Hey @IIBA – my membership has been expired for 4+ years. My account has just been migrated to your new system, where I can find no way of actually deleting my account. Can you please assist? That’s a thing people need to be able to do.

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This is all well and good when you’re totally grey, but it sucks if it’s salt-and-pepper. I made the decision to stop dyeing mine this year, but I’ll admit I’m still torn on it. I work in an industry where older women are incredibly rare. 🙁 https://t.co/SPKNzoWyGu

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I know I’m supposed to think this is a bad idea, but I’m having flashbacks to Boone’s Farm Wild Island in college. I will definitely try it. #sorrynotsorry 🍷🍍❤️ https://t.co/Ksd3SPJc82

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@NickyWill100 I’m so sorry to hear it, Nicky. My condolences to you and your family. 💜

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@joneaves Mine really likes Lambrusco and soda.

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Supposed to be in the Domain seeing Paul Kelly, but it’s pouring. ☹️ Instead we’re finishing off the Roger Moore years… https://t.co/gjIwqRVldm https://t.co/FuqJeo9gHs

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Wait, this one’s about destroying Silicon Valley? I might have a new favourite Bond…

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@samnewman She’s AMAZING. I need to work more hoods and backless jumpsuits into my wardrobe.

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Getting on a list like this is legit one of my life goals. https://t.co/D57ZPndZth

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How do you do, fellow kids? 😂❤️ #madeinthe90s https://t.co/iAmvFMFsGI https://t.co/ANPghfXDTX

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@mattallen He’s annoyed he didn’t have an appropriate era baseball cap. (He couldn’t find my old ND one, which is around here somewhere…)

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RT @KenJennings: No one in history has ever just stopped eating Chex Mix. Either you run out of Chex Mix, or you die.

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RT @abbyfuller: 👋 #aws #ecs user? we’ve doubled a few default limits!

Default # of clusters per Region per account is now 2k (was 1k)

Def…

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays! #bepeculiar @amazonwebservices https://t.co/4sF1Zs9Nmx https://t.co/iGLlk9zCAc

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@LizlingC Sure, but the ratio of times when it’s actually useful vs times when it’s an annoying dead end that doesn’t even reference the original source is like 1:10,000.

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@lathiat Yeah, I’m talking about personal use. I know there’s a Chrome extension that blocks them, but it just visually hides them. You end up with pages with 2 results on them, which is annoying.

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@The_McJones Please let @SydTechLeaders know when you find out, because we’re moving to the former for our meetups next year.

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@DuchessFounder Thank you!! ❤️

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Flower crowns = best Christmas party activity EVER. L @ Arygle Bar https://t.co/RmMNdMiekT

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TIL wearing a homemade dress with your company’s logo all over it is a great conversation starter at the Christmas party. 😂 (“HEY, YOU’RE THAT #frocktober GIRL!!”)

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Earlier in the night: always the Prom Queen and King. ❤️ @rdrkt https://t.co/vZN6YYW1lF https://t.co/wvLzHzA0e9

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The Snook’s Christmas party is tomorrow, and the theme is “Made in the 90s.” He found his first cellphone and charged it up for the first time in nearly 20 years. ❤️ #dontcallit https://t.co/2939uEafGb https://t.co/yZbvvbBeb0

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The Snook is cleaning his man-bag from the 90’s. (Seriously.) “People are just going to think I’m a hipster, FROM NOW!” he frets.

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@glenngillen He thinks so! He had it in Sydney and thinks he took it to London with him when he met me.

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RT @jenrigatoni: All this time Ariana grande was actually the one with big dick energy

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More spelunking through our collection of 1990’s gear. “How are you going to carry all this?” “THAT’S WHAT THE MAN BAG IS FOR!” 😍 https://t.co/mX2f1VS0R4 https://t.co/tju0pUyzkE

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@nothergeek In translucent plastic, because the 90’s. 🙂

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RT @lindamciver: Need a last minute Christmas idea? Want to support Data Science Education? Have a very Data Science Christmas at https://t…

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@whereistanya @jonoabroad @JeffreyTheobald Thank you!! The Melbourne tech community is so great. ❤️

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RT @soxyface: Look who started a podcast with a big Irish 👍!!! Thanks @evolvable and @web_goddess for the opportunity to do even MOHR talki…

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AWS Dev Warriors kicking off with Nickk giving a re:Invent recap! https://t.co/qETQ9MRNIL

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So Google must have automated ways of adhering to suppression orders in various countries, right? Here’s the thing – why can’t I use that as a personal setting to NEVER see Pinterest in my search results ever again?! 🔥

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Earworm Report: “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” has been replaced by the theme to “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power,” which is a much happier situation. WE MUST BE STRONG! 🦄🌈

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This is really happening, folks.

