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Trump / Supreme Court / Vote
Nakedly says he's hoping the Supreme Court helps him take the election
2020-10-31 trump • politics • corruption • supremecourt
Unions planning for Trump fuckery
A general strike if Trump refuses to accept a Biden victory
2020-10-31 trump • politics • unions • strike • generalstrike • coup
Biden bus harassment
Another take on what happened today; trucks and cars driving threateningly around campaign bus
2020-10-31 biden • trump • politics • fascism • brownshirts • assault
Brownshirts harass Biden/Harris campaign bus
Hard to understand this story, but it sounds terrifying
2020-10-31 biden • harris • trump • politics • fascism • assault • brownshirts
Holbrooke Hotel renovated
Grass Valley's grand old landmark hotel has had a major refurbish
2020-10-30 grassvalley • hotel • tourism • nevadacounty • tootme
Nevada County ISPs
Excellent list of all the options for Internet. Note: many of these are unavailable in most areas or don't work well.
2020-10-30 internet • isp • nevadacounty • johnpaul • wisp • california • rural • tootme
Stolen children sent to Mexico
Children from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras are taken from their parents at the US border, then sent back alone to Mexico where they know no one and aren't even from there.
2020-10-30 mexico • politics • border • humanrights • trump
RIP Pok Pok
Andy Richter throws in the towel on his ground-breaking American Thai restaurant.
2020-10-30 pokpok • food • thailand • thai • cooking • portland • tootme
Police Nationalists
On the prevalence of the Blue Lives Matter flag at Trump events, now replacing the American flag
2020-10-30 fascism • politics • trump • bluelivesmatter • police
AI vs bald man
Automated camera for soccer game keeps focussing on a referee because it thought his bald head was a soccer ball
2020-10-30 soccer • ai • machinelearning • funny • tootme • via:metafilter
Fake intelligence dossier
Right wing folks flogging info on Hunter Biden from a fabricated person
2020-10-29 fake • propaganda • trump • politics • scandal • hunterbiden
Remdesivir and FDA
More evidence of the Trump administration corrupting medicine
2020-10-29 medicine • fda • remdesivir • corruption • politics • trump
Pennsylvania voter suppression
The Republican party's war on voting is particularly aggressive in PA
2020-10-29 pennsylvania • voting • votingrights • election • trump • politics
Daddy
Sweet short film of LGBT interest with Ron Rifkin and Dylan Sprouse
2020-10-29 gay • lgbt • elderly • hustler • callboy • rentboy • love • film • movie • tootme
Fears of election violence
This article actually makes me optimistic; it's not as bad as I feared it'd be right now
2020-10-29 politics • violence • fascism • trump • election • voting • votingrights • protest
Stephen Miller is waiting
The white supremacist in charge of immigration policy has a shock and awe plan for the second term
2020-10-28 politics • trump • miller • stephenmiller • immigration • nazi • fascist • racist
Bring your gun to vote
Michigan judge overturns safety order preventing people from carrying guns to the polling place
2020-10-27 vote • guns • michigan • politics • fascism
Archive.is blocks Cloudflare DNS
Finally understand why the archiving site doesn't work for me; its owner doesn't like Cloudflare DNS
2020-10-27 cloudflare • archive.is • archive.today • dns • privacy • edns
Moxie Marlinspike profile
Long detailed story on the guy at the helm of Signal, the secure communication tool
2020-10-27 moxie • signal • cryptography • security • tootme
QAnon parody ad
Fairly funny
2020-10-27 politics • qanon • conspiracy
Ruben Gallego on Harvard
Excellent little twitter thread about how hard a congressman worked to get into Harvard compared to Kushner's silver spoon experience
2020-10-26 harvard • politics • latinx • latino • minority • diligence
Usenet reports
Top 50 discussion groups *still active*. And I thought Usenet was dead.
