Simone de Rochefort

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a spray bottle of Wine Away Red Wine Stain Remover
Milly Alcock and Kyle Fletcher, two blond Australians who look like sublings, lips pursed
When my curiosity about the Creami got the better of me, my beautiful and correct girlfriend said, “if you get this thing you have to sell the other one,” and so with a heavy heart I sold my baby to a chef who lives down the street for exactly what I bought it for. I can see it behind the counter of his restaurant whenever I walk by.
"Before I had the Creami I owned the Ferrari of consumer ice cream machines: the Lello 4080 Musso Lussino."
it's SHELLDER
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The actor who plays Lyonel Baratheon describes needing to get comfortable swearing around the child actor who plays Egg on Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Then the child actor very seriously says he does not like cursing AT ALL but does it because it is his JOB.
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But what stood out to me as I listened to the recorded conversation between Nadella and Fink is that they have largely given up on organic adoption by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion.4 II. “Diffusion is Everything” The quiet pivot to forced adoption is softened by the euphemism of diffusion, a term both Fink and Nadella use ad nauseum. “It’s going to require real leadership from the private sector and the public sector,” Nadella says early on, “to ensure that diffusion happens.” Elsewhere, he reveals that that phrase, “ensure that diffusion happens,” he lifted verbatim from an exchange with Fink in advance of the public event. And they are not alone in hammering this vocabulary. Diffusion seems to have been part of the script of the 2026 WEF, as questions eerily similar to Fink’s - “How do we make sure that diffusion happens and is spread evenly?” - came from the mouths of Niall Ferguson, Jessica Lessin, and others.
Podcast Popularity Presents Unique Opportunities It’s no secret that the video game industry is the healthiest it has ever been, as evidenced by Sony’s move to AI-generated video game podcasts. Meanwhile, podcasts are more popular than ever before. Invented in 2018 by Conan O’Brien, podcasts have seeped into every corner of human life. They are even being celebrated like Hollywood movies — as evidenced by the Golden Globes handing out its inaugural Best Podcast award in 2023 to Cum Town.
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YT comment: Watch Godfather, and then watch Scarface, and you'll understand what a monster of an actor Al-Pacino is. The personalities of Michael and Tony are so different from each-other, its crazy how one guy had both characters within him.
YT comment: The irony of all the older men laughing at Michael as they still see him as a kid. They don’t understand what he went through as a Marine infantry captain fighting in the Pacific, where combat was often vicious and at close range. By that point Michael has likely had more experience killing men up close than all the other men in the room combined.
a comment that reads "Michael wasn't just some "college boy". Michael Corleone was a highly decorated Marine captain who'd seen heavy combat in the Pacific. Most of the Marines Michael had served with had been killed in action, but Michael, through luck and cunning, had survived."
Simone and Pat from Polygon wearing a two-headed Christmas sweater. Pat looks a little frustrated, and Simone is crying and pointing
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aaron being TOAD
A text meme where the first person asks "what's going on with warframe" and the second person replies "Dont worry kitten." The first person then responds "Okay (heart emoji" and "yay (heart emoji)"
A photo of an episode of Columbo: two men stand in front of a truly outrageous number of guns that are leaning against an open wooden crate and its lid.
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A screenshot of a YouTube comment that I left on YouTube as myself, and the AI suggestions for a reply to that comment that appear when I'm logged in as Polygon. The comments read as follows: Simone de Rochefort: Hey guys, Simone here. This is the last YouTube video that we finished before Vox Media sold Polygon in early May. I'm really proud of it, and it goes without saying that without Pat, Clayton, and Tara's editorial input it would not exist. Or it would maybe exist, but worse. I hope you enjoy it. AI suggested replies: "I am also Simone and I also wrote this comment" "This is the best comment I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of comments, trust me"
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Hi Jim, I’m writing to let you know how incredibly disappointed I am about the decision to sell Polygon to Valnet. Even though I’m one of the fortunate few to still be employed, I’m still furious and heartbroken. I was in Europe when the sale went public. A few days later, a reader recognized me at a cafe in Paris. He couldn't believe what had happened, and asked me how it was possible, in the United States, that a workforce like ours could just be disposed of. He also added, completely unprompted, that American workers should "choose violence." I just thought I'd mention that! It was cool to be recognized halfway around the world for my work. The readers have always appreciated it, even if you don't. But I’m going to tell you about it anyway. At Polygon, we wrote stories and made videos that were unique in entertainment media — they were weird and well-researched and funny. We also got awards for our reporting (including myself and my now-laid-off colleague Clayton Ashley — we were nominated for an ASME and we won a New York Videogame Critics Circle award). We attracted brand sponsorships, some of which my team was in the middle of working on when my colleagues were laid off. My understanding is that Vox will be doing make-good sponsorships for the businesses that had contracted with Polygon. I wonder if they will seek out Vox Media again, once that process is finished.
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A screenshot of YouTube's inspiration page showing five of the most basic, bottom-of-the-barrel video ideas ever considered, e.g. RANKING THE MOST ICONIC VIDEO GAME VILLAINS and TOP 5 HIDDEN VIDEO GAME SECRETS REVEALED