I see. I do wonder about the real influence of a political betting market on voter outlook. As far as I know, reporting on election betting is fairly new. Do Republicans (or others leaning in this direction) really pay any more attention to that than, say, public polling?
Huh. It seems OK for me. Here's another nitter instance if that helps any.
You get rewarded if you win with this bet, right? The motivation could be as simple as making easy money.
In any case, what is the significance of having betting odds be reliable (besides avoidance of 'the house' deceiving their customers)?
In this case, "Twatter" is not Twitter, but the twat. She set her account to private or whatever.
There's a gear icon at the top of the page for you to change appearance settings/preferences.
At least they weren't dancing, I guess?
Is there so much wrong with using slide shows to portray work progress and all-important diversity of the workers? We really don't need social media managers to force an entire crew to one place to artificially create footage of everyone wOrKiNg ToGeThEr.
God help us if this is wasn't staged and if some of those guys aren't just stray pencil-pushers from the customs department.
Probably not. I think the designers have run into a problem of practicality for an action-adventure game with her variety of tools/weapons.
The box art of a recent-ish game and a little bit from this cutscene (10:40 if it doesn't go there automatically) suggest she really had the axe connected by a belt loop.
We have babysitters for our politicians, lobbyists writing our laws, bankers... banking... It's rather shocking that there might be any truly domestically-led institution in America anymore.
Suppose they're saving the trans main character(s) for the next game?
If it truly is from 8 years ago, this would have been before Trump won 2016.
Why is there always a choker?
You believe that a person should be punished for their speech
Semi-rhetorical questions (I do not accuse Jones of what follows, just throwing this up to consider what free speech absolutism should entail): what do think of rules about defamation or libel/slander? Or how should people be allowed to respond to written or verbal threats? What counts as speech?
Society has broadly accepted some amount of punishment or retribution for "improper" speech or lying (see also perjury, abetting, entrapment, harassment, disturbing the peace, misleading business partners or investors). I think the burden of proof might be on 'our' end to counteract some or all rules against badspeak.
Would something like Batman vs Superman fit?
I think what he means is building up division within a brand or piece of media. That way you capitalize on both sides of the internal rivalry.
Yes.
slightly less retarded
It's a ridiculous expectation for cops to place the safety of aggressors above their own. Asking for a partner to be in position for assistance is just a little wiser than the aforementioned common cries 'just shoot at non-vital body parts, bruh.'
Don't know when it started (this is the first day I have heard of this story), but some tweeter(s) claimed she was a man (one of them was posted here).
It may have been an assumption based on the video. She was extremely tall (6 ft 6 in), had a deep voice, and didn't necessarily look feminine in the body cam footage.
There's a slightly less retarded question they could ask: where was this officer's backup/partner? If the officers in this department are trained to be this hesitant to use lethal force, it might have been worth having backup to at least attempt a tazer or something else before shooting. If nothing else, they might be needed in case the first officer goes down.
The tweet was posted September 20th. Guess they jumped the gun on giving her honorifics.
Looks like a community note was added to the tweet naming the deceased party. Apparently a basketball player.
Whatever was happening, he had the ruse going since high school. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JloLy
While the exact age Fleming was transitioned is unknown, early photos posted to his aunt’s Facebook show he was raised as a boy, and only began presenting in feminine clothing in 2016 when he would have been approximately 14 years old. His family members have been careful not to publicly identify him as transgender, but his grandmother referred to him as her “grandson” in an early photo.
Wrong tweet?
The players’ decision and statement were made independently, and without consultation with the University or the athletic department. The players’ decision also does not represent the position of the University.
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The University intends to move forward with the match as scheduled, and the players may choose not to participate in the match on the day of the contest. No players will be subject to any team disciplinary action for their decision not to participate in the match.
Edit: Another odd part of this saga in San Jose is that one of the man's teammates also doesn't want him there.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/h5Ceo
When Brooke Slusser transferred to San Jose State from Alabama, she had no idea she'd be competing with a male athlete on her women's volleyball team. This was a well-kept secret by the SJSU athletic department.
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"When that first article came out, it was quite literally just a media meeting talking about, 'Don't make comments. If media people come up to you, it's not your story to tell,'" Slusser explained. "And that was really it. It wasn't, ‘How do we feel about this? Are we okay?’ It was how to handle the media and not make it look like there's a problem [...]
last month, Slusser joined more than a dozen other female athletes in suing the NCAA for Title IX violations for allowing male athletes to compete in women's sports and to utilize their locker rooms.
In a way, this presents a good example of being "unburdened by what has been" (previously published).
Edit: alternatively, "What can be [monetized], unburdened by what has been [copyrighted]."
In related news: WNBA Could Go Into A Lockout With Players Seeking More Money Despite League Losing $40 Million This Season
Outkick article: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8BdrX
Things aren't all bad for the league ownership going forward, at least theoretically.