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  • Best Dad, ever.

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    89th8
    @george-k truth
  • Listen to Glenn Gould Practice

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  • Phantom Jellyfish

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    89th8
    The view at 0:40 makes me think this should be called the Vader Jellyfish!
  • Trash in the GOP Conference

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    Aqua LetiferA
    Your out of your league. Says the representative who has no grasp of possessives. My God.
  • I guess the trigger pulled itself...

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    KincaidK
    If the hammer slips, you must acquit.
  • College football needs to expand the playoffs.

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    KincaidK
    I agree - the Oregon Ducks, just really a middling team, almost fell backwards into the 4-team playoff.
  • Nice seat

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  • False Flag

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    CopperC
    Scroll down a few comments ![alt text]([image: 1638759987566-2d76837b-0ce3-4fd8-bd6f-8027ff04048d-image.png] image url)
  • Shot 8 times - in the back

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    RenaudaR
    Yeah, I guess there were no shopping carts handy. Too bad, he called their bluff- not only a bad thief, but a really bad gambler too boot.
  • For a few minutes, George wins TNCR

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    KincaidK
    Glory Days! Well they'll pass you by Glory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days
  • World's biggest dog breeds

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    Aqua LetiferA
    Our dog is so old, she can smoke and join the army. Gonna be drinking age soon enough.
  • The new CEO of Twitter

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    @jolly said in The new CEO of Twitter: @xenon said in The new CEO of Twitter: @jolly said in The new CEO of Twitter: @xenon said in The new CEO of Twitter: @aqua-letifer said in The new CEO of Twitter: @xenon said in The new CEO of Twitter: @jolly said in The new CEO of Twitter: That would be the case if Twitter was a small shop that held a dozen people. If my name was Stalin, I would love the way Twitter is currently set up. Facebook, too. He who controls the information, controls the public. But you're the one arguing that the government should send them a notice saying: "You've become too powerful, we set your rules now." Well intentioned rules to begin with, for sure. Also - let's look at the actual issue with censorship. Let's take the Hunter Biden stories. The real problem was not twitter blocking links to articles. I read many many articles about the censorship. The real issue was left-leaning sources not reporting on it. Regulating social media doesn't fix that. Right. What you're really talking about is implied consensus through coercion. But the problem is that social media is the explicit tool used to enact that coercion. It's manufacturing consent. What's hilarious to me is that this is one of those bizarre scenarios in which conservatives would whole-heartedly agree with an idea formulated by Noam Chomsky. Agreed. But I think we'd have to get very heavy-handed with government intervention if we were to try and legislate that coercion out of existence. Social media allows groups of ideologues to coerce others. Twitter is just the tool of the day. I think we need to learn how to deal with the impulse to coerce. This is what happens when you decentralize media power. Again, public square. There are multitudes of things you can and cannot do in a public square. This is not rocket surgery. We've had this stuff 99% figured out since the 19th century. It's simply not that hard. Practically what you're saying is that large online forums must have zero moderation - outside of illegal acts. Not quite, but you're getting warmer. I guess my perspective on no censorship online is informed by places like 4chan. Online forums without moderation can devolve into filth pretty fast. (Filth is not necessarily illegal)
  • Holiday Cheer...

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    George KG
    Thanks for bringing the true meaning of the holiday spirit to the forum. I've forwarded the link to my daughters, just to remind them what it's really all about,
  • The cost of speeding

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    George KG
    @jon-nyc , didn't you get a speeding ticket in Germany about a year ago?
  • You know, I might actually eat this

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    George KG
    @axtremus said in You know, I might actually eat this: Bun it arguably unnecessary. Not gonna argue.
  • Just another day on the homestead...

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    JollyJ
    @horace said in Just another day on the homestead...: That's some serious athletic potential. I guaranty she gets a lot of reps in every week.
  • "I can see your house from here"

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    George KG
    @horace said in "I can see your house from here": Mostly forgettable planet but for the fact that Donald Trump was born there. Post of the week(end).
  • I raised her right

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    Aqua LetiferA
    @george-k said in I raised her right: She had a flat tire about six months ago. She didn’t have a clue out of how to take care of it so I went over and change the tire for her. This morning she texted and said she has a slow leak in another tire and she wanted to come over to the condo so she wouldn’t have to change it in the rain. She went down to the garage, and did it all by herself. I’m pretty proud!
  • Hey Brenda

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    Aqua LetiferA
    @brenda said in Hey Brenda: @jolly said in Hey Brenda: Where'd ya get the skillet? Lots of places sell the pans. You'll find them at some hardware stores, Target, Williams - Sonoma, Amazon, eBay, Nordicware (online), Kohl's ..... Yeah, got ours through Nordicware. They're good for other things, too!
  • Poor white kids don't need books?

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    MikM
    Not on my Christmas donation list.