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Ian Hopper

@imhopper

Diplomat, Caps fan, gamer. 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇸🇳🇮🇳🇯🇴🇩🇪🇮🇶🇨🇦. Bluesky: @imhopper.bsky.social

 Arlington, VA
Joined November 2008
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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) profile pictureDr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayedMay 4
Gimme three months and his golf buddies in Florida wouldn’t even vote for him. I’ll smoke him by 7. Bet on it.
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This is a highly educated individual who thinks that he needs to act this way to speak to his voters. He could speak to them, instead he speaks down to them.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) profile pictureAaron Rupar
@atruparOct 27
JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"
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Great story here, and kudos to @ianoland and @rmnb for reporting this out all the way from the DMV. Love to see Eriks back out there.
RMNB (@rmnb) profile pictureRMNB
@rmnbOct 22
Nine days that changed everything: Eriks Mateiko’s Olympic heartbreak, devastating skate-cut injury, and remarkable return russianmachineneverbreaks.co…
Nine days that changed everything: Eriks Mateiko’s Olympic heartbreak, devastating skate-cut...

Nine days that changed everything: Eriks Mateiko’s Olympic heartbreak, devastating skate-cut...

How a close-knit group of Russian-speaking teammates helped the prospect through the most difficult months of his hockey career

russianmachineneverbreaks.com
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Time to staple Dalton Smith to the bench after that awful defensive play
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Y’know the scouting report on D’Accord… He’s ok. #bilingualjoke
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Claiming that this is to compensate for the cost of administering the program is laughable. It's obviously another tax meant to change behavior, just like a vice tax.
Andrew Kreighbaum (@kreighbaum) profile pictureAndrew Kreighbaum@kreighbaumOct 7
The Trump administration wants to add fees of up to $100,000 for participation in Optional Practical Training, a critical program for recent international college graduates pursuing careers in the US. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-…
DHS Proposes New $100,000 Fee on Foreign Grad Work Program (1)

DHS Proposes New $100,000 Fee on Foreign Grad Work Program (1)

The Department of Homeland Security aims to add a charge of up to $100,000 for participation in an employment program for international graduates of US colleges.

news.bloomberglaw.com
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I assumed that most of the people into bitcoin already had the brains of fruit flies.
Neeraj K. Agrawal (@NeerajKA) profile pictureNeeraj K. Agrawal
@NeerajKASep 21
They are mining bitcoin on the fruit fly brain decrypt.co/378836/fruit-fly-…
Can a Fruit Fly Brain Mine Bitcoin? These Companies Are Testing It - Decrypt

Can a Fruit Fly Brain Mine Bitcoin? These Companies Are Testing It - Decrypt

Hardware maker FutureBit says it is using a simulated fruit fly brain to perform Bitcoin mining calculations in a web browser.

decrypt.co
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My youngest got dengue fever when we lived in Jordan. It's no joke.
WSLS 10 (@wsls) profile pictureWSLS 10@wslsAug 4
The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia. This is the first-ever documented case of locally acquired dengue in the commonwealth. wsls.com/news/local/2026/08/…
VDH investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being...

VDH investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being...

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia.

wsls.com
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Whoever buys one of these and makes it a street legal DC party bus will print money.
Robert O'Shaughnessy (@rposhaughnessy) profile pictureRobert O'Shaughnessy@rposhaughnessyJul 29
This is called a mobile lounge.
A mobile lounge at Dulles International Airport

ALT A mobile lounge at Dulles International Airport

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Republican congressman perfectly cool with 3.3 million American deaths.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) profile pictureAaron Rupar
@atruparJul 29
Rep. Ogles: "Look, I don't want to play down the effects of the virus, but at the end of the day it had a roughly 1 percent mortality rate. We coulda gotten through this."
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Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.? Because we gave them that L in 1776.
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I have just died of irony.
Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) profile pictureAl Jazeera Breaking News
@AJENewsMay 26
BREAKING: Iran calls on Iraq to prevent its territory from being used as a 'source of threat' 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/tmpkj5?update=46038…
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Ok, I see why the sabres are good
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They're lucky they go to an elite school. I read somewhere that if you work at a Dunkin Donuts, you basically just have to go to work for the rest of the week.
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I also bought the LEGO Jabba’s Sail Barge to get this lightsaber. I have an illness.
Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) profile pictureGizmodo
@Gizmodo9 Oct 2024
This Star Wars Lego Lightsaber Has a Kyber Crystal and I Love It gizmodo.com/lego-lightsaber-…
This Star Wars Lego Lightsaber Has a Kyber Crystal and I Love It

This Star Wars Lego Lightsaber Has a Kyber Crystal and I Love It

Lego just released Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from Return of the Jedi as a set and it's got a hidden gem, literally.

gizmodo.com
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You could not pay me enough to drive from Amman to Petra in the dark. #90DayFiance
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#NewProfilePic
Image from COL Anne McClain (@AstroAnnimal)
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Wasn’t expecting a 90 Day / Paralympics crossover, but I’m here for it. #90DayFiance
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Who’s going to ask Ashley whether it’s a good idea to ask her sloppy drunk husband about finances and debt in front of her damn family? #90DayFiance
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McDonald's France cheekily announced they're thinking about removing the "Curry" sauce for the next 4 years, following yesterday's basketball Olympic final between the USA and France and Steph Curry's generational performance
Screenshot of McDonald's France instagram. It looks like a meme, including the picture of the classic curry and a super saying "for obvious reasons, we're thinking about removing this sauce"

ALT Screenshot of McDonald's France instagram. It looks like a meme, including the picture of the classic curry and a super saying "for obvious reasons, we're thinking about removing this sauce"

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