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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>woke suburbanite 🍑 &#xA;&#xA;https://riceball.com/&#xA;https://ad49progressives.substack.com/</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social</link><title>@johnkawakami.bsky.social - John Kawakami</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/johnkawakami.bsky.social/post/3mlsjduqfz22m</link><description>This page is funny. It&#39;s got parts where you should be able to click-to-copy code, but you can&#39;t, because it&#39;s not HTML but a PNG file.&#xA;&#xA;I have to wonder if an AI did that. 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