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Tuffy
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I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.

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One amusing thing that just occurred to me in the whole Trump/BBC furore: because the Panorama documentary was first broadcast over a year ago, isn't he time-barred from bringing a defamation claim in English courts anyway?
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Musk was made buy Twitter, this seems to always be forgotten
I know people think Musk only bought Twitter to help the rise of fascism.

While that’s important, I still think it’s secondary to his primary goal, which was to own the place where his fans praise him.

With AI, Musk’s use of the platform for love and validation is only getting more transparent.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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A federal appeals court says Colorado can block banks chartered in other states from issuing loans that violate Colorado interest rate caps to borrowers in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, etc.

Sorry, that's all the Colorado municipalities I can remember.

news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Colorado Beats Fintechs on Law Targeting ‘Rent-a-Bank’ Schemes
Colorado won its bid to restore a law barring out-of-state banks from issuing loans that violate the state’s interest rate caps.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Finally, we get to hear from the real victims
There’s growing concern among grocery stores, restaurants and food producers, as some economists say the lapse SNAP payments is likely to cause lower-income households to scrutinize their spending more.
With SNAP on Hold, Low-Income Shoppers Cut Back and Businesses Worry
A delay in SNAP benefits mixed with a decline in foot traffic has many stores, restaurants and food producers concerned about sales.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Over thanksgiving?
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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we never should have shot that gorilla
We fell off the canon timeline sometime in '15 and haven't been able to get back.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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A new draft crypto bill from Senate Ag is out. I have explained what an incredibly ignorant definition this is, over and over. It's a good proxy for how serious the drafters of this bill are.

Google docs are cryptographically secure digital ledgers.

www.agriculture.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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It can't be defined but the evidence it's bad for you is piling up, experts warn against enjoying life.
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Outstanding
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Cadillac has formula one team?
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Not to mention MiFID 2
It's trendier to study the 1990s. But one can trace so much about today's world back to the early-2010s.

- Dawn of multipolar age
- Xi and Modi rise to leadership
- Reordering of Middle East from within
- Russia annexes Crimea
- Euro-crisis roils Europe
- Smartphones & social media become dominant
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What on earth?
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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People on Bluesky are talking about what people on Twitter are saying about Bluesky, again
September 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If the Dems do get the ACA subsidies back in a December vote is this deal successful?
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Punctuation goes inside the quote marks IF THE PUNCTUATION IS PART OF THE QUOTE. Otherwise it goes outside the quote marks.
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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literally every failing automaker tries this, and it never works
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I mean no it's not, it's more like Enron.
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Investigation opens in Milan into allegations that Italian ‘weekend snipers’ paid large sums of money to shoot civilians 'for fun' during the Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.
Investigation opens in Italy into Sarajevo 'weekend snipers'
Probe centres on Italians who allegedly paid to shoot civilians 'for fun' during Siege of Sarajevo. Milan prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that Italian citizens paid large sum...
www.wantedinrome.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM