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Mastodon, eh?
Middle-aged, cis-het white guy; my experience has been that the more we amplify the voices of those who don't fall neatly into those categories, the better. So that's what I try to do.
FYI: if I see you scolding someone for mastodonning wrong (i.e., "We don't do threads on Mastodon!" "You need to tag your b/w photos as colorless!" "This discussion of racism needs to be hidden behind a content warning!") I will block you.
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HistoPol, to movies
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I could need a bit of help regarding an old US movie which I cannot remember the title of.

It is a about a couple, probably set in the 1950s and black and white, which goes on their honeymoon in the US with a caravan. Everything goes wrong and I remember that at one point, the caravan comes off from the car and roles down a hill, I think with the bride still inside.

Hint: I don't think it's this movie:

https://youtu.be/Ucb9O8q1eOc

Thanks!

RufusJCooter,
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@HistoPol Not B&W, but this is what immediately came to mind for me...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucb9O8q1eOc

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@HistoPol I had an inkling! (Can't imagine seeing Lucy Ball in something & not remembering she was in it...)

Could have sworn there was a Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn flick that had a similar plot, but a quick IMDB search didn't turn up anything for either... (I also checked all of the likely suspects I could think of for romantic comedies of the 50s - no joy there, either)

RufusJCooter,
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@HistoPol Hmm. What do you remember about the make of the caravan/trailer? (Complicating the search, obviously, is that the term used in the US is "trailer", which makes it hard to search for a movie about a "trailer", because Google wants to show you trailers for movies, not trailers that you hook up to your truck or whatever...)

Was it Airstream-looking, or more like a trolley car?

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I read the jury instructions.

With the disclaimer that this is absolutely not a prediction of what the jury will do, not much in the jury instructions change what I had to say here:

https://terikanefield.com/wheres-the-beef-trumps-manhattan-criminal-case-and-some-mind-bending-legal-puzzles/

I wrote about predicate crimes for predicate crimes.

The predicate crime for falsification of business records is
NEW YORK ELECTION LAW § 17-152 PREDICATE.

The jury gets three possible predicate crimes for 17-152.

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RufusJCooter,
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@MillardPhillmore @Teri_Kanefield That was my (initial, non-lawyer) thought as well - that the detour increases the number of routes that any individual juror can take to get to the prosecution's desired destination of guilty.

EDIT: That is, the prosecution's theory is that a) Trump et al. falsified business records re Cohen's reimbursement -> b) with the purpose of corruptly interfering with an election -> c) by 1) FECA viol 2) tax viol and/or 3) falsifying the records re Stormy's payoff

RufusJCooter,
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@MillardPhillmore @Teri_Kanefield + and that the result of the detour through the 'corruptly interfering with an election' bit means that The People don't need to get 12 jurors to unanimously agree that c) 1, 2 or 3 happened; we could have 3 jurors thinking all 3 happened, 6 thinking that c) 1 & 3 happened, and 3 thinking that just c) 3 happened. (Or whatever)

But since Trump wasn't charged with c) 1, 2 or 3, The People don't need to worry about proof beyond a reasonable doubt on any of those.

GottaLaff, to random
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Reminder: I'm on the road today, so I will NOT be live-posting the

Please follow @Nonilex for coverage. She's terrific!

RufusJCooter,
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@GottaLaff Safe travels! (I don't have an appropriate .GIF handy, but please don't think that means I don't care! I recently decommissioned my Windows laptop, and my Chromebook, because reasons, so now I'm here in Linuxtown, which is fine, mostly, except my gif libraries are gone. So, please accept my text-only bon voyage!)

GottaLaff, to random
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So here's how it's going:

We got all the furniture into the POD and now have to pack what's remaining in the kitchen. So things are a little messy

Our twins are down from Canada helping, & their dear friend is here for the night from San Diego, to see them. We adore her. But it's a little chaotic

At 4:30 am we get a text--coincidentally we're awake--from our pal/realtor! We'd missed her earlier text, we have a showing today at 12:30. Oy. & why was SHE up?

Scramble time

Just a normal day

RufusJCooter,
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@lisamelton @GottaLaff Can confirm. Perhaps a little light mood music, to ease us all into the weekend?

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=I_aBmrYChfQ

mekkaokereke, to random
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Every Black rapper has a political opinion. Every single one. But you only hear about the political opinions of the ones that support Trump. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Because that's what US news, which is tuned for white eyes, pushes.

Many white Dems and white GOP folk genuinely believe that Black folk only vote for Black folk, and that Black folk blindly vote for whoever a Black celebrity tells them to vote for. They're genuinely surprised when Black folk don't vote for Kanyes or Hershels or Tim Scotts. Every time.

RufusJCooter,
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@mekkaokereke Which is absurd, really, because there literally isn't a demographic in the USA that has more experience with picking the least awful of the available options, than Black voters, for as long as there have been Black voters here.

See, e.g., the re-election of John Lindsay as mayor of NYC in 1969.

nyquildotorg, to random
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I once read that the show Baywatch (1989 - 2001) was greenlit via a video montage of girls in swimsuits on a beach while Don Henley's hit "Boys of Summer" played.

I don't really have anything to say about that other than that I think it makes perfect sense.

RufusJCooter,
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@nyquildotorg Corey Hart "Sunglasses at Night"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8

stux, to random
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Server has been upgraded to the largest possible for now (960GB disk) and Postgres seems to be running normal again.. finally!

Still gotta do some fixes on indexes in the database but at least all is running smooth again :blobhappy:

Within some time I shall look into a more affordable dedicated server with more wiggle room and hopefully a smaller price tag 💸

I am so sorry for all the trouble from the past days :sad_cat: ❤️ Thank you for all the support and patience once more!

RufusJCooter,
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@stux No worries, y'all! (Seriously, you've got a much better up-time record than a /lot/ of services that my work uses. And pays a /lot/ for!)

Appreciate you!

andrew, to law
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I reckon Copilot+ PC is going to be a product that an entire class of professional just simply can't purchase or use for work. Thinking of , , etc.

Surely the "features" will be able to be disabled, but can anyone reasonably trust that?

@law

RufusJCooter,
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@andrew @law Another point I saw someone make yesterday (forget who, sorry!): if this becomes A Thing, how will discovery work? How about document retention orders? We're just gonna trust the AI to take care of that for us?

atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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Why are people surprised that cassettes are still made?

It should be obvious why they’re still around.

Cassettes are the cheapest form of music media out there. Anyone can buy one blank cassette and start recording. Equipment is cheap: all you need is a boombox.

If you want good analog recording, you can use them on a Tascam Portastudio 4-track machine—and it will sound great.

I went to a music store the other day and saw the same album on vinyl, CD, and cassette. Guess which one I bought?

It was the cassette. It was C$12—thus C$28 cheaper than the vinyl.

Here’s the kicker. If you have a good tape deck, and a quality recording, cassettes can sound better than vinyl. Even a type 1 cassette theoretically has better dynamic range than vinyl.

RufusJCooter,
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@atomicpoet Yah. 'Tis true.

I think audio cassettes got a bad rap when the transition to CDs was happening, because when the labels went all-in on CDs, they treated other formats as after-thoughts, and simply pressed vinyl & mass-produced cassettes from the masters that were optimized for CD.

Which.

Well, bigger audio nerds than I can tell you why that's bad.
Mind, tape ain't perfect! It doesn't last forever! But brother, if you believe that those CD-Rs you burned in 1998 will last forever...

RufusJCooter,
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@upmultimedia @atomicpoet See, I'm not sure it is - here's why

Any analog recording/playback device is going to require care/maintenance. (My buddy who's /way/ into vinyl has an array of brushes & sprays & devices that come out every time he puts a platter on the turntable. It sounds amazing! And it looks exhausting!

For tape, you need to periodically get out the isopropyl & special lint-free swabs to clean the heads - a chore, but the median well-maintained tape deck > average turntable.

atomicpoet, to random
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The problem with having such a complicated audio set-up is that it takes ages to figure out what’s wrong. Seriously, here’s my chain:

  1. Computer
  2. USB cable
  3. DAC
  4. RCA cable
  5. Receiver
  6. Speaker wire
  7. Speaker

I totally understand why some people would rather just do Bluetooth instead. However, I have this weird obsession with HiFi.

RufusJCooter,
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@atomicpoet I've simplified my set-up a bunch by running HDMI from my computer to the TV, then running RCA out from there to the receiver

Nonilex, to conservative
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#TrumpTrial 🧵 Monday 20 May 2024

#Trump has a huge posse today, including #KashPatel; #GerryKassar, a #conservative party leader in NY; #BernieKerik, fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; #AlanDershowitz, lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & #BorisEpshteyn, legal adviser who was #indicted in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.

#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #MobTactics #StochasticTerrorism #GagOrder

RufusJCooter,
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@Nonilex
Also referred to by many legal experts as "The Shaggy Defense"

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYmI3MXZ3cWptMHF0cGRndWdiMXVma3gyaGdwcWUyMzVldm52YjBzdCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/3CiLrTgKkqL0k/giphy.gif

stux, to random
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Sooo.. the reason you start out in underwear is because you wake up on an abandoned and alien attacked space station from hibernation and will collect your first set of armor on the station

From there you'll be able to go to different planets etc!

**don't mind the not-fitting icons, i know :blobcatgiggle:

Unreal Engine 5 space game project where the player can now equip armor from the inventory The armor are items from a data table with stats per item and a mesh

RufusJCooter,
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@stux ...and here I was, thinking it was all the set-up for a pickle joke

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

1/... Erica Orden:

Trump returned to courtroom accompanied by Eric, Lara Trump, + rest of entourage.

McB:

Back in overflow, the rules are as strict as ever—even Chris Hayes
gets ID'd.

"Press credentials?" a court officer demands, as another reporter gives a good natured, "You sure you're a member of the press, Chris?"

RufusJCooter,
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@GottaLaff @ClassyT Last time I moved back in '08, I didn't have any choice but PODS (there was a 3 month gap between moving out of the old place & into the new); worked out brilliantly. It was a really good solution for me to move/temporarily store my stuff until the new place was ready!

RufusJCooter, to random
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kilometers, miles, leagues... kinda bugs me how this guy keeps changing units of measurement

#monsterdon

GrimmReality, to random
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As it is the greatest tv show ever made, we all have our favorite Futurama moments, but the one that may resonate most with me is when the Robot Devil says "This opera is as lousy as it is brilliant" because it reminds me of some of my favorite people's social medium jokes.

RufusJCooter,
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@GrimmReality Not that you asked us to name our favorite Futurama moments... but here's mine:

https://youtu.be/O7tiIWIm8Ys

RufusJCooter,
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@msbellows @GrimmReality To be certain: I will never say a bad word about Bryan Cranston or Jane Kaczmeryk! But! They did a lot of, uh, heavy lifting, let's say, to turn some, uh, questionable work by their child co-stars into something watchable?

RufusJCooter,
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@msbellows @GrimmReality Don't get me wrong! There's a lot to like about MITM! It's a top 10 example of the "Live-Action Cartoon" genre! Loved it when it was airing new episodes!

...But! Upon rewatches, it hasn't aged all that great?

RufusJCooter,
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@msbellows @GrimmReality (apologies for stepping away - apparently there's a coronal mass ejection shortly to turn my sky all pretty)

flockofnazguls, to random
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    RufusJCooter,
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    @flockofnazguls You're not wrong! But I think the most pressing need right now is prophylactic antishittification.

    atomicpoet, (edited ) to random
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    Listen, if you’re a white person, and you think you’ve had Szechuan food, you probably haven’t.

    Most of the Szechuan restaurants in the USA lack a basic component: spiciness.

    I say this because a friend from out of town just went to a Szechuan restaurant in Vancouver, thought it was going to be business as usual, and now he’s doubled over because the spice is too much for him.

    He tells me, it’s so bad, that he feels the spice eking out of his pores. 🤣

    RufusJCooter,
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    @adnan @atomicpoet Well, the thing is, it's not just that different spices are different.

    It's that spices get processed by your system in the context of the other things that it's concurrently processing.

    You're (probably?) not eating raw green chilies on their own, w/o any other spices or ingredients alongside? Like, chicken, or rice, or [whatever]?

    Listen: Mexican hot is different from Szechuan hot is different from Thai hot is different from NOLA hot is different from [etc.]

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    Again, "Trump is worse!" Then blocked🤷🏿‍♂️

    https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/@steter/112402055418029413

    Gotta respect the doubling down! Replying to me posting some dude saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me, with saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me too! The commitment to the bit is impressive!

    Listen, you can get as mad as you want. You can call Black folk criticizing Biden "Bitching" if you want. We're still going to do it.

    The CDC under Biden dropped the Covid isolation period from "5 days" to "vibes days." Not Trump.

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    @mekkaokereke It really is amazing, and disappointing, but not surprising, how many people don't realize that they could just... not?

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