This Is Fine

New from me + @BrandyZadrozny: The guy behind #GoFundTheWall didn't mention the right-wing sites he owned that were banned by Facebook two months ago, or his Fight4FreeSpeech group (also accepting donations!) in his GoFundMe for the wall. I asked him. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/founder-viral-fundraiser-trump-s-border-wall-has-fake-news-n950636

Tweeted by oneunderscore__ on December 21, 2018 at 12:04 AM

veinsssssssssssss

@TimStone oh crap this avatar looks familiar, i think i saw something about him moving to LA

@TimStone lol this tweet was deleted

12:16 AM

Global News: British Columbians reject proportional representation, vote to stay with first-past-the-post.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4782951/british-columbians-reject-proportional-representation-vote-to-stay-with-first-past-the-post/

12:41 AM

@GodEmperorDune lol

@Wipqozn :(

@GodEmperorDune And by a huge margin too :/

> The official ‘no’ side also campaigned heavily on the fears that proportional representation would lead to fringe parties with extreme views and that rural communities would be under-represented under a new system.

hmmm

i can tell you that we have first past the post here and yet have a fringe party with extreme views right now

i wish their power was proportional to how many votes they got

12:59 AM

@GodEmperorDune Yeah I've never bought that argument

the rural communities getting less representation is probably true, if they have less population then they won't have as strong a voice for local stuff

Rural communities not being properly represented can be a concern, but on the flip side rural communities are arguably overrepresentaed in the current system compared to urban communities.

@Wipqozn yeah going from overrepresented to properly represented means less power for rural communities and political parties that cater to that demographic, for sure

Tweeted by mozdog94 on December 20, 2018 at 8:36 PM

Since everyone is just now realizing his staffers role in the #RussiaHoax We have been asking questions! John McCain Still Refuses to Answer Questions About His Role in the Dossier https://katrinapierson.com/john-mccain-still-refuses-answer-questions-role-dossier/

Tweeted by KatrinaPierson on December 21, 2018 at 12:11 AM

Yeah so I think I've got this one figured out

1:30 AM

@TimStone #teamDroneyBoi

Citing safety as their top concern, middle schools in two Iowa districts will teach every student to use a gun. Not so fast, says the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Via @rekhabasu https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2018/12/20/iowa-school-districts-guns-training-courses/2364266002/

Tweeted by DMRegister on December 21, 2018 at 1:30 AM

Hm

I'm torn on this one! Like the mere act of being taught about guns is not necessarily bad even if the goal is less guns, especially if you're in an area that has a lot of guns

But also it will almost definitely be about having more guns

@TimStone what sort of weird take is this, i thought it might be for a previous year but it is not... dafuq?

It is indeed not, no, lol

I mean she did wear a bullet necklace so I guess we shouldn't expect much better but still

> Sr. Advisor @realdonaldtrump 2020

ah that explains why you are complaining that a literally dead person is not responding to your questions

ah actually the article was from when he was still alive and OP worded the tweet very poorly

Ah, that's true. I didn't click thru to be fair because it's dumb

And the URL lacks a date in the slug because these people are monsters

1:40 AM

@TimStone or because its not built on blog software, lol

Counterpoint tho it's a wordpress site

oh lol they just did it wrong

ZOTUS are you kidding me what the hell https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/zachary-fuentes-coast-guard-retirement.html

Tweeted by Mr_Berman on December 21, 2018 at 1:07 AM

> Mr. Fuentes told colleagues that after his mentor, John F. Kelly, left his job as chief of staff at the end of the year, he would “hide out” at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House, for six months, remaining on the payroll in a nebulous role. Then, in July, when he had completed 19 years of service in the Coast Guard, Mr. Fuentes — an active-duty officer — would take advantage of an early retirement program

ZOTUS? wtf is that

Are you ready?

> Mr. Fuentes has become one of the most controversial aides inside the West Wing, earning nicknames like “Zotus” (Zach of the United States)

1:43 AM

petition to rename our collective veins to VOTUS

reading this story, this guy seems to be the jonah of this white house

> Mr. Trump was savaged in the news media for skipping the cemetery visit, a fact that he blamed on Mr. Kelly, even though other aides repeatedly told him that it had been Mr. Fuentes’s doing, according to the people with knowledge of what took place.

lol, yes

this ZOTUS is a piece of work

This isn’t the first time Gov. Carney has used executive privilege to shield his emails from the public. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2018/06/04/carney-rodney-square-emails/659210002/

Tweeted by ChristinaJedra on December 21, 2018 at 1:52 AM in reply to ChristinaJedra

Urgh :|

juul deal is pretty simple to me management to employees: “i know some of you have qualms about our taking a huge investment from big tobacco but please, hear out our counterargument— we will give you a shitload of money https://www.recode.net/2018/12/20/18150929/juul-altria-billions-dollars-dividend-shareholders-employees

Tweeted by MikeIsaac on December 21, 2018 at 1:59 AM

I'm sorry how much but also averages

2:04 AM

@TimStone one dude is super pleased with his multibillion bonus, the other 1500 people grumble at $250

2:26 AM

i have no words for all the "MOST RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATION" takes about Mattis resigning

Tweeted by MtthewRubiin on December 21, 2018 at 2:14 AM

I'm sorry does meet the sniper just straight up have a jim mattis reference

That's a direct quote except s/professional/efficient

Wild

TBH you can be the “most respected member of the admin” and still be a giant asshole in terms of what you do

This is an extremely low bar to clear

3:40 AM

“A nation without borders is a nation not at all. Without borders, we have the reign of chaos, crime, cartels and believe it or not, coyotes,” Trump said of the Senate spending bill he's refusing to sign due to it not meeting his demands on border security funding https://t.co/aX3BgpTXX3

Tweeted by politico on December 20, 2018 at 9:24 PM in reply to politico

(quoted bit starts at 0:21)

I saw people joking about this earlier but it does kind of sound like he thinks they're talking about literal coyotes

@TimStone there were literally 5 coyotes outside my house on tuesday

See, descending into chaos

did marked up miller write this speech?

Probably, I don't think he does anything else except sit around all day and be racist

4:07 AM

Crypto-mining malware saw 4,000% increase in 2018 http://tnw.me/hGzQoJa

Tweeted by thenextweb on December 21, 2018 at 4:02 AM

lmfao @ the lede image

@TimStone lol

Like what is that?

Oh, and now they’re doing this concurrent jobs thing, yet again.

Tweeted by chrisgeidner on December 21, 2018 at 4:12 AM

@TimStone hacker (or the guy from TF2) doing computer things in business attire but he lost his lower body in some sort of construction accident and it has been replaced with a front loader carrying a load of colorful ethernet switches

"Sir shouldn't we find people to fill these slots?" "I don't want to learn any new names"

@GodEmperorDune excellent

the switches are gargantuan because they can only fit 3 switches in the entire front loader bucket

4:14 AM

Del Monte recalls 64,000 cases of canned corn due to botulism risk https://www.phillyvoice.com/del-monte-food-recall-canned-corn-botulism-threat-contamination/

Tweeted by techn0ccult on December 21, 2018 at 12:38 AM

shakes fist

COOOOOOOOOOORN

4:57 AM

@TimStone We are currently a nation without borders.

cc @Wipqozn @GodEmperorDune @Ash

@Yuuki hue

11:06 AM

EXCLUSIVE: Foxconn plans $9bn China chip project amid trade war tensions https://s.nikkei.com/2CrGBTe

Tweeted by NAR on December 21, 2018 at 9:03 AM

12:03 PM

Porn sites to require proof of age in the UK, following new law

Bah

@BunsGlazing missing http://

Took me like five minutes to post that already

Mobile

@BunsGlazing saw this would be coming sooner or later, that "are you over 18? yes | no but i want bewbs and cats so i hit yes" has been woefully inadequate for what it was appeared to try to do

Agreed

question though, these age verification cards, they are still anonymous right?

