This Is Fine - 2018-12-17

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1:25 AM

TRUMP WANTS TO RECLASSIFY RADIOACTIVE WASTE FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO 'LOW LEVEL' SO DISPOSAL IS CHEAPER

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Okay I have no idea why the headline copied as all caps, but...*Shrug*

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Like....does he want to make people die? Because...that's how people die.

1:39 AM

ICYMI: It could be six months before the Transbay Transit Center’s cracked beams are fixed and the mega-bus terminal in San Francisco reopens. https://trib.al/RaEEefO

Tweeted by sfchronicle on December 17, 2018 at 1:35 AM

womp wooooomp

@Ash 🤔

Wait, did @Unionhawk get suspended for saying "fuck"?

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Suspended and then unsuspended, I think

That's impressive

@Ash yes. because only you have immunity to radiation if you're loyal to him

or he didn't see the end to this

Mayor West decides to gain superpowers

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@SaintWacko It happened to me once too but I was sleeping so I didn't notice :P

1:46 AM

@Ash Haha nice

@SaintWacko apparently

I am being silenced in my sleep for my beliefs

2:12 AM

Jesus. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article223177860.html

Tweeted by AdamWeinstein on December 17, 2018 at 2:12 AM

:/

1 hour later…

3:22 AM

DOD reports finds no data encryption, no antivirus programs, no multifactor authentication mechanisms, and 28-year-old unpatched vulnerabilities in the US' ballistic missile system https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-ballistic-missile-systems-have-very-poor-cyber-security/

Tweeted by campuscodi on December 17, 2018 at 1:22 AM

Hahah oh classic government is consumed by hellfire

@Ash that's incidental, provided he can make a buck

@TimStone :/ urgh

@TimStone is it connected to the internet though?

analog systems to pwn the cybers

I suspect it's not not connected to the internet

Like they should be separated networks, but they are networks, so

> One user had accessed BMDS data for seven years without the protection provided by their card, and at one MDA site, investigators said they also found that the network was never configured to support multifactor authentication at all.

lol

> Investigators found that systems were not patched for vulnerabilities discovered and fixed in 2016, 2013, and even going as far as back as 1990.

this is just screenwriting gold tbh

> In the second location, the server rack was unlocked even if the rack featured a sign stating that the server door must remain locked at all times.

> Another report finding was that MDA officials did not consistently use encryption when moving data between air-gapped systems using removable media

@TimStone see, not internet connected after all

3:37 AM

Okay yeah it was 100% connected to the internet, even if only when someone took a USB drive from a computer connected to the internet and plugged it into one that wasn't

and the guy had a bit of a point that if people are breaking into a military base to physically access the servers, they have a bigger problem than cyber security

Because they definitely mean people are plugging in random-ass USB devices when they say "removable media" lol

but also with defense budgets going up up up, why don't these bases have budgets to fix this stuff?

That's not very lucrative because it takes effort

@GodEmperorDune question is, if the budget keeps going up, where is all the money going *looks over military fense to find a pool of money the generals are swimming in*

3:39 AM

defense contractors should be clamoring to fix this stuff

Nobody wants to be the one to take the anti-nuke system offline because we're still pretending you can shoot them down

@TimStone ah yeah, bigger problem

> Auditors said that in many cases surveillance cameras failed to cover the entire base, creating gaps that an attacker could exploit to enter the groundwork and buildings.

Incidentally they did also have that problem

@Memor-X replace generals with defense contractors and you'd be correct

@TimStone ah i stopped reading halfway through because it was too depressing

You'll be happy to know that the in-development "next gen" weapons systems conveniently also have these problems because of course they do

Just a complete dumpster fire, lol

3:45 AM

@TimStone yeppppppppppp

What's really weird though is that I have to submit a lot of stuff to get stuff done at my three-letter agency and you'd think the DoD would be more concerned!

AFAIK they were behind in the implementation too, but they got it done. Much smaller place, I guess, to be fair. Maybe the DoD is just too big 🤔

@TimStone maybe you should submit a bid

Ugh, absolutely not, I am deathly allergic to the meetings you have to go through to begin any sort of new project

4:27 AM

Trump blasts SNL as "Democrat spin machine," suggests negative coverage "can’t be legal" http://hill.cm/KYtypEi

Tweeted by thehill on December 17, 2018 at 3:17 AM

it is illegal....if you want to walk all over that whole free speech thing

10 hours later…

2:48 PM

Business Insider: Google is planning a huge $1 billion campus in New York (GOOG, GOOGL).
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-plans-huge-1-billion-campus-in-new-york-2018-12

don't they already have a like four block building in NYC?

