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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 6h

Haha I remember the last time this happened www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

York toddler group changes Twinkle Twinkle Little Star sign

A York mother and toddlers group change a potentially offensive sign language gesture in a nursery rhyme.

www.bbc.com

i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 2d

Learning the CN Tower is 3x the height of the Space Needle is the most I've learned watching baseball, like, ever

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 6d

Go Jays

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 6d

The Norwegian Parliament (committee) chooses the Peace Prize recipient, though

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy @phoebebovy.bsky.social · 8d

On the two antizionisms thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...

The Manchester synagogue attack inspires 'her skirt was too short' antisemitism

I do not opine on this from some lofty arena where Jews are not targets. No such place exists.

thecjn.ca

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 8d

My new question is "Jamiroquai is a group?"

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 9d

Came here to point out the concrete vibration devices. Thanks @evanandkatelyn.live! youtu.be/OOFOxDiOgEA

Testing Cheap vs Expensive Concrete Vibrators (one is not meant for concrete…)

YouTube video by Evan and Katelyn

youtu.be

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 11d

"I'm reminded of how Hemingway said, 'people go bankrupt gradually, and then suddenly.' The Roman political systems had been in a state of degradation for years, decades, generations, even, but then the whole thing collapsed in on itself in a matter of months."
-HistoricaCivilis
youtu.be/Sj2UksH_nSI

Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)

YouTube video by Historia Civilis

youtu.be

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 20d

I see those stories about Vermonters begging us to cross the border again and like guys I can forgive and forget, forgive and not forget, not forgive and not forget, but before either forgiving or forgetting, there is the prerequisite of _not doing the thing_

Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 21d

I get the impulse but you’re not going to undo the damage of electing Trump with one weird trick. Absolution only follows penance

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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · Dec 27

"American oil sanctions forces Japan into Pearl Harbor" is true and seems like a compelling argument until you learn literally anything about why America put those oil sanctions in place

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 24d

The funniest thing about Ishimaru Shinji quitting his party so they're gonna use an LLM leader is I could've sworn Team Mirai was already doing that and I'm shocked they got beaten to the punch.

i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 24d

Now I also think of babby

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 25d

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 25d

I can still travel to Guan if I want to hang? I don't have H-1B

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 25d

Hebah on #Jeopardy today is a "social media moderator" ["Oh no!"] who is a PhD candidate in "horror studies" ["Oh her job is for research!"]

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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 27d

For Americans who want a play-by-play of what an authoritarian transition looks like in the 2020s, I strongly recommend catching up on what’s been happening in national security-era Hong Kong.

One of the first shots fired in the ongoing crackdown was cancelling a comedy show for “insulting police.”

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 27d

支持中央人民政府继续捍卫（美国）人民固有基本权利！

The Relevant Organs @relevantorgans.bsky.social · 27d

Comedians in China still allowed to make fun of US government.

CNN @cnn.com · 27d

JUST IN: Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. https://cnn.it/3VmUl9n

i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 27d

This is the best demonym in Canada, and it's not even close www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-t...

People from Smithers, British Columbia, are Smithereens

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 28d

A man of culture, I see

Infamous map by former Twitter user Ironghazi showing the lower 48 of the United States with outline maps of all seven continents within, implying the US is bigger than the combined area of all continents (including North America)

i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 28d

Bryan Johnson in a couple years

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · Sep 13

"Ah, but we didn't get around to sending the alert until six hours after we knew about it."

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · Sep 12

Today’s Final #jeopardy was “Today, Spelling Matters”

I knew the correct response!

Unfortunately, I only know it in Chinese?!

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · Sep 11

Dearly departed Haru Urara:
日本語：ハルウララ
中文：春麗 (Chun-Li)

i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · Mar 21

@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social I’ve made this observation before about the Kobayashi Maru.
The kicker is 小林丸 is read in Japanese as entirely kun'yomi.

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · Sep 11

There are seven guys at the gym incl myself wearing blue tees and black shorts

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i'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · Sep 10

You’re not wrong. How else does everyone seem to know who is Mamdani

(Although I do have to check the spelling every time)

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