Why are we still here?
Cambridge, MA
Joined March 2009
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Does @Snapchat not verify email addresses? How are people creating accounts with my address without me receiving any confirmation?
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Hurricane Hilary? Who approved this name?
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is free on YouTube. youtu.be/xDRJRXSNqzw via @YouTube
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Asanka Herath (@xcuseme.bsky.social) retweeted
While working in our archives, I found an old metal box. Inside was a long-forgotten roll of silent 8mm film marked "The Philippines 1942"
Excited at possibly discovering lost WW II footage, I sent it to specialists for care and digitization.
Yesterday, it came back. On it was:
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Units have responded to the area of Gore St and Sciarappa St in East Cambridge for an active barricade situation following an apparent armed assault. The victim is safe and with police. Out of an abundance of caution, officers have closed the roads in the immediate area. 1/2
ALT CPD Alert Notice
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To say I was shocked to receive the ADCOLOR in tech award tonight would be an understatement. Shout-out to my team and the Googlers who power this work. Still we rise!!!
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(as a pile of cars burns in the background) We're crushing it! People are spending an avg of six times as much time on the highway today. The number of news helicopters circling overhead has gone from 0 to 4. The highway had never achieved engagement metrics like this before. 🏆
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This is horrifying. The Iranian parliament votes overwhelmingly (227-63) to execute the 15,000 protesters they already arrested.
These were peaceful protestors simply seeking the right to basic justice and autonomy. Unacceptable and barbaric.
newsweek.com/iran-votes-exec…
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The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept cheering on the axe. Because its handle was made of wood, and they thought it was one of them.
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So what's the lesson for businesses here?
- Watch for grumbling and LISTEN to it.
- Don't assume that because people have swallowed a price or service change that'll swallow another one.
- Treat user trust as a finite asset. Because it is.
"I have planned poorly and now require that you de-prioritize everything else in order for me to meet an artificial deadline."
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"Five Australian women are suing the government of Qatar over forced vaginal exams and other invasive medical procedures at gunpoint at the Doha airport two years ago."
huffpost.com/entry/australia… via @HuffPost
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Word of the day is ‘mulligrubs’ (16th century): a state of despondency or sense of doom.
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We keep talking about diversity and discrimination.
Age is the most unspoken one.
@YouTubeCreators is not interested in talking to creators over 34 in this study.
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Today, I filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for engaging in years of financial fraud to enrich himself, his family, and the Trump Organization.
There aren't two sets of laws for people in this nation: former presidents must be held to the same standards as everyday Americans.
TIL that there's 10-bit and 12-bit color displays. (30 and 36 bpp respectively) tomshardware.com/news/what-i…
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