This Is Fine - 2018-07-22

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12:54 AM

I am not going to even thread screenshots of this piece. Just read it. Negotiations with North Korea are on life support and Trump is reportedly fuming. What comes next—denial, delusion, or de war—is anyone’s guess. h/t @CherylRofer https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-private-trump-vents-his-frustration-over-lack-of-progress-on-north-korea/2018/07/21/f6adef88-da7d-403e-9ec8-47d7876fa1de_story.html?utm_term=.a7dd04179633

Tweeted by NarangVipin on July 21, 2018 at 11:39 PM

Who knew that negotiations involved more than a quick summit

1:14 AM

Watching Los Angeles possible hostage situation very closely. Active barricaded suspect. L.A.P.D. working with Federal Law Enforcement.

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on July 22, 2018 at 12:21 AM

@TimStone tfw the eye of sauron is watching you

He was quick on the response to that capsized boat too, heh

lol I missed this one

Trump says stock market gains since election give him opportunity to wage a trade war: 'We’re playing with the bank's money' https://cnb.cx/2uCSocX

Tweeted by CNBC on July 20, 2018 at 11:21 AM

You think he thinks everyone has money in the stock market and therefore can ride it out?

Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning LA Times restaurant critic, has died at the age of 57. We will miss him greatly. https://lat.ms/2LFvAzE

Tweeted by latimes on July 22, 2018 at 1:08 AM

RIP

1:42 AM

@TimStone wut

Yep

Oh dear we got a hot take incoming

@TimStone RIP, I saw him interview Marcus Samuelson at a book signing and he seemed like a good guy

Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/07/21/amazon-should-replace-local-libraries-to-save-taxpayers-money/#6f2d319960a8

Tweeted by PMourdoukoutas on July 21, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Dammit Forbes

Don’t fuck with the libraries

Bush tried that and got rekt

When's the last time you think that dude's been in a library anyway? lol

There are now 11 federal investigations into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. https://thinkprogress.org/zinke-11-federal-investigations-halliburton-ab956b837cdd/

Tweeted by CREWcrew on July 21, 2018 at 11:30 PM

UPDATE: Mayor Garcetti says one woman died inside the LA Trader Joe’s.

Tweeted by Walldo on July 22, 2018 at 1:59 AM

Shit :/

2:04 AM

@TimStone love to pull a pruitt but low key

Just steppin' up to the plate trying to hit the corruption home run

2:36 AM

Freedom Caucus chairman calls for declassification of all documents related to Carter Page warrant http://hill.cm/FA1I9T8

Tweeted by thehill on July 22, 2018 at 2:29 AM

Are...are they trying to sabotage Trump while making it seem like they're on his team? Because uhhhhh I don't see how the FISA applications paint him in a good light

@TimStone lol this is getting ratioed so hard

Here’s Jonathan Gold’s moving tribute to Bourdain, written just last month; “Bourdain wrote for the people with sheet pan burns on their arms and bits of flour stuck in their hair.” http://www.latimes.com/food/jonathan-gold/la-fo-gold-anthony-bourdain-20180608-story.html

Tweeted by thebenbergman on July 22, 2018 at 1:43 AM

@TimStone What to Make of the Carter Page FISA Applications

What's with everyone and not being able to construct a proper link

3:05 AM

@TimStone in my case, mobile hijinks

Nah, I originally quoted a tweet by the author of that link and the link was 404

rekt

user15026

4:06 AM

FFS, people, respect other people's goddamn privacy:

user15026

St. Louis @Uber driver has put video of hundreds of passengers online. Most have no idea. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-uber-driver-has-put-video-of-hundreds-of/article_9060fd2f-f683-5321-8c67-ebba5559c753.html

Tweeted by erinheff on July 21, 2018 at 12:22 PM

wtf, when are people gonna figure out consent, this shouldn't be hard

user15026

> Lyft and Uber initially released prepared responses to questions from the Post-Dispatch about the livestream, simply noting the practice is legal because in Missouri only one party to a conversation needs to consent to a recording. In this case, that is Gargac.

user15026

Which makes it even more gross, that the law basically allows it :/

yeah, 1 party consent is a bit fuct and is in a bunch of states

also i think there is a difference between recording it and posting it online for everyone to see. if not legally, it should be

4:17 AM

1 party consent is probably more good than bad but it's unclear to me why public dissemination of the recording is allowed

user15026

Apparently there's not really, "Missouri does not criminalize parties who record their own interactions, unless it includes a photo or video of someone who is nude or partly nude without that person’s consent."

user15026

Like I can see why 1 party consent can be a good thing (like how people post stuff like that lady who called the cops over that picnic etc)

user15026

(I assume that'd be covered by stuff like this?)

user15026

But like....there are large holes in the process

i guess there is also reasonable expectation of privacy too

does a lyft/uber car count as public or private?

user15026

4:20 AM

I think that's not really decided, which is where the current problem is

user15026

I think this is my favourite part of the whole article:

user15026

> At the end of a 90-minute in-person interview with the Post-Dispatch, Gargac asked that his full name not be published in connection with this story.

The Post-Dispatch already knew his name. He said it in one of his own videos, and his identity was later confirmed through public records and social media accounts. He gave a reporter his business card.

“Stick with my first name, if you can, because privacy concerns,” he said. “You know, the internet is a crazy place.”

@Ash LOLOLOLOLOL

so clearly you do understand how consent is important

user15026

Yeeeeeah

user15026

I am kinda glad he got dumped from Uber and Twitch. I hope Lyft dumped him too

4:28 AM

tbh i'm surprised uber didn't hire him

like into management

user15026

yeeaaaaaaaaaaa

5:02 AM

for those of you who think fat shaming is a bad thing and netflix shouldn't make a series with fat shaming undertones (called "insatiable"), there is a change.org petition

10 hours later…

2:55 PM

NRA sues Seattle over "safe storage" gun legislation http://hill.cm/DzYwYdh

Tweeted by thehill on July 22, 2018 at 2:53 PM

"Store guns safely?! Who do you think we are, responsible gun owners?"

This article is garbage, but there's some great "actually you fucking moron, here's why they're way better than Amazon could ever be and are in fact worth it" in the replies that I am extremely here for

Amazon Should Replace Local Libraries to Save Taxpayers Money via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/07/21/amazon-should-replace-local-libraries-to-save-taxpayers-money/#6f2d319960a8

Tweeted by PMourdoukoutas on July 21, 2018 at 1:00 PM

points up

lol 2.1k:81 ratio my god

@Unionhawk yeah these replies are glorious

i kinda have to give the guy props for trying to argue his point in the replies even though he is getting absolutely crushed

He started with "omg no one read the article" though which is a classic mistake

> US considers tariffs on uranium imports

lmfao, come on

Jun 1 at 12:32, by Tim Stone

Breaking: Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants in an effort to extend their life, a move that would represent an unprecedented intervention into U.S. energy markets.

Tweeted by jendlouhyhc on June 1, 2018 at 3:10 AM

Subsidizing the uranium miners so we can further subsidize the nuclear energy industry to own the libs

3:38 PM

@GodEmperorDune I'm also still trying to figure out this one. Like, yeah, you do have to pay taxes, because sales tax is a thing? Unless you live in the cool states like I do but

Carter Page on whether he was an adviser to the Kremlin: "Jake, it's really spin. I sat in on some meetings, but to call me an adviser I think is way over the top." https://t.co/VT1iAR8iXX

Tweeted by axios on July 22, 2018 at 1:30 PM

WHOMST AMONGST US has not sat in on Kremlin meetings, definitely not as a foreign agent

3:54 PM

.@TXRandy14, ‘a Republican U.S. congressman from Texas, also met with Torshin during the April trip, according to the think tank's documents.’ https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1KC0DC

Tweeted by cjcmichel on July 22, 2018 at 1:01 PM

🤷

4:09 PM

@TimStone yeah that is one of my fave dunks

1 hour later…

5:12 PM

lol holy hell, following the "Trumpers can't get dates" theme,

😚👌😚👌😚👌😚👌😚👌

Tweeted by pattymo on July 22, 2018 at 5:09 PM in reply to pattymo

Hometown of @FLOTUS in #Slovenia is selling a Presidential Burger “in which the bun is topped with a frizzy slice of fried cheese that looks convincingly similar to President Trump’s mop of hair.” https://twitter.com/patrickkingsley/status/1021072908851056641

Tweeted by W7VOA on July 22, 2018 at 5:17 PM

🤦🏼‍♂️

Wages were supposed to rise after Trump's tax cuts. Instead, they’ve fallen https://bloom.bg/2Lb4dBo via @bopinion

Tweeted by business on July 21, 2018 at 12:22 PM

(ugh at Y-axis but it's still quite an abrupt change huh)

Bristol Palin is joining "Teen Mom OG" and I give up

user15026

5:35 PM

@Unionhawk oh thank God because yeah, no

user15026

I keep seeing that article in my TL and I am like have any of you actually used a library ever

user15026

Like seriously

It's actually impressive how poorly the article is written on top of its severely flawed premise

