire hour or something...

🙄

Not even 2!

@TimStone i was more thinking of him pulling a Kanye

> Trump: i'll let you finish in a moment Bush Junior but i just want to say that Bush Senior complimented me of being a greater president being able to do everything he wanted to do but couldn't

lmao

Classic Leftist Bill Kristol

But it is extra funny that there's nothing wrong with the publication from a business standpoint its owner just wants to go Full MAGA

I assume new subscriptions to the DC Examiner come with free Trumpy Bears or whatever now

a couple defense motions not to allow certain recorded phone calls and texts in Commonwealth of Virginia v James Alex Fields Jr. were denied by the judge today, and, uh

oh boy

USA probably ain't gonna exist by 2075 at this rate anyway

@Unionhawk are these recorded phone calls and texts Alex Jones rants?

@Memor-X pretty much yeah

I am not a lawyer, but I would say that they're devastating to the defense's case

the commonwealth rested today, the defense will call 8-9 witnesses tomorrow, then one more thursday. closing arguments will likely take place thursday, and the case will be turned over the jury to decide guilt, hear victim impact statements, and then decide sentencing recommendations if he is found guilty

@Unionhawk Nice reference

If found guilty on all counts, james fields faces between over 100 years and 6 consecutive life sentences

@Unionhawk i think i feel sorry for the judge who's going to here the crackling loud audio of Jones going "ANTHONY THUNDERCRACKER IS A CRISIS ACTOR WHO PUSHED THE FAKE SANDY HOOK BECAUSE HE IS APART OF A ANTI-GUN ARMY WHO WANT TO STRIP AMERICANS OF THEIR GUNS AND VITAL JUICES!"

@TimStone what the fuck, even by trump admin standards

tbf they're a senior official of a subdivision so it's not impossible they've been there for some time

But yes