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Memor-X

12:40 AM

'The people are scared': Polar bears move in on settlements in Russia's Arctic territory. https://bit.ly/2Gl20Ap

Tweeted by SBSNews on February 10, 2019 at 10:46 PM

GodEmperorDune

1:21 AM

@TimStone lol, his OWN podcast?!

@TimStone oh no he was a good one

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune Yeah, his co-host was like "You have to answer the questions" and his response was "NO I DON'T throws everything"

Tim Stone

1:36 AM

“...Pentagon officials met on Friday and over the weekend to identify which Army Corps of Engineers construction projects would be tapped for money to help build Mr. Trump’s wall if the president declared a national emergency,” via ⁦@nytimes⁩ — https://nyti.ms/2UNmWDq?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Tweeted by elianayjohnson on February 10, 2019 at 10:02 PM

I for one sure hope it's the bridges that they're responsible for maintaining around here, what could go wrong?

checks notes Ah, it says here that they let it go to the point where they were structurally unsound for a little bit, hmmm

Tim Stone

2:01 AM

@GodEmperorDune Tho he is responsible for Freedom Fries

And freedom toast but somehow that was too silly I guess because I don't remember that being a thing

Unionhawk

freedom omelette (it's just an American style omelette not a French omelette)

Memor-X

2:36 AM

freedom omelette - separate Egg whites from yolks and put blue food die in yolks. cook like normal omelette and them smother in tomato sauce

congrats! you've made a representation of America, Red, White and Blue and a total fucken mess

you do the same with a Brexit omelette except you throw it against the wall

Memor-X

2:58 AM

Amy Klobuchar fires back at Trump: "I wonder how your hair would fare in a blizzard?" http://hill.cm/rvatYLq

Tweeted by thehill on February 11, 2019 at 1:53 AM

it would become a mohawk

a very weird looking one

Unionhawk

xd yas kween 🙌

user15026

@Memor-X wtf how is this news

user15026

like ffs

user15026

I mean I kinda get it but still

Memor-X

@Ash you mean the tweet itself, or the whole thing in how she's announced her run for the presidency with a key issue being climate change and Trump's firing back with his stupid dismissal of it because she's doing it in the blizzard

user15026

3:07 AM

The tweet

user15026

like I get the context but aaaaargh how the fuck did we get to a point where this is how the world even works

Memor-X

@Ash political debate on twitter? probably since 2016, maybe earlier than that

Tim Stone

“Documents reviewed by The Daily Beast show that Michael Sanchez believed the Enquirer pursued its story about Bezos with ‘President Trump's knowledge and appreciation’” https://www.thedailybeast.com/mistress-lauren-sanchezs-brother-leaked-bezos-racy-texts-to-enquirer-sources-say-7

Tweeted by passantino on February 11, 2019 at 12:50 AM

If you can't trust your brother to cover your affair with a married billionaire who can you trust smh

But also real A+ work on the part of the lawyer here basically admitting who the source they would not name was

user15026

3:32 AM

@Memor-X sigh no

GodEmperorDune

4:23 AM

Mars One Ventures--the company that was going to raise billions of dollars to start a private colony on Mars--has declared bankruptcy. https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ap65os/mars_one_goes_bankrupt/

Tweeted by coreyspowell on February 10, 2019 at 11:09 PM

Tim Stone

4:35 AM

lol

Remember when they merged with a mobile company for some inexplicable reason but actually just to get on the Frankfurt stock exchange and scam up some financing?

Good times, good times

Memor-X

is it just me or do these "private" companies don't seem to be taking mars colonization seriously

GodEmperorDune

4:50 AM

i mean they didn't even involve bitcoin

Tim Stone

5:00 AM

Ahhhh

The American Artificial Intelligence Initiative, an executive order, is to be signed by @POTUS today. It will pave the way for “bold, decisive actions” that "will improve quality of life for the American people" according to a senior administration official.

