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Twitter is moving to Texas. That's all you need to know.

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"The rest of the world is watching to see if we can pull this off." -- Barack Obama

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Catching up on last night's speeches. Feeling proud to be an American woman -- it's become female leadership vs ... that guy.

Edit: So I probably shouldn't have been surprised by the outcome.

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Hilary Clinton -- after experiencing an unimaginable public humiliation, got up on stage last night and lifted another woman up into the job she wanted. Lifted up the country that put the other guy in office. >That's what grown ups do.

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You cannot say you love your country only when you win. -- President Joe Biden
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I just proved that DMARC settings on a domain will, in fact, block everything sent using that domain. Even Converkit newsletters that aren't actually sent from that domain.

Now, you don't have to waste a day, I did it for you :)

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This is an important thinking pattern to examine. Because we know how this story ends … (Image from this [NYT’s article](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/magazine/jd-vance-new-right-republicans.html))

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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, this was how two presidential hopefuls behaved ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AljrFHhSF28

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHvM7Q5VVkk

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I like a lot of things about Ryan Reynolds. My second favorite thing is his friendships with Rob McElhenney and Hugh Jackman. (First is his comedic acting talent.)

In a country swooning over toxic masculinity -- I appreciate men who openly love (and hug) their male friends.

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are the forefathers of this trend. Long may it continue.

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We shall all sit under our own vines and under our own coconut trees ... and no one shall make us afraid. — George Washington