Small Batch Orders Apr 1
Factual Summary
The screenshot shows the Signal chat-list sidebar (conversation threads including "Small Batch Orders," "Blue Flame - NEW," and "Blue Flame," among personal contacts) alongside an open "Blue Flame" group conversation. The open conversation shows a short exchange dated March 25, 2020: John Thomas writes "Fuck ya" (9:41 a.m.), "Gula I'll call you" (9:42 a.m.), and "Let me sort shipping" (9:42 a.m.); Mike Gula replies "Let's gooooo" (9:58 a.m.), "Need price" (10:05 a.m.), and "Actually we know it" (10:05 a.m.). The sidebar shows both the "Blue Flame - NEW" and "Blue Flame" threads carrying a "Timer set to 30m" disappearing-message notice, dated in the sidebar to March 30.
Key Facts
- Render-confirmed exact text and timestamps: Thomas's "Fuck ya" / "Gula I'll call you" / "Let me sort shipping" (9:41-9:42 a.m., Mar. 25) and Gula's "Let's gooooo" / "Need price" / "Actually we know it" (9:58-10:05 a.m., Mar. 25).
- The screenshot is from Ethan Bearman's own Signal account, distinct from the Signal screenshot already reviewed at 150.29 (a different day's messages, part of the same "Timer set to 30m" disappearing-message pattern across multiple Blue Flame group chats).
- Both "Blue Flame" and "Blue Flame - NEW" threads independently show 30-minute disappearing-message timers, reproduced here as an on-screen fact.
- Content is casual, operational shorthand (pricing, shipping, urgency) rather than a documented decision point; no dollar figures or contractual terms appear on the visible pages.
Source Caveats
- the extracted text's direct extraction of this screenshot was garbled (character substitutions typical of OCR on a dark-mode chat interface); all quoted text above is taken from a 200dpi render of the source page, not the raw extracted text.
- Sender attribution (Thomas "JT" / Gula "MG") is inferred from the initials shown beside each message bubble in the render, consistent with both men's known roles in this docket.
- The sidebar's "Mar 30" date label applies to the sidebar preview text, not necessarily to the open conversation's visible messages, which are independently timestamped March 25.
- Date
- 2021-05-27
Cite this document
“Small Batch Orders Apr 1.”
Original at ecf.vaed.uscourts.gov, dated 2021-05-27. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-05-27-small-batch-orders-apr-1/
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