12:12 PM

it's quite futile to try any of that in a global context unless you can actually do it like China and wall off your part and persecute people that circumvent the rules

@Memor-X That's a good question actually. I would assume so?

and WTF, one of the system uses a blockchain?

@MadScientist true because there are VPNs but then again this might lead to porn sites trying to push for better age verification outside the UK

@MadScientist boobcoin?

> ‘That’s the whole point of blockchain,’

to give better access to porn

as with most advancements

printing press = porn at home
film = moving porn
computers = digital porn
internet = world wide porn
fibre connections = faster porn

12:22 PM

Yeah the adult industry has actually led to a lot of tech innovation

@Memor-X haha

ToxicFrog

12:35 PM

What are they even attempting to use blockchain for in this context

Is this just "we store the age verification info in git"

12:48 PM

@ToxicFrog yes, but distributed git.

ToxicFrog

@Ave git is already distributed, I think you mean distributed zero-trust zero-performance git~

What is the point though

(yes, yes, I know it's because this was implemented by a bunch of chairwarmers with no technical knowledge who were sold Blockchain™ by an external consultancy)

Go Fund Me setup for the Trump Wall

1:26 PM

Mitch, use the Nuclear Option and get it done! Our Country is counting on you!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on December 21, 2018 at 1:02 PM

Trump is reportedly already turning on Mick Mulvaney—who hasn’t even started his new job as acting White House chief of staff yet—due to a two-year-old video uncovered by The Daily Beast, which shows Mulvaney calling the president "a terrible human being" https://trib.al/UF0jNuW

Tweeted by thedailybeast on December 21, 2018 at 11:58 AM

lol

love this motion in city council

whereas: people getting hit by cars is bad
be it therefore resolved: somebody should do something about that

essentially

this city rocks

@Wipqozn GoFundMe setup for buying ladders so that people can get over the wall

best part?

> You see, they’ll never reach their goal, but no matter how much we raise, we’re going to reach ours:

Supporting an organization working to help immigrants seeking legal asylum. This GoFundMe isn’t really about ladders at all. It’s about lifting people up.

the real ladders were I am forcibly removed from the chatroom by a comically large shepherd's crook

Kevin

@Wipqozn I wonder if this is a "flexible funding" thing and all just a scam

Well, "scam"

it is

1:39 PM

lmao

they're making biiig bucks

even if it wasn't you can't just send the government a check that says "$1B memo: WALL" and then it magically go to that

"After 20 Facebook subcontractors demanded better working conditions, they’re being told to accept a counter-offer from their company by Friday afternoon – or lose their jobs." This is a story of inspiring solidarity against heartless management abuse. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/20/facebook-contractors-filter-digital-labor-dispute-christmas

Tweeted by techworkersco on December 21, 2018 at 2:41 AM

theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/21/… :eyes:

> Melanson also contacted the Guardian after publication, to assert that the email with the 5pm deadline had not been intended as an ultimatum. Melanson said that the company had contacted the contractors Thursday afternoon to “clear up any confusion”.
...
The company subsequently provided a written statement: “The letter sent to our employees at Facebook Reality Labs by Filter’s HR manager was not intended to deliver an employment ultimatum. Upon learning that our message was not received as intended, we sent a follow-up email to those employees this afternoon clarifying that their employm…

2:05 PM

Across the country, kids are reporting sexual assaults in immigrant children’s shelters. One kid, Alex, decided to come forward. There was surveillance video. But Alex's case wasn't investigated. His isn’t the only one. http://bit.ly/2BvqF0p

Tweeted by ProPublica on December 21, 2018 at 11:05 AM

Limited Edition Loonie marks 50th anniversary of decriminalization of homosexuality

Trudeau to Trudeau. That's kinda a nice coincidence

Wait, Canadians decriminalized homosexuality in '69?

Nice.

Yes

Trudeau father actually passed it

I believe that was also the year of stonewall as well

Unless I'm wrong which is possible

Famous quote like "there's no room for state in the bedrooms of the nation" or something

2:13 PM

yes june 28 69

2:38 PM

@Unionhawk yeah it's definitely a scam, even if the money goes where it's supposed to lol

3:07 PM

“He was really the only person left opposing outright war for regime change in Iran. He also held back bigger war in Syria and probably stopped Trump from bombing North Korea in 2017. He doesn’t fit in a neat box, but we are worse off without him,” said a Republican close to WH https://twitter.com/noahshachtman/status/1076126533935382529

Tweeted by swin24 on December 21, 2018 at 3:02 PM

Oh good we really are drawing down troops to prepare for a new war excellent great

The Democrats now own the shutdown!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on December 21, 2018 at 3:07 PM

that's not how this works

Kevin

Just... hoooooooooow

3:51 PM

@TimStone veins cannot handle this speed running

I’d be happy with mulvaney getting fired from all his govt jobs tho

> Facebook closes its office for 11 holidays per year, according to the letter, but Filter only observes five of those holidays. Since Facebook’s offices are closed on those days, preventing the Filter employees from working, they are forced to use six out of their 10 days of paid time off to cover the other holidays – or go without pay.

Please please please tell me this is illegal and the US isn't a total hellscape.

I have some bad news about labor law

@Yuuki nice

@MadScientist lol

@MadScientist looooooooool

@puzzlepiece87 lol

4:03 PM

I’ve done more damage to ISIS than all recent presidents....not even close!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on December 21, 2018 at 3:31 PM

pulls out "Timeline of ISIS" mmm

@TimStone I mean it’s accurate if you remove the words “to isis”

Checks out

Do You Know Who Your State's Governor Is? 1 in 3 Americans Don't. http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-americans-knowledge-state-government.html via @GOVERNING

Tweeted by ChristinaJedra on December 21, 2018 at 4:02 PM

Gladys West, the "hidden figure" behind invention of GPS, inducted into Air Force hall of fame http://hill.cm/hi44EyI

Tweeted by thehill on December 21, 2018 at 2:04 AM

4:55 PM

Talking to reporter @hogangidley45 said, “I don’t know that Sen McConnell is concerned about the country.”

Tweeted by debrajsaunders on December 21, 2018 at 4:38 PM

Okay absolutely true but also I guess that means no wall funding?

@MadScientist Just because you say it doesn't make it true

Here's the letter that Carter Page submitted to the court in advance of James Wolfe's sentencing yesterday (see: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/james-wolfe-sentencing) — Page was the "Male-1" in charging papers that Wolfe provided information about to reporters https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5662850/12-20-18-Carter-Page-Letter-Wolfe.pdf

Tweeted by ZoeTillman on December 21, 2018 at 4:55 PM

lol

@TimStone We all know that Trump has trouble forming sentences. Maybe he meant "I've done not even close to more damage to ISIS than all recent presidents".

5:28 PM

BREAKING: Supreme Court: Justice Ginsburg has cancerous growths removed from lung.

Tweeted by AP on December 21, 2018 at 5:21 PM

On the one hand, we shouldn't be making any sort of demands on an 80-plus-year person.

On the other hand,

!! Corker: “We have two talk-radio show hosts who basically influenced the president, and we’re in a shutdown mode. It’s just—that’s tyranny, isn’t it?”

Tweeted by desiderioDC on December 21, 2018 at 5:00 PM

5:47 PM

LONDON (AP) — Airport: Flights at #London's Gatwick Airport suspended again due to 'suspected drone sighting'

Tweeted by APDiploWriter on December 21, 2018 at 5:43 PM

Flake votes NO on proceeding to border wall funding bill. One more R could kill it (depending on attendance, again)

Tweeted by burgessev on December 21, 2018 at 5:55 PM

This is the vote before the vote, even

Meanwhile, China now controls all fishing along Somalia’s enormous coastline https://twitter.com/eximbankchina/status/1076148348120432645

Tweeted by CraigMWhitlock on December 21, 2018 at 5:52 PM

EXCLUSIVE: Hard-Nosed Pentagon Negotiator Removed From Job; Racked Up Huge Travel Costs https://www.defenseone.com/politics/2018/12/shay-assad/153591/

Tweeted by MarcusReports on December 21, 2018 at 4:56 PM

6:08 PM

Fewer people died at Guelph General than expected in 2017-18

Okay yes it makes sense when you read it but hot damn what a headline

Yeaaah

So, you know how peacocks have those little crests on their heads? Turns out, they're *vibration sensors*. And they're tuned to the exact frequencies at which peacocks rattle their tails. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/peacock-crests-are-vibration-sensors/578656/

Tweeted by edyong209 on December 21, 2018 at 2:01 PM

They are literally taking Christmas away from the Capitol

Tweeted by seungminkim on December 21, 2018 at 6:25 PM

CANCELLED: PALM BEACH/MAR-A-LAGO, FL area 91.141 TFR for POTUS - December 21, 2018 - January 6, 2019. Details @ NBAA's VIP TFR page - http://nbaa.org/vip-tfr

Tweeted by NBAA_ATS on December 21, 2018 at 6:14 PM

Hmmmmmmmmmm

6:29 PM

@TimStone what does this mean

@TimStone Whoa, this was fascinating

national basketball association association

The flight plan for Trump to go to Mar-a-Lago has been cancelled, implying he probably won't go there this weekend as he said

not accepting corrections on this

JUST IN: Republican Senator Graham calls for immediate hearings on Trump's military moves in Syria, Afghanistan. Read latest: https://reut.rs/2Csmh3P

Tweeted by Reuters on December 21, 2018 at 6:13 PM

@Unionhawk lol

lol @ Trump being so easy to persuade that even Erdogan was like "Wait really?"

6:41 PM

@TimStone droney boi scores another win

@Wipqozn RBG i love you but why didn't you retire during obama's term?

@TimStone wow and i thought my writing was whiny

@TimStone yall have the tools to fix this, just sayin

He uses "Dodgy Dossier Defamation" and like, I don't think shit you make up is supposed to work like that in legal documents but idk

@Unionhawk nba anon, q is branching into sports now

qanon people are too racist for the nba

@TimStone "so he ignores all the stuff we released about mister bone saw, i guess we should have just asked him at the g20"

@Unionhawk donald sterling tho

that's why it's so impressive

6:45 PM

@GodEmperorDune see also

@TimStone whew child, the obsolescence

The budget breakdown of a 25-year-old who makes $100,000 a year and is excellent with money. via @CNBCMakeIt https://cnb.cx/2EzW058

Tweeted by CNBC on December 21, 2018 at 5:53 PM

:thinking:

Hi CNBC a few questions

$20 internet

$400 groceries and $250 dining out

$615 donations

$0 loans

$100,000 a year

@Unionhawk This implies they live in a city, I guess? But only pay $825 in rent 🤔

@Unionhawk $825 rent? WHERE?

are they sharing a studio with 6 people?

you can find about that near cincinnati

maybe 9

6:51 PM

@Unionhawk yeah internet is close to $100 for me

@GodEmperorDune this one is honestly the most baffling to me because like, that isn't a thing

phone is like $180 for myself and my wife

The phone is believable if you already own the phone, which like

$40 would get you a 2GB google fi plan which is also not a thing people do

house cleaner is the cleaning products?

6:52 PM

No they're paying a person to clean their apartment

For $30

Somehow

a house cleaner that comes by at most 4 hours per month

$195 for utilities is a bit more than we pay, but we don't pay for water

Pres. Trump says "the wall will pay for itself on a monthly basis."

