Afternoon Tea 11.11.2020 - Succeed

Slower news day today, which feels…suspicious. Parler follows Gab as the pre-eminent safe space for Trump supporters who get kicked off Twitter or FB, MAGA’s Legion of Buffoons plan a DC rally, Proud Boys splinter, and Amazon Ring devices catch fire while spying on you. It’s Wednesday, November 11th, 2020, and this is the Tea.

 MAGA nation tries to rally around Trump with MAGApalooza (Politico) MAGA’s last stand has put out the clarion call to Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, Infowars fanatics, Groypers, Proud Boys, white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and MAGAts. I’ve started referring to this collection as the Archipelago of Fiends. In case you were wondering about little things like votes and stuff…

How much does the GOP buy Trump's 'election fraud' claims? (MSNBC) The whole “it’s just a joke” stops working when it’s about a coup, y’all.

As Predicted: Parler Is Banning Users It Doesn't Like (TechDirt, June 29th 2020) Ostensible “free speech haven” Parler has been banning users for free speech for six months now.

Mississippi Republican calls for his state to ‘succeed from the union’ after Biden victory (Washington Post) This is a tiny fractally wrong-yet-consistent example of what you can see at any level if you look for “election news.”

GOP List of Alleged Voter Fraud in Nevada Contains Hundreds of Military Addresses (Military) Found that voter fraud the GOP keeps talking about. Turns out the Republicans think the votes of our soldiers shouldn’t count.

Proud Boys Infighting Sees Leading Member Form Breakaway Group to Fight 'White Genocide' (Newsweek) Apparently members of the Proud Boys didn’t think the Proud Boys were Proud enough. I am absolutely here for any and all Proud Boy splinter faction infighting.

Final Fantasy 14 Will, Unlike Many Real-World Governments, Address Its Housing Shortage (GameSpot) Shared for the withering accuracy of the headline.

The Death of the $15 Salad (Medium) Without the insane lunch rush of the metropolitan core, Sweetgreen salads aren’t worth 15 bucks. Shocker, right?

Digital Cell Landscapes (Digizyme) Gorgeous, wildly detailed renderings of the cell. The powerhouse of the cell is lit.

Ring recalls 350,000 smart doorbells after some caught fire (CNN) I’m not trying to tell you how to live your life, but my dumb devices don’t catch fire while wire-tapping me.

Song of the Tea: Who knew people still made Breakbeat?!

Being strong, not giving up, it was just his place to hide.

Yours…always,T