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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:51:22 JST Charlie Stross

   Bemused to see that the Romance Writers of America have intervened to take the heat off the WSFS trademark committee (aka "the worldcon folks have done WHAT now!?") ...

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:51:20 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     @cstross If there are more than 20 people, at least one of them is arguing against taking the saw away from the idiot(s), because doing so would hurt the organization's image.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:51:21 JST Charlie Stross

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     HYPOTHESIS: every organization with a tree house and more than ten active members contains one or more idiots energetically cutting off the tree branch everyone depends on because they think the organization exists to prune trees.

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:54:24 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     @pikesley @cstross I'm a member of a left-wing party, and I can't afford a therapist.

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     Witless Protection Program (pikesley@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 20:54:26 JST Witless Protection Program

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     • Jacek Wesołowski

     @jzillw @cstross ah I see you've played Progressive Politics before