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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 5h

i have a migraine and was trying to communicate, "we should buy a bread knife because the ceramic knife can't cut the dutch oven bread's crust," and just loudly said, "NEED. SAW...... TOOTH."

i mean. yes, that is the most crucial information in the sentence. but. could we not speak like a caveman.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 7h

a new minecraft or vintage story world sometimes helps me with the same kind of thing. there's something soothing about slowly building a base and seeing real tangible progress.

a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 1d

oh, no! you might be able to retrieve it if you contact youtube, but i'm not sure (i did some googling, and it seems to vary depending on the type of account and how it was deleted). i hope their support is able to get your stuff back for you!

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The Wee Owl Art (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 1d

A small sunny day autumn landscape artwork. This is an original and it is availably to buy on Folksy...
folksy.com/items/8556654

#Autumn #Fall #Landscape #AutumnColour #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #PenAndInk #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm

A small colour drawing of an autumnal landscape with orange and yellow trees in long grasses, there are mountains and blue skies in the distance. The drawing is on orange pastel paper.
An original art work, sold unframed.
Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper
5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

i was furious about it, honestly.

if i had the money, i would build a large record collection and never go online again.

a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

if not for that, i might have continued to listen to the song without realising it was bullshit.

i think the very humanness of the music and art we make is one of the most important/sacred things we do as a species. it is 100% correct that we put our music on the golden record when we sent it out.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

i became very suspicious when i clicked on the artist and found out that this very polished sounding song was from someone with ~40 listeners. i dug around until i found the ai they used for it.

there was nothing about the music or the vocals that raised a red flag, but the writing...

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

so, i was recommended a song the other day and i enjoyed the music of it quite a bit but the lyrics were strange. it was about pining for someone and sadly looking at their social media posts (perfectly believable topic), but the phrasing felt extremely unnatural.

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 2d

MATCH BOX BATS including vintage Japanese design & c. 1900 vampire bat. #Bats associated with darkness ironically become the bringers of light!! In many Asian countries they symbolise good luck #31DaysofHalloween

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

god, i got double vaccinated today and i've lost the ability to speak normally. my whole brain is busy building antibodies, i guess.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

as i've scrolled through the comments for this thread, i've realised that the things about me that made people call me a freak are not unique to me. this was weirdly reassuring, so i recommend doing this to anyone else who's self-conscious about their preferences.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

yes!!! this is how i eat oatmeal, too, and i love the apple the best.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

i also hate the tiny size of fruit snack packages! the texture is ideal for a gummy candy, as far as i'm concerned.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 2d

i've also done this occasionally and you are 100% correct about the weird mouthfeel

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 3d

last month, our food pantry delivery was rotten and inedible. the month before that, there was hardly anything. i don't know about this month, because i was ill and couldn't stand in line for an hour, so i simply had to give up on the few food items we might have gotten.

Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of attention has been paid to overseas aid cut by the Trump administration, but this brilliant piece of visual data journalism illustrates the devastating cuts to food banks here at home: 94 million pounds of food that were never delivered projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 4d

Listen. If you didn't want to be seen as the Twitter escape pod, you shouldn't have deliberately fostered a community of people so united by their contempt for arbitrary authority and love of absolute free speech that they were willing to abandon a platform they'd been using for 15 years

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 4d

I'm 48 now and regret not keeping a diary because I'm alarmed at how much of my life I've utterly forgotten. I mentioned this to a writing workshop comprised mainly of older people I taught last year, and one woman said, "Start now. START NOW. I'm 77 and I WISH had started keeping a diary at 50."

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 4d

reach heaven through violence

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 4d

i don't think i've seen the lost boys?

(my dissociative disorder eats memories but none of the plot is familiar, and i usually retain SOMETHING)

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 4d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 6d

Candlesnuff fungus #fungi

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 7d

the amount of people i know whose wheelchairs or other mobility aids have been damaged, fully destroyed, or lost by airlines is pretty significant. this is an extremely widespread and financially devastating problem.

Phoebe Petrovic @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social · 7d

the gov't just said it's ok for private, billion dollar corporations to break a person's lifeline -- a custom device often costing 10s or 100s of thousands of $$ -- with impunity. www.reuters.com/world/usdot-...

USDOT will not enforce Biden wheelchair passenger protection rule

The U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday that it will not enforce key provisions of a Biden administration rule issued in December requiring new consumer protections for disabled passengers using wheelchairs.

www.reuters.com

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 7d

i love this one.

The Vagabond Tabby @thevagabondtabby.bsky.social · 7d

rich, earthy, complex • fallen leaves, loam, the deep woods in the coming fall • cypress, myrrh, cedarwood, & a hint of black pepper

$8.00

mother of the crows soap – The Vagabond Tabby

mother of the crows soap – The Vagabond Tabby

“walk me down the scarecrow trail, black-winged mother of the crows; help me see beyond the veil learn the things that no one knows. in their hats and hand-me-d

www.thevagabondtabby.com

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 8d

my auditory processing turns video instructions into something akin to charlie brown's teacher's voice

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