instamat

@instamat@lemmy.world
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A non trivial amount of users. That makes me happy.

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He’s in a conman club and they look out for each other? Idk, I’m just trying to make it make sense.

Does the one on the ground really need to be smoking?

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Not the artificially inflated property values!

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I’m a firm believer of “if you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t”

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But he’s a man so he’s a victim!!!! A liberal trans woman made him read that!

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I like it. I’m not the target demographic for the genre of porn but having it there makes lemmy feel wild and free and unfiltered. Admittedly I can’t help but take a peek.

If I had to change anything it would be more news.

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I’m a simple man: I see a Star Trek quote, I upvote

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Exactly. Nothing long term or valuable is happening.

I can help with part of it. NAS is network attached storage, and the Hollywood contents are probably pirated movies. The only thing I couldn’t decipher is AD.

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How did a former football coach turned politician bring this process to a halt? Someone has to be advising him, and even if it’s a domestic actor, they should be called out for it.

He added, “come on, man”

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Agreed. It wasn’t my intention to disparage sex workers, I will do better!

Boebert is trash. The end.

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This is the second actor that’s died after playing dumbledore. The only conclusion is the part is cursed.

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The fuck kind of flavor is woodruff?

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“Mr McConnell, would you care to comment?”

“Well—”

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she’s really pretty

I mean, not really.

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He’s done wonders with Twitter/Tesla/spacex, I don’t see how he could foul this up

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Oh no. I'm in Arkansas.

That’s putting it mildly

Keep my furniture out your fucking house

Not to overstate the obvious, but this isn’t over yet, the third party apps are still operating. If news outlets were doing their job they would stick to the facts instead of making a judgment on the situation by declaring it a failure. The story is still developing and it’s only just beginning.

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I dated a doctor and he told me they’re googling stuff all the time. It’s a bit unreasonable to expect a doctor to have an encyclopedic knowledge of every single malady known to the human race.

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Yeah I want to read the story

There’s probably a vague bullet point at the end, like on job descriptions. “Other duties as necessary.”

I wonder who has deeper pockets, and can therefore press on in court, Disney or Ronda?

Text of the article:

Hong Kong CNN — An American politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun into the city, according to a charge sheet seen by CNN, in what he has called an “honest mistake.”

Washington state senator Jeff Wilson was arrested on Saturday at Hong Kong International Airport and charged with possession of a firearm without a license, the charge sheet states, an offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison and a fine of more than $12,000.

Wilson appeared in the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Court on Monday and was granted bail, according to public broadcaster RTHK.

The Republican state senator, whose full name is Stephen J. Wilson, said he did not realize he had packed his pistol in his briefcase while he and his wife were traveling for a five-week vacation to Southeast Asia, according to a statement posted on his website.

“It was an honest mistake. And I expect the situation to be resolved shortly,” Wilson said in the statement.

Wilson said he “discovered the weapon mid-flight between San Francisco and Hong Kong.”

He “did not realize his pistol was in his briefcase when he passed through airport security in Portland, and baggage screeners failed to note it,” the statement added.

Wilson said in the statement that when the plane landed in Hong Kong, he “immediately went to customs officials and called their attention to the issue.”

In an emailed reply to CNN, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration said the “TSA is aware that a passenger on a flight departing from Portland International Airport Saturday passed through security and traveled with an unloaded firearm in his carry-on bag.” “The individual was arrested upon arrival in Hong Kong. TSA takes this situation very seriously and is currently investigating the circumstances,” it said.

“The penalty for bringing a firearm to a TSA checkpoint may be as high as $15,000, and those stopped are ineligible for TSA PreCheck for up to five years,” it added.

CNN has reached out to Portland International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and the US Consulate in Hong Kong for comment.

Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Department told CNN via email that it had no comment to make given legal proceedings are underway.

Wilson faces his next court hearing in Hong Kong on October 30, RTHK reported.

Under Hong Kong’s strict gun control laws, no one is allowed to possess any arms or ammunition unless they have a license from the Commissioner of Police. Licenses are only given to police officers, armed security guard services and operators of exclusive shooting range clubs.

Gun violence is very rare in Hong Kong, unlike in the United States where firearms are now the No. 1 killer of children and teens.

In Washington state, open carry is allowed for both long guns and handguns without a license, which means individuals can carry a firearm in many public areas, although private property owners may prohibit firearms on their property. However, a license is needed to carry concealed firearms in the state.

Wilson noted in his statement that his pistol was registered in Washington state and that he holds a concealed pistol license.

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USS Constitution April 2022

Cool ship, took a tour last year

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Why don’t energy drinks work for us???

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I just deleted it on my phone. All roads lead back to Firefox.

I will never remember this but I will think about it sometimes

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idk why but I felt the need to remind everyone

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I would love to see a chart with my steam purchases over the years. There would be a huge spike up as soon as my deck arrived.

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I refer to our IT director Jeb as Jeborah

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The pockets are 1/8th as deep as the men’s uniforms and are mostly just for show

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🏅🏅 I’m feeling generous, have two on me

Or OR we ask him to emerge from the Black Sea in his swim trunks to beguile both sides with his majestic beauty and raw sexuality, thereby ending the conflict and bringing peace to the region

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USS Constitution April 2022 From the other side

INFO What are you going to shit on? The actual post in the picture? A print of the picture? Your phone?

Oh god his obsession with X so awkward. We all had a thing (or things) that we are embarrassed to admit we liked as teens, but it seems like Elon never grew out of that phase.

I can’t wait for this X.com thing to finally get destroyed by the zeitgeist