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ghostdancer
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You know you're going to pay for that, don't you? She will have her revenge one way or another.
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LOL
Every day mate. I often wonder how we've managed to clock up 33 years.

Well, I have no idea what they were watching, but I watched pretty much all of it on Parliament TV, and I thought Boris gave a strong performance to an overly polite and shamelessly amicable panel.
#PartyGate #Boris
#PartyGate #Boris
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Steve
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What's bad about being polite and amicable? Are those not Tory values? I didn't watch it as I don't need to hear that gobshite.
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Nobody "Grilled" him as such, from what I saw. There were two or three questions which got him flustered but sticking to the "This is what I was advised" defence seemed to let him slip through the cracks.

For all those Lineaker fans
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
-- Joseph Goebbels

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You do love a quote, but they are not always true. Everyone knows Johnson is a liar. Opinions on whether he makes a good leader are divided. Up to the Tories to choose their path.
I'm no particular fan of Lineker, but we may agree on a few things, like treating people decently.
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You know, Richard Nixon was a liar and a crook, and yet he was still one of America's best presidents. Tony Bair lied to Parliament and the country about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, thus causing the deaths of British soldiers and countless innocent civilians.

While I understand the pain of people not being able to attend loved ones' funerals and then finding out Boris and his gang had a few sherberts for me, we have far more important stuff to worry about than whether people in the lobby of number 10 stood 2M or 1M apart and what distance rules were in effect at that time or whether a woman who lives there, namely Boris's wife, should have been at a gathering. Fooking pathetic if you ask me.

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I thought you wanted politics to be entertaining?

Do we really want liars and crooks running things just because they can do some things well? What useful things has Johnson done?

I wish politics was more boring.

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@steevc But Boris is really awful at being able to answer the questions; he can't give a straight answer even when it's obviously in his best interest. For example in one of them he was asked about a meeting with ~17 people and the questioner said 'well we know that at least 2 of them shouldn't have been there' - I'd have come back and said with 'so almost eveyrone had a reason to be there'.
@Steve
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dick_turpin
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I believe he has been told to use a similar defence to:

WASHINGTON -- President Reagan 'absolutely' has no recollection of being told by Lt. Col. Oliver North of a proposed large private donation to the Contras by an Iranian posing as a Saudi prince, a spokesman said Friday.

Iran/Contra scandal 1987

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WHAT! He got us out of the EU, didn't he?

I bet you can find that every PM throughout history has told a lie to The House and the British public. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that was one of the requirements on the job application, so you could argue where Boris went wrong was being found out. 🤷‍♂️

Wondering if Zelenskyy is going to return the favour and visit Boris now that he's in trouble?

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dick_turpin
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So I'm watching his evidence at the moment, and based on his performance, I think my prediction is right. He's gonna get a clean bill of health.
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For andyc@mastodon.sdf.org

And anyone else who can be arsed to look.

All the show titles #tdtrs

#tdtrs
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Every platform has its own politics. Where's the downvote button around here?
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dick_turpin
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@steevc Ha! Funny you saying that. My daughter did a "Dislike" on a text message I sent her. I was all over that with hobnailed boots. She won't be doing that again in a hurry.

I wonder what arse-wipe at Apple thought it was a good idea to have likes and dislikes on text messages which nearly 100% will come from friends or family and probably "former" if people start liking and disliking.

@Steve

I can't see Boris being found guilty, even though he's clearly guilty of the party's scandal. No UK prime minister has even been remanded in custody or had a custodial sentence, and the fines he received are not recorded as a criminal record.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/…

Politics latest news: Boris Johnson is 'looking forward' to partygate committee clash, claims ally

Boris Johnson is "looking forward" to his four hour partygate grilling in front of the Privileges Committee on Wednesday, an ally of the former prime minister has claimed.
The Telegraph
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What were you saying about people getting away with being anti-social and not thinking rules apply to them?
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dick_turpin
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Yep. 100% still doesn't change the fact. I think he'll get away with it.

Given that nobody is willing to put troops into Ukraine, I wonder who will arrest Putin?
Maybe they'll wait until he pays a visit somewhere a snatch squad can get him? #LeSigh
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…

ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes

Arrest warrants issued for Russian leader and his children’s rights commissioner for ‘unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian children
Julian Borger (The Guardian)
#LeSigh
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I thought it was telling he made an impromptu visit to Mariupol in the dead of night. Just to make a point to the West.

