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@gstady

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Katılım Mart 2009
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mellotron@gstady·
@AutoMagArchive One of the best trigger breaks, approaching custom revolver territory out of the box. A reference point.
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AutoMagArchive@AutoMagArchive·
Walther P88 Champion 9mm
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Rep. Nancy Mace@RepNancyMace·
I've retained an attorney to take swift and severe legal action against American Airlines and Charleston Airport for allegations they falsified incident reports to defame me. SUING FOR DEFAMATION! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Jemaine Clement@AJemaineClement·
One of the most difficult questions to answer in the English language.
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Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
What do you call it?
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Just Bins
Just Bins@JustBins·
The ultimate Saskatchewan hood ornament. 🦌
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Preet Bharara
Preet Bharara@PreetBharara·
Apart from other issues, Vivek doesn’t seem to have actually watched Whiplash
Vivek Ramaswamy@VivekGRamaswamy

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH: Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG. A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers. A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers. (Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates). More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.” Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve. Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest. “Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China. This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness. That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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mellotron@gstady·
@bumpasshell Back when cars had their ignition switches on the dash, you can just have the car key out, and then your keys dont scratch surfaces or make noise.
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Millie@bumpasshell·
My grandma’s key wallet that she used for 50 years
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Andy Bush
Andy Bush@bushontheradio·
Finish this sentence to create a brand new treat: Terry's Chocolate ................................
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Alex McPhee
Alex McPhee@ksituan·
Jasper as seen on my Alberta wall map:
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Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
What looks like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie, actually shows how a reforestation session in British Columbia takes place after wildfires. Leslie Dart planted 4,545 trees in a day.
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mellotron@gstady·
@SSgtKotyk The Mateba optic is worth more than #1 and #3 combined, and for good reason.
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Eric Daniel Kotyk@SSgtKotyk·
You get one and only one. And you can't sell it.
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mellotron@gstady·
@Hush_Kit They choose to slip into something a little more comfortable during a mission.
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mellotron@gstady·
@XiMeNaKa You could, when the tram ran out to Bowness International ;)
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Ximena González
Ximena González@XiMeNaKa·
Calgary can’t call itself a world-class city until the C-Train goes to the airport.
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