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  1. Why I don't use Telegram

    I installed Telegram back when it was fairly new, some tech savvy Russian-American friends encouraged me to.
    IIRC, they were excited by the possibilities it offered for privacy/security and liked that it had a Russian element to the creation story.

    I tried it for a while (a couple months), but eventually I did some research and some thinking.

    1. The Telegram founders were born in the USSR, not in Russia. That makes them Soviet at birth and being born before
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    Updated 11-14-2024 at 06:28 PM by Ellsworth (No warm up, 3 edits)

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  2. A child worker in America

    I had a friend in my youth.
    We'd ride BMX bikes a couple miles to each other's houses.

    His father was a first generation immigrant who made custom cabinets in his at home, one-man shop.
    The day came when my friend's father developed a severe allergy for particle board, from which all his cabinets were made.

    That was the day my teenage friend became the after-school saw man in his father's cabinet shop.
    The son would cut at night, the father would ...
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  3. Quick guide for assessing potential workers

    Here is some info that I have picked up over the years to consider when hiring a construction worker for your jobsite.

    They are "tells" so to speak, that might reveal more about a person than the person would like to reveal.
    But, they are not always accurate and some are controversial.

    For most of these tells, the science is there (arguably all).
    But what the science says might/can change in the future because some things on the list are, or ...
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  4. Michael Strahan and the Star Spangled Banner

    Top sports news of the week: Michael Strahan doesn't place his hand over his heart for the Star Spangled Banner and people get upset.

    https://fanbuzz.com/nfl/nfl-legend-m...tional-anthem/

    I attended my first baseball game last summer, it was a Major League game.
    The wind up for the first pitch is amazing.
    Lights, music, the crowd, the excitement, the build up right before the game felt like ...

    Updated 11-11-2024 at 08:28 AM by Ellsworth (No warm up, buncha edits)

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  5. FOO Fighters

    At a learned guess, after much research and thought, I have come to form an opinion.

    Despite the official line, the name "FOO Fighters" most likely originated from a journal of some most difficult processing.

    "Family Of Origin Fighters"

    I do not intend that to be an alienating thought, but rather one of common sense in the totality of the context.

    Thus the lead singer's current predicament, may be considered to have ...

    Updated 11-14-2024 at 08:17 PM by Ellsworth (Wo warm up, 10+ edits)

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