states of emergency and other dipshit wingnut reactions to today’s eclipse
by Jeff Tiedrich
#idiocy
The actions of a "great" businessman and intellect
ICYMI: Elon Musk tells advertisers off, sealing X's fate
Looks like Musk is ready to abandon Twitter, er, “X”
Yesterday, Elon Musk told his corporate advertisers, and specifically Disney CEO Bob Iger, to “Go fuck yourself.” And after claiming he’d never let advertisers “blackmail” him (and clearly not understanding that word’s meaning), he admitted, “What this advertising boycott is going to do is, it’s going to kill the company.” Then he said he wouldn’t use his own money to bail out the company.
You're a moron, Elon; a spoiled little rich kid with no talent but metric fucktons of ego due to money you inherited. (Reminds me of someone.)
Your mistakes are predictable, and if they didn't hurt thousands (sometimes millions) of other people, they'd be hilarious.
I hope this hurts you more than you think, in ways your tiny intellect cannot anticipate. I look forward to watching your downfall.
Republican regressives once again choose the more expensive option in the name of saving taxpayers money. What abject morons.
Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority
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The Republican Study Committee (of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members) on Wednesday released its desired 2024 budget, in which the party boldly declares its priority to eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP, from the School Lunch Program. Why? Because “CEP allows certain schools to provide free school lunches regardless of the individual eligibility of each student.”
The horror.
Of note is that the CEP is not even something every school participates in; it is a meal service program reserved for qualifying schools and districts in low-income areas. The program enables schools that predominantly serve children from low-income backgrounds to offer all students free breakfast and lunch, instead of means-testing them and having to manage collecting applications on an individual basis. As with many universal-oriented programs, it is more practically efficient and, as a bonus, lifts all boats. This is what Republicans are looking to eliminate.
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#Republican #regressive #idiocy #perpetuate #hunger #poverty #raised #taxes #school #learning #foodSecurity
Glynn, my good friend, sent me an important video... what a straighforward woman!
It’s not about transgender it’s a trans human agenda.
If you can redefine a woman you can redefine a human.
Don’t worry though, it’s all for the good of the many not the few.
#human #agenda #gender #bullshit #woman #control #manipulation #idiocy #digital #technics
the weirdest thing relating to #online #privacy is #instagram's #idiocy... they suspended my account without telling me the reason, so when I want to log in they come up with this extra #bullshit... can't believe it... #oiyoiyoiyoiy
From the Have you really been paying so little attention? files:
Former GOP lawmaker demands consequences for House Republicans
Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) unleashed on his former colleagues in the U.s. House of Representatives he claims are wasting time with nebulous hearings instead of focusing on the needs of their constituents.
Mr. Jolly, to catch you up on the last couple of decades of American politics: The GOP doesn't give even the tiniest shit about the well-being of its constituents--or anyone else--and it hasn't for a very, very long time.
Jesus, dude, what save-me-from-reality rock have you been living under and where can I get one?
do you want this future ???
A McDonald’s location has opened in White Settlement, TX, that is almost entirely automated. Since it opened in December 2022, public opinion is mixed. Many are excited but many others are concerned about the impact this could have on millions of low-wage service workers. [source]
From Meidas Touch_
Vexatious Litigant Donald Trump files FRIVOLOUS lawsuit against Pulitzer Prize Boarde
Donald Trump just filed a frivolous, sanctionable, vexatious and humiliating lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board. It's somehow worse than you thinkc
#TrumpVirus #idiocy #sedition #crime #obstruction vs. #truth #accountability #justice #MskeAmericaSaneAgain
Inherited billions creates insane over-confidence combined with immense power, which sows chaos.
Didn't the Ancient Greeks write tragedies about this kind of thing? Shakespeare? Were we not warned?
Then again, I'm sure Ayn Rand would love this shit.
Twitter verges on collapse
Only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun?
'Two stupid grown men' got in shouting match after shooting one another's daughters: police body cam footage
If these guys had somehow killed one another, I could see this as an argument in favor of gun ownership (an invalid argument, yes, but still an argument).
Instead it's just a bizarre mixture of idiotic, ironic, and very nearly tragic.
Perhaps the daughters will grow up to be influential gun control advocates.
Conservatives have always been this way.
The batshit crazy have always been among us, they just haven't always had the internet to spread their hallucinations.
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Stunts
#DeSantis #Idiocy #Stunts #TheGullible
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/18/2123560/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Stunts
Republican self-destruction is amusing
Thanks, Lindsey: Republicans in disarray after Graham introduces national abortion ban
#Republicans #Abortion #LindseyGraham #Graham #Idiocy #SelfDestruct
a Jakob send from Russia...
