Were these people emailing with blackberries, and did blackberries had a propensity to insert random punctuation marks instead of spaces?
I’m talking about these emails that were just made public. Why do=they all ; , look Like =this!?
I get this email today from Thrift Savings Plan (the 401k equivalent for federal employees).
It says I should "click on the red circle icon in the upper right-hand corner of [my] home screen," but there is no red circle icon in the upper right corner when I log in. It's yellow.
The "tsp.gov" link in the footer isn't clickable because they've written '<a href="tsp.gov">' instead of '<a href="https ://tsp.gov">' in the HTML source for the email.
Sheer incompetence.
#TSP
Ok! Main lower body of the Viking sweater is now completed. I have begun one of the cabled sleeves already. These will be joined into the main body when it reaches the appropriate length and then worked in the round for the dolman sleeves and upper body. So far, so good.
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This plant moved into my house and never told me its name! - All For Gardening
This plant started growing in a pot where something else had died. I just kept watering it, and it just kept growing—a fast grower—and now here we are. ItGardener (All For Gardening)
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I know I'm outing myself as an absolute barbarian here, but I've never read any Proust so when an author or real life human describes something as Proustian, I get a touch of FOMO.
The question for you wonderful people is, is it worth reading a little* Proust so that I can see what the fuss is all about? Or are most mentions of Proust just a pretentious "trust me I'm well read" hand wave?
Or by all means, leave an exquisitely Proustian comment instead.
* Yes, I know, he wrote the longest book
- Yes, read some Proust (37%, 9 votes)
- No, don't bother (33%, 8 votes)
- Maybe (29%, 7 votes)
Yes to this, on the grounds that:
1) When I was working bookstore in my twenties, one of my regulars was reading A la recherche, a chapter a week, and every Saturday morning came in to give me the Proust Update. Even at that distance, it was a whole journey. It was *fun*. Proust isn't a guy I'd want to deal with in real life but as long-distance literary blogging? It gets really fun.
2) There is legitimately something to Proustian as an adjective, and hey, I'm glad of the information at least personally.
I recommend Proust’s comic book adaption. You can get a boost of equally French cultural credibility (if that’s what you’re after) without the word-count investment
newstatesman.com/culture/2016/…
I know what you’re thinking – but this graphic novel of Proust is a triumph
The first response to À la recherche du temps perdu as a graphic novel is an involuntary memory of Monty Python and “the All-England Summarise Proust Competition”. The second memory, summoned mysterioSimon Barnes (New Statesman)
🚨The Epstein files. Steve Bannon’s network of far-right European parties, of which George Simion’s yoke is a part, received the first funding from Russia.
For those who don't know, Steve Bannon coordinates a network of far-right parties that includes the parties of Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders,BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Im probably overreacting, but is my pothos ok? - All For Gardening
Hi, ive had this pothos for around 2 years and ive been taking really good care of her. I recently checked for pests and didnt see anything.Gardener (All For Gardening)
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When the 90+ year old Holocaust survivors are trying to hide the Haitians and save them from deportation …
…it’s time for the rest of you all to wake the fuck up.
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The Times of Israel on Instagram: "“That reminds me of Anne Frank,” Rachel Blumberg, president and CEO of the center, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “There’s a kindred bond between our residents being Jewish and seeing the place that the Haitians hav
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From Argentina’s dictatorship to today’s ICE raids, mothers have turned grief into resistance.
A political scientist who lived through Argentina’s junta draws urgent parallels.
A collaboration with Rewire News Group:
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How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.The Conversation
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