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Burnham showing concern is true to form because Everton supporters are used to being bullied.

You can make a bad faith argument and I will ignore it. You can make an argument using poor grammar and I will ignore it. When you combine the two, for some reason, I turn into a dog that that heard the doorbell.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 11h

NBK is in the pile I keep in the living room on the off chance that I am in the mood for violence so surreal it becomes parody plus RDJr's inexplicable accent.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 12h

Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? (It could have been from Clerks or Shallow Grave but NBK is the one that still is in my pile of DVDs.) I am sure that this is a red flag to someone.

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Mallory Fate

Alt: Mickey asks Mallory if she believes in Fate

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Daniel O'Brien @danielobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Other good things: Soup, Swanboy, that Nathan Fielder clip with the gas station/pee, hammocks, beer, camping stores.

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Daniel O'Brien @danielobrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Everything is gambling and AI and private equity and you're not allowed to not have a phone but books are good and fajitas are good.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 30/09/2026

She can’t stand it She knew you planned it. You need to set it straight, this watergate. You can’t be droppin when you’re spittin’ ‘Cause out of the Sierra, she be sprintin’

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 30/09/2026

“These were not the answers we expected.” Oh, my friend, I’m sorry. I’m willing to bet that you asked the questions incorrectly. Unless you were going blind, and that’s a terribly different mistake.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 30/09/2026

There was a carousel on the ‘Gram about the nihilism of GenX and how we are part of the problem. Cool. Good luck. Leave me alone. I’m going to put my headphones on and listen to Talk Talk. But seriously, this generational warfare is irritating at the very least.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 30/09/2026

Finding new to me bands is one of the great joys of my life. Even if the toaster knows everything about me, I’m not entirely sure that it would be able to tell me what I need to hear on a morning like today, for example. youtu.be/n8NLV5999T0?...

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FORTITUDE VALLEY - Video (Right There With You) (official music video)

YouTube video by Specialist Subject

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 30/09/2026

In case you are interested, friends saw Fresh in BK. Listening to Fresh brought me to Soot Sprite and Fortitude Valley. youtu.be/mUuZ0JncKFc?...

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SOOT SPRITE - Wield Your Hope Like A Weapon (official music video)

YouTube video by Specialist Subject

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 30/09/2026

One of the things that I love about #music is the discovery/rediscovery aspect of it. That band you hear because they’re on the same label as a band that friends saw at a bar in Brooklyn is a discovery and having that curated by a toaster is a step backwards. youtu.be/aoqyFYQlD5Y?...

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FRESH - New Girl live instore at Specialist Subject Records

YouTube video by Specialist Subject

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026

"Gatsby put on his swim trunks and headed to the above-ground pool he had purchased on sale at Menards. He stopped in the garage for the inflatable sprinkle donut tube he had used all summer long to drag his party guests around the lake with his pontoon." buff.ly/5Pt4hve

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The Great Lakes Gatsby

“In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing someone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that not ev...

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

I know that the people that I care about won’t see this. But sending something like this to them would scream “but I think I’m one of the good ones“ and that’s part of the problem.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

So let me say this, I’ve tried to raise my son to be a protector, to believe in consent, and to be the good man in the room. Any other statement means that I’m centering the story on my experience, and that’s exactly the thing that I shouldn’t be doing.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

Of course I’m appalled by the story out of SUNY Ithaca. Yes, there are a lot of people that I love that are really angry and rightfully so. Yes, I know that they believe that my silence is complicity.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

So long as you are not given a bluecheck and the algo doesn't start referring people to you for advice on how to dispose of the body, I think you are good.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

Well done, sir. You win the Internet today.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

And I don't think that a LLM could do my job largely because so many of the people who need my services don't know why they need my services. They just know that they have a workplace culture problem that is costing them money and they want Claude to give them an easy answer, not a 6 month plan.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

