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Thanks for wrriting

Love vs. money

I am cautiously excited about the fediverse, of which mastodon is most prominent example currently. I haven’t been excited about anything happening on the Internet for a while. Fifty years of neoliberalism has blinded us to the power of what people can achieve for love rather than money. Schoolteachers aren’t in it for the bucks. […]

“Moby-Dick” harpooned me

The novel Moby-Dick started surfacing in my media consumption a few months ago—first, the “Hugo Girl” podcast did an episode about the book, and later I saw this brief Twitter thread about how Ishmael’s mood at the beginning of the novel is relatable to today’s Gen Z. So I decided to re-read Moby-Dick, after reading […]

Minnie and I saw this guy at the park. Such a shayna punim.

Reading Moby-Dick

I read “Moby-Dick” in high school, and then again in college, but that was a long time ago. It’s hard to enjoy the books you read in school, because you did not choose them yourself, and often they require adult perspective that you lack. Also, for me at least, I think the school process required […]

More blogging and social media experiments

I realized this morning that I want to keep this blog—mitchwagner.blog—for my own writing and photos, and post found media and links elsewhere, on Facebook, Twitter, and my Tumblr blog, Atomic Robot Live. So that’s what I’m going to do, and over time I’m going to actually start deleting the ephemera posts from here. But […]

Ephemera XCI: Bite into a Jellygrill Sandwich

Gmail will call the cops on you based on the content of your emails. By Cory Doctorow. Google falsely told the police a father was molesting his son. The boy had a painful, swollen penis, and the doctor asked the man to send a photo. The man emailed the photo—and Google intercepted the mail, decided […]

Ephemera XC: Shetland ponies in sweaters

The Ghost of Workshops Past: How Communism, Conservatism, and the Cold War Still Mold Our Paths Into SFF Writing. By S.L. Huang at Tor.com. The classic method of teaching writing workshops dates back to the 1930s, and was popularized at the University of Iowa in the 1950s, with CIA support, as a method of opposing […]

Ephemera LXXXIX: “Never Gonna Give You Up,” but with a velociraptor

House Flippers and Landlords Have Taken Over American Interiors By Amanda Mull at The Atlantic. “If you, like me, have frittered away a frankly embarrassing proportion of your one wild and precious life watching women with perfect blowouts and annoying husbands gut-reno houses on HGTV, or idly scrolling through Zillow listings you have no intention […]

Ephemera LXXXVII: Violence! Drugs! Unnatural sex acts!

The Business Roundtable’s climate plan was killed by its arch-rival, the Business Roundtable Cory Doctorow: The Business Roundtable, whose membership includes 200 CEOs and some of the biggest companies in the world, unveiled an ambitious climate plan three years ago—and then spent millions of dollars lobbying to kill it. The Roundtable bills itself as “an […]

Ephemera LXXXVI: Fuck u ice cream man

Japan urges its young people to drink more to boost the economy. Newsmax points out that Trump can run for President from prison. Mood

Succession

We watched the entirety of the first season of “Succession.” It’s a great show, and we enjoyed it, I guess. But I think we’ll take a break a few weeks before diving in to season 2. It’s intense. We’re currently watching “Succession,” “The Old Man,” “Grantchester,” and “Sandman.” That is a dark lineup of entertainment. […]

Ephemera LXXXV: This is the future socialists want

Ephemera LXXXIV: FDR’s post-presidency

Overheard: l asked an EOD guy once about the stress of bomb defusing. He shrugged & said “It’s not. I’m either right, or suddenly it’s not my problem any more.” I try to stick to that perspective. One day I tried googling the word “woke” with the names of one or two of my favorite […]

Sandman

Sandman is not clicking for me. I fear we may not be the target audience. I was looking forward to seeing Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, because I have a mad crush on her. I would gladly watch her in anything, even reading the end user license agreement for Microsoft Office. But after seeing her […]

Liz Cheney

For today, I admire Liz Cheney as a hero. But I also see a scenario where she makes a Churchillian comeback, gets elected President, and proceeds to enact Trump’s entire agenda. She voted with him more than 90% of the time. Since 2016, progressives have been warning about the risk of someone coming along who […]

