Alex Howland

SWENG. Gamer. Cosplayer. Early eng at @Oculus and @anduriltech. I like side projects, Oxford commas, and lists with three items. Cosplay ig: @backslash_alex

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@CandylionCos Drew stop you're already too powerful

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If you've ever said "Sudafed sucks"- you probably took Sudafed PE. You have to ask the pharmacist for Real Sudafed (pseudoephedrine), the only one that works.
PE was pushed because Sudafed thought they would lose sales by not being on the floor.

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For years I have been railing against phenylephrine- an ineffective substitute for pseudoephedrine rushed to market when the latter was moved behind the counter to combat meth production. Glad to see the FDA finally taking action.

https://t.co/Maf5IV8v13

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Same tho

[National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic]

Tropical Storm #Franklin Advisory 7A: Poorly Organized Franklin Drifting Westward. https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ

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Finally planning cosplays for DragonCon and I bought so many wigs that I tripped a card fraud alert.

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Spending more than 1 hour in Florida has reminded me:

- mosquitos are a scourge upon the planet
- who invented humidity and why
- denim

[Nikki Moxxi @NikkiMoxxi]

トモちゃんは女の子！ I did a Tomo-chan cosplay with @backslash as Carol for #AX2023!
📸Photo by @Eurobeat_Kasumi

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Anime Expo is a wrap! Three days, five cosplays, one very tired cosplayer.

[Gene Park @GenePark]

reminder to journalists: the submarine's game controller is standard use for submarines, tanks, drones, etc. for the military. i know it sounds funny to you but it's actually one of the least remarkable things about the submarine https://t.co/EZ65eEmdtA

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@WillowCreativ @ColorFabb

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A day in the life of a lead engineer

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@Rileyhutchins @LeagueOfLegends @TFT Hi! I do League cosplays!! Mel can vouch for me :)

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"Be a dear", my grandma said.

Me, not understanding homophones:

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@serinide Girl this is some next level selfie game

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@JessicaNigri Men only want one thing and it's big tiddy skin-centaurs

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@qrush I use this feature as a general gauge for my mental health.

if (picard + thinkies + sadge) > (catjam + partyblob + tada) {
plan_vacation();
}

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Humans are really, really, extra, super, stupid good at inappropriately ascribing human form and behavior to non-human things. Animals. Electronics. Natural phenomena.

Please keep this in mind when using and assessing AI chatbots. LLMs are the written equivalent of Jesus Toast.

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So 'verified' now just means 'paid subscriber' and there is no way to determine if anyone is really who they say. Great. Great job twitter dot com

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@webegga Me in the US: This Coco tastes just like in Japan 😊
Me in Japan: This Coco tastes just like in the US 😠

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Why autocorrect gotta be so aggressive about 'ducking' but it doesn't touch 'slask message'