“Do I look cool or like a big dork?” I asked the Snook. He considered and answered brightly, “BOTH!” 😂 https://t.co/ssoFoAesIa

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@simonwaight But it *is* the day of the Christmas party…

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@simonwaight LOL. I should photoshop it later so @jeffbarr knows what he looks like in an AWS dress…

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@samjarman That would’ve been GENIUS! But alas, I did not think of it. Next year. 🙂

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RT @farbodsaraf: .@vgcerf: ‘I didn’t invent the web’

@timberners_lee: ‘I didn’t invent the internet’

(Photo via @AndiMann) #OurDigitalFut…

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Opened up the latest @WomenWhoCode email to see my friends from @Wwcodesingapore at the top! 👋 https://t.co/sw3sxRroy1

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@gilmae I’m going to have to find a clip and make Alexa play it when he turns the AC on.

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Learning all about blockchain from Priyanka. She’s doing such a great job!! #ggdsyd https://t.co/0tD9KI9u0m

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I have honestly learned more about blockchain and Bitcoin from Priyanka’s talk than any other this year! #ggdsyd https://t.co/aUtqRkRl8T

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A real demo of blockchain in Javascript!! 👏 #ggdsyd https://t.co/Tixc4hlPGY

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Where was this talk 11 years ago, @notsolonecoder?! #ggdsyd https://t.co/PAzoRc8UY5

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OHAI. It me. (I feel seen.) #ggdsyd @notsolonecoder https://t.co/TRxzyX4hHV

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Literally a dozen other people are wincing and chuckling in recognition of their own selves. #ggdsyd https://t.co/pwC8Ow2eoV

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Damn. In mixed groups, women volunteered for crappy tasks more often, and were EXPECTED and NOMINATED to do this by everybody else. Now I’m annoyed I didn’t know about this for my #sydtechleaders rant last week. #ggdsyd https://t.co/UiV9Ew6aBw

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A couple years back, I saw @notsolonecoder give a talk on growth mindsets, and consequently “GROWTH MINDSET” became a personal mantra. Looks like she’s just inspired another one… #ggdsyd https://t.co/Mn0UxOKYB4

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Spiritual cousin to @notsolonecoder’s talk is @mipsytipsy’s advice about staying technical. QFT. #ggdsyd https://t.co/geLKSjm7X0

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Finishing the talk with Javascript number weirdness with @megganeturner! #ggdsyd https://t.co/RIApNZW62X

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@jonoabroad @whereistanya I heard a rumour she might visit Australia next year?!

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I absolutely love that @megganeturner has tied a fun discussion of Javascript number weirdness into an actual bug she had to fix at @JaxstaMusic. #ggdsyd https://t.co/BdaVrqU7xd

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Nearly at the house when I saw something skitter to my left. Yup, Huntsman. (My hand for scale, because I’m just that much of a badass.) 🕷 https://t.co/YPtTs7rdEG https://t.co/X014d74vJL

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RT @videosmithery: I have some #AdaLovelace binary scarves now in stock at @TheNestUK at Albert Dock liverpool 🙂 https://t.co/BVwaGnzpbx

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RT @JessicaCGlenn: If tech had diverse teams I suspect that I would be able to buy a set of headphones that didn’t always take one or two s…

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@whereistanya @jonoabroad @JeffreyTheobald YAY! I spoke at that one last year – fantastic group, and Jeff is one of my fave people. Now I have to figure out how to get to Melbourne for it (unless your trip has a stop off in Sydney??).

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RT @practicingdev: Don’t fall for the trap of assuming that professional development needs to happen in your spare time–unpaid on nights a…

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@christmasHAMsel 😳

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@mattallen @rabbieburns @paulmiggs Whaaaaat. I am going to the wrong team meetings, clearly.

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My brain: “Oh good. That “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” earworm is finally—DAMN IT.” ☹️

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You think I’m trolling, but I’m not. 😏 https://t.co/fRDp5xW03y

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@lifeasdaddy Not too much. Was more an artefact of poor lighting conditions.

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RT @JordanUhl: I know Twitter is fun and people throw about being “addicted” to posting in a hyperbolic way but Elon Musk literally cried o…

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@randomknits That is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. 😂

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Had a lovely lunch with @brendangregg and @DeirdreS as they finish up their epic Australian #yow18 adventure. Always nice to make new tech friends from around the world! https://t.co/PRx2eg4X5r

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Hey @weesperhk – I got an email from you and clicked unsubscribe because a) I don’t live in HK and b) I don’t remember ever signing up for this. Unfortunately your unsubscribe form requires me to type in my email address, and then it tells me it doesn’t exist on the list. 🙁

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RT @alicegoldfuss: Serena Williams is learning to code.

Mostly server side.

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Sometimes the 🍍 is joyous. Other times, not so much. https://t.co/BWqnWBIGNO

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Before I go to bed, trying to reflect on an unambiguous Good Thing. Tomorrow my @GGDSydney mentee is giving her first proper dev talk ever on blockchain, and she’s going to smash it. ❤️

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RT @intntnllyadptv: This is all too common.

It can be an indication that a company doesn’t understand that management is a specialty craft…

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Sometimes @Spotify’s Discover Weekly algorithm is eerily good at recommending music I didn’t know I needed in my life. Other times I end up with “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” stuck in my head for two days. 😒

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Woooo! Automated our aircon with Alexa (hooking into homebrew smart home controller built by the Snook). #lazy #voicecontrolftw https://t.co/huLWZQidDf https://t.co/gmaIBiIBia

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My favourite part is that since it’s all custom, I can use phrases like, “Alexa, tell my smart home that it’s hot as balls in here.” 😂

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@petehanssens Yup. We have a dumb old air con so have to literally replay IR commands at it.

