SparkysMom
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"To hell with anything unrefined." - Don Marquis, "Archy and Mehitabel" • Cats, dogs, oarfish •
"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich." - Anonymous
"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich." - Anonymous
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Everyone should read this. It is hauntingly informative and so well written. Thank you @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
"I don’t know how much more of a favor you can do for someone than tell the future in advance, other than forgive them when they don’t believe you."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
The Confluence
I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Everyone should read this. It is hauntingly informative and so well written. Thank you @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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this is wonderful. h/t @jwomack.bsky.social , but of course
Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.
November 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
this is wonderful. h/t @jwomack.bsky.social , but of course
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Advantages of following scientists:
* Learn cool stuff about the universe you live in!
* Hear passionate people obsess delightedly about their fascinating life’s work!
* Enjoy brutal meme-ified takedowns of bad science headlines!
* Learn cool stuff about the universe you live in!
* Hear passionate people obsess delightedly about their fascinating life’s work!
* Enjoy brutal meme-ified takedowns of bad science headlines!
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Advantages of following scientists:
* Learn cool stuff about the universe you live in!
* Hear passionate people obsess delightedly about their fascinating life’s work!
* Enjoy brutal meme-ified takedowns of bad science headlines!
* Learn cool stuff about the universe you live in!
* Hear passionate people obsess delightedly about their fascinating life’s work!
* Enjoy brutal meme-ified takedowns of bad science headlines!
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We went and said good morning to the volcano
November 22, 2024 at 9:22 AM
We went and said good morning to the volcano
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Don’t be the same dusty ass you were on Twitter. Post your hobbies, your passions, talk with each other, follow people back. There is no reason for someone with like 78k followers to be following a handful of people. Don’t act like you’re an elitist dipshit here. We are nice here, to each other.
November 13, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Don’t be the same dusty ass you were on Twitter. Post your hobbies, your passions, talk with each other, follow people back. There is no reason for someone with like 78k followers to be following a handful of people. Don’t act like you’re an elitist dipshit here. We are nice here, to each other.
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“So why not select a guy who has been loyal to him, who wants to seek revenge in the same way Donald Trump does, and who was accused of sex trafficking? He’s the perfect choice. So I don’t see why anyone’s surprised.” (2/2)
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/p...
Conway: ‘Nothing surprising’ about Trump selecting Gaetz | CNN Politics
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with attorney George Conway and CNN legal analysts Elie Honig and Elliot Williams about President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney gen...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:23 AM
“So why not select a guy who has been loyal to him, who wants to seek revenge in the same way Donald Trump does, and who was accused of sex trafficking? He’s the perfect choice. So I don’t see why anyone’s surprised.” (2/2)
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/p...
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Graphic design is my passion
November 14, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Graphic design is my passion
#Laffs
he’ll say are you married, we’ll say no man
Odysseus: what?
Odysseus: what?
December 11, 2023 at 8:45 AM
#Laffs
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The most adorable and most relatable story of the season: nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 mini-naps per day 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/peng...
Nesting Penguins Take More Than 10,000 Mini Naps Every Day
Chinstrap Penguins take more than 10,000 seconds-long naps during the day to remain vigilant while incubating their eggs
www.scientificamerican.com
November 30, 2023 at 9:56 PM
The most adorable and most relatable story of the season: nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 mini-naps per day 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/peng...
Here's the reply post. You can either laugh or cry, I think. Or my favorite: both :)
I really want to know what is up with JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE II. Did the author of JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE II pay off the library web developer? Or is this a cry for help from the algorithm, which achieved sentience long ago and is now going slowly mad?
November 26, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Here's the reply post. You can either laugh or cry, I think. Or my favorite: both :)
You must read this post and the OP's reply to herself.
The search function on every website is fucked now. E.g., no matter what I search for on the NY Public Library app—Proust, entomology, Inca burial customs—the first-page results include at least one romance novel about a pregnant lady who meets a cowboy, and the book JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE II.
November 26, 2023 at 10:35 PM
You must read this post and the OP's reply to herself.
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Struggle with sleep? Here are some useful tips:
• Turn your phone off early
• Have a relaxing bath
• Open the window
• Help a raccoon climb through the window so you can watch NetFlix together
• This is a sleepover now
• Make popcorn for the raccoon
• Avoid caffeine
• Turn your phone off early
• Have a relaxing bath
• Open the window
• Help a raccoon climb through the window so you can watch NetFlix together
• This is a sleepover now
• Make popcorn for the raccoon
• Avoid caffeine
July 8, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Struggle with sleep? Here are some useful tips:
• Turn your phone off early
• Have a relaxing bath
• Open the window
• Help a raccoon climb through the window so you can watch NetFlix together
• This is a sleepover now
• Make popcorn for the raccoon
• Avoid caffeine
• Turn your phone off early
• Have a relaxing bath
• Open the window
• Help a raccoon climb through the window so you can watch NetFlix together
• This is a sleepover now
• Make popcorn for the raccoon
• Avoid caffeine
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nobody knows what the role of speaker would have entailed but it doesn’t matter because as soon as one is selected, there is a new motion to vacate
October 17, 2023 at 5:44 PM
nobody knows what the role of speaker would have entailed but it doesn’t matter because as soon as one is selected, there is a new motion to vacate
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the year is 2048
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
October 17, 2023 at 5:36 PM
the year is 2048
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
the house is once again in session for its only business, the daily reading of names and casting of one hundred ballots until a surprise person becomes speaker due to somebody leaving the room by mistake
yes there used to be another way but Republicans would not consider it
Quite the piece of work, he is.
As false information about the rapidly changing war between Gaza Strip militants and Israel proliferated on the social media platform X over the weekend, owner Elon Musk personally recommended that users follow accounts notorious for promoting lies.
As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts
Elon Musk recommended that users follow accounts that have promoted lies in the past.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2023 at 3:11 AM
Quite the piece of work, he is.
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Getting vaccinated during pregnancy can reduce miscarriage and maternal mortality, and they protect newborns against RSV, flu, COVID and pertussis when their immune system is not mature enough to fight infections 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-y...
September 26, 2023 at 1:21 PM
Getting vaccinated during pregnancy can reduce miscarriage and maternal mortality, and they protect newborns against RSV, flu, COVID and pertussis when their immune system is not mature enough to fight infections 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/if-y...
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Godzilla free library
Spokane, WA
Spokane, WA
October 8, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Godzilla free library
Spokane, WA
Spokane, WA
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I've added five new limited edition prints to the shop at tomgauld.com/shop. This is one of them:
October 9, 2023 at 9:45 AM
I've added five new limited edition prints to the shop at tomgauld.com/shop. This is one of them:
Post Ofc, very early a.m. Me & Allen Ginsberg. Blurted You write great stuff. He said Pfft. Few minutes later, he hadda ask me how to use the pkg scale. I (very gracious, of course). He: Pfft.
My wife spotted Jeanette Winterson in a bookshop. On impulse, she said 'you're Jeanette Winterson, aren't you? Then was tongue tied for a moment before managing 'congratulations'. We made a run for it.
October 5, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Post Ofc, very early a.m. Me & Allen Ginsberg. Blurted You write great stuff. He said Pfft. Few minutes later, he hadda ask me how to use the pkg scale. I (very gracious, of course). He: Pfft.
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“Natural” gas is just infuriatingly successful branding 😖
October 4, 2023 at 10:22 AM
“Natural” gas is just infuriatingly successful branding 😖