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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me.

@berfield.com

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Liberal old game guy - worked on the launch of Genesis, Playstation, Xbox, Xbox 360, & Xbox LIVE. Retired. Occasional maker of telescopes and pictures of space things. (He/Him)

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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 1h

Cool. Especially now that the CDC has been gutted.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 16h

A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the United States in six years.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

New York health officials confirm state's first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

The state Department of Health said Tuesday that the virus, which has been spreading in China and elsewhere, was identified in a person living in Nassau County on Long Island.

www.nbcnews.com

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 1h

Dogd and cats lying down together. Massteria.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 1h

I love that The Corinthian is the Joe Rogan of The Morning Show series.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 2h

Poor guy!

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 2h

That was one ugly game.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 3h

Are you going to report that this is not up to him?

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 3h

I'd we manage to get back the House and the Senate the first thing to do is Mike the filibuster and roll back everything, expand the SCOTUS,v limit executive powers, and start to rebuild everything Trump and his pathetic minions have done.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

What could we do with the nearly trillion dollar military budget of we decided to actually do good in the world?

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

Once one team is up by ten runs, they should just end it and go get ice cream.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

Jesus. 12-2

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

This game is a disaster.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

Seems like treason to me

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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

Sigh

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

Both teams, the Jays and the Mariners, got started the year I graduated high school, 1977.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

The Dumbbell nebula, M27. 30 minutes with Seestar S50. #astrophotography

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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

M32, M110, and part of M31. #astrophotography

Half of the Andromeda Galaxy asking with M32 and M110

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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

omg, that sky over the stadium is amazing

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 4h

I know that the arrival of Fall just means Winter is coming, but damn is it beautiful outside.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 5h

$40B is more than the total USAID budget. For fucking Argentina.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 5h

Have to watch out for the Grue.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 21h

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Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 5h

OK, maybe we don't win it tonight.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 5h

He does not have the power to expand his powers. That is how you end up with a fucking king.

Scott Berfield - F@ck you. Make me. @berfield.com · 5h

this is not looking good, Mariners.