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Working on this and that. Mastodon: @[email protected]

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Hurricane Helene has devastated parts of North Carolina. As you may know, our fellow tech friend, LGR, was affected by this storm.

🙏For every retweet this posts gets, I will donate $1 to relief efforts.

(Please check the replies for more ways you can help!)

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@NPRinskeep Holy cow. Check this out, @anylaurie16

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@SageIsSavvy I assume those can freely be taken now. Bring a trailer!

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@anylaurie16 “Sorry, your new kidney cannot be printed because the printer is out of heart tissue. Click here to order Genuine HP Human Tissue Vats now.”

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@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 The story never *literally* says Trump is normal but it presents both candidates as making equal arguments. Trump's 3 items are presented with no critique or pushback despite being boiled down from his hours of rambling. Harris's coverage is about her responding to critics.

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@anylaurie16 @NPRinskeep Glad to help. @NPRinskeep's comments, however, wow. 👀

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@JoshuaCPowers @NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 @FrancoOrdonez Is it this segment? https://t.co/IoYJWnrKds

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@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 Reporting on Trump seems to be like parents with a toddler learning to speak. Most of us hear the kid say, "Un-ugh ha-uh ba-boom!" The parents translate, "He says he likes your hat and nuclear power will lower prices." But if you ask him what he means you get called "NASTY!"

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@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 Trump and Harris are mentioned as both having plans to combat high prices. Trump's rambling is boiled down to "boosting fossil fuel production, nuclear energy, and he wants to roll back many of Biden's efforts to fight climate change." Harris then has to answer to critics! Sheesh

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@NPRinskeep @anylaurie16 This sounds like the NPR News Now break at 11pm pacific/2am eastern. I just listened in the archive and it’s what Laurie described. Incoherent rambling is presented as normal ideas, then Harris’s ideas are critiqued. https://t.co/eerDmnyIBd

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@MrMadness @BrentTerhune Have you tried CHOCOLATE-COVERED cinnamon bears?

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@ForChock @TheRealTavie @Vickilewis1 I loved those Zooms. I can’t believe I got to talk with Dave Foley. Great moments in a scary and weird time.

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@VinceWaelti @floatingcrosses @CoreyGerkenWX @atxelle Is your water pump OK??!? It’s brand new!

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@Arcade_Matt Yes! I’ve missed the mini golf videos!

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@cwage Hummingbirds are in your area from mid-April to October. Probably a hummingbird or alien surveillance device.

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@doctorow I explained to them why "Confederate Square" was a touchy subject in the US. Someone was maliciously editing. There were too many edits for me to submit. The Maps team could search & fix. The support agents then told me that they do not have contact with the Maps developers.

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@doctorow A few years ago someone got edits approved to add "on Confederate Square" to a bunch of Central Texas courthouse squares. There's only 1 real one (Gonzales, TX). Contacted Google Maps support, told them the problem, and the India-based agents did not see what the problem was.

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@YYsMG Oh it’s the “teleport” sound from Spectre 1.1. (Thanks to Derek at MacFolkloreRadio.)

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@YYsMG I'm just getting started on this video and the sound effect you used for the "50" card is so familiar. Is it Spectre VR? Where did you get that sound?