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Lots of people been asking for book recommendations for help with background context for the Ken Burns RevWar documentary, so I’m very grateful to my past self for putting this together so that my current self can be lazy:
angrystaffofficer.com/2024/08/22/u...
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Understanding the Revolutionary Era: Recommended Reading List
As many of you know – and are no doubt really excited for – next years begins the semiquincentennial of the Revolutionary War here in the United States. Or, for those of us who have tro…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Lots of people been asking for book recommendations for help with background context for the Ken Burns RevWar documentary, so I’m very grateful to my past self for putting this together so that my current self can be lazy:
angrystaffofficer.com/2024/08/22/u...
angrystaffofficer.com/2024/08/22/u...
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You mean like Peter O'Toole, top advisor to King Ralph?
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
You mean like Peter O'Toole, top advisor to King Ralph?
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Best use of Fuck/Marry/Kill
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Best use of Fuck/Marry/Kill
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I got a DM for a free unicorn and took it in exchange for a post. Ponycycle did not get their moneys worth hahaha
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I got a DM for a free unicorn and took it in exchange for a post. Ponycycle did not get their moneys worth hahaha
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just more free AI training material out there now
like a little treat
like a little treat
NEW: Neon, an app that pays you to record your calls so your audio can be used to train AI, and already rose to the top #5 free apps on Apple's App Store, has gone offline after a security lapse.
We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.
We found the app exposed users' phone numbers, call recordings, and text transcripts of those calls.
Exclusive: Neon takes down app after exposing users' phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts
Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user.
techcrunch.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
just more free AI training material out there now
like a little treat
like a little treat
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So I’ve been working on my dream home office/pod studio, and
September 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So I’ve been working on my dream home office/pod studio, and
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This is Leo. He is patiently waiting for this guy to throw the ball. Gonna be here a while. 13/10 (TT: twogoldenleos)
September 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is Leo. He is patiently waiting for this guy to throw the ball. Gonna be here a while. 13/10 (TT: twogoldenleos)
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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You sure about this, Google?
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You sure about this, Google?
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A new story drops... a new album drops... new video drops... prices dropped, he dropped a microphone... I wonder if future historians are going to think we were a very clumsy bunch.
July 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new story drops... a new album drops... new video drops... prices dropped, he dropped a microphone... I wonder if future historians are going to think we were a very clumsy bunch.
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literally me begging my friends to keep the scope of their projects in mind:
May 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
literally me begging my friends to keep the scope of their projects in mind:
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Does your hat have a bit of an attitude?
Does it think too highly of itself?
Does your hat need to be taken down a peg or two?
Just show it this photo, it will ruin your hat's self-worth.
THIS is a hat.
Jessie Matthews in the musical "Evergreen" (1930)
Does it think too highly of itself?
Does your hat need to be taken down a peg or two?
Just show it this photo, it will ruin your hat's self-worth.
THIS is a hat.
Jessie Matthews in the musical "Evergreen" (1930)
July 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Does your hat have a bit of an attitude?
Does it think too highly of itself?
Does your hat need to be taken down a peg or two?
Just show it this photo, it will ruin your hat's self-worth.
THIS is a hat.
Jessie Matthews in the musical "Evergreen" (1930)
Does it think too highly of itself?
Does your hat need to be taken down a peg or two?
Just show it this photo, it will ruin your hat's self-worth.
THIS is a hat.
Jessie Matthews in the musical "Evergreen" (1930)
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Why did thei go wyth "lobster roll" when "seabug hotdog" was righte ther?
July 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Why did thei go wyth "lobster roll" when "seabug hotdog" was righte ther?
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This is nonsense! LEVERAGE was about a furious ex-Catholic Irishman from Boston working with a staff of eclectic malcontents to express his raging hatred against rich people who bully and abuse less … powerful …
Ah.
Ah.
I do believe almost all tv shows are about the showrunner and their attitude towards making work with other people. Buffy, Mad Men, House are notable examples.
The Bear S4 is definitely validating my feeling that for the last three seasons it's become more and more a self-flatteringly agonized show about being a show runner--a genius beset by people who want something from him, his brilliance and his faults tragically entangled, so good but so flawed, etc.
June 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is nonsense! LEVERAGE was about a furious ex-Catholic Irishman from Boston working with a staff of eclectic malcontents to express his raging hatred against rich people who bully and abuse less … powerful …
Ah.
Ah.
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The Crock Pot is one of the only times when real life works like video game crafting. You dump in some powders and the remains of several vile birds and out comes hot delicious food
June 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Crock Pot is one of the only times when real life works like video game crafting. You dump in some powders and the remains of several vile birds and out comes hot delicious food
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I made poutine for breakfast.
It was tasty, but I'm in Utah, so really it was just sparkling hash browns.
It was tasty, but I'm in Utah, so really it was just sparkling hash browns.
June 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I made poutine for breakfast.
It was tasty, but I'm in Utah, so really it was just sparkling hash browns.
It was tasty, but I'm in Utah, so really it was just sparkling hash browns.
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We also pulled music from the Elder Scrolls and Final Fantasy to make up the music and the tables were a mix of famous ancient and medieval battles, with each table having a little two-paragraph precis on the relevant battle.
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We also pulled music from the Elder Scrolls and Final Fantasy to make up the music and the tables were a mix of famous ancient and medieval battles, with each table having a little two-paragraph precis on the relevant battle.
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The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
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Bank scammers using genuine push notifications to trick their victims
You receive a call on your phone. The polite call centre worker on the line asks for you by name, and gives the name of your bank. They say they're calling from your bank's fraud department. "Yeah, r...
shkspr.mobi
May 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The scammer is on the phone to you.
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you.
Your bank sends you the notification.
You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account.
Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05...
🧵🔚
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“John, I want to pitch an episode. It’s about a pop star who’s also a predatory landlord and also went into space.”
“Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”
“Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”
TIL Katy Perry has financially manipulated so many old people out of their homes for her own benefit that she's got a law named after her www.forbes.com/sites/hughmc...
Katy Perry’s Real Estate Battles Have Inspired A New Law: The Katy PERRY Act
The Protecting Elder Realty for Retirement Years Act, or the Katy PERRY Act, seeks to introduce measures to protect older people from potential financial exploitation in real estate transactions.
www.forbes.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“John, I want to pitch an episode. It’s about a pop star who’s also a predatory landlord and also went into space.”
“Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”
“Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”
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Just got back from seeing the new movie: The Day the Earth Blew Up. In a movie theater no less! I was astonished! I laughed and everything! It was GREAT! Sharp writing, terrific animation! The best cartoon I've seen in 20 years. See it while you can.
April 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Just got back from seeing the new movie: The Day the Earth Blew Up. In a movie theater no less! I was astonished! I laughed and everything! It was GREAT! Sharp writing, terrific animation! The best cartoon I've seen in 20 years. See it while you can.
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I feel very strongly that without seeing the murder play out at the beginning it would be no different than any other mystery game, and it would certainly be no Columbo game. Preserving the flavor of the series is vital or else you may as well just make a game called “Jack Detective”
That would be a VERY interesting game. Because I assume the opening cutscene shows the murder, so you know who it is from the start, and as Columbo you collect points by finding new and inventive ways to annoy the shit outta the killer.
March 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I feel very strongly that without seeing the murder play out at the beginning it would be no different than any other mystery game, and it would certainly be no Columbo game. Preserving the flavor of the series is vital or else you may as well just make a game called “Jack Detective”