Afternoon Tea 4.28.21 - King Shit

Rudy gets served & searched, VP Harris got served with a fake news hit piece by the Post, you can’t get data out of the cops, Kentucky abuses a roundabout, Twitter survives Trump, and crypto has a use case that isn’t profit or eco-terrorism. It’s Wednesday, April 28th 2021, and this is the Tea.

Federal Investigators Search Rudy Giuliani’s Apartment and Office (NY Times) “Come back with a…oh, yes, one of those. Yes officer, I’ll cooperate,” our Dark Carnival Pokémon mewled sadly.

This family thought Biden would stop Trump's wall. Now his administration is plodding along to seize their land. (Business Insider) Hey Biden, fix it. Fix it, fix it now, be apologetic and stop fucking around.

New York Post Reporter Who Wrote False Kamala Harris Story Resigns (NY Times) No, of course VP Harris’ book wasn’t being given to migrant children. Of course the Post baldly lied. Of course those idiots who shared it on FB were wrong.

Inspecting the NYPD “Puzzle Palace” (ProPublica) As someone that tried to get unmassaged data out of the police, this is very much true.

Louis Vuitton Plane-Shaped Bag Costs More Than An Actual Plane (Independent) It’s the Spruce Goose, but for Evita Peron. If you see anyone with this LV bag in the developing world, I think you might be within your rights to rob them.

Chaos Erupts Immediately After Northeast Kentucky Gets Its First Roundabout (TheDrive) This is actually comedy gold. It’s just a perfect metaphor for America 2021, where we’re still asking whether vaccines are good, climate is changing, and people who don’t own land should be able to vote.

Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it could be wrong (The Verge) Keeping almost 40 UK data workers in jail, convicted of a crime because of data fuck ups, after prosecuting almost 740. This is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice because of data I’ve ever seen. Everyone involved needs to be severely punished.

Twitter Gains 5 Million Daily Users in Q4, Projects 20% Growth in Q1 After Trump Ban (Variety) Anyone who said Twitter would die after Trump left is…very wrong.

How WhatsApp became a tool for Indian police to fight harassment (RestOfWorld) & The new wave of crypto users: migrant workers (RestOfWorld) Helping women fight, report, and alert others to harassment. So important it might almost make up for handing Brazil to Bolsonaro. Also! Crypto might have a use case besides destroying the environment!

‘Insanely cheap energy’: how solar power continues to shock the world (Guardian) The stupendous drop in the cost of Solar power continues to prove why you put points in Science in Civilization games.

Song of the Tea: Might’ve posted this already, but it’s one of my very favorites. Psychic Gibbon by Younger Brother. If you know it, you’re my people.

The Sun is out, people can be shining idiots, but you’re still here reading this. Thank you.

Yours,