David Goldfarb
@davidgoldfarb.bsky.social
SFF fan, player of board games and bridge and chess, comic book reader for over half a century. He/him.
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Eagle! Tied the bot, in fact got "Sensational! We are as one."
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Eagle! Tied the bot, in fact got "Sensational! We are as one."
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Eagle! Tied the bot, in fact got "Sensational! We are as one."
catfishing.net
#506 - 10/10 🎉
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My first ever 10/10! Looks like it was a relatively easy day, but still.
#506 - 10/10 🎉
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My first ever 10/10! Looks like it was a relatively easy day, but still.
catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
catfishing.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
catfishing.net
#506 - 10/10 🎉
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My first ever 10/10! Looks like it was a relatively easy day, but still.
#506 - 10/10 🎉
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My first ever 10/10! Looks like it was a relatively easy day, but still.
@kierongillen.bsky.social — did you ever tell us what we should see on our bank statement for Script Club? I see a charge from a company I don't recognize, and think it's probably that, but it would be nice to be 100% sure. Thanks.
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@kierongillen.bsky.social — did you ever tell us what we should see on our bank statement for Script Club? I see a charge from a company I don't recognize, and think it's probably that, but it would be nice to be 100% sure. Thanks.
We're in that part of the summer-to-autumn transition where right after I go outside, I think "Wow! Is it allowed to be this cool out?"
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
We're in that part of the summer-to-autumn transition where right after I go outside, I think "Wow! Is it allowed to be this cool out?"
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1. What is the term for the cooking technique, a method of butterflying, in which a bird (usually a chicken) is split and flattened, with the backbone removed (and also sometimes the sternum)?
FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1. What is the term for the cooking technique, a method of butterflying, in which a bird (usually a chicken) is split and flattened, with the backbone removed (and also sometimes the sternum)?
FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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FOGHORN LEGHORN'S RECUR—I SAY, RECURRING NIGHTMARE
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2. Identify the religious movement, founded in South Korea in 1954, which teaches in the Divine Principle that a sinless man could redeem the world and establish God's kingdom on Earth.
BI BIM BAPTISTS
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BI BIM BAPTISTS
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September 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2. Identify the religious movement, founded in South Korea in 1954, which teaches in the Divine Principle that a sinless man could redeem the world and establish God's kingdom on Earth.
BI BIM BAPTISTS
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BI BIM BAPTISTS
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3. Laurel, Mississippi, provides the primary setting (and indirectly, the title) for what HGTV renovation series starring local husband-and-wife team Ben and Erin Napier?
AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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September 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
3. Laurel, Mississippi, provides the primary setting (and indirectly, the title) for what HGTV renovation series starring local husband-and-wife team Ben and Erin Napier?
AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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AS I LAY DRYWALLING
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4. What refrigerator brand, founded in the 1910s and so popular in mid-20th-century America that its name was often used generically for any refrigerator, has a name that sounds like what one should expect to find inside a refrigerator?
DE BEERS
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DE BEERS
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September 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
4. What refrigerator brand, founded in the 1910s and so popular in mid-20th-century America that its name was often used generically for any refrigerator, has a name that sounds like what one should expect to find inside a refrigerator?
DE BEERS
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DE BEERS
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5. Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?
SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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September 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
5. Poverty, Disgrace, Fame, Idleness, Cupid, Ruin, and Politics were some of the spaces in the early version of what game, invented by board game pioneer Milton Bradley himself in 1860?
SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONGRESSMAN
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6. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b² - 4ac) is known as what "D" term?
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
6. In the quadratic formula, the part under the square root symbol (b² - 4ac) is known as what "D" term?
D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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D MINUS IN TRIGONOMETRY
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7. The USDA recognizes three grades for ketchup, the lowest being Standard and the middle Extra Standard. What word, which outside the ketchup-sphere suggests something ornamental or extravagant, is the highest grade, with the thickest texture & most tomato solids?
THICC
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THICC
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September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
7. The USDA recognizes three grades for ketchup, the lowest being Standard and the middle Extra Standard. What word, which outside the ketchup-sphere suggests something ornamental or extravagant, is the highest grade, with the thickest texture & most tomato solids?
THICC
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THICC
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8. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
8. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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A STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT & SHE NEEDS CASH NOW
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9. American author Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about a Midwestern doctor and medical researcher shares a pronunciation with the name of a legendary rock band from Boston. Give either name.
ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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September 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
9. American author Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel about a Midwestern doctor and medical researcher shares a pronunciation with the name of a legendary rock band from Boston. Give either name.
ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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ARI O'SPEEDWAGON
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10. What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem from Leaves of Grass in which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?
BADONKADONK
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BADONKADONK
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September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
10. What is the word—uncommon in the 1850s but common today—that Walt Whitman used in the first line (and thus title) of his nine-section poem from Leaves of Grass in which he "sings" a celebration of physicality and the human "body"?
BADONKADONK
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BADONKADONK
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11. The word "Sparrow" often appears in the names of social clubs organized around what game, as its name roughly translates to sparrow in English and the sounds of the game are said to evoke the birds' sounds?
COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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September 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
11. The word "Sparrow" often appears in the names of social clubs organized around what game, as its name roughly translates to sparrow in English and the sounds of the game are said to evoke the birds' sounds?
COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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COMPETITIVE BIRD-SQUEEZING
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12. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
12. According to a mega-hit released in 2007 by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, what did Shawty get?
TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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TALLER, EVENTUALLY
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13. In the geographical mnemonic HOMES, what does the "H" stand for?
FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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September 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
13. In the geographical mnemonic HOMES, what does the "H" stand for?
FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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FOR THE WAY YOU HOOK AT ME
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15. Flour, salt, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, & chopped nuts are ingredients in Nestle toll house chocolate chip cookies with what ingredient missing?
THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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September 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
15. Flour, salt, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, & chopped nuts are ingredients in Nestle toll house chocolate chip cookies with what ingredient missing?
THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST-BORN KEEBLER ELF
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Birdie. But the bot had an eagle.
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Birdie. But the bot had an eagle.
September 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Birdie. But the bot had an eagle.
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Birdie. But the bot had an eagle.
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Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Flu and COVID jabs obtained for both me and Katie.
September 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Flu and COVID jabs obtained for both me and Katie.
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People are melting down at a Tribune article about CHSD 230 considering adding Arabic to its language learning electives. I wasted time in the comments, which I normally avoid doing since it's useless and awful, but it led to possibly the funniest thing anybody's ever said to me about France.
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
People are melting down at a Tribune article about CHSD 230 considering adding Arabic to its language learning electives. I wasted time in the comments, which I normally avoid doing since it's useless and awful, but it led to possibly the funniest thing anybody's ever said to me about France.
Thread! Why do some people say "on accident" as opposed to "by accident"?
When you think about it, both “on” and “by” are acting metaphorically here, and therefore the question is not whether they’re right or wrong, but how they’re motivated. “By” invokes a metaphor of event structure characterizing actions as movement through space. 1/n
August 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thread! Why do some people say "on accident" as opposed to "by accident"?