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Dave Provost

@daveprovo.st

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He/Him. Veterinary librarian. From Boston, now in Raleigh.

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Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 10h

What’s your favorite non-baseball baseball injury? I like John Smoltz burning himself by ironing a shirt while he was wearing it.

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 17h

When I tell you I turned that shit off fast, I mean F A S T

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 17h

I’d disappear and create a new identity

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 2d

Anakin Skywalker being disappointing

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 2d

Late Night with the Devil is a recent fave

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 2d

That's awesome! This year we are doing a "Grave Rave (featuring DJ Bonez)" but we are still in the construction phase.

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 2d

When I was a kid, I used to eat "raw" hot dogs out of the fridge. I haven't done it in years, but I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered it.

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 2d

The full jaguar on the shoulder is perfect

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 3d

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: IMMORTALITY is one of the most unique and compelling games of all time. Play it if you haven’t.

Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 8d

Hey it's #SteamSale! You can get
🔥 IMMORTALITY for $9.99
👁️ TELLING LIES for $4.99
☕ HER STORY for $4.99
& wishlist Project C and Project D whilst you are there...
It's a good time to play good games in the present and wish for good games in the future! ✨
store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa...

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 4d

I could not remember a McDonalds Für Elise commercial until I read “and also OOPS and also fries” and it all came back to me

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 4d

It’s almost painful to think about

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 6d

I have a brain hack to prevent buying things I don’t need that says “every object is mine, I just allow stores and other people and museums and whatnot to temporarily store them for me”.

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 6d

Honestly this should just be the primary, this is so good

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 6d

Y’know what, hell yeah

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 6d

It depends! But I did notice that Dodger Blue is a really nice blue watching the game last night

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 6d

It's a perfectly valid reason for a business decision, but no one ever wants to admit it!

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 6d

Spell your name with movie titles 📽️

Dave (1993)

Jooli-AHH! Ghoulia 🎃🍂🔪 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 6d

Spell your name with movie titles 📽️

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Land of the Dead (2005)
It Follows (2014)
Vampires (1998)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Absentia (2011)

[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 7d

Spell your name with movie titles 📽️

Sinners (2025)
In America (2002)
Christmas Vacation (1989)

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 7d

Hahaha holy shit

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 7d

The maximum possible after 7 would be 21, so they are stranding over .500

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 7d

“Gimme one of those metal thingies… you use to dig… food”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 8d

Change the locks

Reposted by Dave Provost

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 10d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 8d

Free hat idea

A baseball hat with the word “Baseball” on it above an illustration of a gridiron football.

Reposted by Dave Provost

Mike Suszek @mikesuszek.bsky.social · 8d

Once again, this perfect @zeboydgames.bsky.social post comes to mind:

Dave Provost @daveprovo.st · 8d

I feel like I am listening to a corporate annual report