After Holmes and the doctor left, Lestrade took the young woman aside.
"Tell me," he said, "how does he do it?"
"Sir?"
"You came to us first. Yet he solved it. How?"
"I cannot say. All I know is: he listened, and gave me his full attention."
"Pah! Anyone can do that!"
"And yet."
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Once I was dead, it was curiously easy to accept it.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked.
Death extended a bony finger, pointing at a tall tower in the distance.
"What is that?"
"Your unread books. Unwatched films. Unplayed games. Etcetera."
"Oh. How much time do I have?"
"All."
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"Our neighbours to the east have such a small army," the prince said. "Why don't we just invade and take over?"
"Their knights carry swords forged from moon dust."
"So? Are those sharper than the swords of our knights?"
"If they are able to go to the moon, what else can they do?"
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A spaceship landed, and an alien emerged.
"We come in peace," they said, "Take us to your librarian."
"Er... Don't you mean our leader?"
"Why? We already have leaders."
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@Chris_Sigurdson why is it so hard to think that the simplest explanation (that he simply believes in publishing for all) is accurate?
i don't like trump but i hate restrictive censorship TOSes more.
@murdock i didn't get covid until 2022
@metlos @adrianhon i seriously think that. how could you know better than another adult what they should be allowed to see and read?
@neglesaks @sneak
The instance I'm on was defederated by lots of instances a while back. Nothing to do with me. Consequently, there were lots of people I could no longer follow, and I lost followers.
@root you should sell squares on how long this takes to happen
@emily yes "ssn trace" is just an upsell to get an extra $49 from the mark running the check (which is 100% profit)
@adrianhon every time you see someone say "moderate content" think "censor things for adult users who are perfectly capable of using their own block button if they wish"
@liaizon do a backup first
defederating instances means you limit the reach of the content of the users on your own instance. defederation cuts both ways. you should let your own users block content they don't want to see. defederation should be used only for cases of spam or things it is literally illegal for you to have on your hard drive. if you find content objectionable, let your users choose if they want to block it or not from their own eyeballs.
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