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@Viktor_Reeds Mattel w a Tesla license. This is the $400 limited edition (that I forgot I had ordered in Dec 2019!), there is a new $100 toy today — PolitiTweet.org

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Well. It ain’t small. https://t.co/1ibs23QNcE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mslopatto: good morning from Oakland federal court. we will be hearing from Harvard's James Mickens, security expert for Epic, and then… — PolitiTweet.org

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@shvmaurya They aren’t changing the prices, just adding the higher quality options — PolitiTweet.org

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The two biggest trends in the music industry right now are like artists making songs just to go viral on TikTok and streaming services rolling out lossless audio quality tiers that require new speakers to even hear. A real Z / Boomer dynamic — PolitiTweet.org

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@thatsnotjoe @loudmouthjulia Julia spin off of your new media entity and do a new joint Vergecast venture — PolitiTweet.org

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Very cool of Apple for offering three tiers - including a higher quality tier than its devices can even support - instead of pretending the CD was the pinnacle of audio quality https://t.co/1V0ghBK0ol — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonfortt Allowing T-Mobile to buy Sprint has resulted in thousands of layoffs and so far nothing from the complicated scheme to replace Sprint with Dish — PolitiTweet.org

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@TedatACA Why didn’t your clients service them earlier? — PolitiTweet.org

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I really hope Starlink pushes these ISPs to build out their service and compete instead of blowing cash on lobbyists and studies that try to dodge the simple reality that virtually all Americans hate their broadband provider — PolitiTweet.org

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I have gotten about a dozen emails from Starlink customers who don’t love my piece for various reasons, which is fair. The common thread? All of them *hate* their local ISPs. Here’s just a sample. I ain’t wrong dude. https://t.co/E2MXbqpP1q — PolitiTweet.org

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@TedatACA @CNBC @ATT @Discovery @arstechnica @jbrodkin It’s Sunday, I’m building a swing set, and there’s a story right here. I’m sorry everyone hates the companies you are paid to represent but they charge high prices for bad service. https://t.co/CtTUy86NLZ — PolitiTweet.org

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@bradtiller @sachasayan Y’all I spent so much time quoting this website in the review and also the all reported “good connection” https://t.co/ASUiIB2jx7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@GleimTime Ha @backlon and I talked about this on the Vergecast this week - what it reminds me of the most is unhappy Windows Phone fans after reviews — PolitiTweet.org

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@bradtiller @sachasayan You will also note that the dish is pointed *up* in that photo, after auto-aligning itself. You would never expect this amount of trees to be an issue! — PolitiTweet.org

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@sachasayan Also: "easily resolved by putting the dish on the roof" is really not that easy! — PolitiTweet.org

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@sachasayan Out of the box, it is designed to be on the ground. And I think most people would see this amount of open sky and assume they were good to go. — PolitiTweet.org

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(I added the gif: https://t.co/hmp9fcr4VB) — PolitiTweet.org

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@colinlord You see what I’m saying — PolitiTweet.org

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I will keep the dish and the service active, and keep testing it as the service goes final later this summer, as Starlink has indicated. We’ll see! — PolitiTweet.org

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I probably should have put a gif of this in the review, but I did also take the dish to where it had wide open sky about a mile down the road (still in my coverage area!) and the results were mostly the same. So it was a lot of explanation for very little gain, in my mind. — PolitiTweet.org

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This seems to have confused a lot of people - here’s the AR view from the Starlink app showing where it needs open sky and the obstructions at my house. It is really not a lot, and still caused two hours of obstruction a day. https://t.co/97QyKpZjMG — PolitiTweet.org

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@jhall @waltmossberg The point was to show most people, who have never used Starlink but have heard endless hype about it, exactly how sensitive the beam is to obstructions. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s a nice pairing with my Starlink review: — PolitiTweet.org

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@TujuMaster @WeWinWhenWeWish They are both owned and operated by the city! — PolitiTweet.org

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@TujuMaster @WeWinWhenWeWish (You think Midway and Ohare… compete?) — PolitiTweet.org

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@Carnage4Life Mask off baby — PolitiTweet.org

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Can you imagine Apple claiming Mac developers who distribute on the web are just using its tech for free? What a line of argument — PolitiTweet.org

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@SamitSarkar @loudmouthjulia I only get a few shots a year and I am gonna take em! — PolitiTweet.org

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@tnofuentes hrm — PolitiTweet.org