Rick Burnes
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Rick Burnes
@rickburnes
Live in Boston, work at BookBub.
Boston, MA Katılım Şubat 2007
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I'm near finished with 'Project Hail Mary'.
Such a great book.
What other sci-fi books should I read? 🤔
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I of II: Earlier today 3 alarms were ordered, Box 3-281, for the fire in the 3-story, wood frame multiple dwelling at 231 thru 237 Broadway. Arriving w heavy fire & smoke in the bldg, firefighters safely evacuated all residents including an infant and 2 dogs.
Time: 1222 p.m.
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@ColinBrauns This episode of The Daily was excellent podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
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Wait till she realizes she’s talking about the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association’s 2018 Elected Official of the Year...
Variety@Variety
Amy Poehler says Leslie Knope might support Amy Klobuchar or Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 presidential election
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Some good examples here of how small software design decisions affect human interactions:
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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Sometimes when he’s on the road and I’m missing him, I just take a deep breath and watch this to remind myself what we’re here for.
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Chirp's #dealoftheday is THE GOOD GIRL by @MaryKubica
A New York Times bestseller! When Mia is abducted from a bar, her mother, Eve, and detective Gabe will go to the ends of the earth to track her down. You’ll want to keep the lights on for this one.
chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/255…
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Today, we’re thrilled to announce that BookBub is entering the exciting world of audiobooks! Introducing: @Chirpbooks 📚🎧🐣 bit.ly/2UlxIRs #publishing #audiobooks
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"What we need is not to disagree less, but to disagree better. And that starts when you turn away the rhetorical dope peddlers — the powerful people on your own side who are profiting from the culture of contempt." nyti.ms/2Vw3onl
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Why we should read classic works of literature that also offend us: nyti.ms/2HbGkb8?smid=n…
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AI Super Powers by @kaifulee was an eye-opening book for me. I highly recommend it: bookbub.com/reviews/107259…
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Some of my favorite books from 2018: bit.ly/books-2018
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What the Times got wrong about kids and phones cjr.org/criticism/time… via @cjr
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Finished Things Fall Apart this morning. What a heart-breaking, elegant, and important story: bookbub.com/reviews/166645…
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Creative Selection, the new book about Apple's software development process by a member of the original iPhone team, is excellent: bookbub.com/reviews/406562…
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"I think we have to make room in our minds that some of the stories that we’ve been told for so many years could be framed differently." nytimes.com/2018/09/20/boo…
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This is the sort of spectacularly bad take you write when you have no fucking idea what you're talking about but want to sound like you do. twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…
Elon Musk@elonmusk
Problem is journos are under constant pressure to get max clicks & earn advertising dollars or get fired. Tricky situation, as Tesla doesn’t advertise, but fossil fuel companies & gas/diesel car companies are among world’s biggest advertisers.
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“One of the things we’ve seen in the past few years is that technology doesn’t just accelerate and amplify human behavior ... It creates feedback loops that can fundamentally change the nature of how people interact and societies move.” nyti.ms/2I1qmk4
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