Like straight up book report level, I cringe imagining what he was paid

@TimStone What even is that y-axis?

user15026

@TimStone i like the part where he is like oh since no one uses physical books libraries don't matter

user15026

5:37 PM

looks at how many books they've gotten through Overdrive, shakes head

@TimStone it has been said that economics departments tend to be cheerleaders for capital so honestly this isn't too surprising

(versus a business department that is more interested in analyzing how shit works)

@TimStone This looks a bit better in the full graph

user image

err missed the x-axis somehow but 2006-2018Q2

Wages are up 12.9% over 2006 but inflation has outpaced them, making it down 9.3% overall

> There is, however, a possibility that the tax cut has acted as a Keynesian fiscal stimulus, helping to push down unemployment.

Narrator: That seems unlikely

> Spicer: "I have no desire" to work for Trump again

Also Sean Spicer "Oh yeah I totally still believe Trump had the biggest inauguration crowd"

@TimStone Just in case anyone didn't click thru I feel obligated to point out that this town has a men-only salami festival for some reason

this is so screwed up https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article215299675.html

Tweeted by MikeIsaac on July 22, 2018 at 5:59 PM

tl;dr Uber drivers claiming post-trip that riders threw up in their vehicle as a form of fraud to get larger fares

user15026

6:05 PM

@TimStone literal sausage fest?

It seems so!

NJ state lawmaker warns that legalizing recreational cannabis could lead to "sex toy oils with marijuana" http://hill.cm/qgg3Ci1

Tweeted by thehill on July 22, 2018 at 6:09 PM

The shark just escaped orbit it jumped so high here

2 hours later…

8:29 PM

@Ash took the words right out of my mouth

@TimStone ballsy to do a vomit fraud when they never picked up the person in the first place

Mark Janus retired from the state of Illinois Friday, so the AFSCME local threw him a members only retirement party (lol)

(3 new members signed up at the door)

Oh shit, Harlan County USA is free on YouTube

If you want to spend an hour and 45 watching a documentary about labor militancy of UMWA workers in Eastern Kentucky in the 30s and 70s, then uh

Harlan County, USA

It's, extremely good

1 hour later…

9:49 PM

Time to take a sip of coffee and read the good content on Twitter…oh for the love of god

Democrats, please, please don’t lose your minds and rush to the socialist left. This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.

Tweeted by Comey on July 22, 2018 at 8:37 PM

10:03 PM

This is getting ridiculous: US CENTCOM commander Gen Votel hasn’t been briefed yet on Trump-Putin conversation in Helsinki about teaming up to promote Syria refugee return 1/ https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-commander-middle-east-hesitant-cooperate-russians-syria/story?id=56744641

Tweeted by andrewsweiss on July 22, 2018 at 9:57 PM

🤷🏼‍♂️

I guess someone forgot to explain to Trump the usual process of a deal is to follow through, something he's unaccustomed to given the stiffing everyone

Unclear if this would be stupid as hell, but figuring that out would require someone to know what was agreed to…

10:22 PM

Taking a break from my break to tweet this, an inestigation that started out as a cute trademark story and quickly spiraled into a jaw-dropping hellhole of how SEO can reshape culture https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/16/17566276/cockygate-amazon-kindle-unlimited-algorithm-self-published-romance-novel-cabal

Tweeted by sarahjeong on July 22, 2018 at 10:17 PM

@TimStone oh i heard about this on romance twitter

what a dumb lawsuit

Yeah, I think @Ash brought this up a few weeks back

Or I seem to remember hearing of it generally 🤔

11:14 PM

@DLoesch Why did you remove @NRA from your bio??

Tweeted by nursegalmom on July 22, 2018 at 8:28 PM in reply to DLoesch

👀

11:36 PM

@TimStone breaking news FBI man doesn't like socialists

Imagine being James Comey and rolling up like we all want to hear from you

The replies have a solid nonzero "thank you sir"s

So

Successfully imagined

11:52 PM

Ex-Obama aide shreds Comey's call for Dems not to rush left: "No one is asking for your advice" http://hill.cm/beBpkFm

Tweeted by thehill on July 22, 2018 at 11:05 PM

Inflatable “Trump Chicken” dressed like a prisoner to sail off coast of San Francisco http://hill.cm/nRLBS3Z

Tweeted by thehill on July 22, 2018 at 9:53 PM

> Earlier this month, a 20-foot inflatable “Trump baby" blimp made its debut in the United Kingdom during Trump’s visit.

The orange diaper-clad baby holding a cell phone flew over London and Edinburgh.

British museums are now battling over which will get to add the blimp to its collection.

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