I suppose what Game of Thrones has to teach us about politics is it’s a long depressing slog until you reach the conclusion and then a bunch of idiots randomly choose someone to lead the country even if it makes no sense
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"The company rolled out a new website before XMAS.. It was the culmination of the millions that Carlyle had spent to upgrade the technology.
But the site often crashed, and its once user-friendly parts — like the way it would repopulate addresses and loyalty rewards information — stopped working."
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I contemplated sharing this screenshot elsewhere but decided to spare you all
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And that's taking more than 7 hours to run 400 miles! Imagine real HSR...
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Ah sick I get to quote my master's dissertation
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there is no way this was actually posted "from Earth"
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Obviously, "AI" as industry phenomenon is bullshit to begin with, but here's a really good look at why the use-cases for defense are so nonsensical othermeans.io/p/chaos-arti...
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Still just boggles the mind that we built a place with genuinely perfect weather and then a) made it impossible for anyone else to love in the coolest parts near the coast; b) made it virtually impossible to get anywhere without driving; and c) somehow managed to offer next to no outdoor seating
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And even if Northrop were still in the running for NGAD, SAF would presumably point to the Sentinel overruns as reasons for skepticism
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Industry consolidation: the original sin
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why do they love looming so much
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Many reporters want to be policy analysts, something they are most often not very good at because that requires a different skill set and training. This exchange is damning.
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(yes I watched the Gladiator II trailer and that just made me rewatch the opening battle from the original)
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I'm just a basic bitch whomst love Hans Zimmer
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This is great news. Great to have advocacy for Hong Kongers and informed criticism of Chinese policy from the left, and great to have someone with her experience in Parliament in any case. hongkongfp.com/2024/07/05/f...
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Excellent but dire report from @ndhapple.bsky.social on why NJ Transit commutes are consistently miserable lately www.curbed.com/article/amtr...
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All suburbs should be one place called Suburb. Your suburb isn't special, it doesn't deserve a mayor or its own town council. Feed at the County Government trough
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We are looking for an illustrator for Ex Tenebris, a galaxy-spanning investigative game in a world of shadowy cults, demons, and sinister ancient technology.
Must be able to draw human scenes, monsters and technology (e.g. spaceships).
Is that someone you know? Get in touch!
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I tried to post the clip from Casablanca where they sing La Marseillaise on Facebook and this happened
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Otoh this event is an unbelievable shitshow (Los Angeles and Italy? No way)
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Amerigo Vespucci unbelievably gorgeous
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Lol I watched it on my flight back yesterday, too. Perfect plane movie
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“The outcome was part of a well-documented pattern.
On 19+ occasions since 2019, SpaceX ops caused fires, leaks, explosions, other probs assoc w rapid growth of Musk’s complex..”
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/u...
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Oh god yeah at least they're satisfied with eating and then will come back to bed. The morning outing, no thank you!
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Who needs SWIFT?
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This Tuesday, Putin will host Narendra Modi at the Kremlin for a private dinner where they'll reportedly "devise mechanisms for the easy and quick transfer of money between the two countries," ...
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This rings true (as an dog guy who is sick of the 7am feeding demands)
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KT, formerly Korea Telecom, has been accused of deliberately infecting 600,000 of its own customers with malware to reduce peer-to-peer file sharing traffic. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/when...
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I am once again asking everyone to stop talking shit about Iran for like fifteen minutes
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Both terrifying and gratifying that Reform are backing proportional representation, for whatever that's worth
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"Priors" is fine but I agree Chait and Yglesias should be in prison
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Still!!
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Explosive reporting in Le Monde confirms what was apparent all week: Macron resisted the emergence of anti-far-right front after round 1.
His PM, Attal, forced it as a fait accompli, & pressured for drop outs to block RN. Even then, Macron made some phone calls to undercut it.
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gotta love a guardian live blog
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Noooooo he has many many sins and being unable to pull off the double breaded is among them but don't throw the baby out with the bath water
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Goddamn, goals,
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DANTE'S PEAK (1997) vfxblog.com/2017/02/07/t...
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#cornwatch
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watching election night coverage in another country is fun. it's like watching all the election stuff without Hitler being maybe elected in the country I live in. it's basically like playing a PC strategy game
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thought that has been growing in my head a lot over the last year is that a lot of stuff is driven by a growing recognition that we have basically no influence on our elected officials' decisions from people who normally deeply believe in The Political Process and it is causing meltdowns
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Is anybody I know familiar with the archival collection of Bernard Brodies papers at UCLA?
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The pugs having fun at summer camp
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Only relatable thing about him tbh
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I always thought 鬼佬 would make a fun tattoo but I suppose that's not quite the same
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Goddamnit
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Elbridge Colby hasn't been profiled destructively enough if he still gets glossy writeups by the hip countercultural scribes of Warcrimes Square
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I used to have a Saab (RIP) but I was rid of it before GM killed the brand
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