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can someone explain something to me please? I don't do any of the social media stuff so I don't know the protocol. My question is, why do items often consist of a headline or title, with the body being only a word-for-word repeat of that headline, and sometimes followed by yet another word-for-word repeat; and maybe even a w-f-w one actually imbedded within the one that comprises the body? Why is it necessary to repeat these words over and again if there is nothing being responded to? Is somebody being paid by the word?
It's what you get when your No. 1 priority is to get clicks for the least possible effort.
That tweet was probably generated automatically by software (or some unpaid/underpaid intern) at that local affiliate that simply pulls the first line of the story for the text of the tweet, then links to the story. Twitter automatically generates that "card" from the link, which pulls the image from the story and again, the first line of text. So for zero real effort/expense, you get a shoddy, repetitive tweet.
I don't know what a normal tweet would look like but every posted one I see seems to have that repetition. That sucks butt, but at least now I know a reason for the idiocy. Thanks.
"Toad poison" hangover treatment reportedly kills Russian oil executive at the house of a "shaman" near Moscow
Lukoil board member Alexander Subbotin was found dead in the house of a local "shaman" who offered unorthodox treatments, some involving poisonous toads.
www.cbsnews.com
"Toad poison" hangover treatment reportedly kills Russian oil executive at the house of a "shaman" near Moscow
Lukoil board member Alexander Subbotin was found dead in the house of a local "shaman" who offered unorthodox treatments, some involving poisonous toads.
"Lukoil board member Alexander Subbotin.....was found dead in Mytishchi, a town just outside Moscow, in a house owned by a local healer or medicine man known as Magua, according to state news agency TASS."
Magua? Sounds suspiciously like MAGA to me. And so it begins....
and damned if it doesn't look like him too. I wonder if he'll be wearing this outfit and beating that drum when he's sworn in again.
Janitor corrals curious cougar in empty California classroom
Authorities say a quick-thinking custodian safely confined a mountain lion in an empty classroom after it entered a Northern California high school.
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UNC archeology team uncovers biblical artifacts in ancient Jewish village
An archeology team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has uncovered depictions of two biblical heroines in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq.
www.wral.com
'go Heels or go home' Love it.UNC archeology team uncovers biblical artifacts in ancient Jewish village
An archeology team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has uncovered depictions of two biblical heroines in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq.
super cool !UNC archeology team uncovers biblical artifacts in ancient Jewish village
An archeology team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has uncovered depictions of two biblical heroines in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq.
"Lukoil board member Alexander Subbotin.....was found dead in Mytishchi, a town just outside Moscow, in a house owned by a local healer or medicine man known as Magua, according to state news agency TASS."
Magua? Sounds suspiciously like MAGA to me. And so it begins....
and damned if it doesn't look like him too. I wonder if he'll be wearing this outfit and beating that drum when he's sworn in again.
MAGUA. Make America Great Using Abortion?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...olina-recycling-plant-coroner-finds-rcna37240
this is this gentleman before he apparently fell into the plastic shredder at a recycling center in South Carolina. He was missing for several months and the machine was checked a few times but only on a third or fourth check did they find traces of him, enough to get DNA verification. One article I read said they recovered something like two ounces of him.
This isn't 'the' machine, but it must be similar. just imagine....
File this in the 'worst way to go' category.
this is this gentleman before he apparently fell into the plastic shredder at a recycling center in South Carolina. He was missing for several months and the machine was checked a few times but only on a third or fourth check did they find traces of him, enough to get DNA verification. One article I read said they recovered something like two ounces of him.
This isn't 'the' machine, but it must be similar. just imagine....
File this in the 'worst way to go' category.
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This isn't really news, but sort of an interesting oddity.
Basically $2 bills aren't commonly used, but actually aren't rare or particularly collectible, and are still printed, and would make just as much as if not more sense than $1 bills as a primary form of small currency now that inflation has rendered the single almost as useless as the penny.
Basically $2 bills aren't commonly used, but actually aren't rare or particularly collectible, and are still printed, and would make just as much as if not more sense than $1 bills as a primary form of small currency now that inflation has rendered the single almost as useless as the penny.
Pretty interesting, but I don't know why people still use money. Other than giving my kids money for their birthday, I can't remember the last time I used cash. I expect it to go the way of the check where only a few older people use it.
Cash is only good for things that you don't want a record of paying for (or selling).
Kind of surprised the government hasn't made a push to get rid of it for just that reason.
Kind of surprised the government hasn't made a push to get rid of it for just that reason.
Yeah and it's much more secure. Someone steals my card and makes a purchase all I have to do is call the bank to get a new card and reverse the transaction. If someone steals my cash, the bank won't replace it.
Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. The spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph.
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Sound on as the guy explains what you're seeing.Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. The spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph.
DART team reacts to historic 'moonlet' impact in press con
Hear from the DART team at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory shortly after the Double Asteroid Redirection Test impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. [F...
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They don't seriously think they can save the earth from an astroid without Bruce Willis, do they?Sound on as the guy explains what you're seeing.
DART team reacts to historic 'moonlet' impact in press con
Hear from the DART team at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory shortly after the Double Asteroid Redirection Test impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. [F...cdn.jwplayer.com
as someone who owns a medium size vending operation, i hope cash/coin sticks around for a very long time. but most of my machines are in laundrymats (the highest cash industry) so i should be good for a while anyway. i have upgraded some machines with card readers but the it takes a long time to recoup that cost, plus the paperwork headache (and trail).
also, using cash is still the very best way to teach kids (or anyone, i suppose) responsibility with money. there is no "pain" in the swipe ... but to hand someone cash triggers sensors in the brain that make us pause and think about what we're spending.
Guess you meant legal? I've got to think both drugs and prostitution would blow away laundry mats.
Even laundry mats are moving away from cash, though. I'm sure it will still take a while to completely make the move, but it's just a matter of time. The rona sped up the demise of cash. Basically anywhere a line forms, they have switched to card only. It just makes more sense from a security and time standpoint.
You're right about teaching kids though. It's still a great way to do it. I do the same. I even took them to the bank and had them open their own account when they were younger instead of just doing it online. Showed them how to fill out the deposit slip and everything.
Don't forget about the hookers. Always have to have hookers with that blow.
Superiors became suspicious when large quantities of lube and wipes were being ordered
