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  1. 2 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    For fuck's sake, I already fixed it. Refresh your fucking screen.

    And I usually am very god damned vigilant about pasting articles using plain text. As I ALREADY explained, I had repasted the text from a post I'd made in DT, not realizing that the plain text I had used in that forum would not carry over into this one.

    It’s all good, my brother. I thought my smiley emoji would convey that I was just having lighthearted fun. Swing-and-a-miss, I guess. 

  2. Just now, Biff Tannen said:

    Uh, I'd rather keep it with the Chinese.

    Is there an Australian billionaire who can step up? Wasn’t there some dude who reported about Trump spilling classified information to him?

  3. 7 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    I was repasting from the DT thread (where I did do plain text from the original article). I didn't realize that it'd mess up within the Surly ecosystem. It's funny though that now those who absolutely never paste in plain text can see how ridiculous it looks to those of us who read Surly in dark mode.

    It’s even worse for us normal people when we’re forced into dark mode pastes. :)

     

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    Dark mode hurts my eyes. I don’t get the attraction. I’m not sure it’s all that its users think it is. But whatever. Do what you wanna. But we should all be vigilant about posting in plain text, imo. (If we want to include the links, we can edit our plain text posts to include them if we’re not too lazy to take the time.)

    https://www.wired.com/story/dark-mode-chrome-android-ios-science/

  4. So fucking pathetic.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/28/desantis-trump-meeting-miami-00154845

    DeSantis meets with Trump to help with 2024 election

    MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump seem ready to put their feud from the Republican presidential primary aside — for real this time.

    The two Florida Republicans met in Miami Sunday morning to talk about how they could work together during the general election, according to half a dozen people familiar with the meeting who were granted anonymity to speak freely.

    The meeting was first reported by the Washington Post.

    The get-together was arranged by Florida real-estate broker Steve Witkoff, several people confirmed to POLITICO. A Trump campaign official said it was a “good meeting set at the request of Gov. DeSantis.”

    Three DeSantis donors texted POLITICO to say that they thought the move for the two men to make peace was “smart.”

    DeSantis told his most loyal donors during a retreat in Hollywood this month that he would be fundraising for Trump’s campaign, POLITICO was first to report. The Republican governor proved himself to be a prodigious fundraiserduring his 2022 reelection campaign, raising a record sum in excess of $200 million. He then parlayed much of that money toward a political action committee for a failed presidential run.

    “It’s a great development and makes perfect sense for Trump, Desantis and all Republicans,” said Roy Bailey, who was one of three finance chairs for DeSantis’ presidential campaign. “Gov. DeSantis had a really strong volunteer finance team and if we could plug that in and help Trump then that’s what we need to do — and want to do. It’s important to all get together and row in the same direction.”

    The pivotal turn of events could help to restore the two men’s relationship after a particularly brutal primary, where Trump often personally attacked the governor and repeatedly tried to show him up in Florida, the state they both call home. Making amends also could help to elevate DeSantis’ profile, including the role he’ll play in the 2024 general election and the GOP convention in Milwaukee.

    Spoiler

    Trump has shown himself to get beyond some of the most bitter fights with his enemies, but it’s not clear those on Trump’s political operation will be as forgiving in the longterm since several officials, including Susie Wiles, worked for DeSantis in the past.

    Trump and DeSantis worked together when the former president was in the White House, and Trump took credit during the primary for helping DeSantis become governor in 2018. He often said he felt stung by what he viewed as DeSantis’ lack of gratitude for his support.

    DeSantis kept his pledge to endorse Trump for president after dropping out in January, but shortly after he proceeded to trash his former rival’s electability and criticize him for using “identity politics” in picking a running mate.

    Trump was brutal in return, including by endorsing candidates in Florida — one whose election isn’t until 2026, DeSantis’ last year in office before he’ll be term-limited out. Trump even urged Republicans to level a primary against Rep. Laurel Lee, the only Republican member of the Florida delegation to have endorsed DeSantis over Trump.

    DeSantis previously said he didn’t expect to campaign with Trump in Florida because the Republican-leaning state isn’t competitive — and the Trump campaign fired back that he wasn’t wanted. DeSantis often criticized Trump over his policy record as president, including on the Covid pandemic and immigration, and blasted Trump for criticizing a six-week abortion restriction he signed into law. But the governor demurred two weeks ago when POLITICO asked whether he thought Trump should say how he was voting on an abortion referendum set to go before Florida voters in November.

    DeSantis has not ruled out a 2028 run for president and appears to be making amends with Republicans and others he’s fought with. Walt Disney World, for instance, settled its lawsuit against the governor after he appointed a competent official friendly to the California-based company to oversee its special taxing district, putting a two-year feud to a close.

