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Surly's own Fitlump getting a KUT writeup and support from Democrats: https://www.kut.org/housing/2024-11-04/austin-city-council-democrats-for-mackenzie-kelly-republican-housing-krista-laine

Biden or Harris could revoke his security clearance, which would seriously hamper his position at SpaceX due to all the DoD contracts. The report that Elon talks to Putin regularly is enough of a concern to justify that move. Biden or Harris could also order an investigation into Elon’s citizenship application. If it is found he lied during that process, his citizenship could be revoked. The reports that he worked illegally before gaining citizenship are enough to justify an investigation but I didn’t know if that would be a disqualifier. Either way, Elon relies heavily on the US government (DoD contracts, EV tax credits, etc) and needs to be reminded that choices have consequences. Just look at Bezos - don’t think Amazon AWS losing the $10 billion JEDI contract after criticizing Trump didn’t affect his decision to prevent the Washington Post from recommending Harris. Basically - don’t slap the hand that feeds you.

If abortions aren't legal, she has an excuse of getting pregnant and locking you in.

How to say you’re an idiot without saying you’re an idiot.

FYI - If you do have biometric/Face ID access enabled on an iPhone, you can hold down the power button along with one of the volume buttons together for a few seconds. This will require your passcode to unlock. So if you ever get pulled over by a cop or know you are getting interviewed by the police, you should do this.

Anyone else seeing this: Edited: Whoops - Already posted in the College Hoops 2024-25 thread by BurntOrange&White.

Yes - her predecessor won in ‘22 with 60% of the vote vs 36%. She might not get 60% but it’s safe to say she will win. And sadly she will continue to be elected until she dies or gets arrested for something. Most congressmen leave for better roles (senate, governor, etc) or stupidly high paying consulting/media jobs. Due to her low IQ neither will happen and so she isn’t going anywhere. If she can win the GOP primary AFTER publicly giving a dude a handjob on video AND moving into a new district, she is safe for the foreseeable future.

Better double check your time. Kickoff is 6:30pm CDT Saturday, which should be 1:30am Sunday morning Italian time. And FWIW, I have an Amazon Firestick with NordVPN & YouTubeTV that worked perfectly for last week’s OU shellacking.

How dare you besmirch Ronnie!

It will never happen. Arlington approved >$300m & >$400m in bonds to help build Cowboy & Globe Life stadium respectively (each stadium cost ~$1.1b). I seriously doubt this city will ever vote to approve a nearly hall billion dollar bond for a professional sports team’s stadium, a requirement any expansion team ownership is going to have. It is why Austin FC was funded privately and probably why the Spurs haven’t already made a serous attempt to move here. Statistically Austin is the perfect place for a professional sports team but the city’s lack of an appetite to bankroll a billionaire’s private company already has, and will continue to, prevent any team from moving here.

Looks like Tate and his brother are now being held overnight: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd02j64y9o.amp

Bill is speaking tomorrow.

It is illegal - it is a violation of the Logan Act but only two people ever have been indicted and neither were convicted. And Trump isn't the first to violate it, Nixon most famously violated it to help his campaigns in 1968 while some theorize Reagan violated it 1980 to help his. Nixon's actions were the most egregious in that it prevented a possible end to the Vietnam war: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/06/nixon-vietnam-candidate-conspired-with-foreign-power-win-election-215461/ Regan and the October Surprise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory TLDR - Same shit, different day.

In case any of you use the Anova Sous Vide cooker to cook their steaks, Anova is implementing two major changes: #1 - they are going to start charging $10 a year for Anova app access for any accounts created after 8/21: https://anovaculinary.com/blogs/blog/update-existing-users-grandfathered-in-new-users-will-pay-a-small-app-subscription-fee?srsltid=AfmBOor0R0kHCR4_qHtOBxkGCHzhZH-T_VIfBK3an4L3XL8gx-zdF94P #2 - they are going to disable Bluetooth/WiFi access from the app to older cooker models next September. You’ll be able to manually set the cooker on the cooker display but not through the app: https://support.anovaculinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/27322197681165-The-Original-Anova-Precision-Cooker-Bluetooth-Bluetooth-WIFI-remote-connectivity-sunsetting#:~:text=Anova will be shutting down,Cooker on September 28th%2C 2025. I’m really disappointed as the product worked perfectly & they are only making changes to try & squeeze in a few extra bucks. It will still function but in a degraded state.