3:24 PM

A Texas elementary school speech pathologist refused to sign a pro-Israel oath, now mandatory in many states — so she lost her job. Watch our 3-minute video of this story: http://interc.pt/2EoOutW by @ggreenwald https://t.co/OIHYtWx7I8

Tweeted by theintercept on December 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM

@Unionhawk how could that be in any way legal?

BREAKING: Michael Flynn’s business partner charged with illegally lobbying for Turkey https://wapo.st/2EAv2LF?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.f465f9733688

Tweeted by DevlinBarrett on December 17, 2018 at 3:21 PM

https://i.imgur.com/SnCcn5m.gif

I could've sworn I've done image links before.

Oh well.

@Unionhawk these oaths are the weirdest thing

ICYMI last week: They were banned for sexual misconduct, but some coaches found a way to work in the Olympic movement again. Our @usatoday investigation found several cases of coaches openly ignoring their bans. From @nrarmour, @schrotenboer & me. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/12/13/olympic-sports-scandal-coaching-kids-after-sexual-misconduct-ban/2196969002/

Tweeted by RachelAxon on December 17, 2018 at 3:35 PM

3:51 PM

Y'all

"I voted for Trump. Now his wall may destroy my butterfly paradise." https://wapo.st/2EngnCu via @PostEverything

Tweeted by washingtonpost on December 17, 2018 at 3:03 PM

This is...it seems to somehow not be satire?

@TimStone pushes glasses up nose Well, you see, your problem is confusing conservatives with conservationists.

Maybe don't post everything actually, WaPo

Like they just killed a kid but "Ah, and have you also considered my butterfly paradise?" is...a thing

interesting that you refuse to listen to people

we need to hear from everyone

@TimStone Did... did this person not learn anything from the last time they tried expanding the border wall/fence?

and by that I mean we need to find every unicorn coal miner out there

4:00 PM

Back during Bush, there were a bunch of eminent domain claims in Texas to extend the border wall/fence.

People were pretty angry then and then seemingly forgot everything happened.

@TimStone I mean, Metal Gear Solid has to happen somehow

@Unionhawk Only thing rarer is a Waymo One passenger

4:19 PM

New Knowledge: The IRA operation is tied to widespread activity on other platforms "including Vine, Gab, Meetup, VKontakte, and LiveJournal." "The popular game Pokémon Go was incorporated into the operation.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/russia-social-media-internet-research-agency-senate-report

Tweeted by LoopEmma on December 17, 2018 at 4:14 PM in reply to LoopEmma

The internet research agency (Russian troll farm), not the Irish Republican Army, is in Pokémon go

roth internet research agency

also that's way less cool

imagine the IRA using pokemon go for something

also: how the hell would either of them use pokemon go

submitting thatcher's grave as a gym?

I dunno, subversive Pokémon names maybe?

Iirc there is no chat in Pokémon go

nope

No no no

You all are forgetting the early Pokemon Go hysteria

Where every lure module was a mugger waiting to get you as chased Mewtwos or something

This is like that except if you come seeking Caterpies they indoctrinate you into Russian espionage

No I'm remembering it which is why I'm confused that somebody paid money to try to disseminate messaging in it

because it wouldn't have been an effective medium

4:23 PM

Yeah same

Indeed I'm joking

Spies, they're just like us (they're incompetent at their jobs)

Or alternatively, a spy needed a Pikachu hat and it had to happen somehow

You're not cool unless a Magikarp hat looks like it's eating your head

Pokémon Go to the Russian embassy

Can't be a spy unless you're cool

MewtwoVan.jpg

@GodEmperorDune Pokemon Go corrupt the democratic process

@Yuuki ah that ones better

4:36 PM

A partial government shutdown begins Friday night and there’s no plan, no urgency. House our till Wednesday. A bizarre vibe.

Tweeted by JakeSherman on December 17, 2018 at 2:11 PM

camera plans to Paul Ryan who shrugs then dabs and runs home

> runs ~~home~~ to the gym

Fast-food chain Jack in the Box has talked to buyers about a potential sale https://on.wsj.com/2ChTsHv

Tweeted by WSJ on December 17, 2018 at 4:45 PM

...Choice headline there WSJ but okay

5:12 PM

Wall Street Journal Site Hacked With Pro-PewDiePie Message https://wp.me/p2WgDE-1jq2Z6

Tweeted by Variety on December 17, 2018 at 4:56 PM

rubs temples

Fox News analyst: Trump got rejected by chief of staff candidates like a "guy who couldn't get a date for the prom" http://hill.cm/DaK0Xn0

Tweeted by thehill on December 17, 2018 at 5:13 PM

😐 but also effectively Incel President

Which seems weird and unnecessary for someone who has been married three times and yet

Exit LAMAR!

