colin.rafferty.net
Early Gen X. Senior programmer, preferring C++ and Emacs Lisp.
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
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White people played a role in the civil rights movement movement the same way cops played a role in Stonewall.
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I agree with everything in the article. Especially the last paragraph.
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Brooklyn, baby!
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She didn’t do any of those. What specific action do you think she did?
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How did she support them other than writing an op-ed?
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Details, please. Why was she arrested?
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In preschool in 1969, I led a sit-in because the bus was always late.
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Yet in this story, each time the boy cried, there really was a wolf but he didn't quite attack the sheep so badly.
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"Doing 20mph in a bigger car - it's difficult to keep the vehicle at that speed."
He sounds like a really bad driver.
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A sampling of NY Times coverage of economic conditions leading up to the Nov. 2024 presidential election.
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Seceded from *two different countries* to keep slavery
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Texas was the only state that fought two different wars to keep slavery.
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I bought my laserdisc player so I could watch Star Wars in high quality. I didn’t get rid of it until the Despecialized Edition was released.
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The second scene.
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He’ll always be Little Benji Wyatt, 18 year old mayor.
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Bobby. Newport.
Bobby. Newport.
Bobby… Newport.
— all said in a deep voice
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Well it is, in the sense that it’s something that’s not actually a real threat, but republicans want to make us all believe it is.
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Why are you calling them “men”? They are trans women.
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I reject the supernatural but I do not reject the superdupernatural
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I'd seen those screenshots when they were first posted. I thought exactly the same -- these people need to see therapists.
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Is he worried that Mexico is going to start shooting missiles at us?
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Oh, so sad that the people that committed war crimes can't go on vacation.
I'm thinking of Kissinger fleeing France in the middle of the night (or was it Spain?).
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Or to put this more directly: A year from now, almost nobody in America will remember this stupid fight. And yet there is a good chance a lot of people in Colombia will still remember it 5-10 years from now.
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Time to re-rewrite your comic.
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Watched it as a kid on PBS, and just rewatched it recently. Best scene is, "Is there anyone in Rome who has not slept with my daughter?"
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I noticed that riding the train from Tokyo to Himeji — every town had a little light rail system terminating at the station/downtown.
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You only have to change trains twice to get from Harvard Square to the White House.
maps.app.goo.gl/NLhntsu8Fj2G...
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Consequently, those children, if born in the United States, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
The end.
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I love this one, with Reinhardt popping out from behind Puddles.
And the little dance.
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Featuring Piglet as Jack The Ripper.
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We will be looking at doing community trainings to be best prepared. Do not open your door unless they have a valid warrant. As a reminder, to be allowed to enter your home, ICE must have a warrant signed by a judge with your correct name and address on it. 5/
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Next milestones are 45 and 78.