TheMercuryBuddha
@mercurybuddha.bsky.social
Townsville Australia.
Body of a bear, mind of a dragon.
AuADHD, Gay, Humorous, Sad, Recovering Alcoholic, Mostly Coping.
Body of a bear, mind of a dragon.
AuADHD, Gay, Humorous, Sad, Recovering Alcoholic, Mostly Coping.
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The ‘step’ in words like ‘stepmother’ or ‘stepsister’ has nothing to do with our word ‘step’. It comes from Old English ‘astiepan’ (‘to bereave’), which produced ‘steopcild’ meaning ‘orphan’. So ‘stepmother’ originally meant someone who became mother to an orphan.
March 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The ‘step’ in words like ‘stepmother’ or ‘stepsister’ has nothing to do with our word ‘step’. It comes from Old English ‘astiepan’ (‘to bereave’), which produced ‘steopcild’ meaning ‘orphan’. So ‘stepmother’ originally meant someone who became mother to an orphan.
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Word of the Day: 손맛 (son-mat; Korean) - "hand taste", the unique taste each person making a recipe adds to it, usually used to describe how no one can make food like your mum
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Word of the Day: 손맛 (son-mat; Korean) - "hand taste", the unique taste each person making a recipe adds to it, usually used to describe how no one can make food like your mum
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Over the course of the Apollo space missions, an estimated 96 bags of human excrement and vomit have been left behind on the Moon.
February 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Over the course of the Apollo space missions, an estimated 96 bags of human excrement and vomit have been left behind on the Moon.
Bloody oath we don't.
The phrase ‘shrimp on the barbie’ was invented for an American advertisement for Australian tourism. However, Australians wouldn’t say it - they say prawn.
March 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Bloody oath we don't.
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The verb ‘to don’, as in ‘to wear’, is a contraction of ‘to do on’, and the verb ‘to doff’, as in ‘to doff a cap’, is a contraction of ‘to do off’.
March 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The verb ‘to don’, as in ‘to wear’, is a contraction of ‘to do on’, and the verb ‘to doff’, as in ‘to doff a cap’, is a contraction of ‘to do off’.
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In Swedish ‘att glida in på en räkmacka’, literally ‘to slide in on a shrimp sandwich’, refers to someone who didn’t have to work to get where they are.
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In Swedish ‘att glida in på en räkmacka’, literally ‘to slide in on a shrimp sandwich’, refers to someone who didn’t have to work to get where they are.
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The metric I use to quickly and roughly determine if automation is good or bad is how they’re marketing the automation. If it’s marketing as a time saving and safety device then it’s probably good. If it’s marketed as a cost saving device compared to human workers then it’s made by the devil.
March 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The metric I use to quickly and roughly determine if automation is good or bad is how they’re marketing the automation. If it’s marketing as a time saving and safety device then it’s probably good. If it’s marketed as a cost saving device compared to human workers then it’s made by the devil.
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When I was young, movies like Back to the Future or Indiana Jones felt like historical landmarks deserving national holiday because of multi-level marketing.
Now everything feels like a flash in the pan.
Wonder if It's age (impressionable), the access to multitudes with internet(abundance) or both.
Now everything feels like a flash in the pan.
Wonder if It's age (impressionable), the access to multitudes with internet(abundance) or both.
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
When I was young, movies like Back to the Future or Indiana Jones felt like historical landmarks deserving national holiday because of multi-level marketing.
Now everything feels like a flash in the pan.
Wonder if It's age (impressionable), the access to multitudes with internet(abundance) or both.
Now everything feels like a flash in the pan.
Wonder if It's age (impressionable), the access to multitudes with internet(abundance) or both.
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New Words of Wonder! Dream Words
March 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New Words of Wonder! Dream Words
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In the 18th century, ‘to twitter’ meant ‘to sneer or laugh scornfully’.
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In the 18th century, ‘to twitter’ meant ‘to sneer or laugh scornfully’.
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"If the actions of an American hurts this nation, I of course will take a stand against them" claimed the PM
Read more: chaser.com.au/national/alb...
Read more: chaser.com.au/national/alb...
March 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the actions of an American hurts this nation, I of course will take a stand against them" claimed the PM
Read more: chaser.com.au/national/alb...
Read more: chaser.com.au/national/alb...
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I don’t know how to fall asleep. It’s something I’ve managed to do almost every night of my life, but I always forget what I did that worked so well the night before.
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I don’t know how to fall asleep. It’s something I’ve managed to do almost every night of my life, but I always forget what I did that worked so well the night before.
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Cartoon by Dave Whamond
March 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cartoon by Dave Whamond
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Hit fantasy series Wheel of Time debuts new sapphic couple, in a change from the original books
The Wheel of Time just made a fan-favourite pair of characters canonically queer
The Wheel of Time season 3 has debuted a new sapphic couple, whose relationship in the original books was never confirmed to be LGBTQ+.
www.thepinknews.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hit fantasy series Wheel of Time debuts new sapphic couple, in a change from the original books
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Area Pagan Dreading Big Family Vernal Equinox Celebration
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March 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Area Pagan Dreading Big Family Vernal Equinox Celebration
theonion.com/area-pa...
theonion.com/area-pa...
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As of 2022, only 29 US states required some kind of sex ed in schools—and about half of those didn’t require the information to be medically accurate. Where you live shouldn’t dictate your quality of education.
The first episode of Crash Course Sex Ed is available now!
youtu.be/SkSItIS_Xl0?...
The first episode of Crash Course Sex Ed is available now!
youtu.be/SkSItIS_Xl0?...
What is sex?: Sex Ed #1
YouTube video by CrashCourse
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March 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As of 2022, only 29 US states required some kind of sex ed in schools—and about half of those didn’t require the information to be medically accurate. Where you live shouldn’t dictate your quality of education.
The first episode of Crash Course Sex Ed is available now!
youtu.be/SkSItIS_Xl0?...
The first episode of Crash Course Sex Ed is available now!
youtu.be/SkSItIS_Xl0?...
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This is Lemon. She was just told you aren't supposed to eat the leaves. This would have been good to know 20 leaves ago. Still 13/10
March 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is Lemon. She was just told you aren't supposed to eat the leaves. This would have been good to know 20 leaves ago. Still 13/10
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Season 2 incoming... 🚀
‘Gastronauts’ Renewed for Season 2 at Dropout, New Chef Contestants and Guest Judges Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)
Comedic culinary competition "Gastronauts" has been renewed for Season 2 at indie streamer Dropout.
variety.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Season 2 incoming... 🚀
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Watch: Lady Gaga hilariously channels inner 57-year-old in SNL 'Little Red Glasses' skit
Lady Gaga hilariously channels inner 57-year-old in SNL 'Little Red Glasses' skit
Lady Gaga channeled her inner middle-aged bookstore owner in a hilarious and viral "Little Red Glasses" skit over the weekend.
www.thepinknews.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Watch: Lady Gaga hilariously channels inner 57-year-old in SNL 'Little Red Glasses' skit
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This is Dennis. He was asked to do the same trick over and over again with no compensation. 13/10 justice for Dennis
March 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is Dennis. He was asked to do the same trick over and over again with no compensation. 13/10 justice for Dennis