fpslem 3d ago • 100%
Back atcha, buddy, you know this sub removes posts that don't use the article title? Take it up with the title editor, not me.
nymag.com
Days before the 2016 election, Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen made a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about her alleged affair with the Republican presidential candidate. It did not quite go as planned. When Trump was in the White House, Daniels’s claims about their relationship (which Trump denies) went public. Years later, in May 2024, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to the payoff. Trump has been trying to get his conviction thrown out or at least delay his sentencing (maybe forever). But we’ve already learned plenty of lurid details about the alleged relationship. So why would Trump make a second attempt to silence Daniels ahead of the 2024 election? MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow reported on Wednesday that Trump’s attorney recently made another offer to Daniels. In 2018, years before the Manhattan DA brought charges against Trump, Daniels filed a defamation suit over a Trump tweet attacking her for claiming that she was threatened by a stranger to stay quiet about their affair. A federal judge dismissed the suit months later, and Daniels was ordered to pay Trump’s legal fees. As of this summer, the two camps were still haggling over the final amount: Team Trump had asked for $652,000 at one point, while Team Daniels said it should be closer to $600,000, per Maddow. Then in July, Trump’s lawyer sent a letter to Daniels’s representative saying that a payment of $620,000 was too low, but that they would agree to it if Daniels signed a nondisclosure agreement. According to MSNBC, the letter said this: >We disagree that a payment of $620,000.00 would be in full satisfaction of the three judgement. However, we can agree to settle these matters for $620,000.00, provided that your client agrees in writing to make no public or private statements related to any alleged past interactions with president Trump, or defamatory or disparaging statements about him, his businesses and/or any affiliates or his suitability as a candidate for President. Daniels’s lawyer rejected the offer. Eventually, Trump’s attorney said that after speaking to “my client and co-counsel,” they would agree to $635,000 — with no mention of Daniels remaining silent. Daniels’s attorney said they eventually settled on $627,500 with no NDA. ...
www.tennessean.com
Around 150 students walked out of class at the University School of Nashville on Wednesday morning to call for the resignation of two school leaders over their handling of sexual harassment allegations against a now-former teacher. The group, along with a handful of parents and alumni, gathered on the lawn in front of the school along Edgehill Avenue around 11 a.m. The University School of Nashville Student Union for Action organized the event, calling for the resignation of school director Amani Reed and assistant head of school Quinton Walker. Students led the group in chants saying, "Reed must leave," "protect our kids" and "save our school." At times, they turned to faced the doors of the school, where one student said Reed was inside. The group also marched around the block, chanting with signs in hand as they wound along 21st Avenue South before returning to campus. Dean Masullo, who taught English at the school for 15 years, was suspended in May immediately after a female student came forward and accused him of grooming and sexually harassing her. Masullo was ultimately fired in July. The student has since graduated. The Tennessean is not naming her, as it does not identify victims of sexual harassment. In August, the former student's lawyer sent a letter to the school's board of trustees lambasting the response of school leaders to the situation. It said the school failed to hire an independent investigative team, despite Reed's claims it had engaged "third-party experts." The letter also said Walker promised to keep the former student and her family updated on what was happening, but instead deferred to the school's lawyer to communicate with them. The letter also took issue with nearly $30,000 paid to Masullo as part of a separation agreement. The student union, formed in the wake of Masullo's firing, has also voiced concerns over the school's response and the payment. "Paying off a predator is not the answer," the former student said at the demonstration Wednesday. ...
fpslem 4d ago • 100%
That price is so low, it might as well just be the customer list.
Edit: For the record, Juiced made some decent bikes. The HyperScorpion is a fun little moped, and I would have liked to have seen a refined version that improved on the battery design (they were really hard to put back in if you removed them for charging) and came with better stock tires.
fpslem 6d ago • 100%
Bring us back major concert tours from Hole, Veruca Salt, Garbage, the Breeders, and the Chicks, you cowards! (The Chicks are still filling arenas, actually, and they put on a really good show.)
fpslem 7d ago • 100%
I just tried this the other day, it was quite complete and fun to play!
fpslem 1w ago • 100%
Vouchers are public subsidies for private businesses, and often fuel fringe religious-social movements, change my mind.
fpslem 1w ago • 100%
Cybercabs are two-seater vehicles
Just two seats why? Has this so-called genius ever taken a cab with friends ever?
fpslem 1w ago • 100%
I don't like how every news story about the layoffs uncritically parrots the company excuse about the strike, as if decades of regulatory capture, short-term business strategy, and poor engineering and supply chain decisions by successive waves of over-paid executives didn't sink the company.
fpslem 2w ago • 100%
Where's your bike seat?
MADRID, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Operators of rental e-scooters will have until Oct. 25 to remove all their mobility devices from the streets of Madrid, the mayor's office said on Tuesday, following an outcry against reckless driving and chaotic parking by their users. After withdrawing their licences last month, the mayor's office said the three foreign operators - Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility - had failed to implement limits on their clients' circulation or control their parking to regain the licences. Amsterdam-based Dott, Germany's Tier Mobility and U.S.-based Lime, whose scooters are available via the Uber have around 2,000 e-scooters each throughout Madrid. ...
fpslem 2w ago • 100%
¿Por qué no los dos?
