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For amusement only 🎡
No prizes ❌🏆
No wagering ❌💵
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Incredibly dangerous to go directly from a Wikipedia tab to an eBay tab.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Was like every mechanical contraption in the US leaking gallons of oil a day until ~2000 or what
San Diego, Terminal 2-East (opened 1979), by Paderewski Dean & Associates. 📷 SDASM Archives. #airportarchitecture
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November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Was like every mechanical contraption in the US leaking gallons of oil a day until ~2000 or what
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No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
Movie version of the 2009 Shakespeare in the Park Twelfth Night with the same cast. Real ones know what photo I’m thinking of.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Movie version of the 2009 Shakespeare in the Park Twelfth Night with the same cast. Real ones know what photo I’m thinking of.
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they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
I occasionally think I’m well versed in UK terms for things, but then something on Taskmaster will prove me wrong. “Flapjack” was definitely one of those.
tired: UK-USA conflict over the word "biscuit"
wired: UK-USA conflict over the word "flapjack"
wired: UK-USA conflict over the word "flapjack"
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I occasionally think I’m well versed in UK terms for things, but then something on Taskmaster will prove me wrong. “Flapjack” was definitely one of those.
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Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Francis was more Mike Shinoda whereas Leo is more Chester
The image on the level select screen for School II in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is my high school. Neversoft had their headquarters nearby, so presumably a dev just took a photo of the closest high school.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The image on the level select screen for School II in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 is my high school. Neversoft had their headquarters nearby, so presumably a dev just took a photo of the closest high school.
Mesopotamia had money. There was, famously, a Mesopotamian who sold low grade copper for far too much currency.
Going on any other social media site makes me realize that bluesky isn’t so bad
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Mesopotamia had money. There was, famously, a Mesopotamian who sold low grade copper for far too much currency.
You just KNOW they lost so many golf balls over those low walls
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
You just KNOW they lost so many golf balls over those low walls
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everything is awful but I have one of the world’s greatest license plates ever made triangleblogblog.com/2024/09/04/e...
Exclusive: We interview the guy with the #1 Venus Flytrap License Plate - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
everything is awful but I have one of the world’s greatest license plates ever made triangleblogblog.com/2024/09/04/e...
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Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
Your Holiness, don’t be shy, drop your Letterboxd
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Your Holiness, don’t be shy, drop your Letterboxd
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Me, asleep on a plane, being woken up by the attendant asking if I want a bag of nuts
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Me, asleep on a plane, being woken up by the attendant asking if I want a bag of nuts
Shout-out to the young woman on the T who had a backpack with ♥️YAOI and ♥️YURI buttons.
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Shout-out to the young woman on the T who had a backpack with ♥️YAOI and ♥️YURI buttons.
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Did you know there's a room in Boston City Hall where you can see the entire city ✨in miniature?✨
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #BOSCityHall
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #BOSCityHall
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Did you know there's a room in Boston City Hall where you can see the entire city ✨in miniature?✨
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #BOSCityHall
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism #BOSCityHall
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could i make it any more obvious
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
could i make it any more obvious
Profiles in Passive Voice
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Profiles in Passive Voice
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The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.
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me defending all the corniest episodes of TNG:
February 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
me defending all the corniest episodes of TNG:
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so, yes, primary the surrender caucus into the sun, but they aren’t the root cause here, every republican is a fucking monster forcing monstrous choices upon us all.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
so, yes, primary the surrender caucus into the sun, but they aren’t the root cause here, every republican is a fucking monster forcing monstrous choices upon us all.
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He could have a go at geometric abstraction, too
Four Pinball Machines, 1962
Four Pinball Machines, 1962
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
He could have a go at geometric abstraction, too
Four Pinball Machines, 1962
Four Pinball Machines, 1962
On my hands and knees begging LEGO to make some smaller non-shelf-model sets. Just give me a Ten Forward that’s $100.
NEW — LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
#StarTrek #Lego
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#StarTrek #Lego
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LEGO Unveils New 3600-Piece STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D Brick Set
LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability Shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
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November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On my hands and knees begging LEGO to make some smaller non-shelf-model sets. Just give me a Ten Forward that’s $100.
Wrecked, wrecked, wrecked. You are all wrecked. None of you are free of despair.
IF THE PEDESTAL TELLS ME TO LOOK UPON HIS WORKS AND DESPAIR I WILL FACE GOD AND WALK BACKWARDS INTO HELL
who the fuck is wriitng "LOOK UPPN MY WORKS YE MIGTY ND DESPAIR” outside my lone and level sands. show yourself, coward. i will never despair
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Wrecked, wrecked, wrecked. You are all wrecked. None of you are free of despair.