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A. Fresnel
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I just figured out this is a football thing after I spent minutes trying to Google what happened to Mont Blanc pens.
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An expert (? haven't actually worked in the field for a while but grad school never leaves you) in weird niche embedded GPS applications, currently teaching physics, always sipping coffee, riding bikes, wearing cardigan sweaters. (they/them)
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A. Fresnel
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I just figured out this is a football thing after I spent minutes trying to Google what happened to Mont Blanc pens.
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Tyler James Hill
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A. Fresnel
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I honestly don't see what the plan is beyond Step 1: make sure a Democrat isn't even on the ballot in every state Step 2: ???? Step 3: Victory!
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A. Fresnel
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Fucking yikes.
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A. Fresnel
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I have a friend who my entire friend group calls Dan Prime so that one just makes me feel so profoundly weird.
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A. Fresnel
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Huh. I had no idea. We just went once to look at tulips and buy some tacky stuff my Dutch partner hadn't had since highschool.
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A. Fresnel
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Holland, Michigan imported an entire Dutch windmill.
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A. Fresnel
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I think that might be the best explanation for The Aquabats I've ever heard, though.
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A. Fresnel
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I had a dream once in which I couldn't think of anything else to call the king and addressed him as Chaz and now every time I see this reskeeted I just want to experimentally find out how well that'd go.
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A. Fresnel
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I had a dream once where I met the king and couldn't think of what to call him so I just called him Chaz. I'm still kind of afraid I might be banned from the entire commonwealth.
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A. Fresnel
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Tom Collins is named after the glassware, though.
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A. Fresnel
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I had a very nervous senior dog who didn't like to go outside at all. The last place we would go was the dumpster to throw his poop away, so if he really wanted to go inside he'd drag me to the dumpster and then back to the front door.
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A. Fresnel
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It's on the playlist with Uncle Sam Goddamn.
youtu.be/OO18F4aKGzQ?...
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A. Fresnel
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Me with the only copy of Vonda N. McIntyre's Exile Waiting that I've ever seen in person that I bought for $1.
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A. Fresnel
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Here in NE Ohio we're weirdly obsessed with the official Ohio fish fossil Dunkleosteus. Does Dunky count as a shark or was he definitively something else?
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. š¦
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The shark doctor is in! Ask me anything. Have questions about sharks? Marine biology? Ocean conservation? Me? Anything at all? Ask me anything! Ask away, my flight is in two hours and Iām bored. Tag friends who might have questions, and please share! š§Ŗš¦š
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A. Fresnel
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I hope it keeps him from showing up in my inbox. I'm overdue for a weirdly aggressive fringe science weirdo manifesto.
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Nicole Gugliucci
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This thread is a RIDE
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A. Fresnel
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Every time I catch myself doom scrolling I'm just going to reread this instead.
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A. Fresnel
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In terms of places I've been I've got to give it to French Lick. I still need to visit Point No Point.
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A. Fresnel
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Cecilia doesn't know what's going on, but would like an attention.
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A. Fresnel
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This song is stuck in my head now. youtu.be/mQbh7UNCZdc?...
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A. Fresnel
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Also, I think there was a crash but nobody cares.
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A. Fresnel
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Mark Cavendish just broke Eddy Merckx's record for number of career Tour de France stage wins.
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A. Fresnel
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IƤ! IƤ! Cthulhu fhtagn!
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A. Fresnel
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Isn't that also basically the backstory of the creation of the cinematic masterpiece that is Manos: The Hands of Fate?
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A. Fresnel
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I now want to turn this into a special relativity exam problem.
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A. Fresnel
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I knew this already, but most likely because I used to take lithium and my habit of overreacting everything.
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A. Fresnel
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So Remco Evenepoel is second in the GC, which means he's at least going to be relevant enough this #TdF that I'll get to frustrate my Dutch partner with my inability to pronounce Dutch names without a German accent.
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A. Fresnel
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I live for rural French hay bale sculpture and making jokes about the board game every time they go through Carcassonne.
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A. Fresnel
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Or six times per al. You have to figure out which from context.
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Dr. SkySkull
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"Democrats in full-blown panic after debate performance." Democrats are in a full-blown panic if they do long division and get a remainder left over. "Full-blown panic" means very little in the Democratic party.
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A. Fresnel
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This might be better than the time I had to agree to a TOS promising I wouldn't use some code to design a bomb.
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A. Fresnel
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Taiga. It's just really satisfying to say taiga.
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A. Fresnel
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As a big fan of the Tour de France and 99% Invisible, I really like this episode.
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A. Fresnel
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The trick to getting my favorite #TdF team to do something cool is to not put any of them on my fantasy team. Education First is eying a stage win on day one. They should still bring back the argyle.
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Orcspiration
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YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.
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hilzoy
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If you are not a lawyer and are wondering what the big deal about Chevron deference is, read this. It's really good.
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A. Fresnel
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I misread this at first and then read the entire thread in Jon Lovitz's voice which actually kinda helped with the existential despair.
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A. Fresnel
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I see so many people who have perfect 1:1 timelines on both I feel like there must be, but nobody is willing to tell me about it. š¤·š¼āāļø
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A. Fresnel
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I'd never heard of this (or been to Seattle, to be fair) but this sounds so ridiculously on brand for me I'm disappointed.
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A. Fresnel
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Now I just want to dig out and reread my copy of Manifold Time by Stephen Baxter.
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My partner is Dutch and I will continue the tradition of getting death glares for absolutely butchering the pronunciation of Dutch and Belgian riders' names.
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A. Fresnel
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FWIW starting tomorrow I will start pointlessly shouting into the void about the Tour de France.
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A. Fresnel
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Oh, this is mostly what I hear from fellow trans people when anyone asks about what Project 2025 is and if a second Trump term would affect our collective well being. š¤·š¼āāļø
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A. Fresnel
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To be clear, I take the abandoning society part of this plan seriously. I won't be selling discount maple syrup, I'll just be a deranged hermit with a terrible boat-plane and a ludicrous amount of concentrated tree sap.
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A. Fresnel
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If one more person tells me Project 2025 is just a Heritage Foundation flight of fancy that will never amount to anything and its silly to be concerned about it I will abandon society, build an ekranoplan, and start smuggling maple syrup across Lake Erie from Canada.
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A. Fresnel
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Is making clear glass IRL harder or easier than it is in Dwarf Fortress?
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A. Fresnel
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People are willing to speak authoritatively about so many things where I just want to shout "Damn it, Jim! I'm a [physicist], not a [???]!" in my best Leonard "Bones" McCoy voice.
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