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2024-08-12 03:18:33

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 I’ve noticed several people doing so, so there’s clearly some interest!

2024-08-12 02:47:04

#Monsterdon Grade Report for #WickerMan73 :
Landscape and scenery: A+ fantastic.
Folk songs and folklore: A, pretty authentic
Folk festival: A, authentically weird
Random nudity: C-, trying too hard
Ancient British/Celtic rites: C-, you’re not supposed to just mix & match them
Hippie Pagan Sex Cult: … I’m not touching this one. (Like our protagonist.)
Christo-fascist Cop Guy: Will not be mourned.
Acting: B+, great except for extended monologues.
Goat: A+, G.O.A.T.
Twist ending: 🔥
🍎 🍎 🍎

2024-08-12 00:45:15

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@npub1jpp…u59l Ah. In that case I will NOT be going that route.

2024-08-11 21:16:17

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@npub1tpj…fmcs The 30 Doradus cluster and its environs, a.k.a. the Tarantula Nebula, appears to be visible in this picture, unless I’m mistaken.

2024-08-11 21:14:00

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@npub1tpj…fmcs My second and third favorite galaxies. 😍

2024-08-01 18:41:45

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@npub1jdw…awld Canada and the UK (at least) take note, since they’re trying to push this US “innovation” 🤢 on you.

2024-07-27 00:27:22

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@npub1afz…wdvg Allegedly, he did.
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112850699523390192

2024-07-26 01:13:54

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@npub1g7t…n6x7 Currently on the call listening to PiNK talking about the choice between our better or worst natures, and how we need to step up for the better.

2024-07-14 17:02:01

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@npub1uw8…88kr Well done all around, as always, and dang good headline!

2024-07-13 19:08:10

See, this is why a lot of the “old fashioned” corporate types are not donating to Trump: “How to crash your economy in one easy step” right here.
From: @npub1k4q…4nh2
https://newsie.social/@Tbsa/112780468768233047

2024-07-13 18:36:11

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@npub1jdw…awld I’ve also noticed a LOT of skincare product placement in dramas (especially kdramas), webcomics, etc.

2024-07-08 02:14:00

#Monsterdon We’re going to kill your species but let you go, ‘cause we’re the good guys.

2024-07-04 22:19:27

Noting for my UK friends that the first “X” has appeared on https://portillogeddon.com/ . Here’s to many, many more. #ToryDeathParty

2024-07-03 00:04:27

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 GOP and #SeditiousSix “supreme” court “justices” bringing back Black Lung Disease… add that to the list of hard-fought union victories they’re trying to roll back.

2024-07-01 23:32:26

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I think that tar and feathers might be a bridge too far, but we have superglue these days.

2024-07-01 01:45:44

#Monsterdon “It’s a good thing we saved both these tanks and this music from WW II.”

2024-06-29 11:47:53

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 I wonder if that gave some early agriculturalists some thoughts about storing food.

2024-06-26 22:28:46

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@npub1rk3…43sg Thanks!

2024-06-25 22:43:57

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@npub1u0r…92zh 🌞 Congratulations! 🎊

2024-06-24 16:21:08

Is it bad that I explain this to my students as the “doctrine of Original Spin”?
From: @npub1p3m…dppu
https://mastodon.social/@omniletters/112672478989533552

2024-06-24 15:54:50

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@npub1uw8…88kr Now I’m curious: if kefir works, would soured milk work as well?

2024-06-23 17:37:14

One for Astonishingly Apt Timeline Lineups. Also in the running for Most Horrifying.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/667/139/333/239/512/original/80b9ca3d7af9e13f.jpeg

2024-06-13 00:27:32

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@npub1khx…geyg And a haircut! 😁

2024-05-26 15:09:13

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@npub1jdw…awld Regulation works! Wish we could pound that into the heads of legislators around the world.

2024-05-25 15:58:39

I also stopped by this miniature green “garden” and thought to take pictures for #Mosstodon.
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2024-05-25 15:18:15

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@npub1fm4…f7sx In the US, it might help to ask, “if you ever discuss your physical or mental health online, are you comfortable with that data being scraped and potentially shared with insurance companies?”

2024-05-23 23:07:02

I’m one of those people who took fish oil pills thinking that it helped heart health. Guess I’ll not do that anymore.
Boosting for others like me out there.
From: @npub1jdw…awld
https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/112492637135273237

2024-02-12 02:20:28

#Monsterdon Slapping the unconscious guy always works.

2024-02-05 02:48:08

#Monsterdon The “science” in this movie, like the flesh of the Supernatural Crabs, is not entirely cohesive.

2024-01-07 16:24:54

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@npub1grx…uxfe #Alt4You “It takes a special type of stupid to think the left would dress up like the right and raid the Capitol to change the outcome of an election they just won.”

2023-09-24 12:46:22

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@npub189n…satx I am Spartacus.

2023-09-17 18:50:02

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub10m0…3we5 @npub1q9z…08y4 I mean, they said the quiet part out loud in Georgia when they outlawed bringing food and water to people in voting lines which are, as you say, mysteriously absent in majority-white communities. And though that particular provision was overturned, there are still other strategic discouragements from the same bill still standing.

2023-09-17 18:19:46

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub1q9z…08y4 Right, good point. I remember that in Maryland my family used to vote in a desultory sort of way, because our district was reliably Democratic. That gets into the whole nightmare of gerrymandering, too. Ack.
I’m in Georgia now and working with Fair Fight, and the dirty vote-discouraging tricks are through the roof. No mystery here when they purge voter lists, shut polling places, cut absentee ballots, challenge voter registrations… 🙄🤬

2023-09-17 18:08:52

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 @npub1q9z…08y4 This is the issue that gets me the most. For most of my lifetime, voter turnout *among registered voters* has been around the 50% level. I absolutely understand the various voter suppression policies that have helped with this, and have kicked into high gear as Republicans see themselves losing the demographic advantage, but that doesn’t account for *all* the nonvoters. Is it just everyday cynicism? Too hard to vote? Other? 🗳️

2023-09-16 17:40:54

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@npub189n…satx Still reminds me of the person who allegedly said that Trump was causing “pain for the wrong people” or some such. The cruelty is the point, up to and until it happens to them directly.
Something something Leopards Eating Faces Party…

2023-09-10 22:38:39

Motion to begin referring to the current majority of justices, notably those involved in one or more corruption scandals, as “this illegitimate Supreme Court.”
From: @npub1u3t…c6ug
https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/111041521487138623

2023-09-02 02:01:43

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a clever woman in possession of a sharp wit, must be in want of a knife.” When Elizabeth Bennett cut someone in public, it was not metaphorical.
#GiveACharacterDifferentManners
#HashtagGames

2023-09-01 11:23:42

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@npub1ks7…eg5u @npub1kvn…hm73 I am currently reading “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence” by David Waldstreicher, after one English professor described her as the true originator of the Romantic movement in poetry. I think more people should know about her work!

2023-08-29 12:13:41

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@npub19fc…ay3c “If you owe the bank a thousand dollars, and you can’t pay, you’re in trouble. If you owe the bank a billion dollars, and you can’t pay, the bank’s in trouble.”

2023-08-28 02:46:55

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@npub17hz…cj9z Bah. Jacques would have been in a submarine in the lake, waiting to narrate the habits of the endangered Octaman to us.

2023-08-28 01:44:48

#Monsterdon Fortress Winnebago is again besieged!

2023-08-27 18:24:51

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@npub1dv7…tp9d @npub1jsz…42fk @npub19uu…dqz3 @npub189n…satx @npub18zq…y3fq @npub1e6y…2dfn @npub1yd0…ejme I’ve been reading about Idaho and… I’m scared to go there (and I’m white).

2023-08-22 23:59:01

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@npub1e0a…eww0 Following a suggestion from another educator, I created an (optional) assignment for my introductory class. Feed “your favorite chatbot” a question about one of the class topics. Then turn in your prompt, the chatbot’s answer, and a critique of the answer that points out where it got things wrong, made up references, etc.

2023-08-19 17:38:09

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@npub189n…satx Dogs are really great at learning words that refer to something they’re interested in. Motivated learning. 😂

2023-08-18 02:14:36

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 My father taught me how to play chess and we played often. When I went to chess club in high school I heard, “Girls can’t play chess.” So yeah, 100% this.

2023-08-16 03:51:23

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@npub1swy…snpj @npub1gl8…q5y9 My Italian grandmother will rise from her grave to come after whoever perpetrated this in the name of Italian cuisine.

2023-08-09 03:19:40

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@npub189n…satx Reminds me a lot of “We Do The Work”, Jon Fromer
https://youtu.be/vsKH0-XraSQ
#SongOfStruggle

2023-08-08 12:27:27

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@npub1ahq…wjwd Wait until they hear about the Canterbury Tales.

2023-07-15 20:19:29

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@npub1ulm…hweg Or reply-all.

2023-07-15 17:47:16

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@npub18kh…v8r8 I saw this in the theater as a kid and my reaction was similar. 😂

2023-04-09 17:36:29

My father volunteers at a preserved World War Two “Liberty Ship”, the John W. Brown, docked in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. These ships were built “on the cheap”, with only 5-year expected lifespans, and using late-1800s steam engine technology (fueled on “Bunker C” coal)! Their primary purpose was to transport supplies, and later, personnel. Very few remain, and this one’s kept as a floating museum. Dad helps out with the radio room and similar equipment. (More in Alt Text.) #history #ships
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2022-12-20 21:46:54

So, I happen to think that #Astronomy is very keen, and I love it and will talk about it rather a lot. There are probably thousands of other people who have posted information and explainers and resources, but just in case some folks haven’t seen those, I’d like to post some #IntroToAstro recommendations and resources.
One of my first recommendations tends to be Stellarium (https://stellarium.org/). It’s free! It’s like having a planetarium on your computer! There’s a simpler web version!