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\n\n@rscottjones this looks like it was an incredible trip, right balance of variety. Glad you were able to make it. Also been digging your Adventures Around the World blog. Love a good travel log.
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\nThere also seems to be a collective reckoning that primary polls are terrible.
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\n[Photo mine, unrelated; gift link URL]
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\nDamn this is spot on.\nIt’s a long read and you’ll get the gist a fifth of the way through, but Aeon has a highly astute take down of the technocrats’ misinterpretation of our literary science fiction past, darkly reflecting on their actions and ambitions.
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\nGood piece by Kyle Devine — Longreads link here, which is an excerpt from his book.
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\nSK Coffee released theirs earlier in the summer, and it’s an excellent first offering; alas, just wish it was more widely available at retail.
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\n\n\nIt’s not just the cost of streaming that I have to worry about, either. Last year, I nearly exceeded my ISP’s data cap after I downloaded Baldur’s Gate 3 and kept up my heavy streaming habits. That was all the more reason for me to invest in DVDs.
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I’ve actually noticed some of this with Comcast over the last couple years, where I’m exceeding my “unlimited plan,” and subsequently getting charged overages by...
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\nFor anyone else: www.wsj.com/business/whi…
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