Bogus, batshit, banal, bizarre, or bicubic: Assorted News

[Grath]

But Rudy included a clause in his contracts with everyone saying that he's totally not an agent or lobbyist for them! That means that because he said he wasn't, he totally wasn't.

[Thad]

It's not exactly an original observation, but out of everybody who's been tainted by association with Trump, Rudy is the one whose reputation has fallen the farthest.

His reputation as some kind of hero was undeserved, of course, so it's for the best that he decided to torch it. But nonetheless, it's really been a sight to behold. All he had to do was nothing, and he fucked it up.

[Caithness]

Doing nothing is not as easy as it sounds

[Mongrel]

[Büge]

[Mongrel]

This whole story about the remains-handling is nuts.

[Upthorn]

So, yeah. Between this and the sexual harassment of his employees, fuck Dan Harmon forever.

[mharr]

advertiser-focused, artist-first

Uggggggh fuck off. Pick one.

I mean we know which one they picked obviously.

[Mongrel]

"Krapopolis"

[Mongrel]

Disgruntled Oregonians in five counties vote in favor of joining Idaho.

[Friday]

I love how despite absorbing all of NE California, it exactly misses Chico (where I am) because Chico is the only fucking lefty city in all of Norcal.



Remember how I've said "Chico is an island of blue in a sea of rodeos" like a million times?

[Thad]

but rodeo is in beverly hills

[Thad]

Freenode IRC resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s crown prince

[mharr]

Buried lede:

A week after Lee's effectively public announcement of ownership and de facto dictatorial operation of Freenode, the staffers who resigned from Freenode created Libera.chat as a replacement.

Libera Chat is incorporated as a Swedish nonprofit organization, owned and operated by volunteer staffers who are voting members of the organization. It has a small, member-elected board—currently consisting of chair, treasurer, projects and community rep, engineering rep / vice chair, and operations rep. But most decisions are to be taken by the membership as a whole.

The membership also elects two auditors, tasked with auditing the board's actions on behalf of the membership. A transparency report is to be published annually, detailing bookkeeping and the auditors' findings along with the standard annual report from the board itself.

All current Libera Chat boardmembers and auditors are Freenode staffers who resigned in protest of Lee's recent actions and assumption of control.

[Mongrel]

Dude was literally swallowed and then spat out by a humpback whale

[Upthorn]

or, if you prefer

[Mongrel]

(short thread)

[KingRoyal]

She's about to learn first hand just how well "sovereign citizens" do in court

[beatbandito]

is a sovereign citizen appearing in an american court not like, a deposed king?

[Thad]

Shiva Ayyadurai is waging another one of his nuisance suits.

It doesn't seem to be going well for him.