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In order to report my phone as lost, I have to log in to the carrier's website. In order to log in to the carrier's website, I have to type in my password as usual, and *then* I have to type in the 9 digit code they sent to my phone... My lost phone.

2-factor authentication has never *once* done me any good, but it sure has fucked up plenty of significant events in my life! Good job, Comp. Sci., you made everything suck.





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Server Upgrade


I have not set a precise time though I have decided to upgrade the server used for the Rouge Project Friendica Instance. It will be month or so as I have to get things in order. My VPS provider is having a sale that is very reasonable on a significant upgrade. The only caveat is that I have to pay 3 years in advance to get the deep discounts. So I will be juggling some expenses around to make it happen. Hopefully sooner rather than later


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#Instance Update #Maintenance #Upgrade



#SCOTUS #Tariffs #Constitution

I've been listening to the entire argument before the Supremes today and now am hearing problems with the SCOTUSblog analysis on CSPAN.
All the experts are wrong and I'm correct for the same reason I was when the War Powers Act was first passed/ratified and since:

Legislature cannot alter the U.S. Constitution without passing an Amendment thereto, and the Constitution states that the powers of the President are enumerated, none are "inherent", and what's not enumerated is reserved for the States or the People.



Isn't it funny how the right constantly wrings their hands over how members of any societal group they don't like, be it trans people, gay people, or even just users of recreational drugs, need to lose a bunch of their rights because somehow, they are a danger to children?

And by "funny", I mean "infuriating", because so many of them are themselves the actual threat to children...

thepinknews.com/2025/11/04/you…



"The plane was fueled with 38,000 gallons at the time, due to the lengthy trip to Hawaii - sparking a fire that spread to cover FIVE MILES."

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…



So I guess they don't have to say "papers, please" before violating your civil liberties any more...

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…



On the plus side, given Emperor Trumps' history of using shoddy materials and stiffing the folks who actually build his construction projects, there's a good chance that he'll be killed or incapacitated by his new ballroom!



It must be an amazingly stressless job, working for the Onion. US Politics has become so ridiculous, so reprehensible, that the jokes just write themselves!

Especially now that this "liberal", "democratic" politician has an endorsement from Emperor Trump...



Well, that was weird. I was in the process of recommending the Texas Observer as a good Fourth Estate entity only to find they'd blocked me and I have no clue why that is. I now toss that rag into the Loony Bin.
in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan

Texasobserver.org uses Cloudflare. That could be where the problem exists.



I'm sure everybody is sick up to the gills with all the #OpenEnrollment commercials splattering all media outlets like pigeon shit splattering a city--which is a case of health care making sick people. Anybody notice that it's all for #MedicareAdvantage and not for #ACA open enrollment, also currently active? The first A in ACA is likely the reason.

So all you newly retired people getting sucked in by enrolling into any Medicare Advantage program should keep in mind where the money for buying a lot of prime time AND off-prime time spot space comes from, because that's the same reason why they like to habitually deny coverage once you've been caught as a customer.

in reply to Radio Free Trumpistan

Isn’t that website only partly functional? I’m trying to get an appointment at my credit union. They offer free advisors to help members on choosing a plan.
in reply to cobalt

@cobalt Not sure but I wouldn't doubt it given the current regime. Keep trying. Persist.


#HashtagGames
#MovieCharactersAutoBiographyTitles

The Importance of Being Ernest --The stuff that Vern doesn't even know

This would be #NoEffort if not for the fact that the biography was written by Justin Lloyd; somewhere I heard that he's Varney's cousin or something like that.
#JimVarney

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IT IS JUST TOO GODDAM EARLY FOR IT TO BE THIS DARK OUTSIDE ALREADY!!

...so instead of being outside I got to watching a MASH re-run on MeTV and spied something I hadn't spied when I watched it when it was in season. Mr. Dead Skunk is who portrayed "the singing surgeon". Well, knock me over with a feather.

His biggest problem with showing a serious streak is the fact that he made his public debut singing "Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road" because now that's what his permanent brand is forever. #LoudenWainwrightIII