Tweeted by daveweigel on December 17, 2018 at 5:16 PM

@TimStone Good, get out.

This is the best Lamar-related news since Lamar Smith decided not to run for reelection this year

5:34 PM

@TimStone extremely same

5:59 PM

Trump’s tax law sparks year-end rush to finalize divorces http://hill.cm/sz8YPYw

Tweeted by thehill on December 17, 2018 at 5:58 PM

Honestly extremely shocked they eliminated alimony deductions

6:53 PM

@TimStone yeah that is weirdly specific

Is it done sort of divorcees == no family values dig or what

I mean it's kind of an odd thing to have gotten a deduction for to begin with but given the people this tax law benefits most, it's like 🤔

Surely not all of them had the foresight to get prenups

@GodEmperorDune I guess, or it just seemed like the kind of thing you could cut and go "Look we made it simpler!"

This little black lump is a piece of Stone Age chewing gum. It turns out to be an amazing source of ancient DNA. You can find out - what the person who chewed it looked like - what they ate - even the bacteria that lived in their mouth https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/ancient-human-dna-found-in-10000-year-old-chewing-gum/577492/

Tweeted by sarahzhang on December 17, 2018 at 4:49 PM

I guess it really never gets digested

Nastycool

7:20 PM

Trump wonders if Saturday Night Live is legal: globalnews.ca/news/4768301/…

He refers to it as news, which uh, okay

It is unacceptable for the country to wait another month before Parliament has the chance to vote on Theresa May's botched deal. Therefore I have tabled a motion of no confidence in the PM this evening, so Parliament can take back control. #NoConfidence https://t.co/IRXeaScpZm

Tweeted by jeremycorbyn on December 17, 2018 at 7:15 PM

lol

round 2

I thought they had to wait for a year after a failed vote

The previous was in-party confidence

From what I understand total parliament confidence is different

also what the hell is UK parliament that "tabled" means "it's on the floor"

and not "it's put off to a future date"

I guess since they sit around a table?

Airline passengers could be entitled to hefty compensation for delays, lost bags cbc.ca/news/politics/passenger-bill-rights-garneau-1.4948770

2

Either way, this feels like a good move

Either the 117 No Confidence votes stay as No and May is gone, or they flip and you have a very easy "party over country" line for a future general

7:31 PM

> Scott Streiner, chair and chief executive officer of the CTA, said the changes are comparable to the European compensation system, which is considered a global leader in passenger rights.

Good, because seriously, fuck airlines

> Compensation for boarding denied a result of commercial decisions, such as overbooking. That compensation will be $900 for circumstances that lead to a late arrival of up to six hours, $1,800 for arrival delays of six to nine hours and $2,400 for delays of more than nine hours.

@Unionhawk you're the weird ones

@MBraedley as we all know, correct procedure was invented by General Henry Robert in 1876

Sounds like it's a step in the right direction, but still has room for improvement

@Wipqozn Yes please!

> Gabor Lukacs of the advocacy group Air Passenger Rights said the draft regulations don't go far enough to protect travellers. He said the proposed regulations relieve airlines of the responsibility to compensate passengers for flight delays and cancellations caused by the airline's own maintenance problems.

No thank you! Do not give airlines incentives to adopt unsafe maintenance practices to avoid compensating passengers.

I'd really rather not financially penalize them for doing maintenance. There must be some other solution.

apparently USPS workers sometimes reply

I have never personally witnessed this but I believe it

7:44 PM

Realized that was closer to a dunk than news so deleted

deleteception

deleted a post containing a deleted tweet about deleting physical documents

@puzzlepiece87 This doesn't give them that incentive. The risk of fines for flying an unsafe aircraft more than outweigh this.

What it does incentivize is saying a delay is due to necessary unplanned maintenance, even if that isn't the case.

Haven't read the article, but what a stupid headline:

NY Times: These Democrats Will Soon Have the Power to Investigate the White House. How Far Will They Go?

Umm... as far as the investigation warrants?

The United States Department of Justice wrote this. It's surreal.

Tweeted by nycsouthpaw on December 17, 2018 at 7:44 PM in reply to nycsouthpaw

did rudy write this?

