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Brian Wolven
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Coulrophobic Hydra tamer. Terrified of dyslexic zombies. Friend to arachnids. All of my puns are 100% organically groan.

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https://wolven.us/

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2858-2332
New holiday acronym coined in response to our just-completed trip to the grocery store—OFIFOEFY—pronounced pretty much how it looks, or however you’d like, really.

Our Fridge Is Full Of Eggnog F*ck Yeah

Say it with enthusiasm, and a tasty glass of the same.
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.

But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.

Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I kind of love this. And potatoes 🥔
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for... 🔭
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wow. Canadian winters are not just dark in the “lack of sunlight” sense.
🎅🔪🩸
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
…at night the ice weasels come.
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We don’t exactly need more Christmas ornaments in this household, but I couldn’t resist these two when we got our tree tonight.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."

"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.

I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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jesus christ
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?

TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I think perhaps this is where the worlds of @artologica.net and @astrokatie.com collide.

#squirrels #general_relativity
Hyperacute Interdynamics
xkcd.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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It's day 9 of the invertebrate macro photo #ArtAdventCalendar.

Here, have a hermit crab 😘
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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This is just some petty and cruel shit. I was very proud to serve alongside Rachel Levine. She has more leadership, integrity, and expertise in her little finger than the entire RFK HHS crew does all together. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Timiny Cricket wants to help @brianwolven.bsky.social open the Eel Facts scratch-off calendar from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social & @skypeascientist.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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If geckos have taught me anything, it’s that the Virgin Mary reproduced via parthenogenesis and Jesus should be a female clone of Mary
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I prefer to just ask stackoverflow, but yes, yikes. Many ffmpeg operations are the CLI equivalent of a run-on sentence. 😵‍💫
The options we pass to FFmpeg in a variety of cases is now so complicated that I can’t really understand or edit it without AI.
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Normally the creators of beloved children’s cartoon characters would not need to disavow the U.S. Secretary of Defense, but ours is a drunken miscreant, a loutish boor with the dignity and nobility of a counterfeit butt-plug
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar, Day 1 Mitosis in Drosophila 5, Ink on Yupo, 2025 #sciart
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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For my first #ArtAdventCalendar this year I'm going for the piece that I'm proudest of, I really had a good play and experiment with it and am so happy with how it turned out. I'd had the idea for a while and then everything clicked...

#ArtSky #WildlifeArt #Moths
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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And let's get December going!

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1

Nightwatch 22x44in 56x112cm
Oil on Canvas
2023

#Art #Painting
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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It's done!!! 30 days of #Nudivember. 30 glorious nudibranchs. One tired artist.
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This happened on November 11, whereas the event that led to the grounding of the Airbus aircraft because of problems with their fly-by-wire systems supposedly took place on October 30. I wonder what the levels were on that date?
UK space weather probe captures biggest solar radiation spike in almost 20 years
New balloon-mounted space radiation probes developed by the Surrey Space Center at the University of Surrey have captured their first measurements of a major solar storm, confirming the research team'...
phys.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM