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    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1314014496726212609",
    "content": {
        "text": "#VPDebate if the drinking game is taking a shot every time Pence ignores the question and says what he wants, I'm getting hammered.",
        "html": "<a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23VPDebate\">#VPDebate</a> if the drinking game is taking a shot every time Pence ignores the question and says what he wants, I'm getting hammered."
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        "name": "jk",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic",
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    "content": {
        "text": "INEPTITUDE FTW #VPDebate",
        "html": "INEPTITUDE FTW <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23VPDebate\">#VPDebate</a>"
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/tomwiththeweath/status/1314010717100609539",
    "content": {
        "text": "pence leading with the chewbacca defense"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "@herestomwiththeweather@mastodon.social",
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The Dispossessed

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        "html": "<p>I\u2019m reading Ursula K. LeGuin\u2019s <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispossessed\"><em>The Dispossessed</em></a> and am fascinated by the portrait of the three societies in the novel. An interesting side note is that my copy of the book doesn\u2019t have the subtitle (<em>An Ambiguous Utopia</em>) on the cover. In fact, I only realized it had a subtitle when I looked for a link to put into this post. The subtitle only appears on the cover page inside the book in my copy. Not sure what to make of that.</p>\n<p>I\u2019m only about halfway through the book but there are so many interesting bits to the novel that I think are representations of our lives today, even though LeGuin wrote the novel in 1974. The protagonist is Shevek, a native of Anarres, a planet colonized by revolutionaries who live by the principles of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism\">anarcho-syndicalism</a> which views workers\u2019 self-management as the means for achieving freedom. For much of the novel, Shevek is visiting the planet Urras, which has two rival superpowers. One is a hyper-capitalist state and the other is a socialist state ruled by an authoritarian. While on Urras, Shevek takes a teaching position in the hyper-capitalist part of the planet. LeGuin is masterful at showing the ways in which the political philosophies of the various characters\u2019 native states play out in their behavior and ways of thinking about the world.</p>\n<p>In particular, the following passage about Shevek\u2019s teaching jumped out at me:</p>\n<blockquote><p>He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him: he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it at demand. At first he refused to give any tests or grades, but this upset the University administrators so badly that, not wishing to be discourteous to his hosts, he gave in. He asked his students to write a paper on any problems in physics that interested them , and told them that he would them all the highest mark, so that the bureaucrats would have something to write on their forms and lists. To his surprise a good many students came to him to complain. They wanted him to set the problems, to ask the right questions; they did not want to think about questions, but to write down the answers they had learned. And some of them objected strongly to his giving everyone the same mark. How could the diligent students be distinguished from the dull ones? What was the good in working hard? If no competitive distinctions were to be made, one might as well do nothing.</p>\n<p>\u201cWell, of course,\u201d Shevek said, troubled, \u201cIf you do not want to the work, you should not do it.\u201d (pp 127-8 in the Harper Voyager edition)</p></blockquote>\n<p>I don\u2019t have any profound thoughts about this other than to recommend the novel. It\u2019s so interesting that the novel points out the many ways in which capitalism has infiltrated every aspect of our own society and to think about how things might be different.</p>",
        "text": "I\u2019m reading Ursula K. LeGuin\u2019s The Dispossessed and am fascinated by the portrait of the three societies in the novel. An interesting side note is that my copy of the book doesn\u2019t have the subtitle (An Ambiguous Utopia) on the cover. In fact, I only realized it had a subtitle when I looked for a link to put into this post. The subtitle only appears on the cover page inside the book in my copy. Not sure what to make of that.\nI\u2019m only about halfway through the book but there are so many interesting bits to the novel that I think are representations of our lives today, even though LeGuin wrote the novel in 1974. The protagonist is Shevek, a native of Anarres, a planet colonized by revolutionaries who live by the principles of anarcho-syndicalism which views workers\u2019 self-management as the means for achieving freedom. For much of the novel, Shevek is visiting the planet Urras, which has two rival superpowers. One is a hyper-capitalist state and the other is a socialist state ruled by an authoritarian. While on Urras, Shevek takes a teaching position in the hyper-capitalist part of the planet. LeGuin is masterful at showing the ways in which the political philosophies of the various characters\u2019 native states play out in their behavior and ways of thinking about the world.\nIn particular, the following passage about Shevek\u2019s teaching jumped out at me:\nHe was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him: he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it at demand. At first he refused to give any tests or grades, but this upset the University administrators so badly that, not wishing to be discourteous to his hosts, he gave in. He asked his students to write a paper on any problems in physics that interested them , and told them that he would them all the highest mark, so that the bureaucrats would have something to write on their forms and lists. To his surprise a good many students came to him to complain. They wanted him to set the problems, to ask the right questions; they did not want to think about questions, but to write down the answers they had learned. And some of them objected strongly to his giving everyone the same mark. How could the diligent students be distinguished from the dull ones? What was the good in working hard? If no competitive distinctions were to be made, one might as well do nothing.\n\u201cWell, of course,\u201d Shevek said, troubled, \u201cIf you do not want to the work, you should not do it.\u201d (pp 127-8 in the Harper Voyager edition)\nI don\u2019t have any profound thoughts about this other than to recommend the novel. It\u2019s so interesting that the novel points out the many ways in which capitalism has infiltrated every aspect of our own society and to think about how things might be different."
