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Aaron Vowels
@guinness74.bsky.social
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Advanced librocubicularist, Amateur cruciverbalist, Aspirational polyglot, B.S. in BS (and Geography) Pronouns: he/y’all
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A green owl (Duo from Duolingo) waving a blue sword while wearing a blue cape with light blue clasp. Text is ‘I’m a Learning Legend’ and ‘I’m in the top 1% of global learners.’
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Thousands of football fans beg to differ.
A black background with white letters in the New York Times Spelling Bee game showing that ‘Doink’ is not in the word list.
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Bumpuses! Y’all, this turkey smells magnificent!
Golden brown turkey in a roasting pan, fresh from the oven.
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I solved the Saturday 11/15/2025 New York Times Daily Crossword in 13:25!
Yellow square with a white star. White text on black background reads: Congratulations! You finished a Saturday puzzle in 13:25. 20 day streak. 3:17 faster than your average.
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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A photo of Mr. Rogers, a man in a red sweater and black necktie, looking in a window saying ‘Yes…ha ha ha…YES!’
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Black text on a pink background: ‘It seems that in order to succeed—or even function—in this world, a certain tolerance for moral and cognitive dissonance is necessary.’ John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Black text on white background, Are we enough to make a revolution? No, but we are enough to begin one. —⁠William Lloyd Garrison. Mark Kurlansky The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War #kindlequotes
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Inflatable green frog costume with blue bandanna standing in front of a line of overly-militarized individuals and other protesters and media.
October 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?
Sculpture of a muscular man pushing a large rock up a hill, a la Sisyphus.
October 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Is it just me, or do these two have similar familiarity with the actual truth?
Man in glasses and brown military uniform with cap, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, also known as ‘Baghdad Bob’ White man in dark suit with blue tie, Stephen Miller
October 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I did it! I DID IT! It took me many moons, many states, many times of dropping successive tomes on my face while reading before bed, but I completed Proust. #MarcelProust #FriendsofProust #Alarecherchedutempsperdu

I can now enter Monty Python’s ‘All-England Summarize Proust Competition.’
A set of six books comprising Proust’s ‘In Search of Lost Time’ in varying shades of bronze and linen, with a background image of a removable collar.
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Hurricane schmurricane!
Sandy beach scene, light blue horizon with clouds, a few people walking in the distance, blue umbrella at the top of the frame.
September 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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BlueFacts app image for guinness74 Bluesky user Aaron Vowels. White circle with a cartoon grocer pointing at text: 263 followers, 488 following, 1033 posts. On Bluesky since December 2023. Green rectangle with 8.1 rating in white. Advanced librocubicularist, amateur cruciverbalist, aspirational polyglot, B.S. in BS and Geography. Pronouns: he/y’all Bladerunner poster with Harrison Ford and an 8.1 rating from Internet movie database.
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
A meme, split screen horizontally, featuring a barricade scene at the top with men standing astride waving French flags, the words ‘Red, the blood of angry men’ and at the bottom a still from the Sound of Music featuring Julie Andrews leading the children across the mountain in a line, the words ‘Tea, a drink with jam and bread.’
September 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Roving armed gangs on the Mall.
Three statues from the Korean War Memorial in Washington DC depicting members of the military in ponchos with weapons on patrol.
August 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Newborn bunnies. Have to be today as I just mowed the lawn yesterday. Of course, now that I know they’re there, I’ll have to monitor the dog and keep an eye out for predators.
Three to five gray newborn bunnies in a grassy nest.
May 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Crushed Saturday’s NYT Crossword for a new personal best! 7:16
Bar graph showing crossword completion times for the New York Times with my new personal best of 7:16 for a Saturday puzzle.
May 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Quote from ‘Gods of the Upper Air’ by Charles King — When your government placed a premium on loyalty and stoked a belief that your own society was providential and pure, it was all the more important to proclaim your allegiance to a set of principles, not to a flag or an anthem.
May 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll.
Man with glasses and blue sweatshirt with a white/tan dog sleeping on his chest.
May 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
A black car with green tinted headlights and rocket launchers, known as ‘Black Beauty’ from the 1966 TV series ‘The Green Hornet’
May 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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I would be a smaller raptor like a kestrel just to fly around and experience the sky. Or, I’d be my dog Schmoe (pictured) because who doesn’t love lying on the couch with lots of pillows and being doted on by family?
A tan and white pit bull mix staring to the left of the camera, lying on the couch.
April 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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My #TenMinMerlin netted this crop this morning. While it’s not my backyard, it’s a fairly good sampling of what I’ve seen/heard all week. Missing a Canada Goose, a possible Fish Crow, a White-Breasted Nuthatch, and a Carolina Chickadee for sure.
A listing of birds with photos from the Merlin Bird ID app: Red-bellied woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Chipping Sparrow, American Crow, and Carolina Wren. A listing of birds with photos from the Merlin Bird ID app: Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mourning Dove, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Eastern Phoebe.
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I’ve just finished the 5th volume of Proust’s masterpiece. It has taken me years to get to this point, but I am enthusiastic about getting home from vacation to begin the 6th (and final!) volume. #Proust #InSearchOfLostTime
The cover of Marcel Proust’s ‘The Captive & The Fugitive.’
April 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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It’s been a good week here. There’s also a maddeningly elusive ruby crowned kinglet somewhere out there. #birds #merlinbirdid
Life list of birds showing a belted kingfisher, an Eastern phoebe, a yellow-rumped warbler, and an Eastern towhee.
April 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Just an evening out by the fire, listening to the birds and the gentle lapping of the lake. It’s one of the most peaceful moments I’ve had this year.
A fire blazing in a Solo Stove with a dog curled up asleep on the couch nearby.
April 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM