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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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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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🍉🌻 @persicae.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sorry but at this point in reading royalty/bodyguard books, I will FULLY JUDGE YOU for calling the king “Your Highness” in your book. So much judgment.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 4d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 8d

Common grackle presents a gorgeous profile
#birds 🌿

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 9d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 9d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12d

Today's been a lot and I decided early on to offer a little counter-programming to the feed, I hope it's been useful to you today, here's tonight's sunset

The sunset is in the corner and crepuscular light is shooting up into the clouds

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🍉🌻 @persicae.bsky.social · 13d

I am not specifically from Council Rock, but I was in the Central Bucks district growing up and some of my family still lives in the Doylestown area

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 13d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 14d

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15d

What I would give for a completely honest, anonymous assessment of this appalling and ludicrous spectacle from the commanders in the room.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 16d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

reactormag.com

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Slippy @damnslippy.slippy.me · 16d

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Tidi Arte @tidi-arte.bsky.social · 17d

🤸‍♀️ Fanart tribute to the Uzbekistan gymnastics team from Tokyo 2020. Artwork from August 2021

#sailormoon

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#fanart

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#セーラームーン

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#BRart

In the image, Usagi is with the Inner Senshi, all dressed in artistic gymnastics outfits inspired by the Uzbekistan team’s uniforms from Tokyo 2020. However, the colors of each outfit reference the Sailor Senshi colors of each character.

Mars has red elements and a purple bow, and she’s holding a red ball in her left hand. Moon has a burgundy ball held between her legs, and her outfit features the red and blue tones of her sailor uniform. Mercury’s outfit has shades of medium and light blue. Jupiter’s has shades of green and a pink bow, and her right leg is lifted completely vertically, like in a ballet or figure skating pose. Venus wears shades of orange-yellow with a dark blue bow, and she has a yellow ball held between her thighs like Usagi.

There are magical effects around each one of them. Mars has flames around her red ball. Moon’s left arm is extended, and around it there are crescent moons and hot pink ribbons like the ones from her transformation. There are bubbles surrounding Mercury's right hand. Around Jupiter’s lifted leg, there are electric sparks. Above Venus’s right hand, there are two side-by-side crescents like the ones that appear before she casts her Crescent Beam.

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Travis Vengroff @ventravis.bsky.social · 17d

(PAID) - We need a dialogue editor who is fluent in Japanese.
Limited series, 8 episodes.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 18d

Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 19d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

www.nytimes.com

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🍉🌻 @persicae.bsky.social · 18d

Delicious thank you for the knowledge

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Quel @quelmdn.bsky.social · 19d

Vamo lá 🤓 #BRartDay

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🍉🌻 @persicae.bsky.social · 19d

👀 you had me at Apothecary Diaries. Can you provide slightly more context? As in, in what way?

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 21d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Sep 22

One of my favorite poems since childhood, and a poem I share every #autumnequinox.
By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.
Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

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🍉🌻 @persicae.bsky.social · 26d

I just gotta say - Hollow Knight’s OST has been a favorite of mine for years, but Hollow Knight Silksong’s OST is something else entirely. I have listened to it on repeat since it came out because each and every track is *chef’s kiss* @christopherlarkin.bsky.social

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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