Monday Overnight Open Thread (11/4/24) Election Eve Edition

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“When regular caffeine consumers stop [ingesting it], they often experience withdrawal symptoms for three to seven days,” Jennifer Temple, PhD, a director and researcher at the University at Buffalo specializing in caffeine studies

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“It's certainly not going to be like it was in 2020,” Fetterman said, declining to give a specific prediction of what day he thinks the results will be finalized. “It will not be the two or three or four days coming out of Philadelphia.” Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)

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'Huh, I bet I could steal that and nobody would know,' Joshua Jacobson, a loss-prevention professional in California

Another music icon has passed. RIP Quincy Jones.

You have every right to strike. And your employer has every right to keep on producing a product despite your temper tantrum.

The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate the effect of a strike by New York Times tech workers.

The NYT Tech Guild announced its strike Monday, after setting November 4 as its deadline months earlier. The workers represented provide software support and data analysis for the Times, on the business side of the outlet. They have been asking for an annual 2.5% wage increase and to cement a current two days per week in-office expectation, among other things.

“But the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices,” the guild wrote on X.

“They have left us no choice but to demonstrate the power of our labor on the picket line,” said Kathy Zhang, the organization’s unit chair, in a statement.

The NYT’s publisher, AG Sulzberger, criticized a strike two days ahead of the U.S. presidential election, saying in a statement, “Hundreds of millions of people are depending on The Times’s journalism on Election Day and afterward, and it is troubling that the Tech Guild would try to block this public service at such a consequential moment for our country.”

Pretty darn funny. He should stay on script as well, maybe.

Good fences make good neighbors. Fences go up at the White House, Naval Observatory

Ahead of Election Day, authorities are erecting new security fencing around the White House and the Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris resides.

The barriers are part of heightened security preparations in Washington this week, as officials brace for potential unrest in the aftermath of a presidential contest expected to come down to the wire.

Someone doesn't play well with others. Genius Award Winner.

Illinois man allegedly punched election judge in face after barging to front of voting line
Daniel Schmidt is charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a victim over 60 years of age and more

An Orland Park, Illinois, man allegedly punched an election judge in the face after barging his way past several voters at a local polling spot on Sunday, according to police.

The Village of Orland Police Department said 24-year-old Daniel Schmidt was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a victim over 60 years of age, two counts of aggravated battery in a public place, five counts of resisting arrest and one count of disorderly conduct.

Well this should certainly dash any fantasies you Morons have. Genius Award Winners.

Women Busted For Having Sex In Public
Duo found trysting "in broad daylight," Georgia cops allege

The women were on a “road trip to reconcile” their relationship when they exited Interstate 85 in Lavonia, Georgia last week, according to local cops.

Following the duo’s 7 PM pit stop, cops received a “report of Indecent Exposure at the rear of the RaceWay Gas Station,” an incident report states.

Responding officers “located a white female on top of a black female and each of them had their pants pulled down exposing their pelvic regions.” The suspects were found on a patch of grass between the RaceWay and a McDonald’s restaurant.

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