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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 18h

Thousands of Twitter users mistook my username for a phone company, the situation went viral, and I ended up starring in a mockumentary commercial/short film that won major advertising awards. Filming it was one of my best experiences ever — a theater kid’s dream come true — and that’s my real mom.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely good thread of advice for getting through an airport, from someone who works there every day. 🧵✈

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 2d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 2d

This is extremely cool science. mRNA vaccines that train the immune system not to react to allergens.

Future mRNA vaccines may prevent food and seasonal allergies | Penn Medicine

A new Penn mRNA vaccine stopped allergens from causing dangerous immune reactions and life-threatening inflammation in mice.

www.pennmedicine.org

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I see one of these vans, I imagine them delivering emergency batteries for TV remotes that have stopped working. A small, perhaps, but invaluable service.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 2d

The foolish idea that the course of your life is already set, and that it's too late to start on a new path, is only true if you live like it's true. Your 30s are a perfect time to create your life anew and start working toward the realization of new goals and dreams. So are your 40s and your 50s.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 2d

I dunno, could be a chill ambient track.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 2d

Mendacity capacity?

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 3d

WILLIAM BLAKE: I, the venerated William Blake, have written the finest verse about a tiger anyone will ever conceive.

NAEL: hold my juice

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 3d

tl;dr: The article says it’s “Do you really mean that?”

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 3d

“Here’s Steely Dan’s masterpiece, ‘Aja.’”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 3d

Five years ago today, I found out that someone I dearly loved had died of long covid. It tore me apart, and I’ve tried to reassemble myself in a way that she would think of as a better version of me.

St. Chris in a black t-shirt with a number 42 surrounded by a six-colored rounded square outline. Behind him is a purple knitted blanket.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 3d

Didn’t even notice.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 4d

One of the Myst novels involved a world with a slave caste who were formally ignored by the ruling caste they served. When the ruling caste encountered visitors to that world, they plainly asked them “Can I see you?” because they didn’t know whether to even mentally acknowledge their presence.

Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 4d

It's so obvious that it probably goes without saying, but any argument about gender norms should understand this fundamental truth:

Some people need there to be a clear hard line between being a man and being a woman, because they want to clearly understand who they can be sexist toward.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 4d

I kept a jar of Hershey Kisses on my office desk for exactly that purpose, year round.

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Andrew M. Reichart @andrewmreichart.bsky.social · 4d

The phrase “we’re cooked” is catchy, but I find most expressions of despair pretty irksome. People fought back in Auschwitz. That’s the bar. That’s where the line is, in terms of when it’s time to give up. Absolutely never. & if you think 2025 is the worst year in history, you need to study history.

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Steve Barr @barrsteve.bsky.social · 4d

It's so obvious that it probably goes without saying, but any argument about gender norms should understand this fundamental truth:

Some people need there to be a clear hard line between being a man and being a woman, because they want to clearly understand who they can be sexist toward.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 4d

I VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE WITH YOU

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 5d

One song to start with, please. I have been aware of Echo and the Bunnymen since seventh grade but have never heard any of their music.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 5d

I’m afraid of Americans
I’m afraid of the world
I’m afraid I can’t help it
I’m afraid I can’t

Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 6d

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Lug Rig @lugrig.bsky.social · 5d

it’s too easy to mistake intensity for intelligence

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 6d

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 5d

#FungiFriends

(I’d love to know what type of mushroom this is)

St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 6d

We’ve clearly got a very nice mycelium in my yard.

A large beige mushroom in a meadowy yard with a background of trees, blue sky, and bright puffy clouds.

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lizzywanders @lizzywanders.bsky.social · 6d

𖥧𖤣 tiny habitat 𖤣𖥧

Macro shot focusing on a cluster of tiny, leafy, mint-colored lichen lobes cascading down a crevice of a gnarly, decaying stump. It looks like a miniature world with vines clinging to a tall old brown wall. More blurred green lichen on top of the stump wall and in the background.

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St. Chris @stchris.bsky.social · 6d

One of the best comics ever. I’ve been a fan of Dani for years.

Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 6d

"Why don't people like me?"

Growing up with undiagnosed ADHD, I struggled to keep friends. I always ended up being "too much" for people.

Too loud. Too weird. Too annoying.

But after all this time, I finally realized—I don’t have to make myself smaller to be worthy of love. ❤️‍🩹

#ADHDAwarenessMonth

Title: Fitting In

Excited blue triangle character approaches 4 orange circles, who laugh saying “Pffft” and “So annoying.”

The blue triangle gets an idea, and pulls out a saw. She starts shaving the corners of herself off in an effort to look more like a circle.

The mean orange circles laugh again, saying “What a loser, LOL” while the blue triangle looks sadly at all her corner pieces that read “loud,” “eager,” and “hyper.”

A green square shows up, with bandages all over its corners, carrying a red envelope. They help the blue triangle to her feet.

Green square proceeds to open the red envelope to reveal band-aids and re-attach the blue corners (starting with “loud”) to the triangle.

Triangle is all put back together. A purple hexagon and pink parallelogram enter the scene, excited to be there and also donning bandages on their corners.

Last frame: shapes standing together among a long line of same orange circles. The red envelope with bandages can be seen center stage.

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