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  • Barney Frank - Entering Hospice

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    MikM
    Things can and do change. To wit: [image: 684636327_122125001223104393_4400200619100580939_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=13d280&_nc_ohc=XjnvZaWQsz0Q7kNvwH5v8J7&_nc_oc=AdphyyqA35lSuaydefrUGttHBgkEmsN-6EVyYK7c2lRByArcu7Q9P4_7CmylkqWdKOjfMon51gPeousLsdrUZzb3&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fluk1-1.fna&_nc_gid=yw7Ep69oId1u07nCRsE0UQ&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_Af34VhfZnQSVGH-KiwWEoa0wDG19UBi5ETuXgYHAp2hjAQ&oe=69F81131]
  • White House Correspondents Dinner

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    Doctor PhibesD
    I don't think a President has made this much fuss about ballroom since Johnson's famous discussion with his tailor.
  • This week in lawfare

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    MikM
    Me too.
  • Funny Pics

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  • How to Learn to Code in 2026

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    HoraceH
    Regarding the video, her list of things the human needs to know includes nothing you can’t ask an AI about. I’m convinced personally that the nuts and bolts of coding in high level languages is as dead as the nuts and bolts of coding in machine language. Or at least it will be in the near future.
  • Glad the free speech folks are in charge

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    Doctor PhibesD
    When I saw that on FB I'd genuinely assumed it wasn't a real tweet.
  • Mildly interesting

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    bachophileB
    The 1st Indiana Jones film came out in 1981 and was set in 1936. If they remade it today with the same time gap, it would be set in 1981. Yeah, we really are that old.
  • Jesus God No

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    RenaudaR
    Seems self indulgent and untoward… Especially so since the celebratory year is almost half over.
  • Nature is Metal

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    taiwan_girlT
    Link to video Interesting video about whale falls (basically what happens when a whale dies and how it feeds an bottom ocean community for decades.)
  • Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?

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    jon-nycJ
    I must confess I basically skipped leg day from 1980 until sometime last year. So I have some catching up to do.
  • What are you reading now?

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    Andrea BA
    [image: 1777426525733-81syd3wuf-l._sl1500_.jpg] About 1/5 of the way in. Tell me it gets better.
  • The Cocktail That Defines Every Decade Since Prohibition

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    89th8
    cock
  • A nice succinct explanation of why Marxism is wrong

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  • Let Spirit die

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    jon-nycJ
    @Doctor-Phibes said: Privatisation of companies to serve the greater good. Isn't there a word for that? [image: 1777396164385-img_2131.jpeg]
  • White House Correspondent Dinner Memes

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    RenaudaR
    All the more reason to serve the cheapest plonk wine possible at such events.
  • Daddy can I PLEASE have a pardon?

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    89th8
    Same logic works for kids btw
  • Your first phone?

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    jon-nycJ
    Ceefax because ‘minitel’ was taken. BlackBerry integrated with corporate email systems it wasn’t just a standalone system.
  • The cost of NOT using AI

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    Doctor PhibesD
    @Horace said: @taiwan_girl said: I think most people, if given the choice, would chose remote, And those who enjoy/need the office social interactions convince themselves that those people just don't know what's best for themselves. Meanwhile, probably 90% of people, if given the choice to take or leave the whole in person office scene, would leave it. But the 10% are sure they're all simply ignorant of what is good in life. I think most people would prefer a bit of both. The main complaint I hear about office working is all the time wasted in commuting, rather than being in the actual office being awful.
  • The Pot Smokers Song

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