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@chrisgeidner

It is very alarming.

@Cahatstrophe

How is this defined?

@gtconway3
Are they saying that 22 years ago someone wrote this weird creepy letter and faked his signature thinking "he might be president some day heh heh heh" Because this letter is in a leather bound book that's 22 years old along with a bunch of other letters all from famous people and *no one* but Trump has said that their letter was fake.

The book was bound by a famous NYC book binder. It's been mentioned in many documents. How exactly was it faked? Anyone care to break it down for me?

@Lazarou

Was she on this trip again?

@RYStorm

Should I send a box of chalk so you can mark your way? Don't get lost. Hope you make it out!

@gbargoud @alienghic @Mela

It kind of looks like they just banned the app called "mastodon" But I am looking for a more comprehensive article.

@bipolaron @ohmu

...

You know I'm good. I don't want to know.

(I haven't seen them for two years but they were active during COVID around my neighborhood.)

@kevinrns @lffontenelle

You did it! You banned the mastodons. Thank god we are all safe now.
*opens ivory*

@kevinrns @lffontenelle

mastodon is an app... but this makes it sound like one could just use a different fedi app ...

and honestly let's keep everyone thinking that's how it works.

@BobLefridge

Why are they hiding the removal work? Do they feel like it's something to be embarrassed about?

@Mela

Yeah. But "corruption" is a bit vague. I was hoping someone on here had a little more perspective.

The social media ban angle is most exciting from the US news angle and the story felt like it wasn't giving the whole picture to me.

@burnoutqueen

We really are explaining the basics a lot these days, yes?

@lffontenelle

Woah! Is this the fedi's first state sponsored ban?

I expect they got too confused to ban all of the instances ... that's why we are here after all.

@bettycjung.bsky.social

I think it is much more telling that none of the other people who are in that book have said their letters are fake. Just Trump. And it's bound book over a decade old.

Is anyone in #Nepal They are reporting that the protests are about "facebook being banned" in the US. Is that what it's really about?

@michaelgemar @GottaLaff

I meant that in the way they are being pretentious about it... like they are some kind of sophisticated enjoyers of things the common people can't understand. (I don't understand.)

It reminds me of that book.

@GottaLaff

Remember when people made fake version of this letter based on the description. None of them are like the original. After all the headlines said it was a "bawdy" letter ... which is a silly innocence-lending word to describe what this really is.

Two Humbert Humberts.

@GottaLaff

I need to take a break from this story for a while.

Every now and then it comes into sharp focus in a very unpleasant way. This went on for decades and the men involved didn't care about those girls at all.

They mentioned congress has the WHOLE book.

It all needs to be released.

(Others in the book have admitted their letters are real and explained "why" they wrote them. Only one person says it's fake.)

@ElRelle @GottaLaff

Part of me is really resistant to the fact the people really can be like this. I don't know why. Maybe I just want to pretend that such people don't exist.

But the text should have given it away. I shouldn't be surprised. So crude and pretentious. Like these guys really thought they were doing something worthy of anyone's envy.

@GottaLaff

I was thinking more of a funny, sexist ho ho ho bachelor party drawing with "boobies"

...

Yeah I don't like this at all. Not one bit.