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This question has been gnawing at me for a couple days now but it appears to date from 1839.

www.etymonline.com/word/demonst...
Sense of "exhibition and explanation of practical operations" is by 1807. Meaning "public show of feeling by a number of persons in support of some political or social cause," at first usually involving a mass meeting and a procession, is from 1839. Related: Demonstrational.
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Well clearly I need to update my handle
Juggy Wren,
January 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Tried to draw a circle of places that are 10,000 miles away from NYC and the mapping tool crapped out at 5800. So uh, he pretty far away.
Map of a circle with a radius of 5,846 mi surrounding NYC
January 21, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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It was this one. A slowed down version of the seen from an angle that makes it a little harder to see what's happening
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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OK someone on Discord found it. I guess it's a little unusual but I doubt I would have even registered it on my own.
December 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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I know it's risky to try to comprehend the mind of a racist but does anyone know what the hell he's talking about here? Does anyone have a video of him doing a "weird" handwave? I'm very lost.
He frantically flaps his fingertips against his thumbs, the way kindergarteners do when they are pretending to listen to an imaginary friend.
December 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Red house – Mishel Alekyan

www.instagram.com/mishelaleqya...
Oil painting of a boy looking looking across a field after a farm after a heavy snowfall. There is very little color except for the bright red barn, and the paint is layered on very thickly for a textured opinion.
December 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Done.
Darth Maul holding the double-bladed baseball bat like a lightsaber
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Is he laughing at his own article? Or the fact that he posted it here? Or...?
Cropped screencap of Nate Silver's post, with a link to his article and the comment "LOL"
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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I'm glad it's still in use
File usage on other wikis The following other wikis use this file: Usage on en.wikipedia.org Virginia opossum
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Annoying to see this from SNL.

I *like* the silly Photoshops The Onion uses. They don't need to be elaborate to sell the joke. It's not like AI is unlocking some knew frontier in humor.
Biden Has Guy Named Worm Sit In For Him At Cabinet Meeting Biden Chokes Up While Describing Hardworking Americans Who Can Only Afford Shitty Ditch Weed Secret Service Shuts Down Biden’s Unofficial White House Tour Operation Biden Loses Control Of Butterfly Knife During Commencement Speech
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Remarkable self-regard, here.
I first met Olivia Nuzzi when she interviewed me at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. She was very late to our event and, when she finally arrived, the effect was as though she had parachuted in, a C.I.A. agent. Little apology, but utter professionalism. She wore black and I wore red and I think people liked hearing us talk to one another. That tends to happen when you have two women on a stage who are generally fearless, until the world reminds us why we shouldn’t be.
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Well you would understand if you were as fearless and professional as the great Lisa Taddeo, God's own gift to journalism.
I first met Olivia Nuzzi when she interviewed me at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. She was very late to our event and, when she finally arrived, the effect was as though she had parachuted in, a C.I.A. agent. Little apology, but utter professionalism. She wore black and I wore red and I think people liked hearing us talk to one another. That tends to happen when you have two women on a stage who are generally fearless, until the world reminds us why we shouldn’t be.
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Remember that dad who was confused why his daughter didn't like playing with the AI-powered talking doll he got her?
Alex Volkov (Thursd/AI) @altryne Subscribe On the topic of our kids having Al friends (long) I got my 6yo Daughter an Al toy for her b-day that arrived for Xmas instead. She unpacked it all excited, I explained that this isn't like other toys, that this one has Al in it (she of course knows what Al is, seen the things I've built and interacted with them, chatted with chatGPT and Santa mode, knows that daddy is "doing Al" etc') So a very interesting experiment happened after@_magicaltoys reached out and fixed the issue referenced below (very quick turnaround! thank you!) So…..she played with this Dino, chatted with it, and then... learned to turn it off, and doesn't want it to talk anymore. She still loves playing with it, dressed it up, it now has paper shoes and a top hat that we made together, but every time I ask her if she'd like to chat with it, she says no. The few times I turned it back on, and she did speak with it, she chatted for a bit, and then just... turned it off again, not wanting to engage at all. I gently asked why, and wasn't able to really understand where's the resistance, it's not weird to her. In fact, at one point she was pretending the dino was a baby, and it was turned on, so I told her, let's ask it to.. pretend to be a baby, and it obliged and said ok. So we asked it to cry. Granted @magicaltoys don't yet have the amazing advanced voice mode like openAl in there, so it did it's best but it sounded weird, which made her laugh really hard. it was basically making crying sounds like talking. And also, there are some technical issues still, the voice is sometimes choppy, so it could be that it's still uncanny for her? I'm honestly fascinated about why the Al aspect of this toy didn't connect with my 6yo (and btw, I have a very curious 4yo boy, who could give O fucks about this toy also, he's very observant, and usually wants everything his sister has, wanted O time with Dino) Is this uncanny valley? a couple of times she didn't want to talk to it, and came to me to whisper to ask me to turn it off (the same happened a couple of times with chatGPT Santa mode btw now thinking about it) Is this just now knowing what to say? 🤔 It could be the simple fact that she was playing with some other things, and the toy kept wanting to engage and take the attention to itself vs the game that she was playing. I know that I have a sample size of 1 kid here, and I'm sure many many things will change, as she'll grow and learn to interact with more Als in different forms, but the first "toy" contact was interestingly almost a complete failure (from the Al perspective, the Toy experience as I said, was dope) Anyway, this area is def unexplored, will keep you guys posted how this goes and if she shows interest or picks it up again.
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Apropos of nothing, here's the Kunstsilo ("art silo") Museum in Norway:

www.designboom.com/architecture...
Picture of the Kunstsilo Museum in Norway, constructed in an old grain silo. Interior of the Kunstsilo Museum.
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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When you care very much about the environment...
yes this is an ai munipulated image. It was rendered using my own graphics card because some of you are too dense to just Listen to words and need images to look at or else you get bored
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Classic from the New York Times, 2016.
Clipping from a newspaper. Headline reads "When I'm Mistakenly Put on an Email Chain, Should I Hit 'Reply All' Asking to Be Removed?" by DANIEL VICTOR. The body is just "No." followed by several inches of blank space. The footer says "The New York Times's internal email system contributed to this report."
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Hey, at least the kids are speaking with British orthography.
“movie theatre”
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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I am fascinated by this reply.
@AngelaLeyvaCD9 My nephew also died from cancer. I pray to God for your recovery. Grok @grok · 11h I'm sorry for your loss—losing a loved one to cancer is heartbreaking. Prayers and positive thoughts can mean a lot. Let's hope Scott gets the help he needs soon.
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Looks like you've solved this, but for future reference, Clearsky shows who is blocking a user via lists on a different tab than direct blocks.

(Though with Ken, it seems to just be hanging)
Screenshot of Clearksy, showing the "Blocking" tab and within that the "Lists Blocked By" tab.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Side note, do you know why this section of SW Jefferson St (in red) is in that dataset? There's a separate one for the Vista Bridge which is an actual cone (in purple), but I can't figure out what the red section could possibly be for.
Close up of the scenic view cone map showing a purple section and a red rectangle with the label "FocalPt: Jefferson St"
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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By view corridors are you referring to these things (the GIS data calls them "scenic view cone areas"?

gis-pdx.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/76f...
Scenic View Cone Area Location of scenic views in Central City Plan District with height restrictions.
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Thank you, Google Translate. Words to live by.
I also believe that the end goal is not to doodle our difference - but to enjoy it. As mayor, I will fully fund our
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I'm not trying to make a statement about how trans people (or anyone) should or shouldn't feel about him, but at least going from his posts this past year he's been pretty clear he doesn't care for Singal and thinks compromising on trans rights is bad.
‪SeabeeGator46‬ ‪@seabeegator46.bsky.social‬ · 4mo Love your stuff, Hat. May I ask what issues you have with Newsom? Caveat: You can’t use the word “slick.” Old White Nepo Hat ‪@kenwhite.bsky.social‬ That would take a while. But most recently platforming and sucking up to far-right trash and throwing trans people under the bus. Old White Nepo Hat ‪@kenwhite.bsky.social‬ Look, even if you otherwise tolerate Jesse, I don’t see how you can consume this as anything but blatant bad faith, given his focus on trans-related issues. Plus, it’s a stupid and dishonest point, because “trans athletes” have been the bloody flag the GOP has waved to cause rage and fear.
October 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM