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daveempey.bsky.social
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And even if they haven’t it‘s still useless and annoying.
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And usually whoever they’re replying to has noticed whatever-it-is many times before at considerable length
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
As some internet wit remarked back in the day, they look like their Earthling suits are itchy.
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
kidney bean
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Web searching on “HMS Courageous attack tv show movie” suggests it’s a reference to the tv series The Diplomat
but that’s just a guess
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Steve‘s using irony.
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Ah yes, that good old familiar English name “Frodo”. :-p
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Lost Generation was named before 1927
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It’s still just barely possible that someone alive today could have once met someone who once met an American Revolutionary War veteran
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Next up, a new MWDEU?
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Even more like Weekly World News imho

But your point stands
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
And the Clinton admin before that.
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I personally don’t care between footnotes, marginal notes, and sidebars but I’ve heard publishers believe readers don’t like footnotes. So margin notes may be the solution.
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Can we agree that
end-of-chapter=notes are the worst of all?
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Seems like the Senate would be able to void that rule any time they wanted, though?
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Merriam-Webster‘s article on the issue seems pretty clear to me. As I read it, you can *always* use “which”.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
My own memory is that my all-boy high-school DnD group once or twice had a girl play, but they didn’t play more than once. I guess that says something about our group.
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
So all her votes will count double for the next 7+ weeks, right?
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
*amongst
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Bootlickers is good too. Although maybe lickspittles would have been even better.
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Almost any two syllable noun with the emphasis on the first syllable, I’d say: Pothook toothbrush airstrip knickknack needle cheesesteak sandwich
Maybe not genius, except ironically, which isn’t exactly the same thing
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Maybe a standing offer to PR of statehood or independence, with a 30-year return period if they don’t like the results.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Literally, no.
Although Nyc should still embrace “Red Apple”
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM