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Sappho & Her Friend play rulepermarket sweeps (90s socially acceptable edition) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Sappho was a poet from the island of Lesbo, which is where the word lesbian comes from.

Have you ever caught a marketing or spam email sent using one of your email aliases? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got a pump and dump scam from an alias that I only used for my brokerage account. They assured me it wasn't them. A week later they publicly announced that they were hacked.

Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Well...he would know

Are there any shows that got abruptly cancelled because the government didn't like something they said or did? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

The closest I can think of in the U.S.. was the Smothers Brothers. They were cancelled by the network, not the government, even though they were very popular . They frequently criticized the Vietnam war and government officials.

House Passes Johnson’s Plan to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't bet against it

House Passes Johnson’s Plan to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote in c/[email protected]
Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 234 points 1 year ago (13 children)

The purpose of a fine is to get compliance, not to punish. The fine was $50,000, doubling every day. So $350,00 dollars means Musk caved after 3 days. Pretty effective tactic by the court.

What inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That Ben Franklin said beer is proof that God loves us