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Ghostly wails imitating life. Reads constantly. Great at doom scrolling.
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The updated Periodic Table explaining the elements to 2025 people who don't understand science
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The updated Periodic Table explaining the elements to 2025 people who don't understand science
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A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
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Sometimes I don't want to sell a book I've bought for the shop 🤫
So, just clarifying to the person who was confused by a scrap of paper I'd left on the counter: the price written on it was not in "CDN", but "CDH".
As in, the imaginary price for which you could pry the book from my Cold Dead Hands.
So, just clarifying to the person who was confused by a scrap of paper I'd left on the counter: the price written on it was not in "CDN", but "CDH".
As in, the imaginary price for which you could pry the book from my Cold Dead Hands.
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Sometimes I don't want to sell a book I've bought for the shop 🤫
So, just clarifying to the person who was confused by a scrap of paper I'd left on the counter: the price written on it was not in "CDN", but "CDH".
As in, the imaginary price for which you could pry the book from my Cold Dead Hands.
So, just clarifying to the person who was confused by a scrap of paper I'd left on the counter: the price written on it was not in "CDN", but "CDH".
As in, the imaginary price for which you could pry the book from my Cold Dead Hands.
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Art by • Barry Windsor-Smith
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Art by • Barry Windsor-Smith
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When audiences decided the opinion of a critic they read regularly was not as valuable as the thumbs up and thumbs down of 150 random critics, many of whom were only published on their own personal websites. The volume of opinions dwarfed educated ones. That was the first big crack.
What do you think the first death knell of the modern media landscape was? When we started conflating art with content or when we stopped being able to tell the difference between audience and community?
December 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When audiences decided the opinion of a critic they read regularly was not as valuable as the thumbs up and thumbs down of 150 random critics, many of whom were only published on their own personal websites. The volume of opinions dwarfed educated ones. That was the first big crack.
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Every day is the right day.
It's that day again. Try and have a good one. 🦉
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Every day is the right day.
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Taurus: You will finally be able to trace all of your problems down to that one single moment when the universe was created.
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Taurus: You will finally be able to trace all of your problems down to that one single moment when the universe was created.
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I think about this post constantly
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I think about this post constantly
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Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Spending a peaceful Sunday celebrating books and the importance of reading and writing. In this regard, I'm sharing a favourite passage from Sagan's Cosmos.
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
✨Books are indeed proof that humans work magic.✨
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#Booklovers
💙📚🪐
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I wrote about why cutting Kill Bill in half might have cost Uma Thurman an Oscar, and how the new 4 1/2-hour version makes whole the greatest performance of her career.
Kill Bill Is Back in Theaters in a New Version. It’ll Never Play the Same.
The Whole Bloody Affair changed the way I saw Tarantino’s epic revenge film—and so did the reporting about its making.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I wrote about why cutting Kill Bill in half might have cost Uma Thurman an Oscar, and how the new 4 1/2-hour version makes whole the greatest performance of her career.
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Proper use of googley eyes!
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Proper use of googley eyes!
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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Private Equity
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Private Equity
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oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
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Pisces: You will let your imagination run free, causing havoc throughout the city as it is overrun by unicorns, elves, and celebrity look-a-likes engaged in your very particular fetishes, until it is finally taken down by a police sniper.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pisces: You will let your imagination run free, causing havoc throughout the city as it is overrun by unicorns, elves, and celebrity look-a-likes engaged in your very particular fetishes, until it is finally taken down by a police sniper.
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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Grammarian and Errorist are at it again! 🖊️
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Grammarian and Errorist are at it again! 🖊️
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BURN IT TO THE GROUND
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
BURN IT TO THE GROUND
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It's really hitting me how little energy the Beatles put into justifying their insect-based name.
They could at least have worn little antennae
They could at least have worn little antennae
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It's really hitting me how little energy the Beatles put into justifying their insect-based name.
They could at least have worn little antennae
They could at least have worn little antennae
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Best literary analysis ever
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Best literary analysis ever