I suspect there are local Ukrainian activists who would have willingly sacrificed their lives in an assassination attempt.

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dick_turpin
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TBH, I suspect he's done it more for home consumption than the West.
"See! This is what I have recaptured for mother Russia."

OMG! Just been down to the shop without a coat on! #uksun 🌞
#UKsun

Asked OpenAI's GPT-4 to write me a blog post. I checked the output against Grammarly's plagiarism checker, and it found one similar usage of six words in a sentence from a totally unrelated (Subject matter) Website, so I reckon it would be possible to auto-generate blog posts for, say, #hive and nobody would be any the wiser. 🤣 😈 👹
#Hive

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I wonder if "Woman in a Tabbard" (Laura?) is still alive? @Johnnyvaughan
youtube.com/watch?v=htxzqdb-Qb…
#BigBreakfast

More Nostalgia! Women in a tabard - The Big Breakfast #thebigbreakfast #nostalgia #shorts

YouTube
#BigBreakfast
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Happy #PiDay!
#piday

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Yeah right. For that, read, "Money is running out in the pension pot!
ft.com/content/248b0df9-a594-4…

Jeremy Hunt to raise tax-free pension allowance in bid to discourage early retirement

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
Jim Pickard (Financial Times)
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No it's the opposite problem; people who have filled their pension allowance and can no longer dodge higher rate tax so just retire.

I have to agree Richard Sharp should be replaced for having no backbone.
If I'd been Chairman, I would have grabbed someone from the canteen if necessary to present Match of the day. Can you believe the mob is behind someone who earns £1.35m for talking about football?

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁.
When the UK joined the EEC, the precursor to the EU @govuk had to introduce VAT as a prerequisite to joining. Given we are no longer in the EU, in theory, this additional tax is redundant. Wouldn't now, with the price crises, be an excellent time to abolish VAT and put money in people's pockets?

Watching Merkel on #Netflix. Can I just point out Eva Weber, The Berlin wall was officially built to keep the West out, although, in reality, it was built to keep the East in. Comparing it to Trump's wall, which I might add Joe Biden is still building, is misleading and inaccurate in the context used in the program.
#TwoPenneth #Netflix #Merekel
netflix.com/gb/title/81662140

Watch Merkel | Netflix

Interviews and archival materials paint a portrait of the enigmatic former German chancellor, from her East German youth to her unparalleled career.
www.netflix.com
#netflix #twopenneth #Merekel
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Codepope
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though it is equally misleading to say Biden is “still building” the wall when the efforts focus on making the wall safe and unscrewing up bits of the environment- abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/bi…

Biden administration working on more fixes to Trump border wall construction

The Biden administration will work to close gaps and fix environmental and other issues with the Trump-era border wall construction
Quinn Owen (ABC News)
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dick_turpin
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Codepope
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my article cite is later than that economist article and is a push back on the notion the wall “was still being built” - a talking point of the GOP at the time.
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Also hrw.org/news/2023/01/05/biden-…

foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/22/b…


Biden Expands Trump-era Border Restrictions Once Again

The US and Mexico announced a new “border enforcement” policy on Thursday, January 5, 2023, which blocks Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans from accessing asylum by immediately expelling them to Mexico under the Trump-era Title 42 rule.
Tyler Mattiace (Human Rights Watch)
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The whole point of the Illegal Migration Bill is not about stopping illegals coming today, although maybe they might think twice. It is about speeding up the process of expulsion on their 2nd, 3rd or even 4th attempt.
bills.parliament.uk/bills/3429

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bills.parliament.uk

I'm surrounded by nutjobs!
For years, I truly thought: "It must be me?" but as I get older, I realise that was the plan all along; make him believe he's the problem.
(08:15 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 09:00)
𝗠𝗲: "Hi, just to let you know I'm in the office.
𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘀: "Ha, ha, ha. What's all that about?"

