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I would like to add boops boops to the list of animals with reduplicative species names en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boops_b...
Boops boops - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org
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One of my favorite things about skunks is that the scientific name for them is Mephitis mephitis mephitis, meaning “stinky stinky stinky”
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second time in a few days that i've taken a nap so good it takes my personality a half hour to boot up again afterwards and i cannot recommend it highly enough. the ultimate form of logging off.
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ME: one of my back-to-back meetings just cancelled so now I can get some stuff done from my giant to-do list BRAIN: *garbage disposal grinding noises*
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someone whose brain is working better than mine please remind me what grownups do when they're overtired
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currently at the stage of pumping up the bike tires where i'm thinking about removing the rear derailleur and I'm not sure where the blood is coming from
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gotta love that feeling when you find the right person to rubber duck with and suddenly you have answers to questions you weren't even asking
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one day, without realizing it, you will have gotten old enough to voluntary order the bitter melon dish on the menu, and there will be no turning back of the clock
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A thread about the value of the fine structure constant in Quantum Electrodynamics. (1/137)
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guys i have distressing news about the lock clam
have now been forced to learn about the etymology of hack squat and now i'm even more upset
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literati in the zhou dynasty
God I was not meant to survive in a dying empire. I was meant to draw gay guys
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bless you leslye headland and these gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty
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ended with two flappers, one blister, and no fingerprints so it is time to do some crimes
it begins
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Walking into ceiling fans takes out a lot of them
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gonna need @pfrazee.com to give us more thread filter options
just learned that i have unwittingly hired another Very Tall Person for my org of Very Tall People and it's really taking all the fun out of in person events when i will have to do srs leadership things while knowing what i look like from their perspective 🐣
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just take comfort in the knowledge they don’t live as long, much like Great Danes
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filing an HR complaint because the Talls are now bullying me in my own team meetings
just learned that i have unwittingly hired another Very Tall Person for my org of Very Tall People and it's really taking all the fun out of in person events when i will have to do srs leadership things while knowing what i look like from their perspective 🐣
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really glad i found this corner of bluesky and chuffed to learn about the meme behind 老子要是吃火锅你都吃不着火锅底料
Haven’t followed the Chinese hip hop scene for years so it could be that every major city now has a local rap scene with acts like 北派 (Northern Style), but at least by comparison with the more pop-inflected mainstream stuff, this is really good! youtu.be/ScHSVFDYZ68?...
京中有善口技者!|《北派》-秃子2z、辉子youtu.be #秃子2z #辉子 #北派 #动态歌词 #歌曲推荐
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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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there is finally an SF MUNI holiday sweater to compete with the BART ones (which have set a very high bar, to be fair) sfmta.smartonlineorder.com
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency | Just another smartonlineorder.com sitesfmta.smartonlineorder.com
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it also gives rise to one of my favorite linguistics jokes (a niche genre, to be fair):
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kiki in the streets and bouba in the sheets
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introducing @kiki-bouba.mozzius.dev like the labeller to find out if you're kiki or bouba (wip, still working out the prompt)
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did you know you can just plan a run to end at the farmer's market and then stuff your face with $20 of fresh berries
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what a gift it is you be able to see yourself through the eyes of your friends who love you