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alilnightmusing.bsky.social
A Little Night Musing
@alilnightmusing.bsky.social
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Semi-Platonist mathematician. Neurospicy. Have mask, will travel. Opsimath renegade full of thoughts. Half of what I say is meaningless. Obidox Jew, Lives in the wildnorth. she/her.
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Professor Bigfoot @professorbigfoot... • 1d DSA are a white supremacist organization bent on eliminating any Black power in the Democratic Party. Which means eliminating any Black political power, *period.*
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Listening right now:
CRB In Concert Haydn’s “The Creation,” with Boston Baroque From left to right: bass-baritone Nicholas Newton, soprano Hera Hyesang Park, and tenor Paul Appleby.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Awwww, shucks.
Even when you’re quiet, I feel supported.
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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“Art for art’s sake” in Zohran Mamdani campaign style
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Post a bird announcing Dick Cheney is dead
White owl saying O RLY
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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With AlT text:
post from lota @lojeli : i don't think people fully understand how much 1 billion is. if your salary was 100k w no tax it would take you 10 years to become a millionaire but 10,000 years to reach a billion. it is unethical for one person to be hoarding this much money when others cannot eat.
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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With ALT text.
Undocumented immigrants paid over $100 billion in taxes in 2022. It will cost $300 billion to deport them all. This is how Trump bankrupted 4 casinos.
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Off-topic (?) but can you explain the significance (if any) of the red-stitched lapel buttonhole that appeared on some suit jackets a decade or two ago? In particular, Courtney B. Vance on L&O:CI used to wear one such. I googled it many times but learned nothing.
Courtney B. Vance as D.A. Carter in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, wearing a dark grey suit jacket with red stitching on the lapel buttonhole
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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October 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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This comment on Spandau Ballet’s “True” just made my day.
A still of Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley looking suave and debonaire, with the comment below it: ‘I actually found this song again by typing in "hah ha ha haaaa ha" literally can't believe it worked’
September 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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It’s in this thingy, where the blue dot is. Sorry, I don’t know the name of it. (And sorry for no ALT text because it would be useless)
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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PLEASE respond, @bsky.app @support.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app

I have no idea what this means or what will happen if I click on “accept”. what am I “accepting”? Please explain like I’m five, and let the whole class know.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Creezus, @bsky.app , can you please explain this strange thing? Or do you just ignore everybody who messages you?
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September 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This weird thing is still there, though, so I’m begging @bsky.app please explain what it means?
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September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I am completely baffled by this. Can anyone explain what effect clicking either “accept” or “reject” will have?
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September 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Well, OK then!
@wildlee.bsky.social has added you to the "i did not appreciate the cut of your jib" moderation list
September 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I kinda appreciate this.
@wildlee.bsky social has added you to the "i did not appreciate the cut of your jib" moderation list bsky app/profile/did:..
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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gentle correction, because the word has such an interesting etymology:

* bellwether
From Merriam-Webster’s entry on “bellwether”: Did you know? Because it suggests the act of forecasting, one might be inclined to think that bellwether has something to do with weather. But the wether in bellwether has nothing to do with meteorology. Instead, to learn whither wether, we must head to the sheep farm. We usually think of sheep more as followers than leaders, but in a flock one sheep must lead the way. Since long ago, it has been common practice for shepherds to hang a bell around the neck of one sheep in their flock, thereby designating it the lead sheep. This animal was historically called the bellwether, a word formed by a combination of the Middle English words belle (meaning “bell") and wether (a noun that refers to a male sheep, and today specifically to a castrated male sheep). It eventually followed that bellwether would come to refer to someone who takes initiative or who actively establishes a trend that is taken up by others. This usage first appeared in English in the 15th century and has remained in the language ever since. • merriam-webster.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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It was misstated. LBJ declined to run for re-election, in rather dramatic fashion.

www.npr.org/2018/03/25/5...
"With America's sons in the fields far away, with America's future under challenge right here at home, with our hopes and the world's hopes for peace in the balance every day, I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office — the presidency of this country," Johnson intoned, looking earnestly into the camera lens. Tens of millions of viewers suddenly came to full attention. What did he just say? What could that mean? "Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president."
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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On a deep blue backgound, the Israeli and Palestinian flags, surrounded by the words “בראש השנה, בראש השנה תקום לצידנו עוד מדינה מדינה פלסטינית זה טוב לישראל״ שלום עכשיו Translation: “On Rosh Hashanah, on Rosh Hashanah another state will stand beside us A Palestinian state This is good for Israel” Peace Now
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Here’s the post, if it’s become invisible due to my block:
Kennen Andersen @kennen-anders... • 9h Learned tonight there is a segment of the Bluesky community completely bereft of humor.
September 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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This guy?
September 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Who is this jagoff?
September 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Julia Roberts as Alice Sutton in “Conspiracy Theory” saying “They who?” Mel Gibson as Jerry Fletcher, with the start of a tentative expression on his face, saying “They.” Jerry Fletcher: “I — I don’t know.” Jerry Fletcher, with a fearful expression on his face: “That’s why they call them ‘They’”
September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Good grief, moderators. “Self-harm???
Sarah’s post is hidden and given a warning label “Self-Harm”, captioned “Labeled by @moderation.bsky.app.”
September 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM