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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · 4d

Getting angry trying to pronounce pococurante in my head and having trouble with the “ococu” part of it

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

These are your words of the week

indigenous
visionary
triskaidekaphobia
remigrate
pococurante
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

The Words of the Week - Oct. 17

Dictionary lookups from baseball, R&B, and Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe this is antisocial of me but w/e I love when I have an in-office day at work and I eat my lunch alone and come back to my desk and like 75% of my coworkers are out for *their* lunch. I get so much done

Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · 4d

“KILL AI” -Frank Herbert

jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 4d

FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.

its im asuming a bookstore with those words in the front on a poster

Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · 4d

Omg sorry everyone I forgot this website is infinitely better than the other ones. Hello I’m back! Love you!

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · 4d

MOTHERRRRRR. ALGOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!

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Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 6d

The problem with arguing on the internet is you'll be debating about what happens in your favorite movie you've seen 10 times with someone who has never actually watched the 90 minute movie but has watched 57 hours of video essays explaining the themes and thinks that's just the same.

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · 18d

I was so focused on today’s Luna conjunct Deneb Algedi I forgot it’s Venus’s day and currently her hour (by me)

Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Sep 20

Changed my lock screen to be a rotating series of pictures of my cat and I am loving it

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sorry I haven’t been on here but now I am just to laugh bc my partner’s lower back hurts and he keeps telling me that I gave him ankylosing spondylitis 😭

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hello friends ! 🙂

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 29

I really want to try sulfasalazine. I had been on mtx for 2 years, it was great at first then it really fucked me up, it lost efficacy, and I was sick all the time so then I’d miss doses of my biologic 😭 I’m doing much better off mtx now. How are the side effects for sulfasalazine?

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 29

So proud to own a few pieces of this! Watching the light sparkle off the growth is ✨ dazzling ✨

Nadine, Haunter of Rocks 👻 @nadwgab.bsky.social · Jul 27

208 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Astrophyllite:
- A rare silicate mineral
- Forms in alkali granite
- First discovered in 1844
- Its name comes from the Greek words "άστρον/astron" (star) and "φύλλον/phyllon" (leaf) because of its starburst shape #minerals

Radiating groups of shiny brown astrophyllite crystals in a black and white mottled rock. From Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

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Reframing Difference @cristinamurano.bsky.social · Jul 27

"Like many people excluded and devalued in society, disabled people have been speaking truths that most people do not want to hear. ... Life is not binary ... We can and should embrace vulnerability and interdependence and not see them as weaknesses." @sfdirewolf.bsky.social #DisabilityPrideMonth

Activist Alice Wong reflects on 'The Year of the Tiger' and her hopes for 2023

In the Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, Alice Wong shares pieces of her story and experience as a disabled Asian American through a collection of essays, interviews, photos and illustrations.

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 28

For the most part I still simply limit my activity but biologics have helped a ton. I was very close to being 100% bedridden! I can move a lot more now. Still very, very, very disabled lol. Every time I encounter another thing I can’t do I experience tremendous grief. The AS subreddit helps a lot!

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 28

I wasn’t prepared either! It really took me by surprise. I had been losing mobility for a while, but I had subconsciously adapted to it by just doing less, then when I couldn’t pass up opportunities where I ended up needing to be more mobile, I was hit with “oh fuck this is real and I need help”

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 28

I actually just deleted twitter, instagram, and Facebook from my phone this morning because I couldn’t take the horrific fucking bullshit anymore. It’s frying our nervous systems. It isn’t conducive to real world action

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zach silberberg @zachsilberberg.bsky.social · Jul 28

i cant log onto any social media site without seeing the most vile hateful shit imaginable. it seems increasingly like the only good option is to log off entirely

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Jul 28

Now is the time to prepare.

Make sure you have flashlights with fresh batteries. If you own a portable generator, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your home.

National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · Jul 28

On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11.
We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane

Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 28

Jeffrey Wright’s voice is soooooooooo soothing. Like why wasn’t he my father telling me bedtime stories? I’d fall asleep in 2 seconds.

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Mo Kara @amorfati.bsky.social · Jul 24

Now this one is SUCCESSION 😭