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updated nemesis list 1. teri from high school 2. shaq 3. the state of connecticut 4. george thorogood 5. my mailman (juan soto dropped off because he can't hurt me, apparently)

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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.

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What I’ve heard from friends in the industry is that movies are moving overseas because it’s cheaper. Why? Because American productions have to pay into the crew’s healthcare. In Europe they offer this production incentive called “socialized medicine,” weird I know

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I never thought America would end before Keith Richards did

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We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

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#ecology #publichealth #MS #epidemiology #health The outbreak of 30-40 cases of multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating syndromes was related to heavy metal pollution. Multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis were diagnosed by board-certified neurologists. . journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...

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This is what a 30-year career in IT gets you:

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Do you realize how big of a monster you have to be to make the Catholic Church look like the victim?

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100% right. But the hateful bigots don’t give a fuck about that. To hell with them all.

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The Trump administration is full of the dumbest people: "Once you take the secret messages and send them somewhere else, by definition you’ve departed from that encrypted channel."

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The average American has three friends.

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Had one of my “exploding head syndrome” incidents happen to me last night as I was falling asleep. It’s very annoying.

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An actual country that does things for its citizens and not just the rich.

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. Congratulations to Marco Rubio on his new position as NASA Administrator, USPS Postmaster General, and the guy who decides which M&Ms colors go in each bag. That's efficiency! .

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the new cure album is fabulous

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This is being circulated at #NASA regarding new performance evaluations to be done 4x a year. Note: "Faithful Support of Administration of the Law and the President's Policies" are Number 1 criteria for both SES & SL/ST NASA personnel.

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Been having a debate in my own head about which implication here is more fucking stupid: A) Every fentanyl pill that enters the U.S. kills five people, or B) If unchecked, fentanyl would kill every living person in America in less than one year It's close, but I think it's A).

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im gen x. i drank from a hose. i rode a banana seat bike but it was a girls bike and everyone laughed at me. i was scared of ghosts. the neighbor's doberman would chase me home from school. i jerked off to catalogs so much my stepdad built a 2nd bathroom in the basement to hide my shame. im 5'2"

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I will vote for whoever will introduce legislation to outlaw sports gambling so I don't have to see ads for it during games.

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If you wanted people to be less hostile to "AI" then you should have had a different group of liars trying to push it than the ones behind the metaverse, crypto, driverless cars, NFTs etc. "Sorry but we're only so gullible!"

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This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

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So they kidnapped U.S. citizen children, one of whom has CANCER and have sent them out of the country?????

submitted 10 days ago • 51 comments

Is no one going to point out that putting in a lefty reliever to face Vlad Jr., when you could have left Carrasco get one more out, was the real turning point? At some point mismanagement has got to be discussed.

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Yankees snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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wait...a wat

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i will personally take the occasional negative AI discourse over a bunch of fuckin NAZIS AND RACISTS but i guess every one looks for different things in how they enjoy social media

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DEI NEVER meant hiring the unqualified just for diversity. It ALWAYS meant giving diverse applicants a fair shot. Unlike the current administration's hiring of grossly unqualified sycophants.

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Chandrilan marriage raves look like a really good time

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New Order / Echo & the Bunnymen / Gene Loves Jezebel - Park West, Utah, 1987

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This was one of the first promotional images for Andor Season 2. Now it's so much more for me.

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Hullo, Capitol Police? I'm calling for a wellness check. I've not heard anything from Congress in weeks, and I'm wondering whether they're still alive. Could you please check? I'm worried...

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This is why Merlin Mann is my favorite pop culture pundit.

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Nothing cheers up tariff man like a good funeral.

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I'm sorry but why aren't we making a bigger deal about Michael Winslow (the sound effect guy from Police Academy/real life)? This is nothing short of magic.

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Wait, living a life of piety doesn't mean you get a lifetime supply of pies? I would like to rescind my application for the pope position.

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Keep your blue check; I'm here for validation, not verification.

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I don’t know any member of U2, but I can say with absolute certainty that they would hate Mike Lee’s guts.

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