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07:12 <@Dolemite> mr0ning, be0tches and h0ez!
07:35 <@Dolemite> https://gizmodo.com/twitter-elon-musk-mta-nws-bart-noaa-bots-api-shut-down-1850345806
07:35 < PigBot> MTA, NWS, BART, NOAA Twitter Bots Nuked After Elon Musk Tweaks (at gizmodo.com) https://tinyurl.com/242by3m7
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07:40 < Evilpig> business schools for decades should be able to use his takeover of twitter as a teaching model on how not to manage
07:40 <@Dolemite> centuries
07:41 <@Dolemite> Between him and Trump's modus operandi of nonpayment and stalling they're a whole textbook on wrong
07:41 < Evilpig> everything from his micromanagement to completely destroying things because of his lack of understanding how a product was being used
07:42 < Evilpig> you might as well lump disney's handling of desantis on that.  that dude ...  he's off the rails
07:42 <@Dolemite> Oh, but I did see a post on FB this morning that shows hope for our future.   An old contact of mine when I lived in ATL - she was a school teacher for a while and is now a retired (younger than me, though!) MAGA wife.   She posted that the new US History textbooks were horribly biased against Trump.
07:44 < Evilpig> stupid facebook.  so my former teacher's funeral is thursday, I am relatively sure I am going to have to deal with someone that I haven't spoken to in 20 years and am dreading it
08:13  * aestetix hugs Dolemite 
08:14 < aestetix> Evilpig: have you skipped your high school reunions?
08:17 <@Dagmar> Yeah well, give it time and all the history books will highlight him as the worst President the country has ever had.
08:22 <@Mirage> I was watching something yesterday talking about how crazy politics has gotten and the one main thing I found interesting was that (supposedly) we currently have the highest number of voters who identify as 'Independent' than ever before...49% of voters.  Personally I find that hard to believe.  They did mention that their poll was only for a thousand people.
08:24 < Evilpig> aestetix: we've only had one
08:26 < Evilpig> Mirage: I want to think that we have a majority of independents and they're just registered major party for primaries, but trump really shattered that delusion.
08:32 < aestetix> Evilpig: what's stopping them from registering as independent?
08:34 <@Mirage> aestetix: As I was told a LONG time ago, you don't register as non-party or independent because it greatly decreases the number of elections that you can take part in
08:35 < aestetix> ugh I hate that
08:39 <@Mirage> Yeah, agreed.  I was registered as independent/non-party for a while until I got a lecture about how I was limiting myself by doing so.
08:49 <@Dolemite> The worst of the candidates are decided during the primaries.   I used to skip primary elections until I realized that.
09:15 <@Mirage> On a sep note, I'm enjoying 'cyberpsychosis' hacks in Cyberpunk 2077 entirely too much.  Why waste ammo when I can just hack one of the bad guys and he/she starts shooting their friends?
09:18 <@Dolemite> Ah, game.   At first I thought cyberpsychosis was what you inflicted upon the remote team in India.
09:19 <@Dolemite> or vice versa
09:24 < aestetix> Mirage: can you register as independent and then do a write-in?
09:24 < aestetix> Or I guess.... register as a dem or rep and write in, or vote for the other side?
09:24 <@Dolemite> You can always do a write-in, but if you don't declare for one party or another then you can't participate in their primary
09:25 <@Mirage> ^ ++
09:25 < aestetix> oh ok
09:25 <@Dolemite> In many states you don't actually register as one or the other.   For instance, in TN, you simply tell them poll worker which primary you wish to participate in and they give you that ballot.   You can't participate in both in the same election.
09:25 < aestetix> Is that how such horrible candidates make it to the general?
09:26 <@Dolemite> Yes, the worst of humanity is on display during the primary but their skeletons are still mostly in the closet.   However, once the 'R' candidate gets to the general election, the crowdthink puts them in office because "I'll never vote for no dummycrat!"
09:26  * aestetix is registered as an independent due to hatred of both sides
09:26 <@Dolemite> I typically vote for a mixture of D, I, and R candidates in the general election
09:27 < aestetix> I haven't actually voted for POTUS since 2012
09:27 < aestetix> due to lack of quality
09:27 <@Dolemite> I have jumped back and forth on primaries.
09:29 < aestetix> I'd register as libertarian, but they have also been weak and a bit nutty
09:32 <@Mirage> In comparison to politics 10-15 years ago, yeah.  Now they're becoming the more sane ones.
09:33 <@Dolemite> I don't think we have an official libertarian designation here in TN.   They are all simply "I" candidates.
09:40 <@Dagmar> That's because most Tennesseans idea of "liberty" is either "voting republican" or "those damn lefties"
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11:32 < aestetix> I'm a big fan of the "leave me the fuck alone" party
11:33 < aestetix> The libertarians seem obsessed with ridiculous things like trying to abolish drivers licenses
12:59 <@Dolemite> Too many of the die hard libertarians that I've chatted with want zero government rather than limited government.  I can't trust a corporation as far as I can throw y0 momma, so we do need some government just to keep law & order and civil rights and environmental protection.
14:03 <@Mirage> "Dominion v. Fox: Could case be weaponized against freedom of press?"  HOPEFULLY it'll be used to start putting in some laws about responsible reporting..as in needing to actually have FACTS to back up whatever is being reported vs just spewing out BS propaganda
14:06 <@Dolemite> ++
14:21 <@Mirage> Yay, rain forecast for wed night->fri night.  Allergies have been kicking my ass, so I'm really hoping for anything that might knock down the pollen for a bit.
14:21 < Evilpig> Mirage: you shut your filthy mouth!  news-ertainment cannot exist with truth or "facts"
14:53 <@Dagmar> It *used* to be that a news agency would just be "done" the moment they started reporting bullshit
14:54 <@Dagmar> Fox managed to farm enough idiot viewers and inescapable contracts with cable companies that they basically untethered themselves from that, and were thusly able to just start saying whatever the fuck they pleased without going broke
14:55 <@Dagmar> I'm sure they'll holler about "free market" and so on being sufficient, but they aren't subject to those, so it's time to pay the fuckin' piper
18:46 <@Dagmar> Goddamn Dominion settling out of court
18:46 <@Dagmar> I would have much rather seen them drag Fox through the mud so it would be on record how much of a pack of lies they were telling
18:53 <@Mirage> These are weird.  https://www.pcworld.com/article/1523642/tour-the-labs-making-airjet-solid-state-coolers-that-will-replace-your-pc-fans.html
18:53 < PigBot> Lab tour! Meet AirJet's futuristic solid-state laptop cooling tech | PCWorld (at www.pcworld.com) https://tinyurl.com/276jwlja
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