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Ankarah@ankarah.bsky.social |
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Vaguely sane, Texas resident thanks to covid fun. Living with fractious tortoiseshell Chimera Pfeffernuss Murdermittens, who tries to run my life. Clueless minecrafter, BG3 addict, ESO, among other games. I was an academic in distant times past. she/her
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Ankarah
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There are SO many things to do with Kennedy that I do not want to look up and boy is this one of them - I'm just going to assume it's as bad as that sounds, and also ugh, no, why, and I hate this current timeline we're in.
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Gail Simone
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So it's not weird at all to hear two of the biggest movie stars in the world discussing a concept I came up ages ago as a fan with a message board.
Life is weird but cool.
But not as cool as @VancityReynolds and @RealHughJackman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUC8aljHnio
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Katie Mack
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I kinda feel like now that the Supreme Court has declared it legal for a president to straight-up murder people they don't like, it's probably even more important to not elect people who seem extremely inclined to murder people they don't like
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Ankarah
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Wait wait wait you needed to have led with that bit - "up since 4am being (in theory) productive but not able to have caffeine" - because that is ugh, no, bad.
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Very Very Common Mike Dunford
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Work our asses off. Every state. Every election. Every time. It's the only solution.
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Kari Dru
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Being too impressed with bombast and too intolerant of human imperfection is definitely part of how we got here.
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Ankarah
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I think the Chili Must Not Have Beans mantra in my family primarily has to do with being cheated out of meat because of the beans acting as filler. I seem to remember there were also strong feelings about whether eating with crackers crumbled into it was A Right Thing or not.
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Ankarah
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This is apparently a real thing that exists and not a joke that Jessica Fletcher looks like she was hit in the face with a rolled newspaper.
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Medusa’s Wink😉
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You need this today. For morale.
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Ankarah
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My grandfather used to make chili and then put it on spaghetti and in Texas that branded him as a super weird person. I have since heard that in other states the spaghetti thing exists and honestly it does seem like alternate reality stuff!
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Ankarah
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You can just ask the question "Does real chili have beans" and then run because you just know what that'll do to that kind of group!
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton
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My goal for getting through hard times is to wring every ounce of pleasure out of what is ridiculous. There are so, so many ridiculous things in life. Someone posted a photo of a pregnant squirrel. I laughed for five minutes. Look at her.
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Ankarah
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Ok, but why voles? Do they often become concussed? I suddenly feel the need to go read up on voles and if they're accident prone.
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The future producer of “Himbo Heist”
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Hard same. Everyone settle the fuck down.
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The Republic Is Ours To Save
@ejwillingham.bsky.social
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Not over. As someone alive before Chevron precedent, before legal abortion, before many things being flipped back in time existed, I can say you can fight this war&win it. Again. &this time, people have sunk costs&reaped benefits where before it was theoretical. They will feel&resent the loss.
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Rosemary Mosco
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There's a world of people who aren't debating the basics (pollution bad, climate change real) but are taking action at incredibly complex levels. And I mean there's a WORLD - there both US- and non-US-based solutions. There are massive victories. Heroes. And I don't see this work reflected online
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Popehat
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When I saw Biden at a fundraiser early this month, he sounded tired and a bit feeble, particularly contrasted with Obama talking right next to him. But the choice between enfeebled and a narcissistic sociopath surrounded by younger narcissistic sociopaths is not even a little difficult.
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Ankarah
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Thank you so much! I can't watch the orange blob speak, it makes me too angry/upset/depressed. You rock for writing this play by play!
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Microplastics Sommelier
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einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter: (1) your haters are trash (2) you’re a baller, a true queen (3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
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Kingfisher & Wombat
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She’s twelve, which is about what English coonhounds tend to reach, but has the heart of a much younger dog and the brains of a manual toaster.
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Kingfisher & Wombat
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My friend, you were a polite opponent and I bear you no ill will, but never ever say “Good game” until it is your turn and the enemy is dying in front of you.
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Kingfisher & Wombat
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This post brought to you by the nice person who thought casting Sleep on my army would end me. Sadly, I had a Corpse Knight and an Ocelot Pride and they had 5 life. But they were right, it WAS a good game.
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Josh Sternberg
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These two are definitely the same and really makes it hard who to vote for. Whatever shall we do.
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Laura Seay
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"They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore" (skewering antisemitism) & "The Ballad of Charles Whitman" (on the Texas Tower shooter) were maybe the first truly transgressive satirical songs I ever heard. They force you to think, even as you're laughing - & feeling guilty about doing so. RIP, Kinky.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
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It’s me, quoted in The New Yorker, like I know what I’m talking about. Oh, the places my very weird dissertation has taken me!