2020-10-26 usenet • discussion • socialmedia • internet • tootme
Geothermal energy
Update on various technologies for producing electricity from the earth's heat
2020-10-26 heat • electricity • earth • power • energy • carbonneutral • tootme
Early voting statistics
Excellent details on early vote counts. 59M Americans have voted early; that's nearly half the 2016 total!
2020-10-26 voting • elections • votebymail • count • politics
The October Fizzle
Totally wild story-behind-the-story about the Hunter Biden emails nothingburger.
2020-10-26 politics • journaism • biden • giuliani • trump • incompetence • octobersurprise
Gakuryu Ishii
Japanese art film maker; directed Halber Mensch movie in 1985
2020-10-26 movies • fillm • japan • halbermensch • punk
Queer cowboys
Nice set of photos
2020-10-25 gay • lgbt • queer • cowboys • america • photos • tootme
Homiesexuals
"Scrolling through the TikTok feeds of the group’s physically buff members can feel as if you’re witnessing what would happen if the boys of Tiger Beat spent an uninhibited summer in Fire Island Pines."
2020-10-24 gay • tiktok • youth • homophobia • tootme
Voter harassment in PA
Convoy of pro-Trump cars honking and driving around a polling place for two hours
2020-10-24 politics • trump • intimidation • voting • votingrights
Masks work
Covid prevalence vs. mask use. Mask use also correlates with political leaning.
2020-10-24 politics • covid19 • coronavirus • masks • disease • ignorance
Right wing accelerationists
Major arrest of one of the Boogaloo Bois who turns out to be behind provoking violence in Minneapolis during protests. He was working with another terrorist who killed a cop in California and shot another.
2020-10-23 boogaloo • accelerationism • terrorism • politics
Vintage Relief
Nice set of old geological maps extruded in 3d software with an elevation / relief model
2020-10-23 maps • terrain • dem • relief • vintage • tootme
Google Antitrust Notes
Useful summary from Tim Bray
2020-10-23 google • antitrust • business • politics • breakup • tootme • ads • search
Trump hack skepticism
I'm also skeptical that someone just guessed a weak password and broke into Trump's account. Here's some evidence.
2020-10-22 trump • politics • hack • twitter
Russian election attacks
Evidence Russian intelligence is prepared to intervene in the final days of the election and during the count
2020-10-22 russia • politics • election • hacking • interference • trump
Warner tech regulation ideas
20 tech regulation policy ideas from 2018. On a recent podcast Jason Goldman endorsed these as a good starting point for discussion
2020-10-22 politics • warner • regulation • tech • facebook • goldman • twitter • tootme
Goldman on regulation
Twitter / Obama product expert talks about regulation and tech
2020-10-22 tech • regulation • obama • politics • goldman • tootme
ICE torture
US immigration thugs torture Cameroonians, force their fingerprints on documents
2020-10-22 ice • abuse • dhs • trump • politics • cameroon • abolishice
Trump moonlighted
Took consulting fees from the Trump Organization during the presidency
2020-10-21 trump • politics • presidency • corruption
545 orphaned children
Trump administration "lost" the parents of 545 children at the border
2020-10-20 trump • politics • kidnapping • children • humanrights • tootme
WikiProject Maps/Conventions
Some cartographic standards for Wikipedia maps; not sure if this is up to date
2020-10-20 maps • wikipedia • style • inkscape • qgis • cartography • tootme
Portland police Mark Kruger, Nazi sympathizer
An event from 2010, a Portland cop created a memorial to Nazi soldiers in Portland. Today he's the top-paid cop in Portland. The Nazi sympathizer.
2020-10-19 portland • nazis • police • whitesupremacy • cops • racism
Autechre in NYT
Jon Pareles interview with my favorite electronic musicians. Some mildly provocative comments on generative art.
2020-10-19 music • autechre • generative • tootme
Cyberwar indictment
Details of the DOJ's indictment of 6 GRU operatives who developed and deployed malware
2020-10-19 malware • russia • cyberwar • cybercrime • hacking • tootme • security
Scott Wiener on QAnon
Remarkably soft response from someone who's been the target of vicious attacks
2020-10-19 qanon • scottwiener • politics • california
NYPost shenanigans
Reporters refuse to have their names on the Hunter Biden story they wrote because they don't believe it
2020-10-18 politics • fraud • biden • nypost • scandal • journalism • trump
Fascism in Michigan
Just days after a kidnap plot against the governor, Trump fuels a whole crowd with a chant of "lock her up"
2020-10-18 trump • authoritarianism • fascism • politics • michigan • militia
George Streicher Music
Composer making retro music; Lincoln Project took his work for their Regeneron spoof ad
2020-10-18 music • 80s • 90s • genre • regeneron • lincolnproject • filmscore • tootme
Trumps money disappearing business
Financial reporter looks at financials for a Scotland golf course, finds clear evidence of money laundering
2020-10-18 trump • fraud • golf • moneylaundering • scotland • politics
vaping
A rewrite of smokeping in Python
2020-10-17 ping • monitoring • network • smokeping • vaping • python • tootme
HTML 5 hardware
Finally accelerate your browsing with Virtual DOM chips and a low voltage SVG rasterizer
2020-10-16 funny • html5 • web • hardware • acceleration • tootme
Giuliani a Russian asset
Maybe an unwitting useful idiot, but feeding false info to Trump
2020-10-16 trump • politics • giuliani • russia • intelligence • humiliation
Inside the Fall of the CDC
How Trump corrupted and debased one of America's most effective organizations
2020-10-15 trump • politics • cdc • covid19 • coronavirus • corruption
Bay Area property taxes
Prop 13 in action; what individual homes pay for property taxes in California
2020-10-15 taxes • california • propertytax • economics • politics • tootme • map • maps
Election Night Integrity
Data dashboard for election night
2020-10-15 politics • election • votes • votecount • tootme
Eric Christen
Profile of a right wing agitator who has recently entered local politics
2020-10-15 nevadacounty • grassvalley • politics • nevadacity
Google's antitrust fears
Employees scared to even talk about the obvious risk to the company
2020-10-15 google • antitrust • monopoly • tootme • business
Inside CDC data failure
Political pressure destroyed a working data collection apparatus
2020-10-15 cdc • politics • trump • birx • corruption • covid19 • coronavirus
US Covid death rates
America #1!
2020-10-14 politics • covid19 • coronavirus • failure • trump
Ant Group
Great summary of the Chinese fintech company about to go public. First tech sector I've read where it's clear Chinese companies have way out-innovated American ones
2020-10-14 china • america • tech • ipo • business • fintech • stripe • ant • alibaba • tootme
Police executed Reinoehl
Suspect in Portland protest shooting was gunned down before any orders or attempt to arrest was made
2020-10-14 police • execution • murder • reinoehl • portland • cops • fascism
2018 Georgia vote loss
From 2018: unexplained loss of 100,000+ votes for Lieutenant Governor, mostly from Black voters
2020-10-14 politics • voting • votingrights • georgia • votersuppression • fraud • election • kemp
Mail-in vote count deadlines
State by state look at when various states start counting mail-in votes, when the deadlines are
2020-10-13 election • mailin • absentee • votecount • politics • tootme
Incompetence vs Authoritarianism
Trump is likely failing in his plot to subvert the election. But Republicans have been there all along helping him, and they are a much bigger force
2020-10-13 trump • politics • gop • republicans • corruption • eleciton
Meadows won't wear a mask
Childish behavior from Trump's chief of staff, exposed to Covid
2020-10-13 covid19 • coronavirus • politics • disease • trump • meadows
Notary / voting requirements
A few US states require mail in votes by notarized by a notary public
2020-10-13 notary • voting • votingrights • politics • elections • mississippi • missouri
RedditMetis
A good tool for showing you a profile of a Reddit user's activity
2020-10-12 reddit • profile • users • socialmedia • analytics • tootme
North Carolina vote suppression
Arcane squabble over absentee ballot details somehow, just somehow, disproportionately invalidates votes from Black people
2020-10-12 northcarolina • racism • politics • voting • votingrights • election
Les Girls Sydney
Legendary Australian drag show of the 60s-80s
2020-10-12 australia • drag • lgbt • history • tootme • sydney
New Relic's CEO sucks
Gives to anti-gay and anti-Jewish causes, wife's a Trump supporter, doesn't want his employees talking about Black Lives Matter
2020-10-12 politics • newrelic • portland • blm • lgbt • software
Trump's abuse of power
Directing investigations and information releases to attack specific political opponents. Authoritarianism in action.
2020-10-11 politics • trump • abuse • corruption • authoritarianism
Graft at Trump properties
A detailed look at everyone buying influence by paying money at Trump properties
2020-10-10 trump • corruption • politics • florida • emoluments • maralago
CK3 appearances
One of the best things about Crusader Kings 3 is the procedural portrait system
2020-10-10 games • ck3 • tootme • crusaderkings3 • faces • portraits
Trump subverts CDC on masks
CDC was going to issue a mandate that people wear masks on public transit; the White House blocked it
2020-10-10 trump • corruption • cdc • politics • covid19 • coronavirus
The Walk of Shame
New hilarious Lincoln Project ad
2020-10-10 lincolnproject • funny • politics • sexism • trump
North Korean SimCity
fascinating article reverse engineering a North Korean mobile game. It has microtransactions!
2020-10-09 games • northkorea • dprk • hacking • simcity • tootme
GPSLogger discontinued
My favorite Android location tracker just went offline
2020-10-09 gpslogger • gps • gpx • logging • android • location • wanderings • maps • tootme
Armed security vs election
Private militia company Atlas Aegis hiring ex special forces to "protect polling places from antifas"
2020-10-09 politics • votingrights • voterintimidation • minnesota • voting • trump • fascism
Michigan sherrif, terrorist sympathizer
Dar Leaf of Barry county bends over backwards to say nice things about arrested terrorist suspects
2020-10-09 trump • politics • whitesupremacy • michigan • terrorism • corruption • police • sherriff
Six election threats
Disinformation possibilities for the period right after the voting
2020-10-09 election • postelection • politics • trump • voting
Rare Exports
A funny little Finnish short film, basis for several other films. NSFW: non-sexual nudity
2020-10-09 finland • movie • funny • christmas • tootme
REGENERON!
Late night TV ad for experimental medical therapy
2020-10-08 trump • politics • covid19 • coronavirus • funny • regeneron
Sacramento Delta life
Stories of unusual folks living on the margins; restoring a houseboat, living on a barge
2020-10-08 delta • california • culture • river • tootme
Governor kidnap plot
Militia buddies decide the governor is a "tyrant bitch" and they should kidnap her
2020-10-08 politics • militia • acceleration • violence • fascism • trump • michigan
1980s Usenet archive
New version of the UTZoo-Wiseman tapes; cleaned up and loaded into Postgres.
2020-10-08 usenet • history • postgres • socialmedia • tootme • googlegroups • archive
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum
NEJM's editorial on the failure of Americna policy for Covid-19
2020-10-08 covid19 • coronavirus • disease • politics • policy • trump
Manaus herd immunity
Brasil has managed Covd-19 so badly that Manaus may now be saturated with cases
2020-10-08 covid19 • coronavirus • brazil • brasil • disease • epidemiology
Trump demands Biden be arrested
Unhinged President acts a little fashy, or at least dictatorial
2020-10-08 trump • politics • fascism • authoritarianism • biden • barr
Signature matching
One of the more delicate parts of vote by mail; verifying signatures is very much a subjective thing
2020-10-07 signature • voting • votingrights • votebymail • politics • elections
Grapefruit
All the weird and sinister things about the bitter citrus
2020-10-07 grapefruit • fruit • citrus • medicine • food
Sessions child snatching
DoJ pushed hard to take kids away from parents at the border. The cruelty was the point.
