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Captainant

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  1. I mean, I linked a news article to start the thread. It was updated this morning with a statement from CBP saying they would "never target school busses and children", which rings hollow when they also updated their guidelines to no longer explicitly deny entering schools, churches, and hospitals to deport people.
  2. I was fortunate to take a course from him, focusing on the 1890's through the lens of his book The Reckless Decade. Hands-down one of my favorite courses I took in my time at Texas
  3. A small addendum - on iPhones it's hold the down volume and lock buttons for a couple seconds. This puts you into the "SOS" mode, which you can just cancel out of, but it does not accept faceID or touchID to unlock the phone. On android there's a "lockdown" mode that requires the device PIN or password to unlock. The click the side button five times thing was for like iPhone 8 and earlier, so probably not useful info anymore lol
  4. Huh I just also came across a Vanity Fair article from Oct 2024 about bird flu in Texas cattle herds. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/inside-the-bungled-bird-flu-response Wouldn't you know it, they looked the other way and didn't cull herds, and now there's two variants in cattle that's uncontained.
  5. I have a cousin that is a realtor and she would not take "no" for an answer from my wife and I when we were/are house shopping. Along the lines of what yall are saying, it just doesn't make sense to have a major financial transaction wrapped around a family relationship or friendship
  6. Wild there hasn't been more news about this. I guess we're getting the same pandemic playbook as last time with this particular president - ignore it and hope it goes away. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/usda-detects-bird-flu-strain-dairy-cattle-not-previously-seen-cows-according-2025-02-05/ Reuters: Second bird flu strain found in US dairy cattle, USDA says Wild that the CDC and FDA have said nothing about this - it's already impacting the egg supply (if "we" still "care" about that "issue" lol), and is poised to impact milk supplies if it starts to impact cattle and taint milk. Even moreso if that milk is no longer being pasteurized. Fucks sake, man.
  7. Downtown Tulsa? Hardly a good test or impressive stats when you're only seeing two or three other people /s
  8. protip if you DO use biometrics - most phones have a "secure lock" feature where you can click the lock button 5 times and it'll require a password or passcode input. Rebooting the phone does the same thing too, and still is compliant with the police's request and is not destructive towards any potential """evidence""" they'd want to pin on you
  9. Pretty incredible and shocking news stories coming out with the increased push and emphasis on immigration. I figured surly could use a NEWS thread to collect the happenings, and they are pretty newsworthy if you're a Texan. To kick us off, Alice ISD is now circulating a letter advising parents to make sure their children have their paperwork on them at all times, as ICE is stopping school busses to check for illegal 4th graders https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/alice-texas-buses-students-citizenship-border-patrol/ Gonna be a long way down this news hole, I fear.
  10. Bibi has a chance to do the funniest thing
  11. Really excellent analysis of what started the Eaton fire. Poorly maintained electrical lines say HOLLA!
  12. Well yeah, if the dollar takes a dump it'll make their crypto holdings more valuable. They're just fucking James Bond villians running their scheme.
  13. It's so maddening because there's no good reason to do this. The US government is not a trustless system, and this would do nothing but add overhead and a new literal cryptoregulatory state. Code is law, after all.
  14. They're all busy sucking on their teeth and wondering what trades to make to net up during the tarrifs dumbassery
  15. It fits with the cycle of abuse
  16. Take over Gaza.... Build a sovereign wealth fund... ... Are we sure the president isn't just copying off of the Qatari playbook?
  17. It'll be a doozie seeing them throw out the natural born citizen requirement
  18. Jkjk it's wild that surly ops is basically one person, I don't know how you still have hair managing this pack of miscreants
  19. Lmao these idiots hear "strip" and think Vegas. Good lord we're gonna end up with Biff's Pleasure Palace aren't we?
  20. And the insurance industry for adjustments. Get ready for (even) more expensive home insurance
  21. No no, we're talking about the people you denied - not your success stories
  22. There's genuine free speech issues around the idea of banning a specific configuration of weights and biases in a transformer architecture. So I'm sure it'll go through without a hitch, knowing our current timeline
  23. 2.2 Billion gallons lost for any future fires or crops https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/03/climate/trump-california-water-dams-reservoirs/index.html At least the adults are in charge right @realgreggym?
  24. He gets off on seeing people upset. It's why he's in the health insurance game
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