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a feature i used a lot stopped working on my mac after an update and i asked about it on the support forum and this is the only response i got. feels like a metaphor for something or perhaps a twilight zone episode

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i had a mutual on tumblr whose claim to fame was that he helped coin the word doge (to refer to the specific meme dog) … not sure if there are rival claims or anything but maybe i should interview him

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hung out with a girl tonight A) whose dad died two days after mine did last year at about the same age B) who hasn’t owned a cell phone for eight years since her son was born. life is truly a rich tapestry. she’ll never see this

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So excited to see @tchotchke.bsky.social present on George Marston, Shackleton’s comic relief, at the Shackleton 150 conference at the Explorers Club

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promoting my polar blorbo agenda at @theexplorersclub.bsky.social

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Love this by @tchotchke.bsky.social on the grave of late-18th-century fictional character Charlotte Temple—apparently something I unknowingly walk by in the Trinity Church Cemetery on a regular basis—and the through-line to modern-day fictional-character memorials like Ianto's shrine in Cardiff!

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Super excited to be helping out with this amazing collaborative polar project!!! 🤩

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i'm back in @atlasobscura.com !!! with a deep dive into a mysterious fictional character's grave in the heart of lower manhattan: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tri...

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i'm back in @atlasobscura.com !!! with a deep dive into a mysterious fictional character's grave in the heart of lower manhattan: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tri...

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artist Jessica Houston, one of our keynote speakers at @terrorcamp.bsky.social last year, has an exhibition that just went up at Vanderbilt's Museum of Art in Nashville, and I'm giving a talk as part of the exhibition programming on March 22! 🗣️❄️✨ come through if you're in the area 🤩

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this weather station album is so 90s coffeeshop coded (extremely complimentary)

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giving myself psychosomatic norovirus by reading the news for five minutes first thing on a monday

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i want to start a very hip glossy design-y magazine called Primary Sources where every article is about someone’s deep emotional connection to a different primary source/historical figure. would you buy this

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i can personally confirm that the viral nyt tomato beans recipe is having a visible impact on the shelf stock of ridgewood grocery stores

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did my DNA for genealogy reasons and obviously i knew this but it's so funny to see. hashtag inbred and proud hashtag population bottleneck

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realizing i can never become a professional polar expedition guide because i'm literally allergic to cold water and would faint if i had to try and rescue someone and then someone would have to rescue ME

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i’m at such laughably loose ends right now that i’m sure whatever random opportunity next comes my way has the real chance of dictating the next decade of my life

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wallpaper and chair rail diy install + paint. tbqh i think i bodied this

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january is a slow month for freelance so i finally put together another post for my polar research blog… read if you like primary sources & guys being dudes in antarctica allegrarosenberg.com/polar/2025/0...

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Wish I were here

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i have contacted a bunch of descendants of very obscure people via ancestry and told them "hey your ancestor is interesting for X reason can i talk to you for my research" and NONE of them have responded positively ... don't you care??????? i would care!!!!!!!!!!

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thank you fb for reminding me that 15 years ago i was a Scene Queen Wannabe

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really loved this excellently researched deep-dive into a fascinating event… it absolutely set the tone for decades of fourth wall drama to come

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This is my first rodeo, But I’m getting amazing advice and tips from all the horses and cows

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attempting never before seen strategies to cheer myself up including watching gilbert and sullivan productions on youtube. this shit goes

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i know posting pictures of yourself isn’t really reading the room on this platform but i really love wearing this dress sorry

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yes spotify is definitely evil but it keeps showing me fucking incredible songs/new bands to love like this one … that chorus !!!!!!! open.spotify.com/track/1yHSbt...

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renewing my campaign for one (1) good thing to happen to me anytime that is convenient thanks in advance

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i am not a gamer but i LOVE GENEALOGY and i may have to get into this.... omg

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With the looming TikTok ban and Meta axing fact-checking, the internet's future is looking bleaker by the day. Wrote about it and more in this week's #WIREDPoliticsLab newsletter www.wired.com/story/the-in...

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