@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@TheRaDR ("Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg") wrote:
I am reminded of how, when Trump was elected, some straight white men were saying things like, “We lived through Reagan, we’ll live through this.”
In which “we” in both cases holds… an entire story.
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@FractalEcho ("Rua M. Williams") wrote:
"it's endemic. We just have to live with it," said the ones who would live, to those that would die.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
Bro if my dog dies I'm gonna become the joker for real this time
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") retweeted:
@GraciDoesIT ("Graci Rhoads") wrote:
Just received @fakedansavage awesome straightforward and fun book for not only me but my 3 twenty something kids. Wish my mom told me shit that Dan talks about!!
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@Imani_Barbarin ("Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️") wrote:
One of the biggest failings of the Biden administration is the insistence that they’re governing in “normal times” none of that they say or do seems to match the urgency of a crumbling democracy, massive wealth inequality and a mass death/disabling event.
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@mattbc ("Matthew "unwell anyway" Cortland, JD") wrote:
If you use the best measure of death we have, excess mortality, more than ~1 million people have been killed during the 2 years of the pandemic.
If you think what we need from the White House is "standard small talk" you're part of the problem https://twitter.com/mmahaffie/status/1482854784772288512
@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") retweeted:
@rootpoint replied to a tweet by @alicegoldfuss:
@alicegoldfuss @FantasyMagazine This was fantastic. I havent read a really great original short story in a while and this really made my day. I look forward to reading more of your writing.
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@Survival ("Survival International") wrote:
⚠️ Bolsonaro’s government plots secret move against Indigenous peoples in #Brazil ⚠️
Just before New Year, Brazil’s Indigenous Affairs Agency drafted an internal memo, setting out a new policy to block any effort to protect Indig lands that aren’t yet officially demarcated.
1/6
@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") replied to a tweet by @alicegoldfuss:
ME: *reading tweet replies* wow everyone is so excited about my qualifying story 😊
ME: wait no fuck
@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") replied to a tweet by @alicegoldfuss:
the same thing happened with my original awards eligibility tweet and I completely forgot this time around
"I am eligible for X and Y" is how people offer their work for consideration
sorry again
@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") replied to a tweet by @alicegoldfuss:
ohhh I think we ran into that tech/fiction terminology divide again
"I'm eligible for" == my work qualifies for nomination
"I've been nominated for" == I am a finalist for an awardI am not a finalist, but I *could be*
sorry for the confusion! I am less cool than you thought
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
I RTed a post about this book a while back but this book sounds like exactly my shit, especially after finally reading Castle of Otranto last year https://notchesblog.com/2021/06/22/gothic-architecture-and-sexuality-in-the-circle-of-horace-walpole/
@heddle317 ("Kate Heddleston") wrote:
Retweeting this while watching the Witcher
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@WendyMolyneux ("Wendy Molyneux") wrote:
Not looking at your phone while watching a TV show is the new reading a book.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") replied to a tweet by @LolOverruled:
Every dollar is going to my sister for cost of surgery, anything extra is for additional fees or taxes
NBA Player Gets Zelda Sound Played Every Time He Scores
I had never noticed or heard this during a game before, so it took a column from the excellent Zach Lowe for me to learn this, but every time Cleveland big man Jarrett Allen scores at home he gets a cute little _Zelda_sound effect played over the stadium’s speakers.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
hey i hate to do this, but if ppl who followed me gave a buck, this would be done quick. jack is having emergency surgery right now and it cost my sister $14,000 already, and she had to open two credit cards to do it. https://gofund.me/29bb398b
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@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
Happy birthday Jack - goodest boy on Long Island
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@gagabloggerette ("Not Better Left Unsaid") wrote:
The USA has decoupled from the developed world. Despite vast wealth, its citizens are in enormous debt. They pay more for limited healthcare. They live less long.
@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") replied to a tweet by @alicegoldfuss:
*fades back into shadows*
@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") wrote:
Hello hello! The Hugo Awards are open for nominations, and I'm eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer
Voting details: https://chicon.org/home/whats-happening/hugo-awards/
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@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") wrote:
My very first #AwardsEligibility post!
"The Woman With No Face" @FantasyMagazine qualifies me for the Astounding Award and the Hugo/Nebula/WFA/etc
Body swapping, rebels, violence, queerness, sex & deceiving an insufferable white guy in a cave https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/the-woman-with-no-face/
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:
@TitusNation ("Titus") wrote:
Universal language.
