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Practice the mundane so the exceptional is required less often
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French Apple > Pecan > "Amish Apple" > Pumpkin > Sweet Apple
Pumpkin is "good" for me because it's always fine.
Pumpkin is "good" for me because it's always fine.
imagine thinking pecan pie is the goat when pumpkin is right there
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
French Apple > Pecan > "Amish Apple" > Pumpkin > Sweet Apple
Pumpkin is "good" for me because it's always fine.
Pumpkin is "good" for me because it's always fine.
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The endless deployment of troops is making us safer, except we never had a shooting like this until they arrived, which is why we need more troops. Got it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The endless deployment of troops is making us safer, except we never had a shooting like this until they arrived, which is why we need more troops. Got it.
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Pie No. 4: Root Beer Float Pie #PieNigjht2025
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pie No. 4: Root Beer Float Pie #PieNigjht2025
Subtext, cowards. Yadda yadda
For the record, the turkeys appear to be fairly ordinary broad-breasted whites. This breed, notably, cannot reproduce naturally because the way they've been bred for lots of white meat prevents their bits from lining up.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Subtext, cowards. Yadda yadda
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please let this be a publicity stunt to sell immersion suits
There’s a wild story playing out on Great Lakes ship watching and coastal Facebook groups right now.
There’s a guy with a homemade house boat who’s attempting to traverse the lakes.
The boat is called Neverlanding and it set sail from Windsor, ON. It appears he has 1-2 50hp motors.
There’s a guy with a homemade house boat who’s attempting to traverse the lakes.
The boat is called Neverlanding and it set sail from Windsor, ON. It appears he has 1-2 50hp motors.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
please let this be a publicity stunt to sell immersion suits
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
Uhhhh, It's not cool, but cool.
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Uhhhh, It's not cool, but cool.
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dudes rock
Brigadier General Charles Harker, leading a brigade of Illinoisans and Ohioans in Sheridan’s division tried to copy his commanding officer’s stunt but mounted a gun that had just been fired. The red-hot barrel scorched his ass so badly he couldn’t sit a horse for weeks (18
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
dudes rock
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well, if the dick fitts
@JeffPassan tweeted
Full trade, per ESPN sources:
Boston Red Sox receive: Sonny Gray and cash
St. Louis Cardinals receive: LHP Brandon Clarke and RHP Richard Fitts
Full trade, per ESPN sources:
Boston Red Sox receive: Sonny Gray and cash
St. Louis Cardinals receive: LHP Brandon Clarke and RHP Richard Fitts
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
well, if the dick fitts
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Was reminded of a linguistic pet peeve that I realize I’m never going to change, but still bugs me: “Do you have a family?” should not mean “Have you procreated?”
I have a family. A pretty big family, actually. I just haven’t given birth to any of them.
I have a family. A pretty big family, actually. I just haven’t given birth to any of them.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Was reminded of a linguistic pet peeve that I realize I’m never going to change, but still bugs me: “Do you have a family?” should not mean “Have you procreated?”
I have a family. A pretty big family, actually. I just haven’t given birth to any of them.
I have a family. A pretty big family, actually. I just haven’t given birth to any of them.
Is it even mirrored??
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Is it even mirrored??
Stuffing.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Stuffing.
Shut up shut up shut up shutup
Coming soon: Elon announces that anyone valuing SpaceX as a rocket company instead of a robotics & AI company is making a mistake.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/s...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/s...
SpaceX's upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing | TechCrunch
It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Shut up shut up shut up shutup
I have not seen one full *trek*, but there is room for both a space opera ***and*** a space soapopera. If you even want to differentiate between the two
here's my thing with this:
it's objectively true, there is vastly more good star trek than star wars
but I still like the star wars universe as a sandbox more than star trek
it's objectively true, there is vastly more good star trek than star wars
but I still like the star wars universe as a sandbox more than star trek
You ever think about just how handily Star Trek has won the Star Wars/Star Trek war? Turns out making a lot of good content is really hard!
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have not seen one full *trek*, but there is room for both a space opera ***and*** a space soapopera. If you even want to differentiate between the two
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50p says there's at least one dead body on the premises.
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale on Rightmove
3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale in 75 Camden Mews, Camden, London, NW1 9BY, NW1 for £925,000. Marketed by Auction House London, Hampstead
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November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
50p says there's at least one dead body on the premises.
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What is poor practice during Hurricane season is also poor practice in Winter Season.
Do not share deterministic models forecasts >5-7 days out. Snowfall maps are an especially poor choice of model graphic to share with much lead time.
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Do not share deterministic models forecasts >5-7 days out. Snowfall maps are an especially poor choice of model graphic to share with much lead time.
My 2️⃣🪙
There is a reason why most (unfortunately I can’t say all) #meteorologists don’t show extended range ensemble forecasts for a reason. Even if a disclaimer like “this is not a forecast” is given, the forecast is still being shown and could be misinterpreted as such. 😒
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What is poor practice during Hurricane season is also poor practice in Winter Season.
Do not share deterministic models forecasts >5-7 days out. Snowfall maps are an especially poor choice of model graphic to share with much lead time.
My 2️⃣🪙
Do not share deterministic models forecasts >5-7 days out. Snowfall maps are an especially poor choice of model graphic to share with much lead time.
My 2️⃣🪙
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Baseball metaphor for the 2025 World Series:
- Dodgers think the playoff format is dumb, don't want to play.
- 2023 World Series champion, Texas Rangers are ready to defend their title.
- Blue Jays, Mariners and Brewers invited to Candidates, along with Spring Training champ and second half champ.
- Dodgers think the playoff format is dumb, don't want to play.
- 2023 World Series champion, Texas Rangers are ready to defend their title.
- Blue Jays, Mariners and Brewers invited to Candidates, along with Spring Training champ and second half champ.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Baseball metaphor for the 2025 World Series:
- Dodgers think the playoff format is dumb, don't want to play.
- 2023 World Series champion, Texas Rangers are ready to defend their title.
- Blue Jays, Mariners and Brewers invited to Candidates, along with Spring Training champ and second half champ.
- Dodgers think the playoff format is dumb, don't want to play.
- 2023 World Series champion, Texas Rangers are ready to defend their title.
- Blue Jays, Mariners and Brewers invited to Candidates, along with Spring Training champ and second half champ.
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There are two great SW movies (1 and 2 here) and one great show ("Andor"). The rest ranges from fun slop to awful slop.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There are two great SW movies (1 and 2 here) and one great show ("Andor"). The rest ranges from fun slop to awful slop.
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Ok fine give us Yankee Stadium back and see what a mortgage costs on a new stadium in Connecticut or whenever
Never become a billionaire failson, folks. It makes you think everyone else in the world is a fuckin' idiot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ok fine give us Yankee Stadium back and see what a mortgage costs on a new stadium in Connecticut or whenever
$2million for a six month stint and no repeats.
Problem solved
Problem solved
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
$2million for a six month stint and no repeats.
Problem solved
Problem solved
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it just strikes me as a bad idea to pick fights with an astronaut.
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
it just strikes me as a bad idea to pick fights with an astronaut.
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I think preciousness about citation format barely made sense in the era before workable online search engines and is completely indefensible now
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I think preciousness about citation format barely made sense in the era before workable online search engines and is completely indefensible now