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Debates don't actually test any of the skills you'd want in a potential president.

I suggest we replace presidential debates with Taskmaster-style challenges where the two candidates and their staff have to navigate an intentionally convoluted simulation of a day in the work of the president.

Not only will it be 100x more entertaining, it would actually showcase their readiness or lack thereof for the job.

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[ID: The two authors contributed to this essay equally. A Disney sing-along contest determined the definitive order of authorship; the winner became the first author.]

(De Leeuw & Buijzen, 2016)

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food recalls: heads up that the FDA announced a recall on ice cream due to potential listeria contamination on June 24, 2024.

The brands listed are: Abilyn’s Frozen Bakery, AMAFruits, ChipWich, Cumberland Farms, Dolcezza Gelato, Friendly’s, Hershey’s Ice cream, Jeni's, LaSalle, Marco, Taharka, The Frozen Farmer, and Yelloh!

The recall announcement is here, and the product list with the dates and lot numbers is here.

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People always get so weird about my participation in the Flat Earth Advocacy Group. For the last time, we aren't cranks, we aren't conspiracy theorists, we're definitely not geocentrists, and our policy think tank is fully aware of what shape the planet currently is

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spiders have got to figure out contracting I need to be able to call my local spiders union and be like "hey can you send a guy out for a few days the fruit flies are back" and then pay it in spider currency. I'll learn the conversion rates. I'll be generous with my rounding. please.

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heads up that self employment taxes are due June 15!

I always forget when the deadlines are so: for anyone else who's self-employed/an independent contractor*, self-employment taxes for this quarter are due on June 15!

*I feel like 90% of the time this just means that we're employed but the company involved is playing legal games at our expense but hey

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You know what? I don't want to change my VPN every six months cause it was caught selling information. I don't want to go deep into the settings of every website I so much as look at. I don't want my internet browsing to be a constant leap through hoops so that companies can't do things which should be illegal anyway. I want privacy to be the default and for it to be difficult to take it away, not the other way around. Is that too much to ask?

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fun fact for your consideration, graNma sWeetie did not feel comfortable giving out her real name and instead gave out her social security number on two separate occasions. and i think that's great.

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[Image description:

two screenshots showing the confession scene from Supernatural.

the first image shows Castiel, with the text: "I love you."

the second image shows Dean, with the text: they've announceded a new book about Haymitch's Quarter Quell"

!!!!! (x)

if you'd told me yesterday i wouldn't have believed you

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so did that the vampire get the job

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In another universe, Sam Reich is part of Batman's rogues' gallery.

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I think it'd be funny to have a character who keeps trying to break the fourth wall and failing

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The problem Sam Reich is going to have is that one day there will be an actual technical fault on Game Changer and nobody will believe him.

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Quiet Quitting is when you're not doing anything wrong but the vibes are off

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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

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Guys. I can feel it already. THIS is the year. This is the year that Jonathan Harker will go on his business trip with no issue. Just a lovely train ride through Europe where he collects paprika recipies for Mina, meets some friendly, living people looking to buy properties in England, and then returns home safely.

Free him from the time loop.

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no "other/see results" we die like men

note that I'm not talking about the best SERIES just your favorite CHARACTER