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Chris

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All you need is love. Texan. Data Scientist. Byzantine & Late Antique History. Your cheerleader. Mostly here for the tacos. He/Him/His. “The Gospel takes away forever our right to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.” —Dorothy Day


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Time for an economics lesson.

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It’s not in this screenshot but someone replied to that with “I’m really impressed by how you stole it out of your EV” (or words to that effect) 🤣

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How would that even work?! It would have to be made out of some non-Newtonian fluid and glitter.

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Update #9975 from NROL-82 (TS/SCI) 1. Encampment of Garbage 2. Tapestry Commissary 3. Bloody Desert

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*sigh* I used to look forward to the getting the Times… once… long ago…

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I MEAN… where’s the lie? While I love Shran, I think Liquidator Brunt is probably his best work. Self-sealing stem bolt is a close third.

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The conquest of Constantinople in 1453 caused a lot of scholars to flee to Italy— notably Venice and Florence— and pretty much kick-started the Renaissance. 😁

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#ProdigySpoilers
Calling a wormhole an "interspatial flexure", like in #StarTrekProdigy's "Temporal Mechanics 101"⬆️ goes back to Torat calling it such in #StarTrekVOY's "Counterpoint"⬅️➡️↙️↘️. You should rewatch this scene: it's funny and the make-up is outstanding! :-)

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If anyone needs a stern talking-to by both the Threads community and here, it’s @nytimes.com. Maybe this time they’ll listen?

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Lord, I've seen what you've done in Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak and Jacob Rees-Mogg and Marine Le Pen and Henry Kissinger's lives, and i want that for Donald John Trump Sr.

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"Don't let the French have all the fun" is an excellent slogan and I submit it to the committee for wide promulgation in everyone's elections.

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Facebook: They have always hated the French. 😂

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This man shall assuredly see the Kingdom of Heaven. 🥹

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You could also add “Fern Gully,” “The Rescuers,” “The Secret of NIMH” and “An American Tail” for “oh hey let me just ruin your childhood” content. 😭

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Oh, it’s ALWAYS entertaining. I’ve seen some things at my nearest, arguably-suburban Waffle House that I’ve never once seen in Downtown Chicago. And I’ve spent plenty of time in both!

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I believe this WITHOUT QUESTION OR NEED FOR FURTHER PROOF. You see some *things* in Atlanta!

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I’m just waiting for you to break out the purple hair dye and the screaming Bajoran Dirges, honestly.

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🥹 okay screw it, I’m finding it right now. If it’s THAT IMPORTANT, it can’t wait.

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“Come and finnnd usss, we’re touching your stuuuufffff* 😂

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Oh good lord don’t get me started on Armus. Best appearance in the franchise is when the Cerritos crew prank-called him. 😂

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It has its moments. There are parts of it I really enjoy. They’re just not… all the parts, that’s all. 😬 That’s any Trek though— there are episodes where you come away with wonderful memories and food for thought, and then others where you thought “I blocked out an hour of my Thursday for THIS???”

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You also made a very unkind but very appropriate Michael Bolton reference, iirc

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What was it you said? “oh she writes all that overwrought romantic stuff” or words to that effect. 😂

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Well, that’s probably fair— though I generally associate it with the South. I think they started in Georgia.

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It was a struggle— but I wanted you to understand my visceral reaction to it. 😂

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Still want the wig and the spiderweb collar, though, so I’m forging ahead with this idea. Sorry. 😬

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A respectable decision! A little tang to cut the alkaline of the cheese? Totally get it.

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We should go. It’s a CHAOTIC experience if you go at the right time— meaning when decent Christians are at home asleep. You see some SHIT at Waffle House. 😂🫣

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You’re missing out. I recommend going at about 0245 and having the egg sandwich. I order my hashbrowns smothered, peppered, diced and covered, but YMMV, it’s different for everyone.

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The real question is the HEELS. 😂 You don’t really need them. I kinda do.

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I’m virtually certain that either one of us could don the necessary to play Arachnia. 😂

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HAVING SEEN THE AFTERMATH OF KATRINA, I would estimate it at red or black, honestly. 😬

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(I personally think he was from the Emerald Coast somewhere, although the limited views of his hometown are inconclusive)

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He was from the FLORIDA PANHANDLE, which— and I can say this, I’m also from a Panhandle— carries with it *differences* from the rest of the state.

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That’s what I mean. Bonus points if you can tell me why I say Florida for the WH bit. Hint:

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I can see this, and I would encourage ANY SLIGHT TWITCH toward cosplay in that direction.

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AND IT IS A RESPECTABLE CHOICE. It’s definitely in my top 5. 🥰

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…WHILE I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU SAY THAT, no. One is in the Florida Panhandle near FWB and the other one is in Davenport, Iowa. I don’t think they actually HAVE Waffle Housen in California, do they? I’m virtually certain they don’t, it’s only a Southern thing, right?

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