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Twitter (X) is going to take my username sports, any ideas how I might keep it?

I login every day and use twitter for hours every day. I tweet more than is shown on my account (I delete tweets often).Here’s the message they sent me:Hello, The user handle associated with account @Sports will be affiliated with X Corp. Accordingly, your user handle will be changed to a new user handle. However, we appreciate your loyalty and want to minimize any inconvenience this may cause....

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Any chance you're in the Seattle area? I've been looking for a local kickball game!
Re:Improving YouTube video thumbnails with deep neural nets on Friday October 09, 2015 @09:22PM (#10364089)
Is there a way YouTube could alter the "view count" to only include views where 100% of the video has been watched? May help cut down on videos with misleading thumbnails and/or titles.
Re:What Would The End Of Football Look Like? on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @02:39AM (#3589059)
More likely, the NFL will gradually transition to a safer game that resembles flag football. It may lose some of its audience, but there's too much brand value to fold completely.