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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 1d

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’

‘Yes’

#fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts
@fontsinuse.com @themerl.bsky.social

All the fonts, including a surprisingly modern 1960s style italic font, advertising the sale of Ashton Farm by auction at the Crown Hotel Bishops Waltham in 1908.
Photo from Bishops Waltham Museum, from the Austin & Wyatt archive

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 1d

This batch looks to be a good one, everyone did a great job!

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 2d

They should do a Colombian remake of Scooby Doo where the gang brings Pablo Escobar to justice and he says "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you Medellín kids"

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 3d

Ha, no way. American Thanksgiving sounds objectively worse in every respect.

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 3d

So... I just learned about Mary Toft (1726).

How the heck do people manage to keep making history seem boring?

Humans are outrageous, hilarious, scandelous, petty, creative, brave, disturbing, and ridiculous.

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 3d

LCD Soundsystem Of A Down

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 3d

I don't really get how they survive here? I guess in a few years they'll mostly be gone.

Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 4d

It wasn't until many years later that I realized that no, its pretty much just those.

I don't feel like I watched a ton of movies as a child. Why the heck did I see THREE different parent traps?

Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 4d

As a kid I watched The Parent Trap(1961), It Takes Two(1995), and the Parent Trap(1998) in the space of a few years.

After the 3rd I just kind of assumed that movies about separted twins trapping their parents was some sort of hollywood rite of passage all studios and actors had to do at least once

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 4d

If you see this, quote your favorite Pokemon (wrong answers only)

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 4d

Booked. Amazing to see a situation where ADHD isn't costing me extra money.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 13d

Albertans: if you're looking for a COVID vaccine, remember to check the list of medical conditions that qualify you for Phase I (it's more inclusive than I'd have guessed). You can book the appointments through MyAHSConnect.

Eligible underlying medical conditions
cerebrovascular disease
chronic liver diseases
chronic lung diseases
chronic kidney diseases
cystic fibrosis
diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2
disabilities (for example, Down syndrome, learning, intellectual, or developmental disabilities; ADHD; cerebral palsy; congenital disabilities; spinal cord injuries)
heart conditions (for example, cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, heart failure, etc.)
mental health disorders (limited to: mood disorders, including depression; schizophrenia, spectrum disorders)
obesity
pregnancy
tuberculosis
Eligible immunocompromising conditions
cancer (currently receiving treatment)
HIV infection
primary immunodeficiency diseases
solid organ or blood stem cell transplant
use of corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive medication or CAR T-cell therapy

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 4d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 5d

I have a borscht problem. Unlike other soup/stews I make, it never tastes as good later?

While I'm making borscht I'm testing and adjusting. When done I feel like a soup genius who has totally nailed it this time.

And then I have some for lunch the next day and it's like: meh.

Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 5d

I voted in my municipal election for candidates that believe:

- Trans rights are human rights,
- Houseless people deserve shelter and support, and
- Kids should be able to walk or bike to school without getting run over.

I encourage others to do the same!

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 6d

I like wearing clothes and even have knowledge about particular things about clothes I like and dont like... but I dont have much ability to make them.

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Stephen Uitti he/him/it/they/hey-you @suitti.bsky.social · 7d

Flashback. (pretty sure i'm reposting).

6 panel cartoon.

1. Data - bunch of random dots - scatter plot
2. Information - same dots, but some are colored green , some purple
3. Knowledge - same dots, but connected by lines that seem to mean something.
4. Insight - The Knowledge dots, but two are highlighted in yellow
5. Wisdom - The Insight dots, but the two yellow ones are connected through the knowledge lines highlighted in yellow.
6. Conspiracy Theory - Original dots connected by magenta marker to form a unicorn with wings.

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 7d

I love my CAT and I cannot lie.
She's a fluffy lil cutie pie.
When I dangle a string she always gives chase.
The I kiss her on her face.
She bleps her TONGUE...

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 7d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry various journalists and other folk people doing their best to speak truth to power, but I need to do some unfollowing if I'm going to be on these platforms at all. I don't know how much more cortisol I can handle.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 8d

Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic).

But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 8d

which then begs the question of why you want flying cars instead of whatever mass transportation equivalent you imagine

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 8d

Accepting recommendations for scifi novels about dismantling the torment nexus

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 8d

a frog is laying on a lily pad in the water and its reflection is in the water .

Alt: A frog laying on it's back on a lily pad. It's reflection ripples gently in still water. A caption below reads "same here."

media.tenor.com

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Jacques O'Lantern @ass.golf · 10d

Starting to think that pareidolia monkeys making a pareidolia machine was maybe not a great idea

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Mel G (spooky) @a4rdvark.bsky.social · 10d

Can't speak for anyone else, but I feel seen by this piece. It's a relief to see things I have struggled with reflected and be able to have a chuckle at them.

I also have a friend with ocd I plan to share this with later.

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Eowm of Meow @mjaum.bsky.social · 10d

This article is interesting too:
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…

The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour

softwarecrisis.dev

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