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ana street rat @uldahstreetrat.bsky.social · 2d

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · Dec 8

Watch this clip from the grindhouse version of The Empire Strikes Back and just try to tell me it's not VASTLY superior to the legally available version????

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 9d

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · 3d

Feels like a good moment to mention that I edit tattoos.

Before you get something permanently on your body, I will check to see if it says what you think it says, search for unintentional references, see if it looks like something else from a different angle, kerning...all of it.

#amediting

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · 3d

Are hornbills WAY BIGGER than you thought too?

Zoo Boise @zooboise.bsky.social · 4d

Toogle loves carving pumpkins! 🎃

Come see him and other Zoo Boise animals receive Halloween treats, plus trick or treat stations, costume contests, and lots more fun on Saturday, Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 26 for Boo at the Zoo, presented by Delta Dental of Idaho.

🎥: So. ground hornbill enrichment

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 4d

HEY! HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!

Typing messages has become part of daily life. Unwritten etiquette urges senders to keep messages brief, respond promptly, and avoid all capitals, which can be interpreted as shouting.

LEARN MORE ABOUT TEXTING ETIQUETTE ➡️ w.wiki/FLhc

Text on black background says: WE'RE NOT ANGRY. WE'RE JUST MAKING A POINT. 22 October is International Caps Lock Day. Typing etiquette usually discourages all‑caps messages because they can seem like shouting.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d

If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · 7d

Still using this damn sign.

Bright pink poster with crayon scrawled, then in large black writing: My Sincerity Will NOT Be Called Into Question. - Victoria Woodhull, Presidential Candidate, 1872

Background of a hang holding the poster, and a pretty mum garden.

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Katie Walsh @katiewalshstx.bsky.social · 9d

Goddamn @theamynicholson.bsky.social COOKED with this FRANKENSTEIN review. Bow down to one of the greats. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 17d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · 24d

Actual Intelligence, always and forever!

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 24d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 26d

If anyone is planning to do the #AScareADay October challenge (a story or poem a day, curated by yours truly!)...

I've made a little recording of the first day's poem - Robert Herrick's 'The Hag'

A nice quick listen (for fun or for the challenge) - enjoy!

youtu.be/pGPeozcz4DM

The Hag by Robert Herrick (1648)

YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · Sep 26

My HOA would be delighted I'm sure

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · Sep 26

I live within reasonable distance and am tempted.

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · Sep 25

Someone remind me to do this sometime.

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · Sep 25

approximately three hundred of you have sent me this and you know what? Sure. I’ve got time today. Put 40 bulbs of garlic in my pasta, coming right up

recipe for pasta with 40 cloves of garlic

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Sep 24

Dear My Phone, My Computer, My Apps, My Electronic Devices, and so forth:

Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · Sep 24

Squidward Nooooooo

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Sep 24

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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Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · Sep 22

Charles II: Did you finish that statue of the Archangel Michael defeating the devil?

Luisa Roldán: Si y yo hice la Diablo real fucking sexy, just like you asked

This appears to be an elaborate Baroque-style sculptural representation of an archangel, likely Saint Michael, defeating a demonic figure. The sculpture is mounted on an ornate gilded base and is displayed in a museum setting with white walls and other historical paintings visible in the background.

The archangel is depicted with dramatic movement - wearing blue and red clothing with a winged form, wielding a sword, and standing triumphantly over a defeated demonic or serpentine figure. The sculpture shows incredible detail in the flowing drapery, musculature, and dynamic pose, characteristic of Baroque artistic style which emphasized dramatic movement and emotional intensity.

The sculpture is placed on a white museum pedestal, with track lighting illuminating it from above, and other similarly styled paintings can be seen in the background, suggesting this is part of a larger exhibition of historical religious art.

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · Sep 23

You didn't get your autism from your mom who treated her headache while pregnant. You got it from your dad who can name every model of airplane made since the 1900s.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Sep 19

I'm here to banish the darkness, if only for a moment.

A vaccine for chlamydia in koalas. Developed in Canada by a global team, with help from the family of Steve Irwin.

It reduces mortality, reduces disease severity, provides protection for baby koalas.

Turning the tide on a deadly disease.

First koala chlamydia vaccine approved

The disease has been plaguing the endangered marsupials since the 1990s.

www.popsci.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 8

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

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Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · Sep 7

HE WASN'T KIDDING

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 7

Read to the end of this one. Trust me.

The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 7

Cyclist Friend Explains Necessity Of $35 Socks

Victoria Rose @wordsflickering.bsky.social · Sep 7

A very weird thing about being an editor is reading an extremely intense scene, then having to pause to double-check whether "arm holes" is one word or two.

One, for anyone interested. #amediting

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · Sep 4

Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster
@merriam-webster.c... • 17h
enshittification noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Gold Yoshi @goldyoshi.bsky.social
[Screenshot of the enshittification page on Merriam Websters website. It says where does enshittification come from and the entire page is covered in ads]

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Merrill Barr @merrillbarr.com · Sep 4

You will never guess where this is going.

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