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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 19h

Theory: Something terrible happened to the deep-voiced guy who used to do the voice overs for movie trailers, and he can now only communicate by pressing a single key on a piano.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 4h

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 16h

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 2d

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 1d

"...and Tiny Tim, who DID NOT get a dildo jammed up his hoop"

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Samuel Theodore Eagle @samuelteagle.bsky.social · 1d

"Bring me Solo and the Wookie - they will suffer for this outrage!"

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

If the police in the UK were to shoot 2000 dogs a year (average 5 a day, per capita equivalent to US 25/day) there might be a revolution.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss...

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Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social · 1d

I love my local offy. You already feel drunk before you even step into the premises.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

the Aztec stereotype of the Purepecha was that they were sharp merchants and competent craftsmen with giant dicks who fought wars unfairly (with organized units which used ranged weapons and actually attempted to kill you). also they were funny. all of this was derogatory, by the way.

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Dan Warren's Greatest Hits.m3u @danlwarren.bsky.social · 16d

That poor bastard

A poster saying “one Australian has a heart attack or stroke every four minutes”

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Tim Knopf @lokfuehrer-tim.bsky.social · 2d

Unbekannte haben mehrere Hühner in einer S-Bahn Richtung Köln ausgesetzt 🐔

Drei Hühner auf Stroh, die in einem Art Abteil mit mehreren Sitzen und einer Glastür abgetrennt zum Rest, in einer S-Bahn vor sich hin leben.

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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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Samuel Theodore Eagle @samuelteagle.bsky.social · 4d

Some kind of curry would fit the bill, surely?

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Samuel Theodore Eagle @samuelteagle.bsky.social · 5d

www.sipandfeast.com/red-wine-bra...

Can highly recommend

Short Ribs with Pappardelle - The Best Ragu Ever - Sip and Feast

Short ribs with pappardelle is a comforting dish made with shredded beef that's braised in a red wine and tomato ragu and tossed with pasta and Parmigiano Reggiano.

www.sipandfeast.com

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Jamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 5d

The middlebrow rule: when someone derides something as 'middlebrow' , *immediately* ask them what they consider 'highbrow'.

Almost always turns out 'middlebrow' either means "I am forced to admit it is art, I just don't like it" or - even more often - "It's too popular for me to use it to show off"

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Samuel Theodore Eagle @samuelteagle.bsky.social · 5d

They get very defensive when you point out British restrictions on westward expansion were one of the grievances behind the revolutionary war.

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Samuel Theodore Eagle @samuelteagle.bsky.social · 6d

Dogs can't even see orange smh

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Samuel Theodore Eagle @samuelteagle.bsky.social · 6d

I do wonder if he's going to get excommunicated before the end of his term.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 7d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.