Doris_Egan

I write for love; I write for money; I try to do them both at the same time.

[Satan’s Niece @thekrissychula]

This is high art

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

@mihokinomura Okay, I admit it. I can't tell if this is satire.

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@8400above @ASFleischman Didn't he say the DA's office has been unreachable by phone?

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

@StevenBrust Hello, Steven. I just saw a message, ostensibly from you, dated April 2 and asking for my "help." Has someone hacked your account? If you can still access it, I suggest changing your password.

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

@scNme43 @piersmorgan "Not sure how classified details of an air strike we don't want the Houthis to know about can be a national security issue. It was halfway around the world! Nothing we do in other countries can possibly be classified! Let's go back in time and tell the Germans about D-Day too."

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@icestorm747 @xcxdolls @beebongbrooke @laszlo_pukler @dreeezabz @313_paull Yeah, it's like assuming the worst in a woman who's afraid of a potential predator behind her on a deserted street. How dare she suffer fear! She should be able to READ YOUR MIND.

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@Gurdur @Ithildyn Thanks! Good to see you, too.

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@DistractedAnna @BrutalBrittany2 @mattyglesias I just read about it. Frightening. I don't understand how it applies to the elderly, though. Nearly everybody born before 1957 had the measles, and the Mayo Clinic website says that makes you immune for life.

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

@AdamRosserRadio @courtlynn3695 @StevenCheung47 @jrpsaki When I saw there was one response to that comment, I knew this would be it.

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

I love that Debora Cahn's script for the season finale of The Diplomat opens with a 4-page scene of dialogue between two people, and no one can stop her because she's the showrunner. THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE. The audience doesn't care about your "rules." They just want not to be bored.

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@RussianBerner I just heard the dog has been reunited with the owner!

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@Ithildyn Thanks. If you hear any more, please let me know. It seems such an impossible situation in the video.

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

Upsetting video below. Does anyone know if this is real, and what happened? I don't see how the video would be available if the phone didn't make it out. https://t.co/TdmVWYmqAM

[💪🎭..Rai ji..💪🎭 @Vinod_r108]

This is by far the craziest video from the fire in Los Angeles. This guy is filming huge walls of fire surrounding a house they're in, and there's another person and a dog.

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

Did a quick evac the other night, but that fire is contained now and I'm home and safe. I regret social media is so fragmented. For the past few weeks I've mostly been on FB, with the occasional post here and at that other place. Wish you guys would stay together!

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@micsolana I can't believe that on a night of high winds and very swift fires, the response to sparking power lines was "So what, let them spark." I guess turning them off was just silly?
https://t.co/uBZDH0d0QQ

[Kyle Zink @kylezink]

This is our/neighbor’s backyard in Los Angeles right now. Power lines sparking against trees. Neighbor and I have been trying to call 911 and Fire Department for 45 min with no answer (as instructed by Power Company).

Yes, a lot is going on, but the city is failing us.

@CAL_FIRE @LosAngelesFires @LAPDHQ @LAFD

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

Meet Gus. Prince Gus, First of His Name.

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@missyjack That's a great name for a greyhound. Swift to adventure!

[Doris_Egan @Doris_Egan]

I met a 35-pound bernedoodle puppy and it seems we will be having a relationship. He needs a name, and at the moment I'm torn between Gus and Paladin. (He strikes me as quietly heroic, but it's early days, and maybe I'll laugh at this take later.)