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@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by polotek:

People chose to misunderstand the context (willfully or not). What they responded to was a question I didn't ask. Namely they thought I was saying "Affirmative Action is not a real thing. Convince me otherwise."

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@TroncellitiLaw ("Troncelliti Law") replied to a tweet by MythinformedMKE:

@MythinformedMKE His premise is completely wrong. In his own example, actually the black student would have the advantage and get the better job or get into the better grad school because thre is likely to be more demand for that black student with those qualifications in the work force.

@vv1lder ("emily wilder") wrote:

"I started filming. I removed the password from my phone so that if we didn’t make it out of the building and we were killed, people would know what happened to us. So they know we existed.” — Sma Ahel, 15

@YousurAlhlou @NeilCollier @solimangafar https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000007798345/gaza-israel-war.html?smid=tw-share

@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:

This is the statement that prompted me to try to talk to white people a couple of days ago. I asked "why do so many white people believe this?"

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@TroncellitiLaw ("Troncelliti Law") replied to a tweet by MythinformedMKE:

@MythinformedMKE His premise is completely wrong. In his own example, actually the black student would have the advantage and get the better job or get into the better grad school because thre is likely to be more demand for that black student with those qualifications in the work force.

@bascule ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri 🦀") retweeted:

@Sereeena ("serena 🌒") wrote:

An https-first mode, an experiment to remove the lock icon, can I get a 🥳🎉🎉 in the chat

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@estark37 ("Emily Stark") wrote:

Earlier this year, Chrome's omnibox because default-https. Today we're announcing more work to move towards an https-first world: https://blog.chromium.org/2021/07/increasing-https-adoption.html thanks to @ShwetaPanditrao, @modyoloN, @notyetsecure, @meacer, @Sereeena, & many others

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@levie ("Aaron Levie") wrote:

Interesting to see which states are all for free markets, until they’re not.

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@nytimes ("The New York Times") wrote:

Norwegian Cruise Line sued Florida on Tuesday over a state law that would fine businesses up to $5,000 if they force customers to provide proof of vaccination. The company accused the state of preventing it from “safely and soundly” resuming trips. https://nyti.ms/3z0nJoR

@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:

“Some days, it’s like convincing people hundreds of years ago that the Earth isn’t flat. That’s really what the conversation feels like.”

https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-republicans-center-campaigns-on-false-claims-of-election-fraud/JNRJYNAG6BD5JC5BB2TQG3LYGA/

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@HarlemCavalier ("David K") replied to a tweet by HarlemCavalier:

10/ 🙏 We’d like to shout out @ZomboDB for the awesome pgx SDK for building Postgres extensions in Rust.

We’ve found it to be an amazing tool and experience with incredible benefits – we estimate that pgx has reduced our workload by at least one-third!

@bascule ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri 🦀") retweeted:

@ngsrinivas ("Srinivas Narayana") wrote:

Our SIGCOMM'21 paper on an optimizing compiler for BPF. https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~sn624/papers/k2-sigcomm21.pdf

@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:

Congrats!

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@R_Ahnen ("RA Ahnen") replied to a tweet by polotek:

@polotek @patri_ck07 My husband is in management in corporate america, his new boss and his bosses boss are Black.

@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:

UNHhhh Ep. 152 - Disappointment https://youtu.be/wqlZ0mLgDzk via @YouTube

@RikerGoogling ("Riker Googling") wrote:

what timeline is this

@zkat__ ("kat marchán") retweeted:

@stitchmediamix ("Stitch's Media Mix") wrote:

"On many levels, what Lil Nas X and his fandom are doing across stan Twitter in defense of his work and the right to be queer and unbothered follows in that form of fannishness."
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lil-nas-x-stan-twitter-montero-defense-stitch-fan-service

@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") wrote:

so you're telling me Fleets were...fleeting?

@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") wrote:

Behind the Scenes: Trixie and Katya Live Tour Shoot https://youtu.be/9azf0I_IzdY via @YouTube

Get your tickets now at http://trixieandkatya.com

@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") wrote:

It's #NonBinaryPeoplesDay, which technically includes me, but I mostly identify as Tired

Please give your nb follows some love today by sharing their work/art/onlyfans/etc and remember that transphobia (and transphobic legislation) hurts everyone

@bascule ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri 🦀") wrote:

Everything else aside, the “Mad Money” guy exposing Tether seems pretty apropos

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@jimcramer ("Jim Cramer") wrote:

Powell concerned about Tether and commercial paper.. i do not blame him!

@bascule ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri 🦀") retweeted:

@benadida ("Ben Adida") wrote:

Excellent. It's time for the US to step up and help the rest of the world beat COVID. Faster, please.

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@Atul_Gawande ("Atul Gawande") wrote:

I’m honored to be nominated to lead global health development at @USAID, including for COVID. With more COVID deaths worldwide in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020, I’m grateful for the chance to help end this crisis and to re-strengthen public health systems worldwide.

@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") retweeted:

@oneunderscore__ ("Ben Collins") wrote:

Co-creator of Dogecoin.

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@ummjackson ("Jackson Palmer") replied to a tweet by ummjackson:

After years of studying it, I believe that cryptocurrency is an inherently right-wing, hyper-capitalistic technology built primarily to amplify the wealth of its proponents through a combination of tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity.

@bascule ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri 🦀") replied to a tweet by bascule:

Don’t get me wrong, I like airplanes, but…

@bascule ("Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri 🦀") wrote:

This isn’t a “neighborhood”, it’s an airplane cult

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@devchart ("Devchart 👨🏻‍💻") wrote:

Fucking hell, I knew I was poor but I didn't think I was that poor.

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@schneierblog ("Schneier Blog") wrote:

Upcoming Speaking Engagements https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/07/upcoming-speaking-engagements-10.html

@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") retweeted:

@jamfish728 ("Jam Leomi 🏳️‍🌈 💻🎵🖋️") wrote:

So.... remember the day I said its good to at-mention me in all your non-binary in tech lists?? TODAY is that DAY.

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@SaraRamirez ("Sara Ramirez 🐜") wrote:

Good morning. Today is International Non-Binary People’s Day. Sending you big love, Fam! 💛🤍💜🖤

@alicegoldfuss ("bletchley punk") wrote:

queer brunch

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@jefposk ("Jef Poskanzer") replied to a tweet by jwz:

@jwz If only he was getting royalties for them. He could buy so much beer! Anyway:

@zkat__ ("kat marchán") retweeted:

@davidfowl ("David Fowler 🇧🇧💉💉") wrote:

Check out the .NET 6 minimal APIs with F#! #dotnet #aspnetcore

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@angel_d_munoz ("Angel Munoz") wrote:

The simplified http://asp.net .NET 6.0 API's make me think of using C# just for fun, they also work for F# but they require a little bit of extra work
#csharp #fsharp

@zkat__ ("kat marchán") replied to a tweet by zkat__:

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@beesandbombs ("dave") wrote:

:)

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@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:

"Several signatories, including PepsiCo, Macy’s, Ikea, and Nestlé USA, appear to be taking a stand on voting access for the first time, while other signatories, such as Amazon, Patagonia, Cisco and Target, have spoken out against voting restrictions."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/more-150-companies-back-update-voting-rights-act-n1273919

@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:

"More than 150 companies, including PepsiCo, Amazon and Target, threw their support behind updating the Voting Rights Act in a letter released Wednesday.

The signatories urged Congress to enact the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act'."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/more-150-companies-back-update-voting-rights-act-n1273919

@trixiemattel ("Trixie Mattel™") replied to a tweet by trixiemattel:

challenge elements include walking AND talking. and squinting.