Michael
Sorry
- I will not rest until this man is a pariah in all fifty states
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- Sorry you have to deal with the scolds/agitprop bots, and thank you for not blocking all of them immediately so the rest of us can get some reps in
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- My ankles hurt all of a sudden
- I'm only just getting around to the last few books, but: I love MurderBot
- This is the low point. It has to be.
- *Homer Simpson voice* the low point so FAR
- So, people commonly understand "white-collar crime" to mean things like bribery, corruption, and fraud, but I can't help wonder what the reaction would be if this mentioned that the FBI are the guys who investigate and take down CSAM rings
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- Me to my neighbors: "get a grip, they'll be invisible compared to CCSF, Riordan, and the whole foods building" Me to the architects: "have you literally never talked to the public before"
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- It is literally highway 101! It's terrible!
- The first time I got involved in Housing Discourse was at a public meeting for Balboa Reservoir when they first showed off building massing. I heard the gasps and grumbles and had to remind people in my comment that the actual buildings would not be neon colored
- TODAY the NYT publishes an investigation into the Trump memecoin $TRUMP and how it has turned into a extraordinary venue for foreign influence campaigns. What we are seeing is potentially corrupt attempts to change US policy by paying the Trump family money. This is no "Russian Hoax" nyti.ms/4kkv7D7
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View full threadCorruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
- If I wrote words for a living I would simply know what they mean and use them correctly
