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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 23h

As if!

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 2d

I am glad that you don’t acknowledge a “good morning,” and that you acknowledge a beautiful dog

Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 2d

That sounds like a very genteel term for deviled eggs

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 6d

Get some Polah!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 8d

I like that they internalized the jinx so much that they don’t dare sing “gonna win today” until after they have won

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 9d

The concept of “winning” and “losing” at Monty Hall is often poorly defined…

An xkcd cartoon depicting the set of Monty Hall, with the host standing on the stage in front of three doors, one of which is open, while the contestant is leading a goat off the stage. The contestant is saying to the goat, “...AND MY YARD HAS SO
MUCH GRASS, AND I'LL TEACH YOU TRICKS, AND...” while the goat has a heart thought bubble above its head.

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 9d

The concept of “winning” and “losing” at Monty Hall is often poorly defined…

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 10d

This shoe repair store, owned by a fellow named Jesús, in my town closed for a while. But a few months later, it reopened in a new location. Perhaps they polled an atheist from Ann Arbor, MI.

A photo of a sign in a store window, showing silhouettes of several shoes and boots, and the sentence “Jesus will save your sole and dye for you.”

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 13d

I am in my 50s. I’ll never be able to memorize another nine- (or more) digit number again.

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Ellen Jovin is at the Grammar Table @grammartable.bsky.social · 14d

I'll be there at 6pm with the Grammar Table! And Brandt and I are doing a Q&A after the movie.

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 14d

I once called my dentist to reschedule an appointment, and they couldn’t find it on the schedule. Finally they said “we don’t have any appointments for Marina Epelman, but Peggy Epelman is a patient.” Reader, I called my dog’s dentist.

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 15d

What an amazing way to harness the English language!

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 16d

Slightly downgrade a band

The Doggie Doors

Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 16d

subtly downgrade a band

Fine Middle-Aged Cannibals

batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 17d

subtly downgrade a band:

concern. at the disco

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 19d

Hope you feel better soon!

Re. pastry: what’s inside?

Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 25d

Correction: doxie-ing

A miniature red dachshund lying on a couch facing an opened laptop

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 25d

This kitchen is as close to living in an Escher painting as one can get, and I am very envious

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 26d

You mean, the Nanny? :-)

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 26d

We can stage that musical from only murders in the building darth

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · 28d

"Fresh Air" and its archives don't get called "a national treasure" often enough. Here, Terry Gross plays for Rob Reiner a 35-year-old clip of Carl — which Rob apparently hasn't heard before — talking to her about watching a rough cut of "When Harry Met Sally"…

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book

War and Truce

Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · Sep 8

Pride & Predetermination

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Sep 8

Slightly diminish a book.

Moby Glans

Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · Sep 7

SaRPiMA

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · Sep 7

me, to the judge: “Well if THAT’s what they meant, they should have used punctuation.”

a sign that reads “NO LOITERING VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED”

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Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sergei Eisenstein’s “Joker”

Marina Epelman @marinaepelman.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you live near these places, go meet Gary — he is charming, and funny, and friendly, and very nice. And if you don’t live near them, you can travel to one and listen to the audiobook on the way. It’s a perfect length to make for a nice day trip.

Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social · Sep 5

Folks, a massive fall Vera tour is on its way!!!! More readings in the winter.

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