Claude Rains

@Louis_Renault@sfba.social
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I used to be on that bird site, but I‘ve been Claude Rains since the days of Usenet. Worked 25 years for the PhoneCo, where I learned never to use your real name online (see Yoel Roth, Keith Henson) …Claude Rains was THE INVISIBLE MAN & a corrupt, yet, sadly underpaid Civil Servant in CASABLANCA, and Out Of This World since 1967. Fedora Fan. Reese is My Little Canine Friend, and we ride my bike to the park almost every morning. I favor safer, dedicated bike paths & lanes. #GeneralHospital, #GH.
Claude RainsJun 10
Claude RainsJun 10
There is a long history of right wing provocateurs at protests and 6/14 will be a no-miss affair. The J6 criminals have been given a blank check to commit fresh glorious crimes. Expect them to return to the scene of their earlier crimes to cash that blank check. Trump’s street thugs will enthusiastically get the violence going, which will then be used an excuse for the coup.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/10/2327082/-Is-the-Parade-Prelude-to-the-Coup
Is the Parade Prelude to the Coup?

It seems evident to me that Trump and his criminal associates plans to carry out some sort of coup in the near future. Is the coup coming up as part of the 6/14 I’m-compensating-for-something parade? Consider a few facts and recent developments. 1. A...

Daily Kos
Claude RainsJun 10
There is a long history of right wing provocateurs at protests and 6/14 will be a no-miss affair. The J6 criminals have been given a blank check to commit fresh glorious crimes. Expect them to return to the scene of their earlier crimes to cash that blank check. Trump’s street thugs will enthusiastically get the violence going, which will then be used an excuse for the coup.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/10/2327082/-Is-the-Parade-Prelude-to-the-Coup
Is the Parade Prelude to the Coup?

It seems evident to me that Trump and his criminal associates plans to carry out some sort of coup in the near future. Is the coup coming up as part of the 6/14 I’m-compensating-for-something parade? Consider a few facts and recent developments. 1. A...

Daily Kos
Claude RainsJun 6
MorfJun 6
This young coyote was intrigued by my motorcycle.
#travel #bayarea #iphone #wildlife
Claude RainsMay 31
Show threadYazadMay 31
The feather was still on the leaf so I took a picture with a US nickel (5 cent) coin to show how small the hummingbird feather is. San Jose, CA, May 2025.
Claude RainsMay 9
flexghost.May 8

BASED.

Ken Turner, 98, fought fascism in WWII. And now he’s back to fight fascism again

Tank vs. Tesla

via Led by Donkeys

Claude RainsMay 5
Sunday eve's are when he comes out with The Best Ideas, doesn't he? Like taxing foreign movies shown in the U.S. or re-building & re-opening Alcatraz as a prison again.
Claude RainsApr 24
Adam DallianceApr 24

Bluesky is cancelling accounts when foreign governments ask them to, and Threads is doing adverts soon.

The thing to understand about the corporate public messaging systems is that they do not exist to let you publish or to talk to people. That is not the point of them. That's at best just the bait laid to lure you into their trap.

They exist to make money for the shareholders. That's why Threads exists, that's why Blockchain Inc invested to keep Bluesky running.

Only one network exists in order to let people communicate as the point and reason for it's existence. Only one network has no shareholders and no owners.

Only one is fighting for the user, not the shareholder.

#fediverse

Claude RainsApr 24
Malcolm NanceApr 24
#PierrePoilievre is the wrong choice, at the worst time.
Claude RainsMar 29

Per WIRED, The DOGE Boys are going to rebuild all SSA data from COBOL to (are you KIDDING ME?!?) *Java*... in a matter of *months*.

I'm a touch skeptical.

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

WIRED
Claude RainsMar 27
#Oakland_Unicorns! Yes, #Cricket has a New Home... The Oakland Coliseum!!! I can't wait, oboy, open, open, open...