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Ann Aguirre
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After reading this, I now want Uncle Joe to do this debate in a shark costume. Please manifest this for me, universe.
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Kathleen E. Kennedy
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Oh JSTOR no
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Ankarah
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I would have gone Girlfriend in a Coma, but mainly because you have to figure out whether that particular kind of spider is something Serious. Or just on its way to somewhere else.
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Ankarah
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(Different role - Kago-Darr - but I ran out of characters, darnit)
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Ankarah
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Aw, didn't know that, now I love this character/actor even more. Also love this bit:
"...he felt that the writers and producers of the show [ST:E] had created it [the role] for him specifically as his family was trying to adapt following the birth of his triplets."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
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Finally!
I wrote about this case a few months ago--worth noting that the majority-Black town of Newbern stopped holding elections altogether riiight around the time the Voting Rights Act said no, really, you can't keep Black folks from participating in elections
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Dr Eleanor Janega
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It's the Feast Day of St George Michael (his birthday). To celebrate, I suggest you listen to his many divine jams, do some mutual aid, and flirt with a stranger. May he continue to guide us all in our endeavours. Ora pro nobis, Sancte Georgi.
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Sarah E. Bond
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I just want to say that Thomas Aquinas is not my fav for many reasons, but one is that he was a strikebreaker and scab brought to Paris in 1252, when many students and professors went on strike over the issue of the theology chairs that taught religion in the city universities.
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J. L. Westover
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Secret Panel HERE 👼😈 tapas.io/episode/1698919
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Klovar
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people find it so hard to believe that stormtroopers from Star Wars have terrible aim probably because bad equipment it's 2024 on earth and we have two of the most valuable companies in the history of the world: one of them is making airplanes that crash, the other makes trucks that can't get wet
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Phil Lewis
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ComedyCentral. com, had been home to clips from every episode of “The Daily Show” since 1999, and the entire run of “The Colbert Report,” but as of today, the site is gone
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lacey
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thinking about my dog and how he makes sure i get my daily mental health outings for #makeaterriblecomicday2024
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Ankarah
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Also see
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_...
(I have so many delightful public domain texts to now see if I can access online!)
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Ankarah
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I can't stop finding more info - here's the history that this legend was probably based on, because there's a real legend of this dragon in Wantley (north of Sheffield):
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-d...
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Ankarah
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Here is an entire performance of the opera, which I've not made it through yet as it's 2hrs. In theory I will eventually find the song with the dragon farting in it and note the time at which it occurs! (Anyone else can totally pass that on to me and I'll be pleased!)
youtu.be/9QS92K_c578?...
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Ankarah
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One I read "farting dragon" I HAD to know more! Also I'm putting off running errands, heh. Was a great excuse! Because history and poetry, important and all that.
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Ankarah
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I would also like to note that this is how hours pass and I wonder why I'm not getting things done. But, the internet! It has forced me to check youtube for obscure operas!
youtu.be/DZrpr5BR4lE?...
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Ankarah
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Also see this info about a recording of it:
operatoday.com/2022/07/drag...
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Ankarah
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Bonus points for the opera apparently having pointed messages mocking Walpole's taxation policies.
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Ankarah
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Because I can't just read something like this and not look it up:
John Frederick Lampe's 1737's parody opera The Dragon of Wantley. Which I would definitely have studied ages ago if I'd known there was a song about farting dragons.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_...
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c0nc0rdance
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UTAHRAPTOR, on the other hand, is like if an ostrich took steroids and got the Captain America super-serum. They were 5–6 metres (16–20 ft) long and weighed ~250–350 kilograms (550–770 lb), and I suppose it's up for debate whether the serrated teeth or 15 inch sickle claw would kill you faster.
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c0nc0rdance
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A typical velociraptor was 2 m long (snout to tail-tip), 0.5 m high, and weighed up to 20 kg. It had a 9 cm sharp, sickle-shaped, retractable claw on each foot. Imagine a large, psychotic goose dual-wielding straight razors. Not *Jurassic Park*, but still terrifying.
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Just Jim will do.
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Note that if you need #ProofOfCat as a form of ID, but you don't currently have a car, there are some spares in a box by the window.
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Ankarah
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Thread of fun with AI and law research, whee?
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Ankarah
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I'll admit in the last few years I am completely unable to tell what's real with posts like this - esp when some Tx folk take pride in being extra over the top. But usually coaches would use peer pressure not put this in writing, we'd only find out the truth from students after a death.
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