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Opal
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I do crochet stuff and sometimes math stuff. (she/her)
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Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Lt. Commander Bortus from "The Orville", with a cigarette hanging from his mouth.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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They sure called THAT one fast.
Image from Decision Desk HQ, screenshotted around 2108 ET, showing the NYC Mayoral Race as called for Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Democrats need to shut the fuck up about fucking DEMOCRACY in a time of fascism. Because, hey, you want to get reelected, don't you?

If we want to BEAT the Republicans, we must BECOME the Republicans!

Jesus Christ, what a bunch of feckless, knee-bending chucklefucks.
3. Convince voters that we shads their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and FOCUSING LESS ON issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, DEMOCRACY, abortion, identity and cultural issues). (Emphasis added.)
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
opalescentopal.bsky.social
Rochester slashed their tires.
Meme of Goofy, spattered with blood and an unnerving, malicious look on his face, captioned "I'll fuckin do it again".
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes, unable to sleep.
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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"Gentlemen, I wouldn't trust this overgrown pile of microchips any further'n I can throw it. I don't know if you want to trust your gender to some, uh, silicone DIE-ode..."
October 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Scene from "Bad Santa" in which Billy Bob Thornton's character says, "Well, wish in one hand and shit in the other. See which one fills up first."
September 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr
Image of Terry Duke Tetzloff, a notorious scammer in the show "Duckman", in a white coat. Voiced by the national treasure known as John Astin.
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The federal government thinks only ONE of these people can safely own a firearm.

Guess which one!
Laverne Cox calmly smiling for a photo on the red carpet Brian Michael Smith posing for a picture while being-- get this-- completely chill. Elliot Page being normal as hell Alex Jones wearing (and this is not a joke) a literal tinfoil hat with a facial expression that simultaneously frowns, grimaces, looks constipated, and reeks of smug dickery.
September 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
opalescentopal.bsky.social
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
Officer George Frankly and Sergeant Kate Monday from "Mathnet". Don't judge me, motherfucker. These two were cooler than Mulder and Scully, and I'll fukken DIE on that hill.
August 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I grew up on these streets.
Screenshot of the 1980s video game "Paperboy"
July 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, saying "I get it. It ain't making me laugh, but I get it."
June 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Well, at least they've made their procedures clear.
News blurb from 13wham.com, titled "Rochester police: Man to be arrested after being shot"
June 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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@nypd.bsky.social cops decided that the @amtrak.com lounge at NYP was the best place to catch up on their paperwork and check their phones while taking advantage of the free food and beverages.

(They asked what was up when I exclaimed at my train being delayed by >2 hours.)
Two NYPD officers, with empty drinks in front of them, check their phones and catch up on whatever stupid-ass tickets they've issued. Two NYPD officers, with empty drinks in front of them, check their phones and catch up on whatever stupid-ass tickets they've issued.
June 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Y'all, I am not proud to admit that, when I saw the picture, all I saw was this:
Picture of the opening credits to "Gamera the Guardian of the Universe" with blue lines imposed over Japanese characters, spelling out "tits". I am being entirely serious when I say that my mind immediately interpreted the picture as saying "tits", leaving me wondering what dirty joke I was missing.
May 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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With alt-text.
Clipping from an article in Rolling Stone, quoting Franchesca Ramsey: "If people are willing to admit that they made a mistake and they want to learn, they can absolutely do that," she says. "I just don't believe it's my job [to console them]. And I don't think it's unreasonable for people to not trust folks who are now only wanting to be in [the] community because they felt the consequences. I don't trust [them] at all. Go to some other Ex-MAGA and y'all can kumbaya together. You're not coming over here."
April 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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They put that in there just to piss off the mathematicians, didn't they?
A shot of the US Trade Representative's website about tariff calculations (full text below). A portion that says "Let ε<0" is highlighted. Full text of the picture: Consider an environment in which the U.S. levies a tariff of rate τ_i on country i and ∆τ_i reflects the change in the tariff rate. Let ε<0 represent the elasticity of imports with respect to import prices, let φ>0 represent the passthrough from tariffs to import prices, let m_i>0 represent total imports from country i, and let x_i>0 represent total exports. Then the decrease in imports due to a change in tariffs equals ∆τ_i*ε*φ*m_i<0. Assuming that offsetting exchange rate and general equilibrium effects are small enough to be ignored, the reciprocal tariff that results in a bilateral trade balance of zero satisfies: ∆τ_i = (x_i - m_i) / (ε*φ*m_i)
April 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
opalescentopal.bsky.social
Today in crazy-ass academic citations:

eprint.iacr.org/2022/1018
Citation from linked paper: [2] emails: Lawyer who met trump jr. tied to russian officials.
March 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Since she's blocking people who have the audacity to call her out, I'll add these for context:
@mallorydisbrow.bsky.social Are you going to stand up and replace her? @mallorydisbrow.bsky.social I support it, but no one on this thread is capable of having a conversation at the moment. #RunForSomething @mallorydisbrow.bsky.social I'm not personally, but I spend plenty of time and money making sure someone else will on fact replace Trump. Take one issue and stand on it and support others who take one issue and stand on it. We can't all support everything all the time. So support coalitions that get us there.
March 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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What's your transition timeline?

Wrong answers only
Walter Findlay, as played by Bill Macy. Maude Findlay, as played by Bea Arthur.
March 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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i'm here you fuckaas bitch
Picture of a Waffle House. If you're gonna fight somebody here, you definitely don't want to be a fuckaas bitch.
March 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Show me a badass female character.
Dairine Callahan from Diane Duane's amazing "Young Wizards" series. She's a hacker, a wizard, and a fucking badass.
March 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Pictured: the only acceptable Trump administration spy.
Picture of Sterling Archer from the show "Archer" with his nose bandaged and broken, with a black eye. Not for nothing, but Lana Kane, the far more capable spy who is a black woman, had to be cropped out of this photo in order to make the joke work.
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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This will end well, I'm sure.
In his first interview after his release from prison, Enrique Tarrio thanked Donald Trump for pardoning him for his role in planning the January 6 riot, saying he “literally gave me my life back”. Now that he is out, the Proud Boys leader wants revenge, he told Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist host of Info Wars. “The people who did this, they need to feel the heat, they need to be put behind bars, and they need to be prosecuted,” Tarrio said. “Success is going to be retribution,” he added. “We gotta do everything in our power to make sure that the next four years sets us up for the next 100 years.”
January 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Gravy 4
Album cover for the "Gasanova" album by musician Yung Gravy.
November 19, 2024 at 2:32 PM