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Kid: When you're reading you're looking at tattoos on dead trees and hallucinating.
Me *looking up from writing*: Does that mean I'm currently tattooing a dead tree?
Kid: Yes!
#AmWriting
Me *looking up from writing*: Does that mean I'm currently tattooing a dead tree?
Kid: Yes!
#AmWriting
November 28, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Kid: When you're reading you're looking at tattoos on dead trees and hallucinating.
Me *looking up from writing*: Does that mean I'm currently tattooing a dead tree?
Kid: Yes!
#AmWriting
Me *looking up from writing*: Does that mean I'm currently tattooing a dead tree?
Kid: Yes!
#AmWriting
The only way I can get a more specific gif is the coach of the local rugby team, and no one will get that, so sorry, Australia is as specific as I can get :P lol
November 28, 2024 at 9:50 AM
The only way I can get a more specific gif is the coach of the local rugby team, and no one will get that, so sorry, Australia is as specific as I can get :P lol
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November 28, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Light(n)ing the Way.
![A colorful supercell thunderstorm hovers directly over the road ahead. A lightning bolt strikes right over the road - its light reflects off of the wet pavement, illuminating the foreground, and reveals details in the cloud structure. On the left of the storm is a clear blue night sky full of stars. [P.S. to my storm chaser friends from Twitter...I am sorry. You already saw enough of this storm, but I am still getting through them here. Just mute 'Ada' or me].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:acm2yz57z6weqbdbw5lpluu3/bafkreibhiv4neyzfqp332dtait3gw4e6jblp5ddf7cufw6wtenjnvpdcdm@jpeg)
November 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Light(n)ing the Way.
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"Do you always introduce yourself like this?"
"No. Generally I don't speak to anyone at all."
"I'll feel special then."
"Don't. I'm only talking to you because there is no polite way to ignore you when you've dragged me from my home and across the state."
tinyurl.com/3ajwahe8
#HolidayRomance
"No. Generally I don't speak to anyone at all."
"I'll feel special then."
"Don't. I'm only talking to you because there is no polite way to ignore you when you've dragged me from my home and across the state."
tinyurl.com/3ajwahe8
#HolidayRomance
November 28, 2024 at 9:38 AM
"Do you always introduce yourself like this?"
"No. Generally I don't speak to anyone at all."
"I'll feel special then."
"Don't. I'm only talking to you because there is no polite way to ignore you when you've dragged me from my home and across the state."
tinyurl.com/3ajwahe8
#HolidayRomance
"No. Generally I don't speak to anyone at all."
"I'll feel special then."
"Don't. I'm only talking to you because there is no polite way to ignore you when you've dragged me from my home and across the state."
tinyurl.com/3ajwahe8
#HolidayRomance
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Tank puppy treat time 🦏
November 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Tank puppy treat time 🦏
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I just put up the Holiday Recommended Reading List. I started this thing around 2009, and I repost it (with new stuff) every year. It's loooooooooong.
kriswrites.com/2024/11/26/s...
kriswrites.com/2024/11/26/s...
Special Holiday Recommended Reading List
I started the Holiday Recommended Reading List when I realized that I point out all the great holiday stories in January, after the season has passed. I am always a month behind in reporting what I…
kriswrites.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:22 AM
I just put up the Holiday Recommended Reading List. I started this thing around 2009, and I repost it (with new stuff) every year. It's loooooooooong.
kriswrites.com/2024/11/26/s...
kriswrites.com/2024/11/26/s...
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Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
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umberto eco's sentiment about buying "too many" books absolutely applies to games 🙏
November 27, 2024 at 3:07 AM
umberto eco's sentiment about buying "too many" books absolutely applies to games 🙏
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This is one of my favorite, low-tech, ways of visualizing the past! Doesn't oversell the reconstruction, shows possible past and present in same view, works, rain or shine and without power.
An interesting way to help people visualize what a ruin used to be.
November 26, 2024 at 7:34 PM
This is one of my favorite, low-tech, ways of visualizing the past! Doesn't oversell the reconstruction, shows possible past and present in same view, works, rain or shine and without power.
