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Huge Shark

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Ancient, green-eyed & dangerous. Musician, writer, music reviewer. hugeshark.bandcamp.com
She/her or he/him ok w/me.
(Also a senior IT director in San Diego.)

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Oh gawd, Vegas is horrible in a GOOD July.

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It’s not that hot here! As often happens with these weather events, San Diego escapes the worst of things. It’s warm, but we’re fine with fans :-)

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He’s adorable!

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Really was!

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And yes I need to work on my French meringue technique, but it was good anyway

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I made a cake too! I just posted about it. But not with rhubarb frosting, swoon. I do love a Guinness chocolate cake, they always come out great.

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I made my mom a birthday cake that, while imperfect, was less Cakewreck-y than any other cake I’ve made. It was also delicious (they’re always delicious!). Rich chocolate cake, homemade 4-berry compote filling, French meringue (boiled/7-minute icing) frosting. Last photo overexposed to show inside!

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That sounds amazing!

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I have a weird brain. Just realized you could sing the words to The Kinks' "Lola" to the tune of Coldplay's "Up and Up" #yourewelcome #imsorry

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I’ve seen those. Not sure how they’d go over… but worth a try!

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I’ll keep my fingers crossed! It’s so difficult when they refuse to be brushed.

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Weird. Yeah…

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Interesting! Ok that doesn’t quite sound like ylang ylang to me 🧐

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I like ylang ylang but it does have a kind of rotting/fermented quality, like papaya or gardenias. I love all of these, but I get not liking them. But I am not sure it will evaporate off. It feels like more of a base note. Could be wrong.

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THE BEST

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Honestly Wyatt just posted cookie porn and I am here for it

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Is it sad that I'm super excited about MAKING MOAR LISTS!? All of the things that I want to do… I get to start a new list notebook. #stationeryjunkie #listaddict

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yummmmmmm

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Michael J. DeLuca's avatar Michael J. DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social
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Yesterday Siri suggested I text my wife to tell her I had made a travel connection, even though I’d turned Siri off everywhere I could find, which led me to discover you have to tell it not to spy on each and every app separately now. Today, my battery life is AMAZING. Coincidence? I think not.

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Thank you! It’s all very exciting.

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Does it impact ink flow? I’m not sure I can tell how it would change writing, tbh.

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Welp. I’m officially retired from the University of California now. On to many, many other things now — a lot more freelance work. I expected to have mixed feelings today, but instead I have absolutely zero regrets.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha)'s avatar Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com
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At the end of the day, I don't need to be excited about the top of the ticket to be excited about this election. The presidential election is a root canal. Unfun but probably important not to avoid. DOWN BALLOT IS WHERE IT'S AT! Let's codify abortion! Let's kick these bitches off school boards!

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Katie Mack's avatar Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
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Just FYI we’re entering a summer Covid wave right now (especially western regions in the US); you can see it in the CDC wastewater plot here (and anecdotally a bunch of my friends are suddenly testing positive). www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...

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I really loved this essay. I, too, savor those books I can’t entirely understand; the way they swim ahead, just out of full reach but allowing me occasionally to catch their tails & sense their beauty, is utterly compelling to me — & helps my brain expand a little. reactormag.com/the-joy-of-r...

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Molly Templeton's avatar Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.bsky.social
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I feel strongly about but also a little vulnerable about this topic, because I came up in the 2000s writing movie reviews, and film bros were unbearably attached to authoritative voice—which I think can be a block when it comes to writing/watching/experiencing more varied art. So:

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It’s starting to cool a little here, prior to another warmup. I think I’m going to have to get used to getting up, rolling out of bed and doing garden stuff early.

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Arrrgh. Well, that’s annoying. But the breeze is good, at least.

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I’ve thought that every night this week and it hasn’t happened yet 😭. Our bedroom has gotten “down” to 24.5C at around 4 am..

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Yay! Waterfalls are awesome. Where’d you go?

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Molly Shah's avatar Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social
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It’s all microplastics this and microplastics that but no one talks about the danger of macroplastics and I just ate a fork.

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Andrew Nahem's avatar Andrew Nahem @lowdudgeon.bsky.social
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My brother just coined “autocarwreck” for “autocorrect.”

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Pookleblinky's avatar Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social
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There's an interesting problem in digital preservation, which is that preservation only exists actively. Only the things you actively move to new formats, survives. Community is probably the same way: it has to be actively maintained in order to outlive whatever spot it's currently in.

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I just use a kind that’s really dilute so you use it every time you water, which is not very discriminating but helps me make it a habit.

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Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c. 's avatar Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social
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Thinking next phone i get should be an ipod

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Yell In a War's avatar Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social
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gotdamn if this isn’t EXACTLY what destroys relationships of every kind between men and women—family, platonic, workplace, romantic no amount of love can withstand being shot down every single time she opens her mouth

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Amy A's avatar Amy A @lolennui.bsky.social
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did you know there used to be writers where that was their whole job

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious's avatar Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

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People think sharks aren’t into sports, but…

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