Lydia
QI Elf. Only Connect once. Writer and researcher. Always seeing you do cool stuff.
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- An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇 SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
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- Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
- I’ve missed joy so much
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- Weird how refreshing a real person in political office is.
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- something I remember from the big tech layoffs of a couple years ago is seeing coworkers with excellent performance reviews - even some who had literally just been promoted - getting thrown overboard for completely opaque reasons and realizing that was part of the point
- At the same time, the extent of the Washington Post layoffs highlight how it didn't matter how hardworking, loyal, smart, collaborative, award-winning, competitive, knowledgeable and devoted so many of the staff were. It wasn't enough to prevent being laid off by one of the richest men in the world.
- the idea that there’s something you can do - some level of performance you can achieve - that makes you safe from the whims of execs is something they want to avoid they want you to fear for your job, they want you to feel unsafe and unable to speak out that, above all else, is the message
- the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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View full threadPeople who reply "this point is not new", it's hard to begin to understand the extent of the damage to countless girls and women over many decades when the latest addition to the Epstein files database included "more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images". www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
- I’ve found, personally, it’s not about newness. It’s the weight that sits on the chest. There is knowing something happens/is happening/happened to you, and then there is being confronted with volume.
- It doesn't matter what the women said or did, how educated or successful they are, how faithful she is to her partner, anything. The Epstein files explicitly detail how these men (and their allies) emailed each other for advice and strategy on sex with girls and women, as well as helping each other.
- A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
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- Is the government’s position now really that national security vetting can be defeated by someone telling a lie?
- Wes Streeting wants people to forget. Never let him forget.
- Just leaving this here www.thenational.scot/news/2545164...
- Given Epstein's sordid relationship with Trump, it seems incredible to think that this scandal may bring down the UK government before the US government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- if you see this man outside of your kid’s daycare, call the police!
- Made the mistake of spending a considerable portion of my day on Twitter. There’s someone making Epstein’s bran muffin recipe and another who’s made a Ghislaine Maxwell compilation video soundtracked by Charli XCX. Normal reactions to horrific abuse on an emotionally deadening platform.
- I can’t believe how many friends I used to be able to make on Elon’s defunct toy app
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- We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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- happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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- Spaaaace Mat, I always you to g-oh, wait… NEW EPISODE STILL AVAILABLE! What was Number One in the UK Singles Chart on this day in 1996? Join Juliet and Ed to find out, wherever you get your podcasts!
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- *need*
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- “We are closing all bookshops and only having libraries. Sometimes the library will burn the books you like, close down without warning, pivot to arms manufacture or host fascist rallies while you browse. Enjoy your choice.”
- counterpoint: you're literally ricky gervais
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- Yes! There's documentation on the matter
- If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
- they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
- Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. bit.ly/4rmRhrK
- I work with a real jerk, can't stand him, don't even think he knows my name. Today he's suddenly the nicest guy here. Knows my name, knows everyone's name. He's playing the piano. Just saw him surprise a young couple with wrestlemania tickets.
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