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"max" @ringworm.bsky.social · 7d

out on the dungeon floor infinitegossip.ghost.io/out-on-the-d...

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 12h

I just met you, but that's a white whale; this ship's the Pequod, so call me Ishmael.

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 14h

Find a cup of coffee. Look deep into the cup of coffee. The cup of coffee is your new friend. Do not look up, that's not where your friend is.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 16h

they’re already cutting the aid to gaza in half. it has not been even 4 days. but yeah go ahead and throw that parade i guess fuck it.

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 17h

I'll just quote-tweet myself like (appropriately) a wanker here:
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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 17h

"yeah, it's pretty restrictive"

(www.theguardian.com/technology/2...)

"The latest version of ChatGPT has produced more harmful answers to some prompts than an earlier iteration of the AI chatbot, in particular when asked about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, digital campaigners have said."

Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 17h

I think it's when you have too many items for the fast-track checkout at the supermarket. That means you have items galore.

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 17h

a man with curly hair and a beard is smiling and asking jefe what is a plethora ?

ALT: a man with curly hair and a beard is smiling and asking jefe what is a plethora ?

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 17h

"yeah, it's pretty restrictive"

(www.theguardian.com/technology/2...)

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 18h

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 2d

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 18h

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Klara Sjo @nullnullsjo.bsky.social · 20h

Det er vinterdag i dag, og i gamle dagar minte ordbøkene deg på at du skulle ta på vottane denne dagen.

"Den 14. Octob. kaldis Calixtus. Oc da holdis 1. Vinter Dag i Norge. Oc fra den begyndis Rimstafven [sic] og er tegnet med en Vante, at mand sig paa den skal laffue[?] vil mand ikke fryse."

Bilde fra Christen Jensøns ordbok, med eit utsnitt av primstaven som mellom anna viser ein vott og teksten: "Den 14. Octob. kaldis Calixtus. Oc da holdis 1. Vinter Dag i Norge. Oc fra den begyndis Rimstafven og er tegnet med en Vante, at mand sig paa den skal laffue[?] vil mand ikke fryse."

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Nick Baumgardner @nickbaumgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Go Birds

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Probably still more wide-spread than it should be, sadly. But in a way it's nice to have a few utter numpties in your field to assuage the imposter syndrome: I may not be near the top of the tree, but at least I'm not that guy.

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DavidMcKenna @davidmckenna.bsky.social · 1d

Re: the Labour shenanigans detailed in The Fraud. "Gordstein", it should be noted, was not a real person but an invention of Euan Philipps of Labour Against Antisemitism, who is not Jewish but made complaints under what he obviously considered to be a 'Jewish-sounding' name

Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 1d

particularly callous and inhumane detail here. these people never gave a fuck about Jews

"In September 2020 “Gordstein” was one of three complainants against Riva Joffe, an 80-year-old Jewish veteran of the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa.

Her sin was to have described Israel as an Apartheid state (a view shared by Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and the Israeli human rights organisation B’tselem) and to have urged Jeremy Corbyn to stand up to the “Zionist lobby.”

The Labour Party opened a formal investigation and Joffe spent the closing days of her life penning an immensely dignified response from her death bed. “This frenzy of purging you are driven to – it’s not the behaviour of mature adults. It smacks of desperation, fear and panic,” she wrote.

Joffe lived in Starmer’s constituency and knew him personally. But a direct request on behalf of her son that the charges against her be posthumously dropped did not even elicit a response."

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly Klavan is not the fun kind of Classicist, but the FP/Claremont/Regnery variety. The sort that brings our disrepute into disrepute.

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 1d

Pentheus goes to spy on the Maenads dressed as Kid Rock

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Novels Comics Movies

Pictures: TOO FEW-------------------------TOO MANY
Captions: TOO MUCH----------------------TOO LITTLE

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Very snazzy bit of kit!

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Best not risk any traces of caprine contamination.

a man in a knight 's armor says you have chosen wisely

ALT: a man in a knight 's armor says you have chosen wisely

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Niels Grotum @ngrotum.bsky.social · 1d

Only one or the other though, except in circumstances of dire need.

A bag of Super Piratos from HARIBO, a hard salty liquorice.

A bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask, an Islay single malt whisky.

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Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 1d

Hey you--watch some trash. I don't mean corporate by the numbers slop, I mean some honest-to-goodness, lowbrow, shoestring budget trash. Like arthouse cinema, it's good for you.

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 1d

On Columbus Day, let’s remember some famous Italian Americans who *weren’t* pieces of shit. Like famous character actor Robert Costanzo lowbrowreader.com/robert-costa...

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