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NEW: "Less lethal" rubber bullets were used against UCLA student protestors on Thursday. This is—and this is a statement backed by interviews I did with experts—completely fucked. I dug into the history and reasons why.

I Shouldn’t Even Have to Say This But Rubber Bullets Have No Place on a College Campus

Yes, they can kill.

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Hey! This placed tricked me into getting an STD test there after I thought it was a normal place to do such a thing. It wasn't! The "nurse" lectured to me about the dangers of premarital sex in a locked room for 2 hours and then made me pray with her! It was violating and weird!!

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Looks like last night, for the third time, “crisis pregnancy center” Informed Choices in Iowa City got a redecoration.

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This tweet is actually a very good lesson in something we all need to realize about life: no amount of money can buy being funny

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They did eventually give me the test. I ended up going to the Planned Parenthood across town though and they gave me an STD test for free. No lectures. No mumbling through an Our Father. 10/10 experience

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Nancy Pelosi's drywall rn

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Tonight I introduced legislation to ban Members of Congress (and our spouses) from trading stocks. 3/4 of Americans agree!

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@arcivanov Hey, what's college for if not a little felony kidnapping?

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Like it's impressive how terminally unfunny he is. It's beyond le epic bacon levels of cringe and is actually deadly.

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I am once again compelled to madness.

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@2budin2furious @Chinchillazllla This is an actual photo of that guy.

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A tale of two Chicagos. #chicagoprotest

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Really cool financial system we got where rising wages is bad actually

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I'm hooting and screaming like an ape rn

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Protesters have surrounded an occupied CPD wagon and are jumping on, begging, and spray paint it. #chicagoprotest #BlackLivesMatter

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@laureneeckert Luckily, Catholic school gave me a lot of good training in dealing with feeling needlessly guilty about things. 🙏

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How it feels to work in media rn

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Holy shit

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@popoffpossums It'd be cool of god's will was that I didn't have HPV please and thank you!!

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@Jon_Christian Honestly a bit disappointed it's not a 10k word feature complete with interactive visuals.

Fields of Watermelons Found On Mars, Police Say - The New York Times

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@DEMurray8 Thanks for checking it out.

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@homo_placidus @arcivanov Yeah, because people have NEVER stayed in situations they didn't like at all voluntarily before. Never ever ever

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@homo_placidus @arcivanov Guilt!

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@MortisNostre @JoshuaHowsam I took watched a lot of TNG when I was a kid because it was the only thing TNT played during the summers

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@lurichpete Islands in the Stream

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@MariePizza86738 It happened 10 years ago when I was but an anxious college lad. I'm an anxious grown up lad now but encourage anyone who has been victimized by this clinic to get their justice!!

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Neuroengineer Viktor Tóth trained three rats to play "Doom II." Here's a video of one of the rats Romero getting surprised by an imp during shooting training! 🐀

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✨some personal news✨Today, I've been officially promoted to senior editor of the innovation section at @thedailybeast ! BUT the section is changing in a pretty big & exciting way that you'll want to note if you want to pitch me (for the love of God plz pitch me). Incoming🧵

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@Jon_Christian Scandalous.

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@MarlowNYC Further proof that Topher Grace was always an unproblematic king.

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@LeslieGMgrrl Yeah, it was like if this also came with an STD test:

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┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| Psst. Hey kid. ┻┳| ┻┳| ┻┳| ┳┻| _ ┻┳| •.•) The danger with AI isn't self-awareness ┳┻|⊂ﾉ or artificial general intelligence. ┻┳| It's corporate greed. ┳┻| ┻┳|

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The new "AI is going to kill us all!!1!" letter is a wall of shame—where people are voluntarily adding their own names. We should be concerned by the real harms that corps and the people who make them up are doing in the name of "AI", not abt Skynet.

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@DEMurray8 Lmao god this was bad.

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@homo_placidus @arcivanov lol okay

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ALSO PITCH ME FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I DESPERATELY NEED AWESOME SCIENCE AND TECH STORIES NOW THAT THEY'VE FOOLISHLY GIVEN ME THE REIGNS TO THIS AMAZING SECTION. DMS OPEN. EMAIL INBOX OPEN. HELL, SEND ME A VENMO WITH A PITCH IN THE DESCRIPTION IDC

Neel V. Patel

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I'm also incredibly excited to see what the future of the innovation section will be in the hands of @TonyHoWasHere . If you're looking to contribute innovation stories to the Beast, hit him up—you're not going to find a better science/tech editor or friend to work with.

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My DnD campaign takes place in an alt-history fantasy version of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. After 2+ years, they're finally facing the BBEG at the Ferris Wheel so of course I had to build one.

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@RyanCrownholm @David_Leavitt @elonmusk @BillyM2k This site is free lmao

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@HeywoodJ14 Hey thanks for checking it out

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1. The scene must have two or more female characters. 2. They must talk to each other. 3. They must talk about French sauces. Call it the Bechamel Test.

