Double Garlic*
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Management janitor currently in 🇳🇱
Cancer survivor thx public healthcare
Art, music, books, scifi by choice
Cats & dogs enthusiast
Nerdy & niche
Born 335ppm
she/her
#UBI
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Management janitor currently in 🇳🇱
Cancer survivor thx public healthcare
Art, music, books, scifi by choice
Cats & dogs enthusiast
Nerdy & niche
Born 335ppm
she/her
#UBI
🧄
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Hello #Europe 🇪🇺 before you start clutching your pearls how about paying attention to
🚩who you have been voting lately and where are their funds coming from
🚩who are controlling European media
🚩who have a leadership seat at the European Commission
🚩who you have been voting lately and where are their funds coming from
🚩who are controlling European media
🚩who have a leadership seat at the European Commission
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i find it very cool that two of the greatest movie soundtrack songs of all time - We Don't Need Another Hero and Goldeneye - are Tina Turner tracks. legend
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
i find it very cool that two of the greatest movie soundtrack songs of all time - We Don't Need Another Hero and Goldeneye - are Tina Turner tracks. legend
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So now we know how the Trump administration plans to help fund Russia's continuing war of aggression in Ukraine. Trump will steal the oil revenues from Venezuela & hide the money in Qatar, where Putin can take it to help pay for his stupid war, which has Russia on the verge of economic collapse.
January 15, 2026 at 12:22 PM
So now we know how the Trump administration plans to help fund Russia's continuing war of aggression in Ukraine. Trump will steal the oil revenues from Venezuela & hide the money in Qatar, where Putin can take it to help pay for his stupid war, which has Russia on the verge of economic collapse.
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
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oh cool you can just do that huh?
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
oh cool you can just do that huh?
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
January 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
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Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
I just acquired* a horribly expensive and, fortunately, almost impossible to repeat, ever again, interest: being driven home in a 2025 Mercedes Benz S-Class taxi.
* unintentionally, I swear
* unintentionally, I swear
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I just acquired* a horribly expensive and, fortunately, almost impossible to repeat, ever again, interest: being driven home in a 2025 Mercedes Benz S-Class taxi.
* unintentionally, I swear
* unintentionally, I swear
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living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
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when a famous person who was Extremely Online dies their obituary should just be a compilation of their most popular posts, a spotlight shone directly on exactly what kind of person they really were
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
when a famous person who was Extremely Online dies their obituary should just be a compilation of their most popular posts, a spotlight shone directly on exactly what kind of person they really were
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being a hater is important. or rather, if you are a hater by nature it's better to not deny it. we need ecumenical haters, haters with a willingness to keep open minds, haters who can explain why they like something just as assiduously. That way when they say "this is dog shit" it has real power
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
being a hater is important. or rather, if you are a hater by nature it's better to not deny it. we need ecumenical haters, haters with a willingness to keep open minds, haters who can explain why they like something just as assiduously. That way when they say "this is dog shit" it has real power
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I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
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mfs posting "general strike now!" we can't even get you to stop supporting Amazon and Starbucks
January 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
mfs posting "general strike now!" we can't even get you to stop supporting Amazon and Starbucks
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Scandinavians landing in the Americas, 1000 years ago.
"Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika" (Leiv Eirikson discovering America) Painting from 1893 by Christian Krohg (1852–1925).
Yes, coloured clothes, no horns, no blue filter, no black leather bikerboy outfits.
"Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika" (Leiv Eirikson discovering America) Painting from 1893 by Christian Krohg (1852–1925).
Yes, coloured clothes, no horns, no blue filter, no black leather bikerboy outfits.
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Scandinavians landing in the Americas, 1000 years ago.
"Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika" (Leiv Eirikson discovering America) Painting from 1893 by Christian Krohg (1852–1925).
Yes, coloured clothes, no horns, no blue filter, no black leather bikerboy outfits.
"Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika" (Leiv Eirikson discovering America) Painting from 1893 by Christian Krohg (1852–1925).
Yes, coloured clothes, no horns, no blue filter, no black leather bikerboy outfits.
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Whole lot of you decrying CSAM
on X and yet you still post screenshots from there. I don't give a fuck what assholes still on there are saying. You need to stop.
on X and yet you still post screenshots from there. I don't give a fuck what assholes still on there are saying. You need to stop.
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Whole lot of you decrying CSAM
on X and yet you still post screenshots from there. I don't give a fuck what assholes still on there are saying. You need to stop.
on X and yet you still post screenshots from there. I don't give a fuck what assholes still on there are saying. You need to stop.
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Apart from it's sheer repulsiveness, another reason to ban this whole Grok thing (recently instructed to disrobe Renee Good's corpse), is the danger that it becomes normalised/people become desensitised.
January 11, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Apart from it's sheer repulsiveness, another reason to ban this whole Grok thing (recently instructed to disrobe Renee Good's corpse), is the danger that it becomes normalised/people become desensitised.
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Physicist/chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett invented non-reflective glass in 1938.
It revolutionized optics & led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. First woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. She was born #OTD in 1898. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
It revolutionized optics & led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. First woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. She was born #OTD in 1898. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
January 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Physicist/chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett invented non-reflective glass in 1938.
It revolutionized optics & led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. First woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. She was born #OTD in 1898. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
It revolutionized optics & led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. First woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. She was born #OTD in 1898. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
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After 20 years, I finally understand why George Lucas made it extremely obvious that Palpatine and Darth Sidious were the same person right from the start and made the Jedi soooo cartoonishly incompetent in stopping him. George, you were right. About everything. Fuck.
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 AM
After 20 years, I finally understand why George Lucas made it extremely obvious that Palpatine and Darth Sidious were the same person right from the start and made the Jedi soooo cartoonishly incompetent in stopping him. George, you were right. About everything. Fuck.
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This skeet is about politicians applying ideology and short-term, private, monetary goals to healthcare
… and about too many physicians being complicit by nurturing private gardens and kingdoms.
… and about too many physicians being complicit by nurturing private gardens and kingdoms.
Chemo brain is a taxing long-term condition that should be in oncology protocols.
After 20+ yrs I’m still dealing with it, and with stroke aftermath.
But 99.99% of healthcare is not holistic and its professionals don’t give a 🦆
This creates a massive cost and waste for society in the long run.
After 20+ yrs I’m still dealing with it, and with stroke aftermath.
But 99.99% of healthcare is not holistic and its professionals don’t give a 🦆
This creates a massive cost and waste for society in the long run.
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This skeet is about politicians applying ideology and short-term, private, monetary goals to healthcare
… and about too many physicians being complicit by nurturing private gardens and kingdoms.
… and about too many physicians being complicit by nurturing private gardens and kingdoms.
Chemo brain is a taxing long-term condition that should be in oncology protocols.
After 20+ yrs I’m still dealing with it, and with stroke aftermath.
But 99.99% of healthcare is not holistic and its professionals don’t give a 🦆
This creates a massive cost and waste for society in the long run.
After 20+ yrs I’m still dealing with it, and with stroke aftermath.
But 99.99% of healthcare is not holistic and its professionals don’t give a 🦆
This creates a massive cost and waste for society in the long run.
January 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Chemo brain is a taxing long-term condition that should be in oncology protocols.
After 20+ yrs I’m still dealing with it, and with stroke aftermath.
But 99.99% of healthcare is not holistic and its professionals don’t give a 🦆
This creates a massive cost and waste for society in the long run.
After 20+ yrs I’m still dealing with it, and with stroke aftermath.
But 99.99% of healthcare is not holistic and its professionals don’t give a 🦆
This creates a massive cost and waste for society in the long run.
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A comic from @theoatmeal.bsky.social that the #longCOVID community will understand...
theoatmeal.com/comics/lefto...
theoatmeal.com/comics/lefto...
January 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
A comic from @theoatmeal.bsky.social that the #longCOVID community will understand...
theoatmeal.com/comics/lefto...
theoatmeal.com/comics/lefto...
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And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷
January 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
And despite it all, this is Tehran 🇮🇷
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A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...
action.wemove.eu
January 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...