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If Trump becomes president again, after all we know ,and you supported his campaign you will have participated in the end of American democracy.
You will not be rewarded by your leader beyond a rush you might seek for upending civility.
You aren't part of his plan.
He is the entirety of his plan and the future will belong to him.
Not you.
You won't get a thank you or a knowing nod.
He will allow you to buy trinkets with his image and name emblazoned.
Trump is a despicable example of human kind.
Devoid of compassion.
Devoid of any respect for knowledge and education.
Trump is the fully realized Id.
He will have no guardians , no guard rails and no shame.
He cannot tell the difference between what he is and what he wants.
There is none when you analyze the situation.
He flunks Descarte's building block syllogism automatically.
He can't think so no therefore.
Ego driven rage and revenge.
If you're inclined to assist him please rethink your reasons.
#Trump
This owl stole a kid’s stick-horse toy and has been riding it around town in true Halloween spirit
Ariel, 4, Kfir, 9 months old. Kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas, worse than Isis.
Time is running out. Their family begs these babies make it home alive.
They beg you to post and share.
#NoHostageLeftBehind
@EmmaE_B Yup, and as we move to large ebook vendor packages the last parts of controlling our metadata goes out the window.
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#WomenWhoCode
#WWCode
#WomenInTech
The director of the Saline County Library has been fired.
Patty Hector was criticized after refusing to remove books from the library containing LGBTQ characters and themes.
https://t.co/8Ho22cy5Bw
A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”
The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger,
“What would you want to talk about?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the man. “How about how they stole the election in 2020 and Donald Trump should be president.”
“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”
The man, visibly surprised by the old woman’s, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”
To which the old woman replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss politics, when you don’t know shit?”
Only 1 percent of American philanthropists give away their money. He gave away billions, nearly all of it, and was living in a 2-bedroom rented apartment when he died. https://t.co/W4Dn2rPppF
Yuck
Here to report a theft. I spent three decades of my life to write my books. The Al large language models did not "ingest" or "scrape"
"data." Al companies stole my work, time, and creativity. They stole my stories. They stole a part of me.
A signed first edition that even Aziraphale would covet.
I know it’s a long shot, I’m buried by the algorithms, but can we help my friend out?
@GoodOmensPrime @neilhimself @michaelsheen
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You can all help us preserve the memory of victims of #Auschwitz.
Your engagement is a a powerful act of remembrance. Every click matters, as it amplifies our voice.
Take a moment to RT or QT this post. Encourage others to follow @AuschwitzMuseum.
It's our duty not to forget.
Not to forget.
Did you ever wonder why Canada has five-pin bowling for the most part, while other places have 10-pin?
It all began around 1909, when a bowling alley owner wanted to attract patrons from the upper class to the alley, using smaller and lighter balls.
Let's learn more!
Thomas Ryan owned a 10-pin bowling club in downtown Toronto. His alley featured 10 lanes, palm trees and a string orchestra.
He hoped to attract elite patrons but those patrons found the 10-pin ball too heavy and the game too strenuous.
He said,
“The Tenpin ball was too heavy for the type of person I had induced to bowl. Some hadn’t used their muscles in years. They’d bowl one or two games, then play bridge in my office while I supplied adhesive tape for their thumbs.”
To accommodate them, he shaved down the regulation pin with a lathe, and placed five pins on a 10-pin floor. These first pins were made of maple.
He then used a duckpin ball and developed a scoring system with pins numbered 1 to 5. Players were given three balls per turn.
Due to the fact the pins were now lighter, they flew around when they were hit with the ball and the game was much noisier.
To deal with that, in 1912 he added a thick rubber band to the pin. One year later, the first international competition for five-pin bowling was held.
In 1918, Alfred Shrubb bowled a 400 game, the first-ever, and in 1921, Bill Bromfield became the first player to score a perfect 450.
In 1927, 500 bowlers at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto founded the Canadian Bowling Association. This became the Canadian 5-Pin Bowlers' Association in 1978.
Today, that association has 250,000 members across Canada.
In 2008, Five Pin Bowling was recognized as a Heritage Sport in Canada. In 2009, a stamp was issued honouring the sport.
In 2007, the sport was ranked as the fourth-greatest Canadian invention by CBC.
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@NoetheMatt I was reading Doctorow and Giblin's new book _Chokepoint Capitalism_ and they pointed another issue with ebooks. When a print book goes out of print, the rights will eventually return to the author. eBooks don't go out of print.
So eBooks are bad for us libraries & authors
Today in 1958, Robert Service died in France.
Born in England in 1874, he became known as the Bard of the Yukon for his poems such as The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee.
His book of poetry, Songs of a Sourdough, was a massive success.
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