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City official was charged Tuesday with witness tampering and destroying evidence in a sweeping federal investigation that led to Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment on charges he took bribes and illegal campaign cash from foreign interests. The arrest came amid an ongoing exodus of top Adams administration officials, as federal prosecutors delve deeper into allegations that the mayor was using staffers in an attempt to cover up wrongdoing. Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday as the mayor’s liaison to the Muslim community, is accused of encouraging a businessman to solicit illegal straw donations from four of the businessman’s employees and to then lie about it to the FBI. At one point, Bahi told the businessman that Adams believed the man wouldn’t cooperate with law enforcement, according to prosecutors. As agents arrived to search Bahi’s home in July, they say he deleted an encrypted messaging app from his cell phone that he had used to communicate with Adams. Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Adams denied that he had any hand in telling anyone to lie. “I would never instruct anyone to do anything illegal or improper,” he said. ...
After their disappointing loss to the Vikings on Sunday in London, the Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh. Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will be the inteirm head coach, a source said. The Jets will host the Bills on Monday Night Football in Week 6 for first place in the AFC East. Saleh had one year remaining on his contract that he signed in 2021. “This morning, I informed Robert Saleh that he will no longer serve as the head coach of the Jets,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said in a statement. I thanked him for his hard work these past 3 1/2 years and wished him and his family well moving forward. This is not an easy decision, but we are not where we should be given our expectations, and I believe now is the best time for us to move in a different direction.” Saleh registered a 20-36 record in four seasons with the Jets. This is the first time since becoming the owner in 2000 that Johnson has fired a coach during the middle of the season. ...
fpslem 2w ago • 100%
if Rosalyn engaged in his world
fpslem 2w ago • 100%
The Ros strips were always some of my favorite. You never stop identifying with Calvin, but you also kinda cheered for her, and when she won (like in Calvinball) you celebrated with her too.
fpslem 2w ago • 100%
Kamala’s addiction to thin mints
Relatable.
www.motherjones.com
With the Federal Emergency Management Agency reeling from major staffing and funding shortages amid the impact of Hurricane Helene, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused on Sunday to commit to reconvening the House before Election Day to aid recovery efforts. In response to a letter from President Biden urging congressional leaders back to replenish federal disaster loan funding, Johnson said during a Fox News Sunday interview that he’d only do so after the election—all but ensuring the funds will run out. ...
As the clock ticked down to zero at FirstBank Stadium Saturday night, Vanderbilt fans let out a roar so loud you could hear it from miles away. Their reaction matched the historic scale of Vanderbilt's "David vs. Goliath" victory: The unranked team had beaten Alabama, No. 1 in the nation. Why it matters: It was perhaps the greatest moment in Vanderbilt football history, and the first time ever the Commodores had prevailed against a top-five opponent. What they're saying: "Games like this change your life," Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia said afterward. State of play: The news shot through the sports world like a lightning bolt. Alabama fell to No. 7 in the Associated Press' Top 25 football poll. It spurred national news stories and shoutouts on "Saturday Night Live." "I'm from Nashville," comedian Nate Bargatze said to cheers during his opening monologue. "We had a big day today." ...
Phil Banks, Mayor Adams’ top public safety deputy and longtime friend, resigned over the weekend, the latest senior City Hall official to step down after becoming embroiled in federal corruption investigations that are rocking the administration. Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety, submitted a resignation letter to the mayor Sunday night, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News. It was not clear Monday morning if the resignation was effective immediately. In a string of TV appearances Monday morning, Adams confirmed Banks had submitted his resignation. He said Banks’ exit is at least in part related to his entanglement in the cloud of corruption investigations hanging over the mayor and his administration. “He stated he wants to transition to other things with his life and he doesn’t want this to be a constant burden on the work that we’re doing in the city and I accepted his resignation,” Adams said on NY1. “I wish my good friend well.” Adams, who’s fighting federal criminal charges alleging he solicited bribes from Turkish government operatives in exchange for political favors, also said Banks initially told him he wanted to resign six months ago, but that he had convinced him to stay on to work on some initiatives that needed to be completed. The mayor did not identify those initiatives. ...
fpslem 2w ago • 66%
This comment is getting downvoted, and I don't oppose nuclear, but I do think it's worth noting that the nuclear energy sector has still under-priced the costs of nuclear waste management, transportation, and storage. Engineers don't have practical methods of building storage containers and buildings that can last as long as the half-life of nuclear waste (1,000-10,000 year), and the long tail of storage costs has not been priced into the cost. Typically, this does end up being paid for by taxpayers over the course of many years. No energy generation system is without downsides, but it's worth acknowledging them.
fpslem 2w ago • 100%
If you get a paywall, a paywall-free link is here: https://archive.ph/hoaIs
My take on this story: dragging this reactor out of mothballs is expensive and risky, and operating at 50+ year old reactor is risky. The company that owns admits it isn't even solvent enough to run it, much less ensure the risks of operating it. Microsoft and the 3 Mile Island owner are basically asking for a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer subsidy for an enterprise—so-called AI—that eliminates jobs and is used more for revenge porn and deepfakes than it is for any societal good. This is a bad deal.
