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Gonzo Strangelove
@gonzostrangelove.bsky.social
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Mercenary wordsmith you've probably read but didn't know it. HIST/GEOG once upon a time. Sooners fan. OU & OK State alum. Chased a few storms. Emcee/trivia host by night. Somehow still alive and employed.
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Friends! Here's the longer (by about 100 words), slightly better, and paywall-free version of my essay on the American road trip. With thanks to @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, @erynbrown.bsky.social, & Sarah Rothbard!

I love that you can see the motel in question right here.
July 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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when you want alone time but also you have to keep an eye on things
nyx (black cat) in a doorway so that only her left side can be seen, staring at me with one eye
June 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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garyhornseth.bsky.social
Today I discovered the Instagram of Sapporo artist Eiji Ohashi, who specializes in night photography of vending machines, mostly in winter.

“The reason . . . is that it will make us see hope and inspiration when we see shiny things in the middle of a dark night.”

Images at his site: eijiohashi.com
A winter scene of a pedestrian bridge from across a street in falling snow lit at night by overhead street lights. A glowing vending machine near the base of the bridge. A night photo of an urban scene with high-rise buildings in the background. Trees look like autumn. A vending machine glows in the foreground alongside a sidewalk. A night city scene of an older building adjacent to a long flight of stairs. A row of vending machines cast a glow from the base of the building toward the pavement in the center of the photo. Streetlights illuminate the upper level in the background. A closeup of a vending machine at night surrounded by some trees and giant snow drifts. Snow caps and obscures the top of the machine. Lights from the machine illuminate the surrounding snow.
October 19, 2024 at 1:29 AM
gonzostrangelove.bsky.social
Osteoporosis suggests the existence of Osteoporobro.
June 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
gonzostrangelove.bsky.social
"Chili should be cooked with no beans! If you are making chili for guests, make the chili Texas style and have beans on the side which can be added if someone likes!"
June 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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todayinsci.bsky.social
❝Nobody…took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.❞
— Gertrude B. Elion, American pharmacologist, died #onthisday ✝️21 Feb 1999.

See more of her #quotes at todayinsci.com/E/Elion_Gert...
February 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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todayinsci.bsky.social
❝Before we talk about ecosystem design, we have to talk about ego-system management.❞
— William McDonough, American environmental engineer, born #onthisday 🌟21 Feb 1951.

Read more of his #quotes at todayinsci.com/M/McDonough_...
February 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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todayinsci.bsky.social
❝There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of Science and Literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of publick happiness.❞
—U.S. President George Washington, born 🌟22 Feb 1732.

More of his #quotes at todayinsci.com/W/Washington...
February 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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todayinsci.bsky.social
22 Feb 1946—#onthisday 🗓️Selman Waksman announced the discovery of streptomycin, the first specific antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.

For more on this event, and others for today, read todayinsci.com/2/2_22.htm#e...
February 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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February 22 - Today in Science History - Scientists born on February 22nd, died, and events www.todayinsci.com/2/2_22.htm#e...
February 22 - Today in Science History - Scientists born on February 22nd, died, and events
www.todayinsci.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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dailytrix.bsky.social
I love this for Brittany Mahomes.
February 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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rvbdrm.com
The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.
February 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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riversidecasino.bsky.social
Please stop flushing your Chiefs jerseys down our toilets.
February 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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mcuban.bsky.social
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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February 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895
February 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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joadsprocket.bsky.social
Never Forget
A tweet from @ futurevictim_ that reads "the only lasting 9/11 memory i have is when the budweiser ad with the kneeling clydesdales came on during the super bowl and i said "those horses are praying to mecca" and my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard"
February 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Evening on Karl Johan Street, by Edvard Munch, 1892
February 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Silicon Valley be all like "You didn't want to buy our monkey jpgs and conduct meetings with VR headsets, I guess we have no choice but to start WW3"
February 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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The absolute worst thing about adjusting to a new laptop? Getting used to the new kketboard.
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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5/Don't let a group of Silicon Valley douchebags - for whom 99% of their humanity is tied to material wealth - fool us into thinking they've figured out the mysterious beauty of nature. We're no closer than we were b4. And if/when we do, it's not likely to come from such a shallow group of humans.
February 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a capitalists' coup right now are rebelling against the people & the "free market" for rejecting them & the tech they need us to become dependent on. They're taking over the government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter
"You know when we (the people, the "market") made fun of AI slop & said we didn't want it in our feeds, movies, searches, phones, etc? You know when we (the people, the "market") made fun of the obvious crypto grifts happening the last few years & said we didn't want to rewire our economy & our economic lives around it? You know when we (the people, the "market") made fun of M*sk for buying/tanking Tw*tter, people fled en masse & called him out online for being a fascist broligarch? The Silicon Valley billionaires & techno-feudal lords who are waging a coup right now have all their money, business, power, & philosophy about society tied up in achieving unregulated control & forcing society to become irreversibly dependent on these technologies. It is the capitalists rebelling against the "free market" for rejecting its shit & taking over government to ensure we have no more choice in the matter. That's why it's happening. They truly, genuinely, openly don't give a fuck about you, me, or what we actually want.
February 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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davidpepperoh.bsky.social
“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any…controlling private power."

- FDR
February 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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hadespuppy.bsky.social
For a good time, go to AO3 and do a search for date: > 30 years and sort: date posted, ascending. There's so much gold in the results. VCR era vids. Fic that was originally hand typed and passed person to person. Art that should honestly be in a museum.
You're welcome, enjoy.
February 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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pregameempire.bsky.social
The three teams that miss the Big Ten tournament and the three teams that miss the ACC tournament should play a 6 team tournament
sickoscbb.bsky.social The Sickos CBB Committee @sickoscbb.bsky.social · Feb 1
The three teams that don't make the B1G tournament should at least get to have a pizza party or something.
February 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM