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Andrew Barker@barkerrant.bsky.social |
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Andrew Barker
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"Gina Raimondo? Of course I know her, the former governor of the country's smallest state and current secretary of commerce. And if you D.C. types think she should be President instead of the two people I voted for, well, that's good enough for me." -- the average American swing voter, I assume
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Andrew Barker
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It’s honestly shocking how often I’ll be doing medium-intensity research on something that happened in, like, 2012, and half of the sources on Wikipedia are dead links.
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Andrew Barker
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Every week there’s a new one of these guys, too. “He’s the founder of a dog food subscription app that is valued at $4.6 billion and has never turned a profit. He often posts long threads about phrenology at 3 am. Here’s why a bipartisan group of Senators think he should rewrite the tax code.”
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Andrew Barker
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You meet up in Temecula, usually.
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Being immediately skeptical of anyone who talks like this while trying to sell you something is a basic survival skill. Like looking both ways when you cross the street.
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Ed Zitron
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This is a war between management consultants and the rest of the world. They have harnessed the tech industry as a means of prolonging the growth-at-all-costs rot economy. The poison of growth has taken big tech down a very dark path. They must have more.
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Andrew Barker
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I still say the Richard Karn NFT saga was the most important chapter of that whole era. Just the whole thing in a nutshell. Seventh-billed actor from 30-year-old sitcom: "I'm going to mint my own NFTs." The Internet: "Why would you do that?" Actor: "Honestly, I don't know. Nevermind."
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Andrew Barker
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I literally moved to Henderson, Nevada immediately after *dropping out* of college. I guess I love a challenge.
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Andrew Barker
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They did try that in the ‘90s, no one really liked it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Pay...
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Andrew Barker
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A buddy of mine once asked to leave work early after waiting on Lisa Bonet because he needed "time to reflect on the experience." The GM stared at him for a minute and said, "yeah, you'd better go."
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Andrew Barker
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Writing literary fiction is this but with architectural styles and the cut/fabric of every article of clothing .
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The number of immigrants I know from non-baseball-playing countries who have become obsessed with baseball is similarly heartwarming. Like yeah, we’re a total disaster as a country, but this *is* a fun way to spend an afternoon, isn’t it?
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Watching this movie completely cold, and suddenly realizing 45 minutes in -- "oh wait, it's like this on purpose" -- was a truly glorious moment.
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Andrew Barker
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This is the most relatable premise I've heard in ages.
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This has legitimately ruined my childhood.
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Brendel
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If only we had a system where somehow money from families and local businesses would be used so children could eat a meal at school without a fifth grader doing the work
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Andrew Barker
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“Come on guys, go easy on our billion-dollar product we designed to take your job.”