2020-10-06 sessions • children • politics • border • kidnapping • trump
White House subverts FDA
Refuses to approve vaccine guidelines, overriding medical advice for political purpose
2020-10-06 politics • fda • covid19 • coronavirus • corruption
DLSS in practice
Magic upscaling algorithm from NVIDIA has remarkable results.
2020-10-06 games • dlss • upscaling • nvidia • graphics • tootme
Collins donor pal arrested for fraud
Enormous donor to Susan Collins apparently committed fraud on PPP loans, all while bragging he had the support of "unnamed senators" in his loan applications
2020-10-06 collins • fraud • politics • corruption • navatek • maine • election
Voter signature verification
A study of how California implements signature matching (inconsistently) and the impact of a law that helps voters cure a bad signature (positive)
2020-10-06 voting • votingrights • politics • elections • voteby • mail • signature • election
GOP attack on voting
Details on the extreme measures Trump and company are taking to make it hard to vote
2020-10-05 trump • politics • voting • votingright • election • fraud
Nigerian food in Houston
Excellent episode of the food documentary show
2020-10-05 houston • food • nigeria • westafrica • cooking • tootme
Sedition and Trump
Right wing groups calling for civil war have ties to Trump campaign. And Facebook's right there enabling them.
2020-10-05 trump • civilwar • fascism • facebook • politics
How to Cover a Sick Old Man
Responsible reporting in a time of gerontocracy in America
2020-10-05 america • reporting • age • politics • health • journalism • trump
Trump Covid timeline
Didn't disclose first positive test, told everyone to keep it a secret.
2020-10-04 trump • politics • covid19 • coronavirus • disease • lies
Nevada City polarization
Thoughtful essay on how Trump politics has escalated confrontation
2020-10-04 trump • politics • nevadacity • grassvalley • nevadacounty • intolerance • hate • racism • militia
Gay MPs vs Hitler
Group of British legislators went to Weimar Berlin for the gay life in the 30s, came back with stories of the dangers of Nazis
2020-10-04 nazis • hitler • history • gay • lgbt • england • tootme
No White House contact tracing
Straight up lies; they aren't contact tracing, CDC isn't involved, Trump exposed hundreds of people and no one is following up
2020-10-04 trump • politics • cdc • covid19 • coronavirus • disease
Houston drive-thru voting
Harris County finds a workaround for the governor's latest voter suppression effort
2020-10-03 voting • houston • harriscounty • politics • votingrights • votersuppression • abbott
Trump Covid hoaxes
A list of various fake stories circulating
2020-10-03 hoax • news • covid19 • coronavirus • trump • politics
Online news subscriptions
Breakdown of actual costs to subscribe online to some major publications
2020-10-02 news • subscription • journalism • price • market
Wohl and Burkman voter suppression
You've heard of dirty tricks? Meet silly tricks. Idiot right wing political jammers do a bad job on a voter suppression robocall
2020-10-02 detroit • politics • wohl • burkman • votingrights • votersuppression • trump
Raising Barr's Army
Details of the unprecedented creation of an armed force to stop protestors in Washington DC
2020-10-02 paramilitary • trump • politics • civilrights • barr • barrsarmy • dc • washingtondc
Shasta County chaos
Unhinged resistance to basic public health in rural California
2020-10-02 california • shastacounty • shasta • politics • covid19 • coronavirus
Oath Keepers update
Profile of one of the more dangerous fascist groups in the US
2020-10-01 fascism • trump • politics • oathkeepers • texas
Second Napolitano sex charge
Two men now say the former judge and Fox News pundit sexually assaulted them
2020-10-01 fox • sexualassault • lgbt • rape • foxnews • napolitano