So when I see the discourse of the nature of "white collar work", what I am actually seeing is people separating into various factions. One group thinks that their knowledge is safe and special and the other just giving up and moving on. My knowledge isn't special but it is specialized.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

I remember a librarian years ago telling me that a Google search could do my job (that library, btw, routinely violates wage & hour laws and had to pay a settlement out recently) and now it has shifted to "ChatGPT told me this" which is just a fight I no longer want to have.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

I have been interviewing at a couple of different places recently, and part of my reasoning is that pitching clients for our services has become a grind. It's not that the potential clients don't need help, they do. It's that they don't understand the depth of their issues. Insert Tolstoy quote...

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

Here it is, if you are interested. runsignup.com/Race/Info/NY... The race director reached out to me a couple of weeks ago about how to manage something like this which was nice.

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Fleet Feet Malta Strava Challenge

The Fleet Feet Malta Strava Challenge is on Sunday September 20, 2026 to Saturday October 31, 2026.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

There is a new segment challenge happening in my area. The issue with it is that it is in the middle of suburbia with zero mass transit to the area. Do I ride my bike 20 miles (largely on rail trail) to run it or do I say, "nah" and work on my stuff closer to home?

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 29/09/2026

Yeah, I have a peanut butter sourdough proofing for tomorrow. It is either going to be spectacular or is going to be one of the worst things I’ve ever made. There is no middle ground here.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

Part of me wants the Mets (or the Yankees) to sign him largely so t7L can make “Nobody Beats The Miz” t-shirts (or the Yankee equivalent of The 7 Line, I guess, I mean, I don’t know if that’s a thing) because that would be fun & retro for fans of a certain age. youtu.be/1y6MUPkDufU?...

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Nobody Beats The Wiz Commercial - 1985

YouTube video by PIX Promos & More

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

Regarding Bill Maher: if anyone is an expert on weak and foolish, it is the diaper dandy

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

Huh. People still listen to Chuck Lorre

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

It’s definitely an “OK Computer” morning.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

One of the colleges in Troy has a food pantry. I saw it while I was on a run over the weekend and it was heartbreaking.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

But renting Javy for 10 weeks was worth it…

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pete Crow-Armstrong tied for the MLB lead in HR and had 41 SB He’s the 2nd player to lead MLB in HR, incl ties, *and* have MORE than 40 SB in a season, since modern SB rule (1898), joining: 1909 Ty Cobb (78 SB, 9 HR) h/t @EliasSports

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 28/09/2026

The word hero is used by many in error, but in this case...

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 27/09/2026

Same & given the occasions that I listen to music that I haven’t selected for myself, the algorithm would never provide modern pop country for me. That being said, I don’t think the author considered 50 year old dudes when writing the piece.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 27/09/2026

There’s an account on the ‘Gram about businesses in small towns & the person behind it thinks that the problems stem from things aside from the businesses themselves. In my experience, small businesses run into capital and real estate issues. It’s that simple. They have money problems.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 27/09/2026

It changed my life for the better.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 27/09/2026

Two recent things from @ncprnews.bsky.social caught my eye. 1. Some residents think building a data center in Massena will lead to job growth. 2. Some residents think that building prisons is a good thing because it amounts to jobs. Yup.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 26/09/2026

I loved this book. I read it in a hammock while camping in the Adirondack Mts of NY during the summer of ‘20 and the location combined with the lack of other people really fixed the ending of the book in my mind.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 26/09/2026

Is it possible to be sportsed-out?

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 26/09/2026

Just watched my @thebravesfc.bsky.social win 5-0 while doing a 15 km cool down on the bike. After that match was over, switched to Cambridge hosting Wimbledon. Cambridge had a equalizer in stoppage time. It made me happy because Wimbledon supporters were made sad.

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Edward “Ned” Abbott @ewabbott.com · 26/09/2026

The Mauricio experiment is over, isn’t it?

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m sorry, but if you bring an iced coffee - or any damn beverage at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people.

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