David Edmondson

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David Edmondson

David Edmondson

@OctaviusIV

Writes @theGreaterMarin. Urbanism, theology, 🥑. He/him.

Washington, DC Entrou em Mayıs 2010
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@KNF100 Come to think of it: if you want to hand transcribe some field notes and learn straight from the primary source, man do I have a project for you!
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@musserryan I just say hi. Military were generally around on patrol in Ottawa when I lived there; seemed chill.
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Ryan Musser
Ryan Musser@musserryan·
I don’t really get why the National Guard is having an effect on restaurants & nightlife. I fully oppose Trump using them in our city, but it’s not like they’re harassing citizens like ICE. Are people really not going out because of them? They don’t really affect my decisions.
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Ryan Musser
Ryan Musser@musserryan·
Why does the algorithm occasionally go crazy where my feed is suddenly filled with the dumb tweets of the owner of this site? I am not doing anything to encourage the algorithm to show me his tweets. It’s like he turns up a dial when he is desperate for engagement.
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@musserryan @Rybread_26 Also this definitely describes me but I'm more Elizabeth Warren lefty, so my vote is probably Janeese's to lose. I don't know where that gets me in the X-verse liberal circles. Probably nowhere good.
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Ryan
Ryan@Rybread_26·
I'm sorry but this is such a Navy Yard living, Abundance reading, Mayor Pete voting, Hill working take (derogatory)
Ryan Musser@musserryan

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Ryan Musser@musserryan·
lol what
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David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@musserryan Note that the article says the home was unoccupied at the time of the fire, but two dogs died.
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@musserryan He posted a link to a 2020 news article about house fires on the 600 block of 19th St NE. Looking at the street, it looks like 626 19th Street NE before the protected bike lane got installed.
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
I'm listing the hell out of Derek Webb's "Fruit on the Tree". Three beautiful songs furious at the church's bigotry and the angry little gods of this age of hatred and control. music.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@beaman2_todd @JamesMartinSJ We can change the laws of the land to embody the intent and spirit of Isaiah. If the love that embodies the sacrificial love of God, for all people, were the principle upon which we built our society and our laws, we would offer a home and a welcome.
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Todd Beaman
Todd Beaman@beaman2_todd·
@JamesMartinSJ Migrants legally coming to the USA are treated well, maybe better than any nation. Does the Church suggest disregarding the laws of the land? Usually, compassion is easiest when forcing other people's money to be spent (under the penalty of fine & imprisonment for tax evation)
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James Martin, SJ
James Martin, SJ@JamesMartinSJ·
Who says, "Here I am, send me"? Isaiah, expressing a desire to proclaim God's message (Is 6:8). And what does Isaiah say? To care for migrants and refugees: "Do not betray the fugitive; let the outcasts of Moab settle among you; be a refuge to them from the destroyer" (Is 15:5).
Homeland Security@DHSgov

Here am I, send me. 🇺🇸

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David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@musserryan Dude doesn't know how to cook and, when he does, he's taking way too long. And he's somehow making it into a badge of masculinity that he doesn't. And, he's wildly underestimating how much delivery costs. It's like $20 on top of the food cost.
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Ryan Musser
Ryan Musser@musserryan·
Folks. I cooked for my girlfriend and myself when I was working full time and doing a part-time MBA in the evening. I cook for our family now while working full time with a toddler. You’re gonna be alright. It’s not hard.
John Wang@j0hnwang