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant is pursuing a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee to help finance its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft to power data centers, according to details of the application shared with The Washington Post. Get a curated selection of 10 of our best stories in your inbox every weekend. The taxpayer-backed loan could give Microsoft and Three Mile Island owner Constellation Energy a major boost in their unprecedented bid to steer all the power from a U.S. nuclear plant to a single company. Microsoft, which declined to comment on the bid for a loan guarantee, is among the large tech companies scouring the nation for zero-emissions power as they seek to build data centers. It is among the leaders in the global competition to dominate the field of artificial intelligence, which consumes enormous amounts of electricity. ...
fpslem 3w ago • 100%
Reagan International has great transit service (a stop on the Metro) so I wondered what the fuss was. Then I read the article and realized this project includes San Diego and San Jose, and it made more sense. But what made it really click was the bit at the end about airport employees. Airports are HUGE centers of employment, and employees need to be able to arrive and leave 24 hours a day. In that respect, this seems like a very good move.
fpslem 3w ago • 100%
Miranda’s two sons and Halfkenny’s son, neither of whom were Boston Public School students
This alone is kinda messed up. It's easier to functionally steal from other students when your kids don't even go to that school system.
nashvillebanner.com
... Referendum supporters have counter-arguments to most of those. The signalization plan would reduce commute times by 10 percent, Briggs said, and could not be rolled out quickly without the new funding. Bus ridership is increasing, and new cross-town routes enabled by developing transit centers around the county would help people commute without transferring downtown. Additionally, supporters emphasize that establishing dedicated funding for transit will help the city bring more than $1 billion in federal funding back to Nashville, and the zoning reform elements of those applications are not specific demands and account for a small portion of only some of the programs. The conversation broke into a debate at the District 26 meeting when Marcia Masulla, a representative of the independent campaign supporting the referendum, used the Q&A time to ask Evans what her alternative plan was. “We all admit and recognize that Nashville has made a lot of mistakes,” Masulla said. “Are you suggesting an alternative plan, or are you saying just stick our head in the ground and wait another eight to 10 years? Traffic is not going to get better. Things are not going to get better if we do nothing. We’ve learned that.” ...
Dockworkers at the Port of New York and New Jersey walked off the job after midnight Tuesday; part of a strike that could have a profound impact on the region’s economy and is the largest the industry has seen in almost 50 years. Demanding better wages and a promise that their jobs won’t be taken over by automation, about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association stopped work at ports from Maine to Texas as their contract with the United States Maritime Alliance expired. The biggest port on the East Coast is New York and New Jersey and the strike — the first since 1977 — could potentially drive up already inflated prices of goods and food. At least 35 ships on their way to the region will have to anchor offshore, supervised by the U.S. Coast Guard, while the union tries to reach a deal, according to Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton. The longer they sit, the more chance there is for fresh produce to start going bad, according to industry experts. Other imported goods like wine and spirits won’t be able to reach store shelves or restaurant bars. ...
www.thecity.nyc
*A reader of THE CITY, Lynn B., asked our newsroom, “Eric Adams is represented by top legal talent. Who is paying them? Are NYC taxpayers picking up the bill for his defense?” Here is our answer:* As Mayor Eric Adams contends with his indictment and court case, it’s unlikely taxpayers would cover his legal bills. That’s because payment to the attorneys representing him should, in theory, come from what’s known as the Eric Adams Legal Defense Trust. The mayor set up that trust — and installed its trustee, his longtime ally Peter Aschkenasy — last November as news emerged about the federal corruption probe of his 2021 campaign. A legal defense trust is an organization monitored by the city’s Conflict of Interests Board that allows a public servant to raise money to pay for certain types of legal expenses. Through the trust, Adams can accept contributions up to $5,000 per donor. But the fund can’t solicit or accept donations from people with city contracts or business before the city. ...
fpslem 3w ago • 100%
So the community guidelines aren't being enforced? I still think that's a problem. The federated video sites I've used (mostly peertube instances, tbh) all have community guidelines, and if they didn't enforce them, I wouldn't use the sites.
fpslem 3w ago • 50%
Oh, they wouldn't. But Sib might . . .
fpslem 3w ago • 100%
Mint
I see Mint as the more reasonable option that keeps 98% of the advantages of Ubuntu, with less of the crazy. I was a xubuntu user a decade ago, but have been very happy with Mint xfce since I switched.
fpslem 3w ago • 93%
If you’re ordinary and you never get enough sleep, I have just the place for you. New York’s hottest nap club is “Off to Dreamland!” Located in the heart of Queens at the corner of Sleep Street and Sleepytime Drive, this converted mattress store park was the ceremony spot for a lengendary nap taken by Adam Conover when he was a boy. This place has everything: body pillows, comforters, blankies, cuddle buddies, sleep masks, and CPAP machines. And be sure to hit the converted traincar section and lean your head on the shoulder of MTA Chair Janno Lieber, the celebrity sleeper in residence.