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I am looking for a registered investment advisor (RIA) who works with Americans abroad on financial / retirement planning.

Does anyone have a recommendation?

Bonus points if they happen to be familiar with Sverige 🇸🇪.

Tired of this scripting language serving us endless episodes of predictably lackluster performance: RuPaul on Rails

I have had to question more things than I am comfortable questioning simultaneously this week.

I hate feeling ready for the weekend. I much prefer looking forward to work.

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I have the same criticism for most of the recent Star Trek storylines.

The thing that made Star Trek so great was that civilizations had moved beyond violence. Violence was a last resort. Violence was what primitive beings resorted to.

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I don’t like most comic book media because the stories rely on solving problems with violence. That’s a terrible message to reinforce in society. Also, lazy and trite.

Where is the Marvel diplomat? The organizer? The legislator? The whistleblower?

The pandemic has everyone wanting to be play reverse “Big Brother” where we are begging to be voted out of the house.

I rarely get to say Facebook is right about something, so it’s a delight to say it:

Facebook is right to not give in to Murdoch & Australia’s pay-to-link break-the-Internet scheme.

“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.” —Sophia Bush

Why should you care about data privacy, even if you think you have "nothing to hide"?

Because our data is being used to push increasingly polarized content and capitalize on divisiveness.

Disrupt surveillance capitalism. Take back your privacy. Use Tor.

vox.com/recode/22250897/facebo

With the exception of Netflix, I treat streaming services like curable STIs.

“You haven’t seen ‘Mulan’‽ We should watch it while we’re still Disney positive.”

What happened to Entropic? Npm seems no less problematic under Github/Microsoft.

What are some _specific_ fair labor practices you wish were more common in tech companies?

• Balanced Employee IP Agreement (BEIPA)
• post-termination exercise (PTE) windows > 5 years
• open pay bands
• remote work in all countries
• 9+ months gender equal parental leave

Bitcoin is a massive, massive ongoing ecological disaster. You can not in any way pretend you are an environmentally conscious company, and support bitcoin.

At the moment, one of the biggest things that could be done to help fight global warming is to destroy bitcoin.

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I finally got to try Clubhouse.

zoh my gourds, call-in AM talk radio has been disrupted

"The web is something different" by @davatron5000 daverupert.com/2021/02/the-web

"I’ve come to accept that if there are bugs on the web or if there’s a massive quality dip on a site you’re visiting… that is a sign the web is working. It means some unqualified person was able to skip past the gatekeepers and put something online."

Nice, nuanced perspective in this post. I appreciate it.

Can I get a dose of whatever it is causing RuPaul to laugh 10× harder than the joke is funny in the workroom?

Free idea worth billions: a water-pressure-powered mini garbage disposal for bathroom sinks and shower drains

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