Bob Stein

Recreational overthinker. High functioning befuddled. Occasionally clear but gets over it.

[Bob Stein @bobste_in]

@sweepybuns @catebrown12 @washingtonpost @gregpmiller @ksieff @ShibaniMahtani @CatherineBelton @JobyWarrick If it turns out AI never misspells, and humans intentionally misspell to signal their writing is not AI-generated, then I am going to have to recalibrate my entire morale universe.

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@TZG44587623 @1mcmn @JamesMelville She was a teensy bit right. The word appears in a 1944 memo by Texas Congressman Fontaine Maury Maverick, a democrat. He may have coined it.

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@JamesMelville blether = blither = blather = talking long-winded and senseless. Any other words with THREE accepted variations in spelling? @GrammarGirl @JessZafarris

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@newsmanual @iraglass Hey just listened to your story with Seth Lind. I made a website for people to collect videos and quotes that make them cry. It's called https://t.co/xFLL4MT0HY I'm still the only user but anyone can contribute, and curate the stuff that makes THEM cry.

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@GeriHalliwell This post has aged like a fine wine. Like a fine wine. Why can't I say fine? This is bull shirt.

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@Bricktop_NAFO @berlin_bridge https://t.co/kvqInPt0QH

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@Bricktop_NAFO @berlin_bridge That interview was in August 2023. It is excellent. Tragically unheeded then, now, and for years to come.

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@adenyoungRTFY What a delightful little Kipling-esque story. The video doesn't play any more but the link is vimeo dot com slash 68626523. Here, I'll try to include it but that might not work either. Hail the Whiz of Baz Ziz and the Czar of Bazaar. https://t.co/NHllz4JDcH

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@DFODetroit kudos for catching those Asian Long Horn beetles. Scariest news I heard today, thinking of all the ways their frass might not have been discovered. How likely will Romanian authorities investigate why the "heat treatment" didn't work? https://t.co/virou8wTOz

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@realTuckFrumper CBP article says there was "frass" or bug poop. https://t.co/virou8wTOz

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@realTuckFrumper Wish the article said how in the world they found these things. The wood had a stamp "heat treated" so kudos to somebody for checking something else. Gotta believe they'll get through eventually, if they haven't already.

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@RepSpartz Wonder what would happen if, at the beginning of a meeting you ask, "I suggest anyone who yells or interrupts is asked twice to stop. After a third time, everything stops until they leave. How many agree?"

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@RepSpartz True, but neither is it going to work confusing shouters and interrupters with your intellectual opponents. They're orthogonal sets and each deserves very different handling. I am inclined to favor shouters and screamers being gently and respectfully yeeted from the room.

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@taylormtelford I've submitted ten carefully-written proposals on @upwork over the last few months. I discovered from the stats that not one of them has been even VIEWED. A new listing can get 20-50 proposals in the first hour.

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@Kasparov63 Not completely useless. Stating your position without ultimatums is not dishonorable. Every chance you give a thug to choose honor, is another chance for him to demonstrate his dishonor to the world. What's obvious to us is not obvious to everyone.

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@TsurkanKate @AmbJohnBolton @KyivIndependent Great interview. I don't always agree with Bolton but I usually feel as if I understand issues better after listening to him. He's good at wording and framing what's actually going on.

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@alfred_twu Darn, really loved that Montreal line.

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@rafeequemavoor @NIH The only image of a bird that’s not domesticated and not a silhouette is the African Guinea Fowl. There are 31,931 images of mice.

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@zackbeauchamp I live in NY near the border and have a different surreal experience. When I cross into Canada I have to remind myself that the trees can't possibly know they're not in the U.S.

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@paytxhn Many human achievements are exactly this epic.