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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 9h

The only time I saw anyone scolded there was a similar thing. They shared a photo of a pile of coffee grounds and all the k-cups they'd come from. Also I was the one who scolded lol

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 9h

Fuckin dumb cop neighbor left our garage open again and my bike got stolen :[

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 18h

I bet it smelled crazy in there

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EL BARTO ANTI-WORK @elbarto.bsky.social · 1d

Reading about an ancient Greek statue

Pausanias also recounts that the statue was kept constantly coated with olive oil to counter the harmful effect on the ivory caused by the "marshiness" of the Altis grove. The floor in front of the image was paved with black tiles and surrounded by a raised rim of marble to contain the oil.[7] This reservoir acted as a reflecting pool which doubled the apparent height of the statue.[8]

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 18h

This sounds like it came out of a My Big Fat Greek Wedding fanfic on AO3

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

Oh also it was federal minimum wage, in the dream.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

Real talk though I bet that book would sell like hot cakes. Nobody steal my idea! I'm gonna be rich. Eat your heart out, Chuck Tingle.

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Jazz Tehara 👻 (Spooky mode) @drjazztehara.bsky.social · 19h

Where’s the data to back this being of benefit?

This is quite funny because MPs are currently using chatGPT to write their speeches.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 19h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

Awake me is mad at dream me for accepting this shit gig.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

The video had two game characters explaining the importance of creating social classes and categories in your world building.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

I have never read Howl's Moving Castle, by the way.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

This is fun because it's one of those dreams where I know exactly how each element entered my brain yesterday.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

I had a dream that I accepted a minimum wage gig from someone who wanted me to write an erotic novel inspired by Howl's Moving Castle. The employer gave me a list of story beats they wanted and their kinks. And a video about how to write a story that can be turned into a video game.

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 21h

“Israeli” ceasefires only ever apply to the other party. They’ll continue to kill whomever they want, whenever they want until they are stopped. They see themselves as occupying an altogether different moral plane than their enemies, like any colonizer.

Tweet from Quds News Network @QudsNen
BREAKING: Three Palestinians were killed after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

The best part was where dude snidely asked why I didn't read the wiki. I explained that the wiki doesn't contain any practical information about what I was asking, and he was like "I know, I wrote it."

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Anders @derzquist.net · 1d

subreddit devoted to a practical skill: "We're all on this journey together. Every mistake is an opportunity to learn. Here's some advice that helped me when I first started"

subreddit devoted to a creature comfort: "Are you posting from a room with a gas leak or are you naturally this cretinous?"

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 19h

The most insufferable post reply I ever got was from a mod in r/bonsai

Anders @derzquist.net · 1d

subreddit devoted to a practical skill: "We're all on this journey together. Every mistake is an opportunity to learn. Here's some advice that helped me when I first started"

subreddit devoted to a creature comfort: "Are you posting from a room with a gas leak or are you naturally this cretinous?"

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 1d

Novellas are cool. I'm not against short books. I just hate that it's the norm now.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 1d

Actually I think this take is pretty hinged. I'll try to think of an unhinged one.

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 1d

Books should be longer. The demand for shorter, faster-paced novels is often driven by anti-intellectualism and a desire to rack up as many books read on goodreads as possible.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 1d

That is unhinged, yes

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli settlers continue to wage war on Palestinians in the West Bank and elsewhere. They are breaking into people's homes, stealing their stuff, trashing their homes and sometimes kidnapping and killing people. This is happening NOW. People should know this.

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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · 1d

Subway Lovers, 1949 by Arthur Leipzig

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Liz Roderick, Veoma Jeziva 👻 @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to support the cause of a disabled, neurodivergent wretch permanently escaping the US, and if you want ro read good stories, may i suggest buying some of my queer neurodivergent books?? I have romance! I have adventure! I have explorations of the meaning of reality talesfrompurgatory.com

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 1d

There's a thing on the Pompeii museum website about this too but the page is awful on mobile so I linked that instead.

Anyway. I only know one fact about Ancient Rome and it's this.

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