Mel G
@a4rdvark.bsky.social
Just another she/they pining for the fjords.
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Mel G
@a4rdvark.bsky.social
· Jan 23
"the only true wisdom is in knowing you are cringe."
~ Socrates, probably
~ Socrates, probably
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unionized devs
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
unionized devs
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Thought this was quite lovely.
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thought this was quite lovely.
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
At partner's instance I have finally watched Crazy Rich Asians. Super fun, but I still can't believe nothing terrible happened to Bernard.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
At partner's instance I have finally watched Crazy Rich Asians. Super fun, but I still can't believe nothing terrible happened to Bernard.
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My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
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BlueSky is automatically hiding posts with cuss words in them.
You may want to adjust your settings:
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
BlueSky is automatically hiding posts with cuss words in them.
You may want to adjust your settings:
You may want to adjust your settings:
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Meanings of the word for November in various languages
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Meanings of the word for November in various languages
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
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came across this with no context but you know what, sure okay
in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
came across this with no context but you know what, sure okay
On Friday I updated my Slack info at work to spoopy silliness.
I was going to change it back today, but I think it might get funnier the longer I leave it.
I was going to change it back today, but I think it might get funnier the longer I leave it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
On Friday I updated my Slack info at work to spoopy silliness.
I was going to change it back today, but I think it might get funnier the longer I leave it.
I was going to change it back today, but I think it might get funnier the longer I leave it.
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Someone in a Teams meeting just said “It’s the old chicken and the egg question isn’t it? Why did they cross the road?” then realised what they’d said and turned their camera off.
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Someone in a Teams meeting just said “It’s the old chicken and the egg question isn’t it? Why did they cross the road?” then realised what they’d said and turned their camera off.
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Step Up for Trans Folks! Join us for food & fun at Fluevog Shoes in both Edmonton & Calgary.
Thursday, November 13 | 3pm to 7pm
207 8 Ave SW, Calgary
10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton
Folks are welcome to just pop in and have a good time with us!
50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone
Thursday, November 13 | 3pm to 7pm
207 8 Ave SW, Calgary
10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton
Folks are welcome to just pop in and have a good time with us!
50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Step Up for Trans Folks! Join us for food & fun at Fluevog Shoes in both Edmonton & Calgary.
Thursday, November 13 | 3pm to 7pm
207 8 Ave SW, Calgary
10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton
Folks are welcome to just pop in and have a good time with us!
50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone
Thursday, November 13 | 3pm to 7pm
207 8 Ave SW, Calgary
10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton
Folks are welcome to just pop in and have a good time with us!
50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone
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This is, in every possible sense, me.
thedailytism.com/audhd-womans...
thedailytism.com/audhd-womans...
AuDHD woman’s driving lesson looming on horizon like macabre spectre of death
An AuDHD woman was forced to reckon with the transience of existence this morning when she remembered halfway through brushing her teeth that she has a driving lesson in three days, it has been rumour...
thedailytism.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is, in every possible sense, me.
thedailytism.com/audhd-womans...
thedailytism.com/audhd-womans...
I, too, feel the hollow ache of loss. Weary to my core from many weeks of triumphant highs, anguishing failures, and dogged striving.
(Finished my lastest play-through of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last night.)
(Finished my lastest play-through of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last night.)
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I, too, feel the hollow ache of loss. Weary to my core from many weeks of triumphant highs, anguishing failures, and dogged striving.
(Finished my lastest play-through of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last night.)
(Finished my lastest play-through of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last night.)
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as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism
Is the use of justified text alignment ever truly justified?
I dont like it. It feels like the reader's flow and rhythm is being interrfered with to please the whims of someone judgeing page layout by the tidiness of the blocks and not how they support the meaning of their contents.
I dont like it. It feels like the reader's flow and rhythm is being interrfered with to please the whims of someone judgeing page layout by the tidiness of the blocks and not how they support the meaning of their contents.
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Is the use of justified text alignment ever truly justified?
I dont like it. It feels like the reader's flow and rhythm is being interrfered with to please the whims of someone judgeing page layout by the tidiness of the blocks and not how they support the meaning of their contents.
I dont like it. It feels like the reader's flow and rhythm is being interrfered with to please the whims of someone judgeing page layout by the tidiness of the blocks and not how they support the meaning of their contents.
I have not decorated for Halloween. The decorations have been brought up from the basement. They're all homemade or customized. They've been cleaned & organized. Some need repair, but could easily be displayed as-is. I love Halloween, crafts & decorating, but have not put them out. This is my life.
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I have not decorated for Halloween. The decorations have been brought up from the basement. They're all homemade or customized. They've been cleaned & organized. Some need repair, but could easily be displayed as-is. I love Halloween, crafts & decorating, but have not put them out. This is my life.
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Looking at crystals when
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Looking at crystals when
Pineapple opinions are tired and boring. Show me saurkraut on a pizza, I bet it could be good
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Pineapple opinions are tired and boring. Show me saurkraut on a pizza, I bet it could be good
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I decided to tidy up my email inbox, so everything was labeled, and lots of filters were set up for different types of emails, and everything was removed from my inbox, which is now just for yet-to-be-labeled new emails.
Surely this is what what doing drugs must feel like.
Surely this is what what doing drugs must feel like.
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I decided to tidy up my email inbox, so everything was labeled, and lots of filters were set up for different types of emails, and everything was removed from my inbox, which is now just for yet-to-be-labeled new emails.
Surely this is what what doing drugs must feel like.
Surely this is what what doing drugs must feel like.
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
Got my fall covid and flu vaccinations!
Relieved to have that out if the way, navigating the shenanigans of UCP changes to healthcare in this province is not exactly a fun time.
Relieved to have that out if the way, navigating the shenanigans of UCP changes to healthcare in this province is not exactly a fun time.
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Got my fall covid and flu vaccinations!
Relieved to have that out if the way, navigating the shenanigans of UCP changes to healthcare in this province is not exactly a fun time.
Relieved to have that out if the way, navigating the shenanigans of UCP changes to healthcare in this province is not exactly a fun time.
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I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.
What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What's it like inside your head?