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💻 code things, mostly TypeScript 🏡 hyperlocal Alexandria VA drama 🔮 building bizarre things nobody wants Please don't make me run for office, I do not want to run for office.
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I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested

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I'M SORRY DAVE - dashare.zone ADMIN

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It Only Tuesday

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I would feel a lot less bad about all the money I sent to the government today if I thought any of it would be used for the good of society and not for graft and concentration camps.

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4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.

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Someone once said NextDoor is the social network for dogs if they could type. It’s always “what’s that noise?” and “who’s that stranger?” which is exactly what I imagine my dogs would text other neighborhood dogs.

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Please do not install this package. It is a parody package that may harm your computer. tariff 1.0.0 Makes importing packages slower. pypi.org/project/tari...

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Dear Saruman, I hope this Palantir vision finds you well. As you know, a moment of reckoning has arrived for the West. But here in Mordor, we build to dominate. Join us. Best, Sauron CEO and Lord of the Rings

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I've concluded that the answer is, sadly, yes...

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I aspire to being the grandpa with a toolbox.

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It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk. (They are not complimentary)

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ADHD, an asynchronous data processing architecture where if you forget to provide a proper callback (an alarm on your phone) for each task, results are dependably dropped returning nil. To provide a callback, you must synchronously enqueue a new asynchronous task with its own unique callback.

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Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/last-r...

submitted 7 days ago • 23 comments

I was insufficiently pessimistic.

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I wonder if a product like this would be useful for @alexandriavagov.bsky.social to do road studies quicker and cheaper. mapsplatform.google.com/maps-product...

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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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The climate has imposed retaliatory tariffs against us.

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Given the way things are going, I'm still thinking about this essay.

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If you are a North Carolina voter OR YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN NC check to see if your/their name is on the list. There are 15 days to fix the incomplete registrations so these votes don't get tossed out.

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my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

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Thanks to the YouTube algorithm, I think my theological knowledge of fictional worlds like Lord of the Rings and The Elder Scrolls has surpassed by theological knowledge of any actual religion.

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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

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Tonight at Alexandria City Academy, they let us ride a bus through a giant car wash!

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How I learned about seasons as a child: "Winter is cold, spring is mild and a bit rainy, summer is hot, autumn is mild and colorful." How seasons in the DC region work: "You've got winter and summer. In the transition between them, God flips a coin each day to see which you're going to get."

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Apparently, there's a trend called "Millennial cringe" where Gen Z makes fun of Millennials for showing sincere enthusiasm. I need you to understand that THAT should be your life goal. Love what you love recklessly. Be cringe. Be free.

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Dreamed last night that I survived a plane crash. I reacted with extreme annoyance that I lost my passport in the now-destroyed plane, and anxiety that I wouldn't be able to make my planned international trip on a later flight that day. My subconscious needs to sort out its priorities...

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