When you're confronted with new information, or information that sounds counterintuitive or goes against what you think you know about the world, it's worth taking a step back and not rejecting it out-of-hand. Check your work, as always- lord knows that there's a lot of bad information out there- but be open to the idea that you've been propagandized.

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2019, 16:49

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 19, 2019, 16:49

Jul 19, 2019, 16:49

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@maple I'm sorry you're hurting.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 23:04

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 23:04

Jul 18, 2019, 23:04

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Eye contact, fabulous felines

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:48

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:48

Jul 18, 2019, 21:48

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The first part of my writing career was, basically, "I answer random-ass questions from random-ass people, for a company many people think no longer exists!"

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:37

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:37

Jul 18, 2019, 21:37

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I don't work at AOL, though that would be pretty wild, huh?

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:34

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 21:34

Jul 18, 2019, 21:34

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I've been writing professionally off and on for 10 years, been on this job for 3 months, and I still feel brand new even though in a startup I'd be practically team lead.

Maybe it's because there are people here who've been at the company since before American Online CDs.

**orthogonal to alive** · Jul 18, 2019, 20:13

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**Harp the Wigglytuff** @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 20:13

Jul 18, 2019, 20:13

Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

political conspiracy theory that might just be regular theory with how things are going these days

i wonder how many of the area 51 memes are from or promoted by russian trolls, who are glad to have the idea of direct action against government facilities (to free innocents, even) made into a wholly ridiculous concept while trump keeps kids in cages

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:20

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:20

Jul 18, 2019, 19:20

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Brindle is a very good word.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:07

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 19:07

Jul 18, 2019, 19:07

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I kind of love that it's 2019 and Julian Casablancas is so committed to his singing into a telephone aesthetic that he still sounds like he's singing into a telephone.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:53

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:53

Jul 18, 2019, 16:53

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dysphoria?

My swim binder arrived! I can go swimming without worrying about my tits!

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:12

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:12

Jul 18, 2019, 16:12

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With a dash of contemporary music as an intro (and his exit, too), "Orby" comes spinning onto your screen. Looking more like a moldy robin egg than a planet, Orby gets the job done "guiding" you through your session. When there's an intermission in your routine, Orby will wait for you -- quiet as the vacuum of space.

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:10

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:10

Jul 18, 2019, 16:10

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If you want to add a little spice to your session, pick "Chaz." He makes a cool entry, walking in with his "horn" in a blue case, sets down the case, opens it, and then attaches his horn to his face. If you make a mistake in a program, Chaz will sound a sour note, pull on his horn and then it snaps back and slaps him in the face, or says, "Oh man!"

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:05

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 16:05

Jul 18, 2019, 16:05

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All of these "friends" of Microsoft Bob are precious and I love them: https://www.danielsays.com/ms-bob-friends.html

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 13:57

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 13:57

Jul 18, 2019, 13:57

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Counter: In every movie he has ever made, Jim Carrey is playing a serial killer

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 13:55

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 18, 2019, 13:55

Jul 18, 2019, 13:55

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Why hasn't anyone cast Jim Carrey as a serial killer?

**orthogonal to alive** · Jul 17, 2019, 23:56

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**💫Alyx** @gatewave@cybre.space · Jul 17, 2019, 23:56

Jul 17, 2019, 23:56

💫Alyx @gatewave@cybre.space

uspol, ICE protests, +

RT @itsgoingdown
The groups protesting on Tuesday, like @NeverAgainActn, said they were going to shut down ICE.

They shutdown ICE.
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1151558867861561346

original toot w/o CW:
https://newsbots.eu/@itsgoingdown/102459436101994302

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 17, 2019, 21:42

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Jul 17, 2019, 21:42

Jul 17, 2019, 21:42

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Explicit, Genitals, Health, Trans

@Nymphia @frameacloud I have a friend who is 1) a trans dude 2) healthcare worker 3) who is using estrogen cream to treat atrophy. I can ask if he knows anything more.