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AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
The Department of Everything: Dispatches from the telephone reference desk
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A world that has tossed out the print edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in favor of Wikipedia is not necessarily a richer one.

The Department of Everything
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AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
This is the best privacy setting that almost no-one is using
www.seattletimes.com This is the best privacy setting that almost no one is using

You have options to click one box to order companies not to blab your personal data. California might soon require it by law.

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The Lord works in mysterious ways
  • Definitely an all-time favorite. I'll see anything with her in it.

  • Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says
  • Cheney was always one of the most reprehensibly right-wing Congresscritters, but lots of lefties love her because she voted to impeach Donnie Trump, and she gives great lip service to the Constitution. I have enthusiastically never been in the love-Liz crowd. She's opposed to gay rights, women's rights, minority rights, health care rights, human rights, etc, and she doesn't give a damn about the Constitution — she just doesn't like Donnie.

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    The Lord works in mysterious ways
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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    www.theguardian.com Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says

    Anti-Trump Republican stymied investigation of activist married to supreme court justice, says reporter David Brock

    Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says
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    It's so cool that AI can convincingly mimic someone's handwriting!
    arstechnica.com My dead father is “writing” me notes again

    A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father's handwriting—and I want anyone to use it.

    My dead father is “writing” me notes again

            (archived link)

    This article is perhaps the most idiotic pro-AI propaganda yet published on a mainstream news site, but I gotta emphasize 'yet'.

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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    www.salon.com Third day of bomb threats inspired by Trump lies sends Springfield hospitals into lockdown

    The threats, which already closed government offices and caused school evacuations, come as Trump pushes racist lies

    Third day of bomb threats inspired by Trump lies sends Springfield hospitals into lockdown
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    Dead people
  • Says here it's one of his greatest performances. I saw it and it ain't bad.

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    Head of world's largest pedophile organization offers un-asked-for advice on US Presidential election
    news.sky.com 'Choose the lesser evil' in US election, says Pope as Catholic leader criticises Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    Pope Francis made the remarks after a 12-day international tour and said both US presidential hopefuls have policies that are "against life".

    'Choose the lesser evil' in US election, says Pope as Catholic leader criticises Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    Dead people

    Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

    There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.

        • Robert Beck in county jail

    Mark Cole blogger, Rivets on the Poster

    Kenneth Cope actor, Doctor Who

    Valerie Cuccia in county jail

    Joyce Dennison     (Archived link) activist

    Michaela DePrince ballerina

    Daniel Edwards     (Archived link) in county jail

    Herbie Flowers sessions bassist, "Walk on the Wild Side"

    Alberto Fujimori Peruvian President, then imprisoned     (Archived link)

    Gary Gatewood hunter     (Archived link)

    Pravin Gordhan activist     (Archived link)

    Sharmaine Karine Hawes in county jail     (Archived link)

    Zoey Hawkins pit bulled     (Archived link)

    James Earl Jones actor, The UFO Incident

    Ed Kranepool baseballer, New York Mets     (Archived link)

    Stephen Peat hockey player, Washington Capitals

    Michael Brandon Rivers in county jail     (Archived link)

    Peter Renaday voice actor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Saul Vasquez in county jail     (Archived link)

    Masamitsu Yoshioka attacked Pearl Harbor     (Archived link)

        Previously dead

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    $6-million settlement for family of homeless, mentally ill man who starved to death in solitary confinement awaiting trial for pointing finger guns at Arkansas cops
    www.latintimes.com Man Died in Jail After Being Unable to Pay $1,000 Bail. His Family Will Receive a $6 Million Settlement

    Eugene Price Jr.'s family was awarded $6 million after he was neglected while spending a year in solitary confinement.

    Man Died in Jail After Being Unable to Pay $1,000 Bail. His Family Will Receive a $6 Million Settlement

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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    Trump vows to create unConstitutional task force that combats non-existent "anti-Christian bias"
    www.them.us Trump Vows to Create a Task Force That Combats "Anti-Christian Bias" if Reelected

    On a “prayer call” ahead of this week’s presidential debate, Trump promised attendees he would “stop the weaponization of our government against Christians.”

    Trump Vows to Create a Task Force That Combats "Anti-Christian Bias" if Reelected

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    How a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America's libraries
    www.technologyreview.com Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries

    The decision locks libraries into an ecosystem that is not in readers' interests. Congress must act.

    Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries

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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    Georgia Lieutenant Governor's treasonous 2020 "alternate elector" ploy is deemed "reasonable and not criminal"
    www.theguardian.com Georgia lieutenant governor avoids criminal charges over fake elector plot

    Actions of Burt Jones in 2020 ruled ‘reasonable and not criminal’ by Peter Skandalakis, head of prosecutors’ council

    Georgia lieutenant governor avoids criminal charges over fake elector plot
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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    Trump says he'd block federal fire aid for California until the state's Governor "Newscum" OKs tax cuts for the wealthy
    www.latimes.com Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom 'signs those papers'

    Former President Trump presented a dystopian image of California as a warning about what would happen to the nation if Kamala Harris is elected president.

    Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom 'signs those papers'

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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    www.seattletimes.com Trump stokes suspicions about assassination attempt, raising fears of more violence

    In the first days after the July 13 shooting, Trump was gracious and spiritual and called for unity. His tone has changed in recent weeks, including at Tuesday's debate.

    Trump stokes suspicions about assassination attempt, raising fears of more violence

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    Kamala Harris's father wasn't a Marxist.
    www.thestranger.com Kamala Harris's Father Wasn't a Marxist, He Was a Post-Keynesian

    Is it true that Donald Harris was (and, one supposes, still is) a Marxist? The answer can only be a resounding "no."

    Kamala Harris's Father Wasn't a Marxist, He Was a Post-Keynesian
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    [news] “What Constitution?” Rashida Tlaib Blasts Michigan AG’s Criminal Charges Against Pro-Palestine Students
  • I would really like an answer to that.

    The answer is, if Kamala Harris says anything less than wholeheartedly supportive of Israel's ongoing war crimes, she'll be slammed all across the media for anti-Semitism. That's rancid but it's a fact, so she's probably politically smart to shut up about it until after the election.

    I strongly suspect that if she wins, Ms Harris still won't say much about the genocide. But... she's better than Trump, on this and every issue.

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    UK ban on junk food ads before 9pm to come into force next year
    news.sky.com Ban on junk food ads before 9pm to come into force next year

    The new government said it will not delay the plans, which were first announced by the Tories in 2021 but pushed back twice.

    Ban on junk food ads before 9pm to come into force next year
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    Antisemitic ads about Doug Emhoff target Muslim voters in Michigan

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    AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND @lemmy.world Doug Holland @lemmy.world
    Trump's golf club hosted Nazi sympathizer with Hitler mustache at fundraiser for Jan. 6 rioters
    forward.com Trump’s golf club hosted alleged Nazi sympathizer at fundraiser for Jan. 6 rioters

    Timothy Hale-Cusanelli is described by the Department of Justice as a committed Nazi sympathizer. He attended a fundraiser at Trump's club.

    Trump’s golf club hosted alleged Nazi sympathizer at fundraiser for Jan. 6 rioters

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    Republican Congressman says America isn't worth defending, because he has a friend whose kid's music teacher is transgender
    www.lgbtqnation.com GOP congressman says US isn't worth defending because of a trans music teacher in 9/11 speech - LGBTQ Nation

    "What the hell are we trying to defend? What is left of the United States to defend?"

    GOP congressman says US isn't worth defending because of a trans music teacher in 9/11 speech - LGBTQ Nation
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    My body, my choice
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    Trump attends 9/11 memorial alongside wingnut who's said 9/11 was an "inside job"
  • Did some research, actually, and concluded long ago that most 9/11 skeptics and truthers are empty-headed fools — and all the ones who say "do your own research."

  • Republicans renominate 14 fake electors who lied that Trump won in 2020
  • It's treason, and Republicans want a second try at it.

  • Personal assistant convicted of dismembering his boss is sentenced to 40 years to life
  • Prosecutors said Haspil had been hired as an assistant for Saleh, whose ventures included a ride-hailing motorcycle startup in Nigeria, but quickly began to siphon money from Saleh’s businesses.

    That's a painfully clumsy sentence. Has AP no editors?

  • Samuel Alito accepted concert tickets from conservative German aristocrat
  • This really plugs my drain, man. When I worked in payroll, I would've known it was dicey accepting gifts from employees or managers. And I was nobody, just an ordinary worker-schmoe.

    Judges should be held to a higher standard, not no frickin' standard at all.

  • Trump is batshit crazy
  • It wasn't my croppage, but I've fixed it, thanks.

  • you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress).
  • I missed it too, but now I'm laughing so hard the cat is hiding down the hall... :)

  • you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress).
  • Absolutely agree with the excerpt. Audio-video works best for entertainment, but learning and understanding comes from reading, in my experience.

    Odd that she's making this point in an audio podcast, but her transcript is appreciated, and I'm reading it, not listening.

  • Homeless woman paints boulders — intended to keep the homeless away — as memorials to those who died homeless
  • The article's use of "one's" is correct, but repeating the phrase twice within inches is, well, repetitive.

  • Homeless woman paints boulders — intended to keep the homeless away — as memorials to those who died homeless
  • Hilarious is the first word that springs to mind, alongside heartbreaking. You know these bastards are going to make the wrong decision.

  • The COVID vaccine just got a lot more expensive, if you're uninsured
  • $200, eh? Yeah, I'll probably take my chances and skip any more booster shots.

  • On Amtrak's Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle, stepping off in six tiny towns along the way
  • I've only ridden the Empire Builder for one round trip, and there wasn't time enough for leisure like this, but now that I'm retired maybe there's time...

  • We can't be friends.
  • Can I have a crumpet?

  • We can't be friends.
  • Thanks. Can't particularly disagree with that.