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issue #2 of my monthly newsletter, burns notes, out now.

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do you want "Spanish Influenza"; b/c this is hie you get it and a repeat of 1919....

is 4 months too soon to leave a job for a new one? asking for a friend. (me, I'm the friend.)

Early voting to open for bonds, mayors and charter amendments across Tarrant County Polls are open April 20-28 for early voting. Election Day is May 2.

If y'all are in Tarrant County, early voting for the May 2nd bond/charter/mayoral elections opens today!

Here's some more info with links to polling locations and all the goods.

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Silicon Valley is watching ALL of us YouTube video by Michael Burns

Made a video last year after reading The Technological Republic, the terrible book that the Palantir manifesto tweets is based on.

youtu.be/_spw4MnVsHw?...

I apologize for every negative thing I’ve ever said about Philadelphia

Glad to see that this set is still available. Probably the best "I want to get into Looney Tunes but I'm not quite sure where to start" collection there is.

Why was I invited to Beast Studios? YouTube video by Folding Ideas

Why was I invited to Beast Studios?
youtu.be/0dwagg5wYY4

Atlas lifted less.

"Bunch of savages in this town "

you know something I just realized that I miss about having "cable tv" is the ability to jump back and forth amongst a few channels when I'm watching something. Just saw a libe up of "5he last Crusade", Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Godzilla x Kong on 3 sequential channels

it's a free country

see my pfp.

literally every day my wife or I go outside with our daughter people go out of their way to be friendly, offer aid or a kind word, no matter where we've traveled. it's nice to remember that hostility as default mode of interaction is not destiny, much as it benefits some to pretend it is

I was extremely lucky.

If you are looking and discouraged, please know that it's not you.

You're talented and extremely valuable.

The fucking system is broken.

Dipshit trust-fund tech chuds are the problem.

We should burn them at the stake.

Hell yeah; Fuck yeah! Drinks on me.

Bruce's take here pisses me off so damn much. It's bad enough that Min has use of the North Star colors for throwbacks. Fuck off with this bullshit.

look; the "less underwear" argument i can get behind, so to speak

#motivation

agreed; let the Twins win a WS or something....

I have you to thank for pointing me in the direction. *tips hat*

I'm no scientist; it may, but I think the plating interferes a bit. Based on your other observations I think it is stainless.

my last rt: you know what, f it, just do what Shoresy would do. run em up and fill em in. Make sure they NEVER forget you.

I've NEVER liked sports in the first place

grab a magnets, easiest way to check. And if it is, celebrate the win over corporate overlords.