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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 6h

Hence going with Option B: attempt to nerd snipe someone more skilled into doing it.

marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 6h

Sadly it has been decades since I've properly played a piano and I doubt my hands are up to it.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 22h

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 6h

Has someone done a Wellerman/Hall of the Mountain King medley? In my head it works.

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 6h

Oh no is Bethany's Congressional run a result of someone's monkey paw wish?

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1/2 Bit @pixelcat.wtf · 6d

Every time I see a friend starting a game multiple times in a row on steam this meme comes to mind

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 1d

As it is said, "You were the first one / You were the last one"

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 2d

If this isn't the last video that MTV ever plays, I will be so furious:

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 1d

As you say, breathing is not a luxury. I also make it 1/3,000 of vehicles on the road today (and if they mean cars, many of those vehicles have worse emissions) rather than 1/6?

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 1d

Something especially funny about seeing this and the account not being tagged by the Kiki/Bouba labeller

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

My attitude toward scaffolding on historic buildings changed when I heard what the head of Cologne cathedral said when asked if the cathedral w/o scaffolding was a pipe dream. Answer: “It’s not pipe dream, it’s a nightmare, it would mean we no longer care about preserving it.”

Scaffolding = love ❤️🏛️

TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve about a month before more goes up (for about a year)

apnews.com/article/gree...

Greece's famed Parthenon free of scaffolding for first time in decades

Visitors to Athens can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the Parthenon. The scaffolding on the western façade, set up for conservation work 20 years ago, has been removed.

apnews.com

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 2d

But why is it called an oven?

Ghost Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 2d

It’s called the Overton window cuz it’s supposed to be hard to move but people are getting stronger so moving a ton is getting easier over time.

Drunk girl screaming in bored guy’s ear meme

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 2d

I was going to say that’s a bit forward of a fitted sheet to ask me, but I suppose it’s a fair question since we’re going to bed together

My hand holding up a fitted sheet with a tag saying TOP OR BOTTOM

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Never unmuted the mic

the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 3d

“Publisher didn’t register copyright”

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

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Kimmy on the Radio 🎙️📻 @akakimmy.bsky.social · 4d

My fav headline from this year:

Headline from PC Gamer article that reads: "Hideo Kojima says he won't play the MGS 3 remake, mentions he knows loads of ways to kill people, doesn't elaborate, leaves"

By Joshua Wolens published July 31, 2025
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hideo-kojima-says-he-wont-play-the-mgs-3-remake-mentions-he-knows-loads-of-ways-to-kill-people-doesnt-elaborate-leaves/

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

I am surprised you haven't seen it yet. I do think you will appreciate it.

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

SawGo

Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 4d

A classic DANGER warning sign. It has a red oval above against a black background with DANGER inside it in thick white text. Below in bold black text on the remaining white background it states "THIS MACHINE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN METAL AND FLESH. IT CHOOSES FLESH."

marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

It's a shame one of the biggest newspapers in the country can't afford to send a couple reporters to an obscure city like Portland to find out and report back.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

Hope you enjoy! I think it's quite excellent (both the original and the return)

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, like the show. In that the antagonists are basically all drawn from real life examples of businessmen getting away with atrocities. (Apparently in many cases toned down because audiences would take straight reporting as an implausible exaggeration)

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The Big Bad Wolf @tbbw1.bsky.social · 5d

"When you strike The Frog with pepper balls, it [splits into a swarm of frogs or calls up all the other frogs in the land]."

There's some debate over the text. 🤣🐺

The Portland frog standing defiant against tyranny.

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NARFNra @narfnra.bsky.social · 9d

emulator filter called gameboy advance at night which looks like this

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, like Leverage?

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

As you say it's not the point, but the only rape by deception thought experiment I can think of that's potentially something is the "extremely convincing identical twin/alternate universe self lying about who they are" one.

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marcmagus @marcmagus.bsky.social · 4d

They often have personalities very similar to kittens that never grow up.

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