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Miguel Bollar

@migbits

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Software engineer at @X , musician, maker of things

Joined May 2011
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@BrianRoemmele "whatever time we got left, spending time with each other" - love that
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@unempyd @AMAZlNGNATURE That’s one way to win a fight: “YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME??? … HERE!”
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@greg16676935420 Skiddly-boos
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And these are real users, not bots
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This platform is seeing incredible usage growth!
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@historyinmemes Being a parent is more of an action than a thing. Owning a guitar doesn’t make me a guitarist. I need to regularly play it. Same with parenting
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3 years
My mom made flan! @OnIyFlans
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Wait until you see how fast we iterate when working with systems and apps designed with velocity in mind. It’s an exciting time
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Haofei
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@GailAlfarATX @SmokeAwayyy An entire rewrite is underway since many parts of the system are not useful anymore. Major product surfaces like For you, and several others, have been rewritten. Working aggressively on deleting the long tail of our code base. The goal is to make the system extremely fast to…
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We're hiring! Check out the jobs at the top of my profile
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10 months
I liked the blue bird, but the black 𝕏 feels right. We're transforming this service into something fundamentally different. It's an exciting time, and I'm proud to be a part of it
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Miguel Bollar
10 months
RIBS!!! There are 3 types of ribs typically cooked for BBQ: Spares, baby back, and beef short ribs. Spares and baby backs are universally known pork ribs, with spares being larger, meatier, and fattier than baby backs. Beef short ribs are harder to find but popular in states…
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6 months
Honestly, it's been a long time since I've seen Twitter/X this active. Makes me happy
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7 months
Hey check it out! I wrote the backend for this. You can now limit replies to verified accounts. Helps prevent bots from polluting the conversation
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you can now limit replies to verified users
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I've been having more interesting discussions on here lately. Good to see it. Is the platform improving or my usage of it or both?
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4 months
I couldn't be more proud of the team. We did a ton of work and this was during a year of transition. Wait until you see what we have in store for 2024!
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Nima Owji
4 months
WHAT FEATURES DID X ADD IN 2023? 2023 is almost over, and I created a timeline that shows most of the IMPORTANT FEATURES that @X added this year! WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE?
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
Seeing creators post about receiving ad revenue makes me happy. Thank you for being here
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
At the end of the day, what matters most is what we've done and we're doing a lot of great work
@xDaily
X Daily News
9 months
NEWS: X/Twitter 2.0's Feature release timeline since the takeover 👀 NOVEMBER 2022 11/01 | Legacy verification turned into a subscription model 11/09 | Elon shares a bold vision for X (formerly Twitter) 11/23 | Enhanced performance advertising solutions launch DECEMBER 2022…
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
Hey X Premium and Verified Organizations subscribers, check out X Pro if you haven't already. You can find it in the More menu on desktop web!
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Miguel Bollar
10 months
We're just getting started. More good things for ad revenue sharing coming soon on web. Stay tuned!
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Brian Krassenstein
10 months
Twitter just paid me almost $25,000.
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I understand what they’re trying to do but forced positivity is nauseating. X isn’t perfect but we try to be real
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X Daily News
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NEWS: 🧵 invited creators to join a challenge focused on posting content related to “positivity,” for a chance to win up to $500.
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1 year
We worked incredibly hard and I couldn't be more proud of the team. Grateful to be a part of this.
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Verified
1 year
Verified Organizations is a new way for organizations and their affiliates to distinguish themselves on Twitter. Rather than relying on Twitter to be the sole arbiter of truth for which accounts should be verified, vetted organizations that sign up for …
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
Testing inline images - this tweet is all about BBQ Still waiting on my Lang - delayed a week. This is the holy grail of BBQ pits. A Lang reverse-offset stick burner: Here's a plate of BBQ: Here's a plate of BBQ from Franklin BBQ in Austin, TX: Here's some more BBQ:
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
Does X seem more alive to you too? Seems like people are more relaxed and open. And it's not all doom & gloom
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Miguel Bollar
2 years
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1 month
Working on a difficult problem at work and the day flew by. It’s one of the things I like about working here
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Miguel Bollar
5 months
19 years with @chelrb today! Still going strong
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
Twitter changed to X in @amazon 's share menu!
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Miguel Bollar
6 months
Congrats to the team! Phenomenal
@XHiring
Hiring
6 months
Introducing our job search tool. Start exploring jobs on web at .
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Sunday jam with the kid
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
I think @CommunityNotes is phenomenal. I'm looking forward to seeing it evolve over time
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
I think replying is often more productive than quote tweeting. If I have something to say about a tweet, it makes sense to say it to the person that wrote the tweet
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Miguel Bollar
1 month
You know what’s cool? Just being yourself. Don’t post clickbait
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
@engineers_feed It crosses over the pyramid but so do roughly 2,000 other latitude formulations and it’s not the apex of the pyramid. Here’s the full snopes I should put this in a @CommunityNotes
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@migbits
Miguel Bollar
4 months
This is “Bouree in E Minor”, a piece Bach composed sometime between 1708 and 1717. Enjoy
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@migbits
Miguel Bollar
9 days
Articles is the sleeper feature in Premium. It's extremely well done. Write long articles and reach a massive audience. Give it a try
@techAU
techAU
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So apparently I'm addicted to publishing articles on X now.
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
More progress
@xDaily
X Daily News
1 year
NEWS: The Department of State rolls out affiliate badges 👀
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Miguel Bollar
5 months
@Nate_Esparza Let’s ask Grok: “Well, in the context of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, being "based" is like having a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster in your hand while hitchhiking on a Vogon Constructor Fleet. In other words, it's a bit of a wild ride. In more down-to-earth terms, being…
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Miguel Bollar
15 days
Last day today for 2 web interns, @mattzhang_ and @victorzheng231 . I was impressed with their demos. Astonishing how much they got done in just 4 months
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@migbits
Miguel Bollar
3 years
My first feature here @twitter
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Miguel Bollar
5 months
You can find the full list of our open jobs at either of these links: or
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Miguel Bollar
6 months
2.5K likes, 3M views in 3 hours - phenomenal
@Ninja
Ninja
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OG FORTNITE DUOS TESTING NEW TWITTER
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2 months
All they're doing is injecting threads into instagram and requiring users to download the app if they click on a thread. Clever but download count does not equate to sustained, real-user usage
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@migbits
Miguel Bollar
10 months
It's going to rain all day tomorrow, so I decided to smoke pulled pork today instead. I'm still learning about barbecue and cooking on an offset smoker, so I figured I'd share what I learn with all of you. After covering the meat with the rub, I was ready to start the fire.…
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Miguel Bollar
4 months
I love this guitar
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Miguel Bollar
6 months
@TheTapesArchive Amazing. I gotta go to this show. And yes, 5150 is an amazing song and an amazing album
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
Twitter's future is bright
@lindayaX
Linda Yaccarino
11 months
Hello Twitter. People keep asking me: Why Twitter?  So, I’ll tell you. 👇
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9 months
A great human being. I couldn’t be more proud of him
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
"comeback arc" - LET'S GO!!!
@xDaily
X Daily News
1 year
NEWS: Elon says Twitter 2.0 has entered its comeback arc, in a new interview at the WSJ CEO council summit. He also hints his new AI company, X . AI, may have a similar relationship to Tesla and Twitter like OpenAI has to Microsoft. 🧵
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11 months
My kid is officially on summer break and is in the living room, reading a book and listening to Stevie Wonder on vinyl. Good kid.
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
We're global now!
@premium
Premium
1 year
Twitter Blue is now available globally! Sign up today to get your blue checkmark, prioritized ranking in conversations, half ads, long Tweets, Bookmark Folders, custom navigation, Edit Tweet, Undo Tweet, and more. Sign up here:
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
Me too
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
1 year
I hope this platform increasingly brings you joy & elucidation
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
Personally, I welcome debate about anything. I think it's a mistake to dismiss someone as "not being worthy" of debate or a topic as too "pure" to be challenged. The key thing is a collective search for truth, along with mutual respect for different perspectives
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Miguel Bollar
14 days
best brisket yet
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Miguel Bollar
10 months
OK, so brisket is a pain in the neck to cook. Holy hell. Whose idea was it to smoke this honkin' piece of bovine? Anyway, I made brisket today. This is what happened. 3:30 am: Wake up I woke up, and Michele looked at me confused. "What are you doing?" - "I need to trim the…
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Miguel Bollar
7 months
Tip: If you don't like a type of post, you don't need to mute or block the account. Click the 3 dots at the top right of the post then select "Not interested in this post" then click "Show fewer posts from..." I've been doing this lately and my home feed has improved
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Miguel Bollar
2 years
VERIFIED!!! Even with the chaos, our team came together and worked hard to make this happen in a week and a half! So many changes launched today. Very special thanks to those on the project who were let go on Friday. We couldn’t have done this without them.
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@migbits
Miguel Bollar
8 months
I've been working in an area of the tech stack that is new to me... it's complicated but I'm learning a lot and enjoying it! I'm excited about this feature and looking forward to sharing it with all of you. Stay tuned
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Miguel Bollar
10 months
This groove is 🔥
@Ajm2digital
🇺🇸🌞 A2D2 🌞🇺🇸
10 months
Listen to the new Wingstop Jam 🍗 ⁦ @wingstop
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Miguel Bollar
1 month
LET'S GO!!!!!!
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
1 month
Traffic on 𝕏 reaches all-time high
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Miguel Bollar
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Morning sky
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3 months
My wife just screamed at top of her lungs. I ran downstairs to save my damsel in distress only to discover she won a Fortnight Victory Royale
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Miguel Bollar
2 months
Introducing Articles!!! Can't wait to write my bbq articles with this. Props to the team!
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1 year
Happy Sunday folks
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9 months
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… I played guitar on cruise ships
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9 months
My brother sends me stuff like this all the time
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Miguel Bollar
24 days
If I hired someone to build a backyard deck and came home to find them sitting in the middle of my yard demanding I find another job, I'd find someone else to build my deck. This is absurd. I don't care where one is on the political spectrum. If activism is so important to these…
@KassyDillon
Kassy Akiva
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Google employees are actively occupying the California office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and refusing to leave until the company stops doing business with Israel, video live-streamed by the employees shows. My latest:
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11 months
Getting back in shape. 6 lbs down. More to go but I'm happy with the progress so far
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
It’s that time of year again
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9 months
Today marks one year with my Model Y. It’s a phenomenal car. No regrets
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LET’S GO!!!!!!!
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
7 days
Despite a massive bot purge, the 𝕏 platform reached another all-time high in usage this month!
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9 months
I feel good. I hope you feel good too
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8 months
Got stuck working on something last night. Went to sleep, woke up and figured it out immediately. Amazing how that happens
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8 days
Saw a cybertruck in the wild for the first time today. That thing is incredible
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2 months
@gunsnrosesgirl3 Just need one of these machines for when I go camping 😂
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Miguel Bollar
16 days
Come join the X Premium Community!
@liuyuxxd
Yu
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Hello! Come join the X Premium community! We'll be sharing product updates and would love to get your feedback and hear about bugs you come across.
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
Very hard to see many of my colleagues leave twitter. I loved working with you. I'm happy for all of you though! As for me, I chose to stay. The future will be challenging but it's a challenge I want to take on. I'm going to try hard to make twitter the best it can be.
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4 months
I'm learning Go and working on a new tech stack. That's one of the things that's great about working here. It's fun to learn and good to grow
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Miguel Bollar
2 years
Received this swag today for working on the Edit Tweet project. The cookie memorializes the references of Thin Mints we used throughout project. I love it! ❤️
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7 months
@PFF That was nuts… deserved to get ejected. He’ll be fined too. Not cool at all
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
Morning jam
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
My brother has two dogs named Mork & Mindy. This is Mork. He’s obsessed with cheeseburgers.
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
It’s here! Look at this beauty! @LangBBQ_Smokers
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9 months
@CountVonCount Welcome back!
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9 months
Like this post #BrandedFeatures
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I made the Halo theme my car’s lock chime
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1 month
First cook of the season this weekend - doing pulled pork & ribs
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Miguel Bollar
10 months
Would you rather meet your great great grandparents or your great great grandchildren?
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Miguel Bollar
7 months
Pulled pork today
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Miguel Bollar
11 months
@Adam_Karpiak Ah! Who slices bagels like that! I can’t un-see this
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
A good lesson about getting caught up in hype: compare the headlines from this week and a month ago. Action always speaks louder than words. However, I won't become entangled in this hype either. My focus will remain on delivering & evolving the best products for our users
@xDaily
X Daily News
9 months
NEWS: Over a month after launch, active users and daily engagement on Meta's X competitor are now down by ~80%. Daily users on 🧵s have declined on Android from 50m to 10m, and average minutes from 14 (21 in the US) mins to 3 mins.
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11 months
My mom this morning: “I don’t understand your tweets, what is diablo and why are you talking to aliens about it”
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Miguel Bollar
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I grew up without the internet and often compare the world today with the world back then. I think the internet is a net good overall but I miss some things. People used a lot of uni-task things back then… like the yellow pages, maps and CD players. I remember saving up enough…
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Miguel Bollar
2 years
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Miguel Bollar
7 months
Web users in the US can read bios. Here's a bit about me: Kudos to @oshea , @deborachu , @jono_oshea and others who have been working on this. Great stuff
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Miguel Bollar
9 months
Awwww yeeeeahh
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Miguel Bollar
1 year
I asked my wife if she’d upload a backup of my brain after I die and display a virtual me in the kitchen like Max Headroom and she said, “Sure, as long as I can turn you off.”
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