Mel G
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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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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
The Wyrd Bier festival is on in Edmonton.
Which is why I ate a scorpion this evening.
Which is why I ate a scorpion this evening.
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 AM
The Wyrd Bier festival is on in Edmonton.
Which is why I ate a scorpion this evening.
Which is why I ate a scorpion this evening.
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
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I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
January 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.
Saving this thread for next time I am without a stove or it's just too damn hot out to even think about cooking.
Okay! About to be snowed in with possible power loss. I’ll have the gas fireplace but I’m not messing with the gas stove. I am at the grocery store, but I Do Not Cook. You have fifteen minutes to suggest the best snowed in foods, bonus if they can be eaten cold.
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Saving this thread for next time I am without a stove or it's just too damn hot out to even think about cooking.
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
Led astray by a rainbow herring! Damn you, nyt.
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Led astray by a rainbow herring! Damn you, nyt.
Today's colour is #04E8DB, a saturated cyan.
Captivating, defiant of both contemporary tastes and nostalgia.
Notes of sour gummy, Uzbekistan mosque, mermaid-themed bathroom, and an alluring resort cocktail that will absolutely ruin your tomorrow.
Captivating, defiant of both contemporary tastes and nostalgia.
Notes of sour gummy, Uzbekistan mosque, mermaid-themed bathroom, and an alluring resort cocktail that will absolutely ruin your tomorrow.
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Today's colour is #04E8DB, a saturated cyan.
Captivating, defiant of both contemporary tastes and nostalgia.
Notes of sour gummy, Uzbekistan mosque, mermaid-themed bathroom, and an alluring resort cocktail that will absolutely ruin your tomorrow.
Captivating, defiant of both contemporary tastes and nostalgia.
Notes of sour gummy, Uzbekistan mosque, mermaid-themed bathroom, and an alluring resort cocktail that will absolutely ruin your tomorrow.
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The Food Merkin
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The Food Merkin
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this one is called goose horse
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
this one is called goose horse
Today's colour is #04354E, a dark shade of cyan-blue.
Mesopelagic. Respectable, but not as deep as it would have you believe.
Notes of school uniform, Waitomo cave tour, magpie tail, economy seating, and smudged ink.
Mesopelagic. Respectable, but not as deep as it would have you believe.
Notes of school uniform, Waitomo cave tour, magpie tail, economy seating, and smudged ink.
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Today's colour is #04354E, a dark shade of cyan-blue.
Mesopelagic. Respectable, but not as deep as it would have you believe.
Notes of school uniform, Waitomo cave tour, magpie tail, economy seating, and smudged ink.
Mesopelagic. Respectable, but not as deep as it would have you believe.
Notes of school uniform, Waitomo cave tour, magpie tail, economy seating, and smudged ink.
Today's colour is 0381C1, a medium dark shade of cyan-blue.
Cloudless, bracing. Equal parts optimistic and deceptive.
Notes of jay feather, social media logo, canned coconut water, 60s eyeshadow, and ill-advised gender reveal stunt.
Cloudless, bracing. Equal parts optimistic and deceptive.
Notes of jay feather, social media logo, canned coconut water, 60s eyeshadow, and ill-advised gender reveal stunt.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Today's colour is 0381C1, a medium dark shade of cyan-blue.
Cloudless, bracing. Equal parts optimistic and deceptive.
Notes of jay feather, social media logo, canned coconut water, 60s eyeshadow, and ill-advised gender reveal stunt.
Cloudless, bracing. Equal parts optimistic and deceptive.
Notes of jay feather, social media logo, canned coconut water, 60s eyeshadow, and ill-advised gender reveal stunt.
I'm often jealous of the pajamas my nibblings wear. Adults also need pjs with dinosaurs on them.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I'm often jealous of the pajamas my nibblings wear. Adults also need pjs with dinosaurs on them.
The sun came out today!
Edmonton is so bright and crispy in the winter sun.
Edmonton is so bright and crispy in the winter sun.
January 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The sun came out today!
Edmonton is so bright and crispy in the winter sun.
Edmonton is so bright and crispy in the winter sun.
Today's colour is 02CE34, a shade of lime green.
Acid cuts through the murk. Punchy, aromatic, and faintly bitter.
Notes of pond algae, luminous in the bright morning sunshine. Also lucky charms, pedestrian-controlled intersection, and Nickelodeon gak.
Acid cuts through the murk. Punchy, aromatic, and faintly bitter.
Notes of pond algae, luminous in the bright morning sunshine. Also lucky charms, pedestrian-controlled intersection, and Nickelodeon gak.
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Today's colour is 02CE34, a shade of lime green.
Acid cuts through the murk. Punchy, aromatic, and faintly bitter.
Notes of pond algae, luminous in the bright morning sunshine. Also lucky charms, pedestrian-controlled intersection, and Nickelodeon gak.
Acid cuts through the murk. Punchy, aromatic, and faintly bitter.
Notes of pond algae, luminous in the bright morning sunshine. Also lucky charms, pedestrian-controlled intersection, and Nickelodeon gak.
Today's colour is #021AA7 , a medium dark shade of blue.
Notes of poison dart frog, airport rental car, lapis lazuli, and those pants from a bougie athleisure brand that still seem like the most incredible thrift store find even though they don't go with anything else you own.
Notes of poison dart frog, airport rental car, lapis lazuli, and those pants from a bougie athleisure brand that still seem like the most incredible thrift store find even though they don't go with anything else you own.
January 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Today's colour is #021AA7 , a medium dark shade of blue.
Notes of poison dart frog, airport rental car, lapis lazuli, and those pants from a bougie athleisure brand that still seem like the most incredible thrift store find even though they don't go with anything else you own.
Notes of poison dart frog, airport rental car, lapis lazuli, and those pants from a bougie athleisure brand that still seem like the most incredible thrift store find even though they don't go with anything else you own.
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The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
August 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Today's colour is #01671a , a dark shade of green.
Notes of mossy tombstone, artificial houseplant, virtual golf, and that super heavy but also incredibly comfortable reclining couch but that used to belong to your grandparents.
Notes of mossy tombstone, artificial houseplant, virtual golf, and that super heavy but also incredibly comfortable reclining couch but that used to belong to your grandparents.
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Today's colour is #01671a , a dark shade of green.
Notes of mossy tombstone, artificial houseplant, virtual golf, and that super heavy but also incredibly comfortable reclining couch but that used to belong to your grandparents.
Notes of mossy tombstone, artificial houseplant, virtual golf, and that super heavy but also incredibly comfortable reclining couch but that used to belong to your grandparents.
Today's colour is #00B38D, a medium dark shade of green-cyan.
Notes of malachite, cutting shamrocks out of construction paper for a grade 4 St Patricks Day art activity, and surprisingly serene mountain lakes glimpsed from the path to a frozen truckstop washroom.
Notes of malachite, cutting shamrocks out of construction paper for a grade 4 St Patricks Day art activity, and surprisingly serene mountain lakes glimpsed from the path to a frozen truckstop washroom.
January 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Today's colour is #00B38D, a medium dark shade of green-cyan.
Notes of malachite, cutting shamrocks out of construction paper for a grade 4 St Patricks Day art activity, and surprisingly serene mountain lakes glimpsed from the path to a frozen truckstop washroom.
Notes of malachite, cutting shamrocks out of construction paper for a grade 4 St Patricks Day art activity, and surprisingly serene mountain lakes glimpsed from the path to a frozen truckstop washroom.
"Christmas Perineum" is Very Good.
I would like to also submit "Holitaint" for consideration.
I would like to also submit "Holitaint" for consideration.
Cameron Brereton, 35, who reportedly missed Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and the entire Christmas Perineum in between in the search for a box of multicoloured string lights, is said to be “determined and in good spirits.”
Happy new year? AuDHD man still looking for his Christmas lights
Headline by John Butler An AuDHD man who has been rummaging through his kitchen cupboards since Christmas Eve is confident his festive lights are in there somewhere and that he’ll find them any…
thedailytism.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"Christmas Perineum" is Very Good.
I would like to also submit "Holitaint" for consideration.
I would like to also submit "Holitaint" for consideration.
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Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Jan 1: this is the year of new Me
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
Jan 12: [eating shredded cheese directly from the bag] new years resolutions are a bourgeois construct for disciplining bodies into productive units for capital
I try not to get hung up on resolutions, but I do like a theme.
I think 2026 will be a year about about colour.
Especially since apparently some ancient and collossal god of banality has risen to cover the earth in billowy, balanced whites and austere greige.
I think 2026 will be a year about about colour.
Especially since apparently some ancient and collossal god of banality has risen to cover the earth in billowy, balanced whites and austere greige.
January 2, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I try not to get hung up on resolutions, but I do like a theme.
I think 2026 will be a year about about colour.
Especially since apparently some ancient and collossal god of banality has risen to cover the earth in billowy, balanced whites and austere greige.
I think 2026 will be a year about about colour.
Especially since apparently some ancient and collossal god of banality has risen to cover the earth in billowy, balanced whites and austere greige.
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I did 3.
Bed rotting, potato, melancholic.
...2026 may not be a high point for me.
Bed rotting, potato, melancholic.
...2026 may not be a high point for me.
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I did 3.
Bed rotting, potato, melancholic.
...2026 may not be a high point for me.
Bed rotting, potato, melancholic.
...2026 may not be a high point for me.
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R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)