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  My bike ride back from the coffee shop last night was way harder than it should have been. Got home and the rear tire wasn’t spinning freely, and the brake caliper was hot to the touch. Somehow the adjustment dial had been turned to lock the pads down. Weird.

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  Just found something odd. If you go to The Americans on Disney+ the last season has 9 episodes, episode 5 isn’t listed. But it’s still there if you use Hulu. Considering the Disney+ app is just showing what is included from Hulu there is no reason for the discrepancy.

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  For whoever runs against Ted Cruz for senate, consider calling him “Ted Cooze.”

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  Spammers made email and the telephone unusable, now they’re coming for text messaging. Someone (whose campaign *doesn’t* text me every day) should run on moving from draconian punishments for drug users to draconian punishments for spammers and the ones who employ them.

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  Dude at the coffee shop is reading a Jordan Peterson book and holding it up so everyone can see the title. It’s not the opposite of pretentious, it’s doing pretentious but somehow incorrectly.

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  Sodium Citrate can be used to make a cheese sauce smooth. The chemical formula is NaCHO. God exists, and he is a hack comedian.

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  Every day I have a few moments where Ted Kaczynski makes sense to me.

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  @angiebaby makes composting easier too. Just mix the slurry in with some yard waste and let it sit for a few months, then BAM! Soil.

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  There’s a guy at the coffee shop who looks (a tiny bit) like Luigi Mangione and I kind of want to ask him “who’s next?”

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  Dear every political candidate: if donating to your campaign doesn’t stop the CONSTANT TEXT MESSAGES, why the fuck should I donate to you?

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  I’m reading about effective altruism and man do these guys need to experience a few hard years with hungry mouths to feed and not a crop in the field.

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  Is having a video call on your speaker in the middle of a crowded public place more or less rude than playing music or watching videos without headphones in the same place?

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  Is there a word in another language for the awkward feeling when you see someone you used to be friendly with but not really friends, and you have a vague recollection that you fell out with them over something and you feel like you should greet them but then the moment has passed? Maybe something in Estonian?

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  Apple has really pulled ahead in the “annoying update policy” race. Watch decided to update while I was working out and tracking it on my watch.

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  I’m really hoping I have a reason to tag some public building with “welcome to the Talafreakshow” next Wednesday.