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Common HomePod interaction of late:
Hey Siri, can you set a timer?
How long?
5 minutes
…Hrm…this is taking a while…I didn’t hear back
HEAR BACK FROM WHOM SIRI? THE TIMER POLICE? MY TIMER BANK? TELL ME.
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Listen to me, I get Ukraine is facing what some experts are calling "a military invasion" and "bombings." But you're gonna sit there and tell me that this means the Nordstrom in Kyiv is closed? Get off your ass and get yourself a suit, guy.
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One thing that makes the “how much aid should we give to Ukraine?” debate odd is that you’d normally expect to see a fair amount of covert assistance in this kind of situation but Zelensky is such a star that everyone wants to *be seen as* providing help.
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Nice try, Putin, but do you really think Americans would fall for a cynical, nakedly partisan appropriation of the concept of cancel culture for malign ends? Hah! As if.
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max seddon @maxseddon
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For those unfamiliar, "rootless cosmopolitans" is an antisemitic euphemism for Jews that was popularized under Stalin in the Soviet Union. Hitler also slurred Jews as disloyal cosmopolitans in his Mein Kampf. There's exactly one type of person who uses this sort of language.
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Matthew Gertz @MattGertz
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The IRGC aren't nice happy friendly guys, but they're an integral part of the Iranian state, and in order to become neutral in the Middle East we need to stop treating them like a terrorist group.
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They estimate 825 million aggregate lost IQ points across the population due to filling the air with toxic heavy metals https://t.co/zao4nbfb4H
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Matt Hauer @theHauer
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This article argues that Ukraine needs to withdraw its conventional forces from the Donbas border in order to fight in the interior of Ukraine.
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The problem with California is that if you go there you are surrounded by people who care too much about weather. https://t.co/paTRIMWGih
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Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin
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DSA is calling for the U.S. to halt military aid to Ukraine.
Fuck DSA!
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DSA International Committee 🌹 @DSA_Intl_Comm