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The lawyers seeking to overturn the election do not know how to use Microsoft Word — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @derektmuller: https://t.co/S9is9q6Hp5 — PolitiTweet.org

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@HarrenGWarding @Apple @AppleSupport @intel @backlon @gruber Yep, in that review as well — PolitiTweet.org

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@HarrenGWarding @Apple @AppleSupport @intel @backlon @gruber hey there, yes, we and many others noted this in our reviews. It’s an odd limitation https://t.co/QZjW3tTSyW https://t.co/2ShrX1ACQx — PolitiTweet.org

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@backlon @Happicamp @dcseifert @JoannaStern The suspension is too soft for a plow! Clearly I need to buy another gigantic pickup truck — PolitiTweet.org

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@tae15adams 😳 look it was a rough night for both of us but we came out of it stronger, as best friends — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kellymakena: personally, i ~love~ that section 230 is now this ghostly apparition that haunts every piece of legislation, related or un… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chrislhayes: It is almost impossible to overstate what a colossal con job the Foxconn "factory" in the US ended up being. On this week'… — PolitiTweet.org

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@reginame48 I got him some updated merch for Xmas ;) — PolitiTweet.org

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@keithwhamond Enormous — PolitiTweet.org

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@snkcube It’s a rebuilt 1200mk2, I love it — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s my ER doc dad reppin as he gets his first vaccine shot. (Mom, also a doc, got hers last week!) https://t.co/tjZtwIbqQG — PolitiTweet.org

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@evnbrown I think this is why so much new vinyl is 180grams, which does little for sound but is heavier — PolitiTweet.org

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(I’ll go back on vacation now.) — PolitiTweet.org

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And here’s @charlieharding and Nate Sloan with an episode of Switched on Pop that explores how streaming has restructured songs themselves. Tech and music, locked in a forever-dance: https://t.co/GxAgqunIUA — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s a terrific @estellecaswell video on how longer disco songs drove the dominance of the 12-inch single. (Including New Order’s Blue Monday, one of my most treasured records. That sleeve!) https://t.co/rsZNYFzlns https://t.co/wkENzAv2uo — PolitiTweet.org

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Distribution formats shape culture, and culture shapes distribution formats. It’s one of my favorite things to think about. (Because I am a giant nerd.) — PolitiTweet.org

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So half of the new records I’ve bought recently are 2xLPs with no inner tracks. Like this very pretty copy of Taylor Swift’s Folklore https://t.co/KSd7gUVhVG — PolitiTweet.org

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But now that streaming exists, no one’s thinking about album track order that way. And vinyl is selling well, but in relatively small numbers, and as much for the physical experience of handling the records. And no one wants to compromise inner groove sound quality. — PolitiTweet.org

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But when vinyl was the only music format, no one wanted to flip records all the time. So everyone made use of the whole side, and artists and engineers would order albums to have the quieter songs on the inner grooves. — PolitiTweet.org

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The inside of a record spins slower than the outside, so the inner grooves are packed tighter, with more distortion and limited dynamic range. Physical formats have all kinds of weirdness like this that shape music itself. https://t.co/F1pxKVyGdL — PolitiTweet.org

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My oldest records, like our beloved 1974 copy of Sticky Fingers (with real zipper sleeve!) are packed tight to the center. What’s going on? https://t.co/aNX0AMxoXs — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m on vacation so of course I am thinking about how music is expressed on different formats, like this new Chris Stapleton record I got for Christmas. Note that it only has three tracks on side A and the center is blank - the album came on 2xLPs, like a lot of new vinyl. https://t.co/vImfZqzo1R — PolitiTweet.org

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@AnnemarieBridy I mean.... yes. :) https://t.co/dUwut2yksO https://t.co/aiDz3dO52c — PolitiTweet.org

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@AnnemarieBridy I find it fascinating that everyone - including Substack - is trying to place it higher in the stack than like, Cloudflare, and thus opening the attendant moderation debate — PolitiTweet.org

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@_tombocom_ Right. Which car is that? — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course this would happen, but also: it’s bonkers this is happening — PolitiTweet.org

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@blakereid @Krischi I think the answer is the CEC answer - it’s not in the interest of any member company to push it, so it languishes even though various individuals know it’s frustrating. Feels like a clear example of the market working in one way - HDMI exists! - and totally failing in another — PolitiTweet.org

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@bradleege truly, why should I care — PolitiTweet.org

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@bradleege Maybe they should call Google — PolitiTweet.org