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Elle

@elleisanisland.bsky.social

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researcher writer walker of forests swimmer of oceans here for the funny and the interesting https://ko-fi.com/elleg

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Jun 22

a ruthless predator, alligators will sometimes use jazz hands to lure musical theatre people to their deaths

A alligator, floating in a swamp, its front legs held out over the water, appearing to be doing a "jazz hand" movement

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 10h

I'll contribute to funding if there can be a few "Fie!"s thrown in there

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 10h

I want to release a rap single called, “(Errybody in the Club Say) Drat!”

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 12h

I feel this way about sheeps

Santana Abraxas @slime-golem.biz · 12h

To me the plural of elf is elfs. This is a fundamental, core belief.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sure it will ruin me but I'm ready to give obscene wealth a try

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Feb 3

hollywood's got a lot to answer for imo for instance getting us to believe that villains would be intelligent and interesting

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kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social · Feb 19

just removed my mattress tag. and now we wait 😳

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh. That's the worst. Then you have to rebel and be good.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

That's exactly right 🤗

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's full moon is a harvest hunter's supermoon. It's probably feeling pretty anxious, that's a lot of things to be.

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Kip Conlon @kipconlon.bsky.social · 1d

Downside of being dumped before Halloween is how lame Sonny Bono is as a costume.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

He is making a passing remark. It's not flattering.

Silhouette of a black cat against widescreen monitor with white background

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

Interviewer: So, where do you get your ideas?

Author: oh you know everyday life or something from the news

Me: Liar! Tell the truth!! It appeared in your head one day? You dreamed the opening scene? If you minimize what's special you'll leave them thinking A MACHINE WITH ALL THE NEWS COULD DO THIS

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

I'm happy to be alive but it's the worst thing that's ever happened to me

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

"Inspiration can't come from nowhere"

1) I'm not sure that's true. There's a spark of life, genius and creativity that we don't understand at all. but even if it is
2) a human mind isn't "nowhere"
3) it sure as hell won't come from lines of code (even if lines made up of stolen art and ideas)

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

they believe ai can be "creative" bc they think artistic people just copy stuff already around. but what actually happens is you live for 20+ years, say, study, learn, practice, read, create, start a new project, & then on a 2 hour walk an entire unique idea pops into your head from nowhere. Sry.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, it's never too late to become the black sheep of your family

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

"Hey there's this little bastion of leftism and decency. We need to keep an eye on that"

"Or use algorithms to turn them right wing"

Which of the billionaires doesn't have a social media site yet. Bezos?

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

luckily I never hated mastodon and don't need much from social media, so leaving won't be hard. Still sad though. It had potential.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

They're getting ready to sell this place and it won't be to any decent human being

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 1d

Saw my boss get carried off by a large bird in my dream and I can’t take her seriously today

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Crop Circle @thesleeperssleep.bsky.social · 2d

[muttering into storm drain] any ooze down there?...anything that could change me?....

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Nov 8

you, normal person: what a strange and fascinating creature

me: I'm telling you they're aliens and they probably rule the earth

Photo of an octopus larva, taken in water at night, so the background is all white. The octopus appears ghostly and translucent. It is practically see-through, though you can a large brain

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 1d

this feels right

[HARPER'S INDEX]

Number of times the Wikipedia

entry about the ship of Theseus has
been edited since it was published

in 2003 : 2,052

Number of sentences from the original
entry that remain today : 0

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 1d

i wrote this with Peter Bergman in 1999, it went nowhere but it was an honor and a thrill to work with a Firesign

Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 7d

One from the vaults: Lost NBC Pilot "WAP! V.1.0" (2000), featuring Scott Adsit, @blainecapatch.bsky.social, @gregproops.bsky.social, @philproctor.bsky.social and @mariabamford.bsky.social

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WAP! V.1.0 unsold pilot, Messina Baker Productions

YouTube video by Firesign Theatre

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