Ephemera LXXXIII: World’s largest female mouth gape

How Democrats could win more elections “Do stuff. Make it timely. Tell people about it.” [Cory Doctorow/Boing Boing] If Democrats want to win more elections, they should try: Enacting popular policies, preferably ones that materially improve the lives of potential voters;Making sure those policies take effect before the next election; andTelling people about them. As […]

Ephemera LXXXII: Absolute unit of a snapping turtle

Anthony Bourdain travel tips. “… provoke nerd fury online. Go to a number of foodie websites with discussion boards. Let’s say you’re going to Kuala Lumpur — just post on the Malaysia board that you recently returned and had the best rendang in the universe, and give the name of a place, and all these […]

Comment on I am strongly conflicted about this photo by Mitch Wagner

In reply to <a href="https://mitchwagnerblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/i-am-strongly-conflicted-about-this-photo/comment-page-1/#comment-308">empoprises</a>. He was also an Indian chief in that movie. Luzzim gayn!

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In reply to <a href="https://mitchwagnerblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/i-am-strongly-conflicted-about-this-photo/comment-page-1/#comment-309">Dashdrum</a>. After posting that photo, it was pointed out to me that's not a cowboy hat. I was fooled in part because I was in Texas when I took the photo. Also, I realize I have a hat like it. I wear it in cold weather. Not a lot of opportunity here in San Diego, but I pack it when I travel east in winter.

Comment on I am strongly conflicted about this photo by Dashdrum

I have a similar hat, but I never considered it "cowboy". It's my "Hey! It's snowing" hat.

Slipstream

A 1989 essay by Bruce Sterling: In a recent remarkable interview in New Pathways #11, Carter Scholz alludes with pained resignation to the ongoing brain-death of science fiction. In the 60s and 70s, Scholz opines, SF had a chance to become a worthy literature; now that chance has passed. Why? Because other writers have now […]

Ephemera LXXXI: Goth lasagna

The Train Not Taken. [Addison Del Mastro] Car dependence makes the world smaller. Superyacht things [jwz] Golden Girls pop-up restaurant opens in Beverly Hills [Rusty Blazenhoff / Boing Boing] I never clicked with the show, but this looks cute. If she needs to wear a Space Helmet, shouldn’t she also wear Space Long Pants? Invasion […]

Ephemera LXXX: Harem Queen Glamour-Jamas

Automated hiring systems could be making the worker shortage worse Ooh, oh, ooh, oh – Heart of Glass – Blondie (1979 https://mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/post/692445551603646464/ooh-oh-ooh-oh-heart-of-glass-blondie-1979

Ephemera LXXIX: Nothing will stop the funk

A typhoon named “Pelosi” [Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day] Taiwanese social media is not taking the visit by Nancy Pelosi, and concomitant threat of annihilation by China, seriously. The island nation is frequently threatened by typhoons, and memes are tracking Pelosi as if she were an oncoming storm. Taiwan has been threatened with obliteration by […]

Ephemera LXXVIII: Fugitive from a circus

A dark money group is lying about Medicare cuts. Cory Doctorow: A dark money group called the American Prosperity Alliance, with unknown backers, is spreading lies that the Democrats cut $300 billion from Medicare. In reality, the Democrat-backed bill will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, saving $300 billion without cutting benefits. That’s just a […]

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If Mel Brooks can direct Blazing Saddles, you can wear a cowboy hat.

I am strongly conflicted about this photo

I found this photo of me from 2016 in my camera roll. I am strongly conflicted about it. To be clear, this is a gag photo. I tried on the hat with a friend at Austin airport. The only people who should wear cowboy hats are people from Texas and contiguous states. New York Jews […]

This is your brain on social media

Social media has been a big part of my life for half my life. It doesn’t seem to be working as well for me as it once did. Now what? I took a month break from social media in June. I’ve been using social media in various forms for more than thirty years, beginning with […]

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.” “All Systems Red,” book 1 of the Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells

Everybody who has read this series loves it … except me. I tried this book once before two years ago, and bounced off it. This time I liked it. I guess I was in the right mood for it this time around. I’ll read the next book in the series, but it probably won’t be […]

Minnie has a minor mishap

When we brought Minnie home from adoption in 2013 as a four month old pup, she was terrified, and she retreated to a big wingback chair in the kitchen, where she felt reasonably safe and from which vantage point she could keep an eye on much of the house. That chair has continued to be […]

Bosch: Legacy

Bosch: Legacy continues the TV series Bosch, which ran multiple seasons on Amazon Prime, starring Titus Welliver as LAPD Det. Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch. In Bosch: Legacy, Harry has gotten fed up with the police department, retired, and gone into business as a private detective. Meanwhile, Bosch’s daughter, Maddy, is now starting out on patrol, fresh […]

Rewatching “The Office” and “M*A*S*H”

Julie was out of town for a month, and I rewatched the first couple of seasons of “The Office” and “M*A*S*H.” When people talk about a classic old comedy, they will often say, “You couldn’t make that today!” These people are referring to the comedy’s offensiveness to contemporary sensibilities. Primarily racism and sexism. I have […]

Things Minnie and I saw on our walk

El Paso St., La Mesa, California.

Julie and I had a fine day at the zoo, though the charismatic megafauna were absent.

I saw this van with an antenna on the roof and a mannikin forearm on the antenna. That’s totally a thing normal people who aren’t serial killers do, r...

Social media detox

I spend too much time on Facebook, Tumblr, and other social media, so I’m taking a break, for at least a month. But I do plan to post occasional updates here.

Minnie and I walked the Father Junipero Serra Trail at Mission Trails Regional Park today

Daily goslings

Weight

“Diet culture is a fear of death disguised as transformation. But the transformation is a fantasy. If, through some heroic act of will, you do manage to heave yourself into a new place, it is still you who did the heaving. It is you who stands in the new place. You will still be you.” […]

Courage

Men and women very much like me are taking up arms in the Ukraine and fighting against the invader. It’s one thing to see that kind of thing happening in the undeveloped parts of Africa or Asia and know intellectually that these are people just like me. Quite another thing to see it happening in […]

Yes, I think I am going to go back to linkblogging and microblogging on Tumblr—a day after loudly proclaiming the opposite—because...

Yes, I think I am going to go back to linkblogging and microblogging on Tumblr—a day after loudly proclaiming the opposite—because WordPress is too heavyweight and too much of a pain in the ass for that kind of thing. I have been married—happily—to the same woman for more than 25 years. Lived in the same […]

February 2020

Here’s what I was doing in February, 2020, two years ago this month. Two years ago at about this time I was in discussion to work on a freelance project in early March that would have required overnight business travel. Soon after agreeing to take the gig, I remember thinking maybe travel wouldn’t be a […]

I was talking for several minutes on a Zoom meeting before I realized I was on mute. It took me that long to figure it out because other...

I was talking for several minutes on a Zoom meeting before I realized I was on mute. It took me that long to figure it out because other people were talking occasionally in ways that seemed like they were responding to me (“Yes, Mitch?” “OK, let’s look at that,” etc.), but they were not hearing […]

This morning, I talked with a 25-year-old who didn’t care for “Dune” because she thought it was too much like “Star...

This morning, I talked with a 25-year-old who didn’t care for “Dune” because she thought it was too much like “Star Wars.”

I‘m pretty sure I fixed my e-mail problem! Email is flowing again!

I received so many messages in my 1.5 days without email access. Maybe I should have just left it broken.

I may have fixed my email problems.

I found instructions for upgrading MX records, and followed them as best as I could. They did not precisely fit my situation. I improvised. Instructions say email should begin within 4-6 hours, but can take up to 48 hours. So what I should do now is simply wait. Check again tonight or tomorrow morning. If […]

Comment on I am very unhappy with WestHost web hosting. by Mitch Wagner

At this point I am tempted to hire someone to fix this for me. cPanel makes emacs look simple.

I am very unhappy with WestHost web hosting.

I have been trying to change plans for months and am getting zero support. Now my email is broken. cPanel is incomprehensible. The fact that they have not updated their Twitter since 2020 does not fill me with confidence this problem will be resolved. This is my primary personal email, mitch@mitchwagner.com. If this problem does […]

I think it’s my destiny to die by tripping over a speeding cat.

I think it’s my destiny to die by tripping over a speeding cat.

In this week’s episode of “The Gilded Age,” Agnes warns another character that a man who seems nice is actually an...

In this week’s episode of “The Gilded Age,” Agnes warns another character that a man who seems nice is actually an “adventurer.” The meaning is clear enough from context: He’s no good. Watch out. But I vaguely remembered that “adventurer” had a specific meaning in the Gilded Age, and it’s been bugging me since we […]

I woke up early this morning, fizzy with ideas and energy, and when I got to my desk my Mac said, “Oh, good, you’re here—shut down...

I woke up early this morning, fizzy with ideas and energy, and when I got to my desk my Mac said, “Oh, good, you’re here—shut down Word so I can reboot and update the operating system. That’ll take a half hour. You’re good not doing anything useful for a half hour, right?” Then my fingers […]

Metaverse games like Upland and Spotselfie are selling real-world addresses, meaning a total stranger might own your house in cyberspace.

Is there an virtual layer to real-world property rights? If I own property in the real world, does that extend to its metaverse equivalent? Upland was inspired by the Upside Down in “Stranger Things.” What could go wrong? (Protocol)

Rock paper scissors bus

The $20 million game of rock-paper-scissors. Also: A San Francisco bus driver critiques the San Francisco bus fight in the superhero movie “Shang-Chi.” (99% Invisible)

AI-generated science fiction convention panel names

Public domain mythology

Last year I read “Lonesome Dove,” by Larry McMurtry. It took me much of the year. It’s a looooooong book. Then we watched the series. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed many Westerns. After finishing my mini-Lonesome Dove binge, I got to thinking about shared mythology and folklore. 75 years ago, the US had Westerns, and […]

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Hiya. My fursona's actually a dhole (Cuon Alpinus) but I'm okay with "wolf-like creature" XD Thanks for blogging about this

Comment on by Mitch Wagner

In reply to <a href="https://mitchwagnerblog.wordpress.com/2021/08/02/bronze-age/comment-page-1/#comment-178">Keith Dawson (@kdawson)</a>. I read and enjoyed that. As I recall, Cline's conclusion about why the civilizations fell is that it was a clusterfuck.

Comment on by Keith Dawson (@kdawson)

For a good synopsis of what is known and/or surmised about the fall of the Bronze Age civilizations, I recommend "1177 B.C., the Year Civilization Collapsed" by Eric H. Cline.

Comment on Another revolution around the Sun by Mitch Wagner

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<a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore" rel="nofollow ugc">pimoore</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> Happy Milestone Birthday, Mitch! <a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore/11735144" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">odd</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> Belated happy birthday! I probably wouldn’t have reacted to that statement either, because people are different. . Hope the day was memorable and ended on a high note. <a href="https://micro.blog/odd/11735134" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on Rethinking breakthrough COVID by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore" rel="nofollow ugc">pimoore</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> Great post, I agree with both your thoughts and the quote. Forcing ourselves past our own personal risk factor and back into normality will definitely be a challenge, but like you said the risk of ICU and death is what the vaccine is <em>especially</em> meant to prevent. I personally can’t wait to not wear a mask anymore once the regulations are dropped, but I have no problem wearing one either should the need or request arise on occasion. <a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore/11727604" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on “I’m sorry, but it’s too late” by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">MitchWagner</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/annahavron" rel="nofollow ugc">@annahavron</a> And senseless. <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner/11727443" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on “I’m sorry, but it’s too late” by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/annahavron" rel="nofollow ugc">annahavron</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> heartbreaking. <a href="https://micro.blog/annahavron/11723175" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/jack" rel="nofollow ugc">jack</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">@Pilchuck</a> Yeah, the '70s version was definitely cooler. <a href="https://micro.blog/jack/11717343" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">odd</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">@pilchuck</a> told me. <a href="https://micro.blog/odd/11716243" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">odd</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/jack" rel="nofollow ugc">@jack</a> Nice ride! Too bad you crashed it. Hope you didn’t get hurt much! <a href="https://micro.blog/odd/11716242" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">MitchWagner</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/hjalm" rel="nofollow ugc">@hjalm</a> I didn’t look closely. <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner/11716164" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">MitchWagner</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/cliffordbeshers" rel="nofollow ugc">@cliffordbeshers</a> The car doesn’t have a lighter. It is the lighter. <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner/11716163" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">MitchWagner</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">@odd</a> Ford Pinto. <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner/11716160" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">MitchWagner</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/jack" rel="nofollow ugc">@jack</a> Nice! <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner/11716165" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/jack" rel="nofollow ugc">jack</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">@Pilchuck</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/Odd" rel="nofollow ugc">@Odd</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> Here's a photo of my Mercury Capri from (I think) 1984. <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2EkNh" rel="nofollow ugc">flic.kr/p/2EkNh</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/jack/11715990" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">Pilchuck</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/jack" rel="nofollow ugc">@jack</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">@odd</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> The ‘70s Capri was sourced from Germany and used Ford of Germany engines, including a sweet V6. The ‘80s Capri was based on the Fox-bodied Mustang, and was a more mainstream (for the U.S.) domestic product. Same name on entirely different vehicles. You could get a V8 (5.0L) in the 80s version. <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck/11716045" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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Comment on I saw this car at Lake Murray this morning. by Mitch Wagner

