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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jan-2023 19:16:52 EST 
GeniusMusing
US rock legend David Crosby dies aged 81 BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64341315
>Veteran US rocker David Crosby has died aged 81, his representative has confirmed.
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>The signer-songwriter was a founding member of two of the biggest bands of the 1960s: The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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>His career saw him achieve the rare feat of being inducted to the revered Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.
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>His wife told showbiz site Variety that he died "after a long illness" while surrounded by family.
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Deja Vu YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCs6Tpd5sFQ
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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Jan-2023 11:30:54 EST
GeniusMusing
@lnxw48a1
Just a reminder, this is just the interest, no payment on the principal so the debt stays the same.
>Maybe bank regulators need to investigate how these banks got into a clearly unsound situation
Naa, but if they have financial issues in the future, let them die. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 12:36:27 EST
GeniusMusing
@lnxw48a1
Interesting history of the song.
Only Sixteen Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_Sixteen
>"Only Sixteen" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1959.
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In addition to the Dr Hook cover...
Terry Black released a version of the song in Canada in 1965 where it reached number 14.
The Supremes recorded it on their 1965 album We Remember Sam Cooke.
Jamaican artist Cornell Campbell also recorded a reggae version of the song.
Also:
>Dr. Hook released a version of "Only Sixteen" in the winter of 1975. Their version was the most successful chart release of the song. It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the Cash Box Top 100. Dr. Hook's version spent 22 weeks on the charts and became a Gold record. The song was banned by the BBC[citation needed]. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 18:49:28 EST
GeniusMusing
@lnxw48a1
Take a look here, there are source tarballs available and links that might be in archive.org wayback machine.
Mustard F-Droid Free and Open Source Android App Repository
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mustard.android/
Mustard {MOD} F-Droid Free and Open Source Android App Repository
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mumod.android/ -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 18:35:35 EST
GeniusMusing
@lnxw48a1
They look like two different instances based on different active user counts on them. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 07-Jan-2023 15:07:14 EST
GeniusMusing
This is going to sting...
Bad News for 500M Crypto Investors: They Don't Own Their Accounts Slashdot
https://nu.federati.net/url/289256
>"More than half a million people who deposited money with collapsed crypto lender Celsius Network have been dealt a major blow to their hopes of recovering their funds," reports the Washington Post, "with the judge in the company's bankruptcy case ruling that the money belongs to Celsius and not to the depositors."
>The judge, Martin Glenn, found that Celsius's terms of use — the lengthy contracts that many websites publish but few consumers read — meant "the cryptocurrency assets became Celsius's property."
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>The ruling underscores the Wild West nature of the unregulated crypto industry. On Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James moved to impose a kind of order, or at least legal repercussions, on Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, whom she accused in a lawsuit of defrauding hundreds of thousands of consumers.... And while Glenn's ruling won't affect FTX, whose terms of use were different, some analysts saw the ruling as spreading beyond Celsius.
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>"There are many other platforms that feature terms of use that are similar to Celsius's," said Aaron Kaplan, a lawyer with the financial-focused firm of Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum and co-founder of his own crypto company. Customers need to "understand the risks that they are taking when depositing their assets onto insufficiently regulated platforms," he said. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 19:10:48 EST
GeniusMusing
@simsa04
Found the better answer.
Generally
The Constitution requires that every Senator and every Representative swear or affirm to uphold the Constitution of the United States. U.S. Const. art. VI clause 3. The form of the oath and the procedure for its administration is regulated by statute. 2 USC § 25. Form of oath, see 5 USC § 3331 and Manual § 197.
Until a Member-elect has subscribed to the oath, he does not enjoy all the rights and prerogatives of a Member of Congress. Deschler Ch 2 § 2.1. Members who have not taken the oath are not entitled to vote (8 Cannon § 3122) or introduce bills (Manual § 300). However, unsworn Members have participated at the beginning of a session in organizational business, such as the election of the Speaker. 1 Hinds § 224. Although a Member has been named to a committee before taking the oath (4 Hinds § 4483) under the modern practice the election of such a Member to a standing committee may be made effective only upon being sworn. See H. Res. 26, H. Res. 27, Jan. 6, 1983.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-HPRACTICE-104/pdf/GPO-HPRACTICE-104-35.pdf
>But given the rights and impacts the position of the Speaker holds, I find that very problematic.
As do I, but the people of that state have elected them to represent them and the way things are written, they can do it. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 13:07:00 EST
GeniusMusing
@simsa04
I think this might help.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Selection
>The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. At the start of a new Congress, those voting to elect the speaker are representatives-elect, as a speaker must be selected before members are sworn in to office; the House of Representatives cannot organize or take other legislative actions until a speaker is elected.
While they are not sworn into office, they can still vote for a speaker who then swears them in.
It makes about as much sense as the dumpster fire going on now. -
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Jan-2023 20:27:29 EST
GeniusMusing
Nope. Nope. Nope.
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