X is now hiding which posts you like from other users In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter this week, X's engineering team said it would be "making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy." That means users ... 06/13/2024 - 9:30 am | View Link
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They Thought Top Artists Were Giving Them Their Big Break. But Was It All a ‘Menu of Bullshit’? “Okay I see you, let’s make moves,” the message read. In May 2022, independent artist Dwayne “WayneWayne” McDaniel Jr. was floored to discover a direct message from Ne-Yo’s verified Instagram account. 06/4/2024 - 2:58 am | View Link
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT today (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra.
Happy Birthday for Friday, June 14, 2024:
You are organized and have a strong desire to take charge of most situations around you.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.