#February 11 2025

[royalarchivist]

Fit: [After he "lays" an egg] It's no joke. So yeah, there you go! Enjoy, enjoy. 🥚

Mythical Sausage: You actually did it! 🥹 Oh… I'm gonna put this in an item frame! It needs to be displayed for all to see!

Fit: Oh, nice. Yeah, but just make sure it's not too warm or else the thing might hatch, and we don't want that.

Mythical Sausage: Oh no no no, we– No, we can't. You know, if it hatches, then–

Fit: Then you gotta kill it! If it hatches, you just kill it! You just kill it instantly!

Mythical Sausage: Wha– wait! But wouldn't that be your child? I would kill your child! 😢

Fit: I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN! No, if an egg is like, talking to you, just know– Nothing good ever happens, dude. Nothing good ever happens.

[labelleizzy]

The Judges Say No

February 11, 2025

By Connie Willis

The big news today was all in court, from different federal judges, and all good:

--A judge ordered Trump to reinstate all the websites scrubbed from the public health web pages and slapped a restraining order on him to make sure he did it.

--A federal judge said that Trump violated his order halting federal funding and ordered the government to immediately restore the frozen funding. The judge said Trump had defied a court order. He threatened contempt proceedings if Trump did not comply.

--A federal judge reinstated the fired head of the whistleblower protection agency.

--A federal judge cancelled the deadline for "deferral resignations," put a halt to them, and put a restraining order on the project.

--A federal judge ordered the FBI to release documents related to the mishandling of classified documents. (This is in response to a FOIA case.)

--A federal judge issued an injunction halting Trump’s executive order cancelling birthright citizenship. (This is the third time and the third judge.)

--The judges are really angry that Trump’s lawyers and Musk and his young punks have been lying to the court.

--For those who are worried about who’s going to enforce these judicial rulings, federal judges can deputize other state level law enforcement to carry out their orders, and cabinet officials don’t have the same protections as Trump does.

Meanwhile, the coup-ing continued:

--Trump pardoned New York Mayor Eric Adams (to spite Letitia James) and Rod Blagoevich (because he’s a fellow criminal), dropped the charges against his co-conspirators Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliviera in the classified documents case, and had his DOJ make a plea deal with Steve Bannon in his multi-million dollar "build the wall" scam so that Bannon pleads guilty but serves no jail time. Legal experts called it "corruption in plain sight." (It’s just like one of those Marvel Comics where the Joker frees all the criminals to help him in his dastardly plan.)

--Musk shut down the Institute of Education Sciences, canceling $900 million dollars in contracts.

--Musk froze the funds at the USDA. This means farmers who signed contracts and paid up front for fending, new crops, renewable energy systems, etc., are now on the hook for all that money.

--There are reports that Musk may have created a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM.

--Russell Vought said that veterans' disability benefits need to be means tested.

As all this progresses, their plan is coming into focus:

--Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: "All options are on the table for spending cuts to every government program."

--Hakeem Jeffries: "Their plan is to destroy Social Security, destroy Medicare, destroy Medicaid."

--Marissa Kilaas: "If you think of Musk, Vought, the DOGE group, etc. as hired mercenaries, the picture becomes much clearer. This administration isn’t trying to change our government. They want it dead. They want it so thoroughly gutted that no American has a shred of faith left in its ability to protect them. They’re creating despair to then step in as saviors with faux solutions."

--Maxine Waters put it much more bluntly: (about Musk) "We know you’re the co-President now. He’s a thief. He’s a gangster."

--Orval Osborne, one of the lawyers fighting Musk in court, came out today with a list of "How to Defeat Autocratic Regimes:" 1. Defend the rule of law. 2. Fight corruption. 3. Pluralistic government. 4. Defend elections. 5. Fight disinformation. 6. Protect media. 7. Explain that democracy delivers better than dictatorships."

Even though there’s lots going on, I feel I have to keep reporting on the underlying madness that is driving it. Otherwise, it’s like reporting on all Caligula’s or George III’s doings and not mentioning that they were batshit crazy:

--I didn’t realize this, but Trump in his pre-Super Bowl interview not only said a bunch of crazy stuff, but declared February 9th Gulf of America Day and said people should celebrate it with "ceremonies, programs, and activities." He said his proclamation would be "bigger than the Super Bowl." (Note: Somehow I don’t see Gulf of America Day becoming as popular as, say, the Super Bowl or the Fourth of July, especially since only 25% approve of the name change. P.S. Delusions of grandeur is one of the symptoms of dementia.)

--Trump declared this while sitting at the mini-Resolute Desk which he has on Air Force One.

--Trump also said during the interview: "All hell is going to break out on Saturday at noon if Hamas doesn’t release its remaining hostages."

--Trump said "I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza...the remainder will be demolished."

--Now Trump is meeting with foreign leaders. When he met with Jordan’s king, the king asked him where he would find the money to buy Gaza. Trump: "We’re not going to buy anything. We’re going to have it. We’re going to keep it, and we’re going to make sure tht there’s going to be peace, and there’s not going to be any problem, and nobody’s going to question it." (Translation: Mine, mine, all mine.)

--In response, Hamas suspended the release of the rest of the hostages.

--Trump said he wants to stop the Ukraine war because "Young handsome soldiers are being killed."

--Trump said, "If they (Canada) become our 51st state, it would be the greatest thing they could ever do. And think of how beautiful the country would be without that artificial line running right through it. Somebody drew it many years ago with a ruler. Just a line." When asked if he was serious about annexing Canada, Trump said, "When the U.S. was founded, how many states did we have? And how many do we have noe? And so, is it outlandish?" (Yes, yes, it is.)

--When asked why he wanted to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, he said, "Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace." Reporter: "Have you seen any shows there?" Trump: "No."

And Trump’s not the only one who’s crazy:

--Elon Musk has changed his name on Twitter to "Harry Bolz" (no, I am not making this up) and has been posting things like "Circumcisions at a discount, only 50% off," and "Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in." He had previously changed his name to Kekius Maximus. (Meanwhile, the Republicans are all over TV trying to convince everyone Elon is responsible, serious, and trustworthy.)

--Musk also continues to obsess about accusations against him of cheating on video games (which he’s been proven to do) tweeting, "Video game journalism is garbage."

--Republican Representative Buddy Carter introduced a bill to rename Greenland Red White and Blue Land. The internet was appalled. The comments read stuff like "This is embarrassing and cringe," and "Clown. Show."

--Dinesh D’Souza said "It would be fun to rename all the forts after Confederate generals, not because we like Confederate generals, but just to piss off the left."

--Fox News said (with a straight face) that Trump’s White House is putting out so much accurate information there is no need for investigative reporting any more. "All you have to do, legacy media, is simply repoeat, retweet, repost, and that is the news, and that is the facts."

In good news:

--The Democratic group Indivisible has been holding meetings all over the country to overflow crowds.

--Ditto the town halls that Democrats are holding all over the place.

--The Senate Democrats set up a whistleblower portal so federal workers can report what’s going on in their agencies as Musk and his punks maraud through them.

--The board of the Kennedy Center, which Trump wants to fire, includes all the living past First Ladies, including Dr. Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush (the librarian), and Hillary Clinton, any of whom are tougher than Trump. And smarter.

--Since the Winter Solstice, we’ve been steadily getting longer days, and Denver now has an additional hour of sunlight every day. It may not be noticeable yet, bur ir will be soon. Yay!

I posted the other day about the unreliability (to say the least) of AI and quoted an AI entry about how water is liquid at 27 degrees F because it doesn’t freeze till it reaches 32 degrees F. Well, I have since had a couple of encounters with AI of my own in the course of my work. While I was doing my taxes and looking up the mileage from Greeley to Brush, Colorado (where my husband goes to do an annual Science Fair), I found this: "Brush is 34 miles from Greeley, and the distance between the two towns is 152 miles." (Note: Neither is correct. Brush is 64 miles from Greeley.) Then, while researching which Romantic poets visited Tintern Abbey, I asked the question, "Did Byron visit Tintern Abbey?" The answer from AI was, "Yes, and he painted a romantic picture of it, "Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard." The picture shows a young man holding a skull and contemplating death." (There is such a picture, but it’s not by Byron, who, to my knowledge, didn’t paint. It’s by the French artist, Philip James de Loutherbourg. And Byron didn’t visit Tintern Abbey, either.) So I definitely think we should let Musk and his young punks turn the whole government over to AI.)

Oh, and I have a movie to recommend. We watched "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" in honor of the anniversary of the Beatles’ appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, and then last night we watched "Yesterday," an absolutely lovely movie about a world in which nobody’s ever heard of the Beatles except for one guy--maybe. It’s a great movie--plus you get to listen to all the Beatles songs again.

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[ojiropanelotd]

Day 296! ojiro finally has another speaking line hell yeah! Chapter: 319

[thatwritererinoriordan]

Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson, two great Classicists who taste great together, are coming to my alma mater in February

[analbumeachday]

8th Wonder by The National Parks

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Standout Tracks:

Angels

8th Wonder

History Channel

Trouble

Rodeo

Have I heard this album before today?

Yes!

[vyxart]

[chiaraferragniwardrobe]

What: Des Phemmes Stretch-Cotton Jeans in Coffee Brown (460,00€) Where: Instagram - February 11, 2025

Worn with: Des Phemmes t-shirt and Ray-Ban sunglasses

[fudgincrackers]

Hi…

Happy very late new year. We’re in 2025. Yesterday was February 10th. The day passed just like any other. I looked at the date earlier that day and it hit me why the date seemed significant.

