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Helen
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grad student (aka professional procrastinator & banana thief);; mit '20, now at the liberal arts school up the street [personal acct] (twitter is sor/atori42, sry for platform inconsistency)
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danielwaweru.bsky.social
Confirming a conclusion that goes back to De Caelo.
Either then the earth is spherical or it is at least naturally spherical. And it is right to call anything that which nature intends it to be, and which belongs to it, rather than that which it is by constraint and contrary to nature. The evidence of the senses further corroborates this. How else would eclipses of the moon show segments shaped as we see them? As it is, the shapes which the moon itself each month shows are of every kind - straight, gibbous, and concave - but in eclipses the outline is always curved; and, since it is the interposition of the earth that makes the eclipse, the form of this line will be caused by the form of the earth's surface, which is therefore spherical. Again, our observations of the stars make it evident, not only that the earth is circular, but also that it is a circle of no great size. For quite a small change of position on our part to south or north causes a manifest alteration of the horizon. There is much change, I mean, in the stars which are overhead, and the stars seen are different, as one moves northward or southward. Indeed there are some stars seen in Egypt and in the neigh-bourhood of Cyprus which are not seen in the northerly regions; and stars, which in the north are never beyond the range of observation, in those regions rise and set. All of which goes to show not only that the earth is circular in shape, but also that it is a sphere of no great size; for otherwise the effect of so slight a change of place would not be so quickly apparent.
December 31, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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atherton.bsky.social
This was a pretty good one
Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.so...•11m watching a toddler undo childproof locks is a real "velociraptors in Jurrasic Park" moment © 66 Dogpile On The Rabbit @bartleby6316.bsky.social Follow Back By "toddler" you mean Trump, and by "childproof locks" you mean the American constitutional system, right? April 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM '1 Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.s... • now no I mean I am parenting a toddler •••
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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seva.bsky.social
everyone thinks they’re a bayesian until they have to update their priors
December 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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timpratt.org
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"

archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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oldmatecans.bsky.social
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance

Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn

Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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benedictsred.bsky.social
Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
New, from me: Time for something fun - I wrote about themes and fashions of the Knives Out Universe (KOU). 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/exploring-...
Exploring the Knives Out Universe
Are they just entertaining murder mysteries or something more?
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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lookitup.baby
MERRY CRISIS AND A HAPPY NEW FEAR
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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honeyskeleton.bsky.social
petty bitch Rian I love to see it
swholocron.bsky.social Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 7d
Rian Johnson casually dropping a great jab at tons of misinformed Star Wars fans who think their values align with the Rebels, rather than the Empire
December 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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nonfedimemes.wetdry.world.ap.brid.gy
"There needs to be more sober queer spaces. So that's why I dug this hole." Below the post is a photo of a hole dug on the ground by the original poster.
September 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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jbberry7.bsky.social
😂
December 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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crvptozoology.bsky.social
more josh o'connor for you
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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trickyc66.bsky.social
the two genders
back to back reports: "REPORTS HE SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AND A SHAMPOO BOTTLE WENT INTO HIS RECTUM" and "STATES HE WAS IN THE SHOWER WAS BORED WHEN HE PLACED SHAMPOO BOTTLE INTO RECTUM"
December 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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kibblesmith.com
Hey Now
You're a Boxcar
Full of Children
Solve Crimes
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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solass.bsky.social
Six year old sister: a non binary person is someone who isn't a boy or girl Seven year old cousin: like the grinch
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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junlper.beer
there were so many contenders for worst posts of this year, everyone lost their minds
In college, I worked at @CrackerBarrel in Tallahassee. I even gave my life to Christ in their parking lot. Their logo was iconic and their unique restaurants were a fixture of American culture. No one asked for this woke rebrand. It's time to Make Cracker Barrel Great Again
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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kevintmorris.bsky.social
I've always loved this illustration depicting Joseph and Mary looking for a room. I am finding it especially powerful this year
Everett Patterson's "José y Maria."
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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jasonkirk.fyi
Aww You're Sweet: Comic book characters dying 500 times each while being 500 people at once Hello Human Resources: Comic book MOVIE characters dying 1.5 times each while being 1.5 people at once
December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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fm-synth.bsky.social
Simply

Having

A wonderful
Christmas Slime A dragon quest slime is wearing a Christmas hat in a field of snow
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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boyq.bsky.social
Some will remember.
"You wouldn't download a 60 minutes segment", in the style of "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" is the unofficial name of a series of public service announcement trailers created by Warner Bros. and marketed by the Motion Picture Association of America in 2004, as part of a greater anti-copyright infringement campaign known as "Piracy. It's a crime.". Its de facto title is derived from the first sentence within the trailer.
December 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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geftokingmongoose.bsky.social
Paramedic looking at a sculptor who had his latest work shot into his chest by a powerful kiln explosion: Sorry but I've just never really been able to separate the art from the artist
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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ultimaaa.bsky.social
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Government Funded Hockey Yao
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM