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The way Joe Jonas miscalculated his popularity with his transparent attempts at PR manipulation, particularly when the North remembers is FASCINATING. And holding the children's passports to keep them from their mother? Bruh.
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And the thing is, these are not people I know or follow. I just read the "news." He has handled this SO badly that now I'm paying attention.
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This is a weird take on surrogacy which families use for any number of reasons some of which are problematic. Does this apply to queer couples? People with fertility issues? Or only couples you don’t like?
Tux the cat has been found and reunited with her person. Thank goodness. I'm getting soft in my old age but it's fine.
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4: He said that he picked up several people after me. He picked a party of two in Lamar down 183 right after he dropped me off. He then picked up and dropped off people in south Austin.
My nieces have caught me up on so much tonight. I’ve learned about Olivia Rodrigo, Ice Spice, what slays vs what doesn’t. I am taking notes.
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Martina, you are an absolute legend but this entirely false. This is not happening. You are spreading transphobic misinformation to stoke a trans panic. I beg you to read credible sources about these issues.
Tentative agreement! I hope this doesn’t fall apart. This has been ROUGH. And worth it.
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I must say, this is what insulation does. Barrymore seems to not even know why people are angry, or what to say, and also believes people need her show right now. I’ve no doubt she has a big audience but they aren’t waiting for her show to, like, survive the rest of the year.
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Also, I live in two cities. Do I have to pay for two separate accounts for that? I know they're trying to make money and so on, but most people aren't trying to get over, we just live different lives.
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“Longtime partner” is doing quite a lot of work
Listening to my mom, who supposedly isn’t a pet person, talking to our cats and dog is absolutely hilarious. She talks to them like they are humans.
“I’ve already given you treats and you got more than Theo.”
Like… they can’t be reasoned with! They are terrorists.
Just met a man who does parrot rescue. Apparently people abuse and neglect them which is really depressing. Anyway he has a parrot on the plane in a bird travel case. The world is a cornucopia.
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In all seriousness, social progress terrifies people who realize they have slightly less power and influence than they are used to. They will do anything to undo progress and put the people they deem inferior back in their place. Bad news for them is we aren’t going anywhere.
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Once in a while I will run into my wife walking home from work while I am walking our puppy and it’s so delightful.
I have to fight the same stupid battles over and over and over and I am definitely at a place in my life where I will 100% walk away from people playing in my face.
I've written a few books now and on the eve of my next tour, I am still quite worried no one will show up.
I am with my niece on a redeye to Boston and listen. She can fold herself up like a little pretzel and sleep like the dead. Remarkable.
Why is Comedy Central playing in Roy Wood Jr’s face???? He is so excellent. And funny! Smart! Interesting. What more do they want?
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So they should do it for free? People’s bodies shouldn’t be treated like they’re for sale but in consensual surrogacy without exploitation or pressure compensation is very appropriate. Pregnancy sucks even when you want to do it.
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This isn’t an apology nor do you make clear that you’re permanently deleting the data that wasn’t yours to use for your lil “labor of love.”
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Why keep something like this a secret? Literally one of the best writers in the world and you tell... no one?
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It's exhausting. No matter what you achieve, here comes some malcontent commenting on your body in the cruelest, stupidest ways. And nothing pithy will undo the harm. Just know you don't owe anyone any explanation for who you are.
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Jill. Come on. There is no hostility toward curiosity. There is hostility to a man with a renowned history for being wrong and the hubris of the ultra wealthy and the senselessness of using an unsafe submersible to visit a grave site.
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The fight for equity and fairness doesn’t end because of a retrenchment. The fight is fueled for moving forward. And also this is absolute BS.
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You are not on your own. This is their mess. What city are you in
Hold up. The child trafficking movie guy is a sexual predator? Sound of not freedom, I guess.
NY friends, if you’re looking for excellent Greek food in Taverna Kyclades in Astoria is outstanding. It’s one of my dad’s faves and he took us there a couple nights ago. 10/10. No reservations. Long waits. Totally worth it.
If the democrats had enough votes could a member of the house minority become speaker?
This weird new thing of recording strangers gossiping is Exhibit 2911 of how so many people secretly want to be cops. The only petty stuff to snitch on is cheaters flagrantly cheating! Therm’s the rules. twitter.com/deep_dab/statu
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At the time it was horrible but I can absolutely laugh about it now. We were all very young and everything worked out for all involved. I even saw them on book tour!
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I was driving by the Costco. Not visiting. Anyway, I am in Kyoto where it is beautiful. I am learning all about an ancient temple and a pagoda from the year 800 and also chilling with some monks.