It appears no

7:53 PM

crimes are not really a crime unless someone got murdered

bribes are not really a bribe unless the word "bribe" was written on them in permanent marker

Joseph H. Hunt (assistant attorney general), Hashim M. Mooppan (Deputy Assistant Attorney General), and Mark R. Freeman, Michael S. Raab, and Megan Barbero are listed as attorneys here

8:48 PM

What Is Left After The Ruins?: Tent City Cleared After Nonprofit Took Charge Of “Aid” Efforts https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/what-is-left-after-the-ruins-tent-city-cleared-after-nonprofit-took-charge-of-aid-efforts/

Tweeted by MutualAidRelief on December 17, 2018 at 4:18 PM

9:00 PM

checks BTC what do you mean up 400 on the day with the 90 day low only 3100 and not 3000

@Unionhawk the 90 day low could be the lowest closing value

I'm just scrolling through the 5 day graph tbf

@Unionhawk pretty sure it'll go down again quickly

Extremely clean party voting average trends across elections based upon density of housing

9:43 PM

Today I am making good on my promise to defend our Farmers & Ranchers from unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. I have authorized Secretary Perdue to implement the 2nd round of Market Facilitation Payments. Our economy is stronger than ever–we stand with our Farmers!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on December 17, 2018 at 9:14 PM

Love to be fiscally responsible by ... checks notes ... spending money to fix a self inflicted wound

@Unionhawk how things change in a year

10:19 PM

@Ash @Wipqozn @GodEmperorDune Canadian First Nations leading the fight to save the caribou from extinction

It's not good news per se but it's direct action led by First Nation peoples, so good in that way.

> First Nations members patrol the pen in week-long shifts, bunking in a plywood shack they built outside the fence. These “guardians” walk the perimeter a few times a day, look for compromises in the fence line, keep watch for predators, and feed the caribou. In addition to the pellets, they feed the animals lichens, which are harvested by locals—including schoolkids and tribal elders—and hauled up the road in big mesh sacks.

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"Yet meddling with nature in preposterous ways is often vastly easier than the alternative: fundamentally altering human behavior."

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Yeaaaaah.

NEW: Google censored China search plan "effectively ended" after major internal dispute. Secret data analysis operation integral to the project shut down after @theintercept exposed it & the company's furious privacy team confronted executives: https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/google-china-censored-search-engine-2/ #Dragonfly

Tweeted by rj_gallagher on December 17, 2018 at 5:32 PM

@GodEmperorDune Good.

> Research suggests that wolves can travel up to three times faster along roads and trails than they can in unbroken forest, and has also shown that woodland caribou avoid areas within 500 meters of human development. In the range of a single herd, Alberta killed 841 wolves. Yet at the same time, the province issued hundreds of permits for new oil-and-gas wells.

Restoring caribou habitat in that area would require buying the energy leases from the companies that hold them. But purchasing those leases on the range of just one herd in Alberta’s oil-sands region would cost 33 billion U.S. dol…

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@GodEmperorDune goooood.

10:31 PM

@GodEmperorDune And nothing of value was lost.

@puzzlepiece87 not sure if people resigned over this

Either in protest or because they were in charge and bungled it

@GodEmperorDune Oh sorry, you are exactly right, I was referring solely to the project itself.

Pichai is obviously still CEO and that British dude who was trying to ram it through is there as well I'm sure, so even if there were resignations for bungling I'm doubtful that they will do any good.

Yeah

In more good news

Statement from CBS Board: It will not provide Les Moonves his $120 million severance

Tweeted by koblin on December 17, 2018 at 10:21 PM

@GodEmperorDune Yay!

Scott Beaumont is still listed as Google's head of China and Korea on LinkedIn

@GodEmperorDune Is there a difference between "misfeasance" and "malfeasance"?

Ah, okay.

So malfeasance is wrongful conduct while misfeasance is proper conduct conducted wrongfully, possibly with intention to injure.

tl;dr misfeasance is lawful evil

10:49 PM

@Yuuki CBS is a Dungeons and Dragons party, data accepted.

11:37 PM

St. Louis County prosecutors vote to unionize: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-county-prosecutors-vote-to-unionize/article_e8422a8f-0fbb-584c-96b6-ff4391b6c6b0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share via @stltoday

Tweeted by tonymess on December 17, 2018 at 10:13 PM

"Oh, that's interesting"

> A majority voted by secret ballot to enter the St. Louis Police Officers Association

"Wait what the hell?"

@Unionhawk since it's now apparently necessary I'm gonna suggest that when promoting unionization all materials come with a big disclaimer that says "But not with the police union"

@TimStone cops, man

Just an impressively "quiet part loud" move

→ 1 message moved to The Bridge

mod powerz

@TimStone all workers should join or form a union

operative word workers

Alfonso Ribeiro sues 'Fortnite' over the Carlton dance 🕺🏾 https://trib.al/cNQm6PI https://t.co/WW2Yf03sCO

Tweeted by Complex on December 17, 2018 at 10:19 PM

Going deep for the X sues Fortnite over Y dance stories here

11:52 PM

@TimStone hell yeah fortnite get stomped

Good (but also it's apparently unclear what IP law protections exist here)

If nothing else it will likely at worst force an ugly discovery eliminating any benefit of the doubt

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