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Dad, attorney, Phish Phan, live music lover, STL Cards, STL Blues, roaming around this earth and in my own head. @NChlebowski on the former Twitter.

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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 11h
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 14h
The roughing the passer call in the IND-NEB game was awful
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 14h
Much like the game against Miss. State, Austin Simmons has not been accurate at all today for #Mizzou
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 20h
20. Last week, for instance, Time released the transcript of a long interview. For some, it revealed a broken brain. It raised the question as to whether Trump can tell the difference between fact and fiction. time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Read all about this in The Breakdown newsletter from @citizencohn.bsky.social
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A critically important, tight legal analysis -- essential reading on the Cornell case
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No, You Don’t Know That Jane Doe ‘Changed Her Story.’ No One Does.
We do know that Jane Doe’s 2024 report never received the caliber of care it deserved.
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Max @2xaught7.ing · 06/10/2026
To check on your voting status (or register), here's the state of Muh-ZOHR-eez (Missouri's) site. Low-res Colin Robinson can't do anything to you. www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMiss…
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 06/10/2026
Meta's Muse is a privacy and security shitshow any sensible person saw coming miles away. Truly an abysmal company; clearly confident they won't see U.S. government accountability anytime soon.
techdirt.com
Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire
Meta's agentic AI product Muse has had a rocky few weeks since launch. The product, which features an animated avatar named Jolly (one presumes to make mass hyper surveillance seem adorable) is supposed to help you offload busywork like making restaurant reservations, paying bills, or ordering groceries. Despite Meta having claimed repeatedly that Muse was...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
“The most basic notions of privacy — not to mention human decency — tell us that human beings have a right to not have their every interaction recorded and uploaded to a server…”
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WashU Expert: Amazon’s smart glasses raise privacy concerns
Amazon’s introduction of smart glasses for its delivery drivers raises significant questions about privacy, workplace surveillance and the normalization of continuously recording technology, says Wash...
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ucpete @ucpete.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Phish Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ October 4, 2026 The Squirming Coil outro: the moment when Page walked over to play the famous pipe organ - the largest and loudest instrument on earth - not played publicly in almost a century ... moving Page to tears. Gorgeous stuff #phish #weeping
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think Billy was waiting for Phish to phinish.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...
404media.co
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would urge everyone to read the alleged victim’s own words (which are in this piece if you actually read the whole thing) before you assume the Cornell thing is a gang rape. I don’t know what happened and neither do you. But her own words do NOT describe rape. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The district attorney explained why he reopened the Cornell investigation. Read the document: (Gift Article)
The district attorney for Tompkins County in New York said he is reopening an investigation into a report of a sexual assault at Cornell University.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm thrilled to share that my new book about #SCOTUS, "The Court We Need: What's Really Wrong With the Supreme Court—and How to Fix It," is now available for pre-orders: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812983... The book is set to be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on May 4, 2027.
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The Court We Need by Stephen Vladeck: 9798217061815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned...
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Eve Brensike Primus @primuseve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Attn: @umichlaw.bsky.social and @mdefenders.bsky.social is hiring a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law/Associate Director for the new MDefenders Center for Public Defense. Job posting here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2.... Come work w/me to train the next generation of public defenders!
careers.umich.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Director MDefenders Center for Public Defense | U-M Careers
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
“Based on location coordinates from Flock’s own database, the map shows more than 170,000 cameras, plus more than 130,000 accompanying gadgets that play a part in the company’s expansive American surveillance network.”
theintercept.com
Flock Wants The Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
A new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants it taken down.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: The Eighth Circuit, Missouri’s maps, and the mess the Roberts Court has brought about. Even as the Supreme Court has tried to stop the Missouri maps chaos, it turns out that a lack of concern for precedent, rules, and stability have trickle-down effects. This evening, at Law Dork:
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The Eighth Circuit, Missouri’s maps, and the mess the Roberts Court has brought about
Even as the Supreme Court has tried to stop the Missouri maps chaos, it turns out that a lack of concern for precedent, rules, and stability have trickle-down effects.
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Niall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A brilliantly-reported and vitally important investigation from us today. Jaw-dropping, heart-breaking findings. So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
technologyreview.com
The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A bit from me in @wired.com today wrt our research on AI agents with @evijit.io and Samir Passi. This is a really detailed article, thanks for writing it @thiccreese.bsky.social! www.wired.com/story/metas-...
wired.com
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fascinating stuff and why NIH grants are so important and should be absolutely free from political interference: med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 21/09/2026
The Apocalypse Will Not Be Sexy When we picture the end of the world, the first thing that springs to mind is typically the cinematic version of "things going wrong." We picture the musical score rising... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/21/the-apo…
techdirt.com
The Apocalypse Will Not Be Sexy
When we picture the end of the world, the first thing that springs to mind is typically the cinematic version of "things going wrong." We picture the musical score rising to a crescendo as the climactic events take place. Our heroes are fighting to stop some big giant, unstoppable threat. Even if they are ultimately...
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I swear every third post on BlueSky is about trans issues. I cannot take this level of obsessiveness. Going to have to cull some accounts.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Austin Simmons has been awful tonight for Mizzou. He has been so inaccurate
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mizzou’s tackling has been horrendous
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: a federal judge has GRANTED limited discovery in a lawsuit to get to the bottom of how DoJ got its hands on a private memo it improperly obtained and used to file a judicial complaint against Judge Boasberg in the AEA case (CECOT). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum Opinion – #43 in Res Ipsa Media, LLC v. Department of Justice (D. Maryland, 1:25-cv-02866) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Adam B Abelson on 9/14/2026. (hmls, Deputy Clerk)
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Flock is very serious surveillance technology that cops take very seriously: 404media.co/cops-search-...