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I’m happy two people willing to be up by 7 found each other. And that I married someone who understands 10 am, when possible, is the absolute earliest we should contemplate awakeness.
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If you don’t follow golf drama just know this is like….if Biden and Trump decided to become running mates. It’s just… completely out of the realm of plausibility. The amount of money behind this must be staggering.
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I was entertained. Bey puts on an electrifying show. Always fun to dance your face off with 70,000 other people.
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It’s a job. And one deserves more than living expenses in exchange for labor. We disagree and that’s fine.
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This season exemplifies why we are on strike. Pay writers.
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Tempestuous? You know better. You absolutely know better.
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And to be clear there are also many other people who make a show come to life most of whom are unrecognized.
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Noor is 29 and comes from wealth. It’s a bizarre age difference but she is not a child. She is fully grown and making grown ass choices.
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Guys I know that costcos in different countries sell different things. I do.
Why are you here? The absolute audacity.
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I have followed you for years and paid for your newsletter and your books. Does that give me a right? No. But why are you still on Elon's platform? To reach readers. Sure. But when does it become complicit?
Oh come on. We are all adults here. Don’t start no shit won’t be no shit. The idea that you aren’t allowed to respond to someone who talks shit because they don’t have a lot of followers isn’t something I will ever believe.
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Guys, I do know about matinees and pricing in the Midwest; worry not.
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The number of people trying to explain tennis to me in this thread when I’ve been watching and enjoying tennis my entire life is quite something.
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Every day I think I see audacity and then someone shows me a new level! Omg. Lance.
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I have lots of thoughts (might even go again) but it was v sweet to see how proudly Bey smiled at Blue Ivy after she performed. It was one of those rare moments where you see the realest version of Bey she chooses to share with the public.
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I found a new flight with a connection to NY. But we landed early and have been sitting on the tarmac for nearly an hour for vague reasons and my next flight boards in 25 minutes. I only have so much zen.
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“Why won’t my employees let me exploit them and be quiet about it!?” Is what he is saying so loudly.
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They aren’t. There is not a mass trans indoctrination happening. What is happening is illegitimate “news”’sites ginning up panic by using false statistics and globalizing single stories.
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The man is evil. He has spent his entire life working to oppress people like us. He is unrepentant. He continues to do us measurable harm as he declines. Inhumane people so not deserve our empathy.
I just. I am fed up with this caucasity. The man was evil. He wanted us dead.
As a professor I am v comfortable saying that UPS driver is a much harder job and 87k doesn’t seem like enough.
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Put another way, if you hear people talking shit about me I don’t need to know. Not my business.
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Most of us have written for free. For years on end! But just because we did it doesn’t mean we should want that for emerging writers. We should want them to have better options, not the same old bullshit or worse.
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(I don’t bother employees with my sad little feelings at all. I talk about it on Twitter which is a proportional response.
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It isn’t policing to not want people watching TikToks, making phone calls, using their flashlights, having conversations and otherwise being disruptive during movies. It just isn’t.
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The vending machine game here is TIGHT. I love everything about it.
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Wow. Well. It’s okay to not understand everything. Ima have to just nod and smile.
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The producers absolutely should have gotten U-Haul as a sponsor.
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When I see his posts I always think “that’s clearly parody….. but is it????”
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Okay my event is over. I am all caught up. The way she thanked her haters is amazing. What a match!!!
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LOL. Diana Ross looks AMAZING and Bey has her on stage. Damn.
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Oh I'm not eating these cookies. I don't know where they were baked. But I still wonder, in case I want to offer them to someone.
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Please re-read what I wrote with comprehension skills.
Jessica Fletcher always looks like she is memorizing every detail of everything just in case murder happens.
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It’s so bizarre! Did they think that threat would scare us into submission? Pretty sure it has strengthened everyone’s resolve. They come off like cartoon villains.
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Of all his BS I think the thing that irks me the most is the notion that he weighs 215 pounds. Come on.
Wow. Life offers such a buffet.
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And there are 7 phone booths in this lounge. Not a single one is being used. Fascinating.
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Responding to insult is not bullying. It is not abusing power. Have a nice weekend.
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Nothing makes me more militant than access to good healthcare. Concierge medicine made me grateful and irate at the same time.
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COVID and long COVID are very real but this tendency to attribute every ailment to them is really frustrating. Illness existed before COVID.
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I don’t think it was Choupette. It was grey and white. I didn’t ask for the name.
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Vanessa, also a problem. Like. She really wants to be single. Run away Xander.