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Urubamba, Peru
Joined June 2009
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As PG&E files for bankruptcy, I have a personal story to share about them. Thread. (1/n)
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“Energy/ai twitter” ouch. That hurts. Energy twitter being equated to ai twitter.
The extent to which energy/ai twitter paints data center opposition as some incomprehensible perspective advanced by stupid luddites or sinister clandestine interests continues to over complicate a very simple issue of trust and exacerbates the root cause
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Not sure why you thought that precluded you from using common sense @hamandcheese . “If we consider unborn AI data centers as people, this is murder” is truly a choice as a framing!
Replying to @jbarro
I'm not a politician
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“People have to live their lives besides watching test cricket” @dweplea would say “skill issue”
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What a spectacular run! Beat the mighty footballing nations of Cabo Verde, Egypt and Switzerland to get here! And not one goal scored with the hand!
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Oh wow this is 90s “India can’t beat Pakistan on a Friday” levels of logical reasoning @quinoa_biryani
A propósito de la pregunta de @ocram sobre como el pentecostalismo - más que evangelicalismo - ha jodido al fútbol brasilero aquí alguien ensaya una respuesta que me hace mucho sentido: -> A los católicos nos enseñan a asumir responsabilidad por las fallas cometidas desde el arrepentimiento, la autorreflexión y la VOLUNTAD de cambiar y mejorar ("propósito de enmienda"); mientras que los evangélicos cada vez que fallan pueden lavarse las manos atribuyendo su mediocridad a que “Esa era la voluntad de Dios” y listo. nitter.gq/soymimila/status/20747…
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Chile? Win? <Laughs in Peruvian> 🤣
I feel like Paraguay is creating a bit of confusion regarding the proper taxonomy of South American football. Please, understand the fundamental divide:
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I dislike this framing of socialism vs market dynamics. As @NiyerEnergy has eloquently put it, the rules for the market are by definition non-market policy choices. a fully dereg. market, for an essential good with huge political consequences to prices, is a pipe dream.
The crazy thing about this whole debate is that the right *is correct* that the problem is socialism, but they are also guilty of *that same socialism* in their own states. We socialize the cost of peak demand, making distributed solutions (insulation, distributed generation, efficient HVAC, etc.) artificially unprofitable. We then have huge fights over the cost of providing the expensive centralized solution, don't build it, plead for people to reduce demand, and then ration electricity. Everywhere does this. It *is* the socialism that's the issue, but it's not Mamdani's socialism. With real price signals and real markets, this problem goes away.
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Sounds like a skill issue. Grew up at sea level and I thrive at 3400 m and I’m no professional athlete! Nothing stopped England from training in high altitudes instead of at a beach pub. @Alonso_GD
Kinda insane that one country is allowed to have this kind of clear competitive advantage.
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This! @Shhy10
Today is Social Media Day — What social media post will forever remain unmatched?
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There are few better joys than seeing your (home or adopted) country qualify for the World Cup. Seeing Chile and Italy not qualify comes really close!
Replying to @RonaldCrossPeru
Entramos todos menos Chile
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Here’s two for you, profe @NedBertz !
Replying to @aaderall8
Lovely. Where is this? I love rainbows!
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All this concern about the depiction of a dead poet while a living “poet” continues to live freely and with recognition despite being a proven lecherous lout. Maybe it’s time you shut that septic tank explosion of a disaster that is your mouth, Vairamuthu.
ஆளுநர் குடியிருக்கும் மக்கள் மாளிகைக்குச் சில கேள்விகள் திருவள்ளுவர் காற்றைப்போல் பொதுவானவர்; காற்றுக்கு ஏன் காவிப் பூச்சு? திருவள்ளுவர் மானுடத்தின் பொதுச்சொத்து ‘வள்ளுவன் தன்னை உலகினுக்கே தந்து’ என்று பாரதியால் பொதுமைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட புலவனுக்கு திருநீறு என்ற உள்ளூர் அடையாளம் எதற்கு? தர்மார்த்த காம மோட்சம் என்ற நாற்பொருளிலிருந்து விடுபட்டு அறம் பொருள் இன்பம் என்ற முப்பொருளை மட்டுமே முன்னிறுத்தியவனுக்கு உருத்திராட்சம் என்ற உருட்டுமாலை தேவையா? அண்டமெங்கும் விரிந்திருக்கும் ஆகாயம் என்று கருதப்படும் வள்ளுவரை மதம் என்ற சின்னச் சிமிழுக்குள் அடக்குவது வரலாற்றின் வழு இல்லையா? மெய்த் தமிழர்கள் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் எதிர்த்துக்கொண்டிருக்க ஆளுநர்கள் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அதே செயலைச் செய்வது உங்கள் அதிகாரத்தால் எங்களைக் காயப்படுத்துவது ஆகாதா? அன்புகூர்ந்து நிறுத்திக்கொள்ளுங்கள்; தாங்கமாட்டார்கள் தமிழர்கள் வள்ளுவரை வாழ விடுங்கள் #திருவள்ளுவர்
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The clearest explanation thread (short) I’ve ever seen for the discrepancy between actual rent and listing price! This man is a gift that keeps giving!
Imagine that everyday a new $1500 apartment is listed (and immediately rented), while there's an apartment listed at $3000 that stays for a whole month before being rented.
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Great example of “credit where credit is due” but calling out subtly where its’s not due 🤣
Replying to @dweplea
Yeah, also he isn't full of himself like a world cup tying captain would be, that helps with him being likeable.
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I’m old enough to remember when Alonso was branded a “tankie”because he dared to criticize *gasp* the state violence against protestors in 2022/23
Replying to @grancomboclub
De hecho lo que te molestó fue que critiqué al etnocacerismo y a quienes se suman a él sin crítica - eso es chancar a “las opciones de izquierda”? Pregunto porque la última vez no me contestaste
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I looked up the dictionary and shockingly “historian” isn’t defined as “live tweeter of current events”
Historians are mostly silent in the present tense. All judgemental adjectives will be used from the safety of the future.
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Keezha vizhundalum meesaila mannu ottallennana!
Replying to @NateSilver538
It’s paywalled. If only 0.1% of users can derive value from the content, it will organically rank lower.
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Plus you get to see Prem Jyotish and his evolving accents! @himganj153
I was watching the IPL on Willow TV and then switched over to Star Sports. It really made me realize what a luxury Willow TV is! There are barely any ads. When an over ends, you actually get to see who the next bowler is and watch them set the field, it's just pure, uninterrupted cricket. On Star Sports, the second the last ball is bowled, it cuts straight to a commercial. The ads stay on until the bowler is literally running in for the next ball, so you completely miss who is bowling. With ads crammed in after every over and every wicket, it feels like I'm watching commercials with occasional cricket sprinkled in.
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Ah yes @besttrousers , famous for only questioning one side of the political aisle. 60% ring a bell?
Funny how this only ever applies one way, eh
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The first sentence is 100% untrue. Perhaps you regretting nothing is true, especially when it comes to your mistakes.
It is 100% true that great men and women of the past were not sitting around moaning about their feelings. I regret nothing.
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