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Tommy M. McGuire (Not that one. Nor that one.) Coding bum, tetrapod. (he/him) Bitterly cynical misanthrope. It's always more complicated. I apologize in advance; I tend to get too comfortable. Called 'weird' by Kevin Kruse.

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maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · Jun 25

Those are wise words, indeed.

Eyes @tmariis.bsky.social · Jun 25

For the curious, the text
(J'ay souvente fois envie
D'efforcer sans regarder où
Mais je ne peu onc en ma vie
Rompre une anguille au genou)
roughly translates into:
"Oftentimes I feel the need
To power through with my head down
But I can't for the life of me
Break an eel over my knee"

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Grant @pushingcardboard.bsky.social · 5h

Unboxing Liberty or Death

Volume 5 in GMT's COIN series. Designer Harold Buchanan looks at the American Revolution as not simply a two-sided affair. We have the British and the Patriots, but also the French and the Native Americans.

Liberty or Death Unboxing

Volume 5 in GMT's COIN series. Designer Harold Buchanan looks at the American Revolution as not simply a two-sided affair. We have the British and the Patriots, but also the French and the Native Americans. Beautiful map by Terry Leeds. --------------------------------------------------------------

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 16h

Today is one of those days where a significant enough chunk of my students will be gone during some periods that they can't teach anything new, but enough will be present that I still need to teach a proper class, so... Guess my Latin 1 students get to learn about Roman mime today!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

We’re BACK BABY.

At Bad Art for Good, we’re gonna get together and make some art to make things better.

How can art make things better? Creating makes us feel good! Art moves people! And we need a LOT of people to move right now!

RSVP luma.com/w8v2xk5i

A possum in a beret with a paintbrush screams in front of a canvas with a possum in a pile of leaves. The words say bad art for good an art + community event and the possum is saying “make the world better with art!” And free beer snacks and art supplies, and Indy hall November 10th 6:30

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UberTheMeh @uberthemeh.bsky.social · 1d

The 2 stinkies in our household

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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 5h

Come join us at a fantastic physics department in the great PNW!

The Oregon State University Department of Physics is looking to hire a tenure-track faculty in theoretical/computational condensed matter physics. Full consideration deadline: November 5th, 2025.
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/173...

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Physics)

The Department of Physics at Oregon State University (OSU) is seeking an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure/tenure-track faculty position.Any hiri...

jobs.oregonstate.edu

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 5h

This fall, @megstampede.bsky.social & I are collaborating to create a 2026 calendar!

Each month features a different animal, facts about them, & actions we can take to help them!

Sales will fund our '26 Native Plant Project

Pre-order now, they’ll ship in early November! Squidfacts.net

A spread of the calendar opened to November. two cuttlefish hover over a reef where the female has laid eggs with tiny little baby cuttlefish in them.

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 5h

From the streets of Mexico City to the Argentine pampas, discover six Latin-American photographers this #HispanicHeritageMonth.

www.getty.edu/news/latin-a...

A black and white photograph of two small children walking in a dirt parking lot. The two boys are walking with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Black and white photo of 4 people walking down a village road away from the camera. The figure in the center has a small white casket strapped to their back

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Lucy Huber @clhubes.bsky.social · 6h

My 5yo just said “I like Nightmare Before Christmas bc in the beginning he doesn’t know anything about Christmas, in the middle he knows a lot about it but not how to make it happen and in the end he fixes everything” and I swear that’s a better description of how plot works than I’ve ever read

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 8h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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James Green @archeaids.bsky.social · 8h

750°C, it red. #ceramics #archaeology

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 6h

At Mizzou (University of Missouri) to give a talk and they were kind enough to take me to their mummy masks in the archaeological museum. Stunning!

Labels for Two mummy masks at the Mizzou museum

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maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · 6h

This is biscuits and sausage gravy denial!

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 6h

An adorable little #Roman figurine of a mouse playing a trumpet - because, why not?

#Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 6h

Join the Associates of the Boston Public Library for our seventh annual Pierce Performance Series: A Revelation of Character, in collaboration with @playsinplace.bsky.social 🎭 Written by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social

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maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · 6h

...Canadian...Tire...?

😁

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 6h

Fall [part 1/3]

A cartoon crow is looking up as orange, red and yellow fall leaves dance in tje wind around him.

The crow is walking on the crunchy leaves, saying "what a perfect day!"

The crow is marveling at how lovely all the leaves are, new seeing a stone in his path.

The crow trips on the stone right on his face.

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maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · 6h

What do the keys feel like? Do they click?

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 7h

Taking a break from edits today to attempt to research my trip to France and so far we've got
- How to avoid pickpockets in Paris
- Paris: full of pickpockets
- The most common pickpocket locations in Paris
- How to recognize pickpockets
- French pickpockets
- This article just pickpocketed you

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maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · 7h

I was in Amsterdam for a work trip once and a cow-orker had their passport stolen.

I assume that they're still there, homeless and penniless, living in one of the artists' squats.

maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · 7h

Wait, no, that's Paris, TX.

maniagnosis @maniagnosis.bsky.social · 7h

Do not underestimate the street price of lint and ballpoints in Paris.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 9h

This is Zebby. He finally managed to catch his tail. Super proud of the accomplishment and would like to pretend no one saw the part right after. 12/10 (IG: zebbythegolden)

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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone know where the remote is?

Jyn the dog, wearing a green hoody and looking suspicious. She is lying on the remote.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22h

Crap I should have learned to read Japanese. This looks sick.

A book about “bug watching” In Japan with 3 people gathered around a bug, all using magnifying glasses, and a rhinoceros beetle on a log

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Jess @jess-mccoy.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the ornery kitten testing another door. This is not the one she opened this morning, that one has a flipping lever handle and now is barricaded. On this one the handles don’t turn, you pull with some force to open them. I don’t *think* she can get in these doors, but she’s going to try.

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