Tweeted by evanmcmurry on December 21, 2018 at 6:23 PM

Y'all, the wall fu works

I have no idea what his rationale is there unless he intends to fire CBP and ICE folk which a) good b) he doesn't, so

@KT_So_It_Goes Still doesn’t beat the WSJ piece about how Obama was devastating these “regular families”

Tweeted by DoctorSouz on December 21, 2018 at 6:54 PM in reply to KT_So_It_Goes

lol #neverforget

love 2 b a regular family with $25,000 in investment income per year

National parks to stay open without staff in government shutdown http://hill.cm/ss1etKr

Tweeted by thehill on December 21, 2018 at 6:55 PM

Good, good, the parks are ours now

which means... at 7% annual ROI...

$357,000 investment assets

7:01 PM

@Unionhawk This is exactly what I do. What do you use most of your cellular data on?

@TimStone They couldn't find actual sad cartoon faces? Those look photoshopped.

@puzzlepiece87 according to my data use, "Twitter at the office"

Even cartoons usually smile if they make more than $200k a year

Followed by chrome then YouTube this month

@Unionhawk That's both totally fine but also not particularly frugal. The graph is bullshit but I think it's reasonable to have a cellular plan that costs a lot less than ~~$100~~ $90 (was the figure GED cited) a month

7:06 PM

I have a shared plan that basically never hits limit

and that I don't pay for

Lucky

@puzzlepiece87 Only if you own the phone though

Why does CNBC hate the planned obsolescence of capitalism?

@TimStone Indeed but "only if you own" applies to like that entire graph so.

@GodEmperorDune Speaking of always drawing the line so you're on the good side, here's nearly the entire Ars commentariat defending meat eating from a climate change perspective

Like, I haven't significantly reduced my meat consumption to protect the planet, but I acknowledge that I am bad there.

In the event of a government shutdown, NORAD will continue with its 63-year tradition of NORAD Tracks Santa on Dec. 24. Military personnel who conduct NORAD Tracks Santa are supported by approximately 1,500 volunteers who make the program possible each and every year.

Tweeted by Norad_Northcom on December 21, 2018 at 6:34 PM

Ah, well, alright then

It's one thing when they're using the same arguments to defend against a 1% increase in colon cancer, that only affects you. Climate is another.

7:16 PM

A source familiar with meeting between Trump and Senate Rs told me “it did not go well” because Trump had no endgame "He dug in. But doesn’t have a plan, offered no numbers.” Trump also tried to get Rs to go nuclear to change filibuster rules, but McConell said it wouldn’t happen

Tweeted by mkraju on December 21, 2018 at 6:57 PM

lol

@puzzlepiece87 ATT has a lot of fees and whatnot

$25 of that is paying off the phone

but my data plan is like $30 or $35 for legacy unlimited

Yeah, I think even after owning my phone I had to pay like $70/month on AT&T

It was stupid

@puzzlepiece87 environmental impact of eating habits depends drastically on the local environment. meat eating is much more sustainable from a water usage perspective in dry climates. vegetable based is better in wet climates where water usage is not an issue and space is more of a premium

yay nuance

Good nuance, thanks for contributing.

shipping foodstuff all over the world is bad from a carbon footprint perspective

buy local and figure out local impacts, if you can based on your personal privilege level

7:26 PM

@GodEmperorDune thumbs up

> GOP senators suggest including DACA fix to get Dems to back spending bill with border wall funding

Isn't that basically where we were last year or whatever and Trump threw a fit about that too?

@TimStone i don't see why dems have to do a damn thing here

they passed a CR, trump bungled it

instead of DACA, make cocaine mitch unappoint some judges

My phone bill is 10€ per month, that includes 2GB data

Science finding: Radicals don't evaluate their mistakes effectively

how do yall survive on just 2 GB data?

7:33 PM

I mean I never leave the house for the most part so

That

@puzzlepiece87 does any group evaluate their mistakes effectively tho?

scientists

or something, some joke about scientific study indicating that scientists are extremely cool

shakes hands aliens

@Unionhawk no

@GodEmperorDune Did you read the article?

@GodEmperorDune Wait until I get home to watch youtube? Adblock? NoScript?

