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I’m taking the 8-year-old to an indie wrestling event that starts after his bedtime. I gave him a Fanta to keep him awake.

I think this will go well.
Got him a 7-up too, this is a good plan.
are we close enough
Everyone let him right up to the front. I love wrestling fans.
my heart
lol is that David Arquette
Super Panda!!!
and now ice cream am I doing this right
me: are you tired, do you want to leave

the kid: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHO WOULD DO THAT
the kid: these costumes are EXOTIC

me: omg where did you learn that word
it was a good night
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Serving in law enforcement is a dangerous and important job.

However.

This article omits important information, thereby implying that law enforcement is somehow becoming an increasingly dangerous job.
That doesn’t appear to be the case.

2017 saw 129 officer fatalities. There have only been four years since 1959 that had fewer fatalities.

The average from 2002 to 2016 was 159. 2018, so far, has seen 144.
There were 5,147 fatal work injuries in the United States in 2017. By far, the most common cause was transportation incidents, which accounted for 2,077 (40%) of deaths.

In 2018, 50 officers died in traffic-related incidents. 52 officers died in firearms-related incidents.
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I talked to a guy yesterday who voted for Beto on the first day of early voting. He’s voted straight ticket democrat in Texas for 40 years, and he said “it just drives me crazy when people don’t vote. That’s how we got in this mess.”
And I told him sure, but after a few weeks in mostly low-income neighborhoods around Dallas, I’ll never complain about people not voting again. Because that assumes people don’t vote out of laziness. Or apathy.

And that could not be more innacurate.
People don’t vote in America, because we’ve allowed America to become a country without a voting culture. Voting is not for everyone. Voting is not who we are.

Voter suppression is often incremental, but the results are immediate, and passed down to future generations.
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how Boomers bullied Gen X into the political apathy of the nineties, and how it allowed them stack the deck in their favor for a generation.
Boomers called Xers lazy, spoiled, and selfish while pushing this myth of the American taxpayer. “I’m a tax-payer,” they sneered, like some stereotypical 1950s husband acting like they’re the head of America’s household because they bring home the paycheck.
In 1972, half of 18-24 year-olds voted. By 1996, it was 32%.

For the 1994 midterms, it was less than 20%.

This idea that a higher income, and subsequently paying more taxes, gives you more right or responsibility to be involved in politics is offensive. And dangerous af.
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I just tried to register an account for a twitter bot that takes the raw data from the 2013 Pew study on American Jews and craft mini bios of everyone interviewed.

In part inspired by this thread by @RutiRegan


...but I ran into a problem.
After registering the new account, I got an email from twitter telling me it was permanently suspended because I was "Violating [Twitter's] rules against evading permanent suspension."

Me being "permanently suspended" is of course news to me since, well, I'm tweeting to you now.
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It's been a little over a month since I got back from #LivingLaVidaLagos and even though I am still missing it like crazy (someone yell "like CRAZY!"), I feel ready to share some of my experiences; the good, the bad & the neutral.

Lagos, THANK YOU for a truly wonderful time ❤.
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Me, looking at the clock and realizing it’s Woodward time soon

*checks brandy supply*
Ok hello new followers! You picked a great/terrible day to follow me because this is the next installation of my continuing series Linda Gets Drunk And Reads Books So You Don’t Have To!

(Also welcome!)
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(1) My Top Ten Aretha Franklin hits.

No politics tonight. Only soul.🕶️🌟

(2) At the age of 10 I was introduced to the Queen of Soul through this scene in the classic 1980 movie The Blues Brothers.

If for some reason you haven't seen this movie, you know what to do.

#Think

(3) Then I found out Aretha Franklin sang R.E.S.P.E.C.T. in 1967. One of her biggest hits.

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charlottesville city hall press conference about the city's preparations for this weekend.
brian wheeler opening things up, surrounded by the same cast & crew we’ve seen at the past community events about this weekend - city police, county police, uva safety VP, fire chief, state troopers, etc, along with local CW attorneys and UVA’s new chief of police.
new interim city manager mike murphy is delivering incredibly vague assurances.
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Just received the most incredible early birthday present ever from partner-of-the-decade @sowmyarao_ (yes, my love can be bought with the right stuff) 💖💖💖😻😻😻 #OculusRift #MuchExcite
Best thing - this is a 2 part present. One being the Rift itself, the second being the pleasure to be derived from researching and tinkering and rummaging for deals, to find the most cost effective way to power the Rift.
It's going to be a good birthday month 😬

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