Pinned
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"When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand."
-William Shakespeare
last of the fall
-William Shakespeare
last of the fall
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand."
-William Shakespeare
last of the fall
-William Shakespeare
last of the fall
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this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.
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A Pileated Woodpecker for day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A Pileated Woodpecker for day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar
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#WoodpeckerWednesday!
This is a Gila #woodpecker in my backyard a couple days ago
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
This is a Gila #woodpecker in my backyard a couple days ago
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#WoodpeckerWednesday!
This is a Gila #woodpecker in my backyard a couple days ago
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
This is a Gila #woodpecker in my backyard a couple days ago
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
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December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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White tern chick alert!!!! 🚨🥹🪶🌿
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
White tern chick alert!!!! 🚨🥹🪶🌿
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Morris Graves, Winter Flowers (mixed media on paper, 1976)
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Morris Graves, Winter Flowers (mixed media on paper, 1976)
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at one point Ireland had one of the lowest rates of drinking per capita in Europe - because it had *both* a very high rate of alcoholism and a very high number of teetotalers as a result
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
at one point Ireland had one of the lowest rates of drinking per capita in Europe - because it had *both* a very high rate of alcoholism and a very high number of teetotalers as a result
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Another sandhill crane photo from the other day: one crane kicks up a small dust cloud as it lands on a trail through the wetlands while a second is about to touch down just behind the first. #birds
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Another sandhill crane photo from the other day: one crane kicks up a small dust cloud as it lands on a trail through the wetlands while a second is about to touch down just behind the first. #birds
30 years old and thought this was a good plan lol
A federal judge has denied a woman's lawsuit claiming that when she was 11, she wrote letter to Starburst's parent company inventing the concept of the two-flavor "Duo" ... only for the company to steal it decades later. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
30 years old and thought this was a good plan lol
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Boy on White Horse | Theodor Severin Kittelsen
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Boy on White Horse | Theodor Severin Kittelsen
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I always wished I could draw, but it didn't come naturally to me, and I assumed I could never learn.
I finally made the decision to start trying.
This is my drawing of a mama owl with her baby.
I finally made the decision to start trying.
This is my drawing of a mama owl with her baby.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I always wished I could draw, but it didn't come naturally to me, and I assumed I could never learn.
I finally made the decision to start trying.
This is my drawing of a mama owl with her baby.
I finally made the decision to start trying.
This is my drawing of a mama owl with her baby.
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Red sky at twilight, Pacific time.
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Red sky at twilight, Pacific time.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Watercolor by Adam Papke - "Wdzydze Lake" (Poland) - #watercolor, 38 x 50 cm (workshop demo)
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Watercolor by Adam Papke - "Wdzydze Lake" (Poland) - #watercolor, 38 x 50 cm (workshop demo)
YouTube music video comment sections are some of the only places left where you can experience the online deluge of humanity’s emotions and memories in a positive way.
i know this is kind of sappy but i love the sort of personal stories people tell in the replies to music videos
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
YouTube music video comment sections are some of the only places left where you can experience the online deluge of humanity’s emotions and memories in a positive way.
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"people won't worry about how expensive health care is once we deal with how expensive gas, food, and housing are" is the kind of irrational optimism previously found only in those 32 year old middle managers who think they could win a set against Serena Williams
“.. Some GOP strategists .. voiced confidence that by the time the midterms roll around, health insurance won’t be voters’ top concern, especially if the Trump administration can meaningfully lower the cost of food, gas and housing.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"people won't worry about how expensive health care is once we deal with how expensive gas, food, and housing are" is the kind of irrational optimism previously found only in those 32 year old middle managers who think they could win a set against Serena Williams
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3 Sisters…
Spirits of Monument Valley…
Spirits of Monument Valley…
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
3 Sisters…
Spirits of Monument Valley…
Spirits of Monument Valley…
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou
This Western tanager would like to know who you're looking at with a face like that.
#birds #tanager
This Western tanager would like to know who you're looking at with a face like that.
#birds #tanager
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou
This Western tanager would like to know who you're looking at with a face like that.
#birds #tanager
This Western tanager would like to know who you're looking at with a face like that.
#birds #tanager
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Blackbird on Bodmin moor at the weekend.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #Naturelovers #Naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#birds #birding #birdphotography #Naturelovers #Naturephotography #wildlifephotography
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Blackbird on Bodmin moor at the weekend.
#birds #birding #birdphotography #Naturelovers #Naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#birds #birding #birdphotography #Naturelovers #Naturephotography #wildlifephotography
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It’s Spotify Wrapped Season!!!!
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It’s Spotify Wrapped Season!!!!
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Nodding at this from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social in the context of the exchange about MAGA propaganda that's below:
www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nodding at this from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social in the context of the exchange about MAGA propaganda that's below:
www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/yeah-what-...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜.
𝙸𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛,
𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎..
#PulsatingNova
𝙸𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛,
𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎..
#PulsatingNova
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜.
𝙸𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛,
𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎..
#PulsatingNova
𝙸𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛,
𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎..
#PulsatingNova