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Goofy lurker. Loves you. Toast, books, plants, spices, critters, quiz, cryptic crosswords, folly, MH. Only Connect. Black Lives Matter, each and all. She/her.

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there's a translation of an old hindu myth I am reading where the word for beauty is the same as the word for salt water, because the more you drank of her, the more you thirsted (with the implication you may go mad and die) and a large language model could never yearn like this

14.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 351 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

AHHHHHH!!!!!!! I have been wanting to see this for so long, I can’t wait!!!

07.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A 3 colour risograph print using blue, yellow and fluorescent pink ink featuring a raccoon. It is walking across some grass covered in flowers, dragging a grocery back which is spilling out food. We see the words TORONTO in bright yellow letters above the critter.

A 3 colour risograph print using blue, yellow and fluorescent pink ink featuring a raccoon. It is walking across some grass covered in flowers, dragging a grocery back which is spilling out food. We see the words TORONTO in bright yellow letters above the critter.

Quick little 3 colour risograph I printed today - I will be hiding these around a park in Toronto tomorrow for Art & Found Day!

12.03.2026 01:12 πŸ‘ 784 πŸ” 159 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that."  

Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

09.03.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 1315 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 19
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Respond Crisis Translation | Translation & Interpretation

What other resources might we think about providing to asylum seekers, if we really cared?

For ex:
respondcrisistranslation.org

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10.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

lmaooooo sloppelganger

11.03.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 516 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
Orange tulip with pointed petals. The points are greenish and the inside of the flower is much darker than the outside. You can just see dark streaks in the very center of the flower.

Orange tulip with pointed petals. The points are greenish and the inside of the flower is much darker than the outside. You can just see dark streaks in the very center of the flower.

Congratulations! You have made it to Wednesday.

11.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Balcony solar is taking state legislatures by storm In more than half of U.S. states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of DIY solar systems.

In more than half of US states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of small plug-in solar panels that sit on apartment balconies and plug directly into household outlets. Canary Media buff.ly/5B79fOA #ShareGoodNewsToo

11.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 1111 πŸ” 329 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 48

I think it’s notable that 2025 polling showed Americans of almost every stripe moving toward the anti-DEI side of things. As soon as they saw it play out in government and academia and elsewhere they hated it.

08.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

The constituency of Americans who see DEI as detrimental to the country is vanishingly small, the sort of constituency that can easily be ignored if politicians want to ignore it.

08.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1785 πŸ” 463 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 47
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a ballerina in a white dress is dancing on a stage in the dark ALT: a ballerina in a white dress is dancing on a stage in the dark

I want to thank Timothayy Shalomarayy
for bringing so many neat short videos of skilled ballet and opera practitioners to my feed of late though

10.03.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm aware @officialgrammarly.bsky.social has said people can opt out of this, THAT IS ALSO ENRAGING. LLMs have already coopted and stole and plundered creative people's work, now we also have to contact YOU after you steal our identities? Fuck all the way off with that! It's MORE THEFT YOU CLOWNS

11.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Joke's on the economy I already don't have a job

06.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 802 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

06.03.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 6436 πŸ” 1550 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 46
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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

05.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 1889 πŸ” 773 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 88

Bright spot.

04.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Struggling to find a word to describe my feelings about this.

Horribly amused? Philosophically looped?
(Let's ask humans to point at which part of a slop image are 'real', makes perfect sense.)

04.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please educate your loved ones on the benefits of Libby and Hoopla.

Also: Library workers! Check out libro.fm and the PRH Audio app! Free audiobooks if you work in a library!

04.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I read a new Chotiner interview I think of how easy it would be for other journalists to do what he does. Just do your homework, ask follow-up questions and don't move on until you get a response. It also doesn't seem to have cost Chotiner that most precious journalistic resource: access.

04.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
a box of little brown balls of clay and dirt and seeds in a philly pretzel factory box

a box of little brown balls of clay and dirt and seeds in a philly pretzel factory box

Ready to supply ~100 cyclists w/seed bombs for our city's abandoned lots at tonight's @wednightrides.org!

They contain 6-7 species of native plant seeds to juice up the biodiversity of our city, incl.
Ironweed
Echinacea
Partidge Pea
Bee Balm
Blue Vervain
Blackeyed Susan
Swamp Milkweed (sometimes)

04.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 503 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 7
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Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop! The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with...

Projects like this are born from collaborations! It's a lot of talking with other people, making connections, and getting creative to make things better together.

We fund this work through donations and merch!
Donations can go here givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
Merch shop is SquidFacts.net

04.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don DeLillo's Funniest Novel Is A 1980 Hockey Sex Romp He Won't Acknowledge | Defector The end of the 1970s seemed to be a moment of uncertainty for Don DeLillo, creatively speaking. The previous decade had seen him become a rather important American author, enough so that he had left h...

Fantastic blog here. defector.com/don-delillo-...

04.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 16
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Did Alzheimer’s Impact Terry Pratchett’s Discworld? I have a variety of techniques I use to deal with the ongoing collapse of everything, most of them different kinds of drugs. But I also have healthy habits, like reading, and when it comes to readi…

A new study examined Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels to see if they could detect changes in his writing prior to his tragic Alzheimer's diagnosis. Here's what the study says, and what it doesn't say πŸ§ͺ skepchick.org/2026/03/did-...

04.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 312 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 4

I'm hardly the first to point this out but: This is why it's absurd and deeply cruel and cynical that dental insurance is not included in health insurance

Your dental health is directly related to your physical health and, yes, can be fatal if untreated

04.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's autocorrect's religious obligation to drink until it can't tell the difference @akivamcohen.bsky.social

02.03.2026 04:24 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
A photo of a whale effigy

A photo of a whale effigy

Legend from the whale effigy exhibit: California, West Coast, Chumash, about 1200 to 1600, steatite, shell inlay

Legend from the whale effigy exhibit: California, West Coast, Chumash, about 1200 to 1600, steatite, shell inlay

I saw this guy in a museum in Montreal

03.03.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal

26.02.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 670 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6
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@mcmazey.bsky.social Bundled up:

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@mcmazey.bsky.social Indoors:

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