Jonathon Owen
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Exactly. It just means that you're heating the oven before you do other stuff, like making the food or putting it in the oven.
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Sometimes I do throw something in a cold oven and heat the food as the oven heats, so I'm unconvinced by the argument that it was redundant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Exactly. It just means that you're heating the oven before you do other stuff, like making the food or putting it in the oven.
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THE OLIVIA NUZZI FACTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
THE OLIVIA NUZZI FACTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
Muse, "Butterflies and Hurricanes"
Change everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
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Change everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzCK...
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes (Video)
YouTube video by Muse
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November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Muse, "Butterflies and Hurricanes"
Change everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzCK...
Change everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzCK...
I think I'd be a little less charitable to TFA (I think it's just a lazy rewrite of ANH that undoes all the victories of the original trilogy) and a little more charitable to TLJ (it at least tried to do some new things, even if it is largely a pastiche, as you say).
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I think I'd be a little less charitable to TFA (I think it's just a lazy rewrite of ANH that undoes all the victories of the original trilogy) and a little more charitable to TLJ (it at least tried to do some new things, even if it is largely a pastiche, as you say).
And the sequels may have had some better highlights, but they feel really incoherent as a whole. For all their flaws, at least Lucas knew where he was going with the prequels.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And the sequels may have had some better highlights, but they feel really incoherent as a whole. For all their flaws, at least Lucas knew where he was going with the prequels.
I've been saving that gif for years, and it finally came in handy!
a cartoon of milhouse from the simpsons standing in a flooded room
Alt: Milhouse from The Simpsons is standing in a flooded room, but his pants are dry because he's wearing floods. He raises his arms in victory and says "Everything's coming up Milhouse!"
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November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I've been saving that gif for years, and it finally came in handy!
I don't have strong feelings about "biscuit", but how can you call something a flapjack when it doesn't flap?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I don't have strong feelings about "biscuit", but how can you call something a flapjack when it doesn't flap?
Getting this in before @prairievixen.bsky.social!
The National, "Cold Girl Fever"
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
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The National, "Cold Girl Fever"
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
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Cold Girl Fever
YouTube video by The National - Topic
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November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Getting this in before @prairievixen.bsky.social!
The National, "Cold Girl Fever"
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPLf...
The National, "Cold Girl Fever"
#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPLf...
You gotta use the Windows Snipping Tool.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You gotta use the Windows Snipping Tool.
Exactly. I think redemption requires some real contrition and an effort to make things right. Once those conditions have been met, then we can talk about whether someone deserves to be redeemed.
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Exactly. I think redemption requires some real contrition and an effort to make things right. Once those conditions have been met, then we can talk about whether someone deserves to be redeemed.
I'm just being silly.
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm just being silly.
Strangely, there's no word for it in English. This is just one of those weird gaps in the language. bsky.app/profile/dpbs...
OK, but what do you call groceries when you buy them at a supermarket?
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Strangely, there's no word for it in English. This is just one of those weird gaps in the language. bsky.app/profile/dpbs...
Etymologically, groceries are, of course, things you buy from a grocer, and a grocer is simply one who buys and sells things in gross—that is, in bulk. www.etymonline.com/search?q=gro...
Search 'grocer' on etymonline
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Etymologically, groceries are, of course, things you buy from a grocer, and a grocer is simply one who buys and sells things in gross—that is, in bulk. www.etymonline.com/search?q=gro...
Tech companies: AI is the future! You must embrace it or risk being left behind!
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tech companies: AI is the future! You must embrace it or risk being left behind!
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.
Also tech companies: Our AI products suck so much that we must actively bully our customers into using them.