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Richard Von Busack's avatar

โ€œTwitter legal experts.โ€ They used to be experts on constitutional law, and epidemiology,

defpac's avatar

On the positive side, no Rethuglican politicians present also meant that the witnesses weren't also directly harassed in person while giving testimony...

kmblue187's avatar

I listened to their testimony and saw again the horrific videos. Trump barely won the popular vote, not that that matters in our EC system. He's only attacking the states he didn't win, Florida would be a prime target but for that. He's getting ready to fight the midterm results just as he did the 2020 results, I wonder what history will make of all this, I hope when it's written Trump will have died in jail.

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

What's in it for President Pedo?

๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆโ€ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ก๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—” ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€

https://apnews.com/article/la-wildfire-rebuilding-trump-e9fef11ca666066d5256dac2d79811b1

Martin Shobe's avatar

You'll be allowed to skip the permits and inspections if you put his name on it?

ASEDC's avatar

When I asked my dad what he wanted for his 80th birthday, he replied, "I've always wanted to learn how to paddleboard...." So that's what we did - in the ocean surf, at high tide. He got up on that board and stayed there. What an uplifting moment; what a role model!

So yeah, hit me up in on your 80th: I'll reserve that surfboard for ya!

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

These fucking weirdos are delusional.

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€' ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€

CEO Alex Karp meets criticism with soaring revenues and a sermon

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/03/palantir_american_rights/

tek's avatar

"It should indeed be uncontroversial that the single most effective means of guarding against incursions into our private lives is to invest in the development of a technical platform that mฬทaฬทkฬทeฬทsฬท ฬทpฬทoฬทsฬทsฬทiฬทbฬทlฬทeฬท ฬทcฬทoฬทnฬทsฬทtฬทrฬทaฬทiฬทnฬทtฬทsฬท ฬทoฬทnฬท ฬทgฬทoฬทvฬทeฬทrฬทnฬทmฬทeฬทnฬทtฬท ฬทaฬทcฬทtฬทiฬทoฬทnฬท ฬทaฬทnฬทdฬท ฬทiฬทnฬทvฬทeฬทsฬทtฬทiฬทgฬทaฬทtฬทiฬทoฬทnฬท ฬทtฬทhฬทrฬทoฬทuฬทgฬทhฬท ฬทgฬทrฬทaฬทnฬทuฬทlฬทaฬทrฬท ฬทpฬทeฬทrฬทmฬทiฬทsฬทsฬทiฬทoฬทnฬทiฬทnฬทgฬท ฬทcฬทaฬทpฬทaฬทbฬทiฬทlฬทiฬทtฬทiฬทeฬทsฬท hoovers up everything it shouldn't have access to and stores in it insecure places."

FIFH.

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

Even Orwell couldn't have predicted the doublespeak we have to contend with nowadays.

Martin Shobe's avatar

I'm sure that the C-suite at Palantir can control how their data is used and those are the only Americans' rights that matter.

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

Their myopia is so advanced that they can only see things taped to the backs of their skulls.

Hamilton & The Crew's avatar

Here is your Morning Russian Oops!!

Russians Brag About Destroyed Ukrainian MLRS: It's Their Own S-400 Battery Destroyed

Suchomimus (5:14) : https://youtu.be/BAdnHb0Pf5U

RROLLLLFF!!

Nancy Naive's avatar

Blue on blue,

Heartache on heartache

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Well, I have been working my ass off this week trying to finish cleaning the sample for the next edition of the oldest IQ test in western History which I love bragging I get to work on. Hopefully I'll wrap up today and be able to look at the means and standarddeviations to see if we can collapse any age ranges (such as 14-15 years old since where intelligence is concerned, the ages are about the same).

Anyway, in local news, the snow is 90% with just a few mounds left. Feb is starting off with some record warm temps. Climate change is no joke.

MRK's avatar

Bari Weiss will be pissed.

Axios headline - "Scoop: FBI chief ready to head to Tuscon as Trump pledge's to help find Guthrie's mom"

Though Patel being ready to travel across the country for photo ops isn't really news.

Linda1961 is proudly woke's avatar

Well, fuck! I wake up to the news that Dipshit STILL hasn't croaked.

ETA: Going to start drinking the champagne that I got months ago to celebrate Dipshit's passing. Maybe not having champagne on hand to celebrate will result in Satan FINALLY calling him home.