This “just cook bro” mentality is peak broke-brain logic. You think spending an hour every day chopping onions and scrubbing pans is some badge of honor? Congrats, you saved $7 and burned the only free hour you had after work. Hope the lentils were worth it. Cooking isn’t free. It costs time, energy, and attention — the three things high-performers guard with their life. Grocery runs, prep, cooking, dishes, cleanup — you’re bleeding hours to save pennies. That’s not frugality, that’s time poverty. You’re not a monk. You’re a tired guy reheating dry-ass chicken at 10pm convincing yourself it’s “self care.” Meanwhile someone else paid $15 for Uber Eats, finished a deck, hit the gym, and got 8 hours of sleep. But hey, you diced your garlic by hand. King shit. And don’t even start with the “but health!” cope. 90% of y’all cooking at home aren’t making quinoa bowls and wild-caught salmon. You’re eating rice, eggs, toast, and the same $3 Trader Joe’s stir-fry every night. You’re not optimizing for health, you’re optimizing for feeling morally superior while wasting time. Time is the only real flex. You get more of it by buying it back. If that costs $12 for takeout, that’s a steal. If you’re in any field where leverage matters — tech, finance, creative — and you’re still cooking every meal from scratch like it’s 1947, you’re not serious. This isn’t about being rich. It’s about understanding what moves the needle. High-output people don’t micromanage their meals — they outsource. You want to be productive? Stop pretending cooking is a virtue. It’s not. It’s a time sink.

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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@MissMishaSays @Elvis_Bob @matthew_od73548 @dieworkwear Imagine if it were simple and straightforward to immigrate. Maybe let anyone in, up to (say) 1-2% of the US pop, if they pass a background check. Automatic allowance to work. After 10 years of residency, they'd be eligible to apply for citizenship. That'd end illegal migration.
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Misha 🐝
Misha 🐝@MissMishaSays·
@Elvis_Bob @matthew_od73548 @dieworkwear Imagine if we used the issuance of work visas to make sure we knew who was in the country, that they paid their taxes, that if they were involved in immigration procedures that they checked in and kept up to date with the process...
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derek guy
derek guy@dieworkwear·
This is untrue. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
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David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@invisibleUSian @musserryan I use it (Gemini) as a kind of first pass editor and first pass researcher. It also lets me do things I wouldn't have had time for, like making and skimming transcripts of 2+ hour public meetings. I check everything of course. And having it write for me seems truly icky.
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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@metavette @musserryan Yep. I usually input csv instead, but I am also using Gemini so your mileage may vary. (I'm using it to help me edit a letter right now, actually!)
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Ch-ch-ch-chia!
Ch-ch-ch-chia!@metavette·
@musserryan Covert to txt file and try again, it will likely recognize the desired structure
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Ryan Musser
Ryan Musser@musserryan·
I swear to God. Every single time I identify a use case where ChatGPT would be really helpful and time saving, it just inexplicably does not work like it's supposed. Like why is it pretending that it can't read the excel document I am putting into the chat?
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David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@NY_Knux_3 Oh she was super apologetic / super embarrassed! We all interrupted her and asked if she realized she was talking over me and she had no idea! It was just a very weird auditory blind spot.
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🏳️‍🌈 Jonathan Randall 🎮🕹
I began doing this, just continuing to talk when I'm not finished, and yep. The type that interups is also the type that will STILL continue even when you don't give them the proverbial mic. All they care about is shutting YOU up. That's all.
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV

I had a friend in college who would interrupt me whenever we were hanging out as a group. She was incredibly kind, so our group figured she just didn't realize when I was talking. Finally we let her talk over me for a while to test our theory and had to stop her after 10 seconds.

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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
@musserryan Or the fact that Muhammed was revered as one of the leaders in religious and legal thought, to such a degree that he has a statue alongside Locke and Moses in the Library of Congress. 🙄
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August V
August V@AugustCohen4·
@DavidAFrench We literally did it with FDR and you all did it with Reagan but ofcourse for some reason it wasn't the big problem then as it is today. I wonder what changed?
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David French
David French@DavidAFrench·
I've said many times that Democrats don't understand how much Biden's conduct blunted the character argument against Trump. When you're deceiving America about your condition, it's hard to also argue that you're somehow preserving the soul of America.
Brian Stelter@brianstelter

CNN anchor @JakeTapper and Axios correspondent @AlexThomp are co-authoring a book about Biden. "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" is coming out on May 20 >>

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David Edmondson
David Edmondson@OctaviusIV·
Don't let the situation kill your joy. Joy is the best way to fight back in your everyday life.
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