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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 8h

Worcester

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 18h

Sure, so would I, but who's finger?

DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 18h

Those are really bad, but hear me out - have you ever heard Bright Eyes? If not, you are truly blessed!

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so old, I'd put stereo equipment on lay-away and ask for cash to pay it off on the holidays. No one had to wonder what I wanted!

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 1d

There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand...
And they are pissed off!
www.imdb.com/title/tt0779...

Black Sheep (2006) ⭐ 5.8 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

1h 27m | Not Rated

www.imdb.com

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

"Reaccelerated their activist origins?" What the hell does that even mean???

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Fava Bean @fava.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think the media talks enough about Republicans destroying the integrity of contracts.

Contracts are supposed to be binding documents. Courts are supposed to enforce them. This principle underpins the entire economy. If contracts mean nothing now, why would anyone do business here?

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

Fascism tastes like freedom if you're a fascist, but to the rest of us it tastes like boot leather. Kind of like cilantro.

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

I should have known with that level of equivocating the dude is a staff writer at the Atlantic. SMDH

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

On sale today for under 2 bucks!
www.amazon.com/dp/B09MD95S5V/

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Amazon.com: Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution eBook : Kuang, R. F: Kindle Store

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

Random dude tells woman with PhD in that field that she is flat out wrong, thereby proving her point. How refreshing! I'm sure he also believes he could beat Serena Williams at tennis. First block of the day.

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

A picture of a dude who looks really baked with the word ALIENS captioned.

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

"I've got a fever,
and the only cure,
is more cowbell!"

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

Ich bin eine Bratwurst!

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 4d

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 3d

I wore Pierre Cardin before and now I wear Angel by Thierry Mugler. Still love the scent of Pierre Cardin though.

DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 4d

My rule is no copaganda shows unless it has at least one supernatural character, but Angela Basset would count.

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 4d

I still have the waxer we used at IFGE to stick Tapestry together.

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 4d

It was a great read, but then I like everything Jessie writes!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

🔗 www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 5d

So a half-ascist?

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DC Leclair @dcleclair.bsky.social · 8d

How much space does it take to hold a copy of Mein Kampf and the Art of the Deal? This is not going to be a big library.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

The state of Florida is giving Trump $67 million worth of land in Miami to build his presidential library.

"A week ago, the Miami-Dade College Board of Trustees, in a lightning-fast meeting with little public notice, voted to transfer the land from the college to the state."

Florida’s $67M gift to Trump library: Were taxpayers consulted? Of course not | Opinion

Unfortunately, how this took place only reflects Trump’s own approach to governing. | Editorial

www.miamiherald.com

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