Anyone have any search tips to search recipes and cooking without having to wade through the trad wives, wellness moms and protein bros?
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Anyone have any search tips to search recipes and cooking without having to wade through the trad wives, wellness moms and protein bros?
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People who appreciate the intoxicating euphoria of reading from a real dictionary expertly hand-crafted by diligent human lexicographers.
Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.
Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.
Who's the audience for a paper dictionary these days? (Serious question.)
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
People who appreciate the intoxicating euphoria of reading from a real dictionary expertly hand-crafted by diligent human lexicographers.
Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.
Also. people who love the Oxford Comma more than some family members.
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Some stories you may not be aware of if you’re not inside the circles where tech industry workers talk to each other: the groups at Microsoft that have been organizing for years to stop providing tech to enable genocide scored their first massive victory last week. www.theverge.com/news/785733/...
Microsoft blocks the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services
The Guardian revealed last month that Microsoft’s services were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians.
www.theverge.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Some stories you may not be aware of if you’re not inside the circles where tech industry workers talk to each other: the groups at Microsoft that have been organizing for years to stop providing tech to enable genocide scored their first massive victory last week. www.theverge.com/news/785733/...
So TikTok about to go the way of the Xitter?
October 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So TikTok about to go the way of the Xitter?
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REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
www.thenerve.news
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
The criminal greedy stupidity of rich dudes is k-Pg
The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The criminal greedy stupidity of rich dudes is k-Pg
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PUT AWAY YOUR SABRE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE THE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD STEAL OUR JOY. AND YOU WILL WIN.
June 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
PUT AWAY YOUR SABRE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE THE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD STEAL OUR JOY. AND YOU WILL WIN.
Terry Pratchet
Yottam Ottolenghi
Diana Henry
Elizabeth David
Hetty McKinnon
Peter O'Donnell
Susan Cooper
Dave Sim (regrets, I've had a few)
Iain Banks
Iain M. Banks
Yottam Ottolenghi
Diana Henry
Elizabeth David
Hetty McKinnon
Peter O'Donnell
Susan Cooper
Dave Sim (regrets, I've had a few)
Iain Banks
Iain M. Banks
Okay now I’m home and both kids are asleep in the car so whilst I’m sitting in the drive, let me try again:
There’s a meme going around that’s like “here’s ten authors I’ve read five or more books by” and I find it really interesting which authors people think of when they’re doing that
There’s a meme going around that’s like “here’s ten authors I’ve read five or more books by” and I find it really interesting which authors people think of when they’re doing that
deleted a thread because sometimes I use a quote post as a jumping off point for a separate but related idea that I have, and everyone reading thinks it’s an attack on OP.
which isn’t fair and y’all need to work on that
which isn’t fair and y’all need to work on that
June 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Terry Pratchet
Yottam Ottolenghi
Diana Henry
Elizabeth David
Hetty McKinnon
Peter O'Donnell
Susan Cooper
Dave Sim (regrets, I've had a few)
Iain Banks
Iain M. Banks
Yottam Ottolenghi
Diana Henry
Elizabeth David
Hetty McKinnon
Peter O'Donnell
Susan Cooper
Dave Sim (regrets, I've had a few)
Iain Banks
Iain M. Banks
Kasey Chambers for Emmylou Harris. What a night.
Who was the best opening act you've seen live?
June 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Kasey Chambers for Emmylou Harris. What a night.
Ebert said '“Cutthroat Island” is everything a movie named “Cutthroat Island” should be, and no more. ' Young me saw Geena Davis fronting up in the Errol Flynn role and said, 'Yes, please.'
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Ebert said '“Cutthroat Island” is everything a movie named “Cutthroat Island” should be, and no more. ' Young me saw Geena Davis fronting up in the Errol Flynn role and said, 'Yes, please.'
The Nerd-nerdery in this thread is making me very happy.
I am at war with my 9yo.
He asked me to guess how many Nerds were in a box of Nerds and I did and asked if I was right and he said “well, well never know” and I said “of course we can know.” And he said “I’m not gonna count them all.” And I said: “you don’t have to” and explained MATH.
He asked me to guess how many Nerds were in a box of Nerds and I did and asked if I was right and he said “well, well never know” and I said “of course we can know.” And he said “I’m not gonna count them all.” And I said: “you don’t have to” and explained MATH.
May 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The Nerd-nerdery in this thread is making me very happy.
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f-AI-lure
May 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
f-AI-lure
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Friends, if you are having trouble with information overload at a difficult time, I recommend the OnlyPosts feed on Bsky, which is just original posts and quotes. You'll still get THE NEWS but it's less overwhelming, especially first thing in the morning when you've woken up to AMERICA.
May 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Friends, if you are having trouble with information overload at a difficult time, I recommend the OnlyPosts feed on Bsky, which is just original posts and quotes. You'll still get THE NEWS but it's less overwhelming, especially first thing in the morning when you've woken up to AMERICA.
When will AI eat itself?
May 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When will AI eat itself?
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One more week to submit your abstracts for the East Asian pop culture workshop happening at NUS, Singapore, this September! Hit the link for details on abstract submission!
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/east-...
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/east-...
May 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
One more week to submit your abstracts for the East Asian pop culture workshop happening at NUS, Singapore, this September! Hit the link for details on abstract submission!
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/east-...
ari.nus.edu.sg/events/east-...
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Preferential voting is deeply democratic, because election depends on whom a majority find the most preferable option, and voting itself delivers a clear snapshot of who values what most politically and in what proportion. Any attack on it is an attack on Australian democracy. #auspol
May 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Preferential voting is deeply democratic, because election depends on whom a majority find the most preferable option, and voting itself delivers a clear snapshot of who values what most politically and in what proportion. Any attack on it is an attack on Australian democracy. #auspol
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May 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You know how language is a virus? What can be done (legally, of course) to make our spaces and our creativity an unpleasant meal for these arseholes? www.reddit.com/r/AO3/commen...
From the AO3 community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AO3 community
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May 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You know how language is a virus? What can be done (legally, of course) to make our spaces and our creativity an unpleasant meal for these arseholes? www.reddit.com/r/AO3/commen...
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And a separate SpaceX case is quietly moving into settlement talks with the NLRB. Meanwhile, more than 40 other federal investigations into Musk have gone silent with no public updates in months. It’s starting to look less like oversight and more like a cover-up.
May 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And a separate SpaceX case is quietly moving into settlement talks with the NLRB. Meanwhile, more than 40 other federal investigations into Musk have gone silent with no public updates in months. It’s starting to look less like oversight and more like a cover-up.
Friends, do you have a qobuz opinion? I have tried spotify and I cannot gel with it. I just don't like the platform. Also, its artist pay is the worst which no doubt affects my willingness to like it.
May 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Friends, do you have a qobuz opinion? I have tried spotify and I cannot gel with it. I just don't like the platform. Also, its artist pay is the worst which no doubt affects my willingness to like it.
What Van said. #auspol
Oh my god - the Advance campaign was NOT the reason that the Greens lost their seats. For a start, crazy rightwingers don’t know how to speak to left leaning people in a way that flips their vote, don’t be ridiculous. The proof is the national greens vote did not drop. The reason greens lost… 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What Van said. #auspol
Looking for the info on the film in my last post, I found this clip. Extra hilarious because it was two years before Paul Keating became Prime Minister. aso.gov.au/titles/tv/bi...
The Big Gig – Series 1 Episode 1
There’s a rowdy beer-hall type atmosphere to this comedy-variety show, which tapped into a vibrant ‘80s live comedy scene in Melbourne. (Video excerpt 0.38 minutes This clip chosen to be PG)
aso.gov.au
May 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Looking for the info on the film in my last post, I found this clip. Extra hilarious because it was two years before Paul Keating became Prime Minister. aso.gov.au/titles/tv/bi...
#death An Australian documentary called Body Work, aso.gov.au/titles/docum... The combination of subject matter, Australian accents and laconic Australian-ness, the sadness, horror and in situ sound, I ended up laughing so hard I thought I was going to die from being unable to breath. The irony.
May 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
#death An Australian documentary called Body Work, aso.gov.au/titles/docum... The combination of subject matter, Australian accents and laconic Australian-ness, the sadness, horror and in situ sound, I ended up laughing so hard I thought I was going to die from being unable to breath. The irony.
I don't know, USians, I think the conclave was going for the second Pope from a South American country, not the first from a North American country 😂🤣😂 apnews.com/article/peru...
Rejoicing Peruvians see Pope Leo XIV as one of their own after his many years in Peru
Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected pope and hoped he will visit them soon in his new role.
apnews.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I don't know, USians, I think the conclave was going for the second Pope from a South American country, not the first from a North American country 😂🤣😂 apnews.com/article/peru...