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the LMFAO guy has a "tennis career" section in his infobox now
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
the LMFAO guy has a "tennis career" section in his infobox now
![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
from the article "Airplanes (song)"
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
from the article "Airplanes (song)"
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
I find it mildly funny that wikipedia editors on sam altman’s talk page are investigating the one odd source that assigns the middle name “gibstine.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I find it mildly funny that wikipedia editors on sam altman’s talk page are investigating the one odd source that assigns the middle name “gibstine.”
epstein really did it all! (thread)
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
epstein really did it all! (thread)
ok kind of a fun paragraph
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
ok kind of a fun paragraph
had to see what this disambiguation hatnote was about and sure enough, apple's original thumbnail (before they fixed it):
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
had to see what this disambiguation hatnote was about and sure enough, apple's original thumbnail (before they fixed it):
everything should be like this
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
everything should be like this
woah plot twist
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
woah plot twist