Tweeted by W7VOA on February 11, 2019 at 5:00 AM

Okay, so this is how we get Skynet, very dumbly

I should have known

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone uhhhh this sounds like a bad thing

Tim Stone

> it orders the federal government to direct existing funds, programs, and data in support of AI research and commercialization

GodEmperorDune

tech moneygrab, whew

Tim Stone

It's important the government give companies protected health data and the like so they can make a quick buck and the death bots will be able to detect the most efficient way to eliminate the threat

> He also says it will take time to know whether the Trump administration is properly attending to the ethical and human rights questions raised by AI

Narrator: It would not take time

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone i mean they're not

Tim Stone

5:11 AM

I'm sure their flagrant disregard for these things in every other circumstance will have no bearing here

Tim Stone

6:20 AM

EXCLUSIVE: FBI’s War Crimes Unit on the Chopping Block https://www.justsecurity.org/62548/exclusive-fbis-war-crimes-unit-chopping-block/ via @just_security

Tweeted by AndyMcCanse on February 11, 2019 at 2:24 AM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone this has to be bolton's doing

Nzall

10:45 AM

Note: if you are a "journalist" at RT (formerly Russia Today) looking for propaganda material, might be worth it to check if the person you're asking for video rights isn't already working for a more respectable platform, like, say, Sky or CNN

Wipqozn

11:35 AM

CBC.ca: Air Canada employee says staff trained to 'dupe' passengers at risk of being bumped from oversold flights.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-agents-reveal-oversell-practices-1.5008217

Wipqozn

12:15 PM

Uber driver who allegedly refused ride to woman with service dog charged beta.ctvnews.ca/national/canada/2019/2/10/1_4290370.html

Unionhawk

The AAUP-WSU and WSU Admin reach a tentative agreement. Strike ends and faculty return to work in the morning. #solidarity #Fighting4Wright

Tweeted by aaupwsu on February 11, 2019 at 4:10 AM

Wipqozn

> Last weekend, CTV News covered the plight of Shelby Travers -- who requires the use of a guide dog -- who said when her Uber driver pulled up, rolled down his window and he told her he doesn’t take dogs.

> “As I was saying ‘I’m blind, she’s my guide dog,’ he drove away with me still holding onto the car,” Travers told CTV Ottawa. “Then I just broke down like in the streets … my arm felt like it was yanked out.”

BradC

2:55 PM

Tim linked this above, but worth a repost:

As The Daily Beast was the first to report, Bezos launched his own investigation into who leaked his texts. Now multiple sources say his mistress' brother, Michael Sanchez, gave the couple's texts to The National Enquirer https://trib.al/vUtsIsf

Tweeted by thedailybeast on February 11, 2019 at 12:00 PM

Some sources are from within AMI itself, so take that for what its worth

Then there is this:

> Documents reviewed by The Daily Beast show that Michael Sanchez believed the Enquirer pursued its story about Bezos with “President Trump's knowledge and appreciation”—a chase encouraged, in Sanchez’s estimation, by Republican operatives “who THINK Jeff gets up every morning and has a WaPo meeting to plot its next diabolical attack on President Trump.”

BradC

3:13 PM

In other news:

Sprinting half-naked woman shuts down South Carolina airport https://trib.al/Xb8rG9V

Tweeted by thedailybeast on February 11, 2019 at 11:50 AM

> The Florence County Sheriff’s Office reportedly said the “indecent-exposure incident” happened shortly after noon when “a partially clothed woman sprinted through the airport’s runway and into a nearby wooded area.” Flights were forced to circle the airport during the search—she was eventually found in a storm ditch by K-9 units.

BradC

4:04 PM

Gov. Gavin Newsom will order the removal of roughly 360 National Guard members from California’s southern boundary with Mexico https://lat.ms/2I4Uw6h

Tweeted by latimes on February 11, 2019 at 3:10 PM

this.... is just a little weird:

Fox & Friends host says he hasn’t washed hands in 10 years: ‘Germs are not a real thing — I can’t see them’ https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/fox-friends-host-says-hasnt-washed-hands-10-years-germs-not-real-thing-cant-see/

Tweeted by RawStory on February 11, 2019 at 2:30 PM

In this age of anti-vaxxers, climate deniers, and flat earthers, some things still surprise me...

Don't his hands ever get, like, dirty? Covered in burger drippings?

Ha!

Roger Stone offers cringe-worthy excuse for telling Mueller witness to lie to Congress https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/roger-stone-offers-cringe-worthy-excuse-telling-mueller-witness-lie-congress/

Tweeted by RawStory on February 11, 2019 at 2:50 PM

> “This is all wrong — Randy is an impressionist,” Stone told Toobin. “He does impressions. I was asking him to do his Frank Pentangeli impression. I wasn’t telling Randy to lie.”

SaintWacko

Hahaha

GodEmperorDune

Isn't this a dog-bites-man story in Florida? https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-woman-arrested-after-swinging-bag-filled-with-chihuahuas-at-bar-police-say

Tweeted by colincampbell on February 11, 2019 at 4:08 PM

SaintWacko

4:19 PM

@GodEmperorDune ...filled with Chihuahas?

How big of a bag was it?

How many chihuahuas does it take to fill a bag?

Yuuki

4:33 PM

@SaintWacko ... Juan?

SaintWacko

@Yuuki ಠ_ಠ

GodEmperorDune

4:55 PM

@Yuuki I lolled

BradC

5:18 PM

EXCLUSIVE: FBI’s War Crimes Unit on the Chopping Block Scoop and analysis by @BethVanSchaack https://www.justsecurity.org/62548/exclusive-fbis-war-crimes-unit-chopping-block/ #WarCrimes #HumanRights #FBI

Tweeted by just_security on February 11, 2019 at 1:37 AM

Unionhawk

honestly why did we even have a unit responsible for doing war crimes

seems fairly redundant

MBraedley

@Unionhawk gotta depose those democratically elected state leaders somehow

Unionhawk

Yeah but that's state department

Tim Stone

5:54 PM

For some reason people do war crimes elsewhere and then come hide out in the US

Just, you know, not Americans, who cannot do war crimes

Unionhawk

ah yes of course even though we, the united states, think war crimes are a fake idea, others do them

Tim Stone

Not to mention that if the people doing war crimes profited from them as is often the case the asset forfeiture is a lucrative bonus

BradC

I don't know much about it, here is one person's response to the announcement:

The FBI’s International war crimes unit is about to be dismantled by Trump. This 9 man unit has been highly effective in investigating and prosecuting war criminals. The disbanding of this unit makes no sense... https://www.justsecurity.org/62548/exclusive-fbis-war-crimes-unit-chopping-block/

Tweeted by TheRynheart on February 11, 2019 at 2:39 AM

Tim Stone

Yeah, it's a really dumb and pointless move

I mean I guess unless you want to aid people doing war crimes

Which

🤷‍♂️

BradC

Exactly. The only thing I disagree with is the idea that "disbanding this unit makes no sense". It makes perfect sense in light of Trump administration's goals

Unionhawk

6:12 PM

yeah we literally just rehired a guy who had been in charge of covering up crimes happening in central and south america in the 80s

and got pardoned by HW

Tim Stone

6:24 PM

Campaign for indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter reports spending hundreds at amusement park, disputes drone charges, in new filing https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hunter-douglas-drones-20190206-story.html

Tweeted by sarahdwire on February 11, 2019 at 5:46 PM

Treasury Dept says reports of declining tax refunds after GOP tax law are "misleading" http://hill.cm/PDy2HKp

Tweeted by thehill on February 11, 2019 at 6:19 PM

I mean, I'm not sure that they were necessarily misleading but I agree that it's premature to draw a specific conclusion especially since the grift was built into the law to get people to accept it for the first year or two and then screw them but

I would also point out that maybe don't shut down the government if you don't want a small early sample size tbh

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján, Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries and Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark issued this joint statement condemning anti-Semitic” #Twitter comments by @Ilhan.

Tweeted by W7VOA on February 11, 2019 at 6:27 PM in reply to W7VOA

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

I think there is plenty of room to point out that we have to be mindful of those stereotypes without suggesting that we simply can't talk about lobbyists being lobbyists if they're Israel-adjacent

Especially when equating all Jewish people with Israel the state is also extremely problematic

Also the President made a Trail of Tears joke

Wipqozn

Massive And Terrifying ‘God Emperor Trump’ Presides Over Parade In Italy: huffingtonpost.ca/entry/…

Unionhawk

@TimStone yeah like as it turns out the statement "AIPAC has a lot of influence in DC" is just factually correct what the hell is this

the NRA does too

that's how DC works

Wipqozn

Media is hiding the fact that Italy threw a giant parade rejecting globalism. And the center of it all. A ginormous float of GOD EMPEROR TRUMP #MAGA #italyparade

Tweeted by imaxmeon on February 10, 2019 at 6:25 PM

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn My god

...I mean, not my god but

Wipqozn

@TimStone It's amazing

Tim Stone

6:37 PM

@Unionhawk Yeah, I get that not treading carefully around the trope isn't without issue but how the hell is it prejudicial to suggest that politicians are being influenced by the group that spends money with the intent of influencing them?