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Mexican TV Host loses it , calls all antivaxxers "morons"
"You damned antivaxxers, gaggle of morons! Stop with your bullshit and at least put on a god damned face mask, and stop hitting the brakes for the entire world! Yes, you antivaxxers, you are a moron! Put on a face mask!"Video:
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@Sandernista412 ("La Befana") wrote:
Restaurants are finally providing benefits for their workers.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
undefeated if you ignore my many defeats, which i do
@katya_zamo ("Katya") wrote:
“If I were ahoy…I know you like to take vacations on boats—“
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
one of my favorites of the 00s disco revival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg6eo250jeE
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") retweeted:
@RogersParkMan ("Bill Savage") wrote:
This is all your fault, isn’t it @fakedansavage?
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
For sale: fake boobs, lightly worn
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@remy4real22 ("remy") wrote:
they got sydney sweeney y’all
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@miblogestublog ("Laura Martínez ®") wrote:
omicron, waiting for me to leave my house
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") retweeted:
@radleybalko ("Radley Balko") wrote:
I'm trying to think of a charitable reason you'd disband a unit that works to free innocent people from prison. I can't think of one.
Virginia has seen 53 exonerations since 1989, including 18 wrongly convicted of murder.
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@EmileeManzi ("Emilee M. Hasbrouck") wrote:
Today, the incoming AG fired, among many others, the entire Conviction Integrity Unit. With no notice. I found out at 10am. Two of my colleagues found out at 4pm. I’m so sorry to all the people we didn’t get to help.
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
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@Chris_Grosse ("𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚") wrote:
Age yourself with a computer game.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@mipsytipsy ("Charity Majors") replied to a tweet by @mipsytipsy:
Also, I learned while preparing for this talk that we have an official policy that "incident responders are encouraged to expense meals for themselves and family during an incident", which just fucking makes sense once you think about it.
@cheeseraven11 ("✨ bree ✨ tired era ✨") wrote:
confused but supportive cis people be like:
@lvaughn ("Lowell Vaughn") wrote:
So...like...all of them?
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@jckarter ("Joe Groff") wrote:
This program contains languages known by the state of California to cause software defects
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") retweeted:
@luis_in_brief ("Luis Villa") wrote:
There is no such thing as a perfect California constitutional amend...
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@jckarter ("Joe Groff") wrote:
This program contains languages known by the state of California to cause software defects
@vv1lder ("emily wilder") wrote:
learning of the latest antisemitic incident bc a friend sends an unprompted “thinking about you ♥️” text
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") wrote:
Same brand razer and trimmer, same wall wart shape and logo. But different voltages and plug shapes. And one plug will fit in either (but silently not charge) 🤦♂️
**flips table**
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@womensart1 ("#WOMENSART") wrote:
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
thanks to covid, getting spat on at tf church no longer sounds like fun :(
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@studentactivism ("Angus Johnston") replied to a tweet by @studentactivism:
And the fact that this website isn't even taking orders until the 365th day of the Biden Administration is a cruel, ugly joke.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@mcclure111 ("mcc") wrote:
RT @MorganJerkins @SarahZBeeson ( )
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@SarahZBeeson ("Sarah Z. Beeson") replied to a tweet by @MorganJerkins:
@MorganJerkins This is what stands out the most to me about zoning in the US: it’s completely legal for this chemical plant to be located adjacent to these apartment buildings. Yet completely illegal for those apartment buildings to be located next to single-family homes.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
It is the year 2055. You're in a nursing home, berating staff for not wearing masks despite the fact they are robots. Your children are dead from Metaverse Degeneracy Complex after bioport rejection. The sky is sick and ocean laps at the rusting doors of everything you remember.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@betsyladyzhets ("betsy ladyzhets 📊") wrote:
are you a journalist covering #LongCovid? then I have a resource for you! @fi_lowenstein and I worked on this database of Long COVID patients and experts who are interested in talking to reporters about their experiences: (1/5)
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@Travel_Buddha ("Gavin Werbeloff") replied to a tweet by @benjaminwittes:
@benjaminwittes Add the following to your muted list: “🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩”
No one tweets when they don’t solve it. You’re welcome.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@VirusesImmunity ("Prof. Akiko Iwasaki") wrote:
So excited to be a part of this important study led by @michelle_monje on how significant longterm neurologic damage can occur after a mild respiratory-only SARS-CoV-2 infection. My own🧵on the findings of this study with relevance to #longCovid (1/)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.07.475453v1.full
@iximeow ("pipeline staller") wrote:
writing a book about how programming language design has lasting impact on language devs even when they think discussions are settled and in the past, callling it The Compiler Keeps The Score
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") retweeted:
@dogdogs_album ("ワンちゃんアルバム") wrote:
身体能力が高すぎる犬
@SethMacFarlane ("Seth MacFarlane") retweeted:
@TheOnion ("The Onion") wrote:
‘It’s Good To Practice Some Self Care,’ Says Man Kicking Back And Letting Last Chance At Happiness And Success Slip Away https://bit.ly/3tjaD6t
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
I mean, it’s not like home prices in certain markets are going up much faster than inflation OHWAIT https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/28/us-home-prices-surge-18point4percent-in-october.html
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Why would you pile into a risky mortgage just to have a home you can live in when you could use that money to buy Bitcoin instead? /s
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Why people are piling into large risky variable mortgages to buy inflated homes:
(Variable mortgage rate: 1.7%) - (Inflation: 4.7%) = -3%
So the real, inflation-adjusted rate is NEGATIVE 3%.
You get paid to borrow big.
So where's the $$ coming from?
From @BenRabidoux
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
thanks to covid, getting spat on at tf church no longer sounds like fun :(
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") retweeted:
@jeremycole ("Jeremy Cole") wrote:
🤓🌋📈 This is just super cool. Indeed, the pressure wave from #TongaVolcanoEruption arrived again as I predicted, very visibly as a sudden pressure drop, exactly on schedule, after taking the scenic route around the earth. You seeing this @NWSReno?
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@jeremycole ("Jeremy Cole") wrote:
I am thinking that I should see another instance of the #TongaVolcanoEruption pressure wave being visible after it travels the "wrong way" around the earth the other ~19,416 miles. At this speed it should get here after ~27.85 hours or just after midnight local time. 🤓🌋 https://twitter.com/jeremycole/status/1482492645674868738
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") retweeted:
I should fuckin hope so
Crypto Losers Buy Copy Of Jodorowsky's Dune, Have Played Themselves
Earlier today a group calling themselves Spice DAO tweeted that they were the proud owners of an original_Jodorowsky’s Dune_ book, the compendium of concept art and notes that comprised filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s doomed attempts to get a _Dune_movie made in the 1970s.
@hiyayaywhopee ("nick woods") wrote:
who-oa, here she comes
watch out, boys, she'll say "what's up"
who-oa, here she comes
she's a mangreeter
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
You are a stranger thinking about me right now
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Strangers do not think about you. People do not even regularly think about their mothers. https://twitter.com/loloverruled/status/1482525613885956101
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") replied to a tweet by @LolOverruled:
The CIA is typing...
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
You guys have too much time on your hands. The spoofed email is a nice touch but it’s a Sunday at 5:55 on a holiday weekend. Think smarter
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@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
I’m actually good for now thank you for your interest CIA
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") retweeted:
@kenklippenstein ("Ken Klippenstein") wrote:
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@AlanDersh ("Alan Dershowitz") wrote:
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/alandershowitz/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre/2022/01/15/id/1052567/
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") wrote:
You’re the worst
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Growing up in the northeast I will never understand the closing of stores and restaurants when there is barely an inch of snow on the ground yet.
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") wrote:
#NewDeal4Animation
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@phillamarr ("Phil LaMarr") wrote:
Animation writers are fighting for their rights. Help boost the movement and show support for the artists who create the characters you love by retweeting a GIF from something animated with the hashtag #NewDeal4Animation
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Foxhole Players Are Striking Over 'Increased Stress And Responsibility'
_Foxhole_is a top-down shooter where players can take on various roles in huge battles, one of those roles being logistical, which involves crafting the weapons used in the fight. A group of those players are currently on strike, saying “we believe that Foxhole should not have a gameplay experience that causes its…
Also tried out the new record function in Krita! :D Very happy with this. <3
https://tube.tchncs.de/w/u7bppTW1PdNAHdfUPBw9tX
#peertube #timelapse #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #art #mastoart
@colinhacks ("Colin McDonnell") replied to a tweet by @colinhacks:
Gist: https://gist.github.com/colinhacks/be04d453a0552b2c11615096651087ee
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@colinhacks ("Colin McDonnell") wrote:
i've probably used these shortcuts around 50000 times over the past 4 years
⌘-Shift-L — Insert "console.log()"
⌘-Shift-J — Insert "JSON.stringify()"i will not apologize
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") replied to a tweet by @fakedansavage:
I don't even open them. But just deleting them requires a degree of emotional labor that feels unfair.
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
Getting emails from Marco Rubio is emotionally exhausting.
The Week In Games: Another Week, Another Co-Op Shooter
Remember last week, when a Left 4 Dead-like shooter released? The Anacrusis. Well, guess what, this week sees another take on the very popular co-op shooter formula releasing for multiple platforms. This time it’s Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Extraction which looks... fine.
Because I finally have time to draw again I felt the need to create something today.. But what? Because Poppy's VTuber is so cute, I decided to draw her. :)
https://www.twitch.tv/poppyvt/
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Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse
Walmart’s recent trademark applications suggest that it wants to break into the metaverse. | Photo by Yichuan Cao / NurPhoto via Getty Images
Walmart appears to be getting ready for a leap into the metaverse. Recent trademark applications indicate the company is looking to establish its own NFTs and cryptocurrency, according to a report from CNBC.