For if one day I forget here’s a bit of context. I met him back in 2019 on Feb. 10th.

It’s crazy that even just last year, this date meant something special and now it’s just any other day. Anyways just wanted to update you. No contact. Still haven’t checked. I say that’s a win. Still feel sad once in a while but not because of him. I still feel angry and that’s something I don’t think will go away honestly.

[bed-every-day]

February 11, 2025

[untothebreach]

incredibly wild every time the 'if you dont like rap you're racist' conversation comes around on tumblr cuz like. yes there are people who don't like rap or won't give it a chance for racist reasons. but it's also baffling that people assume if you don't like it for any reason it's racism and not just genre preference. I've tried it! many times! I've tried rap and I don't like it! I like older hip-hop and R+B stuff just fine, but rap falls into the same category was incredibly crunchy chuggy metal for me where it gets a-melodic and my rhythmic, which is fine but I just prefer things with musically sung lyrics. Same reason I never got into stuff like grind metal, ska, or k-pop, which has the same element of that as rap. And I say this as a metalhead, who mostly listens to power and folk metal. I understand not every genre is everyones cup of tea, but also its important to asses Why you don't like a genre and if it's coming from a place rooted in stereotype, prejudice, or racist ideas or if it's actually just personal taste and musical preference. it's not a hard black and white, like it and you're good or hate it and you're racist kind of thing imo.

[royalarchivist]

Fit: Oh, is that so?

Mythical Sausage: Yeah, I clamp on that thing, and I'm never letting go. 😏

Seapeekay: Well, that's enough of that for me! 😥

Fit: Yeah, I suppose you have to. [Laughs hearing what CPK said] Oh, we're just talking about riding dragons!

Mythical Sausage: Oh, look at him! He doesn't want to talk about– riding bulls, right? Oh, look at the poor little guy!

Fit: Oh, party pooper! Every party needs a pooper, that's why we invited you! Party pooper.

Mythical Sausage: Yeah, you know what? I say we follow him–

[akumasuk]

~Kuda berlari pada pagi yang mendung~

[orengejoshi]

I need to draw more for this, I have so many notes on how I imagine Black Hat's species' biology and culture to work. it's a lot of sciency stuff (researched! mostly getting inspired by sea creatures, plants and micro organisms)

[jjeremysstash]

Fixing Windows 11 - A Masterpost

Windows 11 is absolute crap for a good bunch of stuff so yeah, have a masterpost with most of the things I've found around to fix it haha (they're not all here because I did stuff around and I don't remember what)

YES, I KNOW at this point Linux would be a better alternative, however some here can't use Linux due to some proprietary programs that are not on Linux. This Masterpost is for the people in the same situation as I, aka those who have to have Windows or they can't do their job.

I am currently unemployed and haven't worked enough for the government to help me. I have a ko-fi if ever you want to help.

Stopping W11 from making you create an account/setting up your computer without internet (with a way to create gpedit.msc if your version doesn't have it)

Fixing the Taskbar (in case you also don't like the grouped Battery/internet/sound or the way the windows look)(there's more to it, check the settings)

There is the chance that Windows can't update because of this, you just have to uninstall it and reinstall it afterwards. They also completely nuked the Windows 10 look in the 24H2 update, so use the "Windows 10 (Explorer Patcher)" option instead of the plain "Windows 10".

Removing the rounded windows (since ExplorerPatcher doesn't do it anymore on 24H2)

https://github.com/valinet/Win11DisableRoundedCorners

How to move the volume and luminosity pop ups (so you can finally see those sweet sweet subtitles)

In case ModernFlyouts doesn't automatically start up, possible solution

Fixing the Start Menu (ExplorerPatcher can do that too, btw)

How to show all options right away

A way to bring back the Calendar

https://github.com/matej137/OutlookRemover

MICROSOFT FULLY NUKED THE CALENDAR!!! Possible fix is to downgrade the app (which is fine if you don't use the Mail), but do use the OutlookRemover to stop the automatic installation of the new version.

https://github.com/matej137/OutlookRemover/issues/15

How to remove Copilot if you have it (I don't, but it might be because I'm in Europe??)

Archive

Apparently Copilot is being forced on people so hummm

Other stuff not specifically related to the shit W11 did

Changing the size of the scroll bars

How to fully remove Cortana

Website with tools to fix W10 and W11

[chiaraferragniwardrobe]

What: Hermès Kelly Touch 25 Veau Madame in Niloticus Crocodile Black Where: Instagram - February 11 , 2025

Worn with: Saint Laurent coat, Cheline top, Chanel moccasins

[chalamet-chalamet]

Timothée Chalamet receiving the Arlington Artist of the Year Award on Feb. 11, 2025 in Santa Barbara.

IG credit to photosbybolden