I mean the only other side of this coin is that they're doing it because they're frickin' insane evangelicals attempting to usher in Revelations which like uhhhhhhhhhhh

Unionhawk

organization that literally exists with the sole purpose of having influence in washington has influence in washington

GodEmperorDune

6:48 PM

Google and Microsoft Warn That AI May Do Dumb Things https://www.wired.com/story/google-microsoft-warn-ai-may-do-dumb-things/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare via @tsimonite

Tweeted by LaurenGoode on February 11, 2019 at 6:43 PM

@Wipqozn so glad I stared tacking the “Dune” onto my name a decade ago

SaintWacko

@GodEmperorDune Ugh, yeah

That'd be an awful thing to be associated with

Unionhawk

7:03 PM

Instead of following the district's bogus lesson plans, students at East High in Denver organized a dance party in solidarity with their striking teachers https://t.co/Szz4o2j3jg

Tweeted by _ericblanc on February 11, 2019 at 3:54 PM

Tim Stone

New post: That Houston drug raid is looking fishier by the day. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/11/fatal-houston-drug-raid-is-familiar-story-needless-violence-death-destruction/

Tweeted by radleybalko on February 11, 2019 at 7:08 PM

Wipqozn

7:25 PM

@GodEmperorDune tbh I think you should have went with "GodEmperorPug" instead

Tim Stone

8:48 PM

A message to the Ayatollah of Iran: "For all your boasts, for all your threats to the life of the American President, YOU are responsible for terrorizing your own people." #40YearsofFailure https://t.co/gpCL1FeLis

Tweeted by WhiteHouse on February 11, 2019 at 8:44 PM

Ah, very cool

Also like if we were going to let Bolton straight up threaten a head of state, even a bad one, maybe idk work on the production values a bit? That echo kind of ruins it for me

Yuuki

@TimStone #40YearsofFailure, title of Trump's biographical documentary.

BradC

9:20 PM

Staffers to Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax resign following second sexual assault allegation

Unionhawk

Instacart workers achieve a victory: previously, tips within the app factored in to the base pay, causing them to go directly to the company. Now, they go directly to the worker.

DoorDash, and Amazon Flex still use a similar tipping algorithm, including tips in the minimum base pay instead of putting tips on top of minimum base pay

You can always tip in cash and use a $0 tip within the app, though

for these stories and more, join Tech Workers Coalition, it's a great email list to be on

with a personal Gmail account

Wipqozn

9:39 PM

@Unionhawk Awesome

Don't think any of these things exist in Canada, or at least, I haven't heard of them.

Unionhawk

DoorDash appears to exist at least, it's an arbitrary restaurant delivery app

I think instacart is a grocery delivery app

Meanwhile also in the Gig Economy(tm):

Uber Driver and father of 7 who had been working on a Computer Engineering degree was killed in a wrong-way crash during his full-time uber job

uber does not pay injury or death benefits of any sort

BradC

9:55 PM

Putin's adviser Surkov to those "who cry about Russian meddling in elections": "Things are much more serious: we meddle with your brains, we change your conscience - and you have no clue what to do about it". http://www.ng.ru/ideas/2019-02-11/5_7503_surkov.html?print=Y

Tweeted by olex_scherba on February 11, 2019 at 3:20 PM

Michael Cohen has postponed his scheduled closed-door appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee due to "post-surgery medical needs" https://www.axios.com/michael-cohen-testimony-senate-intelligence-committee-50f2f48c-d294-4c51-8df4-ed2ddf1ec539.html?stream=top-stories&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=limstream

Tweeted by axios on February 11, 2019 at 9:25 PM

Tim Stone

10:11 PM

Som context on TVA draft plan to close its last coal-fired plant: https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/kentucky-congressman-urges-tva-to-continue-operations-in-muhlenberg-county/1766443555 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1095080896342814720

Tweeted by W7VOA on February 11, 2019 at 10:07 PM

BradC

This seems like a somewhat useful reference page:

Sometimes hard to keep track of this... ;) So thanks, @axios. http://bit.ly/2WQrQ4x

Tweeted by k_yoder on February 11, 2019 at 4:03 PM

2020 presidential election: Track which candidates are running

Currently 9 Democrats announced, 2 "exploratory", 15 Dems (plus Schultz + 3 Repubs) they list as "possible"

Memor-X

@BradC when he finds out Germs exists

wanted to find a clip of how he's avoiding germs but can't find one of Zim employing the Space Meat technology

Tim Stone

@TimStone Matt Bevin showing up to get mad at capitalism

Memor-X

@BradC actually it does, if you want to commit war crimes and not be investigated, you know like maybe having an armed and well regulated militia on a wall, gunning down refugees at a border

Tim Stone

Remember Jack Burkman, the lobbyist from Jacob Wohl's disastrous press conference? His new project is raising money for conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi's legal fund. It's at the same Holiday Inn as last time.

Tweeted by willsommer on February 11, 2019 at 7:59 PM

lmao, that poor Holiday Inn

Memor-X

10:25 PM

@GodEmperorDune well God Emperor is also Warhammer 40k isn't it. like that looks like Imperial Armor to me

GodEmperorDune

@Memor-X yes, thats why i clarified it with "dune" to make it clear i wasn't referring to the warhammer one

the warhammer one is the one that was repurposed into a white supremacist trump meme

user15026

@Wipqozn Well, that's nightmare fuel.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash i mean the true god emperor in warhammer 40k is basically a room sized sarcophagus that may or may not be empty, but that doesn't look as good in a parade

user15026

@GodEmperorDune Fair enough :P

SaintWacko

10:42 PM

@GodEmperorDune HERETIC

Tim Stone

SunTrust and BB&T are merging, apparently?

They'll be the sixth largest US bank by deposits

- TVA considered. Described them as low-efficiency, high-cost assets. - Analysis showed they operated with little to no financial margin. - Largest source of coal to Paradise plant in 2018? Murray Energy. CEO Bob Murray, a major Trump donor/supporter. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/g8E-YnNahBYq5JIhzCKy2w2 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1095080896342814720

Tweeted by taykuy on February 11, 2019 at 10:15 PM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone mfw bevin pulls a bevin

Tim Stone

11:03 PM

SCOOP: Cliff Sims is suing the president in his official capacity, charging he is using the campaign as a "cutout" to seek retribution that he can't as president https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/us/politics/cliff-sims-book-lawsuit.html

Tweeted by maggieNYT on February 11, 2019 at 10:51 PM

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone lol is he writing the book in the pic?

Tim Stone

loool

BradC

Time: State of Emergency Declared As Dozens of Polar Bears Invade Russian Town

Excellent (rubs hands deviously). Project "Great White North" is underway...

Tim Stone

11:46 PM

It's my understanding that there is something being described as the "sex button Kickstarter" and before we learn any more about this trainwreck let me suggest that actually we cancel the internet

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone i have many questions actually

Tim Stone

@GodEmperorDune This is my response

But rest assured that consulting the source material will only generate more questions

GodEmperorDune

i will make an accessory for this for extremely horny people that is effectively tape to keep the button held down

Tim Stone

You will be happy to know that you can tap it multiple times to increase the "consent window" to 24 hours

whispers into the void The planet is baking

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone i guess we need the tapping bird thing instead then

Tim Stone

11:56 PM

lol

Memor-X

Venezuela's inflation rate hits 2.68 mil. percent https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190212_06/

Tweeted by NHKWORLD_News on February 11, 2019 at 10:15 PM

Tim Stone

Memor-X

like it's already know how fucked up Venezuela's inflation rate is but it still good to check up on that number from time to time

GodEmperorDune

@TimStone exactly what i was thinking of

i wrote up the simpsons reference but then lag killed the message so i rewrote

Tim Stone

400 Richest Americans Own More Than 150 Million Of The Nation’s Poorest: Study https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/400-richest-own-more-than-150-million-poorest_us_5c60f627e4b0eec79b250c34

Tweeted by Martina on February 11, 2019 at 11:54 PM

mmm phrasing but yet also

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