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I follow with abandon academics, writers, artists, and others who make the world more intelligible and enjoyable, but I also likes me some silly stupid posts. As one other poster here has said, my apologies in advance for the dichotomy.

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Nov 27

Apparently I was put into a Starter Pack of "People who are not in any Starter Pack" by some guy named Epimenides.

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget. 10/14/1066.

A doge meme image in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry with the words "such battle", "wow", "much Bayeux", "so Hastings", and "very tapestry" scattered around the image.

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Sep 11

Woo hoo!

Rankle #240 1/4
“Baywatch”

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Sep 11

Listen, the horse I rode into town on had nothing to do with this.

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Sep 10

These games keep me humble.

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Sep 8

The sad part is that I'm a chemist and probably should have gotten it in one. Oof.

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Sep 8

Rankle #237 2/4
“Lighter fluid”

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 28

Went to church yesterday.

An exterior photo of the rear facade of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on an overcast day. It resembles a Greek temple, evocative of the Parthenon,with a red/tan hue in its exterior stonework.

A view of the Great Staircase Hall in the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the large golden statue of Diana with her bow drawn by Augustus Saint-Gaudens visible at the top of the stairs.

A view of the ceiling of the Grand Staircase Hall in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with the mobile sculpture "Ghost" by Alexander Calder hanging from the ceiling and a row of paned clerestory windows visible.

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 19

Seen on other sites:

A tweet from Robert Schultz that says, "just heard from one of those alpha male entrepreneurs say 'business is like chess; you need to make 10 moves for every 1 move your competition makes' and it's like, setting everything else aside, that's not how chess works at all", overlaid on a photo of a presumably stereotypical alpha male entrepreneur wearing sunglasses and a white polo shirt

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 18

Had a grocery store sandwich for lunch today that was as disappointing as it was expensive, which was a relationship I did not expect.

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 14

Need some joy? Here you go.

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Huw Montague Rendall & Elisabeth Boudreault sing "Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena" (Mozart: Die Zauberflöte)

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 13

When the kid has a better dinner date, Dad cooks for himself. Sadly, the steak was overdone (medium well) vs the target medium rare; this Dad still needs to learn a thing or two over an unforgiving charcoal grill.

A photo of a home-cooked steak dinner on a marble countertop, including a gorgonzola-topped strip steak, creamed spinach, loaded baked potato, salad with cheesy garlic bread and a glass of red wine.

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Am I shaping my deeds to a well made Plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker, who walks the town
Content with the labor of tearing down?"

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 4

And I thought to myself as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care
Measuring life by a rule and square?

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 4

I asked the foreman: "Are these skilled--
And the men you'd hire if you had to build?"
He gave me a laugh and said: "No, indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can wreck in a day or two
What builders have taken a year to do."

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Often attributed to Edgar Guest:

"I watched them tearing a building down,
A gang of men in a busy town.
With a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell,
They swung a beam, and the side wall fell."

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Rankle #171 4/4
“Yer a wizard”

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 💀 @unfitz.bsky.social · Jun 19

Me: Do you like thick burgers or smash burgers?

The Incredible Hulk: *deep breath*

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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · Jun 19

Space X should just change their name to ACME at this point

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jun 19

I think it was Joni Ernst who said the "we are all going to die" line, but, I concur, terminal stupidity abounds in our government now.

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jun 19

Already suspended!

Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · Jun 18

Well dang!

Rankle #155 1/4
“Could escape if I wanted to”

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Jun 12

I’d always known that my wife had difficulty admitting mistakes, but one day in 2016, I pointed out that she’d entered our address incorrectly into the GPS. She denied it, and we arrived at the home of a lovely elderly couple named Burt and Anna, whom we’ve lived with ever since.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · Jun 2

me, in May: child labor is always wrong
me, 2 hours into my kids' summer vacation: there are interesting arguments on both sides

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