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Sam @very-simple.com · 7h

I know he's a racist, but I am just extremely confused as to what racist trope he's trying to invoke here?

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Sam @very-simple.com · 9h

Apparently you can avoid that by ordering one with extra pages (which costs the same as the regular size)

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Sam @very-simple.com · 9h

Yet again extremely glad I had to renew my passport in fall 2024 and I can bypass this entire administration.

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 9h

I feel dumb even just having to say this but the reason passports are mailed out in plain regular envelopes is that so that people do not attempt to steal easily recognizable passports in the mail. bsky.app/profile/carn...

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Sam @very-simple.com · 11h

yeah - there's a special class of doctors (and appointments) for genuine emergencies (I had ankle surgery three weeks after I injured myself), but you sometimes need to know the magic words to bypass the normal scheduling.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 12h

...I threw a bit of a fit and was like, "I don't understand why I have to delay care for three more months because of a situation I did not create" and then they magically found me an appointment on the same day as my original (still a month and a half out!).

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Sam @very-simple.com · 12h

I have a routine appointment today that I scheduled A YEAR AGO. In august, I got a notification that my specific doctor was leaving the practice, and instead of just assigning me a new doctor, I had to call to 'reschedule' at which point they offered me an appointment in DECEMBER...

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Sam @very-simple.com · 15h

Also it’s The Athletic, a sports-news organization with a very specific focus. It’s like when the Philly Inquirer headline about some national event is functionally “Philly local has tangential tie to major national event”.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 15h

This has been in the back of my head since yesterday. Not only the “basketball game must mean NBA”, but that they couldn’t even fathom that Smith would attend a women’s game.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 30/09/2026

I say this as a lawyer, never put a lawyer in charge of the enterprise.

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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 29/09/2026

NYers READ SHARE DONATE My friend Chelsea's daughter has leukemia & needs platelet transfusions. She can *only* have AB platelets. You can donate if you are AB+ or AB-. Please go to Sloane Kettering at 1250 1st Ave. Say they're for Stella Suther. DM me for her bday www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/a...

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

Yeah - at my job, some work is routinized based on quarterly reporting cycles, but most of my work (in-house corporate lawyer) is reacting to ad hoc stuff that happens day-to-day.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

An actual robot servant would have been useful earlier this summer when I broke my ankle and was non-weight bearing for five weeks. Instead, a helpful human neighbor came over every day and made sure I got my mail.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

Also also, to the extent I have more boring stuff on to do lists, they are things like reminders to take medication and feed my cat. There’s nothing to optimize because the reminder is the whole thing, unless AI is going to get the cat food out of a drawer and plate it for my cat.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

Also, to the extent that people create routines for themselves (I had one when I was unemployed), we often take pleasure in the routine itself. Not sure why I would need AI to ‘optimize’ going to my local coffee shop to shoot the shit with some other regulars like I do every Sunday.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

they really think it's the hockey, huh?

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

I'm formulating a theory that they think by making it a government expense, it's an 'official government act' that is immune under Trump v US, whereas if it was campaign funds, that would be campaign activity, not government activity. (to be clear, this is all very stupid)

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

The problem is that Israel wants to be BOTH a religious autocracy AND still get to claim the mantle of democracy.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

It's rare to look at a video and thing "literally everyone is doing the wrong thing". The double-parked car, the fedex truck parked in the turning blind spot, the box truck driver trying to turn on narrow, local streets, the suv behind him who decided he needed to tailgate through the light.

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

I am not a car girl, but my dad is an absolute car guy, and I have learned certain things by osmosis. 🤣

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Sam @very-simple.com · 29/09/2026

It wasn’t exactly the same, but my dad had a 1983 mustang convertible. It’s biggest claim to fame was that a small indie movie studio rented it for a movie starring an up and coming pop star. www.imcdb.org/v071461.html