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil/status/1313998259854032906",
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        "text": "Hey @newrelic! Thanks for the swag. My little girl has decided she wants to be a #datanerd when she grows up. She\u2019s thirsty for data!",
        "html": "Hey <a href=\"https://twitter.com/newrelic\">@newrelic</a>! Thanks for the swag. My little girl has decided she wants to be a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23datanerd\">#datanerd</a> when she grows up. She\u2019s thirsty for data!"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1313996364578127872",
    "content": {
        "text": "I helped my older daughter write her first Ruby program today! Mostly just `gets` and `puts` so that the computer could ask her name and age and favorite color, etc.; she could type in the answers; and it would reply back to her regarding what she wrote. It was super fun! \ud83d\ude0a"
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        "type": "card",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/scott_gruber/status/1313980835448586241",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/scott_gruber/status/1313873788346400769",
    "content": {
        "text": "Back safe after 10 mile ride strava.com/activities/416\u2026 #strava",
        "html": "Back safe after 10 mile ride <a href=\"https://www.strava.com/activities/4164215108?utm_content=5162779&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter\">strava.com/activities/416\u2026</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23strava\">#strava</a>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Scott Gruber",
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            "content": {
                "text": "Back spasms slowly receding and gonna risk taking a short bike ride to test. Be right back."
            },
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                "type": "card",
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    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/jackdanger/status/1313939101591040000",
    "content": {
        "text": "Right. There's absolutely zero reason why I need my YouTube account to be tied to anything else in Google's cloud."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jared White",
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        "photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1300145786466959360/mfgpyZb8.jpg"
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            "url": "https://twitter.com/jackdanger/status/1313939101591040000",
            "content": {
                "text": "As if the parts of Google worked together coherently to begin with\ntwitter.com/AndroidPolice/\u2026",
                "html": "As if the parts of Google worked together coherently to begin with\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/AndroidPolice/status/1313832335670870023\">twitter.com/AndroidPolice/\u2026</a>"
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            "author": {
                "type": "card",
                "name": "Jack Danger",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil/status/1313964994946502656",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/Grizwald54/status/1313956301177843713",
    "content": {
        "text": "This will be fun, as always :)"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
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            "url": "https://twitter.com/Grizwald54/status/1313956301177843713",
            "content": {
                "text": "Mission experts (@elchefe, @cleverdevil and myself) will be answering your cost optimization and billing questions in real-time at our cost optimization virtual event October 15. Sign up today! register.gotowebinar.com/register/34706\u2026",
                "html": "Mission experts (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/elchefe\">@elchefe</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/cleverdevil\">@cleverdevil</a> and myself) will be answering your cost optimization and billing questions in real-time at our cost optimization virtual event October 15. Sign up today! <a href=\"https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3470668236196162827?source=linkedin\">register.gotowebinar.com/register/34706\u2026</a>"
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                "type": "card",
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    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://david.shanske.com/2020/10/07/3542/",
    "content": {
        "text": "The Stone Arch Bridge of Stone Arch Bridge Historical Park was originally built in 1880 by Swiss immigrants Henry and Philip Hembt."
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{
    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/andigalpern/status/1313950936855838720",
    "content": {
        "text": "In honor of @eddievanhalen,  I\u2019m going to blast Van Halen and clean my kitchen.  #RIPVanHalen and thank you for your epic contributions to rock music and amplifiers.",
        "html": "In honor of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/eddievanhalen\">@eddievanhalen</a>,  I\u2019m going to blast Van Halen and clean my kitchen.  <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RIPVanHalen\">#RIPVanHalen</a> and thank you for your epic contributions to rock music and amplifiers."
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Andi Ghoulpern \ud83d\udc7b\ud83c\udf83 #vote",
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    "published": "2020-10-07T20:54:34+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1313945839069396992",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1313936357803413505",
    "content": {
        "text": "it's not quiet anymore.   Superspreader in Chief"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "jk",
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            "content": {
                "text": "NEW\u2014 White House quietly told vets groups it may have exposed Gold Star family members with COVID\n\nthedailybeast.com/white-house-qu\u2026\n\nWith @attackerman @swin24 and @ErinBanco",
                "html": "NEW\u2014 White House quietly told vets groups it may have exposed Gold Star family members with COVID\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-quietly-told-vets-group-it-might-have-exposed-them-to-covid/\">thedailybeast.com/white-house-qu\u2026</a>\n\nWith <a href=\"https://twitter.com/attackerman\">@attackerman</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/swin24\">@swin24</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ErinBanco\">@ErinBanco</a>"
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            "author": {
                "type": "card",
                "name": "Sam Stein",
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    "published": "2020-10-07T19:58:07+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/fluffy/status/1313931630868922370",
    "content": {
        "text": "New post: \ud83d\udd0f Private entry [Fbn] beesbuzz.biz/8673 This entry has a restricted audience.",
        "html": "New post: \ud83d\udd0f Private entry [Fbn] <a href=\"https://beesbuzz.biz/8673\">beesbuzz.biz/8673</a> This entry has a restricted audience."
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy \ud83d\udc9c",
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    "post-type": "note",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-10-07T11:51:28-0400",
    "url": "https://martymcgui.re/2020/10/07/115128/",
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        "text": "A challenger prepares to take on eternal Caturday.",
        "html": "<p>A challenger prepares to take on eternal Caturday.</p>"
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Marty McGuire",
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    "post-type": "video",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-10-07T19:36:48+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/andymcmillan/status/1313926268325298176",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/MacSmiff/status/1313894771622985728",
    "content": {
        "text": "Uhhh, WHAT? Why on earth are @pdxnaacp in on this?!",
        "html": "Uhhh, WHAT? Why on earth are <a href=\"https://twitter.com/pdxnaacp\">@pdxnaacp</a> in on this?!"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Andy McMillan",
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            "content": {
                "text": "Who is \"United for Portland\" and what do they have to do with the Portland NAACP spending funds to re-elect Wheeler?\n\nHere's some info.  wweek.com/news/2020/10/0\u2026",
                "html": "Who is \"United for Portland\" and what do they have to do with the Portland NAACP spending funds to re-elect Wheeler?\n\nHere's some info.  <a href=\"https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/10/07/a-new-coalition-will-spend-the-campaign-dollars-mayor-ted-wheeler-cant/\">wweek.com/news/2020/10/0\u2026</a>"
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                "type": "card",
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{
    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/andigalpern/status/1313925123494211584",
    "content": {
        "text": "How much do you pay for your domain renewal every year and what service do you use?"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Andi Ghoulpern \ud83d\udc7b\ud83c\udf83 #vote",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/andigalpern",
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{
    "type": "entry",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1313917566436352000",
    "content": {
        "text": "PurpleAir sensors have shipped!  There will soon be some new dots on that map."
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "jk",
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    "post-type": "note",
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    "published": "2020-10-07T17:56:04+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/Johannes_Ernst/status/1313900917331120128",
    "content": {
        "text": "What is the meaning of the phrase: \u201cMake no mistake\u201d? Does it mean anything at all?"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Johannes Ernst",
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    "published": "2020-10-07T17:15:51+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/fluffy/status/1313890794659483653",
    "content": {
        "text": "I mean, it\u2019s not like Trump ever had a sense of taste to begin with."
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy \ud83d\udc9c",
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2020-10-07T17:15:14+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic/status/1313890641953222656",
    "content": {
        "text": "The Ohio polling is consistent with my phone banking experience and may underestimate D strength.\n\nDon\u2019t let up. Put Ohio out of reach for the Superspreader in Chief  nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/\u2026",
        "html": "The Ohio polling is consistent with my phone banking experience and may underestimate D strength.\n\nDon\u2019t let up. Put Ohio out of reach for the Superspreader in Chief  <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/politics/ohio-nevada-poll-trump-biden.html?referringSource=articleShare\">nytimes.com/2020/10/07/us/\u2026</a>"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "jk",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/karabaic",
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