The retail giant filed for several trademarks on December 30th, suggesting plans to start selling virtual goods, including electronics, toys, appliances, sporting equipment, apparel, home decor, and more, as noted by CNBC. There’s mention of offering customers a digital currency, as well as the opportunity to buy and sell NFTs. Meanwhile, another application details possible “physical fitness training services” and “classes in the field of health and nutrition” that could take place in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality...
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
Oh. And I also repaired my pants belt along the way, which is an important tool while you are plumbing. ;)
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
Just finished the yak shaving plumbing I needed to do (replace frozen open shut off valve) just so I can do the actual plumbing I had started out trying to do (fix leaky faucet). So far I've caused no water damage nor made things worse. (Phew!) But out of time now.
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:
@GhostPanther ("Adam McKay") wrote:
Just to be clear, Bolsanaro definitely would tell people not to look up. No question.
#DontLookUp
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@AllBrPolitics ("All The Brazilian Politics") wrote:
Brazil Chief of Staff cites Don't Look Up in opinion piece defending Bolsonaro
In article defending notorious global warming & vaccine doubter, Ciro Nogueira compares comet to Workers' Party
#politics #brazil #BrazilianPolitics #DontLookUp #cinema
https://tmblr.co/Zn_uBZbO--1G
@dorrismccomics ("Alex Norris") retweeted:
@dorrismccomics ("Alex Norris") wrote:
meeting your art heroes
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") wrote:
Yes thank you!!!!!
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@brianstelter ("Brian Stelter") wrote:
–@joelockhart says the US media is treating President Biden unfairly, and here are a couple of the reasons why
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@bylgja_babylons ("Bylgjan🐝") wrote:
Had great fun at @BarrelComedy tonight. This amazon review of a phone case is also a review of my set.
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:
do you bitches care about makeup organizing TikToks:
Sucks how if you really need therapy it’s basically impossible to have the wherewithal to actually arrange to get it.
@LolOverruled ("Alex Peter") retweeted:
@garfxist ("Rockist 🪨🗿🎸🥩") wrote:
How divorced from reality do you have to be to think US schools are indoctrinating people into Marxism
@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:
literally a stalker
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@TrixieCosmetics ("Trixie Cosmetics") wrote:
2 young girls
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@DPRK_News ("DPRK News Service") wrote:
Noted Scientologist settles debate on so-called “depression.”
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@MattWalshBlog ("Matt Walsh") wrote:
No, I don't believe that it is. Despair is not a medical condition. Neither is anxiety, anger, fear, etc. All of these are experiences natural and universal to the human condition. https://twitter.com/PatrickHMast/status/1482797769635024904
@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") retweeted:
@piowapuff ("Katherine Evans") wrote:
Love her work. She did a comic named "Mo" too for a bit I love and wish would come back
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@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:
Mask up. Get vaccinated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/15/pandemic-goes-and/?tid=ss_tw
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@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
At this point I'm willing to take my chances on the Phantom Zone, get me out of here
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@awards_watch ("Erik Anderson") wrote:
The highest grossing movie from your birth year is how your 2022 will play out
AGDQ 2022 Raises Record $3.4 Million For Charity
Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 is over, but the online speedrunning charity event wrapped up its week-long run with a brand new, all-time record for any GDQ event, raising $3,422,122 across over 49,000 individual donations. It also reached a million dollars and two million dollars faster than any previous GDQ events.
@peter_miller ("Peter Miller") wrote:
You know I had to do it to em
@hiro_asari ("あさり") retweeted:
@Ramiro235_ ("Ramiro💥🏴🎃🦇") replied to a tweet by @TheSpiceDAO:
@TheSpiceDAO It rocks how much crypto can give someone a dog brain. It's like the opposite of spice.
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
This is pretty funny: an "adversarial" version of wordle that only picks a definitive answer when backed into a corner by your prior guesses https://qntm.org/files/wordle/index.html
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") retweeted:
@garagesalevip ("garagesale.vip") wrote:
Grace Jones playing Golden Eye on N64
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") retweeted:
i just realised how this works, and it is so clever. i'm in awe.
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@BrotoGP replied to a tweet by @georgemsavva:
@georgemsavva A friend of mine did this and then used the ensuing images to create hand made ceramic tiles
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
Here is the basic advice that nobody asked for.
1. Put money into the stock market. Total stock market fund or S&P 500 fund
2. Don't do anything fancy. Do not take "tips" from people
3. Leave it there and don't look at it or it will freak you out
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
All on his own, with one stroke of the pen, President Biden could #CancelStudentDebt. It would boost our economy, start to close the racial wealth gap, and lift an impossible burden off tens of millions of people. And there’s no need to wait.
@MattBaume ("Matt Baume") replied to a tweet by @MattBaume:
Also it is a model for how gays have a moral obligation to support both their messy club girls AND their musical theater girls