Croatian President Exposes Lies and Spread of C0VID Panic, Says Vaccines No Longer Allowed in His Country
In a harsh indictment against the medical facility, Zoran Milanovic announced that the Croats were “sufficiently vaccinated.”
“The media are spreading panic and nonsense. I start every day with CNN and these few channels, and I wonder if I’m normal or if they’re crazy. They are spreading panic. They did it from the very beginning.”
Unlike American politicians who are too weak, compromised, or just plain evil to ever say anything like that, Milanovic is not going to stand aside while his compatriots continue to be medically raped by Big Pharma’s machine.
“There is no life without risk, without the possibility of getting sick. People get sick from a thousand other more serious things, and while this is happening, we have been talking about C0VID-19 for a year and a half.”
#covid #panic #stupidity #nonsense #weakness #USA #idiocy #numbness #Croatia
I am not dreaming of a white christmas but of an Aston Martin... ...
Driving an Aston Martin Vantage tuned by RENNtech
but... would prefer one with a manual gear box.... 7 gears!
DOG LEG MANUAL. 2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR
Trouble in Hell, er, I mean "paradise". Yeah, "paradise".
New poll shows Floridians think Gov. DeSantis is kneecapping efforts to stop COVID-19
FTA: ... as we all know, this modern-day Johnny COVID-seed has incomprehensibly done everything in his power to promote the virus, including banning school mask mandates and preemptively scuttling the use of vaccine passports, even as Florida is so polluted with coronavirus the famous Epcot Center geosphere is on the verge of sprouting giant spike proteins. (Well, maybe not, but wouldn’t that be a fun prank to pull on Florida? If one of y’all can make the big spikey doodads, I’ll help you attach them in the dead of night.)
DeSantis is doubling down on disease because he wants to be president and hopes to dominate the already crowded “give me liberty and give me death” lane during the GOP primaries, which he no doubt sees as the easiest and “safest” route to the nomination. He probably knows that if he reverses course on his “freedom” bet now he’ll be seen as weak, so lots more dead Floridians are deemed a necessary evil.
That said, his bet may be starting to backfire as Florida residents begin to grasp that it’s kind of impossible to enjoy your God-given freedoms if you’re trapped in an ICU bed with an intubation tube rammed down your throat. [emphasis mine]
A new Quinnipiac poll suggests that DeSantis is wildly out of step with his constituents when it comes to COVID-19 mitigation strategies.
... "According to the Quinnipiac University poll, most Floridians, 60-36%, support requiring students, teachers, and staff to wear masks in schools..."
"In a separate question, the Q-Poll found that nearly 70% (68-29) of Floridians said that local officials should be able to require masks in indoor public spaces if they deem it necessary. Almost 60 percent of Floridians (59-39) said everyone should be required to wear masks while in indoor public spaces."
... 61% of Floridians surveyed said the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the state was preventable.
From the Greed makes you stupid files:
The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Hackers Had a Secret Weapon: Self-Promoting Cybersecurity Firms
Five months before DarkSide attacked the Colonial pipeline, two researchers discovered a way to rescue its ransomware victims. Then an antivirus company’s announcement alerted the hackers.
On Jan. 11, antivirus company Bitdefender said it was “happy to announce” a startling breakthrough. It had found a flaw in the ransomware that a gang known as DarkSide was using to freeze computer networks of dozens of businesses in the U.S. and Europe. Companies facing demands from DarkSide could download a free tool from Bitdefender and avoid paying millions of dollars in ransom to the hackers.
[Pro tip: When you find a flaw in the enemy's defensive or offensive capacity, don't fucking tell them.]
But Bitdefender wasn’t the first to identify this flaw. Two other researchers, Fabian Wosar and Michael Gillespie, had noticed it the month before and had begun discreetly looking for victims to help. By publicizing its tool, Bitdefender alerted DarkSide to the lapse, which involved reusing the same digital keys to lock and unlock multiple victims. The next day, DarkSide declared that it had repaired the problem, and that “new companies have nothing to hope for.”
“Special thanks to BitDefender for helping fix our issues,” DarkSide said. “This will make us even better.”
[Pro tip # 2: When your idiot enemy tells you their secrets, don't fucking thank them. DarkSide would have done much better to simply let BitDefender keep running it mouth.
Jeebus, people!]
[This whole episode just goes to show: Hackers (on either side) aren't necessarily clever people; they're just people with very specific skills.]