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@mmastertheone Not gonna lie – I was tempted… 😂

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@mattallen Well, the fact that my compatriot had to resort to IFTTT to get it to work with *his* voice assistant… may have contributed to the grin. 🙂

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@mattallen Yep. Raspberry Pi + LIRC. (Inspired by a similar project @seansonbronson presented at SyPy earlier this year!)

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@vertis @orj @ittybittyapps I’m already using Jekyll->S3 for https://t.co/d8LFjszP5y. But https://t.co/wPCtzMM3Ls is a beast, and I hate to think how much a pain it would be to regenerate it every time I make a change.

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Had to improvise cap sleeves, but I reckon they work! All that’s left now is to hem and it’s ready for the Christmas party… https://t.co/HvnFFA1jWw https://t.co/X4FVFVmu1I

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@petehanssens I saw a talk @seansonbronson did at SyPy earlier this year that pointed me to LIRC. That’ll save you a lot of headache!

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Public service announcement: @aldiaustralia has novelty tropical drinking vessels! 😉🍍 https://t.co/kXwiOxV6yM https://t.co/Q7W8WiD7LZ

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Hey @notsolonecoder – next project? (Interesting they used a FOI request to get the data!) https://t.co/uAR9RXS5hR

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@FourRedShoes I’m an appreciator but not a super knowledgeable fan. I really enjoyed his segment in the new Coen bros. Western on Netflix though!

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Every year at @knittersguildnsw we review our knitting resolutions from January. Gudetama knows I didn’t achieve either of mine. 😬 https://t.co/ccDFP9G7vf https://t.co/lvePkzs2a4

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@evolvable @joneaves @joshprice @whereistanya Engineering manager roles. For some reason, there are companies that want managers to be “hands on technical” when the actual role does not involve being hands on. It’s a great way of gatekeeping. 🙃

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RT @DisavowTrump20: Men have been losing elections for years and still continue to speak out on issues they care about. Yet when Hillary tr…

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Okay, WordPress 5.0. Let’s do this and see how much of my custom shit you break…

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@vertis My site has 1400+ pages with lots of cross-referencing. I’ve played with Jekyll, but this does not seem to be the right use case for it.

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The WordPress 5.0 update went just fine, and using the Classic Editor plugin seems to keep everything copacetic (at least until they kill support for it in 2021). Phew.

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@HeartOfPluto_ @craigles75 @yow_conf It’s weird for me to see the tweets and not be there! 😭

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Today I learned never to play the “I bet I’m on more work mailing lists than you are!” with a Google SRE. 😳

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@unixbigot @Amys_Kapers Holy shit, yeah, run away!

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Me: 🤡
Rodd: 🥚🐙🔫🐘 https://t.co/PPwfmEaEfA

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This is amazing. It describes my entire tech career – why I’m not an engineer anymore, everything I did at places like Canva, why I hit a ceiling on promotion, and why I’m still trying (and often failing) to Be Less Glue. @whereistanya – you nailed it. THANK YOU. https://t.co/NyJULQ8Vzg

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@alicegoldfuss @whereistanya It describes something I’ve experienced and known in my bones and never put words to. This is ME. Thank you.

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RT @abbyfuller: this whole thread 👇👇

@alicegoldfuss said it better than me, but this is so worth looking it-. “Glue work” affects SO many…

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@joneaves @joshprice @whereistanya Right, but have you ever gotten the “Not technical enough”? My last three job interviews all went there. Women in glue work tend to get tarred with that brush more frequently, I’ve seen.

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Lazyweb: anybody know of a place in the Sydney cbd where I can pick up a plain sheet cake? Like Costco style. The Town Hall Woolies doesn’t have them…

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@tommyjowitt Probably a bit too far. I want it for SydTechLeaders and I’m already in cbd.

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RT @MichelePlayfair: Dave Thomases! Gotta catch em all…
#yow18 https://t.co/haSCYoxtP0

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‘Tis the season at AWS… (What’s hilarious is that I still made a point of smiling under there. 😂) #bepeculiar https://t.co/JVBefawlzq https://t.co/xnZyULPDNq

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A big crowd for the final #sydtechleaders meetup of 2018: a Techtivus for the Rest of Us! @hannahyanfield and @gilmae are also emceeing for the first time! 🎉🎅❤️ https://t.co/PIlqC2khbb

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RT @SydTechLeaders: “Why do we have stand ups?” “SO WE KNOW WHAT TIME WE HAVE TO GET TO WORK!” 😂👏 #sydtechleaders

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RT @SydTechLeaders: An impromptu righteous side rant from @gilmae about the importance of paying your engineering team for their support ho…

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That’s my Elon Musk face. https://t.co/crpsd48nI7

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@lemon_lime ❤️❤️ Thank you for being there!!

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Just riding the bus with my Festivus Pole, like a perfectly normal person. https://t.co/CtgvCYl5kq https://t.co/jc49HSglhx

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