Dina's avatar

Last night while I was blow-drying my hair before we went for a few beers at the pub, I had this thought suddenly overtake all others in my head: ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ [๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก] ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข. Now, Chris usually pays for both of us on our nights out and I generally don't need to have my card with me. But, I have said, should He Who Is Still Squatting In the White House happens to kick the ol' bucket while we're out, I'm buying a round for everyone. I even had a "vision" of one of the other regular patrons coming outside saying, "Guess what just hit the news" and me replying, "Don't fuck with me about this...!"

I may have jinxed the whole thing, though, by telling my husband about it. If it happens again, I'll keep my mouth shut and see what happens.

Martin Shobe's avatar

If you were Satan, would you be in a hurry to spend eternity with him?

Nancy Naive's avatar

Hellโ€™s bad enough, thank you.

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

Elno's Praetorian Guard.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต (๐˜›๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜“๐˜Œ). ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด.

๐—˜๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ธโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ซ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/elon-musks-spacex-company-town-is-getting-a-police-department/

Nancy Naive's avatar

It doesnโ€™t need a PD โ€˜til it gets a WalMart parking lot.

Martin Shobe's avatar

The company store doesn't cut it?

NatalyaResists's avatar

Who's paying for it?

Jens TINGLEFF's avatar

As I like to point out, Robert Eckert, of this parish, has written a book about the good work that the Praetorian Guard was doing back in the day.

tek's avatar

We need to build a wall.

Bobathonic, Dingus Crusher's avatar

Launch the town into space.

tek's avatar

How very Republican!

Clean coal!

/ffs

๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ: ๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ก๐ข๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ

๐ด๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ ? ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ต๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ง๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ ? ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ ? ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘ . ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘‚โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘œ.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™, ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž โ€œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ โ€ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›. ๐‘‡๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’, ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ก.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐ธ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘., ๐‘Ž ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™- ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ-๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’. ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘ฆ $60 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ โ€œ๐บ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘คโ€ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‚โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘œ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ . ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ป๐ต6, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž $1.3 ๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก โ€” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘‚โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ€” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐ธ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆโ€™๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/opinion/ohio-firstenergy-utility-corruption-scandal/

Opalescent Riddles's avatar

Ah, more good stuff to come from the Citizens United ruling.

Marty Smit's avatar

ALEC probably did the same in more than a few other states.

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

Deregulating the utilities was another mistake of Ronnie Raygun. Along with deregulating the media companies and the banks.

Bobathonic, Dingus Crusher's avatar

It's only a mistake if you don't like feudal serfdom.

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด โ€œ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ,โ€ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข,โ€ [๐˜‹-๐˜”๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ] ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ.

โ€œ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—นโ€: ๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€

Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/capture-it-all-ice-urged-to-explain-memo-about-collecting-info-on-protesters/

Including all the data sent to Palantir.

Babe Paley's avatar

Morning, all. I couldnโ€™t stay asleep.

Suzie Greenburg's avatar

I was grateful that my 4:45 wake up didn't stick. Another hour and a half was a nice get.

I hope you got enough rest, if not then an early bedtime tonight for ya

Babe Paley's avatar

4:45 is about my usual, but anxiety lately gets me around 3. And itโ€™s boring at that hour!

Ah wellโ€”maybe a nap.

Have a good day!

Noma Larkey's avatar

I've had the "little sleep anxieties" the past 2 nights. Not sure what's triggering it this week (any more than the usual BS, I mean), other than a few work frustrations. I'm hoping some outdoors time this weekend will help.

Zyxomma's avatar

Good morning, Babe. Rise and shine!

Babe Paley's avatar

We have no tea and no avocado, and I doubt we have fruitโ€”still, I will do my best!

Good morning, you two!

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Morning all. โ˜•๏ธ

#Worldle #1476 (05.02.2026) 1/6 (100%)

๐Ÿ”ฅ Current Win Streak: 2 days

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŽ‰

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share

Land Shark ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ's avatar

Two things about this: 1. Read up on lockdown mode and use unbroken chat apps like Signal (signal.org), and 2. the fact that law enforcement can't compel you to give them the passcode to your phone but *can* compel you to use the Touch ID seems very illogical.

๐—™๐—•๐—œ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ

Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/fbi-stymied-by-apples-lockdown-mode-after-seizing-journalists-iphone/