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Last Checked Sept. 28, 2022

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Thu Aug 04 18:16:17 +0000 2022

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Now obviously in some sense it would be great for everyone to go do something incredibly self-sacrificing and idealistic. I think everyone knows that and also everyone knows the limits of that exhortation. I'm making a more specific point about Facebook — it's product is dumb. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 4, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Thread here taking issue with my anti-Facebookism so I want to be clear — I'm not saying the smart, hard-working engineers wasting their lives at Facebook should go be do-gooders, I'm saying they should work for different less worthless tech companies. https://t.co/6xSm3r8cV8 — PolitiTweet.org

Drew Pusateri @drewpusateri

This is so fucking stupid and repetitive (Matt posts this every 6 months or so) I guess I'm going to do a thread ab… https://t.co/tlocrTU9eC

Posted Aug. 4, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I don't think it should be illegal or anything. But if I heard of a really smart, talented chemist and he was spending his time trying to tweak the formula for Fritos to make them slightly more compelling I'd say that's kind of sad. That's not a great use of time and talent. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 4, 2022 Hibernated

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