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Dianna 〰️
@not-soft.bsky.social
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Maker. Ex-expat. Cat lady w/ no cat. Avid reader, word-enjoyer, native plant gardener. 🩷 design, architecture. City girl. Dual-citizen. Progressive. ENG/ITA/some DE

📍 Tulsa, Oklahoma
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infinitescream.bsky.social
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
not-soft.bsky.social
Scrolled to the end of TikTok fr & now I’m just sitting here in complete silence 😩😭

WAY too fragile right now to be hyper-informed aka on Bluesky so this will be an Endless Scream™ reposting acct ONLY until further notice
January 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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gretchenmcc.bsky.social
I've been playing this deadpan German linguistics bop on repeat for the past 12 hours and I'm delighted to report that it's on youtube now!!

🎶 More, more, more morphology 🎶
dmncschmtz.bsky.social Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · Dec 5
He's also putting the glamour back into grammar on YouTube now! 🎶 #linguistics

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...
December 5, 2024 at 7:11 AM
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leastactionhero.bsky.social
toblerone bar (interior view)
Interior view of the Elion-Hitchings Building. It is quite orange and triangular and brutalist.
December 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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calthalas.bsky.social
A little known fact: actually, the Romans invented the Spiderman meme
The Spiderman meme with two Spidermen facing each other. The *original* meme, a 4th century mosaic today in Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, showing two wrestlers facing each other.
December 14, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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ostrichson.bsky.social
Picard: Computer, tea, hot.

Computer: You know Ensign Clarkson in Engineering? Well, rumor is she might be breaking up with Ensign Zortoff because, GET THIS, she might still be in love with her ex!!

Picard: *pulling up chair* Tell. Me. Everything.
December 13, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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keithdecent.bsky.social
Don’t be alarmed if you see Jill Stein rifling through your trash bins!

She is in hyperphagia and needs to consume 20,000 calories a day before hibernating for the next 3 years
December 14, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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theferocity.bsky.social
Woke up thinking about the bowl with little feet. ☺️ It just makes me so happy. The copies I ordered from the Met Store just shipped and it’s the highlight of my week. LMAOOOOO. I don’t know why I’m so excited but baby, I feel like a million bucks!
jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · Mar 1
It's been MONTHS since I went to the museum and I'm still thinking about this ancient lil bowl with feet.

(Egypt, c.3700-3450 B.C)
A dark red/brown bowl, it stands on two cute lil human feet, and tilts slightly forward, almost like a fairly rotund cartoon character.
December 13, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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criminalerin.bsky.social
Me: Can my kids have evidence based peer reviewed healthcare administered by a doctor who agrees that this treatment is appropriate?

The law: NO GROSS

The worst guy you ever met in your life: IDC IF MY ARM IS BROKEN GIVE ME HORSE PASTE OR I'LL SHOOT YOU

The law: Of course sir that is your right
December 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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criminalerin.bsky.social
Me: Can a doctor please check my kid's bloodwork?

The law: THATS ILLEGAL THERES HORMONES IN THERE

The worst people you ever met in your life: We're not taking our sick child to the doctor because our whole church is laying hands on them and screaming prayers to get the devil out

The law: Oh nice
December 13, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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criminalerin.bsky.social
Bro the center is not holding bro these contradictions are killing me

thehill.com/policy/healt...
Ohio Senate passes measure forcing hospitals to administer ivermectin, other patient-requested treatments
The Ohio state Senate passed a bill earlier this week that will allow patients to force hospitals to administer drugs for off-label use.   The passage of the bill comes after a years-long effo…
thehill.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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cageyratfish.bsky.social
"if you ain't coughing cash, then go cough in your basement"
December 13, 2024 at 6:10 AM
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csilverman.bsky.social
#notesArt #artAdventCalendar
A mostly submerged iceberg, with blue sky above and the blue arctic sea below. The view is more like a cross-section, rather than from above or below. The bulk of the iceberg is under the water and blurry. Visible towards the bottom of it is a dim glowing rectangle that looks like a window. Sticking out from the top of the iceberg is a small red mailbox, the mailbox post covered in snow.
December 6, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social
flexible teeth
Disney's Maid Marion with a blank look of exasperation
December 13, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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choire.bsky.social
Just went to check on Twitter and
“Fluoride bugs me from a structural perspective. Because it stiffens the teeth so much, it also makes them prone to chipping. Something I learned with 3D Printing is that stiff materials break easier, but the softer or more flexible materials can withstand hard impacts.”
December 13, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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organizingpower.bsky.social
Cops serve the rich. Just like the NYPD spent millions of dollars to search for a CEO’s killer while ignoring a murder of a homeless person, the Florida cops threw the book at someone who made an empty threat
jphillll.bsky.social Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · Dec 12
A Florida woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call with BlueCross BlueShield with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next.”

