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Laurence
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Information Pro trying to go sane in a crazy world. All my skeets are MY thoughts, so blame me; everyone else does. War Eagle!!! 🖖 [He/Him]
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LAWYER: where were you on the night of the murder

ME: in the desert

LAWYER: and who were you with

ME: a horse

LAWYER: and what is the name of this horse

HORSE: (from back of courtroom) *does throat cut motion*

ME: uhhh he didn’t have one
That racism is so...blatant. If Obama's supposed to endorse her because she's black, it basically means that all white people should obviously favor white candidates.
Fox News host Charlie Hurt "can't square" why Obama won't support Winsome Earle-Sears, since they're both Black
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I assume they have now fixed this glaring security error and the password is now Louvre!2025
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...
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Local cooperation with immigration enforcement has become a flashpoint since the federal surge in D.C.

At a recent Council hearing, speakers recognized D.C.'s options are limited — but called local leaders' lack of effort and urgency shameful: "Fight with us, y’all, or get to the side," one said.
D.C. residents speak out against MPD’s work with ICE at D.C. Council
Local cooperation with immigration enforcement has become a flash point since the federal surge in D.C.
51st.news
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1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters

2. Don't get distracted from point one

3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage

4. Don't be old as fuck.

Go forth and do likewise
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I feel seen by my horoscope this month though 😬
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There aren’t nearly enough supernatural horror westerns.

Not Bone Tomahawk horror, but fucked up Amityville/ Poltergeist horror set in the Old West that has nothing to do with burial grounds.
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Very bad news. Teen Vogue was doing work other journalists were not.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Netflix invested abundantly in streaming before it was profitable, and built global infrastructure before securing content deals. From a scarcity perspective, this looked reckless. From an abundance perspective, it was essential.

itrev.io/4ngWheX
Patricia Tallman was in Night of the Dead & Generations. Did you mean her of someone else?
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TIL; I had been wondering why plastic wrap in this country was so fucking unreliable
If anyone needs to know this, most plastic wrap in the US is made from polyethylene, but plastic wrap in Europe is made from PVC. This really matters if you are trying to make a decorative sugar dome for a cake after you saw them do it on a British baking show. #chemsky
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One of the first things I do with new junior engineers is pair with them to show them how I would track down a bug they're working on.

Learning how to problem solve in the codebase is more important than being able to churn out LoC.
Like the difference between an entry-level engineer and a senior one might be language fluency, but the difference between a senior one and a distinguished one is the distinguished one knows how to turn 100x 100 hour debugging problems into 4x 30 minute ones
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All…*sniff*
All cops…
All cops are…
*sobs*
Pikachu WHY
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🎶 I am the very model of a privacy professional
I’ve information terrifying - physical and digital
I know invasive algos and I cite the harms historical
And reassert that those they hurt are not just metaphorical 🎶
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
Past Me is such a PITA
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I don’t know why Past Me decided to wait to make that spreadsheet until 9am before the meeting, but Present Me would like to have a talk
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On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
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pro blocking tip: if you see a horrible/stupid/enraging take on here, you can go through all the replies and block all the people you see agreeing with it and THEN you can block the original poster.

amazingly effective way to nuke entire nodes of infuriating assholes
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A small town police force bragged that citizens "can't get a breath of fresh air in or out without us knowing" thanks to Flock surveillance cameras.

They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
Thanks for the ear-worm. LOVE that song