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This would've been funny if I'd read The Onion before the non-fake news.

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I've done well at avoiding it this week, but I went and checked the news at lunch. Dammit. I'm going outside to touch grass.

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I was more patient this time and waited until we had 5 gallons of maple sap before simmering it into syrup.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I guess we’ll never know.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

I was told to tap my Norway maple in late January, earlier than other maple trees. I got just over 1 gal of sap in the 1st 2 weeks, but then we had a warm spell and the tree didn't produce any. Then it got below freezing last night. Today there was almost a gallon of sap in the bucket.

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If you had these on your bike as a kid, high-fives all around.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

This makes the radar face make so much more sense…

submitted 33 days ago • 96 comments

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating without AI have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

submitted 32 days ago • 508 comments

Small secrets.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

I... Made... Maple... Syrup! Look at it! All 1.5 oz of it! Okay, I should have waited until I had collected more sap, but I was too anxious to see how it tastes. And it tastes fantastic!

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My kids and I tapped our maple trees. We're going to try making syrup!

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My wife gave me a scroll saw for Christmas and asked me to make some mountain-inspired art. I used poplar and red oak from Lowe's, and whatever wood was in the round frame from Hobby Lobby.

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Nation Never Needed Pharrell To Show Up In Crazy Hat More Than It Does Right Now theonion.com/nation-...

submitted 50 days ago • 28 comments

Wait... No caffeine with ADHD meds? That's like driving a car with half the wheels. Even my Dr drinks caffeine with his Adderall

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My maple syrup tapping kit just arrived. I'm so excited to see what my 3 big maples can do.

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Every morning I take my dog outside so she can 3D-print something horrible.

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Are you looking for new webcomics to read? Are you not sure where to start? You should check out knifebeetle.neocities.org, a curated webring for longform, narrative-driven webcomics!! There are over 60 comics listed there for you to start reading, here's a rundown of them ALL 🧵 #webcomics

submitted 55 days ago • 19 comments

With his precise, simple, texturen illustrations, Ryo Takemasa is the heir of a rich tradition of Japanese illustration. A keen traveler, and with a touch of Tintin about his work, he has the ability for conjuring a sense of place: not just place, but the sense of a certain place at a certain time.

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

Foster Child Hopes Adoption Papers Not His Only Christmas Gift

submitted 65 days ago • 53 comments

I love a good Twilight Zone spoof. The only problem is, now I want to rewatch the original Twilight Zone again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAUL...

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Wow. Amazing how Buddhist poets over 2000 years ago perfectly anticipated social media

submitted 72 days ago • 105 comments

True luxury is found in the simplest moments.

submitted 72 days ago • 433 comments

It is time.

submitted 88 days ago • 72 comments

I convinced my son to watch Son of Godzilla last night, and we had a blast roasting it. Now he wants to watch more classic Godzilla movies. #ParentingWin

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THIS GUY IS BOTHERING ME TELL HIM TO STOP (you rush into the room to find me pointing at my own temple)

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

Senior staff, I have not finished Game of Thrones. I hear today's delegation resembles the Starks. Please no spoilers. Worf

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A Message Of Hope From Global Tetrahedron @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social: theonion.com/a-message-of...

submitted 77 days ago • 31 comments

This is a great tip! I have ADHD, and used to be a software engineer (now product management). Be sure to read @mekka.mekka-tech.com's comment in his post. It's gold. I still work like an engineer (breakdown tasks; regularly schedule short meetings to keep me accountable, etc)

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Can small, seemingly low-value activities make a big difference? At work, I’m testing if low-value software improvements can reduce customer churn. Meanwhile, NZ is cutting science funding for anything without an obvious economic payoff. Opposite experiments, fascinating stakes. bit.ly/3VFT3qG

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Fox in the leaves ~ my favorite stitch from this year I think

submitted 82 days ago • 640 comments

Sometimes I hit a pocket of quality posts here and think “Oh, twitter is so fucked…”

submitted 84 days ago • 372 comments

Thank you, Ms Carol-Lynn Bond, for your review of Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.

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🤣 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 🤣 Who knew ISPs had a sense of humor!? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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I have so many to-do lists scattered around my desk! It makes me happy to look at them and remember feeling productive when I wrote them. I don't actually read them. Making lists is just a great way to feel productive when I'm procrastinating.

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“We’re not cold-hearted, unvirtuous people,” says man who fought to stop a church from helping the homeless. www.sltrib.com/news/2024/11...

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Update on my post from April -- not only am I watching more @theonion.com videos on YouTube and visiting their website more, but with their Infowars purchase I'm having conversations that start with, "Did you hear what The Onion did?" 👍🧅

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You know how Cartoon Network repurposed Space Ghost into an absurdist talk show? I hope @theonion.com is planning something similar for Infowars

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7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film: 1) snow 2) bearded men concealing surprises 3) compulsory party games 4) introverts shunning group activities 5) digestive issues 6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms 7) knitwear

submitted 107 days ago • 166 comments

OHMYGOD I just read The Onion bought InfoWars. @theonion.com please hire me to run the podcast! I have expertise:

submitted 106 days ago • 10 comments

Via our parent company @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social CEO @brycetetraeder.bsky.social: theonion.com/heres-why-i-...

submitted 106 days ago • 394 comments