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berserk du soleil

@aetataureate.bsky.social

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just some white she/her older millennial. science and curiosity journalist, co-leader of queer games bundle. i share my work here, but it's not a professional account. i hate reply guys and will make it weird.

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 23d

hi! thanks to my friend @tiffanyleigh.bsky.social for sharing & gathering daily puzzles as alternatives to NYT's ubiquitous subscription puzzles. i left a few out and added a few more, then sorted them to make things easier. if something you like is not here, let me know!

The web site of aetataureate

aetataureate.neocities.org

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 6h

*supportive noises from South Africa where my parents were not allowed to vote, have certain jobs, allowed into certain areas and had to use separate entrances for much of their lives*

Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · 7h

I am Black American. My people were enslaved, segregated, and degraded for hundreds of years. There was a time when it was considered politically untenable to abolish slavery and legally dismantle Jim Crow. It got done. So, yes, a free Palestine is a political possibility. It is inevitable.

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 9h

this is really interesting, and was on my timeline right after i had to tell youtube to dismiss its entire homepage segment describing it as "your home for 'life of a showgirl'," the rolling stone homepage takeover and tweets, etc. like . . . she's funding some big psyops on this one

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 11h

god damn this is brutal defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

defector.com

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 9h

Sun roasted potato. 🥔 Photo from my collection, 1954.

A pretty shorthaired calico cat reclining on her side and back in a strong window sunbeam that is baking across a carpeted surface. She is positively glowing in the light and it’s a gorgeous contrast to the stark edge of the sun where the carpet appears to become almost completely black. She’s in a rectangular island of light.

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 9h

or maybe an itchio jam . . . just a creative project thing? a very loose theme but any kind of work welcome. this might help me work on something too. is this a good IDEA

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 2d

revisited some mailing list posts from years ago that were good and now i feel like maybe i should do that again. idk. idk.

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 9h

you could prepare small pans of tiny cookies at home and bring them in. this would be very funny. homemade cookie crisp at work. (this was a tiktok/instagram trend for a while!!)

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 9h

yes!! i was hopeful bc of that

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 9h

you can toaster oven cookies! but i would guess they were just trying to warm them up haha. but you can!

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

very much so >:(((

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

to anyone i told about this show, i take it back, the third episode has main characters say "r***rd" like twenty times with no consequences, which is so bizarre i don't even know what to say except fuck everyone involved with it (including glen powell unfortunately)

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 8d

CHAD POWERS

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

whoever invented this type of closure, i hope they got really rich

a square, shallow container with a black bottom and clear top. the words "1984 collectable" [sic] are printed on top in white.

tall container with a yellow bottom and clear top. the top reads "perfect image inc." with a phone number and a sticker reading "1021"

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

new thread of old things! follow them down the quotes to see all the threads

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 6d

new thread of old things for today! (follow the nested posts down to the first thread to see everything so far.)

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 9d

new thread of old things for today!

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

just put it in

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

he has another one on there about kluski, a handmade noodle

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

ok reb i have to share this now: PIEROGI ARE THEIR PIEROGATIVE (by one of our queer polish solo devs!!!)

Dumpling Express: Packaged Pierogi by Benjamin's Apps

Pierogi are our pierogative.

benjamins-apps.itch.io

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

some of my favorite game devs are in poland!! this is very very exciting and cool!

Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 1d

Surprise, I'm headed to GIC in Poland later this month. Hit me up if you'll be there too.

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

oh and fish sauce!!!

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

i had like 2 cups of leftover pho broth, so i added more broth, shredded carrot and zucchini, sliced celery and ginger, and some cubed tofu, then seasoned with basil, lime juice, a little sugar, and hot sauce. IT IS GOOD

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

i love technology like this, and i'm excited to report on research from universities. the fusion startup scene, though, is full of giant blowhards who are willing to promise anything in order to get investors. these include "AI" boosters like sam altman, who are clueless, malicious, greedy dumbasses

a gmail subject line says "AI+Fusion Summit" gross

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

everyone say hello to my friend's new friend!!! cookie!!!

(image shows a black cat with a sweet, curious expression, who's sitting in front of a laptop that someone probably needs to use, but it belongs to cookie now, is the thing)

H.M. Stiller @hmstiller.bsky.social · 1d

So this is just life now, eh?

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

omg i didn't know!!! welcome home to cookie!! 🍪

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

i love these FACES, great body language here

(image is a five-panel comics page. two top panels and two bottom panels show a character with long black hair in a bun. the middle panel is much larger and shows a workstation against a panoramic window into outer space.)

Virginia Paine @milkybootscomix.bsky.social · 1d

Space = big. New page of FUTURE PROOF today! futureproof.webcomic.ws #comicoop

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

art meets the cutting edge, in a recent experiment that condensed the effective speed of light using extremely high speed photography. the results may help scientists verify decades-old theories about how and why these objects appear rotated at light speed.

Scientists Just Made Light Speed Visible. The Images Will Break Your Brain.

The method involves stitching together many thin “slices” of light reflecting off an object.

www.popularmechanics.com

berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

hi! new from me, a stellarator nuclear fusion reactor in germany has tied the world record for fusion runtime. hitting milestones is cool, but don't get it "twisted": we're still a long, LONG way from plentiful energy using these reactors. a VERY LONG way.

A Nuclear Donut Broke a Fusion Record While Chasing the Ultimate Prize: Unlimited Energy

The W7-X stellarator reactor is now purportedly on par with more common tokamak fusion experiments.

www.popularmechanics.com

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

fwiw, work like yours has always resonated for me, in a good way, as like an aspirational kibitz of new york life. not a guide for what i'm going to do anytime soon. and i know i'm not alone in that! the future is multi-mode

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berserk du soleil @aetataureate.bsky.social · 1d

you may not know that all the existing natural diamonds are from the same one time period, and our planet will never have new diamonds.