Decorative Gourd
@jaredsnyder.bsky.social
He//him, Chicago, bikes
Both magical and gritty
Both magical and gritty
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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
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November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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reports that i have hijacked a burrito droid and that i am, quote, "going donkey kong crazy (shit!), mario kart mercedes (yuh!)" have been greatly exaggerated if not outright fabricated. i mean i didn't even know they did ad-libs in news reports like that
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
reports that i have hijacked a burrito droid and that i am, quote, "going donkey kong crazy (shit!), mario kart mercedes (yuh!)" have been greatly exaggerated if not outright fabricated. i mean i didn't even know they did ad-libs in news reports like that
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I love 3D printing, man.
You can just sculpt a Twin Peaks James, conjure him into the real world and nobody can stop you.
You can just sculpt a Twin Peaks James, conjure him into the real world and nobody can stop you.
March 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I love 3D printing, man.
You can just sculpt a Twin Peaks James, conjure him into the real world and nobody can stop you.
You can just sculpt a Twin Peaks James, conjure him into the real world and nobody can stop you.
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Should probably put the my original doodle and sculpt in the thread too:
March 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Should probably put the my original doodle and sculpt in the thread too:
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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There is a Bond movie called Octopussy
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There is a Bond movie called Octopussy
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#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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If I got to make the next James Bond movie, Bond would be a depressed and struggling physics professor in Minnesota whose wife wants to divorce him. He would encounter increasingly stressful personal tragedies and moral conundrums while desperately reaching out to an absent God for answers.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If I got to make the next James Bond movie, Bond would be a depressed and struggling physics professor in Minnesota whose wife wants to divorce him. He would encounter increasingly stressful personal tragedies and moral conundrums while desperately reaching out to an absent God for answers.
Media has become too fucking lore-poisoned. Just have a new guy appear! Who cares! This is a series you watch to see a guy shoot people and be horny.
Did we really think that periodically it was the same guy who just looked completely different up till now?!
Did we really think that periodically it was the same guy who just looked completely different up till now?!
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Media has become too fucking lore-poisoned. Just have a new guy appear! Who cares! This is a series you watch to see a guy shoot people and be horny.
Did we really think that periodically it was the same guy who just looked completely different up till now?!
Did we really think that periodically it was the same guy who just looked completely different up till now?!
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This is cool
c.org/Hkps96mzqT
c.org/Hkps96mzqT
Chicago 2100: Demand A World-Class Transit Future
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is cool
c.org/Hkps96mzqT
c.org/Hkps96mzqT
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Heimlich never saw a penny for his maneuver. But he didn't do it for the money. He did it to hump people
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Heimlich never saw a penny for his maneuver. But he didn't do it for the money. He did it to hump people
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How the Web Was Lost (The internet was not meant to suck).
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
www.nybooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How the Web Was Lost (The internet was not meant to suck).
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I review some history—thoughtful, philosophical, and enraged—by Tim Berners-Lee, Joanna Walsh, and @pluralistic@mamot.fr.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Women don't care about the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Women don't care about the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
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Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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The Replacements briefly covered "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on Oct 15, 1985, the first gig of a 5-night homestand at the 7th Street Entry, opening with a song off their new album "Tim"—"Lay It Down, Clown"—and this was next. Video image is the Entry + the Fitz
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lN5n...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lN5n...
Replacements - Edmund Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Chris Steller
m.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Replacements briefly covered "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on Oct 15, 1985, the first gig of a 5-night homestand at the 7th Street Entry, opening with a song off their new album "Tim"—"Lay It Down, Clown"—and this was next. Video image is the Entry + the Fitz
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lN5n...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lN5n...
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Part of the reason why Lake Superior is so massive and deep (its deepest point is 733 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the continental US) is because it occupies an ancient rift valley. What is now North American almost split in half a billion years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Part of the reason why Lake Superior is so massive and deep (its deepest point is 733 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the continental US) is because it occupies an ancient rift valley. What is now North American almost split in half a billion years ago.
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November 10, 1975 7:10pm: The last radio communication.
Anderson: "Fitzgerald, we are about 10 miles behind you, and gaining about 1 1/2 miles per hour. How are you making out with your problem?"
Fitzgerald: "We are holding our own."
Anderson: "Fitzgerald, we are about 10 miles behind you, and gaining about 1 1/2 miles per hour. How are you making out with your problem?"
Fitzgerald: "We are holding our own."
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
November 10, 1975 7:10pm: The last radio communication.
Anderson: "Fitzgerald, we are about 10 miles behind you, and gaining about 1 1/2 miles per hour. How are you making out with your problem?"
Fitzgerald: "We are holding our own."
Anderson: "Fitzgerald, we are about 10 miles behind you, and gaining about 1 1/2 miles per hour. How are you making out with your problem?"
Fitzgerald: "We are holding our own."
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Breaking: the cat is in her hammock. I repeat, the cat is in her hammock.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Breaking: the cat is in her hammock. I repeat, the cat is in her hammock.
Grandma got me magnetite when I asked for taconite
I hope everyone remembered to leave out 26,000 tons of iron ore last night on Edmund Fitzgerald Eve
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Grandma got me magnetite when I asked for taconite
How high on senatorial farts do you have to be to do this after the past 20 years of Republican contempt for basic governance
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How high on senatorial farts do you have to be to do this after the past 20 years of Republican contempt for basic governance