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  If a felon’s sentence will be served concurrently with a prior conviction, why bother? Do convicts serving concurrent sentences get treated any differently? “No pudding for you; you’re serving concurrent sentences!” Is parole different? “We parole you from your original sentence, but you now have to finish your concurrent sentence.” Consecutive sentences or don’t bother.

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  I don't need a Washington Post sports headline about "Why the Commanders believe they got their guy in Eric Bieniemy." I want to read, "Why Eric Bieniemy Believes Leaving the Super Bowl Champion Chiefs For Dan Snyder Is A Good Idea." The only reason I can imagine, besides "Money!" is, "I had to prove I can win without Andy Reid." And that would be a shame.

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  Three years ago today, our company's CIO announced the start of a two-week long "pandemic simulation" to gauge how we'd do if the disease eventually known as COVID-19 gained a toehold in the USA. That it lasted even a week before the company went to WFH for as many as possible was enough to get a leg up on what we needed to do to thrive during the subsequent pandemic. This is also my eleventh wedding anniversary; the events are now joined in my mind.

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  Today I demonstrated an amazing ability to get behind drivers who would decide to drive resolutely below the speed limit when conditions didn't require it.

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  Has NPR set up a Mastodon instance since telling Elon where to shove it?

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  During the Reddit boycott, I suppose I can give Mastodon another try.

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  I made one of my relatively infrequent attempts to be less reclusive this past weekend. I drove to Dover AFB and the Air Mobility Museum there. #AMCmusueum #DoverAFB

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  Oh, look, a "boil water!" advisory for the NW edge of Philadelphia, the parts closest to City Avenue, for reasons that are unrelated to I-95. https://water.phila.gov/drops/west-philly-advisory/

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  The #redditblackout apparently is continuing after the initial 48 hours. Social media is starting to feel like a past fad.

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  Of all my former employers, NIST is the one that makes me proud most often just for having been a small part of it. https://wapo.st/3NexsAi

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  I valued #Reddit enough that a year ago I became a premium member. I'm disgusted enough by their proposed API charges and their dismissal of the concerns of their moderators that I won't renew my premium membership. #redditblackout

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  Reading the Washington Post, I miss Lisa deMoraes, one of their former TV critics. And now I feel old, too.