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Got fired from working maintenance at Disney World because every time I found something that needed to be fixed I would yell out “What kind of a Mickey Mouse operation are they running around here?!?”

synlogic ,
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@Chrishallbeck on the day you got notice I bet you felt... goofy?

deinol , to random
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Thinking about my Vargr exclave, ran some population numbers.

The population is a little over 16.6 Billion, probably 85% Vargr, 7% Zhodani, 5% Vilani, and 3% other.

The vast majority of people are on the capital Okhokferr (9B) and Rekhzor (7B). Only other major planet is Ghaerlag (0.4B), gateway to Zhodani.

Okhokferr is a theocracy run by Kukh Akaiya, “Members of Akaiya’s Pack”. Led by Roukh Vaergvue, “Emperor Dragon”.

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  • synlogic ,
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    @deinol cool map

    my Traveller is rusty... were the Zhodani and Vilani basically diff flavors of humans?

    synlogic ,
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    @deinol ahhhhh k

    Nonilex , to random
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    #SCOTUS making #news today for the #work it did not do.

    Every day that goes by on Trump’s absolute immunity claim w/o a decision, is a victory for #Trump. His strategy is to #delay. That way he can dismiss all federal charges against him if he wins.

    #GiftArticle by Leah Litman:

    Something’s Rotten About the Justices Taking So Long on Trump’s Immunity Case

    #law
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion/supreme-court-trump-immunity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.zLaW.zUjDebWiiRZ7&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex yep. SCOTUS taking 6 to 7 months to say whether Trump is immune from Fed criminal prosecution reeks of treason and corruption. shame on Roberts

    Nonilex , to random
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    routinely surfaces as a lesser character in -related . In a case in on Tues, he will be a major figure.
    A college friend of Trump’s son Eric at Georgetown, he would become a swaggering TV surrogate for the 2016 Trump campaign before eventually serving as Trump’s unofficial chief & strategist.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/boris-epshteyn-arizona-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex Boris also a Russian. which caught my eye

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex Boris "coordinates Trump's legal teams" and... is Russian

    I really cant emphasize that last point enough

    Manafort was also Trump's first campaign runner, and previously in Ukraine he played a similar role for a Ukraine politician who was considered Russia's "inside" man too

    Nonilex , to random
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    Conservative attacks on could threaten
    are sowing that falsely characterizes IUDs, , even as “” — something used to cause .
    in ≥17 states have blocked largely Democratic-led attempts to pass assuring the right to birth control since 2022.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/05/birth-control-access-abortion-ban/

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex yep and sometimes the line can blur. sometimes hard to tell whether any given entity had the intent to mislead or not

    another really good term I like is APD. which is an acronym for adversarial propaganda & disinformation. because its a term which claims the worst stuff -- BS crafted by a self-identified adversary who wishes to hurt and undermine a target, to confuse them and trick them into self-sabotage. eg. Russia runs a huge APD op against the US and its allies.

    Nonilex , to random
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    ICYMI

    Testimony in a court Fri, revealed both & investigators continue to probe certificates that falsely claimed won the , 5 months before the next election.

    On day 4 of prelim examinations for 6 who signed the false certificate in MI, MSP Capt Darren Green, said he was interviewed Thurs by the & 2 US prosecutors from DC.


    https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/31/michigan-investigator-probe-into-false-electors-is-active-ongoing/73923906007/

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex been ~3.5+ years since 2020 election. these state level cases are going molasses slooooow. shameful incompetence or treanous footdragging

    Nonilex , to random
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    Thurs 30 May 2024 🧵 continue

    Justice says he believes that the wants him to repeat a significant portion of the .

    He will read pages 6-35.

    Each page yesterday took him just a little more than a minute, so this will take >30 mins.

    Between that & the testimony readbacks, also expected to take >30 mins, there will likely be >1 hour this morning w/the jury in the courtroom, not actively deliberating.

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex I've been swatted a few times in past too. I suspect by Trump supporters

    synlogic ,
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    @jgrim I'm a longtime programmer, Golang is my main lang lately, and could love to contrib code or perf upgrades to anything Mastodon/Fediverse related. but can only do it if budget avail

    my CV linked from my Mastodon profile

    synlogic ,
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    @lazyguru totally understand

    Nonilex , to random
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    Tues 28 May 2024 🧵 to Begin in

    faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.


    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/nyregion/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex thank you for your work covering the trial! your account is one of the gems of Mastodon

    Nonilex , to random
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    ‘We’ll See You at Your House’

    Fear & Menace Are Transforming

    ofcls from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of . It’s changing how they do their jobs.

    Rep , D-MD, played a leading role in ’s 2d impeachment. He said he receives ~50 menacing calls, emails & letters every month.


    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/us/politics/political-violence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex I was the target of a harassment campaign by Trump/Russian aligned folks at one point, AFAICT. lasted approx a year but mostly subsided by now.

    Nonilex , to random
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    #TrumpTrial Day 4 🧵 starts here.

    Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.

    Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.

    Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
    https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711

    #criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex for a second there thought you were saying the people were calling Ramone

    Nonilex , to random
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    Start of testimony day3 (I’m not counting jury selection or off days) 🧵

    Publisher to Resume Testimony

    , the longtime publisher of The , is expected to return to the stand & describe the deal w/ at the heart of the case, in which is charged w/ 34 .

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex Comey did Trump a big favor by announcing the Hillary email thing very shortly before election day. folks have theorized the news alone might have shifted the popular vote numbers in swing states by the 70k or less needed to hand the electoral college majority to Trump.

    Nonilex , to random
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    Judge to Consider Holding in for Verbal

    Prosecutors in Trump’s trial say he has violated a barring him from attacking , & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.


    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/23/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex ... and sends him to jail. no more pointless fines

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex my bet is judge is sending Trump to jail. thus the added drama

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex dammit. without jail time Trump will keep doing it

    Nonilex , to random
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    : a little scrambly Ramone for your consideration…

    (yes, w/an “e” at the end; for the band “Ramones” whose members all took the surname … Ramone. 😢 that needs to be said, I guess I’m old.)

    1/3

    for more Ramone, follow

    I will continue [ coverage ~9AM ET Tues]

    Ramone the baby squirrel tumbles from his sock momma but quickly if not coolly recovers

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex I have no expertise on this at all but (I'll chime in anyway haha) I would guess that if a baby squirrel spends enough time being taken care of by a human it will be hard to impossible for him to transition to life in the wild again. therefore a human parent forever, whether you always or someone else. no matter what you did the right thing by saving him

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex ah ok

    deinol , to random
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    SJ Games has their 2023 stakeholders report up.

    Munchkin still dominates their revenue. Of their top 40 sellers, 18 were munchkin. Only 5 were RPGs, 3 were Car Wars, and the rest (14) are miscellaneous board/card/dice games.

    In other news a box of Ogre miniatures is heading to my house today.

    https://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/report24.html

    synlogic ,
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    @deinol I was happy to see they brought Wiz War back to market. masterpiece of a game imo. never got attention it deserved

    synlogic ,
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    @deinol yeah that was prob a too-powerful spell haha. it has killer combos. sooooo much fun to play though. I've long thought Munchkin was overhyped and Wiz War underhyped

    kinda like MtG overhyped and Dominion underhyped imo

    maybe its because people are suckers for infinitely collectible/expandable card game designs, dunno

    Nonilex , to random
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    Probably won’t cover as extensively unless things get interesting, but ’s / trial is back on today w/ continued selection.

    A was quickly dismissed at the start. She was among the 7 already selected, she said she was very worried that despite the fact the court ruled to keep jurors’ name secret, she would still be exposed & targeted.


