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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 36m

“Don’t let them get to you!” another mom wrote. “Only moms know what’s right for their monkeys!! Bumping your head is actually GOOD for you!!! Why is no one talking about this???”

I’m a MAHA Mom, and Here’s Why I Won’t Stop My Monkeys from Jumping on the Bed—No Matter What the Doctor Says

I’m a proud mother of five who is obsessed with keeping her monkeys healthy. Some people think it’s crazy how much time I spend making sure everyth...

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 8h

direct deposits hitting the checking accounts of active duty servicemen means article 1 of the constitution is basically a dead letter as of tonight, huh

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 55m

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 5h

Wolfsbane, or monkshood (Aconitum napellus), is a deadly flower tied to werewolf lore. In medieval Europe it was said to repel or cure lycanthropy, the power or curse of turning into a wolf. Some tales claim witches used wolfsbane ointments to change shape. #FairytaleTuesday

Collage of wolfsbane and werewolf lore. Top left: 1941 pulp illustration of a werewolf crouched in moonlit woodland (Weird Tales, “The Werewolf Howls”). Right and bottom: close-up photos of purple wolfsbane (monkshood) flowers with green foliage.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1h

on this day in 1892 1892,The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is first published.

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data...

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 1h

I’ll read that! Sounds fascinating.

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 1d

#Birdtober Day 13: Gray Heron

Bonus Great Blue Heron from last year's Birdtober. I was nervous about this prompt because I wanted to be sure they looked different enough without drawing the full body for either of them. I'm happy with how they both turned out!

#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #Copic

Marker drawings of a Great Blue Heron and a Gray Heron, with parts of other birds drawn on the same sheets of paper visible.

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 11h

Pumpkin crème brûlée!

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TORO @destinytoro.com · 23h

I'm a disabled illustrator in Puerto Rico, I use our native flora/fauna & our indigenous Taino designs in my work.

All my life I've had to share my birthday week with Columbus, and now CK 🙄😒

I'm tired lol

Support an indigenous artist on #IndigenousPeoplesDay:

destinytoro.com

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 12h

When you have to get a glass of water but you don’t want to turn on the light

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13h

Average operator attempting to conduct a raid with the Anduril google glasses NODs flashing 38 different icons in front of their face:

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@LaBonneLaB @labonnelab.bsky.social · 12h

And that immigrants make us stronger

Abby Dernburg @adernburg.bsky.social · 12h

A timely reminder that investment in R&D fuels economic growth.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 12h

Macaulay Culkin needs his own interview show/talk show. He’d be fantastic at it and his brother could show up and add comments from the peanut gallery. They’d get people to spill their guts. We’d all laugh and cry.

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · 17h

ME: ugh why does my back hurt all the time

ALSO ME:

Tim Robinson super slouched on a chair looking at his phone like a doofus

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 12h

It’s never been green.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 1d

In #JapaneseFolklore there is a story of a man named Sentaro who did not want to die. He was very wealthy and lived a life of luxury and idleness. However, one day he became preoccupied with the idea of getting sick and dying and could think of nothing else. After hearing the...
#MythologyMonday
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A man sits on top of a giant red origami crane flying over the landscape.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 13h

If you are interested in old New York gay history, watch old episodes of The Emerald City, the first TV show made for gay and trans people. 1977, right before AIDS. My old film teacher Gene Stavis produced and interviewed in it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQW...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

gene kelly is antifa

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 13h

He made a green phosphate it looks like. And the little bucket kicks. So good.

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 14h

Love her

Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 1d

Hee hee haw haw, what’s so funny miss parrotfish?? 🤭🦜🐟 #redtailparrotfish #parrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #smile #livelaughlove #goofball #buckteeth #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Waikiki Wanda @wanda.bsky.social · 14h

Asking my husband which of these baseball players is THE big butt guy and eventually he did have to admit that I’m right and multiple of these guys have big butts.

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 14h

I rewatched Kurosawa’s movie Dreams because I wanted to see the fox wedding. The movie is prettier and sadder than I remembered. I do think the watermill village might be my new happy place for awhile. I hope the foxes forgive him.

A serene river with little stone watermills off to the side and a rickety wooden walkway next to grassy banks and giant trees wildflowers sprinkled along the shore. A Japanese child walks almost out of frame to the left on the wooden walkway. Man is following several paces behind on the right. From the movie Dreams by Kurosawa.

Mount Fuji melting and darkned in front of to nuclear explosions and people scrambling at the foot of the mountain. From the movie Dreams by Kurosawa.

A row of peach orchard spirits or ghosts? They stand wheee the beautiful peach trees would bloom

A little Japanese boy holding a knife in a bamboo case standing in from of a beautiful wildflower field. He’s wearing a white a blue robe with a blue belt. The wildflowers a vibrant cheerful colors but the kids face looks concerned. From the movie dreams.

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tom slists @tomslists.bsky.social · 18h

Gold! for #MosaicMonday

Church of San Nicolo, Ravenna

Gold mosaic set in a grid of squares of slightly varying colours, shades, and spacing - dark and gleaming

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s the Evil Eye of Antioch mosaic in full with the waves border. I like how the dogs feet and tail break up the dark border. #MosaicMonday

Roman mosaic of the Evil Eye from
Antioch. The eye is pierced by a trident and sword, pecked by a raven, barked at by a dog, and attacked by a centipede, scorpion, cat, and snake. A horned dwarf with a gigantic phallus crosses two sticks. Greek annotation "KAI SU" meaning "and you (too)". Dated to the 2nd century CE. A dark inner border broken up by the dogs standing feet and tail. And a dark wave border with tan sky, then and off white border with a light bright thin stripe finish. From the website https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16835/roman-mosaic-of-the-evil-eye/

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 15h

Roman mosaic of the Evil Eye from Antioch. where creatures and weapons are so busy attacking the mosaic eye they won’t be able to attack the home or its people. A little bit of #folklore and good luck for #MosaicMonday

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Sewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 16h

What’s worse is I still have 3 address about 10 phone numbers that are from 1990 still clogging my brain. I could use the room.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 19h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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