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J. Lawrence Matthews

@jlawrencematthews.bsky.social

Writer, reader, listener. Favorite book: Dubliners. Fan of Arctic Monkeys and “The Thick of It.”

65 Followers  |  155 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 09.11.2024  |  1.456

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Shutterfly is reminding me that 16 years ago this weekend I was signing a very different book than One Must Tell the Bees, with a deer-in-headlights photo for good measure…
#onemusttellthebees #warrenbuffett #berkshirehathaway

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Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

11.03.2025 09:54 — 👍 65491    🔁 16097    💬 2733    📌 1148
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Funny, I thought Trump loves a dictator in uniform?

02.03.2025 15:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes!

04.01.2025 17:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, it’s a disease.

23.12.2024 00:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Google’s spam filters have apparently given up…

17.12.2024 13:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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OpenAI's Altman will donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to impro...

I’d like to see companies announcing they’re NOT giving $1mm to Trump’s inauguration. Maybe the local food pantry instead?

finance.yahoo.com/news/openais...

13.12.2024 18:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I love screwing with bots. Problem is, FB does nothing to stop them, so I could spend my life doing it…

03.12.2024 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

www.instagram.com/reel/DC9prAn...

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Does Facebook offer anything BUT spam?

02.12.2024 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If everybody on Twitter started referring to Elon as President Musk, he’d be out the door by Christmas. Just a thought…

25.11.2024 14:53 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Witness for the Prosecution Official Box Office. NO BOOKING FEES. IN THE MAGNIFICENT LONDON COUNTY HALL, SOUTHBANK, SE1

Genuinely terrific show. Make sure you get a seat next to one of the actors... witnesscountyhall.com

22.11.2024 19:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers. ‘A Tough Way to Find Out She’s Losing Her Job.’ As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback.

Hope BlueSky doesn't/won't allow this? www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...

22.11.2024 18:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Longest fingers I’ve seen on a guitarist since Hendrix…and he sounded great too.

21.11.2024 01:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why American Communities Began Adding Fluoride to Water | HISTORY The benefits of fluoridated water was discovered in the early 1900s, when health officials in a Colorado city noticed residents had stained, but remarkably healthy teeth.

www.history.com/news/fluorid...

18.11.2024 22:19 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Left Twitter years ago and it was the biggest productivity boost ever. Hoping this is not a drain. Any discussions not mentioning Trump or Musk are looked forward too.

13.11.2024 01:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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