She was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, and her bond was set at $100,000.
www.wfla.com/news/polk-co...
Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’: police
A Lakeland woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose.”
www.wfla.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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vicky.science
Ugh look at it it's so pretty. I'm so lucky to get to sit in the wet and the cold and admire these perfect tiny bubblegum angels.
photo of a bright pink sea slug that looks like it's wearing a coat of pink tentacles
December 13, 2024 at 5:01 AM
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vicky.science
As a little kid I *loved* ochre stars. They were my favorite tide pool finds, in their vivid purples and oranges. Later I forgot to cherish them, until sea star wasting disease wiped the coast clean in 2014. Now I never fail to tell each one that I love them and they're doing a great job.
A pile of purple and orange ochre stars surrounded by empty mussel shells, likely their recent meals. I love them and they're doing a great job.
December 13, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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vicky.science
We all know I'm often out there because I'm obsessed with the nudis but I'm an all-around tidepool critter stan too. I was thrilled to see so many thriving sea stars. Bat star feeties, a super tiny ochre star, and an even tinier unidentified baby star!
ultra close-up of a bat star's weird textured skin and some stretched out reaching tube feet crappy photo of a finger next to a very small purple ochre sea star in a tide pool photo of a fingertip dwarfing a tiny white and brown sea star on an algae-covered rock
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 AM
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jongraywb.bsky.social
lol. lmao. lmfao.
December 13, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
One country is not like the others.

Check out this scatterplot of health spending per capita & life expectancy (lines = averages).

The United States sits alone in the bottom right area due to its very high spending rate & below-average life expectancy.

More www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...
This chart pertains to OECD countries. Figure 1.7 illustrates the extent to which countries that spend more on health have better health outcomes. There is a clear positive association between health spending per capita and life expectancy at birth (Figure 1.7). Among the 38 OECD countries, 18 spend more and have higher life expectancy than the OECD average (top right quadrant). A further 11 countries spend less and have lower life expectancy than the OECD average (bottom left quadrant). Of particular interest are countries that deviate from this basic relationship. Eight countries spend less than the OECD average but achieve higher life expectancy overall (top left quadrant). This may indicate relatively good value for money of health systems, notwithstanding the fact that many other factors also have an impact on health outcomes. These eight countries are Korea, Spain, Italy, Israel, Portugal, Chile, Costa Rica and Slovenia. The only country in the bottom right quadrant is the United States, with much higher spending than all other OECD countries but lower life expectancy than the OECD average.
December 12, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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not-soft.bsky.social
Gonna start writing flash fiction but it’s just microblogging to the Oklahoma DOGE portal, ie inundate it with bullshit
December 13, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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iansociologo.bsky.social
www.kosu.org/politics/202...
Oklahoma House launches 'DOGE' inspired online portal, solicits public opinion
House Speaker-elect Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, wants input from Oklahomans on how their state government could be more efficient. The House launched an online portal this week in hopes of collecting tha...
www.kosu.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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romtoronto.bsky.social
A few of my personal favourite Little Guys:
an image of object ROM 2020.79.12, a handmade toy from 1970s Mexico. It is in tbe form of a monkey seated on the ground, and features a tuft of hair on top of its head. The monkey figure holds its front paws/“hands” up in the air. It is hand painted, and the face features wide open eyes. A photo of ROM 988.102.1, a carved netsuke mouse made from wood. The mouse’s overall shape is quite rounded, its front paws hold a seed near to its mouth, and its tail is tucked under its body. The fur has been carved in detail, and its face features small round black eyes (one shown in the image) and large, rounded ears. An image of ROM 980.138.22 a contemporary Japanese woodblock print by artist Kiyoshi Saito. The figure of a cat is suggested through the use of minimal forms - three legs, two ears, and a face featuring asymmetrical eyes. The artist’s signature stretches across the bottom of the print. Image of ROM 967.213 - a metal weathervane in the form of a rooster. The piece features a remarkable level of detail in craftsmanship - rather than a typical weathervane rendered as a two dimensional form, this is a fully realized 3-d rooster form, with individually cut wing and tail feathers and detailing on the head including an upper and lower piece forming the beak, comb and wattle.
December 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM