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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Doctor: I'd like to run a test on your blood sugar. Me: Probably not as high as my sex magik. Doctor: Me: I just meant... you know what, never mind. I'll just go give the blood samples. Doctor: Good. Go to the testing center, and give it away, give it away, give it away now.

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

Ueugggghh... it hurts...

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This is what frustrates me. My Congress-beings are failing, hard

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I think if you swap every use of "DEI" with "Thing That Doesn't Center White Men" the actual agenda of the Right is laid bare.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

(Well, the instrumental bit after the first chorus)

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Today's mood: those two measures of 7/4 time in the first chorus of Blondie's "Heart of Glass."

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Commit the sin of empathy.

submitted 33 days ago • 99 comments

This one goes out to TikTok…

submitted 39 days ago • 12 comments

(CW: bodily functions) With my IBS, it's not unusual to need to use the bathroom shortly after eating. But today after lunch, I was still in my winter gear. The coat and scarf got hung up on the hook, but... is it just me, or is it kind of punk rock to poop whilst wearing a beanie?

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Neil Gaiman signed my copy of AMERICAN GODS and we chatted a little about his big move into "serious" literature. "Para-social relationships" were not part of the popular vernacular then so I just said that I knew him as a persona rather than a person but even so, I was proud of him. (1/3)

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I mean fuck it, I've had an FBI file since 2008 anyway

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

On further consideration, what the hell. Oldest selfie in my roll is from summer 2013. Innocent spouse who didn't agree to this artfully cropped out.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Why is everybody doing "oldest selfie on my phone," and will it mean that the next trendy AI thing to age people up is going to work better?

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

I'm not a big NY Resolutions person, but recently decided that having uncomfortable conversations is important, and something I should intentionally do, more often. Not necessarily confrontations or conflicts, just discussions that need to happen sometimes. Because not doing so is also a choice.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

low-key one of the most insidious dumb guy beliefs of the last few decades to gain widespread purchase has been this notion that demonstrating pro-social behavior in the hope that others would notice and mirror it, one of the fucking building blocks of any kind of society, is somehow ‘fake’.

submitted 48 days ago • 488 comments

I remember Gen X being fairly predictably not inclined to do what The Man wants or expects. Maybe let's stay with that energy, hm?

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Hell yes

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

By no means do I want to suggest that I think I'm using Bluesky right, but I'm having fun. Right now it's mostly my friends, friends of friends who repost just enough and not too much, and the Eve6 guy. That seems like a good base to build on.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

My new years resolution is to unclench my jaw and stop worrying 24/7 about shit I cannot control plus listen to more alternative rock

submitted 59 days ago • 104 comments

Baby Boomers facing nursing home life without people from outside the US would basically not be possible

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into 2025

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Shout-out to all my UMN Theatre Arts people!

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Finished Dragon Age: Veilguard last night. Enjoyed it a lot. Wound up taking a lot of screenshots. It's very pretty. If there's one area where this game let me down, speaking as a very long-time BioWare fan, it's the haters. Veilguard's haters are lacking in imagination or verve.

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.

submitted 66 days ago • 700 comments

'Tis the season! youtu.be/EMG5gGO6rfQ?...

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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas. Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏

submitted 77 days ago • 227 comments