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Interim US Attorney Ed Martin announced dismissal this afternoon of roughly 80 #FBI #federalprosecutors #DOJ #attorneys who worked on #CapitolRiots cases #jan6th in #DC office over past 4 yrs two...cuts amount to about 8% of office’s prosecutors. Combined with a recently announced freeze on #hiring #promotions, the openings will have impacts across office’s #civil #appellate #SuperiorCourt and #violentcrime divisions, where some prosecutors had been previously reassigned. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

The Washington Post · D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probesBy Spencer S. Hsu

This goddammed #goober needs to shut his pie hole about the #military and our #veterans. He singlehandedly held up critical #promotions to grandstand about #abortion; an issue he doesn't understand. He's also a #carpetbagger who doesn't even live in the state he represents. There are few people who need to sit the fuck down more than #TommyTuberville.

#SenatorGoober #FoghornLeghorn #AlabamaIdiot #CoachDumbshit

dailycaller.com/2024/08/09/sen

Ok, where to begin? 😛

Been head down writing for a couple of weeks now, but of course, once I start writing, that’s when I also want to code 😀 So I finish one story arc in my WIP and switch to coding on yet another Fedi client because I was getting tired of my current Swift-based Fedi client starting to slow down after a month or two …

Then, on top of that, I decided to try and actually do some promotion of my first novel. I’ve never been very good at self-promotion — it just feels a little too pushy to me.

I’m trying to be better but still can’t get rid of the nagging feeling that I’m pushing too much.

And then I went and did something today which might be a big boo-boo 😀

I have had this Facebook page for Jim Butcher that I created a very long time ago — probably 10 years or more? I started it when I first started reading Butcher and really liked it but there was no Jim Butcher presence on FB. So I created a page and I made it clear that JB was not involved.

Years passed. FB changed how pages worked and the page moved to the new system. I don’t think I really paid attention since I’d moved on to new stuff …

When I was promoting my book on FB the last few days, I thought, “Hey why not share to the Jim Butcher page too? Somebody there might like my book …” So I did.

But what I didn’t realize was that when I shared to the JB page, it didn’t share as me but as Jim Butcher. Ooops ….

I only realized today when I switched over to that page to see if there were any reaction to my posts. People were starting to freak out wondering why JB would post about somebody else’s book and if the site had been taken over and so on …

I don’t really like to deceive people and this felt bad to me. I did as much as I could to allay fears and to update the page again to indicate that JB wasn’t involved and to correct my mistake.

But I’m really not sure if that was enough. But I can’t think of what else I could do. If I took down any of the original posts, then that might be seen as an attempt to cover up or something. Who really knows? I certainly don’t 🙂

#Life #Facebook #Writing #Coding #Promotions #Mishaps #Misadventures
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"Why are you unsubscribing from our promotional emails?"

You send too many.

"Oh, how many is too many."

Once a month is too many.

"Why once a month? What makes you say that?"

Er...

"What happens when you get an email from us?"

I delete it.

"Why do you delete it?"

Because it is useless.

"Why it is useless?"

Because it is not useful.

"Why is it not useful?"

It is about something I'm not interested in.

"Why are you not interested in it?"

I've never learned emu husbandry.

"How come?"

I was busy with something else.

"How come?"

...

"How come?"

What?

"How come?"

FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKING EMAILS!

"How come?"

:headache:

:holdthepain:

Changes announced on Tuesday include letting #developers set up alternative #AppMarketplaces to offer a catalogue solely made up of the developer's own apps with immediate effect.

Developers can choose how to design in-app #promotions, #discounts and other deals

#Apple retreats in fight to defend #AppStore in #Europe
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Hundreds of #promotions approved afr #Tuberville drops hold. #Senate swiftly approves 425 officers’ advancement but 11 four-star jobs remain in limbo. 1Man Did This #TommyTuberville released most of his holds on officer promotions on Tues largely ending 9-month protest that failed to reduce troops’ access to #abortion services but left US military increasingly shorthanded at its most senior jobs. W/in hours the Senate approved promotion of 425 senior officers long held up defenseone.com/policy/2023/12/

Defense OneHundreds of promotions approved after Tuberville drops holdSenate swiftly approves 425 officers’ advancement, but 11 would-be four-stars remain in limbo.

Chief #Alabama #goober Tommy #Tuberville said the #US has "the weakest #military that we've had in probably a year in my lifetime."

He neglected to mention that he has personally prevented hundreds of officers from being promoted, and continues his #blockade on military #promotions to this day.

I really don't like this this guy. At all.

businessinsider.com/tuberville

Insider · Tuberville said US has the 'weakest military' in his lifetimeBy Madison Hall

There are no words to adequately describe how big of a piece of shit #TommyTuberville is. A #Marine General collapsed and had to be hospitalized due to his increased workload resulting from #Tuberville’s refusal to allow #military #promotions. Tuberville’s response? "It's not my fault because I also worked hard as an NFL coach."🤦‍♂️

thedailybeast.com/tuberville-i

The Daily Beast · Tuberville: I Worked Just as Hard as Marine General Who CollapsedBy William Vaillancourt

The right has broken out their pearls in response to #MichaelHayden's remark, but is he wrong? #Tuberville is singlehandedly preventing more than 300 #military #promotions, putting our readiness at risk, and directly harming our #nationalSecurity because he thinks holding these promotions #hostage is going to result in the military caving to his hateful #ideology, and demand that pregnant #troops' lives be made as difficult as possible. I think Hayden is on to something.

dailycaller.com/2023/10/10/for

The Daily Caller · Former CIA Director Suggests GOP Senator Should Be Removed From 'Human Race'By Arjun Singh

Tommy #Tuberville, the #racist goober who is singlehandedly blocking all #military #promotions, voted against #Biden's pick for the Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff position because the man is #black. He implied that that Biden picked him because of his skin color, and not his impeccable qualifications. Tuberville is a monumental piece of shit who is actively harming our military, and threatening our national security.

alternet.org/amp/tuberville-wh

Alternet.org · 'Jaw dropping': Tommy Tuberville slammed for 'white supremacy'By David Badash

#America's least favorite #goober, Sen. Tommy #Tuberville, is completely #ignorant of what the #military is, what it does, how it operates, and what its #culture is all about. If you go outside right now and find a pile of #dogshit, that pile of dog shit knows more about our military than Sen. Tuberville. That's how ignorant he is. And when that ignorance combines with his epicly poor judgement, an unnecessary blockade on high-level #promotions is what results.

businessinsider.com/tuberville

InsiderTuberville makes fun of poetry in Navy, but it's a time-honored traditionBy Chris Panella
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