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having to wait for the next book in a series to be released is evil wtf. all literature should have already been written 2000 years ago so i don’t have to wait to read it now

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Me: why am I getting so many weird catholic ads?

My dash: Is full of cardinals

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I don't think you understand how Italian is the "Stai bene? (Are you well?)" from Lawrence and Tedesco answering "Mah, no one is ever well at our age". I'll try to explain, it's like an italian thing, especially if you're from the South. That if somebody pays you a compliment or hints at things going well for you, you downplay it because by complimenting you they're "cursing" you. It's a folkloristic thing, the kind of thing that my grandmother would say to me: beware of people complimenting you and be careful not to share the good things going on with you, because the moment you do people might "curse" you. Very difficult to put this thing into words, but Goffredo Tedesco I see you. I see you a Patriarch of Venice on the road to papacy and still believing in grandmother's (pagan) superstitions because that's how religion, especially for old people, works in Italy. Again, difficult to put into words, but I know in my heart that he is answering Lawrence's question the same way my grandmother would answer it. I see you outrunning malocchio, Cardinal Tedesco. And I respect it.

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every single article, post or mention of a Muslim or Latino person on a Visa or Green Card getting dragged off the street by masked men in broad daylight has the same exact comments: "wow, they're gonna start doing this to citizens soon." some of these people have lived here since they were 8 months old and have lived here for over 30 years. it's very telling that Americans are still are managing to separate them in their head from a "citizen" and that their outrage will be far greater when it's someone who "actually lives here" as if 3 decades in the same country shouldn't qualify you for the same rights as everyone else.

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Tired of mainstream media thinkpieces buying into the extremely online incel concept of “sexual marketplace value” to explain why a lot of people are single. People want relationships with other people with whom they have something in common. Basement-dwelling Redditors fail at dating because they go after women with whom they have nothing in common. Are you expecting to build a long term relationship on the foundation of you finding her attractive and her … uh … tolerating your presence? Highly educated women want highly educated men because when you’ve spent five to six years at university you have something in common with other people who have spent five to six years at university. Being married to or in a committed relationship with someone means talking to them more or less every day. You need to have shit to talk about.

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For the record I don't think Wynn-Williams is nearly as naive as she claimed to be

But holy shit these people are unhinged

Multiply this by all the other tech companies that are similarly psychopathic and you have the world we live in now

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I’m reading that new memoir about working at Facebook,”Careless People,” and it’s just fucking insane.

At one point Facebook wanted to be an international hub for organ donation. The “Lean In” lady asked why she couldn’t go down to Mexico and buy a kidney if her four year old needs one. This is literally on p.57. What the fuck else is going to be in this book if that is on page 57

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Careless People Liveblog

jfc

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US states’ main import partners

Canada emerges as the leading import partner for most states, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast. China is a significant partner, especially for states along the West Coast and parts of the South. Mexico is the main partner for several Southern states, such as Texas and Arizona. Other notable partnerships include Germany (e.g., South Carolina), South Korea (Alaska), and Switzerland (New York) Partner:

by maven.mapping/instagram

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"If we forget them, they win" Today in Argentina we commemorate the 30,000 victims of the military dictatorship backed by the US. There's going to be a big mobilization, probably the biggest since Milei is president. They want us to forget. We won't. NUNCA MÁS

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I think that people whose idea of action is through total annihilation of a civilian enemy population/complete societal purge and expulsion should not be listened to, ever.

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what if alexander skarsgard plays murderbot with his natural accent. what if murderbot is swedish and the company is secretly ikea. what then.

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any thoughts on quarsh panaka (padme’s bodyguard in ep1)? I always found it kind of interesting that he nearly worked out leia was padme’s daughter

i didn't know that but that's so funny when you remember leia's actual biological father had 0 clue

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Retro Rhuidean!