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This is what I love most about the attempt to recreate Roman concrete. "Shit, we still didn't get it, but we learned A LOT!"

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i am that neighbor who walks by carrying a broom and a beetle

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Even cryptids need rest sometimes

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Forgot to yell about this when I first saw it but I'm yelling about it now... BUNHEADS IS BACK ON HULU LET US REJOICE

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Appreciate Norse sagas and Scandinavian folklore in general for the numerous wolves, plot significant baking, and gods that show up uninvited to feasts

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Know your cryptids

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frantically smashing answer buzzer what is, the adult fiction section of your hometown public library when you're 12-14 years old

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Called my rep's office. The staffer assured me emphatically that my rep was VERY MUCH voting against this

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Went to a local quilt shop to see if they had the extra quarter-yard I need to finish the quilt top. Clerk: Welcome! How can I help you? Me: I have encountered a problem previously undreamt of by any quilter. Clerk: ? Me: I've run out of fabric. Old lady running out of the back: IMPOSSIBLE!

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Let's go! #TwinPeaksDay

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A tribute to The Midwest Princess ✨💞 #ChappellRoan

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Got those looking for a clean link … deadline.com/2025/02/leve...

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here’s some mushrooms I spotted last summer bc im missing warmer weather :,)

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WRITERS: throw vibes into a pot i have a story! EDITORS: you have a soup. with teeth WRITERS: stirring vibes with a very long spoon it's ALMOST a story...

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A Polish acquaintance went to British Museum specifically to see this tablet only to be cheated by Ea-nasir from beyond the grave

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#caturday and Edward Gorey's birthday

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LOOK AT HER

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never wrote about in depth, but Hannibal is a master class in a lot of things, but especially sound design. So much of what that show conveyed was conveyed to your senses through not just amazing images but meticulously designed sound (and to be clear it all freaked me the fuck out!)

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I know this sentiment is well shared, but every once in a while I think about how beautifully powerful and inspiring these paintings are.

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Ancient critters

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Your horoscope for today: Be like a goat - eat what you want, climb where you want, and headbutt anyone who needs it. Let no one rule you.

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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism. A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer. Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore. They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.

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ME: The great thing about writing fantasy is that you can make stuff up! ALSO ME: spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate

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Me with my friends when the extra religious people in my family start acting out of pocket

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In a rare case of calling your reps for fun reasons, I talked to @simonekanter.bsky.social, Senior Advisor to @repdangoldman.bsky.social, about whether Bucky Barnes, a 110-year-old ex-assassin with a robot arm, can really run for Congress. More at @ign.com: www.ign.com/articles/can...

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Bisexuality was so new in 1995 that they hadn't yet invented bisexual lighting, and so were forced to light bisexuals as if they were b movie villains

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Today I've discovered an animal called "Skeleton panda sea squirt" exists. A sessile, filter feeding tunicat.

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ah yes, nothing like slinking into see your hairdresser for the first time since... mumbles november...

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Our love will never tapir, Ume! ❤️ The adorable endangered tapir calf was born on Feb. 2 to mom Yuna. Ume sports the signature white spots and stripes of a newborn tapir, making her look like a tiny, fuzzy watermelon. 🍉

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Your seasonal reminder to raise your standards ❤️ #valentinesday #art

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Did you see the deep-sea anglerfish that bubbled up to the surface? Did you wonder WHAT IN THE DING DANG HECK it was doing there? I talked to some scientists to find out everything I could! HT @sternarchella.bsky.social, @mbarinews.bsky.social 🧪🦑 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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Oh you don’t have a valentine for Valentine’s Day? Lots of people don’t have a shark for Shark Week.

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Great way to start the day. I love how much fun that guitarist is having. What a rush that must be!

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The 100% right categorization of this movie.

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This photo of Kate Bush is SOMETHING ELSE

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WA state!! 👇👇👇

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Darwin's birthday is always a good excuse to share these delightful drawings by his children, some of them on the back of the manuscript of On the Origin of Species.