Bingo! That’s the one.

[“always was” meme]

I wish I could remember. It was definitely on YT. I think it was in German with subtitles. It wasn’t long. Possibly was someone’s film school project.

report of a “person with a gun” just after 9 p.m.

Walking around outside, in the US, at night, with something other people would easily think is a gun. At best, this guy lacks basic common sense.

ordered to pay restitution of $386.59 to a person whose car window he broke with a pellet

And reckless to boot.

the individual was unaware that he lived next to, and was shooting his BB gun next to, a synagogue

I call horseshit. We’ve got several Jewish community gathering places near us, and subtle they are not. You’d have to be completely ignorant of Judaism to not instantly recognize them for what they are. You can’t live next to one and not know it.

and his affinities, including family ties, to the Jewish community.

So, yeah, he knew. Not saying the guy was being antisemitic, but something sure isn’t adding up. At best he’s a fucking idiot.

I saw a pretty good short sci-fi film a year or so ago about a woman accidentally finding out that she’s a bot.

peppering my comments with inane remarks to draw a reaction

They’re here, too.

I occasionally see comments to the effect of, “Oh, really? Can you tell me more about that?” That seem pretty likely to just be bots trying to generate data on certain topics for AI training. Thankfully, most people seem to ignore them.

or they’ll stay home.

Good enough for me.

Ahhh, thanks. That’s confusing, since in English they both have “is”. It is raining. It is cloudy.

Someone I follow on another platform pointed out that this looks suspiciously like a setup to stoke outrage and media attention.

Every time this kind of thing makes the news, this is a safe assumption to operate under until you get more details. Time and time again, this is what’s going on.

sold in 31 states

Such as?

sold under private store-brand labels at several retailers, including Target, Walmart and Aldi.

And the rest are?

Supporters say it’s over her advocacy for Gazan children.

How DARE she!!! /s

Thanks for the link, and good suggestion. I’ll look into that.

I’m very interested in fairphone, but currently have one strong requirement.

I have very poor cell coverage where I’m at. My current phone/carrier combo can seamlessly make/receive calls over the home WiFi.

Does anybody know if fairphones can do this, and if so how well it works?

Supposedly my FILs iPhone could do it on AT&T. He made countless trips back to both the Apple and AT&T stores to discuss it, but they just assured him that it should work. It never worked, so I’m hesitant.

Now inspecting it up close, and looking up the model online…

$50/yr for wallpapers?!?! That’s some asshat seeing the enshitification train and thinking, “Man I gotta get on THAT!”

$50/yr?!?!

For WALLPAPERS?!?!

…religion attempts to provide answers that science cannot. But rather than pushing hard to only provide those answers…

Nobody should be attempting to provide answers that aren’t backed by evidence or testable. “Trust me, bro” is not a credential.

If that video was sedition, then so is this post. They’re saying the exact same thing.

Sadly, DNC leaderships VCRs are still flashing 12:00, so it’s unlikely they’ll ever see stuff like this. The interwebs are a dog gone mystery to them.