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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1h

how long until someone is sent to gitmo for Wearing an Inflatable Costume for the Purposes of Concealing Identity While in the Course of Supporting a Proscribed Terrorist Organization

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 14h

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1h

the auditors from Office Space with a speech bubble indicating that one of them is saying the text of bari's memo

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1h

The boat-bombings will continue until the boat-bomb–loving Nobel laureate gives the boat-bomber her Nobel.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 2h

New from me in Wall Street Journal Food & Drink:

Maybe It's Time to Give French Fries a Chance

Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 4h

Here's an example of the pencil in use, from someone who did a full restoration. You could use it to make tables or boxes very precisely.

www.boatworks.tech/typewriters/...

a piece of paper in an old typewriter, with an attached pencil flipped down so that its point touches the paper on the roller. a box has been neatly drawn around a couple lines of text with this pencil attachment.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 4h

it's like a sushi master extracting the tasty fish from all the poison in a fugu

skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 4h

it's dope as hell that the world builds 100 million cars per year and all that plastic, metal, glass and rubber eventually ends up like this

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 5h

"We spoke with Bray's neighbors, and while none had cows, one did in fact have a half gallon of milk that had gone off, although it was only a week beyond its expiration date. Bray's cat had no comment on their relationship. The Times has discovered that Bray plans to fly to Europe."

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 5h

"Turning Point USA included Bray on a list of professors who they claim had made a pact with the Devil himself by the crossroads at midnight, which has given him the the ability to fly, to spoil his neighbors' milk in the cow, and to speak with his animal familiar. Bray denies these allegations."

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 5h

"Mark Bray was teaching courses on the early modern witch craze. Turning Point USA accused him of being a witch, which he denies."

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 13h

why not merge the English Department and the Classics Department into a new Department of Percy Jackson while you're at it

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 21h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 16h

Passion 2: Ascension Boogaloo
TPTC II: The Secret of the Cruz
Too Passionate, Too Christ
The Passion of the Christ: The Legend of Paulie's Gold
A Very Jesus Sequel
Passion 2: Cruz Control

Page Six @pagesix.com · 1d

Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel to star new Jesus, cast

Gibson's long-gestating sequel will start shooting in Rome, but with a completely new cast, an insider told Page Six.

pagesix.com

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

So, this week has been hard. Very hard. On Monday we found out that my kind, gentle, perfect little man Fergus had diffuse, fast-moving cancer throughout his body. So we had to make the awful decision to say goodbye to him yesterday.

Closeup portrait of my handsome brown tuxedo tabby Fergus looking upward.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 16h

I'm so sorry, but also so glad that you were able to say goodbye at home. When my wonderful Knute had to go, our vet made a house call, and it made all the difference.

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 18h

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 18h

it took less time for the wall street journal to realize johnny cash was cool than it's taking them to figure out trump is a fascist

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 1d

Meowlignant (2021)

A woman with long brown hair and a vest seen from behind and the cat is being carried in the vest with only its face showing at the back of the woman’s head, reminiscent of Gabriel in Malignant (2021)

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 21h

the Colossus of Chodes

Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

i'd assumed "Colossus" was just a reference to the ancient wonder but it can never be that normal w/ Elon www.wsj.com/tech/elon-mu...

"Musk decided to name the data center Colossus—a reference to a popular trilogy of sci-fi novels from the 1960s by D.F. Jones, in which scientists built a supercomputer named Colossus that gained autonomy and plunged the world into war and chaos."

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

some folk say that at midnight, if you stand on the banks and listen real close, you can still hear the DJ of the River dropping sick beats

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, fair question, though.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

sounds like a HIPAA violation, tbh

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

this announcement is making me a bit uncomfortable

BmoreCityDOT @bmorecitydot.bsky.social · 1d

🚧 Charles & Pleasant Manhole Rebuild 🚧

We’re rebuilding the manhole at Charles and Pleasant Streets to reinforce its roof, walls, and floor—making sure this underground structure stays strong and reliable for years to come.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

Leo Ribuffo always referred to "the socio-cultural sixties" in his lectures, and they did not run from 1960 to 1969

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

i fully endorse long decades

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

The arc of metal holding the pencil folds down so the pencil touches the paper on the typewriter roller. You can then advance the carriage and draw straight lines on the page.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 1d

Baltimore

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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