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Yes, oh, yes.

And perhaps uniquely to the US given its span of time zones, NO reporting of voting results until all of the polls closed. "Hi, California? This is New York. We have a problem..."

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Nov 19, 2022Liked by Christopher Gage

I have come to hate technology. The ability to read is wonderful, its everyelse I hate. I see people in that screen all day.

It is their life.

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Nov 16, 2022Liked by Christopher Gage

"If anything, this pointless sanitization of everyday humanity is the technological vanity of a species without cultural achievement since the turn of the century."

Quite. And that would be -- to be perfectly clear -- 1901. Except that lets Schoenberg's nose under the tent, inexcusable but arguably we can claim that the exception proves the rule. Or some such codswallop.

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I HATE technology in my voting booth, bars and eating establishments. Don't like it in my reading much, either. So far it's working okay in my ears.

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Nov 15, 2022Liked by Christopher Gage

In regard to cycling, blood doping, and high-altitude chambers, one needn't resort to such things; rather, just identify as what/whom you're not, and "Bob's yer Uncle!" https://bit.ly/3EuH1rM

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