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RT @cynthiablee
I needed this content on loop for a couple minutes. Between the bay area fire apocalypse and the covid apocalypse and the California heat wave apocalypse and the nation's democracy apocalypse, just really needed this. Maybe you do too: twitter.com/astraeagoods/statu

Alphanumeric passwords alone justify serifs. I'm astonished that the @splashdata's password managing app hasn't figured this out; it's still using a font that doesn't distinguish I and l.

Game* designers: wanna help fight COVID? labx.org/jamming-the-curve

*Apparently this is for video games, not tabletop.

I have too much work to do and not enough time to do it, so of course I feel an overwhelming urge to order a bunch of tabletop sci-fi RPGs that I'll never play. As a bonus, I want them in physical form, so they can take up space in my house.

RT @gengelstein
1/ Eric brings up a great point. A quick thread.

Here's a picture of the Kresge Oval at MIT. See that diagonal line running across the oval? Let's talk about that. twitter.com/eric_lang/status/1

RT @qikipedia
In 2013, Dull, Scotland partnered with Boring, Oregon, USA and Bland Shire, Australia to form the League of Extraordinary Communities. The alliance is thinking of expanding by joining forces with the American cities of Ordinary and Dreary.

RT @qikipedia
In 1987, the 77-year-old philosopher A.J. Ayer was at a party where he saw Mike Tyson harass Naomi Campbell. Ayer intervened and had the following exchange with Tyson, during which Campbell was able to get away (h/t @evanewashington):

RT @qikipedia
In 1998 "G-mail" was an email service offered by the cartoon Garfield, with the slogan "email with cattitude".

RT @JoeBiden
Our planet can’t take four more years of Donald Trump. We have to get him out of the White House so we can start treating the climate crisis like the urgent threat it is.

Facebook says hand over your data or we're bricking your VR headset.
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RT @oculus
Today, we’re announcing some important updates to how people log into Oculus devices, while still keeping their VR profile. Starting in October 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time will need to log in with a Facebook account. // ocul.us/updates
twitter.com/oculus/status/1295

RT @MBoffin
As much as I love the Rift and Quest, this absolutely guarantees I will never buy, use, recommend, or develop for another @oculus device. ☹️ Been a good run since getting my DK2, but this is a clincher. twitter.com/oculus/status/1295

RT @awad
Today's is fomites, which comes from Latin fomites, plural of fomes (touchwood, tinder), from fovere (to warm). Earliest documented use: 1803.

Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/fomites.ht

RT @awad
Today's word is formites, which comes from Latin fomites, plural of fomes (touchwood, tinder), from fovere (to warm). Earliest documented use: 1803.

Learn more at: wordsmith.org/words/fomites.ht

It occurs to me that I know three professors named Cliff. If we're ever in the same room together, it will be easiest to just use titles.

RT @qikipedia
Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? L. M. MONTGOMERY

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