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@Roberto_the_robot
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Working hard on not getting stabby. It has been ❸❽ days since the last incident.
The Saudi Arabian government arrested two high ranking Wikipedia administrators for contributing information about political activists. One of them will spend *32* years in prison. https://ifex.org/saudi-arabia-government-agents-infiltrate-wikipedia-sentence-independent-administrators-to-prison/
Saudi Arabia: Government agents infiltrate Wikipedia, sentence independent administrators to prison - IFEX

Internal Wikimedia investigation results in termination of entire Saudi-based team of administrators.

IFEX
Sometimes I miss Twitter, but then you find out how Elon Musk reinstated traitor Flynn on the 2 year Anniversary of the Jan 6 insurrection & you are reminded why you can't be a part of it anymore.
Six journalists arrested over footage of South Sudan president wetting himself

State broadcaster’s staff held on suspicion of disseminating the clip of Salva Kiir at official event

The Guardian

I hope that Damar Hamlin will be the final piece to get the NFL to take brain injury seriously. It is a calculated risk for earning millions of dollars, but the risk is also present for all the boys that pay at different amateur levels. Improvements made at the NFL will trickle down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Z9Vd53yhI

Damar Hamlin Collapses After Hit vs Bengals

YouTube

Do you know how many times I've heard over the past few days how much the media is failing to follow the money in this story about the newly elected Rep. George #Santos? This story makes it clear that's exactly what happened.

https://www.theleaderonline.com/single-post/santos-filings-now-claim-net-worth-of-11-million (edit: replaced the paywalled WaPo story about how the MSM missed the big scoop with the big scoop itself).

So let's follow the money, shall we? Starting with Mr. Santos' latest filing for The #Devolder Organization, which is apparently responsible for his sudden unexplained wealth (Devolder is Santos' late mother's last name).

http://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/ConvertTiffToPDF?storagePath=COR%5C2021%5C0601%5C00184778.Tif&documentNumber=L21000206150

The organization lists its address as 336 N. Babcock St. Ste 104. The document also lists another organization at the same address but at Ste 101, called D&D International Investment Services Inc.

Both are affiliated with an individual named Devaughn #Dames, who appears to be both a physician and a CFO somehow. He's also very passionate about spreading his knowledge about how to handle your money wisely. His linkedin page mentions both companies. He also seems to be an IT expert; previous domains include https://web.archive.org/web/20160518071721/http://www.manageditsolutions.net/about.html

One of Mr. Dames' email addresses (dev.dames at gmail) was used to register the vanity domain devaughndames[.]com. Firefox didn't like what that site tried to do when I visited it, but it loaded an empty page that had the heading "Financial Educational Services." But the pop-up takes you to a domain called myuwe[.]net, which is for an entity called United Wealth Education.

Now, UWE is full of stock photos and videos, and there isn't much there about who runs it. And after spending a few minutes on this site, you'll probably come away with the conclusion that the site is tied to some type of scam.

Well, if you look up the name of what Myuwe[.]net used to be called -- Financial Educational Services -- you'll see they were shut down JUST THIS YEAR by the US Federal Trade Commission for being a giant pyramid scheme that bilked people out of more than $213 million.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/05/ftc-shuts-down-credit-repair-pyramid-scheme-financial-education-services-which-bilked-more-213

How's that for following the money? :) Wait, I'm not done yet.

#devolder, #devaughndames #financialeducationservices #myuwe #unitedwealtheducation, #FTC #georgesantos

Santos Filings Now Claim Net Worth of $11 Million

By Maureen Daly Controversial US congressional candidate George Santos has finally filed his Personal Financial Disclosure Report on September 6th - 20 months late - and he is claiming an inexplicable rise in his alleged net worth to $11 million.. Two years ago, in 2020, Santos' personal financial disclosures claimed that he had no assets over $5,000 - no bank accounts, no stock accounts, no real property. A net worth barely above "zero". And his income was only just over $50,000 for the pr

theleader

So Southwest Airlines cancelled the flight of passengers that were waiting at the gate, and then called the police on them to threaten them with arrest for "trespassing." Southwest claimed that the passengers were trespassing because they had gone through the security checkpoint, but didn't have a valid ticket. They didn't have a valid ticket, because Southwest had just cancelled it🤡

https://www.tiktok.com/@a.ndreart/video/7181960518243011886

In the USA, calling the police on someone, especially a Black person, is a violent act.

If these are the guys whose job is to talk you down, I sure don’t want to meet the guys whose job is to kick in your door
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-police-negotiator-insults-man-on-overpass-17679817.php
Texas police negotiator insults man on overpass edge, stirring anger online

A Texas police department is drawing criticism after a negotiator was caught on camera...

McClatchy Tribune

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

1/ A lot of people have been asking for an explainer on what is going on with Southwest Airlines and the massive meltdown that occurred. Hi, I'm TProphet. I write the Seat 31B travel blog (https://www.seat31b.com) and closely follow the airline industry. More importantly, I have a friend whom Southwest abandoned in Las Vegas until New Year's (along with his cat), and there was literally nothing I could do for him. Ready? Let's dive in.
Seat 31B – The World In Economy Class

@grammargirl Your episode on words of the year was great, but I especially liked being reminded that I learned about "octopodes" years ago from a video made by @korystamper.