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Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Exactly 50 years ago tonight, on Halloween 1975, I stood in a dimly lit room and gave my soul to the devil. At 11 PM, Tom DiBella pricked my finger, blood fell to the floor, and I cupped my hands as they burned a saint’s picture. “Tonight, Michael Franzese, you are born again

Hey bandcamp, I love ya to death, but we either need to have a 'bundles' system to group bands/labels together in our collection for reordering. I have a specific order in my collection for a reason but any time I buy a lot of music, I have to reorder it entirely.

The Japanese tea ceremony is also known as "total art" in Japan. Tea room is a spatial art, the axis is calligraphy, the tea flower arrangement is flower arrangement, the incense container is incense arrangement, and many other Japanese cultural "道" are also referred to as "ways

Today in Japan is Ju-san-ya (十三夜) a moon-viewing day celebrated as early as the Heian Period, and uniquely Japanese. Today one eats 13 of something - little dumplings are sold at wagashi shops, but I recommend edamame! Susuki is displayed and supper is often eaten outside.

Don't let doomerism and nihilism about surveillance and governmental overreach black pill you. We're winning, freedom tech is getting better and more approachable every day, and people are flocking to freedom tech in droves. So many reasons for optimism 🧡

Please pray for our little Cal Boy. We just brought him in to the ER. We all came down with a stomach bug in our household a few days ago, but due to Caleb’s recent kidney transplant, this little stomach bug is taking a pretty significant toll on him. He took a bit of a turn

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"In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: 'If you don't work you die.'"

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After a house fire destroyed his DVD collection, Mark, who has Down syndrome, was overwhelmed with kindness when strangers donated hundreds of DVDs to help him rebuild it

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