Language was a mistake
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
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who’s the necromancer and who’s the cavalier
asking couples not who the top/bottom is but who’s the pilot and who’s the radar intercept officer
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
who’s the necromancer and who’s the cavalier
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Asian rhino *playing*. Delightful.
January 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Asian rhino *playing*. Delightful.
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Some people demean ‘to ax’ as a variant of ‘to ask’, but it’s at least 1200 years old.
It stems from Old English ‘ācsian’ with /ks/, a variant of ‘āscian’ with /sk/. Later, Chaucer used both ‘axen’ and ‘asken’.
Swapping two sounds is called metathesis.
More examples from English and its sisters:
It stems from Old English ‘ācsian’ with /ks/, a variant of ‘āscian’ with /sk/. Later, Chaucer used both ‘axen’ and ‘asken’.
Swapping two sounds is called metathesis.
More examples from English and its sisters:
January 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Some people demean ‘to ax’ as a variant of ‘to ask’, but it’s at least 1200 years old.
It stems from Old English ‘ācsian’ with /ks/, a variant of ‘āscian’ with /sk/. Later, Chaucer used both ‘axen’ and ‘asken’.
Swapping two sounds is called metathesis.
More examples from English and its sisters:
It stems from Old English ‘ācsian’ with /ks/, a variant of ‘āscian’ with /sk/. Later, Chaucer used both ‘axen’ and ‘asken’.
Swapping two sounds is called metathesis.
More examples from English and its sisters:
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Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes
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I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
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John Cage × Roedelius
December 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
John Cage × Roedelius
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I call this "The Lying Screen"
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I call this "The Lying Screen"
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Turns out it didn't have legs
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Turns out it didn't have legs
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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did… did the dog write this recipe
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
did… did the dog write this recipe
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who called them "the Huns" and not "H from Steppes"
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
who called them "the Huns" and not "H from Steppes"
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ME: hey so what's this process consuming all my CPU
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ME: hey so what's this process consuming all my CPU
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
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Me (being caught in bed with an optical illusion): it’s not what it looks like.
July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Me (being caught in bed with an optical illusion): it’s not what it looks like.
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If schools were actually preparing kids for white-collar work they wouldn't be phone-free, you'd have to have your phone on your desk all day for the authenticator apps
July 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If schools were actually preparing kids for white-collar work they wouldn't be phone-free, you'd have to have your phone on your desk all day for the authenticator apps
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I mean, sure, "Elephants never forget" is cute and all, but "corvids carry generational grudges" is both factually correct and _sick as hell_
July 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I mean, sure, "Elephants never forget" is cute and all, but "corvids carry generational grudges" is both factually correct and _sick as hell_
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I have a cool project going with GPT. It's giving me specifications for affixing feathers on my arms with wax so I can fly! This is going to be awesome!
July 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I have a cool project going with GPT. It's giving me specifications for affixing feathers on my arms with wax so I can fly! This is going to be awesome!
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Graph of British Rivers
July 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Graph of British Rivers
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I’m not falling for that.
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I’m not falling for that.
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Spent too much time on this
May 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Spent too much time on this
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This evidence deserves all the distribution it can get, given the amount of misinformation that persists even in well-informed & educated places
Literally a newly published paper exactly on this. Accounting for recombination, the recency of SARS-CoV-2 in reservoir bats is pretty clear.
Also the distance from reservoir to spillover is pretty similar in both cases. Cause wildlife trade.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Also the distance from reservoir to spillover is pretty similar in both cases. Cause wildlife trade.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
May 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This evidence deserves all the distribution it can get, given the amount of misinformation that persists even in well-informed & educated places
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Eddie Izzard
With Doctor Who, James Bond and the Pope all about to be recast, is there anyone you think would be ideal in all three roles?
April 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Eddie Izzard
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Dear MailOnline I don't believe I've talked about anything on air fryers in well over a year (possibly two) let alone just give an 'urgent' warning. It's news to me!
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Dear MailOnline I don't believe I've talked about anything on air fryers in well over a year (possibly two) let alone just give an 'urgent' warning. It's news to me!
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
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"Pretend it's 1995" OK well give me a pint at 1995 prices then we have a deal.
April 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Pretend it's 1995" OK well give me a pint at 1995 prices then we have a deal.