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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 8h
It's a brilliant Deescalation strategy.

The Podcasters in Government care deeply about how they and their agents are perceived... and nobody can look badass while they're pointing a gun at Silly Frog Man while he does a silly dance. It's a blatant overreaction that everyone can see.
alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 22h
They look so moronic, standing there in tactical gear next to Silly Frog Man.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
This may be the funniest deescalation tactic I've ever seen.

ICE look like clowns whenever they treat men in silly frog costumes like they're a threat, it's funny enough to do numbers on social media, and it ruins all the footage Fox tries to take.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
At the very least, it means that Fox News can't get any contemporary footage.

ICE look like clowns when they hold a silly frog man at gunpoint. The situation is just too absurd.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
"I'm not the one trying to look like a serious person while holding a frog at gunpoint."
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
Surprisingly, no.

They just have to find a pretense to put on permit rejections... or just pocket the permit request and run out the clock.
alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
They already tried this with TRON: Uprising back when Legacy was still fresh out.

If you're comfortable being hyper-stylized, you can make an acceptable TRON TV show using old 3D Models and textures, and punch it up with current visual effects. It'd be relatively cheap to mine that vein.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
My money's on The Grid being a cheap setting to make spin-offs for, so it's worth trying to make it popular.

The Aesthetic of Tron is rooted in wireframe models by the original movie, the setting's premise means that it's supposed to look like CGI, and you don't need to film much on location.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
Because someone wants to buy failing businesses for pennies on tbe dollar, and motor coaches are cheap.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
The real danger comes next... in whatever soul exploits the chaos.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
Idunn hooked him up with a basket of apples.
alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
He, like many morons, inferred the existence of nuance where none could ever survive.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
Let's see that No Bill, Lucy.
alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
YouTube spent a ton of money buying footage of people in Bikinis and brute-forcing the distinction in... and it still false positives constantly.

The photo on that article is only midriff... so it doesnt even have a chance to notice the difference.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 1d
Its the Bikini Problem in computer vision.

Its really hard to train a classifier to distinguish between porn and women wearing bikinis on a beach, because they're looking for edges and colors... and the edges and colors are similar.

The machine has no capacity for context to tell the difference.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah... i dont think that will work.

I think this will be permanently attached to Comey... but i think it will ve as "Indicted on a pretense as part of a revenge campaign."

Americans ain't great on nuance... but tbis ones kinda *not*.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
Just in time for scared politicians to unseal the Epstein Documents and get an easy justification to use the ejection seat.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
Shredding won't help at this point.

Too many of those Documents got referenced in court filings. Their EXISTENCE is known and well documented, and their sudden nonexistence would be a blatant admission of guilt.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
To be fair to DC Editorial (*vomit*), and as a former enforcer of IT Policy, it's a nightmare to keep employees from bringing unauthorized AI Tools in if there's anything that remotely resembles a BYOD Policy.

"An artist slipped it in and nobody caught it" actually doesn't sound like a lie to me.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
They actually can't.

Speedy Trial Rights can only be waived by a defendant. Its done routinely by people whose defense attourney needs time to gather evidence and build a case... but Comey already knows what evidence the prosecution has.

He can force them to trial, now that he's indicted.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
They can't.

Speedy Trial Rights are routinely waived by defendants whose defense attourney needs time to gather evidence and develop a case... but the prosecution can't.

Comey is in a unique position... he can force the Prosecution to go before its ready.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 2d
Because there is no strategy but flood the zone, and take revenge for perceived slights.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 3d
They're the first four who BELIEVE their own hype.

They're not entirely grifters... they actually believe in some things.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 3d
Their plan was to have a Government Shutdown eat all the oxygen in the room, and let the Epstein story suffocate

It isn't really working.
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alexdrake.bsky.social @alexdrake.bsky.social · 4d
It does occur to me that none of this may matter... depending on if the relevant document is subject to FOIA.

If its subject to FOIA... that's government records being brought in. Im pretty sure those can go into evidence.