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skepticsbookoflists

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Host of The Conspiracy Skeptic podcast. Author The Skeptic's Book of Lists and the all new The Conspiracy Skeptic's Book of Lists. Both make fine Christmas gift, eh?

I filter out anything with "b!tc0in". If you're a profile selling/promoting "b!tc0in" you can follow me but I'll just block you. Leave your trash on Telegram, bro.

The Skeptic's Book of Lists
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HQ2SMKC/

The Conspiracy Skeptic's Book new
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK3H4ZZR

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skepticsbookoflists, to random
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I still have my copy.

skepticsbookoflists, to SEOUL
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To live in a city where they run out of primary colors to code their subway lines. Even better, they have to resort to shades and multiple colors.


skepticsbookoflists, to random
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Bank: We pay 4% interest on your accounts! A $5,000 deposit gets you $200 a year!

Me to bank: Inflation is running at 5% You're asking me to lose $50 a year with you so you can loan it out and make a big profit. What's in it for me exactly?

skepticsbookoflists, to random
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If ever I had lost my passport and I needed to get back into Canada, I always had the lyrics to "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" memorized in my mind's left hip pocket. I figured I could cite those to the Canadian border agent as proof I was Canadian. I imagined maybe finishing it up with a little jig sure to impress the customs official.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy…

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More European research and academic groups announce they’re leaving Twitter/X. https://connect.geant.org/2024/04/29/%20geant-is-ceasing-activities-on-x-fka-twitter

skepticsbookoflists,
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@w7voa Whenever I see a company that sells scientific equipment or similar products/services, I always respond "why are you giving ad dollars to racist musk twitter?"

arstechnica, to random
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Trailer for Deadpool and Wolverine is filled with fun slo-mo action, F-bombs

Can this film revive a flagging MCU? We're gonna go with "yes."

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/04/trailer-for-deadpool-and-wolverine-is-filled-with-fun-slo-mo-action-f-bombs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica I thought Wolverine died in the last movie?

skepticsbookoflists, to random
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Guy: The debt is a fiction! We should just cancel the debt!

Me: So you just cancel the $2 trillion Americans have invested in savings bonds and the government debt their pension funds have invested in?

Guy: Yeah. We do that by giving them cash for their bonds.

Me: So what you're saying is the government just repays its debt...

#Debt

skepticsbookoflists,
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@johnefrancis If government has a balanced budget, it would pay interest on the bonds from taxes taken in. The USA runs a deficit and in essence sells more bonds to pay the interest on existing bonds. It's a bit like you keep getting new credit cards with higher limits to max pay off the previous credit card you ran up to the limit.

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Watching Cirque du Soleil is the only time in my life I think "the only thing that could save this is a donkey show."

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Dear Ask a Chef

Whenever I see a picture of a chef, she/he always has her/his arms crossed. Is this the chef equivalent of a taekwondo ready stance?

skepticsbookoflists, to random
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Tax time! I grossed $439.69 in royalties and earned $346.76 after expenses (ordering promo copies of the books). That paid for pretty much 2 oil changes! Woo hoo! Over to you @idoubtit

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The right has one main tool. Make voters afraid of something and then let them think they're the only party that can protect them. Many likely know what they're saying is 100% BS. These people may not be educated but they have ivy league staffers that advise them that do. All that matters is their low information voters become even more terrified and rush to the polls to ensure MTG, Trump, etc. will protect them.

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8% of men surveyed think they could beat a lion in a fist fight. This suggests to me that 8% of men enjoy doing surveys drunk.

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I'm still anticipating a sequel to Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.

skepticsbookoflists, to iPod
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Found this cheap at resale. It didn't come with the cable. Being a man of a certain age, I have a milk crate full of old cables. And, well, that came in handy. So, wives. Scoff. Scoff all you want!

#iPod
#iPodNano
#Resale
#FirstWorldProblems

skepticsbookoflists, to random
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Remind me never to sell a Skip the Dishes insulated pizza bag ever again on FB marketplace. Most people want $30-$50 for the bag. I found it for $5 and put it up for $10. I'm not a "charge what the market will bear" guy. If I can 2x my money and get something useful into someone's hands for less than what others want, I'm okay with that deal. But, man, must have had 14 people "Is this available?" "Yes" then silence. Had one guy "yup, going to pick it up! Coming !" Finally told him "You need to come before 9 pm". "Yup coming!" 9 pm came and he didn't show up. Messaged him and told him "no sale".

Anyway, finally got a guy to go through with the deal. Lot of answering pointless messages for $5. Oi.

skepticsbookoflists, to detroit
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I could never figure out if Dave Stewart was channelling The Ghoul or The Ghoul was channelling Dave Stewart.


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SecularJeffrey, to random
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Earlier we had a conversation about 60s and 70s decor colors.

May I present The Bold Look!

skepticsbookoflists,
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@SecularJeffrey Avocado green! Man, that was everywhere.

Rasta, to random
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Right now, in some dingy back office....

reaches $932,818 USD raised, of $355,000,000 target. Shina isn't getting paid.

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@Rasta I imagine the only people Trump pays on time and in full are his European hookers.

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We are living in an era that lacks even one celebrity ventriloquist.

TonyStark, to random
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Unions work.

Ford UAW Members to Receive Average $10,400 Profit Sharing for 2023 –
https://davidsonian.com/2024/02/08/ford-uaw-members-to-receive-average-10400-profit-sharing-for-2023/

skepticsbookoflists,
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@TonyStark What are Tesla workers getting?

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If a coworker presses the elevator up button at the same time I press the elevator down button and the up elevator comes first, I always say to the coworker "well, I guess god loves you more."

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Thank you, MAGA, for making me suddenly care about the success of a pop music diva? Where were you during the Madonna days?

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Obsessing about a woman's dating past is like not reading a book because you fear someone might have enjoyed the book more than you.

maxleibman, (edited ) to infosec
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Boss: Why haven't you done any of the work I gave you?

Me: What work?

Boss: From my emails!

Me: Oh, I deleted those.

Boss: WHAT?!

Me: I thought they were phishing attempts.

Boss: Why?

Me: The IT security training said typos and unexpected requests were clues to spot phishing.

skepticsbookoflists,
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@maxleibman Our IT security sent out an invite for courses on corporate security that were developed and hosted by Kevin Mitnick. I'm like "yeah, right, this is a crafty tiger team ploy to see if we're dumb enough to click on anything with the name of one of the most notorious hackers in history". I flagged it as phising and commented "most amusing". No. Turns out it was a real course they wanted us to take.

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