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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 29m

Death seems the only desirable sequel for a career like this

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 52m

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 39m

“That kite is junk,” said the robins. “Throw it away and go home.”

Three robins gawk and laugh at Toad.

From "The Kite"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Oblique Strategies @obliquestrategies.bsky.social · 33m

Cut a vital connection

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 3h

He was showing us the way the whole time.

Image of Brick Frog from The Venture Brothers: a man in a goofy frog suit, brandishing a brick, and carrying a bag of additional bricks

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 4h

sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 4h

This exact sequence of events was the cause of death for roughly 70% of all viscounts, historically.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6h

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 9h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 11h

He's a terrible Speaker, a terrible representative, but his actual job is to run interference for the Trump administration and the Republican party as a whole--to preserve their impunity and sabotage any action they deem undesirable. He's not terrible at that, it's just a terrible vocation.

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Kanna Banana 🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇷 @kanna-banana.bsky.social · Feb 21

girls night out

a forest camera photo at night showing a coyote, a red fox and a gray wolf walking together in a line

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Oops𓅓 @vodkula.bsky.social · 12h

Parasnailing

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing this--and all the similar videos/images/stories of ICE just casually unloading chemical agents on people for their own amusement--I can't help but think about Trump's pardon of Eddie Gallagher. They fully intend to be sniping people with live rounds for fun some say soon.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 1d

YOU - (Look at your wrist.) “It's apocalypse o' clock. Time to commence the Gloaming.”

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 1d

Just based on the frog guy, I wonder if it also makes them aware that they can't claim fear of bodily harm from someone whose entire body is covered in something bouncy. Like "oh, the frog made a move? WITH WHAT HANDS, BRO?"

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

Heaven have mercy on us all—Presbyterians and Pagans alike—for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending

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Jucika @jucikadaily.bsky.social · 1d

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Lmaoo it wasn't Michael Rapaport but it's the stunt double they use when they throw him down a flight of stairs

The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 2d

That's a huge part of trolling, actually--the troll puts on a polite show while saying things they know will get people upset, and then sit back and say "oh, look how rude you are! How toxic!"

But again, it's the troll that's the problem, even if they get dogpiled with foul language.

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MIST COULD PASS. @mrreciprocity.bsky.social · 2d

I would say that's a dangerously limited definition. If one person is politely spreading obvious lies, gish-galloping, sea-lioning, etc, and someone else tells them to "eat shit", it's the liar who is the problem.

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Cozy Snugglefield @garybutterfield.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, last call! I haven't gotten very many submissions, which I'm a little surprised by. Send this to your artist friends!

I can also go through previous pitches, but I always like having a wide rolodex.

Cozy Snugglefield @garybutterfield.bsky.social · 9d

Gary is back for one week only because:

We need new album art for our CRPG podcast Real Lich Hours. Next season we're tackling Planescape: Torment!

lgtbq+bipoc encouraged to submit, it's a paid gig.

Send me your samples at [email protected]

Please retweet and spread the word!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2d

"I am sick, sick. With this desperate fury."

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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