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@etchachan.bsky.social
Like the loch. Formerly https://cohost.org/etc . I don't know how much I'll actually be using this. They/them.
Slowly constructing a site at https://zawn.dev/ where longer posts will hopefully end up.
Slowly constructing a site at https://zawn.dev/ where longer posts will hopefully end up.
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This was sold to me as a croissant, but is very clearly a carré.
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This was sold to me as a croissant, but is very clearly a carré.
Discover a “pandora of possibilities”, huh. I’m sure that the things pandora discovered were all great and she had no regrets, and that everyone at the mod has a well-rounded education.
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Discover a “pandora of possibilities”, huh. I’m sure that the things pandora discovered were all great and she had no regrets, and that everyone at the mod has a well-rounded education.
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That old stick about the Roman Empire, and how the actual sign of the collapse was a bridge falling down and nobody coming to fix it.
Replacing collapsed bridge 'nigh on impossible' cost for council
The Spey Viaduct was completed in 1886 but partially collapsed into the Moray river at the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
That old stick about the Roman Empire, and how the actual sign of the collapse was a bridge falling down and nobody coming to fix it.
Tangen apparently met a bunch of the infected, and now he speaks like a chatbot. It is darkly fascinating, watching the creation and spread of a contagious psyche-devouring brainworm in real time.
A completely unhinged post from the head of Norway's oil fund: to hunt down the "leaders" of groups resisting AI implementation in companies and "remove" them
archive.ph/r0u2r
archive.ph/r0u2r
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Tangen apparently met a bunch of the infected, and now he speaks like a chatbot. It is darkly fascinating, watching the creation and spread of a contagious psyche-devouring brainworm in real time.
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That's ridiculous, just because they wear tighter outfits, it has a chorus line of dancers and a musical interval at halftime doesn't mean etc etc.
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That's ridiculous, just because they wear tighter outfits, it has a chorus line of dancers and a musical interval at halftime doesn't mean etc etc.
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A gay friend of my dad's came back from holiday, having seen NFL and excitedly declared, "I've discovered 'Rugby: The Musical'"
December 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A gay friend of my dad's came back from holiday, having seen NFL and excitedly declared, "I've discovered 'Rugby: The Musical'"
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As i've said before, the renaissance was just 15th century OnlyFans.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
As i've said before, the renaissance was just 15th century OnlyFans.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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The third I left overnight and drank it in the morning. Tap water, no aftertaste and tasted like the others. It's the tin salts! The electroplating! Larger companies switched to electroplated tinplate because it's cheaper than hot dip (still is too, less than $3 a sheet vs $8.50) 6/7
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The third I left overnight and drank it in the morning. Tap water, no aftertaste and tasted like the others. It's the tin salts! The electroplating! Larger companies switched to electroplated tinplate because it's cheaper than hot dip (still is too, less than $3 a sheet vs $8.50) 6/7
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One of the things I love about the Internet Archive is that they are the last website that manages to make a broken and constantly degrading user experience feel mysterious and exciting.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
One of the things I love about the Internet Archive is that they are the last website that manages to make a broken and constantly degrading user experience feel mysterious and exciting.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
I just heard someone singing that they wanted a hippopotamus for christmas, and it it’s important to remember that a hippo is a lifetime commitment, and that you shouldn’t just abandon them when they’re not cute anymore or if you happen to die unexpectedly.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...
Pablo Escobar's Multiplying 'Cocaine Hippos' Will Be Sterilized in Colombia
The country’s hippo population has grown to about 170, and officials warn it could reach 1,000 individuals by 2035 if left uncontrolled
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I just heard someone singing that they wanted a hippopotamus for christmas, and it it’s important to remember that a hippo is a lifetime commitment, and that you shouldn’t just abandon them when they’re not cute anymore or if you happen to die unexpectedly.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...
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🎵❄️🎵
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you've just ate
He knows full well he's normalizing
A mass surveillance state
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you've just ate
He knows full well he's normalizing
A mass surveillance state
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🎵❄️🎵
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you've just ate
He knows full well he's normalizing
A mass surveillance state
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you've just ate
He knows full well he's normalizing
A mass surveillance state
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when did i say i didn't play Horses? i did play it, finished it this afternoon. why would i be telling you what the game was about if i hadn't played it? that'd be irresponsible of me, to have big public opinions about a game i've never played. pipe down when you don't know what you're talking about
Nicky you didn’t play it either so how can you claim a moral high ground here? You can go watch it and understand all you need to.
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
when did i say i didn't play Horses? i did play it, finished it this afternoon. why would i be telling you what the game was about if i hadn't played it? that'd be irresponsible of me, to have big public opinions about a game i've never played. pipe down when you don't know what you're talking about
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This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
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a french dude mailing a toilet an art gallery to protest their pay to play policies isn't art but me typing "garfield the cat beautiful anime woman big breasts photorealistic and she is looking at me with tender affection i complete her life and give her meaning" is
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
a french dude mailing a toilet an art gallery to protest their pay to play policies isn't art but me typing "garfield the cat beautiful anime woman big breasts photorealistic and she is looking at me with tender affection i complete her life and give her meaning" is
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don’t cheapen your slides! there *are* places to get free, human-created, rich, visual content on this bitch of an internet, some on this list: livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
don’t cheapen your slides! there *are* places to get free, human-created, rich, visual content on this bitch of an internet, some on this list: livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Had a dream last night about selkie-like shapeshifters who could turn into birds by wearing a feather cloak. Wondered if anyone else had this idea.
Wikipedia: “Everyone in the world had this idea 3000 years ago. Even dnd has them”
I have genuinely no idea how I failed to learn about this before.
Wikipedia: “Everyone in the world had this idea 3000 years ago. Even dnd has them”
I have genuinely no idea how I failed to learn about this before.
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Had a dream last night about selkie-like shapeshifters who could turn into birds by wearing a feather cloak. Wondered if anyone else had this idea.
Wikipedia: “Everyone in the world had this idea 3000 years ago. Even dnd has them”
I have genuinely no idea how I failed to learn about this before.
Wikipedia: “Everyone in the world had this idea 3000 years ago. Even dnd has them”
I have genuinely no idea how I failed to learn about this before.