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Ian Birnbaum is a digital nomad, writer and professional curmudgeon. Freelance journalist for , , , , , others
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Let me tell you something, completely free of charge, authors. If you write me a little story about a polar expedition gone awry while some unknowable beastie stalks the crew across the ice, then you will be guaranteed at least one little chunk of change from this guy.
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Nancy Panel By Ernie Bushmiller
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New from @xoxogossipgita: Both Rimworld and newly 1.0 Dwarf Fortress allow deep simulation and player-centered storytelling, but Bay 12's game simply feels more personal.
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This is the greatest song lyric of all time
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"If the railroad workers go on strike they could tank the entire economy!"
Wow, they sound really important. I guess you should pay them a ton of money and give them lots of paid time off.
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I meant to add, this is the US remake of the British TV series. I like both but I like the US version even more. Two seasons on Paramount+ #slashtag
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20% off for black friday? how about you just insult my mother. maybe you could come into my home and rip up a photo i can’t replace
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I can’t wait till elon musk offers to buy twitter and delete it and everyone who calls it a “hellsite” has to pick sides for real
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pre-elon twitter: pls free me from this hellsite
post-elon twitter: Everyday with you all has been a gift. I owe my career, my friendships, and my marriage to this community. I’ve fostered compassion and activism each and everyday with you all, fighting the good fight (1/40)
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This wasn't just a hell site, it was a hell home
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the vibes rn
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Playing Du Hast and putting on a strobe light when my Roomba powers up for the first time so it knows that it is in hell and I am the devil
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I have zero idea what will happen in 2024 but it’s wild to hear every political pundit being like “well this time the republicans surely won’t embrace trump.” Were any of yall alive in 2015
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When you don't take out the trash, it sits around stinking up the place
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Trump says he's running for president again after spreading bullshit election fraud claims to undermine democracy for years
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Someone who is TENDER-EARED is extremely sensitive to criticism or ridicule.
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That muzzle flash in the dark-room gunfight :chefkiss:
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Star Wars: Dark Forces (PC / LucasArts / 1995)
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It seems possible, even likely to me that Facebook is close to becoming just another tech company and is falling off the map as "big tech"
Not there yet but its fundamental business model is threatened by Apple and it's been so deeply mismanaged
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Almost this exactly. said "hey we're looking for freelance news writers," a friend sent me the tweet, and then I started writing for PCG
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A million years ago @ELahti randomly tweeted something like "hey we need freelancers to help cover PAX West" and I said "hello, it is me, the extremely green freelancer" and thus began my time writing for PC Gamer.
So, I guess you could say a single tweet changed my life. 
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the ADHD urge to turn a small task into an overly-ambitious project, only to get so overwhelmed/intimidated by the massive undertaking that you abandon it and never return
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These are all good except ALL UTTERLY, which is some twisted pervert shit
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As well as the likes of ALREADY and ALWAYS, other ‘all’ words include ALLWHERE (=wherever, 1300s), ALLUTTERLY (=entirely, 1300s), ALLWHITHER (=in all directions, 1800s), ALWISE (=in every way, 1300s), ALWITTY (=knowing everything, 1400s), and ALWHAT (=all kinds of things, 1300s).
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Just three juvenile apex predators plotting world domination.
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Looks like America lost another war
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tomorrow is the 40 year anniversary of the war on drugs
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the founding fathers would be rolling over if they knew what lizzo did with that old flute. imagine telling ben franklin what twerking is. he’d be like “i’m down for that freak shit”
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I've been getting lots of weird messages from friends and family
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Totally understand that most Game Pass console folks will be sprinting towards Deathloop today, but please please please do not overlook Shipbreaker. It is hands-down one of my favourite games this year.
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Hardspace: Shipbreaker just landed on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and is now available with Xbox Game Pass.
You’ve been selected to become the zero-g ship salvager outer space needs. 
Welcome aboard, Cutter:
-PlayStation: bit.ly/3BxqYXp
-Xbox: bit.ly/3QWPbMG
Welcome aboard, Cutter:
-PlayStation: bit.ly/3BxqYXp
-Xbox: bit.ly/3QWPbMG
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It's bisexual awareness week so please leave cookies and oat milk and a copy of Howl's Moving Castle out for us tonight
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i do not fuck with any burrito without heft. if your shit is convenient and portable, take it elsewhere. i want a burrito that is burdensome. unwieldy. when i raise it to my mouth, i should feel the weight of the mistake i am about to make. no child should be able to eat this.
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So there's a particular quirk of English grammar that I've always found quite endearing: the exocentric verb-noun compound agent noun.
It appears in a definite, remarkably narrow period - not more than 150, 200 years - before dying out, leaving loads of legacy words in its wake.
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culinary school students be like “bruh i got spaghetti due at midnight 😰”
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The government’s brief is devastating.
The legal arguments are compelling, but what is most striking are the facts outlining how the former president and his team knowingly put our national security at risk.
Here’s what stands out to me:
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wait, are you telling me that Trump signed a contract for goods and services and then failed to pay the providing contractor?
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SCOOP: Trump's Truth Social facing significant financial difficulties, vendors say. Its web hosting company says it is owed $1.6 million and hasn't been paid for months: foxbusiness.com/features/trump
I’m haunted by this South Carolina Republican, Rep. Neal Collins, realizing that the anti-abortion bills he supported are now forcing women and girls to carry nonviable pregnancies at risk of sepsis, death, and loss of the uterus. All these outcomes were inevitable and predicted.
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