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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Opinion | The Fix Was Almost In - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...
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Opinion | The Fix Was Almost In
The midterms dodge their first MAGA bullet. It won’t be the last.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026
Today in luxury surveillance.
gadgetreview.com
How Luxury Cars Became Around-the-Clock Surveillance Machines
Luxury cars collect steering, location, and behavioral data around the clock and share it with insurers and data brokers via embedded eSIMs.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The worst part of all this is Hancil Rincon was making his major league debut when Eddings humiliated him for no reason. Waited his whole life for that moment and can never get it back. MLB needs to suspend Eddings. Baseball is a game that is supposed to be joyful, not Pete Hegseth’x military.
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For my Phish brethren, I will be on the floor tonight looking like this:
Middle aged white dude with a Camp Wannaphishka shirt on.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What’s the data behind Trump’s claims noncitizens vote? Even when the reddest of states sets its officials to back them up, they can’t. Here are the facts you need to know to support Labor Day conversations with family and friends: joycevance.substack.com/p/voter-frau...
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This tracks. Born in Wisconsin. Grew up in Missouri. I personally believe those of us from this central area have no accent but there are specific words for things.
A linguistic map showing that my dialect is centered in the Midwest and more specifically in the upper Midwest
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW The legal agony of Wile E Coyote Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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The legal agony of Wile E Coyote
Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just watched the highlights of the #STLCards game and I cannot believe that they called a wild pitch on the Dodgers first run. Pages just flat out missed that. Should be a passed ball. I guess they don’t score those anymore.
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NChlebowski @nchlebowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
💯 this is the way pub.bluehorizonproject.org/p/democrats-...
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Democrats Should Focus Oversight Strategies on Trump
Democrats are strategizing about what their agenda should be if they are able to retake the House, or potentially both the House and Senate.
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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Inmates were paid to make calls where they pretended to be neutral pollsters but with the real intent to influence potential voters to support GOP candidates. oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/o...
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Oklahoma prison inmates operated political, insurance calls centers behind bars • Oklahoma Voice
Contracts obtained via an open records request confirm that a company called HBW Leads and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections have established several call centers since January.
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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NYT map illustrating how US Navy has lost its foothold in the Gulf as a result of Trump's war with Iran. Will the USN ever get it back? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Map of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean showing how Iran has rendered US Gulf bases unavailable during the US-Iran War of 2026.
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Maine's Black Lawyer @lutherevers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yeah. This checks out. Grew up in the New West with family in the South and Midwest and lived in Florida for over a decade. My verbiage is all kinds of weird. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"A service run from Latvia offers payment for short, social-media-friendly clips designed to look like grassroots GOP support." Social media is becoming more and more polluted.
theatlantic.com
Inside a Conservative Operation to Hijack Your Social-Media Feed
A service run from Latvia offers payment for short, social-media-friendly clips designed to look like grassroots GOP support.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026
This is an absolutely catastrophic data breach of an identity verification vendor 150+ million drivers license scans that includes photos, address, license numbers etc. It includes Pete Hegseth, security researchers, and even the deputy director of the FBI. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
A screenshot of a search result on a website titled "NEXUS | Identity Document Database" showing a locked Minnesota driver's license record for "PETER HEG******." A driver's license portrait of Peter Hegseth appears on the left, next to mostly redacted information fields, including ID number, birth date (1980), and address, followed by a prompt to purchase the full record for $100.00.
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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 02/09/2026
I thought this was a fun idea: that some amount of America's trade deficit, and the domestic and international problems that result from it, should be attributed to the singularly insane inefficiencies in our health finance model. sankaran.substack.com/p/is-us-heal...
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Is US Healthcare the Dark Matter of Global Imbalances?
Earlier this month, I had a piece in FT Alphaville containing one of my most deeply felt grab you by the collar and yell in your face views—that one cannot talk about global imbalances without conside...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/09/2026
From PN: Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters? "Trusting the Republicans more on the economy at this point is like trusting Sean Combs to be your babysitter ... "
publicnotice.co
Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
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Katy sings train songs @katysings.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
❤️❤️❤️ “I don’t think a lot of people know this, but that was a charity event” #manofthepeople #BMFS
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Billy Strings reflects on Ionia homecoming, to donate all proceeds to city that raised him
MLive caught up with Billy Strings following the inaugural Ionia Freak Fair. See what the Grammy-winning guitarist had to say about the first-year festival, his new album and his Ionia homecoming.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I wrote a couple threads here on Bluesky about this weekend's headlines, how they tie to corruption and what we must do to deal with the threat. I revisit and expand upon what I wrote here in my latest Substack. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/its-the-co...
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It’s the Corruption, Stupid
Toward a Unified Theory of Political Division and Healing in America
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 28/08/2026
The second experiment is the unsettling one. People studied the correct image, then minutes later picked the false version and reported remembering the feature that was never there. Two thirds of those errors were attributed to memory rather than a guess.
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Study Finds The Mandela Effect Is Real, And Incredibly Difficult To Explain
Only one of these images is correct, and you're probably going to pick the wrong one.
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