oh no... just saw the trending: what did netflix cancel? Which queer show that I love got axed? better not be Young Royals
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This is another example of #disinfo techniques
You will once again see the tired trope of headlines (usually editorials) pasted together.
Calling the opposition Nazis is part of the playbook.
Did you know KGB sprayed swastikas in US back in 1950s?
Russia playbook, that's all
Ok, so you are stating that you are a Nazi Fanboy?
Do you even know who Stephan Bandera was? Facist leader with the Waffen SS Unit in WWII that was notorious for their me...
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Sooo suprised by fraud with fake money
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Well Christmas draws ever closer and we have a special treat for you on day 13 of the #NAFO Advent calendar.
Beyond Rudolph's flashing nose Santa added Vatnik Scream to keep geese collisions down on that cloudy night.
Will you donate for real siren?
Proceeds go to @3xR_team
What's Christmas without a little carnage?
If you want this handmade holiday hellspawn please reply to this tweet with your bid!
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Auction...
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NEW: Twitter currently does not have admin access to some of its GitHub repos. These repos contain Twitter source code (much of it is open source; some is not). This includes code for companies Twitter acquired, like Smyte. 1/
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Are you testing your reflexes during eternal Caturday?
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NEW: Elon Musk's war on bots took an outrageous turn over the weekend when Twitter abruptly blocked traffic from 30 major telecom companies in the Asia-Pacific region, prompting hundreds of thousands of legit accounts to lose access: platformer.news/p/how-elon-bot…
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Me, five weeks ago:
For me, it’s not really about Elon.
Musk, yesterday:
My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci
Yeah, well, I take it back. It is about Elon. Once upon a time, Twitter was fun. It’s a shame a midwit troll had to come along and wreck the party.
I suppose all things must end. Onward.
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You try to convince people of the inefficiency of non-cash gift-giving by linking to an economics paper from a 1993 American Economic Review, and they all think you’re a terrible person. 😂
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#NAFO has clearly been infiltrated by bad actors
But the only kinds of pizza are:
1. Hawaiian: bacon and/or ham with pineapple
2. BBQ: bbq chicken, bbq sauce, pineapple
Simple!
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Then, just like that, it’s sunny again!
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Goodness, this rain. Hopefully I don’t float away.
It doesn’t take much rain to say this in San Diego, but we’ve had quite a bit yesterday and today.
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Hey @tedlieu, are you in the #fediverse / Mastodon somewhere? Sounds to me like you should, it's on-brand and lots of interesting people there who have migrated.
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These settings remove the blatant noise from my mentions, but it turns out there's just a lot of actual very confused people debating whether people should be treated with respect.
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These settings remove the blatant noise from my mentions, but it turns out there's just a lot of actual very confused people debating whether people should be treated with respect.
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Have you found room to spread out during eternal Caturday?
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So glad to work at @SCSU and have @SCSUTopOwl support for #Ukraine
#NAFO ranks filled with thousands of young college kids donating every scrap of money and every free second to Ukraine
Discussing Ukraine's battle for liberty and freedom, and the war against Russian fascism, with this esteemed professor shed light for me on what academia is doing to illu...
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If that was my last tweet it was nice knowing you all 👋
The elmo club is out in full force tonight and I have no idea what I'm going to wake up to tomorrow in my replies and DMs 🥲
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