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Erik “The” Dahl
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Hey, he's just this guy, you know?
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joshuajfriedman.com
In Norway, today is lille julaften — Little Christmas Eve. Want to sample the traditions? Watch this 1963 British comedy sketch, "Dinner for One," which airs every year at 9 p.m. It somehow became an enduring hit across Europe, where in many countries it is shown on New Year's Eve.
Dinner For One - The Proper Original - NDR
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December 24, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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thedicegoddess.bsky.social
Urgent commissions are open! We found out today that the kids' insurance doesn't cover braces which one them need. We have to pay the whole cost out of pocket. We need $700 to get started. You can place an order through my ko-fi.

Please consider sharing. Every bit helps!

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December 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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alannawrites.bsky.social
Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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chriscjackson.bsky.social
This entire weekend
in the pit
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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muellershewrote.com
For those who can’t / don’t have access to IG, here’s an article about it h/t to @mathiastck.bsky.social amp.sacbee.com/news/local/e...
Lincoln mayor's remarks at high school’s first Club America ignite controversy
Club America is the high school program associated with Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative politics.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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muellershewrote.com
I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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neilpollyticks.bsky.social
Alt text version. Thanks for sharing Harry.
Saved by Stoppard Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec I), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: "If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?" With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of "adjuvant systemic chemotherapy", ", and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients' survival. Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia. Michael Baum Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL r.
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
eriktdahl.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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astridoverthere.bsky.social
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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lindsayellis.bsky.social
“No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney.” 🤌🤌🤌
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
On the ballot today:

-NYC: Mayor
-Minneapolis: Mayor
-VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House
-NJ: Governor
-PA: State Supreme Court
-GA: Public Service Commission
-TX: TX-18 U.S. House
-CA: Prop 50

This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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maryosteen.bsky.social
✊🏼🇺🇸 Let’s Do This! 🇺🇸✊🏼
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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kmaustinyoung.bsky.social
Went out briefly and had a guy yell, “Oh my God, are you Philomena Cunk?!”
Kira in a blue button up shirt and a gray blazer with brown bangs like Philomena Cunk
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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seantcollins.com
I believe people who misuse Tolkien to advance fascism should have a brief but life-changing encounter with World War II–era Christopher Lee
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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lifewinning.com
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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sbqsolidarity.bsky.social
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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eleanormorton.bsky.social
This is why she's top tier, og, elite when it comes to YouTubers

Other videos don't even touch the sides

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The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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August 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
"The Fall of Rome Scented Candle smells like cypress trees and red wine. Light it and watch the Roman forum melt into a puddle of wax while you quietly contemplate the impermanence of civilizations and/or candles."
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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tizzyent.bsky.social
Folsom CA, Who is he?
June 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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marawilson.bsky.social
One of my favorite things I’ve ever written! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...

What a Straight Man’s Favorite Musical Says About Him - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
eriktdahl.bsky.social
I remembered reading that this song, like Istanbul (Not Constantinople) and Why Does The Sun Shine?, is a cover. So, I looked up the original, and it's awesome too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFKT...
June 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
eriktdahl.bsky.social
I got to sit next to Wil Wheaton at the Phoenix airport because I had a power strip and he let me plug it into the outlet nearby so more people could charge their phones.
bolt451.bsky.social Deck the Halls with Bolt451 @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM