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New posts: https://teapawt.org/t.co/deXjGQ8k2l Thanks, old-school Twitterati, for many interesting exchanges here over 15 years. Now I must say, "Bye bye, Elon".

Lawrence KS
Joined June 2009
Maybe I had @realDonaldTrump all wrong. As @wapo reports, he is in fact humble under the bluster...
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This is just basic headline copy editing, folks.
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I guess it's fine if the balls are soft, as long as the driver's hard.
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Outrageous that the DOT has become so politicized.
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Over-the-top video from Royals owner on the new-stadium tax that will destroy a vibrant #KansasCity arts district: Ballplayers are artists, too! @RoyalsViews probably agrees tho! @BoJackson? @McFaddensKC? @FanofKCSports? @downtownkc, @AllSportsScene
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"We don't need live humans, we just need a chatbot."
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Replying to @TheRickWilson
I’ve got a note. The headline contains two superfluous words.
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Still reminding @NYTimes editors that superfluous words should always be cut from headlines.
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They misspelled “Monty Burns” on his badge.
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What produced this pattern? (it is about 5 inches across) #Geology #Paleontology.
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When algorithms run wild
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This is what happens when you let orthopedic surgeons write the building code
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Can anyone in my feed identify this location, or does anyone know anything about this? Aftermath of what a sender described as "two EVs collided".
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At a time when we all just assume that every ad we see online is micro-targeted to us personally, I don't like the implication of being served this one just now.
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What insect lives in this? Photo taken in KS Some “worm” appears to lower itself on a strand of silk that it exudes when it’s time to hatch
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Replying to @jaketapper
@JakeTapper will have no trouble outselling me, so this acknowledgement may be my best literary exposure since @GreatDismal cited me in Zero History. Thanks to @janusmotorcycle’s Richard Worsham for serving as my moped technical advisor.
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I definitely did not, but apparently it was 14 years ago. At that age, I could legally operate a moped in Switzerland and I got a Puch Condor #MyTwitterAnniversary
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Replying to @motomatters
Canadians of my age have a "relationship" to the Soviet anthem because of our epic hockey rivalry in the 1970s. This clip's from a later series but I never hear it without chills. I don't care that it was written for Stalin. youtu.be/bwVtgufpzRE
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I think this is a new one for me
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