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Dave Powers

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Writing hacky code for websites and hacky jokes for human sights (@mcsweeneys, @PointsinCase, @SlackjawHumor, etc.) On hiatus here http://mastodon.social/@davepowers

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If you visit @mcsweeneys every day but immediately leave after finding there is still no content tagged with “collective bargaining” or “union busting,” then boy do I have the piece for you! mcsweeneys.net/articles/no-ou…


As a reader of this newsletter since the beginning (fact check: since newsletter #35), it's been a goal of mine to have a piece featured. Happy to sneak in this week with one from the archives!

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I've used third-party apps to access Twitter ever since I signed up, so the new guy killing those off was less than ideal for me. Going to give the new @tapbots Mastodon client a shot if you want to give me a follow over there. 🐘 mastodon.social/@davepowers


Not sure if the people at the nearby tennis courts resolved to play more pickleball in 2023 but if so they are off to a great start.


A tear-off calendar is a great gift for that person in your life who loves to recycle every day. 🗓️♻️


Watching the Harry & Meghan documentary and I’m shocked and saddened to learn that the Duke of Sussex is a nepo baby.


Multiple people had to work over the weekend to write up this terrible new policy that was then immediately scrapped. web.archive.org/web/2022121817…


If anyone has a hankering to drop $40K on a nativity scene that looks like the one from Home Alone but isn’t that one I will tell you where it is for a $10K finder’s fee.

dave_powers's tweet image. If anyone has a hankering to drop $40K on a nativity scene that looks like the one from Home Alone but isn’t that one I will tell you where it is for a $10K finder’s fee.
dave_powers's tweet image. If anyone has a hankering to drop $40K on a nativity scene that looks like the one from Home Alone but isn’t that one I will tell you where it is for a $10K finder’s fee.
dave_powers's tweet image. If anyone has a hankering to drop $40K on a nativity scene that looks like the one from Home Alone but isn’t that one I will tell you where it is for a $10K finder’s fee.

Sorry but I can’t stand soccer with all the fake injuries. I prefer REAL football with REAL injuries that result in players getting stretchered off the field and left with permanent brain damage.


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I myself voraciously advocated for firings to appease investors after guaranteeing that quarterly revenue would increase by “infinity” dollars. (by @dave_powers) pointsincase.com/articles/we-ar…


One more this week, courtesy of @PointsinCase, dedicated to anyone affected by the recent wave of layoffs. And special thanks to my LinkedIn feed for practically writing this for me. pointsincase.com/articles/we-ar…


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Your Personal Information Has Been Leaked — Our Bad! by Dave Powers ift.tt/ba0OL4k


Do you store sensitive user data? Use my latest @SlackjawHumor piece as a disclosure template for when this private info inevitably gets shared with the world. medium.com/slackjaw/your-…


I misread the presale instructions and not only did I waste hours in line, but now the Capital One Café barista is refusing to sell me Taylor Swift tickets and also calling the police.


Keep elections free, but charge $8 for the “I voted” sticker.


My favorite part of watching a professional football game on television is seeing a slow motion replay of a player unfastening the chin strap from their helmet.


It’s a rare sight, but every so often I will encounter a person in Boston during October wearing a full-on parka and I wish I could tag and track them to see if they survive the winter.


Getting detained by a gaggle of TSA security agents for refusing instructions to NOT pet the bomb/drug-sniffing dog


One time for a work icebreaker someone asked what the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten was and I decided to play it safe and go with “ham” but then people got mad and said that ham wasn’t a weird thing to eat.


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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen hire divorce lawyers, sources say trib.al/gdAycxP

nypost's tweet image. EXCLUSIVE: Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen hire divorce lawyers, sources say trib.al/gdAycxP


Spotify calling me out hard this Hispanic Heritage Month

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