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Kim DeBacco

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Ed. Developer in the Teaching & Learning Center at UCLA. I can also be found cooking, brunching, watching the Food Network, reading, walking Venice or Santa Monica beaches, being a sled for Luke the Siberian husky around the streets of Mar Vista, LA.

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I’m curious to know how the 5 Waymos got there, all
programmed to line up so neatly one behind the other? How were they set alight?

09.06.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Archive February 15, 2025
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I got stuck in the pattern repetition thing...

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16.02.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I often get stuck in a 4/5 pattern chase. Archive February 15, 2025
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16.02.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read it slowly and understand it. 😳πŸ₯Ί

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Springtime for Scammers Financial predation now has friends in high places

Springtime for Scammers
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Predatory grifters after our money.

11.02.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To this Aussie, those trendy housed hills were, and still are, a fiery conflagration waiting to happen.

10.02.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two earthquakes rattle San Bernardino A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported near San Bernardino in Southern California at 9:44 a.m. followed by a magnitude 3.0 quake four minutes later, the USGS reported.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported near San Bernardino in Southern California this morning followed by a magnitude 3.0 quake four minutes later, the USGS reported.

10.02.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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2073 β€” The Crew

This. The rise and take-over of techno-authoritarianism. 2073.film/crew/

10.02.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doge of Venice - Wikipedia

Every time I hear "DOGE", I think of this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of...

10.02.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was weird! Wordle 1,332 5/6

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10.02.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mind fun! Wordle 1,331 3/6

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09.02.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aussie girl in hospital in LA: when nothing else satisfies….you just gotta break it out #vegemite #B12

08.02.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Joins a Global War on β€˜Gender Ideology’ He’s allying with a movement that stretches to Hungary and Poland β€” one that looks with skepticism not just on trans rights but on feminism itself.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/m...
Competent white men...pffft.

08.02.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah! No uphill battle here. Wordle 1,330 3/6

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08.02.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | What Elon Musk Wants The journalist Kara Swisher discusses Elon Musk's goals in government β€”Β and the factors that have led to his radicalization.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

Techno-authoritarianism. A risk-taking nerd engineer with the maturity of a 15 y.o. Boy.

08.02.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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'No situationships, no dating apps, no exes': The women going 'Boysober' What if being single wasn't a problem to be solved but a state of bliss? For some women, living without their "other half" is the key to being complete.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

08.02.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How is this directly connected to what is happening in Washington DC? Bezos & amazon - yes, but are the others also in the Trump/Musk cesspool?

08.02.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just no.

07.02.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh yeah 😎

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I have the arms of an addict from daily blood draws.. I am a so-called "hard stick" and they have a hard time finding a vein. Life with RA... and hydropenumothorax.... hello to you from my hospital bed in LA!

07.02.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Gaza plan has the potential to spark disaster on a huge scale Donald Trump was a fierce critic of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan β€” yet today, there he was, promising a new American excursion into the Middle East with the potential to spark disaster on a ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

It is indeed a bloody real estate project. There can only be resistance & war. πŸ₯Ή

05.02.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bill Gates Reveals the Surprising Influence the Kennedy Family Had on His Childhood In an excerpt from his memoir, β€˜Source Code: My Beginnings,’ Gates reminisces about the excitement of growing up amid the β€œlimitless potential” of the 1960s, with a mother who modeled her family afte...

www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

Intriguing piece. I'd like to think he did not use AI to write this, because I find it simply written, with a lovely rhythm that suits the sentimentality of the topic.

05.02.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet One bright spot in the bleak year of 2024 was the rise of Bluesky. As someone who relied greatly on Twitter for news and my careerβ€”OK, I may have been somewhat addictedβ€”before Elon Musk bought it and ...

portside.org/2025-02-04/b...

05.02.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no. Oh my. This looks like war in the Middle East. Please no. This will bankrupt the US potentially, when I thought Trump & the Republicans were focused inwardly. BAM!

05.02.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It really is feeling like: Let's rip it all up and start again. Let us RIP...

04.02.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh good heavens!

04.02.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Upaya Zen Center a place of refuge and beauty

I’ve got a new post up on my Postcards from #NewMexico Substackβ€” this one features beautiful Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe.
#Buddhism #meditation

open.substack.com/pub/postcard...

02.02.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a date palm (?) like that on my previous home in Ventura. Nice sketch!

04.02.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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February 3, 2025 I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

February 3, 2025

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Got it! That was a bit of a hunch & fingers crossed at line 4. Wordle 1,325 4/6

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