7:37 PM

@puzzlepiece87 the horror

@GodEmperorDune I spend most of my extra money on travel. We go to a lot of fun weddings.

@puzzlepiece87 just finished, misleading headline

@GodEmperorDune How so?

@puzzlepiece87 the experiment was about estimating dot density, it seems like a big leap to go from evaluating your performance estimating dot density to mistakes made in other areas

the sample also seems small for me and radicalizaton level was established by survey questions

surveys are not that good imo

you mean like how political compass will place most reasonable people on left libertarian

This also implies that the left has ever made a tactical error, which as we all know is not correct. Not accepting comments, critiques, or corrections on this

7:46 PM

anyway i am perfect in all things and also a radical so...

@GodEmperorDune I will disagree with you here. I do agree with you that no experiment is perfect, but you're imo glossing over the fact that estimating dot density was done to control for other factors. In addition, you said the headline was misleading, when really you're saying the experimental quality was weak, and also small sample usually means less than 100 for psychology, not 400. Again, certainly not the best experiment ever, but I disagree that there was anything substantially wrong with it.

THERAPIST: your problem is, that youre perfect, and everyone is jealous of your good posts, and that makes you rightfully upset. ME: I agree

Tweeted by dril on September 28, 2014 at 11:11 AM

@Unionhawk xD

@puzzlepiece87 i accept this analysis

@Unionhawk 100% true

BREAKING: Supreme Court votes 5-4 to reject Trump on temporarily restricting asylum claims at border. Roberts joins liberals in majority. Kavanaugh joins conservatives in dissent.

Tweeted by GregStohr on December 21, 2018 at 7:47 PM

7:48 PM

I consider myself to be moderately radical (as based upon my people wished into the sea count) and also wrong a moderate amount of the time.

@TimStone roberts really wants to take kennedy's place as the swing vote

@puzzlepiece87 What if you wish the sea onto people?

@Yuuki then you're poseidon

Members of Europe's far right have called for a mass boycott of Toblerone, after discovering that the popular triangular chocolate bar is halal-certified https://cnn.it/2CofaJH

Tweeted by CNN on December 20, 2018 at 12:31 AM

FYI far right, water and air are also halal

@GodEmperorDune getting alcohol poisioned 24/7 to own ???

@Unionhawk i'm sure there's profit in there somewhere

7:52 PM

Drinking pork tea for some reason

Somehow

I guess that would be soup

tonkatsu ramen

@GodEmperorDune hahaha well played

Tester walked into the chamber just now. Voted no. Walked right back out. “Nine and a half hours,” he says, shaking his head. (That’s how long it took him to get here from Montana.)

Tweeted by desiderioDC on December 21, 2018 at 7:52 PM in reply to desiderioDC

@puzzlepiece87 it was an easy dunk

@GodEmperorDune Sometimes you just take what the defense gives you

@puzzlepiece87 i like to make a splash

7:59 PM

@Yuuki The Rockets are struggling. Part of it? They've lost their smart play advantage as other teams mimicked their style.

So, in sum, a single GOP congressman is blocking a bill that would help combat horrifying levels of violence against Native women. It would pass the House if it got a vote. It doesn't cost any additional federal $. But Goodlatte, who is retiring, won't let it go. (12/14)

Tweeted by jbendery on December 21, 2018 at 5:42 PM in reply to jbendery

nothing good about this latte imo

@GodEmperorDune You're not seeing a whole latte of good about this situation?

@puzzlepiece87 That's the problem when you do theorycrafting. You only have an edge until everyone notices what you're doing.

It wouldn't be the Friday before a holiday without an announcement from DOJ about the recission of more guidance documents — Acting AG Whitaker is withdrawing 69 documents "that are unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper."

Tweeted by ZoeTillman on December 21, 2018 at 8:13 PM

...Damnit

8:20 PM

@TimStone nice

any analysis on what these things do?

