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James Webber
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A fairly irate scientist. He/him
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@reparrishcomics.bsky.social
RE Parrish comic titled "Kate Bush was the worst roommate I ever had" First panel shows Kate Bush soaking in a bubble bath (claw-foot tub of course): "Kate Bush! You can't keep taking five baths a day! You've been..." Second panel shows Parrish pointing at the water bill "Running up that bill!" (the bill is for $5000)
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Wild to caption this with "costumes from the BBC" and not mention if those cardinals are from the Spanish Inquisition
A photo of students in full conclave costume, centered on a couple of guys in bright red cardinal outfits (one of them has the hat). I didn't expect that. Original caption: The class’s professor has procured costumes over the years from sources like Renaissance fairs and the BBC’s costume department. Kevin Serna for The New York Times
May 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Hell yeah I finally made it
Screenshot of the beginning of an email I received, which goes thusly: Esteemed Colleague, After carefully reviewing your online academic work, we are genuinely impressed by the valuable contributions you have made. We are delighted to extend an invitation to you to submit new research papers to our prestigious publication, "CATTLE PRACTICE." Our journal acts as a platform for a wide range of scientific (screenshot ends)
April 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Me when I see @prakashlab.bsky.social referenced in a Ze Frank True Facts episode
still frame of Leonardo DiCaprio pointing, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Embarrassing spelling mistake here, the real title is "Nosferatu Babygirl: the Brutallest"
Picture of the marquee of the Somerville theater in Davis square. The sign reads NOSFERATU BABYGIRL THE BRUTALIST IN 70MM
January 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Timeline convergence
Screenshot of my timeline. On the bottom is Hank's post (a carrier full of Bear Spray juxtaposed with Ralph Wiggum saying "I'm in danger"). Above is a skeet from @abbycohenwl.bsky.social. It reads: If a bear attacks you, stay calm. Try to see the situation from their point of view
November 30, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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It means this
A photo of Bill Gates from 1985. He is lying on top of a desk, resting on top of a monitor displaying the Windows 1.0 boot screen. It might have been intended to be seductive?? It's very confusing
November 30, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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A beautiful thing about the internet is that I could make this in 10 minutes with free websites. It's supposed to be animated but bsky won't let me 😢
A picture (or GIF? hopefully?) from Castle Wolfenstein except it's Ollie's huge cartoon snout instead of a gun
October 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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i image-searched "denim shoes heels" and I found a strap stiletto heel in blue denim with frayed edges. It costs $36 on Amazon
August 12, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Version of the "bad enough dude" screenshot from the NES game "Bad Dudes" showing a green screen with a military-looking dude and in a pixelated font: "YOU JUST READ THE WORST POST YOU'VE EVER SEEN. ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO IGNORE IT?"
August 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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"stonks" meme of a business mannequin looking at numbers go up, but instead of saying "stonks" it says "lonks"
June 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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I forgot to pack gym shorts, but they have a store. The guy said "we just have what's out there" and there weren't any shorts but I pointed at a mannequin and said "that guy has shorts, can I buy those" and
A picture of a mannequin wearing an MIT branded hoodie and no pants
March 20, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Finally, a return to traditional American eigenvalues
Title of an NYT Opinion piece: "There Is a Secret Hamiltonian in the White House"
March 11, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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My electric utility is thinking about becoming a singer-songwriter
a text from my utility provider Eversource: We are a storm with heavy rain and damaging winds and preparing for potential outages Wednesday into Thursday
February 27, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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. @ass.golf I keep seeing this headline on ESPN and getting confused but also intrigued
NBA Top Headlines from ESPN: "Sources: Nets promoting Ollie to interim coach" (Ollie is Jeph's dog. There's nothing in the rules that prevents this but he lives in Canada???)
February 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Watching a talk and seeing people you recognize from social media
That one image Leonardo DiCaprio pointing, from "once upon a time in Hollywood"
February 5, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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I'm pretty checked out of the NFL but I am 100% down to watch a four-team Super Bowl
A headline from ESPN: "First look at Lions-49ers, Chiefs-Ravens: How all four teams can advance to Super Bowl LVIII"
January 22, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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"ooh you made bagels, can I have one?"
"... It's bageI, not bagewe"
A cooling rack of everything bagels, they look great. You can't have one
November 26, 2023 at 10:18 PM
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If I find a sufficiently stupid beer I am actually required to purchase it
A picture of a four pack of beer. The beer is Night Shift brewing and the flavor is Teddie peanut butter. I can't explain why they made it and I can't explain why I bought it but here we are
November 10, 2023 at 10:04 PM
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I've changed my mind, I want Boogieboard Bigfoot
A flag with colorful geometric shapes (yellow, blue, pink) and a four-pointed star, and also what appears to be a silhouette of Bigfoot carrying a surfboard
November 9, 2023 at 7:46 PM
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I want them to have a flag of a photograph of a painting
A painting of a pond, with a black-and-white speckled duck in the foreground and a bald eagle flying in the background
November 9, 2023 at 6:43 PM
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Yeah they're called memes
A picture of an ad on the subway for a clinical study. The beginning of the ad reads "Do you have repetitive unwanted thoughts that are difficult to control and interfere with you life?"
October 16, 2023 at 4:38 PM
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Very surprised that this is the only GIS result I found for "Office Horus"
A screenshot of some of The Office (US) main cast: Ryan, Jim, Dwight and Michael, and in place of Pam is a picture of the Egyptian god Horus
September 20, 2023 at 2:24 AM
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oh ya that's why I have a separate one
A screenshot of my Bluesky profile. Next to the Likes tab is another tab called "Weird Likes"
August 29, 2023 at 6:11 PM
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There was a "translate" link and Google decided that "!gawrsh" is Arabic for ... "Gorsh!"
August 15, 2023 at 1:55 AM