𝘜𝘮𝘮? 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”

― William Gibson #quote @GreatDismal

#quote @William Gibson

Does anyone want a Linux SysAdmin job?
mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/l…

[linuxjobs] Sysadmins / Senior Sysadmin roles at The Positive Internet Company

mailman.lug.org.uk

Why do nobheads who clearly are not regular drivers think it is a good idea to attempt to drive in poor conditions? If you're scared of [very light] snow or even rain. 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘!
#uksnow #delays #gridlock
#UKSnow #delays #gridlock

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First rule of driving: Everyone else on the road is an idiot
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dick_turpin
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They are when there are no cars in front of them, and they are driving at 11 mph on a road with just a light dusting of snow. Christ knows how people manage in Norway, Sweden etc.

Given good old Boris was supposedly deposed in shame, he doesn't half get about promoting himself and Britain. I'm beginning to wonder if he's secretly still PM?
twitter.com/BorisJohnson/statu…

Boris Johnson on Twitter

A real honour to meet president elect @Tsihanouskaya of Belarus and to reaffirm my support for a free and independent Belarus, and also to recognise the heroic contribution of Belarusian volunteers to the fight for freedom in Ukraine
Twitter
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dick_turpin
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All of my Social Media accounts (FB, Twitter and even LinkedIN) are filled with him here, there, and everywhere meeting and greeting people, and yet I hardly see anything other than 'in the house' of Rishi Sunak. It's like Rishi's doing all the work, and Boris is enjoying all the jollies. 🤣 🇬🇧

"Pirating is theft, you swine," Matt tells us about an interesting survey that maintains that for 10% of pirated material, there is a 300% increase in legitimate purchases.
#tdtrs EP52 Seven thousand elephants
Uploaded to cast.garden/c/tdtrs/videos #hive

The Dick Turpin Road Show

The Dick Turpin Road Show! Linux/FOSS user & advocate. Podcaster. Well known for having outrageous views. Note: A little bit of NSFW language, so beware 😉 Hive: ecency.com/@dickturpin, peakd.com/@dickturpin, hive.
CastGarden
#Hive #tdtrs

Dear @BBCNEWS
Plenty of tomatoes in Sainsbury's, you bunch of Remain campaign, Labour voting #Scaremongers

#scaremongers

Hmm? Ping @github's IP, and ping works
PING 140.82.114.4 (140.82.114.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=42 time=133 ms
64 bytes from 140.82.114.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=42 time=133 ms

Ping the domain, and it just sits there.
ping www.github.com

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dick_turpin
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TBF, to me. I took that IP off the web. No idea what a UK or USA IP would be; however, this is 2023, and location should have no impact on name resolution if the Admin is worth anything. @penguin42
@penguin42
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penguin42
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No it's explicitly location dependent to route you to a near server; that's pretty common. Try pinging www.google.com from machines in different countries.

Now this would make an interesting #podcast episode, especially with @drjessicabarker and @_Freakyclown_

Who should be responsible? Your ISP? After all, they gave you access to the web. Your router manufacturer? After all, it's their kit that lets you on. Microsoft? (Or OS of usage) AV provider? The list is endless. It's a nice idea, but implementation is a nightmare.

arstechnica.com/information-te…


Biden administration wants to hold companies liable for bad cybersecurity

Amid an onslaught of cyberespionage and ransomware, Biden calls on tech to step up.
Ars Technica
#podcast

Picked a fight on FB; it's been a while since I've had some #PostRage on there. 🤣
#PostRage

Given that the whole point of #LastPass is the ability to store hundreds if not thousands of passwords on their service. Does anyone at LastPass understand the insane task of logging on to hundreds, if not thousands, of websites to change your login passwords? Clearly, just changing your Master Password may not be enough?
support.lastpass.com/help/secu…

Security Bulletin: Recommended Actions for Free, Premium, and Families Customers - LastPass Support

Security is vital to your life online, so we’ve created this guide to help you respond to the recent LastPass incident in a way that meets your personal needs.
support.lastpass.com
#lastpass

"Some folk come to work just to be with other people. They fill up their time with tasks to complete the day."
#BountyHunter

I've known a few people like that during my working career.

#BountyHunter

If you use Lastpass, you should really consider changing your master password.
thehackernews.com/2023/02/last…
Given this was the second attack in December 2022, it might be a case of "Locking the stable door after the horse has bolted." but doing something is better than doing nothing, I suppose.

