The wait times for visitor visas to the US are beyond embarrassing
Families can't come to weddings, see sick family members etc.
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There's a better system it's called proportional representation. It would have resulted coalition government that ranked choice voting can't provide.
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Is there a better commercial for Rank Choice Voting than what is going on with the Speaker's vote in the House ? The current system, from primary to generals to speaker voting, empowers the extremes to the expense of constituants. Time to change
Aaaand, it’s official! We have acquired Evernote 🚀
I’m super excited to be working on such a loved product first-hand!
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How is this book thing a convo? I honestly don’t care if people read $3 romance novels. reading books is not something to make fun of people for- you’d be surprised how many people don’t do it at all
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Today's episode:
- How this ambiguous Japanese conglomerate came to control $640m in "untraceable" bearer bonds
- Why they felt an on-site vault was a competitive advantage
- And how they managed supposed success… despite rampant drug use + unsavory exec behavior
We dive in.
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For those saying DCCC had some of the research the press didn’t care - that’s part of the the point. It was package so badly and not integrated with messaging more effectively.
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1. This is an accurate description of oppo research and describes why oppo research did not discover the deceptions of Congressman-elect George Santos
But it skips over a larger problem: the Democratic Party's failure to invest and prioritize research
nytimes.com/2022/12/22/opi
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I would absolutely join and follow something like Twitter where all the publishers were journalists and media organizations. The short blog form is a great way to get a lot of information quickly.
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Grant Wahl was incredibly kind to me long before anyone knew who I was. His dedication to equity & fairness in the sport he loved was matched only by his adoration & support for the often thankless mission of his wife . I am absolutely shaken to learn of his death.
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Good Rivals, our 3-episode documentary series on the USA-Mexico soccer rivalry, is OUT NOW on . It's the defining story of one of the greatest rivalries in sports.
WATCH HERE: amazon.com/Good-Rivals-Se
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UNBELIEVABLE. I LOVE WORLD CUP SOCCER. #espmar
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The pathway: Another clean sheet and a goal or two.
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THERE IS A PATHWAY TO VICTORY TOMORROW 
I just earned the 'Cheers to Independent U.S. Craft Breweries' badge on ! untp.beer/s/b1048779530 #seektheseal
I just earned the 'Bartender Appreciation Day (2022)' badge on ! untp.beer/s/b1048779529 #bartender #bartenderappreciation
What an insane 10 minutes of World Cup. The four team format will be missed if it goes away in 2026.
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I am reading the “Person and the Situation” right now and it reminds don’t think anyone should read much into people sitting in an audience applauding at the end of an interview now matter how insane and criminal the interview was.
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I watched that SBF @andrewrsorkin interview, and I have to say that I still can't believe what I just witnessed. I'm actually speechless at the level of reality distortion field at play here. Also... audience applauding at the end? WTF!
ChatGPT has the gaslighting and deflecting to “I am just a little LLM” response down pat:
It is much better than other versions of replacing current search. But it’s missing links.
That said, it also shows how both search me LLM suffer from usually finding the popular vs best answer.
As LLMs change search, opportunities will be in the latter arena.
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ChatGPT feels like the most interesting new UI update to search in a while
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ChatGPT feels like the most interesting new UI update to search in a while
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Thanks for being my top podcast on this year.
I loved all 1,693 minutes of it.
And that was just one episode.
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He’s talking about both teams qualifying for the Round of 16 right?
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USA! A moment to celebrate the friendship between our two countries. A moment to progress together in a time of great challenges.
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Well said, Selene. Thanks for the deep dive into 's digital/irl flywheel (and the nice shoutout for 's school-from-anywhere solution) in
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The value of pre- and post-trip virtual immersion cannot be underestimated to extend the traveler journey in a meaningful way. twitter.com/skift/status/1…
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A wonderful display of sportsmanship following U.S. victory over Iran in #WorldCup2022
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When you barely escape Iran with a win.
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England have still NEVER beaten the USA in a World Cup game! 👀 🇺🇸
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okay a draw, i’ll take it. As for the random england reaction: it was surprisingly subdued.
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It’s pretty quiet here in South London, but still jovial. The match is really determining the mood here.
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The sound isn’t loud outside (neighbors) So most of the fun England fans have gone inside. Not a bad first 15 minutes. 🤞
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Greetings from the Marquis of Wellington pub in London as an USA fan. Only one of two in the pub. Tweeting of the match will be intermittent.
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When Faulkner wrote of, "a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before," he was talking about this goal.
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The real issue from this is not that Elon is doing it (I am sure he has a complex reason, right or wrong) but that tons of wannabe Elons are going to micromanage their companies and strangle flexibility, innovation, and growth before it starts.
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Going forward, all Twitter employees are now required to send an email every Friday updating Elon Musk with what they are working on and “code samples” if they are engineers, per internal memo sent out. Hardcore! theverge.com/e/23236413
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Not good, disappointing, and also fine. Totally agree.
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Boys, 1-1 is fine. C'mon now.
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You get a lot less complainy about the US team and a lot more hungry for a win when you have to listen to ITV announcers.
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Thank you Pulisic for setting up Weah’s fine shot.
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