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. @3YearLetterman this principal clearly finances his waterbed.

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@GlynnTarrant Hey Glynn, my name is Tony and I'm a tech reporter for The Daily Beast. I'd love to chat with you more about this experience for a story. Please let me know if we can connect.

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New image from @NASAWebb shows the Pillars of Creation and it's absolutely unreal.

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You guys have NO idea how huge it is that Ke Huy Quan is a boat person refugee who won a major Oscar and used his speech to talk about his journey. I'm the son of boat people. Seeing him on that stage meant so god damn much to me and so many others. This is simply wonderful.

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@Nomads4Pritzker Wait, are you serious? The Great Khan himself actually called you??

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@jules_su Starting off strong with a cup of coffee at Taco Bell.

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@homo_placidus @arcivanov Lol okay

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@shikokunomaoh Not even mad. I really, really was

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The jig is up: I'll be joining Slate as the senior tech editor!* Really excited to join one of my favorite publications ever -- and help build out incredible coverage in tech, science, and culture. *I'm joining at the end of the month, so it's still island time for me baby!!

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Some very exciting @Slate news! Thrilled to announce @hashtagkatie and @TonyHoWasHere are joining our biztech team as senior editors. @oliverdarcy has the scoop in @ReliableSources :

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@DEMurray8 Hey thanks for checking them out again. That really means a lot. Lmao

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@Cricketleg6 @Cheesymanfredo Hell yeah brother

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The good folks at @VirtualTelescop captured an amazing image of the @NASAWebb as it arrived in its final orbit at Lagrange Point 2. Look how smol it is!! #UnfoldTheUniverse

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COMING IN WITH THE HOT TAKES: Giving private companies (including a Raytheon subsidiary) big fat government contracts that are vague in timeline and deliverables is bad, actually.

NASA’s New Spacesuit Contract Is a Big, Fat Expensive Gamble

The suits are sorely needed—but are they worth the risk?

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@kenklippenstein >Barges into any discussion or argument >Says the US should've kept troops in Afghanistan forever >Refuses to elaborate further >Leaves

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have managed to cause tiny plastic trays to hover using only light. Next up: Back To The Future-style hoverboards 💡

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Yeah, I'm a skater.

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Youn Yuh Jung signing for Troy Kotsur when he won and taking his Oscar so he can sign makes me want to weep forever

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Life update: Friday will be my last day with The Daily Beast. No, I'm not being fired/laid off. I've recently accepted a role at another place (more on that later!). For now, I'll say that the past 2 years have been incredible and I'm gutted to leave a truly fantastic outfit.

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@AndyRichter Beethoven only there for the drinks since he can't actually hear anything.

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The Department of Defense released a "briefing card" regarding UFOs and UAPs. This is a list of talking points to help government personnel answer questions about "extraterrestrial technology" and aliens. Credit to @blackvaultcom for this and the excellent #FOIA work as always.

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This man literally went into a barbershop and said, "Give me the Macklemore haircut" in this day and age twenty twenty one.

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Chicagoans screaming and making loud noises at the sun to scare it away because we don't know what it is.

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Scientists have debuted a massive magnet nearly 300,000 times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. It'll be used to help build a nuclear fusion reactor. Photo credit: AP Photo/Daniel Cole

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NEW: Cars are killing pedestrians and cyclists at a historic rate. Activists like @ThePeoplesCDOT and @CrosswalksLA install guerrilla street infrastructure like speed bumps and crosswalks to fight back. I got a chance to watch them work for my latest.

Vigilantes Might Have Planted That Speed Bump You Just Hit

Cars are killing pedestrians and cyclists at a historic rate. Meet the activists fighting back one cinder block at a time.

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Astronomers recently captured some of the most detailed, high-res images we have of deep space yet using the LOFAR radio telescope network. Below is one of the images (Hercules A, a supermassive blackhole, shooting out jets of gas)🔭

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After nearly defeating Steve King in a ruby-red district, @JDScholten 's back with his homespun brand of progressive populism to fight two new challengers: an establishment republican and a pandemic. My latest (and first) piece in the @TheProspect

J.D. Scholten Is Still Pitching Populism

The congressional candidate who nearly beat Steve King in a far-right district in 2018 faces two new challengers this year: an establishment Republican and a global pandemic.

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@bettinamak jfc a whole lot to unpack here. "near asians," using the term "politically incorrect" unironically, and a white senior editor who has a dedicated column centered around her perspective because married an asian dude. hoo boy

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@bettinamak The Vietnamese version of sinigang is canh chua and I contend that it's better than pho by MILES

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@NASAWebb For comparison, here is the famous Hubble shot next to the Webb's. What a glow up.

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*Psst* Hey kid, wanna see an MRI of what happens when you rub your eye?

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I am a victim of my own success and have created an even more desperate problem for myself with my inundated inbox. Thank you for all the great pitches (and feel free to keep pitching)! I may be slow to respond but will try to get through all of these in the next week.

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ALSO PITCH ME FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I DESPERATELY NEED AWESOME SCIENCE AND TECH STORIES NOW THAT THEY'VE FOOLISHLY GIVEN ME THE REIGNS TO THIS AMAZING SECTION. DMS OPEN. EMAIL INBOX OPEN. HELL, SEND ME A VENMO WITH A PITCH IN THE DESCRIPTION IDC

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Look: I'm already trying to find writers

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Hell yeah! One of the greatest wuxia movies ever made is getting a sequel!

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No, a chatbot didn't fall in love with you. No, it's not spying on you either. But, one thing is certain: Everyone needs to calm tf down about Bing's new AI search engine. My argument for sanity in this chatbot discourse:

What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About Microsoft’s Chatbot

No, Bing isn’t falling in love with you.

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Happy Friday! I am once again calling for pitches for @thedailybeast 's Innovation section. Looking for some weird, off-beat, and/or under-the-radar tech pitches to give our readers vital information for their everyday life. Check my bio for a pitch guide + rates and my email.

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@KamalaHarris lol best line so far

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@Michael21721396 @MortisNostre @JoshuaHowsam I am screaming so loud at this image my neighbors called the cops.

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@BrittanyZerr Evergreen

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First day at Slate. Going to spend the day just changing my default emoji skin tone on Slack before clocking out.

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Remember Victorian era spiritualism? It's back and dumber than ever!!

This AI Company Wants to Perform a Seance on Your Dead Loved Ones

Seance AI says that its tech will help the grieving find closure. It's not a happy story. But again, they never really are.

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Video of protesters surrounding the CPD wagon #chicagoprotest

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Just a really pitch perfect subhed here from @MotherJones about this fucking hellscape we live in.

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Sen. Schumer's AI summit convened AI industry leaders to discuss ways Congress can regulate the tech. But a whopping 13 of the 22 reported attendees are tech CEOs—a huge disparity that shows we have a LONG way to go when it comes to regulation.

Congress Is Blowing It When It Comes to AI Regulation

Critics have likened the decision to invite tech CEOs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to Capitol Hill to discuss regulating AI as akin to letting “the fox design the henhouse.”

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A stunning and rare "triple transit" of Jupiter's moons occurred last week. This occurs when all three moons simultaneously passed in front of the planet. 🌜 (source: Christopher Go/Kunio Sayanagi)

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Tragic and totally avoidable irony of having a food desert in a state that is 2nd in the nation in total food production, and 1st in the nation in corn yields. These neighborhoods deserve better leadership in public health and equity.

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Hy-Vees in low-income neighborhoods in Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Davenport will close June 23—and with no grocery store within 2 miles of each, that will be 3 new food deserts created.

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✨Some news✨After a year with @Futurism , I have officially filed my last story and will be joining @thedailybeast as a Deputy Editor for the Science & Innovation section! I am immensely proud of the work I've done and excited to continue doing great work for the Beast.

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Excuse me but what the fuck @WSJ

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New story by me for @outsidemagazine . I went hiking and camping while carrying only the things my D&D character carries -- and lived to tell the tale.

I Went Camping as My Dungeons & Dragons Character

After a year spent inside with too much time on his hands, a writer survives two days in the woods with only the equipment available to his hobbit alter ego—rapier and lute included

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@AbbyLeeHood Viktor is incredibly benevolent and allowed them very frequent breaks (which is part of the reason he only got so far with the rats). They also seemed to enjoy their time when they were on there because of the sugar water

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@donie "But you wear a seatbelt, right?" Such a quick and good response to his line of logic.

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Never in a million years would I have thought my hometown would have a Pride Parade. This is unexpected and shocking in the best ways. Very proud of Sioux City right now.

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Tonight at 6 pm down 4th Street is the first ever Sioux City Pride Parade! As an ally of the LGBTQ community, I encourage folks to come support.

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Watching the World Cup final in the O'Hare Airport Chili's like God intended.

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@SummonerOrthan I know!

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This is huge: U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts

U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts (Published 2023)

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.

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When will Big Tech companies learn that I don't want a generative AI in my search function and Excel. I want Google Docs to have a dark mode so I don't feel like I'm staring at the sun whenever I write.

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"Mom, I want a NASA space shuttle program." "We have a space shuttle program at home." Space shuttle program at home:

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The UK Ministry of Defense just announced that Russia used approx. 65% of its entire ground forces (!!!) in Ukraine. An entire quarter of those troops have been "rendered combat ineffective." Just a completely astonishing fuck up by Putin.

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Being in Chicago like.

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It's that time of year again.

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I talked to a neuroengineer who trained his rats to play Doom II on VR (kind of)! Super fun conversation that really illustrates the potential of scrappy projects like this for future brain computer interface research — not to mention Twitch streaming.

Scientist Who Trained Rats to Play "Doom II" Says He May Start Twitch Channel

Former Feinstein Institutes neuroengineer Viktor Tóth taught three rats to play "Doom II" using a virtual reality set up. Here's how he did it.

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