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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 2d

My wealthiest friend has a mortgage

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

This from @govpritzker.illinois.gov on @cnn.com

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The Sprawl Mag @thesprawl.bsky.social · 4d

Announcing our Best of the Net nominees! Congratulations to @paulvermeersch.bsky.social @marysoonlee.bsky.social @salempaige.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @ziggyschutz.bsky.social @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 8d

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social
I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 10d

I don't purchase terrain for my #D&D games, I just steal. Don't leave your water bottle unattended at my table because I will turn it into a tower and balance 1-5 minis on the top of it.

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 15d

Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 15d

“He was just a working man" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How an Attempted ICE Arrest Near Chicago Turned Deadly

The New York Times analyzed surveillance, police body-camera footage and bystander videos to understand what happened when an immigration agent shot and killed a motorist in a Chicago suburb.

www.nytimes.com

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 17d

A polydactylic cat walks into a bar.
It says, "I would like, in pursuance of my desire to have a drink, to buy a drink."
The barman asks, "Why the unnecessary extra clause?"

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 16d

There's 0 things cool about using an LLM to do D&D prep, but I'm using Microsoft Excel to do D&D prep, and that might be cool

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 20d

Mr. Trash Wheel 😍

nonbinary cardinal copia @asterionhex.monster · 21d

I'm eating trash in the bay
and I'm doing just fine
gotta eat all the trash because I want it all
it started out with a can, how did it end up this bad
it was only a can, it was only one can

Mr. Trash Wheel in Inner Harbor in Baltimore

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The Girl with the Green Ribbon 💀💀 (Jenny Hamilton) @readingtheend.bsky.social · 22d

what's that? you need some good news? can we interest you in some Murderbot news? "Family road trip from hell"?

New 'Murderbot' book promises 'family road trip from hell': See the cover

"Murderbot" fans are in for a treat with Martha Wells' eighth book "Platform Decay." The author shares what she's excited for readers to see.

www.usatoday.com

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 21d

Playing how to train your dragon in orchestra this semester and yes, it is exactly as fun to play as it sounds

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 26d

If birds judged human intelligence like people judge bird intelligence, it would be people that can do bird calls, versus everyone else

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 26d

Morning swim was good except that I forgot to pack conditioner so now I'm going to just look like the Bride of Frankenstein all day I guess

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 28d

There is an individual here in the library with a water bottle that, when they drink from it, makes cartoon dolphin noises, and how am I supposed to concentrate in that type of environment

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · 29d

Once I finish the like 15 books that I started 2 months ago and am now 2/3 of the way through, it's over for you people

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 31

I read this title wrong

An article from the Journal of Low Temperature Physics entitled "A theory of temperature-dependent energy levels: Thermodynamic properties of He 11"

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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · Aug 29

The thing about accepting Newsom's depravity against trans people or the homeless on the grounds of "Yeah, that's bad, but we have to beat Trump or it'll be worse." is that by accepting it, you mark it as acceptable, both within your mind and in the larger world around you.

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 29

Small Huge things: Went for a swim this morning, wrapped up first week of the semester, dug an old writing project out of hiatus and figured out what it was about.

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 24

On a bad day, with 5 hours of sleep, ran 7 hours worth of #D&D and feel... rejuvenated.
I am going to go to bed now tho

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 22

The students are returning. There's no longer any space in the library for lying down on the floor and despairing. I'm going to have to do all my despairing in the staff room now. Fuck.

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · Aug 13

"It says here Grok's a bitch."

Agatha Chocolats @agathachocolats.bsky.social · Aug 13

In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommunity

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Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 12

I am in an invite-only fandom of 6, going slowly insane

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 12

Some days the only fictional character I want to talk about is one of my friends' d&d characters.

Clarissa Grunwald @clarissagrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 12

Some days the only fictional character I want to talk about is one of my friends' d&d characters.

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