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giulio rospigliosi @clementix.bsky.social · 10h

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 10h

ok i'm bored so i'm gonna post some small high-utility kitchen stuff i think more people should have. starting with likely the most common: please get a plane grater. garlic, ginger, citrus, cheese, i use it 90% of the time i cook. needs replacing after 9-12 months so no need to splurge, $13 is fine

Black Classic Stainless Steel Zester and Cheese Grater (hard handle)

Discover the secret to perfuming your culinary creations with unmatched ease – the Microplane Classic Zester/Grater. A transformative tool originally developed for precision woodworking, this culinary...

microplane.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

This Halloween I’m going as the scariest thing of all, emotional intimacy!!! ha ha just kidding I’m prion disease

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 5d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Sophiacycles @sophiacycles.bsky.social · 4d

[W]e must seek our gods within, and, in seeking them, find instead ourselves and our fates. Something happens when a connection is made between an outer event and an inner image." ~Liz Greene

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

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Dr. David Pecotić @djp1974.bsky.social · 4d

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

- #VaclavHavel

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tonx @tonx.coffee · 7d

this video might be the coolest thing you see today.

tonx @tonx.coffee · 7d

posting Boards of Canada every day until they drop some new tracks (except when I forget).

Olson played by Peter Samson on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer with 603 bytes of data!
youtu.be/wubkrBd3-gg

Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer

YouTube video by Joe Lynch

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giulio rospigliosi @clementix.bsky.social · 9d

we really do need to rethink the use of fines for crimes

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 10d

Wallace Stevens was born on this day in 1879. This uncollected poem by David Ignatow was written to commemorate his centenary.

WALLACE STEVENS

In Memoriam, 1879-1979

On an Ordinary Evening

by David Ignatow

I am back to walking alone
through silent streets lit by colorful windows
of the homes of responsible men and women,
and I refuse responsibility.
I am weeping without tears,
with hands jammed into pockets
under trees smelling of leaves
and grass of the gardens --
smelling the silence of stolidity
and peace and wanting no peace
until it is written in my poems.

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Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 11d

the steam autumn sale is here, so here are all the games we've recommended in the FBG newsletter over the past two years in case you need inspiration

Steam Developer: Failbetter Games

Purveyors of the finest words in gaming. Independent since 2009.

store.steampowered.com

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 11d

If it’s October that means there are about 40 Hong Kong bangers to watch on the Criterion Channel

youtu.be/oywu8vgSxKo

Tony Leung • Hard Boiled (1992) [4K]

YouTube video by merc0

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When To Stream @whentostream.bsky.social · 13d

Mike Judge's 2006 premonition IDIOCRACY arrives on Netflix today. The film's opening scene is an all-timer.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14d

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 14d

hey, i'm gonna say more tomorrow, but i'm starting a reading group for "AI skeptics" - it's called "AI Skeptics Reading Group"

i am not great at names; please suggest alternatives if you're creative.

i'll be sending an email tomorrow, but here are a few things to get you started

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giulio rospigliosi @clementix.bsky.social · 14d

they want to spook non-loyalists into resigning/retiring

giulio rospigliosi @clementix.bsky.social · 16d

acetaminophen doesn’t cause brain damage in small children, but high fevers do

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 18d

writing "self defense" on all my ammo just in case anyone ever asks me any questions that are already answered by the ammo

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 18d

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/all-the-th...

All the Things That You Need a Billion Dollars to Buy Are Bad

One way to think about inequality.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 24d

A free documentary on Lilith Fair via the CBC.
youtu.be/R0DrZGl39as?...

Lilith Fair: The story behind the iconic ’90s music festival

YouTube video by CBC Docs

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 18d

Just normal criminal spamming, folks are saying. cybersect.substack.com/p/that-secre...

That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus

It's just normal crime

cybersect.substack.com

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Dr. David Pecotić @djp1974.bsky.social · 20d

The One who knows me is the One I know.

- #Kabir

The eye with which I see God is the same with which God sees me.

- #MeisterEckhart

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 20d

it’s monday again

screenshot from elvira 2 the jaws of cerberus

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 20d

Orange Circle by František Kupka, 1945
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137172

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Bequest, Richard S. Zeisler, 2007

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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giulio rospigliosi @clementix.bsky.social · 21d

btw, these movie posters look like AI slop - are movie studios using AI for posters now, or are commercial artists imitating AI style?

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 21d

How do monarchs complete a 3,000-mile journey with no prior experience? 🦋🧪

Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies take off on an extraordinary migration from the northeastern U.S. and Canada to the high-altitude forests of central Mexico.

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