I haven't seen anything yet. I'd look but that's...that's a lot for a Friday >_>

80-23 as in 1980-23 I guess? The format I see is 2015-X for example

the fact that they are dropping it friday before a holiday is highly suspicious

> the ~~face that they are dropping it friday before a holiday~~ administration is highly suspicious

@Yuuki i mean yes

8:33 PM

@Yuuki Clippy voice You seem to be telling it like it is. Can I help?

Senate vote now has been held open for three hours and stuck at 44-46, short of majority to even take up the House bill that would give Trump $5 billion for the wall. And well short of the 60 needed to ultimately break a filibuster and pass a bill. Some senators still flying back

Tweeted by mkraju on December 21, 2018 at 8:36 PM

It might interest you to know that the time it takes to learn how to be an effective farmworker is about 3 years. How do we know? Because it was built into slave plantations' financial records. That's how we bloody well know. https://twitter.com/redswrapp/status/1075817978984202240

Tweeted by SarahTaber_bww on December 21, 2018 at 5:10 AM

this thread, holy shit

(related to current events by people saying farm work, normally done by immigrants, is "unskilled labor" and therefore easy to replace... it is not)

9:03 PM

Can't make this stuff up. @ChipotleTweets required its workers to sign arbitration agreements. That got 2,814 workers kicked out of a wage theft lawsuit. Now Chipotle is trying to block those workers in arbitration. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chipotle-mandatory-arbitration-agreements_us_5c1bda0de4b0407e90787abd?mr5

Tweeted by jamieson on December 20, 2018 at 8:19 PM

i told yall to go to qdoba instead

Now in Schumer’s office: VP Pence Mick Mulvaney Jared Kushner

Tweeted by Phil_Mattingly on December 21, 2018 at 8:41 PM

lol I swear to god if he somehow caves to those three

@GodEmperorDune Street trucks don't force workers to sign arbitration agreements.

Although I suppose they probably have other worker's issues.

@Yuuki well yeah street trucks are definitely best for mexican food

@TimStone aka the entire trump administration

9:27 PM

@GodEmperorDune I suspect its the usual education/degree = skilled problem

aka its the same shit you see about trades too, but farm work is worse

(although man the numbers of farmers I know with agri degrees....)

but yeah, it is a skill to know how to pick fruit/veg quickly and not damage the plant, etc.

@Ash and this is a skill specific to each plant, so you need to learn a new one if you switch to a different crop

@GodEmperorDune Exactly

And to do it quickly because as the thread points out, this is usually paid piecework

(and even if it isn't, there's still an expectation of how much you should have done per x period of time)

@Ash what does an agri degree cover? is it like farm management and planning crop rotations and stuff or growing individual things?

Schumerland readout

Tweeted by seungminkim on December 21, 2018 at 9:23 PM

@Ash or because there is a limited time window between underripe and overripe and all the stuff needs to get picked in the middle

9:30 PM

@GodEmperorDune Basically, anything you need to run a farm. I've heard people taking business courses, stuff about crops, animal husbandry, all sorts of stuff.

@GodEmperorDune That too!

All this stuff that no one thinks about, they just assume it magically shows up at teh dang grocery store

farming is complicated

@GodEmperorDune It really is.

I grew up around farm people. Most of my family is farm people.

It is hard work.

Mentally and physically.

Outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis shaking hands with the outgoing chief of staff John Kelly today.

Tweeted by kaitlancollins on December 21, 2018 at 7:40 PM

@Ash the physically i knew, the mentally... i just assumed it was that magical looking at a melon and knowing if it was ripe or not

Michael Cohen brokered mysterious $1.8 million loan to pool boy that Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife befriended https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/michael-cohen-brokered-mysterious-1-8-million-loan-pool-boy-jerry-falwell-jr-wife-befriended/

Tweeted by RawStory on December 21, 2018 at 4:30 PM

rich people are weird

9:46 PM

As one does

i too search out investment opportunities among staff i befriend on vacation

if i was the pool boy i'd take that money and run though

oops, business failed, sorry about that

yall didn't realize it was my job to be nice to you?