# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 392
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7831 "2023-06-30T15:26:25Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I have no account and could see nothing useful. Even with an account, that tends to be true these days. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7832 "2023-06-30T15:34:06Z")
True dat, which is why I have no account. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7833 "2023-06-30T15:38:04Z")
The breaking news Ukraine thread often references Twitter posts; usually presumably from Twitter posters who the SDMB posters thought were at least somewhat reliable. I had often been reading those. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7834 "2023-06-30T15:51:06Z")
Jeff Tiedrich also has an account at [Post News](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi5ramerOv_AhUSm4kEHRBcDMMQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpost.news%2F&usg=AOvVaw30xByXBfkgm_qD-AsqsSM1&opi=89978449) so you could probably find it crossposted there, or get the link for his newsletter. I don’t know if you can read stuff at Post News without an account, but it’s free and easy to make an account there. ETA: I’m Janicket the So-So there, but all I do is post photographs now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7835 "2023-06-30T15:51:42Z")
That is the major reason I hang out there. Of course, the bastardization of the blue checks by the keto-addicted bastard has greatly reduced the usefulness of Twitter as a source of reliable breaking news. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7836 "2023-06-30T15:57:33Z")
I still keep on at Twitter, but only to follow a few folks, like Larry the Cat, Jorts (and Jean), Stonekettle Station. Kingfisher and Wombat, mostly nonpolitical since the trolls and bots tend to swarm anyone the reichwing hates. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7837 "2023-06-30T16:09:18Z")
Thanks! I do still get his newsletter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7838 "2023-06-30T18:04:24Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Kingfisher and Wombat Sounds like an Australian vaudeville act. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7839 "2023-06-30T18:18:28Z")
Mild in the context of this thread, but can an IT department act stupider? > **[High school changes every student’s password to ‘Ch@ngeme!’](https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/29/high-school-changes-every-students-password-to-chngeme/)** > > A high school in Illinois decided that changing everyone students' password to "Ch@ngeme!" and telling everyone about it was a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7840 "2023-06-30T18:43:16Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Mild in the context of this thread, but can an IT department act stupider? As an IT person myself this cracks me up and makes me mad. Come on now. We do have a static “new employee” password that requires you to change it as soon as you log in (and it’s only for brand new staff on their first day), but that’s nothing close to this. And the article is absolutely correct here: > Needless to say, giving everyone the same password is not how an organization should force a password reset. The usual procedure is to force log out every user, and then prompt them to change their password the next time they try to log in. We had a situation not long ago where our entire network was compromised and that’s how it was handled. You were forced to change your password on next login. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7841 "2023-06-30T19:21:47Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > As an IT person myself this cracks me up and makes me mad. Come on now. I’m an IT guy myself, so I hear you. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7842 "2023-06-30T20:30:08Z")
Stupid Qanon mfer who made up a story about an attempted kidnapping gets (minor) prison time: > **[Momfluencer who falsely accused Latino couple of trying to kidnap her kids is...](https://truecrimedaily.com/2023/06/30/california-petaluma-momfluencer-kathleen-sorensen-sentenced-false-report-kidnap/)** > > PETALUMA, Calif. (TCD) -- A judge sentenced a 30-year-old "momfluencer" this week to three months in jail for falsely accusing a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children at a Michael’s craft store in 2020. I remember this story from when it happened, but it doesn’t seem to have been discussed here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7843 "2023-06-30T21:25:37Z")
I hope this leaves room for the Latino couple to sue her for damages. I can only imagine what they went through, being accused by her, by name, on the internet and in press interviews? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7844 "2023-06-30T21:31:29Z")
It’s awful and I hate these fucking people that exploit their children for profit. This one wasn’t content to fuck with only their children’s lives, she had to hurt this innocent couple too. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7845 "2023-06-30T21:52:45Z")
I don’t even get the impression that she did what she did solely due to racism, I think it was just to draw attention as a social media influencer. She targeted a Latino couple because it would get more attention. (Which, yes, is racist.) I do hope that she gets sued. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7846 "2023-06-30T21:55:59Z")
15 minutes of fame = 90 days in jail. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7847 "2023-06-30T23:10:29Z")
I suspect that the number of people who would do that deal numbers in the 6 figures at least. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7848 "2023-07-02T09:58:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Superhero underwear. To be worn on the outside? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7849 "2023-07-03T22:38:54Z")
When this story first broke, I predicted that the school district would hear, either directly or via the media, from Dolly herself. To the best of my knowledge, that hasn’t happened. > **[Hearing set for July 12 on fate of Waukesha teacher who criticized...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2023/07/03/hearing-set-on-waukesha-teacher-who-criticized-rainbowland-ban/70303330007/)** > > Some parents said their children were upset that Tempel was removed from the classroom. They also said communication from the district was poor. ETA, now that I see the preview, I should explain. The teacher was relieved of her duties after criticizing the school for banning a Dolly Parton song…almost certainly for no reason other than that the title has the word Rainbow in it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7850 "2023-07-03T22:47:58Z")
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