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Living 20 minutes into the future. Eccentric weirdo. Virtual Adept. Time traveler. Burnout. Thelemite. Technomage. Hacker on main. APT 3319. BOFH. Not human. 30% software and implants. H+ - 0.4 on the Berram-7 scale. Furry adjacent. Pan/poly. Cyberpunk. Making the Net /<-r4d again. Code 4GH. Sburb speedrunner. XKCD 705. Did not turn out 'all right.' Fuck cancer. Certified moopsy handler. Lil alurl velve zhah lil velkyn uss. Magneto was right.

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Qyriad , to random
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found this classic again

Screenshot of the tumblr post at https://www.tumblr.com/sailorbryant/149429272264/a-fragile-sort-of-anarchy-bad-news-our-boss. OP by a-fragile-sort-of-anarchy: Bad News: Our boss locked the keys inside the building. Good News: We didn't have to wait around for a locksmith. Bad News: My boss finds it very concerning that I know how to pick locks, and tried to unlock my Tragic Backstory™. I was too embarrassed to admit that the reason I learned was because, at thirteen, I figured that was the kind of skill that would impress cute girls. Good News: A cute girl saw me do it. Bad News: It was Maggie, and since she's already seen me fall out of several trees, cry because I saw a fawn that was just too damn small, and knows I can ride a unicycle, she'll never think I'm cool no matter what I do. It's too late. She knows. [End OP] Reblog reply by sailorbryant: There are million dollar blockbuster movies that were less entertaining than the rollercoaster this post just took me on.
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    drwho ,
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    @mek2600 @alice I have a post that might be of interest to you. Mind if I throw you a link?

    rbreich , to random
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    Boeing shareholders approved a $33M pay package for CEO Dave Calhoun, despite overseeing huge losses and safety problems.

    It's the biggest package ever given to a Boeing CEO.

    Calhoun is resigning by year's end. Guess what he gets then?

    A $45 million golden parachute.

    Unreal.

    drwho ,
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    @JSharp1436 @rbreich It has been for years. Princeton is the first entity to admit it.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

    https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cbo-american-wealth-inequality/

    https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-us-no-longer-democracy-msna310901

    futurebird , to random
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    "Joe Biden fascist marxist prosecutors"

    Like... how do you even unpack a phrase like that?

    The prosecutors aren't--
    Biden's not--
    Marxism isn't--
    Fascism doesn't--
    It's New York State not--
    Those aren't even--

    This is beyond a Gish Gallop (lies so thick you can't sound sane as you counter them all)

    It's like information anti-matter and it's not even the whole sentence.

    What do we call something that is "beyond untrue" ?

    drwho ,
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    @futurebird "Bullshit."

    drwho , to random
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    Hey, folks. I need some help.

    One of my partners was in a car wreck a few days ago. They have a spinal fracture (T12 for certain, others unknown). They also have Ehlers-Dahlos syndrome.

    So far the doctors are saying that a thoraco-lumbar fusion is going to be necessary. What they're not sure of is how well a spinal fusion is going to work while also being hypermobile.

    Does anybody out there have experience with this? Any anecdotes? Data points? Papers to reference?

    bogiperson , to bookstodon group
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    After various Amazon difficulties (thank you to my publisher for sorting them out!) my new book is here!!! Thank you for your patience & pls spread the word!

    POWER TO YIELD AND OTHER STORIES - available from all major retailers!

    "This intimate yet expansive collection is not one to miss." - @sloane Leong

    Bookshop.org:
    https://bookshop.org/a/14302/9781940372662

    Amazon US:
    https://amzn.to/49z9Yzx

    (Associate links)

    @bookstodon @shortsff

    drwho ,
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    @bogiperson @sloane @bookstodon @shortsff Yay! :D

    chelming , to bookstodon group
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    I have a goal of turning every book I read this year into an earring. I got started a little late in Jan so I missed about 5 of them and have ~5 made so far. I'm not sure that I'll go back and do the ones that I missed.

    @bookstodon

    drwho ,
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    @chelming @bookstodon attn @marthawells..

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "Alabama has carried out the first execution of a death row inmate in the US using nitrogen gas, an untested procedure which the prisoner’s lawyers had argued amounted to a form of cruel and unusual punishment banned under the US constitution. ...

    Alabama claimed that the new nitrogen gas method was 'perhaps the most humane method of execution ever devised.'"

    ~ Ed Pilkington


    /1

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/25/alabama-executes-kenneth-smith-nitrogen-gas

    drwho ,
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    @wdlindsy This is human sacrifice.

    drwho ,
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    @wdlindsy @enmodo In a "pro-life" state, be sure to wear two vests.

    drwho ,
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    @wdlindsy It's the only thing holding the structure of this country together. The foundation was never completed.

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