    DeSantis also has been meeting privately with donors to voice appreciation for their support, a move that is widely viewed as an effort to rebrand and retool his persona following a perception that he has failed to give gratitude to supporters for his success.

     

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  5. 53 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

    The funny thing is, people that are good at development don't stop at 1 building.  If you do well at it, there is no shortage of people wanting to work with you to then do 2 new ones after the fact, and so on and so on.  Yes developers go thru hot streaks and cold streaks, some will even be bankrupted and reconstituted, but nonetheless, they continue to work and bring forth new developments.  Funny how that never happened.  

    And I always sort of assumed the nature of the business was such that the people who needed to know who you were knew who you were, and going around promoting yourself to the public as if you were something special wouldn’t bring the kind of attention you really wanted. That’s probably mostly based on the fact that I never saw any other builders trying to impress my midwestern teenage self that they were some kind of business titan. 

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  6. 32 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    I happened to be in NYC soon after Trump Tower opened. He seemed like a prick, but we all thought he was a huge success story. I went into the building.

    All the gold and marble screamed tacky.  I was rather surprised. It was the first real insight into his insane concern that everybody thinks him to be King Midas.

    I also had the feeling that I didn't belong. They didn't want me to feel like I could casually stroll around. I was probably in jeans and an okay shirt and sneakers. Just a person.

    Whatever chance there was that I might have a favorable opinion of him vanished in that short visit to his Pleasure Dome.

    I’ve never had any desire to visit Trump Tower. (But I’ve been to the top of the World Trade Center. Glad I got to do that.)

    My introduction to Trump was after he built TT and he was getting all this attention on TV, like it was huge news that this young real estate developer built a skyscraper in NYC and named it after himself. Big fucking deal, I thought, there are lots of skyscrapers in NYC. The people who built those don’t go around trumpeting their greatness. This guy seems like a douchebag. Then I used to see him on the cover of the National Enquirer a lot and that only made him seem more cheap and tacky. It wasn’t until later that I learned it was all part of a penchant more for promoting himself to the rubes rather than actually producing things and doing good work.

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  7. 10 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

    Trump presidency was one of the better things to ever happen to W's legacy

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    Never thought I would..but after 2017-2021 can't say I didn't...and with the shit show that is current Texas politics and rise of MAGA it does make me yearn for what used to be a more reasonable brand of Republicans like Bush...but here we are...

    Dubya had PEPFAR. That’s the one highlight of his presidency. The rest was a disaster. The only thing that makes him look better is that Trump managed to actually be a worse president. Bush did a lot of things to pave the way for Trump. 

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  8. 5 hours ago, Hookah Horns said:

    What a stupid fucking evil psychotic cunt whore. 

    Putting aside the evil of the deed, her writing this story down and not editing it out is one of the most brain dead things I've ever heard. Assuming she actually wanted to run for VP. 

    It's a shame she didn't wait until after Dotard picked her. 

    Maybe she was auditioning for her selection by Trump to be his running mate. He hates dogs. What she did wouldn’t bother him in the least, being a pathetic excuse for a human being himself. 

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  9. 4 hours ago, 'stache said:

    I love the drive-by “but I could never vote for Biden.” Why exactly? You disagree with his economic policies? That he kills babies in the 4th trimester? His age? It’s okay to disagree with him but considering the opposition, and the fact that the matchup is already set, and that we’re guaranteed an octogenarian either way, what on earth could possibly justify “both are bad so it doesn’t matter.” The other guy is flat out telling you he’s going to scrap all constitutional norms, and oh by the way is a rapist and criminal. I just don’t get it, at all, the assumption has to be a closet trumpkin.

    He supports Trump. He’s just afraid to admit it because Trump is a piece of shit whom no decent person supports. 

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  10. 2 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

    Sadly, there is an aspect of meat consumption statistics that nobody seems to want to talk about. People don't want to give up much meat consumption, but they'll want to give up this even less:

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    UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

    We're a pet-crazy nation. I like dogs and cats. The resources going to them and the damage they do is nuts. 

    Stop acquiring new pets. When your beloved dog dies. Mourn it. Don't replace it. You can live without a new one just like you can live without a giant pick up truck and 20% of the meat you now consume. 

    Or, people can keep doing what they're doing and pass some more consequences the the young. 

    It's not a difficult guess about which way the Americans will go. We've been very consistent in our choices.

    We should start by banning cats. 

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  11. This is only tangential to the climate issue but The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a worthwhile read.

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    A couple of the meals address the contrast between “industrial organic” and a more natural, holistic approach to organic farming. (I’m sure I could phrase that better if I had more time.) The final meal is all sourced by hunting and gathering. (The first meal was fast food.)

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