Scott S

Still waiting to be struck with lightning 11 times in a row within 39 seconds and walk away and get a burger. Or win Powerball. I'm good either way.

Years before Air Force base fatality, investigators found 'failure’ in a Sig Sauer gun Documents show that an M18 pistol — the same model recently pulled out of service following an airman’s death in Wyoming — fired without an apparent trigger pull on a base in Italy in 2022.

Records obtained by New Hampshire Public Radio through a Freedom of Information Act Request show that years before the death of Airman Brayden Lovan on July 20, Air Force investigators concluded that an M18 pistol appeared to have fired without a trigger pull on a U.S. base in Italy.
via @nhpr.org

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Everyone on Twitter right now.

Veterans are against the Save Act. The men & women serving in the US military should not be victims of voter suppression!
FCS!

I don’t think people are paying enough attention to the fact that the North Carolina court of appeals just ruled that 65,000 votes don’t count, and that the Republican Supreme Court candidate who lost actually won.

This will be appealed, but make no mistake: they’re trying to steal this election.

Leaving you with this and hopefully a nice relaxing evening.👇

If folks had voted for the Black lady who wanted to tax the rich and give everyone else a tax cut, we wouldn’t be having this problem.

This guy nails it. 🔥

As over $3 trillion was wiped from the market today, Trump spent the day golfing at his West Palm course

His trips to his golf properties over the past 11 weeks have cost taxpayers $30.4 million in transportation & security, according to HuffPost analysis

The wealth imbalance is crazy. Slowly decreasing incoming for those already making less and directing to the rich to get richer. And companies moving from pensions to 401ks putting more money in their pockets.

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

The good old days…

Well this didn’t age well

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Another week, another flurry of chaos from Donald and his cronies. Luckily, The Big Picture is staying ahead of it.

Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf for fear of not being reimbursed. 7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to me. 8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has been allegedly implemented to preserve such access. 9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security systems.

The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO. “People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.

DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.

Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

When the coming apocalypse happens I'm going to be the weird old guy vendor and fixer. I'll have the beans and rice you want, veg, beer, booze, and I can probably fix your radio and have spare parts, screws, and bolts that you might need. And well defended.

Yeah, I have a feeling this is going to be longer lasting and it is going to affect way more than government employees. We are already preparing for the worst at the University.

The escort had their government credit card cancelled and had to pay their own way back from their own money. This person also has to head back early due to similar reasons. Leaving overseas bases less safe than they could be. Things are proceeding to be more fucked.

I know a person that is a contractor working for the US government overseas. They had a government escort to negotiate their work on supporting overseas US bases. Their escort had their funding pulled and was forced to head back to the US. Continued..

Awake and asleep

I'm just learning about pivot tables in Excel. It's putting a big smile on my face. It may be useful for my employment, but next I'm going to pull the data from my weather station. And I know that when I build my next home brewery I'm going to be adding a bunch of data sensors to that.

Haha! I'm feeling a bit of that myself after hanging out with Asa last night and eating a burrito.

What if we lived in a world that instead of elevators moving you inside a building, the whole building moved until you were lined up with the floor your were going to?

I gave up on Apple after the IIc, when I couldn't play my games on a Mac. Although I also thought mice were a silly way of interacting with a computer, l believe I referenced using a potato as a means of interaction. ...but I've never purposely used an Apple product since.

Mr Mr's 2nd birthday today. We made some homemade treats for him.

Have to share where it was... Oh wait a brewery in reedsport. Should be able to find it and weasel my way in. It's places like that that will survive the big brewery shutdowns

That just means they are either assholes or super cool and you need to figure out how to become a part of the tribe