#Bove is asking #Pecker about #Dino Sajudin, the #doorman w/a story to sell about #Trump fathering a child out of wedlock. Sajudin was at the heart of the 1st #CatchAndKill deal, in which The NE purchased the story & did not publish it. Bove asks Pecker to repeat that he believed that if the story were true, “it could be the biggest #NationalEnquirer article ever.” Bove appears to be trying to suggest that Pecker would have published it had he been able to verify it.
Prosecutors in Trump’s #criminal trial say he has violated a #GagOrder barring him from attacking #witnesses, #jurors & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.
Trump visibly responded when this story came up. Like yesterday, he frowned & shook his head.
Pecker said the love child story would’ve been a big story, & he believed it was important to have it "removed from the market." #MichaelCohen told him "the boss would be very pleased."
Regardless of whether the story was true or not, the #jury was shown a #contract the #NationalEnquirer reached w/ #Dino Sajudin, the #doorman, in which the words "Donald Trump's illegitimate child" feature prominently.
#Steinglass asked Pecker why he paid so much for the story.
“I made the decision to buy the story because of the potential embarrassment it would have to the #campaign & Mr. #Trump," Pecker said.
If that is not happening, then why, what is stopping you?
The (wrong and silly) assumption that everyone must use Google/Apple phones is expected from Big Tech these days but you are supposed to be among the good guys. Please help us be free from Google/Apple 🙂
This #DINO is still serving Pres Biden. Zients advocates for big bus; minimizes Covid, & the needs of many workers who prefer to work from home or have a variety of legit. reasons not be in the office, esp. the immunocompromised & those with young children: WH COS Zients is applying pressure on Cab. secretaries & agencies heads to bring their workforce back into the office, telling them to "personally track" their progress and develop "concrete plans" for goals. #WFHhttps://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/zients-biden-cabinet-return-to-office
I think at this point it's worth thinking about why we need text chats and voice/video calls integrated with each other like what #XMPP (try to), #Matrix, and #Discord do
Why not just go back to #IRC or something like #AIM for text, and something like #Skype for calls like the old days :sagume_think:
File exchange in #XMPP nowadays is either HTTP upload (covered by #OMEMO) or #jingle file transfer, which should be e2e encrypted, too, but I'm not sure about it.
The more I use #Matrix the more I yearn for #xmpp.
The amount of resources a Matrix home server consumes is pretty insane too.
I also have this annoying bug / behavior with any Matrix client (#Element iOS and desktop, #fluffychat ) where the chat view randomly jumps around while you’re reading a backlog. It kinda sucks.
Mildly related: I will use Matrix (i.e. :matrix.org) soon using my #Jabber client, thanks to #slidge#matridge, a personal gateway from #XMPP to Matrix. I'm still in test mode, but I'm optimistic that #Dino and #Gajim will replace nheko on my desktop soon.
Boris aus der Gattung Brachiosaurus. Ich hab ihn schon mal gehäkelt. Kam gut bei einem Kind an. Als Größenvergleich habe ich einen Elefanten nebendran platziert!! Die Anleitung für den Dino ist aus einem Buch. #Amigurumi#Häkeln#crochet#Dino@handarbeithttp://www.annelum.de/?p=3495
For the fun of it, you could install your own #Jabber server, e.g. #snikket by @snikket_im and the #slidge gateway by @nicoco. It's a whole set of #XMPP transports, not only for Signal, but also for Whatsapp, Telegram, Discord, Mattermost, Steam, Skype, Facebook Messenger, and Matrix.