<a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">odd</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">@Pilchuck</a> I didn’t know that. When I was a kid in the ‘70s, we boys thought the Capri was one of the coolest (European) cars made. That, and the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Scirocco" rel="nofollow ugc">Volkswagen Scirrocco</a>. But American cars was of course much cooler. I remember especially liking the car that <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow ugc">Cannon</a> had. <a href="https://micro.blog/odd/11715785" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/hjalm" rel="nofollow ugc">hjalm</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> I love the classic slotted wheels! Please tell me the paint was metalflake? <a href="https://micro.blog/hjalm/11715718" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">Pilchuck</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">@odd</a> The Capri was sold in the US as a “Mercury”, rather than a Ford. Mercury was an upscale division. The Capri was the nicer and more powerful of the two, in U.S. trim. <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck/11715695" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">odd</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">@Pilchuck</a> It looks a <em>little</em> bit like the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Capri" rel="nofollow ugc">Ford Capri</a> we had over here in Europe. Although it had an older look, and probably a much less powerful motor. <a href="https://micro.blog/odd/11715679" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck" rel="nofollow ugc">Pilchuck</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/odd" rel="nofollow ugc">@odd</a> Ford Pinto. Around ‘74-76. <a href="https://micro.blog/Pilchuck/11715655" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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Comment on Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer says cryptocurrency is a scam by Mitch Wagner

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<a href="https://micro.blog/artkavanagh" rel="nofollow ugc">artkavanagh</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> When did time start moving so quickly? It was earlier than 2013, I’m pretty sure, but because it’s accelerating, it always seems as if it started moving more quickly more recently. <a href="https://micro.blog/artkavanagh/11714085" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://twitter.com/PundITInc" rel="nofollow ugc">Charles King</a>: One of @StephenKing's great strengths is writing sympathetic villains. Not villains you love to hate, but villains you genuinely love, who have potential to turn to good, and you’re saddened when they fully embrace evil. mitchwagner.blog/2021/07/15/re-… <a href="https://twitter.com/PundITInc/status/1415720076116860929" rel="nofollow ugc">via twitter.com</a>

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<a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyha" rel="nofollow ugc">Anthony Ha</a>: mentioned this in <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyha/status/1414953888705306627" rel="nofollow ugc">"Pulp is the dark matter of fiction, the uncatalogued depths of the ocean, the darkest recesses of space."</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyha/status/1414953888705306627" rel="nofollow ugc">via twitter.com</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore" rel="nofollow ugc">pimoore</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/AlanGMarz" rel="nofollow ugc">@AlanGMarz</a> LOL :) Yeah, seems like a lot of effort for very little reward. <a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore/11688213" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/AlanGMarz" rel="nofollow ugc">AlanGMarz</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> <a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore" rel="nofollow ugc">@pimoore</a> I can see why Branson only stayed eight minutes. I would want to get back before needing the toilet too. <a href="https://micro.blog/AlanGMarz/11688167" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore" rel="nofollow ugc">pimoore</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> If the billionaires <em>really</em> want to contribute something “for humanity” as they so quickly attribute to their space race, they can use their vast wealth to fix this planet they’ve helped to destroy, instead of a petty competition to escape it. And seeing as nobody but the rich will ever be able to afford the privilege of a trip to space, it should read “for the small percentage of humanity”. <a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore/11688042" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>

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<a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore" rel="nofollow ugc">pimoore</a>: <a href="https://micro.blog/MitchWagner" rel="nofollow ugc">@MitchWagner</a> I doubt he’s had a thought that he ever reconsidered his whole life. <a href="https://micro.blog/pimoore/11669220" rel="nofollow ugc">via micro.blog</a>