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Corey Quinn@QuinnyPig

I cannot believe I'm saying this, but getting the literal Pope to canonize your product's specific technical limitations as a spiritual treatise is the single greatest act of vendor lobbying I have ever seen.

1.1K likes12 repliesPosted May 25, 2026

View the original on X Written by Corey Quinn. Captured Sep 4, 2026.

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