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Steve Burnett

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Writer, musician, technical anthropologist in RTP NC. I do not speak for my employer or anyone else. He/him.

Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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For several reasons! I saw a trailer at a local theater (the long-gone Galaxy in Cary). 18 months later it opened for a single-week run there. I got to see it twice in that week. Oddly enough it's the second one in my most favorite movies about a stunt man, which I didn't realize until last month.

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If you’re going to Worldcon, now’s about the time you should get a Covid booster shot to make sure it’s as effective as possible while you’re there.

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Celeste Pewter's avatar Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social
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ICYMI: The Biden Administration announced $504 million in funding to twelve tech hubs across the country, including locations in: * Colorado * Montana * Indiana * Illinois * Nevada * New York * New Hampshire * South Carolina * Ohio * Florida * Oklahoma * Wisconsin Full details in the link.

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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So the UK is having an election on July 4th and the US is having an election on Guy Fawkes Day.

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Richard Kiel in an uncredited role in 1965

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Hosting the BET Awards, Taraji P. Henson went off on Project 2025 and she was amazing ❤️🔥

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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I had a very similar problem with Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) last week - I was working through the "1950 - Peak Noir" collection on Criterion.

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Same! Just with other things than cooking in my case.

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Habits are inertia, I too find them hard to shift at times.

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My dentist's office had a life-size cardboard standup of Trump in fall 2016 - they'd decorated for Halloween so I thought it was part of that. Mid-2017 the standup was still there, so I asked and they actively support him. I switched dentists. All they had to do to keep my business was not be loud.

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A statistician once told me a joke about identifying extroverted statisticians because they stare at the other person's shoes when in conversation.

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TKarney's avatar TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social
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If you get Covid... Be a log until you a testing clear.

Then stop the moment you feel AT ALL tired. Reading, and you get tired... put the book down.

Going to the mailbox and you get tired, sit your ass down.

It sucks, but it sucks less than Long Covid.

time.com/6215346/covi...

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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Sadly, I fully expect that "Law enforcement and property owners can ask people to temporarily remove those masks to verify their identity." will be used in a discriminatory way.

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Agreed! COVID counts to "prevent the spread of illness", even colds. I'm going to keep wearing my Flo Mask as it doesn't fog glasses. www.flomask.com

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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I could have done better with context: this is about the North Carolina masking bill that was signed into law by a legislative supermajority overriding the governor's veto. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...

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One of my favorite (and most perplexing) black and white movies

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"The law allows people to wear medical or surgical-grade masks in public to prevent the spread of illness. Law enforcement and property owners can ask people to temporarily remove those masks to verify their identity."

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Michael Bazaco's avatar Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
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You shouldn’t have been drinking raw milk before H5N1. You definitely shouldn’t be drinking it now.

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Joshua J. Friedman's avatar Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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Biden in NC today: "I know I'm not a young man. I don't walk as easy as I used to. I don't speak as smoothly as I used to ... [but] I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job ... I know like millions of Americans know, when you get knocked down you get back up!"

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Apoorva Mandavilli's avatar Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
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Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

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The North Carolina House overrode the Governor’s veto of the bill to criminalize masks.

There is an exemption but it may be too vague to protect mask-wearers from arrest and illness.

Now the bill will go the Senate where Republicans also have a “supermajority.”

ncnewsline.com/briefs/repub...

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Saeed Jones's avatar Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social
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I’ve texted so many friends: “Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” takes place on June 27th. Enjoy your day!” Heheheheheehehe. 🪨

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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...also gasoline shelf life and fuel degradation.

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Michael Whelan's avatar Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social
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New privacy policy is in place for Meta today so we've switched our Instagram and Threads accounts over to Private to prevent use of Michael's art in training AI. We're considering next steps which includes deleting existing content there and leaving the platform altogether.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis's avatar Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.bsky.social
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"Purging the court-martial convictions could allow many veterans to seek a review of their dishonorable discharges, allowing them to receive back pay and veterans benefits as part of a separate process."

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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I went to a small indie music venue several years back and a black metal band was playing their very first gig. They closed with their covers of "Where There's a Whip" and "Down, Down to Goblin Town". It was awesome.

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Dr. Lucky Tran's avatar Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social
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UPDATE: Governor Roy Cooper has vetoed North Carolina's anti-mask bill.

The bill now heads back to the state legislature, where the Republicans will likely use their supermajority to override the veto next week.

Source: governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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Or Sense8 (both seasons), The Get Down, or, or, ...?

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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I'd be interested, for what that's worth.

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books: I liked Carolina Hwang's Mocktails, and Liz Scott's zero-proof cocktails.

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"States that passed no-fault divorce laws saw total female suicide decline by around 20%...a large decline in domestic violence for both men and women...the evidence suggests that no-fault divorce [also] led to a decline in women murdered by their partners"

from www.aclusd.org/en/news/atta...

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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wasn't that how that aquarium was handling the stingray story for most of its run?

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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Of course! My personal criteria are derived from my personal situation and I don't think of them as remotely universal, nor should they be. I should have prefaced my previous statements with words to that effect. Sorry about that.

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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Go you! What you had was boring (in format and presentation), what you're getting is not boring, and they're at least equal in utility, meaning they're both reading copies and not "art object for display but not use".

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Steve Burnett's avatar Steve Burnett @steveburnett.bsky.social
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I’ve done this myself, although not this specific book. I try to limit the number of copies I have - so if I get a new edition of a book I already have, I try to let go of the other copy. Doesn’t always happen, but I do try.

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