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Is he GWB coded? There's something to the accent, but what else are you seeing? GWB carried his Texan identity in a carpet bag. Digger is dyed in the wool. Both play the bumpkin, but Digger is his own Cheney.

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Your case only strengthens!

There's surely a copyright claim against the Outlander book covers for that wedding photo.

Blizz could design consistent probabilities and annnounce them. Then players could make informed choices, e.g., "There's a 10% per hour that you'll get the epic shoulder drop and there's a 10% per hour that the rare mat needed to craft equivalent shoulders will drop. Pick your poison."

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Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On a long enough timeline, all CRPGs become AD&D.

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There are other options in that link, but Proton's the option I chose in the end. They're got a very appealing suite that covers many of the bases outlined in that guide. Proton recently created a tool to privately and securely import your Gmail data, which heavily tipped the scales.

Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I migrated off of Gmail to Proton. Once you start paying (a very small monthly sum) for email, it starts to do what you tell it. This is the program that I used: www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cl...

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The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint

New Year, New Digital You! New Years are an opportunity for committing to resolutions, starting new habits, discarding what no…

I would feel more comfortable if they set off "working" with scare quotes.

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They really set the tone when a bottle of wine awaits Guillaume on his return to Paris. I'll keep an eye out for Gallic shrugs. My wife also became ensnared when we watched it. Spies not ordinarily her thing, but she also liked The Gold, so I had a hunch.

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Two episodes into Le Bureau and now comfortably treading water after that plunge into the deep end. Like Sandbaggers, such strong contrast with the aesthetics of US-based spy shows. French also so under-resourced compared to USA, a dynamic that Sandbaggers exploits so well.

Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Last night I hosted my third annual secret midnight meet-up in the woods to kick off spooky season! I made this witch head in a box for that. It's got some neat features: Hidden strings open the eye when the box opens. The eyeball is removable and has secrets inside...

A paper mache sculpture of a large green witch face, sitting face-up in an open black box. The witch has one bulging green glowing eye, and the other eye is just a mostly-closed glowing slit. She has long pointy teeth in her huge mouth. The face is surrounded with black leaves and vines with green recessed lighting behind them. Inside the open lid of the box is an old-looking piece of paper with some text on it, instructing the viewer to carefully remove a tooth. The paper is lit by green recessed lighting in the lid.

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Tagging Menswear Guy is like asking Dolly Parton to weigh in on Billy Ray Cyrus.

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(Thanks!) The scrappy production may have forced the use of my favorite sound effect: those crispy-crunchy, Foleyed footsteps when people are outside. Movie sound professionals are leaving billions on the table by not creating ASMR videos of that sound effect.

Hair like that would get you burned at the stake a few hundred years ago.

Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Overlooked in discussions of Manchester City penalties are the executives and accountants who actually cheated. I read that club representatives intentionally lied during the investigation. Their names should be part of the furor prior to their lifetime bans from English football.

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Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Isn't it? It's Fleming written by Le Carre in a way. I'm deeply charmed by its production, like seeing an elegant man dressed in thrift shop clothes. Check out my pinned post for an assessment of the actors' marvelous accents and let me know when you finish the series. Le Bureau starts tomorrow!

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Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My mom used car magnets for this exact reason. It started as fridge overflow, but became more prestigious to my sister and me. We learned to use much more glue on our macaroni art.

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Must be my elite cybersecurity set-up keeping me safe.

Before I read the post, a word about the address. My browser couldn't resolve the link to your personal site (with "slackwire" in the URL). The duplicate Substack link worked.

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I also dropped a Kasem reference in my reply. *offers seventh-degree secret handshake*

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Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fractured and diffuse, yes, but also cloistered. At least in the case of pop music, I could visit Spotify's Top 10 any time on any week (but I don't), a convenience that Casey Kasem couldn't match. Music's weird, though. Folks' tastes calcify early, pop music passes them faster.

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"The classic beginner's mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of the day." The classic style triumphs again. Finding examples of my favorite writing style always energizes me.

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Argentina On Two Steaks A Day (Idle Words)

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It was a glorious year.

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When will you finally acknowledge what we both know resides within (the fortress around) your heart?

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My qualifications speak for themselves.

Screenshot of a Spotify Year-end Wrap-up showing that my top artist of the year was Sting. The text emphasizes that I placed among the elite Sting listeners, the top 0.1%. In the image accompanying the acknowledgement, Sting's dressed in black and stood in a stone archway. A black iron gate blocks the archway behind him. His hands rest on either side of the archway, relaxed but suitably Christ-like.

This is why the people Reed your stuff.

Everyone I know who's into this stuff gives me the same nod. Maybe I'm afraid of how hard I'll smack my forehead once I start Le Bureau. I've put it off so long that the imprint might last for days.

As a staunch fan of The Sandbaggers, seeing folks single out The Bureau reminds me of when I hadn't seen The Sandbaggers. The same deep-cut feeling as when some stranger looking at you from the next aisle recommends a record.

Should I get rid of your current business card, then?

An old, tattered business card for someone called "Percy Long Prong" that promises professional and considerate sexual services for women.

The tattered, stained reverse of a gigolo's business card advertising services and their related prices in pounds sterling. One section lists "Extra Attention" and includes Bubble Shake, French Tickler, and Whips and Scourges.

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My fallible memory insinuates I saw this for the first and only time on the big screen when it played IFC years ago. It never left my memory. I will return for the Sunday morning service to reaffirm my faith and my salvation.

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Go ahead and buy yourself that Band of Brothers anniversary boxed set; you earned it.

I did this when I joined the Army after bailing on college. They allowed me to bring one suitcase to basic training. I gave or threw away everything I had except what fit in that one suitcase.

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It depends on how you see it, I suppose.

A momentous day for folks with cerebral Internet aliases, wouldn't you say?

Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Me, upon hearing the news:

Poster image for a movie called "The Man With Two Brains." It shows Steve Martin grinning like a maniac. The top of his skull floats above his head with white hair in disarray.

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Not the way I expected Taylor to go "mask off."

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Braden Serkas 🎃 @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Got my ass kicked trying to break up a skirmish down at the convent with my flute music. Never bring a fife to a nun fight

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Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If he's going to defend the Oxford comma, then he should use it: “Because I went to law school, I’ll defend until death my use of em dashes, colons, and the Oxford comma.” No wonder this guy uses AI to write.

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Dave @daveturner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Colbert goes full Method by spending time in New Zealand to grow the traditional, post-CBS-Late-Show-Gandalf beard.