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"Gate lice": The insulting nickname airline staff and premier flyers use for eager boarders

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Originally published at: "Gate lice": The insulting nickname airline staff and premier flyers use for eager...
Originally published at: "Gate lice": The insulting nickname airline staff and premier flyers use for eager boarders - Boing Boing …
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New York mayor Eric Adams indicted in corruption probe

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I’m disappointed in Turkïye. They thought he could be president one day? Come on, you can...
I’m disappointed in Turkïye. They thought he could be president one day? Come on, you can do better. HuffPost – 26 Sep 24 The Wildest Parts Of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' Federal Indictment The city's mayor allegedly pressured the fire department to allow a building funded by the Turkish government to open despite flaws.
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Your favorite cover songs

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I wasn’t even familiar with the original. And now you’ve introduced me to Gang Of Four,...
I wasn’t even familiar with the original. And now you’ve introduced me to Gang Of Four, so thanks.
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Elections 2023 and 2024

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Honest Government Ad | TRUMP 2024 🇺🇸🦅
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Follow-up

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Undetectable explosives is not going to make for a fun future, that’s for sure. CNN –...
Undetectable explosives is not going to make for a fun future, that’s for sure. CNN – 27 Sep 24 Israel concealed explosives inside batteries of pagers sold to Hezbollah,... Israel carried out part of its device attack targeting Hezbollah by concealing explosives inside the batteries of pagers brought into Lebanon, according to two high-ranking Lebanese security officials, who said the technology was so advanced...
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LAPD officer demonstrates validity of MRI warnings

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Steve_L: So now older MRI room employees will have a story to tell their newer colleagues...
Steve_L: So now older MRI room employees will have a story to tell their newer colleagues about why there’s a picture of a gun on the “prohibited items” sign next to keys, watches, and credit cards? I’m surprised that guns were not already included.
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The great WORDLE topic (Part 2)

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Wordle 1,196 4/6 spoiler
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Website lets you click counters

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Bunbain: Glad to know there are still websites that let you do anything at all. At...
Bunbain: Glad to know there are still websites that let you do anything at all. At least we still have some time left before we get to “Website makes you press buttons,” so enjoy it while it lasts.
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Elections 2023 and 2024

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I’m glad that Musk is “disrupting” this particular business.
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Your favorite cover songs

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Don’t know if I’ve posted this here before either Sekar Melati - Not Great Men (Live)
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New Kindle comes in "Matcha Green"

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Yes. A bit nauseating truth be told. Institution Green
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Your favorite cover songs

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Your favorite cover songs

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The is the thread that should never end. @iknownuurthing you’re an absolute legend. The Floppy-Pinkies covering...
The is the thread that should never end. @iknownuurthing you’re an absolute legend. The Floppy-Pinkies covering The Muffs.Everywhere I Go - The Muffs | covered by the Floppy-Pinkies
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New Kindle comes in "Matcha Green"

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Institutional green - as seen in your favourite television cell blocks and public school hallways.
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Disneyland arrests mom who allegedly lied about kids' ages to get them in for free (video)

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Oh, cheers.
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Continuing coronavirus happenings (Part 4)

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Me three!
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Heather Cox Richardson

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Just as Stephen Colbert long ago hit the mark against GWB and Co. with the neologism...
Just as Stephen Colbert long ago hit the mark against GWB and Co. with the neologism “truthiness,” I think he’s done it again by describing Tromp (in a PBS interview) as “boring.” Yes, it’s awful that the corporate media still insists on normalizing Tromp’s daily fascist vomit-stream of outrages, but Tromp also normalizes his brand of fascism, by saying the same damn things over...
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Website lets you click counters

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Red is surging.
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Commie Library of Memes

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(Corporations are NOT people, my friend!)
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Whatcha Reading? (Picking it up again)

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Poet's husband / M. Giles -- Cough / Harry Humes -- Daydream / R. Allen --...
Poet's husband / M. Giles -- Cough / Harry Humes -- Daydream / R. Allen -- Wrong channel / R. Fernandez -- Harmony / J. Williams -- 20/20 / L. Brewer -- Your...
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Heather Cox Richardson

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September 26, 2024 (Thursday) Today, President Joe Biden signed the continuing resolution Congress passed yesterday to...
September 26, 2024 (Thursday) Today, President Joe Biden signed the continuing resolution Congress passed yesterday to fund the government until December 20. The measure has none of the poison pills Trump and MAGA Republicans wanted, but it does add $231 million to the budget for the Secret Service to enhance its ability to protect presidential candidates. “This is a good outcome for the country....
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Magnificent cinematic footage of Chinese rocket exploding into fireball just 1.6-feet away from a perfect landing

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That looks like video from a spherical camera. The drone could fly in fairly safe and...
That looks like video from a spherical camera. The drone could fly in fairly safe and simple lines, and all the fancy swoops, turns and rolls would happen by selectively cropping the spherical video in post-production. This is an ad video, but it gets the point across: Introducing Insta360 Sphere - The Invisible Drone 360 Cam (ft. Potato Jet)
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Magnificent cinematic footage of Chinese rocket exploding into fireball just 1.6-feet away from a perfect landing

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Look I’ve just got an insanely tweakable reverb pedal that I was going to sink hours...
Look I’ve just got an insanely tweakable reverb pedal that I was going to sink hours into, don’t show me a rabbit hole like that! That looks amazing. Just too too much!
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Harvard med student eats 720 eggs in 30 days, cholesterol drops

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