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  "text": ""If I asked you where the hell we were," said Arthur weakly, "would I regret it?" Ford stood up. "We're safe," he said. "Oh good," said Arthur. "We're in a small galley cabin," said Ford, "in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet." "Ah," said Arthur, "this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of." # HitchhikersGuide # DouglasAdams # quotes # quote # bot",
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  "text": "We just filed a formal Reply Comment with the FCC opposing Cowboy Space’s massive 20,000-satellite data center constellation. Instead of addressing the scientific and technical concerns we presented, Cowboy Space relied almost entirely on procedural deflections. We won't let orbital greenwashing go unchallenged. Read our full Reply Comment: https://www. spaceenvironmentalism.org/acti ons/public-statements-and-comments/cowboy-space-reply-comment # SpaceSustainability # Astronomy # SpaceDebris # Environment # FCC # Tech",
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  "text": "WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION COVER OF THE JOY OF COOKING?????",
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  "text": "14yo just came into my office grinning and excitedly holding a duck (yes, it's one of our ducks, no, I don't know why, and yes, she took the duck back outside). Just another work-from-home afternoon on the farm...",
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  "text": "*Throws hands in air*",
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  "text": "the empty bowl",
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  "text": "The disc is not the game: Physical releases increasingly require extra downloads DoesItPlay tracks the many "physical" games that don't work without the Internet. https:// arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07 /the-disc-is-not-the-game-physical-releases-increasingly-require-extra-downloads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social",
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  "text": "Handing your ID to a bouncer shouldn’t mean signing up for a private database. Californians deserve to know why bars are collecting and sharing information from your government-issued IDs and sharing it. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/why- are-gay-bars-building-databases-their-patrons",
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  "text": "believing claude actually thinks has the same energy as believing that ouija boards can actually contact the dead",
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  "text": "Afternoon morsel of Marcel. 🥹",
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