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IT & internet stuff. Retired.

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futurebird, (edited ) to random
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The Great Squid People used to ride the gleaming white chalk roads in great glass globes of water pulled by teams of clattering crabs.

But then the deers took over, a Dark Age came when the roads were covered with grass.

gnoll110,
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@futurebird

"The A303 highway that passes only 165 meters (541 feet) from the south side of Stonehenge...

anneapplebaum, to random
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If the Republican Party responds to the Trump indictment solely by attacking courts and judges, and if its leaders continue to work to de-legitimize the legal system, I am not sure how we recover.

For a precedent, Americans don't even have to look beyond our hemisphere: Venezuela is an excellent example of state that slid into autocracy while an elected president repeatedly assaulted judges.

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@anneapplebaum

One unique advantage America has over Venezuela (and everyone else), is no American interference.

morgfair, to random
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Defunding public libraries: Republicans' war on reading goes nuclear | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2023/04/13/defunding-public-libraries-republicans-on-reading-goes-nuclear/

gnoll110,
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@morgfair

Republicans, making the Nazis look like amateurs.

Don't burn a book, go after all the public libraries.

garius, to history
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To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.

And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.

Here's how that happened. 1/🧵 #history #technology

gnoll110,
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@garius

Worth remembering that at least as early as '97. Musk was lobbying GOP congressmen to force NASA to outsource much for work.

gnoll110, to random
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Apologies to Monty Python.

An X Parrot.

stufromoz, to random
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Not the Swan Lake ballet? Oh dear

gnoll110,
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@jonoabroad @stufromoz

In the Soviet Union, when something bad happened, like the death of the Great leader.
State TV would play somber music and replay from suitable Russian ballet, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet, for days.

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