Finally got a free Oracle VM so I'm giving self-hosting another shot
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@n1vux @jbaggs @mattblaze I dunno, I was watching Air Force One (Harrison Ford) the other night and apparently subduing hijackers involves firing off Uzi's inside a 747 willy nilly 😂
Looks like he was #4 for takeoff. Former presidents apparently don't get to cut the line.
I assume that for safety reasons all ketchup had been removed from the plane's galley prior to departure.
That was quick. Texas A&M is paying Kathleen McElroy $1 million to settle claims after right-wing agitators and ultimately some regents objected to her hiring as journalism program director. https://www.tamus.edu/internal-review/
You know how weird things are these days? I repeatedly find myself rooting for the #CollegeBoard as defenders of #academic honesty and critical thinking.
@Huntn00 @GreenFire This is so true! Many people also don't really pay attention to what's happening in politics—either at the national level, or at the local level.
Thanks a lot, Florida. Your idiot leaders have now taken away my daughters' ability to take an AP Psychology class, which would have started in a week. In turn, this is taking away her chance to earn college credit, and therefore also is going to cost me money. I really appreciate your closeminded bullshit. 😡
https://newsroom.collegeboard.org/statement-ap-psychology-and-florida
LGBTQ people in the EU, there is a survey from the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency on LGBTQ experiences (e.g. with discrimination and acceptance) in European countries, highly recommend filling it out!
‘I need one more indictment’: Trump goes off-the-rails in pre-arraignment rage https://www.rawstory.com/i-need-one-more-indictment-trump-goes-off-the-rails-in-pre-arraignment-rage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
BREAKING: the youngest and only gen z member of Congress just came out swinging against #KOSA, echoing concerns that LGBTQ and human rights groups have been raising for months https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-08-03-breaking-youngest-member-of-congress-comes-out-swinging-against-kosa
👀”US military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping #Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels…”
“Conspiracy to defraud the United States”
#LockHimUpAlready #TrumpIsACriminal #AuditTheFedUnderMnuchin
Maine’s ballot initiative to make electricity a public good could set a national precedent for giving power to the people.
#Maine #power #energy
https://progressive.org/latest/power-struggle-in-pine-tree-state-daigon-230802/
No doubt most of us missed this at the time but isn’t this interesting. Two days prior to Jan6, troops were being mobilized and the Insurrection Act was already being openly discussed.
DEFENSE
Esper orders hundreds of troops from 82nd Airborne home from D.C. area
This is the second time this week Esper has ordered the troops to head home.
By LARA SELIGMAN
06/04/2020 03:44 PM EDT
Updated: 06/04/2020 04:32 PM EDT
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has ordered home several hundred active-duty troops from the 82nd Airborne Division who were brought to the national capital region to respond to protests if needed, a defense official told POLITICO.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/esper-troops-washington-dc-301568
Legs still sore from Wednesday’s 43km trail ride. I’m strangely proud that they gave out before my heart stopped. I’ve reached a new rung of confidence in my ability to not die. I’ve been inwardly timid about pushing too hard, there was even a guy out on the trail who’d give me heck for pushing myself too hard. Haven’t seen him in a while.
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.