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Tolkien: but they were all deceived, for another cup was made.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Tolkien: but they were all deceived, for another cup was made.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Charles Dickens: It was the best of cups, it was the worst of cups, it was the cup of wisdom, it was the cup of foolishness, it was the mug of Light, it was the beer stein of Darkness
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Charles Dickens: It was the best of cups, it was the worst of cups, it was the cup of wisdom, it was the cup of foolishness, it was the mug of Light, it was the beer stein of Darkness
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
November 24, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Tolkien: but they were all deceived, for another cup was made.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Tolkien: but they were all deceived, for another cup was made.
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: In this work, we propose HoFITCh (HOw Full Is That Cup), a Bayesian model for sampling the fullness of cups from imaging data and prior beliefs.
We sample the posterior of our model, and find that the cup is 50±2% full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: In this work, we propose HoFITCh (HOw Full Is That Cup), a Bayesian model for sampling the fullness of cups from imaging data and prior beliefs.
We sample the posterior of our model, and find that the cup is 50±2% full.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Writer: …did I have a plan for this cup? Was it supposed to link to some other part of the plot? Crap. I really don’t want to go through and take every mention of the cup out. Maybe I can kill someone with it.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Agent: The cup isn’t a good fit for my list
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Agent: The cup isn’t a good fit for my list
November 24, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: In this work, we propose HoFITCh (HOw Full Is That Cup), a Bayesian model for sampling the fullness of cups from imaging data and prior beliefs.
We sample the posterior of our model, and find that the cup is 50±2% full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: In this work, we propose HoFITCh (HOw Full Is That Cup), a Bayesian model for sampling the fullness of cups from imaging data and prior beliefs.
We sample the posterior of our model, and find that the cup is 50±2% full.
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Tonight in space NGC 6727, the (not making this up) Rampaging Baboon Nebula. This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex that resembles, to some observers on molly, a rampaging baboon. It is relatively close, 500 light-years toward the Corona Australis
November 26, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Tonight in space NGC 6727, the (not making this up) Rampaging Baboon Nebula. This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex that resembles, to some observers on molly, a rampaging baboon. It is relatively close, 500 light-years toward the Corona Australis
one like = one piece of Amy lore*
*until I forget this thread exists
seems like a decent way to kick things off here, right? :)
*until I forget this thread exists
seems like a decent way to kick things off here, right? :)
one like = one piece of Liana lore*
*until I forget this thread exists
*until I forget this thread exists
one like = one piece of Mina lore*
*until I forget this thread exists
*until I forget this thread exists
November 27, 2024 at 7:00 AM
one like = one piece of Amy lore*
*until I forget this thread exists
seems like a decent way to kick things off here, right? :)
*until I forget this thread exists
seems like a decent way to kick things off here, right? :)
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My son once asked me... Dad, what's the difference between a dog, and a marine biologist. Being a dad, and fond of dad jokes, my mind was whirling, but I came up empty. He just grinned and said. A dog wags tails... and walked away.
November 27, 2024 at 5:10 AM
My son once asked me... Dad, what's the difference between a dog, and a marine biologist. Being a dad, and fond of dad jokes, my mind was whirling, but I came up empty. He just grinned and said. A dog wags tails... and walked away.
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID is out December 2nd and you can read the first chapter right now!
Read Chapter 1: www.lianabrooks.com/...
#ChristmasCryptid #Romancelandia 📚
#GrumpySunshine #Romance #Books
Read Chapter 1: www.lianabrooks.com/...
#ChristmasCryptid #Romancelandia 📚
#GrumpySunshine #Romance #Books
November 27, 2024 at 5:21 AM
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A CRYPTID is out December 2nd and you can read the first chapter right now!
Read Chapter 1: www.lianabrooks.com/...
#ChristmasCryptid #Romancelandia 📚
#GrumpySunshine #Romance #Books
Read Chapter 1: www.lianabrooks.com/...
#ChristmasCryptid #Romancelandia 📚
#GrumpySunshine #Romance #Books
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The Andromeda galaxy captured by the Hubble Space telescope
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
The Andromeda galaxy captured by the Hubble Space telescope
This probably wasn't meant as an existential affirmation, but hey, we take it where we can find it, right? :) <3
You're here and that's what matters.
November 26, 2024 at 7:07 AM
This probably wasn't meant as an existential affirmation, but hey, we take it where we can find it, right? :) <3
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the view from my back yard, 6:37am
November 25, 2024 at 11:48 AM
the view from my back yard, 6:37am
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Why do cows have hooves instead of feet???
Because they lactose
Because they lactose
November 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Why do cows have hooves instead of feet???
Because they lactose
Because they lactose
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