LastPass Reveals Second Attack Resulting in Breach of Encrypted Password Vaults

LastPass has revealed a second attack that compromised encrypted password vaults.
The Hacker News

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@Friendica Support

I'm trying to upgrade my instance but git is not connecting.
Your current version is 2022.10, upstream version is 2023.01

sudo git pull
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out

I am not behind a proxy, and firewall is not the issue.

git config --list
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=*
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica/addon/
safe.directory=/var/www/html/friendica/addon
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
remote.origin.url=https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git
remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
branch.stable.remote=origin
branch.stable.merge=refs/heads/stable

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

@Friendica Support
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For the love of The Pond Gods!

sudo git pull
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/friendica/friendica.git/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out

Nine years ago, apparently.
#ubuntu #linux #opensource

#linux #ubuntu #opensource
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dick_turpin
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There was an avalanche of mistakes made along the way on both sides. The community failed (and still fails) to understand that Mark Shuttleworth owns it; it's his money that props it up. In contrast, insane decisions on the management side were made. Who has ever heard of shutting down a music store and cloud storage when you are desperately trying to enter the mobile phone market? Or build an OS that was perfect for Tablets (Unity) and yet show no interest in the hardware until it was too late! Or finally, commit the cardinal sin of insulting your userbase because they're all a bunch of selfish ("Look! I pay for it!"), whinging ("I paid for it, why shouldn't I have what I want?") individuals. #LeSigh 🤣
#LeSigh

Huzzah! Maybe now we can get some peace and stability!
reuters.com/world/europe/scotl…

Scotland's Sturgeon to quit, will remain until a successor has been found

Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she would resign as Scotland's first minister after eight years in the job.
Reuters

Aww, @Grammarly tries so hard to make me a more sociable person. If ever I use the word "Hate", it always wants to replace it with a much nicer word or phrase. 😍
#grammarly #BeNice #KeepCalm
#grammarly #benice #KeepCalm

Funny how the news media hasn't reported the significant drop in prices at the petrol stations!?
At one point, I was paying £1.98 for Supreme Diesel. Yesterday I paid £1.67. While that is still high, a drop of over 30p a litre is not to be sniffed at. This is why I wouldn't say I like news outlets; they only want to get you angry all the time.
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'The news media' is not one thing theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Inflation may have peaked, but the cost of living pain is far from over

The fall in petrol and oil prices is helping bring down the inflation rate, but an uncertain jobs market urges caution
Richard Partington (The Guardian)
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It is. It is TV, Radio, Papers and Social media. I do not have the time, patience or inclination to list each and every outlet. I'm fairly confident if I was so determined to prove someone wrong I, too could have found a news story in the Islington Gazette stating how fuel prices have come down. The vast majority of us only have time for what Naga Munchetty tells us what we should think and rarely what's actually going on.

Open Source ERP Application Server powered by Epesi running on a Pi Zero
github.com/jtylek/RasPiEsi

I've used Epesi a number of times in the past and blogged about it. Epesi is an excellent CRM package that can be deployed cheaply (Raspberry Pi) anywhere.

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github.com

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So I've had a play with Fedora SilverBlue in a VM, and I like the concept. I downloaded the iso and burnt it to the Fedora USB I got from #fosdem; however, my X270 refuses to boot the USB; a spare DELL Laptop I have lying around did show me GRUB and looked like it was booting the "Try" option, but the screen just stayed black. This is 2023, not 2003, people! Get a grip for the love of The Pond Gods.

#fosdem

𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗟𝗬?
Given everyone is struggling to pay for heating, food and especially their mortgages and rent, my bank thinks that now is an excellent time to send me an excited email about making over-payments on my mortgage!

Ooh! My Cross-post from Friendica to Twitter still works! See, this is what happens when you don't write shitty messages about him. 😃

I wonder if my cross-post link to Twitter still works?

I really need to get back into Podcasting because my predictions keep coming true!

I was talking about this potentially happening to a few people at #fosdem

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁:
You're sending too many Tweets for the Freebie account. I'm convinced Elon is about to implement accounts for $5 a month with unlimited Tweets & enhanced character limits, plus a few other benefits.

#fosdem
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You can only answer and quote with comments to the ones in your level.
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LOL. That's a good way to make to pay. "Wanna talk to your mates? PAY ME!"

I made a post about the hotel I stayed in at #fosdem on #hive
ecency.com/travel/@dickturpin/…
#Hive #fosden
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