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wiredog

@KitCase3

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Joined December 2013
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You need a manual to work on my 1979 International Harvester Scout. Donald Trump and JD Vance have a manual, too. It’s called Project 2025, and it tells us exactly how they’re going to stick it to the middle class.
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Supernova 1987A left behind an astrophysical Easter egg -- a neutron star. Our story: washingtonpost.com/science/2…
Webb telescope may have solved lingering mystery of 1987 supernova

Webb telescope may have solved lingering mystery of 1987 supernova

Astronomers report that they have resolved a decades-long debate about the brightest exploding star seen in the past 400 years.

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Replying to @SwiftOnSecurity
Programmers everywhere were devastated the day the world realized that the machines could copy and paste from Stack Overflow faster than humans.
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@wxmann3 Sep 2023
The shot of a lifetime, and the forecast success I will never forget. Upward lightning bolts from Shiprock yesterday... I could not believe what I was watching in front of my eyes! The gamble of the 11hr drive paid off and then some! #nmwx @NewMexico
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Replying to @RadioFreeTom
Speaking of totally normal reactions… WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE SAYING VPOTUS?!! THAT IS NOT A THING. DON’T MAKE THAT A THING. VP IS ALREADY THERE. IT’S WHERE “Veep” COMES FROM. AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE VP IS THE VP OF. YOU DON’T NEED TO ADD THE “OTUS!”
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"Talking with Russia, particularly when they are vulnerable, is an eminently sensible idea," writes @dandrezner danieldrezner.substack.com/p…
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Replying to @capitalweather @KashaPatel
In a new study, scientists observed a hot Jupiter-size world spiraling close to a dying star until it was ingested into the core. The star grew bigger & 100x brighter, faded & then eventually turned to normal. Read what may happen to our Sun & Earth: bit.ly/3NB6jcP
A star ate a planet, and astronomers saw it happen for the first time

A star ate a planet, and astronomers saw it happen for the first time

The scientists say the star visually grew 100 times brighter in just 10 days before eventually returning to normal as if it finished digesting the planet.

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for a terrifying hour tonight millions of Americans will have to guess on their own whom to hate
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I don’t know, man. If you’re angry because the *Auschwitz Memorial* folks are “virtue signaling,” maybe it’s time to log off, pour yourself a drink, and contemplate where your life went wrong.
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Tuesday will be the fiftieth anniversary of the Watergate tape in which John Dean told Nixon that there was a "cancer" on the Presidency.
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@JoJoFromJerz12 Mar 2023
Republicans will hand a 6 year old a gun, send a 12 year old to work in a meatpacking plant, force a 10 year old to carry her rapist’s baby to term & allow a grown man to marry an 11 year old, but do go on about how it’s the Democrats who aren’t keeping our kids safe, won’t you.
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This is a very interesting article, featuring a quote from yours truly about how many lives *could* have been lost in the US due to the pandemic before vaccines. This is my reasoning 1/n washingtonpost.com/health/20…
America shut down in response to covid. Would we ever do it again?

America shut down in response to covid. Would we ever do it again?

The decision to shut down much of the country early in the pandemic remains highly contested, sparking concern about how we'll respond to the next viral threat

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Last night I posted "had a great time at the Swingers media event" on my Instagram story and, based on the replies, turns out none of my Massachusetts followers know it's a mini golf bar. Whoops.😂
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New gender just dropped at Guy Fieri's restaurant store
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Just applied to a new job at OpenAI. Wish me luck!
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Except for Schroedinger's CatGPT which does and does not ignore you as it silently plots your death.
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@sadmonsters17 Feb 2023
Starting up CatGPT, the world's first entirely AI cat. Enter any text you want and watch in astonishment as it completely ignores you.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. tracked China spy balloon from launch on Hainan Island along unusual path by @nakashimae @shaneharris w/ CWG's @jsamenow. Weather model from @NOAA helped Wash Post simulate the balloon's bath. Full article: bit.ly/3HZLhjx (1/x)
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So, seems like we saw a balloon, realized our radar parameters were filtering out slow boys, changed those params, and now see a ton of things and are investigating all of them.
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Hard to believe it's been 20 years since we lost Columbia. The memorial to that shuttle's crew that I'm thinking of today is the giant version of the STS-107 mission patch that I saw inside the Vehicle Assembly Building in 2011--a somber safety reminder. flickr.com/photos/robpegorar…
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Replying to @scalzi
You should always varnish your truths. If you don’t, the paint rubs off after awhile when they are handled. One or two coats of varnish will protect the finish.
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