I originally posted this on 9/29/07, but spam really hasn’t changed that much. These scams are still very much alive. And the copy continues to be amusing, in a kind of horrific way.
—Kee Hinckley. Jul 19, 2019. La Conner, WA
About me
I’m Kee Hinckley (he/his). That’s my wife Mollie Pepper on the right. I’m a senior software architect at TiVo Corp (I get the metadata from point A to point B) with a BA in Anthropology. Mollie’s a sociologist with a couple Masters and a PhD on the way; she specializes in borders, gender, and violence. I have two kickass daughters. Shireen Hinckley is a film editor and documentarian currently working on a movie on refugee resettlement, Home Is Where the War Is. Shadi Fotouhi is a QA automation expert at Wayfair (and formerly at robotics firm Jibo), and an amazing artist.
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So is Apple Messages on Catalina going to say "Downloading Messages from iCloud…" forever? Or just a few months?
I often find that the key to getting over my anxiety about writing a document or email is to stop thinking I have to make it perfect.
It's a conversation. You can improve it over time if you have to, but more than likely, just getting the *idea* across is what really matters.
It's an Armageddon fetish, straight up. I wish it were complicated, but it's not. They fetishize Judaism as peripheral and integral to the Rapture.
But if you ask them if Jewish folks go to heaven and enjoy the Eternal Kingdom?
"Well... no, but they're nice people." https://twitter.com/morphonios/status/1310287853964931076
Many evangelicals are so enthralled with Israel that, at yesterday's prayer rally in Washington DC, they went to the Washington monument and pretended it was the wailing wall in Jerusalem. That is some Grade A craziness right there.
Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016
https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-trump-campaign-strategy-to-deter-millions-of-black-americans-from-voting-in-2016 via @Channel4News
This is super sweet.
D&D, Zoom, and…you'll have to read for the magic part.
So this funny thing happened in #DND yesterday. Our party had just defeated a demonic cult priest and a rogue who'd been a thorn in our sides for months and months. The rogue had a bunch of letters on him, including one called "The Heartwood Inquiry," written in infernal...
