Notices by Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world), page 4
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 02:35:25 JST Thomas Magnum
@tk
Damn right.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 02:28:36 JST Thomas Magnum
@feld
I do not think the US deserves that trillion. Cut the taxes instead and cut the IRS budget.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 02:18:10 JST Thomas Magnum
@lain
That is the one scenario I can see where the payment might be warranted even if the order was for stupid bullshit. If it's something not delivered, or something intangible and the terms were not met, though, that could warrant reduced or nonpayment.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 02:14:22 JST Thomas Magnum
@lain
It also often depends on how you define the default. Defaulting on THE debt and defaulting on a bill they argue they don't really owe are two different things. I suspect DOGE shut down these payments on the claim that these were not properly authorized, but a Democrat-aligned judge is arguing it's a contract and valid enough to be paid before a proper judgement is made (without regard to the correctness of the authorization, which may or may not be real).
The biggest issue with the thing the judges are doing is that they're making injunctions requiring a potentially improper and almost definitely unrecoverable payout. I consider that beyond the purview of these judges' authority. SCOTUS chose not to intervene, which is not a ruling but more a "declined to intervene" situation. I hate the Judicial Branch but I hate watching armchair lawyers treat everything as if it's right because a judge said it even more. We should all be critical of all parts of the government at all times.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 02:01:55 JST Thomas Magnum
@sun
These two should not be combined. That sounds like an awful UTI in progress.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 02:01:35 JST Thomas Magnum
@sun
Without knowing what is specifically being demanded it’s impossible to know what is rejecting an expense and what is just defaulting on a bill. Knowing the government, the latter is possible even if the goods or services were bullshit
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 23:24:07 JST Thomas Magnum
@ins0mniak
At least you parted with good advice
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 23:22:42 JST Thomas Magnum
@p
> Luckily for me, I'm a weird fucker anyway. All the effort to not seem like I was quite as spergy as I am (unfortunately there exists no way to conceal a brain lockup), so I just stopped caring and eventually figured out that people react better when you seem like they expect you to seem. The only time I have to act is when someone quotes the Star War of the Ring and I have to stifle the retching.
I grew up in a weird-rich environment that gamified learning to act normal. The adjustments I had to make were to professionally mesh with the stereotypes rather than being my own brand of weird. But the gamified environment taught me the skills people interpret as "business acumen"
> Entirely accurate. When I was 18, I wore a suit and tie to job interviews because I heard that was how it worked. That is not remotely how it works, which is delightful, but I wish I had known earlier.
I wore a suit and tie to that company I was consulting for's interview. They almost didn't interview me because it made them believe I was a poor fit for the job. They told me this after hiring and told me never to wear a tie to anything for that job/company again.
> Reminds me of that experiment where they had a cashier duck behind the counter to get something and another cashier would pop up, sometimes one of a different race, and people almost never noticed.
Yep. That told me everyhting I needed to know about that manager that I had not had the opportunity to pick up at the dinner.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 17:37:27 JST Thomas Magnum
@p
I have affected a lot of things that make me seem more like a "tech guy" in my career. That need has relaxed some but that used to necessarily include attire. Too much business and strangers question your engineer cred.
Once I got asked by a firm I was working with to drop by a different client I had not worked for previously after my day finished and I told them I was not dressed for first contact. They said that was fine, it was an emergency, needed to go to the server room and be the one who called warranty support so they could get accurate information on some faulty hardware. Not my usual but good enough.
I showed up and they almost called security. The manager came out and saw me in my band T-shirt and combat trousers, and asked if I had business with them. I told them I was the "Linux guy you called $COMPANY for" and they were overjoyed and immediately led me to the server room.
Funny thing is I'd had a high end dinner with her at a charity event not a month before. I dressed appropriately to the event and sat right next to her. We had a great conversation. I don't think she even realized I was an engineer because I know how to do this social shit.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:57:30 JST Thomas Magnum
@mrsaturday
They should not have called your husband sweetheart
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:14:06 JST Thomas Magnum
@jae
Pulling a lot lizard without a truck is impressive
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:13:32 JST Thomas Magnum
@dj
Clussy + Anime is a classic combo
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:13:21 JST Thomas Magnum
@dj
Looks like he had the courtesy to give her a black eye for not watching it with him
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 02:27:32 JST Thomas Magnum
@p
Sardines are delicious. I like sprats even better.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 23:07:49 JST Thomas Magnum
@nerthos
I too threaten you with a field of oily seeds and yellow flowers -
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 18:22:05 JST Thomas Magnum
@ElDeadKennedy
My only criteria going into buying something for brewing coffee was it can’t require electricity and it needs to be properly cleanable.
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 18:28:57 JST Thomas Magnum
@sim
If it helps he’s from the Galápagos Islands
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 18:28:26 JST Thomas Magnum
@sim
An American would
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 06:05:59 JST Thomas Magnum
Everyone seems so focused on the Russian bogeyman that they'll back any shitbag against Russia regardless of the circumstances. What a horrible mindset. -
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Thomas Magnum (leyonhjelm@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 01:15:44 JST Thomas Magnum
@mrsaturday
I doubt it. There are enough areas that won't elect Democrats that I doubt they can top 300.
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