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 @fbe1ee42 I could not help but notice that your video skipped the 10-15 block mess that is Riverside Park getting past the Boat Basin. 
 Have I Simply Not Heard About This Celebrity in a While or Are They Dead?  A Memoir 
 @5e7f4176 Were They Ever a Celebrity or Am I Just Old and Out of Touch? 
 BREAKING:  After the first day of his New York civil trial Donald Trump barricades self in Trump ... 
 @5e7f4176 Authorities agree that his conditions are acceptable. 
 @425a31b8 And if one has control of the server, look into installing a port-blocking tool such as fail2ban that kicks in if it spots unwanted activity. I've seen too many bots that ignore the robots.txt file 
 me: There are my keys. Always in the last place you look.

them: well of course they're in the la... 
 @03a95182 Have you ever put on your glasses to see better while you were looking for your glasses? 
 Waiting for the Onion headline describing Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue with no conseque... 
 @f8d9bc1c The consequence would be that Eric Adams would again complain that NYPD is underfunded, and it's all Alvin Bragg's fault anyway. 
 nostr:npub1u959cy3h0u87576zdn4pm0xw9qhra53cyr55gqs40vvzhmx3ye9stlqv8f I would listen to more podc... 
 @f8d9bc1c @e1685c12 I would consider listening to podcasts if my hearing wasn't F-ed up.

Oh, transcripts! Perfect solution. 
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 @425a31b8 Or the day before you go on vacation! 
 Trying to watch Invasion S1 now that S2 is getting rolled out and finding every bit as bleak, plo... 
 @03a95182 Friend of mine felt that way. Watched 2.1 and stopped. Me, I’ve been stuck in the middle of 1.10 for I don’t know how long. 
 nostr:npub1qw54rqswdc57yswxwst3n7dcsv2ssg3rjr5zevx62p9aqxn8k8mqjm037m I used to think we should r... 
 @edc128e6 @03a95182 I read a book[*] earlier this year about Lincoln's 1860 campaign, especially the run-up to and during the convention. As per the norm, he wasn't campaigning openly, but hoo boy was he a crafty SOB. And a few of his campaign team may have been even more so.

* Acorn, "The Lincoln Miracle"