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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 12h

The current bid is now high enough that the website is expressing it in scientific notation.

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Portland Timbers @timbers.com · 1d

A legendary player, golden in green 💛💚

Forever part of Portland’s story 👏

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 13h

I mean, yeah. It's an LLM. Those things are programmed to tell you what an answer to your query is *likely to sound like,* not what the answer to your query *is.*

Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 6d

Portland gonna Portland.

www.koin.com/news/politic...

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 9d

Our cats Tevvy ONLY ever chases his tail while in the bathtub.

I dont pretend to understand it but I love it.

Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 9d

Just picked up this workbench from a garage sale for ten bucks.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 10d

you should buckaroo. it took an unfathomably infinite amount of variables to bring you to this exact moment over trillions and trillions of years you are the end result of mind bending cosmic rarity and you wield that radiant uniqueness through everything that you do

SynthW4V3 🌈💫 @synthw4v3.bsky.social · 10d

I feel empowered 🥹

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 13d

It's the quenchiest!

An aluminum drink can labeled "Pricklee Cactus Water." It is yellow with an exaggerated depiction of a cactus.

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Hockey Out of Context Loves Canada @nhloutofcontext.bsky.social · 15d

Who else survived the rapture?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14d

well that escalated quickly

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Hockey Out of Context Loves Canada @nhloutofcontext.bsky.social · 15d

Just a friendly reminder that the preseason only matters when your team wins.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20d

This is a terrifying chapter in US history. Right now. Today.

Gary Whitta @garywhitta.com · 20d

deeper and deeper into the abyss

Disney's ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after FCC chair criticizes the host's Charlie Kirk comments

The network confirmed to NBC News it is "indefinitely" pulling the show.

www.nbcnews.com

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 23d

Mike Tyson made Mr.Beast show a human emotion for the first time

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 24d

My grandmother loved to garden. She was always happiest when she was out in the yard, tending to her plants. So when she passed three years ago and I was asked if I wanted anything of hers, I requested a hardy plant that could be brought down here and put into my own yard.

Still blooming, Gramma. ❤️

A bright pink dahlia flower in dappled sunlight, with other plants visible in the background.

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · 25d

I honestly love it when writers talk about writing like “when I write I put God on a donkey the size of a roller rink and I thread his beard with McDonald’s receipts” like what but I love it but what

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~garry~ @garrykerls.bsky.social · 26d

Boat: Welcome aboard

Plane: Thank you for flying with us

Train: Hey, soul sister

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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 27d

The difference between asking an AI to fix your problems and a Witch is that the Witch is real

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 27d

I won a donation prize from #SGDQ 2024 and it finally arrived today! And since it was signed I OF COURSE looked up the artist and she's from my old hometown???? Thank you @marlowedobbe.com and thank you Prize Wizard!

A framed painting of Bowzer in his MarioKart vehicle on a red background.

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · 28d

Husband harvested the jalapeños from our plant and had enough to make exactly one bottle of hot sauce. Made with smoked garlic, peach and balsamic vinegar. Even as someone who doesn't really like spicy stuff I gotta say this is damn tasty.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29d

Only true 90s kids will know that 'nostalgia' is a combination of words meaning "homecoming" + "pain."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 6

His military flyover of the Epstein Survivor's Press Conference was like when a little kid puts their fingers in their ears, saying "Nyah, nyah, nyah I can't hear you!"!
Pathetic, hugely expensive & hilariously ineffective.

#TerrifiedOfTheEPSTEIN_Files 😨

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Somewhere in Nevada..."

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 28

There is a massive walk out at the CDC by staff unfolding right now. It is NECESSARY. I stand in solidarity with my CDC colleagues. standing up for science and public health. It is a moral imperative.

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Tolkien Obsessive @lachwen.bsky.social · Aug 28

We decided it was time to pull the fennel plant. So of course I had my husband pose with it like a stereotypical "man with fish" profile picture.

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Jhonen Vasquez @jhnenvee.bsky.social · Aug 28

On my way to the airport and being weirded out seeing that there’s other people out at this hour. What are they all doing?? They all look so miserable. Oh god, do I look like that? Am I also… people? #dragoncon

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