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If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die.

 Massachusetts, USA
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From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the shape of cities has been defined by the technologies that allow commuters to get to work in about 30 minutes — an idea that has come to be known as the Marchetti Constant. #citylabarchive trib.al/N1y1b2d
The History of Cities Is About How We Get to Work

The History of Cities Is About How We Get to Work

From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the shape of cities has been defined by the technologies that allow commuters to get to work in about 30 minutes.

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me: what’s crazy is that rudy giuliani first rose to fame because of 9/11 teen born in 2006: ohhh. like he helped do it me: ok no, but i see how you got there
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It takes the MBTA red line as long to go the three stops from Park St to Central Square as it took Apollo 11 to enter Earth's orbit (12 minutes)
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THEY. ARE. TRYING. TO. DISTRACT. YOU. FROM. DUNE. PART. 2. BEING. PUSHED. BACK. TO. MARCH. 2024. FROM. ITS. ORIGINAL. NOVEMBER. RELEASE. DATE! SO tired of people falling for this. The noise is the point!
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@CNN25 Aug 2023
BREAKING: Fulton County releases a mug shot following former President Donald Trump's fourth arrest this year cnn.it/3QNvxX4
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Someone on another site said "he looks like a Gary Larson drawing" and I just about did a spit take.
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The bottom half of this image is AI-generated. Blurry shapes characteristic of AI imagery are especially apparent in the lower-right. Here is the source of the original photo: twitter.com/LauraLoomer/st…
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remember when the 1990s food pyramid told us to eat 7 - 11 servings of bread and pasta every day
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Whoever made this is a genius. 😂😂😂 Trump talking about straws like the beginning of a Seinfeld episode...
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Guys I have terrible news The "you'll feel better if you exercise" people were right
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The entitlement that NJ people have over NYC doing congestion pricing is nuts. Very clear illustration of how people in suburbs believe the city exists to serve them, as some kind of drive through service.
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Passport worker - We're gonna need the baby to sit on the chair for the photo. Dad - She won't let me put her down. Passport worker - You're gonna need to figure something out if you want a passport picture. Dad - I got an idea...
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I know we’re not supposed to post dating app screenshots but does anyone else think this is weird
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It’s awesome that a one second video is going to tank an entire presidential campaign lol
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This clip is from a Bad Lip Reading video, it is not a legitimate audio recording of Ron DeSantis. twitter.com/BadLipReading/…
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Why is everyone cheering Sweden's NATO deal? Don't people realize that NATO expansion is a dangerous escalation and Putin might retaliate by invading Ukraine?
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me packing to go on a 3 day holiday
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Replying to @BrianRoemmele
The insects just trying to eat
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like in terms of contributions to human flourishing, making us an interplanetary species vs. rationing twitter usage is pretty much a toss-up
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Why did the entire tech industry decide over night to start treating API access like it's 1997 and bandwidth is expensive again?
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8am: egg white omelette (no cheese) 12pm: one apple, one banana, one yogurt 6pm: chicken Caesar salad (light dressing) 8pm: small frozen yogurt 830pm: a few hard pretzels 845pm: two Oreos 850pm: four Oreos 853pm: eight Oreos 9pm: grilled cheese 930pm: Pizza Hut
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@dril26 Jun 2023
If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it you are automatically drafted into the skeleton war . Like and retweet
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