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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 7h

Weirde how we let a bunche of nerds monetize conversation

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 7h

Goblin Mode
Kobolde Style
Bugbear Gestalt
Githyanki Modus Operandi
Ogre It ys A Whooooole Deal
Hill Troll Grande Scheme of Thinges

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

Ich wondir yf musicians from bandes that did not make it huge realize how verye ymportant their songes have been to people nevirtheless. That guy who was yn the bande *Prick,* plese knowe that "No Fair Fights" doth meane the worlde to me and hath been on my playlistes for decades.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

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No Fair Fights

YouTube video by Prick - Topic

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11h

To the tune of Eleanor Rigby:

Massive iguana
Makinge a fuss on the beach
At great scale
But then caughte --
Who woulde have thoughte?
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...

‘He’s a big boy:’ Massive iguana arrested in Daytona Beach, video shows

A large iguana was thrown in the back of a patrol car in a strange encounter with Daytona Beach officers, according to the police department.

www.clickorlando.com

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

Ich wondir yf musicians from bandes that did not make it huge realize how verye ymportant their songes have been to people nevirtheless. That guy who was yn the bande *Prick,* plese knowe that "No Fair Fights" doth meane the worlde to me and hath been on my playlistes for decades.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

Everye tyme Ich see the phrase "Tron: Ares" Ich thynke it ys "Tori Amos"

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

Thys ys myne art

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

Ther ys one four note sequence wher "Lucretia, My Reflection" and "Come On Eileen" sounde exactlye the same, and THAT passage, isolatid, ys stuck yn my heade.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11h

Alas, somebodye took the German holidaye fruit breade. It was stollen!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 8h

"The Paper" ys a hilarious showe

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11h

To the tune of Eleanor Rigby:

Massive iguana
Makinge a fuss on the beach
At great scale
But then caughte --
Who woulde have thoughte?
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...

‘He’s a big boy:’ Massive iguana arrested in Daytona Beach, video shows

A large iguana was thrown in the back of a patrol car in a strange encounter with Daytona Beach officers, according to the police department.

www.clickorlando.com

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11h

Alas, somebodye took the German holidaye fruit breade. It was stollen!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12h

I'm truly sorry for your loss.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12h

Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

How to ymprove higher ed
And win all the pryzes:
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Everye seasoun of *Slow Horses* thei slowe the horses downe even more. Eventuallye you will not be able to see the horses move at all. The horses will seem eternallye still, yet motion will rest wythin them lyke the oak within the acorn.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Back yn the daye Ich saw The Three Terrors even!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Watchid *I Saw The TV Glow* agayne, and was reminded just how powirful and ymportant that movye ys. Ther ys no filme quite lyke it yn the worlde. Heart-wrenchinge despayre and desperate hope all at once. There ys still tyme.

A still from the 2024 film *I Saw the TV Glow* depicts a suburban street covered with graffiti and the chalked message "There is Still Time."

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

"Ahead of the inevitable ovation, Merritt declares a 'ten-day interval' before they’re back at the chapel to 'begin again' in mid-October. That’s ten days to beg, steal or marry for a ticket."
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...

The Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel: '69 Love Songs over two nights is staggering'

New York cult band The Magnetic Fields play their legendary album 69 Love Songs over two nights at the reverential Union Chapel

www.standard.co.uk

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Heere ys the booke of the humoral and elemental values of the Teenaged Mutante Turtles Who Are Ninjas:

Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme
Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer
Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn
Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

Uh, whoa! Dude! Look what you glorious weirdos did! WHAT STALKS THE DEEP is #12 on the New York Times!

A celebratory image of the cover of what stalks with New York Times, USA TODAY and Indie Bestseller emblazoned across the top!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 2d

Heere ys the booke of the humoral and elemental values of the Teenaged Mutante Turtles Who Are Ninjas:

Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme
Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer
Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn
Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter

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