    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/18/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex wise to assume that every juror whose identity is learned by Trump or Trump's people will end up being the target of attempts to bribe, blackmail, threaten or otherwide harass or endanger. everything we know about Trump (and his patron, Putin and Russia) must lead us to conclude that. for Putin alone the stakes are gigantic: a chance to get his puppet back in the Presidency again (so he can resume & amplify his sabotage of US, NATO, EU, Ukraine etc)

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex @MerelyAHut @Dodo_sipping

    jury has reached a verdict, your honor

    Trump: guilty!

    baby squirrel: innocent!

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex you are being a good adopted squirrel mother to him

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex I bet if they held a vote on the floor of the UN I'm pretty sure it would be unanimous that you are his mother now

    rbreich , to random
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    For the 7th time this year, MAGA extremists killed the GOP’s own bill by voting no on the “rule” to advance it. This time it was a renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—all because Trump wrongly claimed it was used against his campaign. The GOP is pure dysfunction.

    synlogic ,
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    @rbreich GOP works for Putin's Russia now

    Nonilex , to random
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    The #parents of the #OxfordHS #SchoolShooting gunman were #sentenced 10 - 15 years in #prison, drawing to a close historic #criminal proceedings that marked the first time a father & mother of a mass school shooter had not just been #charged but #convicted of #manslaughter in connection to their child's #crime.

    #guns #law #MassShooting #accountability #LicenseToParent
    https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2024/04/09/james-jennifer-crumbley-sentence-oxford-oakland-county-what-received/73216076007/

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex yep. hopefully it influences enough other "NRA type" parents across America to be more careful about guns and their kids, that it ends up saving lives

    rbreich , to random
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    RFK Jr. says President Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump.

    Rubbish!

    Only one candidate has been charged with a criminal conspiracy to overturn an election. That's Trump.

    RFK Jr isn't running for president. He's running to reelect Trump, and he knows it.

    synlogic ,
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    @rbreich RFK Jr is almost certainly one of the politicians on Russian payroll behind the scenes. along with Trump, MTG, Jill Green, Tulsi Gabberd, Tucker Carlson etc. maybe AOC and Bernie too but I'm less sure about them (tho anyone in DSA may be a "useful idiot" from Putin's perspective)

    Nonilex , to random
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    During #Biden’s speech on #healthcare yesterday he was interrupted by protesters advocating for #Palestinians in #Gaza. Instead of ignoring them & moving on, #POTUS responded, “They have a point; we need to get more care into Gaza.” He added, “Everybody deserves healthcare.”

    #Israel #Hamas #LawsOfWar #HumanitarianCrisis #CrimesAgainstHumanity #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #ForeignPolicy #geopolitics
    https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5111660/president-biden-responds-protesters-promoting-health-care

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex well played, Joe. well played. never underestimate a guy who's been doing politics for 50+ years

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    Alien: Romulus comes out August 16, and the trailer is fantastic. I wasn't going to link, but I suppose I will, but with a warning.

    ** ⚠️ WARNING - BLOOD and GORE ⚠️ **

    https://youtu.be/dWRpPyejqOc

    @horror

    synlogic ,
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    @jake4480 @horror I like that its set between 1 and 2

    synlogic ,
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    @jake4480 @horror also theyre making an Alien TV series for Hulu! debut in 2025. Ridley has prod control too

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    Imagine if a former US president was running for re-election and HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT said he was unfit for office.

    That would be really something, wouldn’t it?

    synlogic ,
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    @JamesGleick also Dick Cheney has been a clear NO too. so that is now the prior 2 serving GOP VPs

    Nonilex , to random
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    Pursuing Development Deals in &

    ’s son-in-law said he was close to finalizing real estate projects in the two nations, an example of the Trump family’s pursuit of deals abroad as the former president seeks the White House.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/us/politics/jared-kushner-pursuing-development-deals-in-albania-and-serbia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex yep. they'll likely use those deals as a cover excuse to route bribes to Trump himself, in effect

    Nonilex , to random
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    can stay on case, but only if steps aside, Judge says

    The judge overseeing the Georgia case against Trump & his allies ruled that DA Fani Willis could continue w/the prosecution but only if , the lead prosecutor she appointed & had a romantic relationship w/, exits the case.


    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/15/fani-willis-trump-georgia-case/

    synlogic ,
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    @Nonilex feels like good compromise. I'd rather see a court/DA err on side of avoiding appearance of impropriety. rather than the sin of the other extreme: what SCOTUS has been doing by not recusing Clarence Thomas

    lolgop , to random
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    Having one leading American automaker become an almost full-time Nazi propagandist is embarrassing. Having two is just bad writing.

    synlogic ,
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    @lolgop Musk is not a Nazi or a Nazi propagandist

    he's become a propagandist for the Republican party, true, and he's helping in effect a band of Russian traitors. but there is no evidence he's a Nazi

    the truth is bad enough please dont embellish it into the realm of lies or delusion

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    @robindlaws Whately clan reminds me of a name from a Lovecraft story

    rbreich , to random
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    Funny how wealthy Americans will readily accuse Biden of “buying votes” with student debt forgiveness but had no issue with Trump signing massive tax cuts for themselves.

    synlogic ,
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    @rbreich yep both Dems and Repubs do it. I'd prefer neither did. either buying everyone's equally (or the poorest 95%) or none at all

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    So, private companies in the space business 🤷. Thursday a Texas based company called Intuitive Machines landed on the moon. It did not go smoothly. The live feed was abruptly halted. It was unclear what happened. Then the company said they were getting a faint signal. People speculated the spacecraft had tipped over. Hours later the company announced it was upright! Friday their stock jumped wildly, but after the market closed, they held a press conference, and said it had tipped over.🤔

    synlogic ,
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    @mastodonmigration I watched video of the landing. from engineer's comments in control room my impression then was it likely tipped over.

    rbreich , to random
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    It’s time for all of us who care about human rights to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. Now. https://youtu.be/J8cBTLGAasM?feature=shared

    synlogic ,
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    @rbreich I call for all remaining hostages taken by Gaza to be released. and all Hamas perpetraitors to be handed over to law. and all survivinv families Israel's murdered, tortured & raped to be compensated financially by Gazans and/or their Arab patrons

    once that bare minimum of justice happens then it may be morally acceptable to grant a pause for the invaders who started their war

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  • synlogic ,
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    @robindlaws

    depends on how they look

    Edward Scissorhands: lolno

    Wolverine: ALLMYMONEY

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    The Bomb in the Basement

    THE BOMB IN THE BASEMENT tells the fascinating story of how Israel became the Middle East's only nuclear power and -- unlike Iraq and Iran -- succeeded in keeping its atomic program secret.

    http://www.michaelkarpin.com/Books/Book1/Michael_Karpin_Book1.html

    @bookstodon



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    @appassionato @bookstodon if Iran gets one however Israel is doomed. prob why Trump helped juice that up by breaking the Iran nuke deal. it was sabotage to increase chance Iran does get nukes. at that point its a matter of time til they provide it to an "independent actor" (eg. Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis etc) who then do the old "Allah Akhbar!" deed killing thousands if not millons. wont matter if 99% of Muslims or Iranians condemn it: will only take a tiny percentage to enable it and trigger

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    I need your help #bookstodon. One of the classes I'm taking at the graduate level this semester is Religion & Science Fiction. I read more fantasy, and would like to do my research paper on something that's not obvious (like ST/BS5/Matrix/etc.) & I'd love to use more modern sf rather than the golden age classics.

    Anyone have any interesting ideas for my research paper on regarding the intersection of religion and science fiction?

    @bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi #ReligiousStudies #academia

    synlogic ,
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    @ashtardeza @dsawilson @KitMuse @bookstodon Anathem and Sevwneyes are awesome period. but first do Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon

    synlogic ,
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    synlogic ,
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    @crcollins @mattjhodgkinson @Jennifer @KitMuse @bookstodon and Firefly had a preacher too IIRC

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    I. 12 rebellious ghouls chained to walls.

    synlogic ,
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    @dungeon thats what they get for being so rebellious

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