—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

Even people with large SM following is not having many sales this year. So it is not just me this season!! Anyway some of you might be able to afford it because I have calculated the price based on the minimum wage in India. Nothing else to do other than posting🧶 #bsnm ko-fi.com/chembarathi/...

the good that you do persists in this world

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

This entire weekend

The Norwich Cathedral Cat, on the pulpit, drinking from the glass of water left for the Reverend. “He lives here” we were told, as if the church had had no say in the matter and his presence pre-dated the building. “He’s named Budge because he doesn’t budge. He thinks the water is left for him”

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

Just now I was talking to someone about Rosemary Sutcliff, author of The Eagle of the Ninth and other works, and when I searched her (to verify something I'd said off the top of my head) I discovered she was, coincidentally, born 14 December 1920 Today would have been her 105th birthday!

The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff

Thinking of all the colleagues and friends I have who are connected to Brown University. What a devastating day for Brown, and for all of us.

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

I hate how much I enjoyed this BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦

I think about this tweet every day

"He's an artist, a one-man band, a profound philosopher, a high-stepping showman and spreader of charm." — Julie Andrews Dick Van Dyke is 100 today. #FilmSky

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

A rare joke that works in English, French, and Malayalam! @mujib.bsky.social

I painstakingly wrote out a series of seven explanation/examples-plus-fill-in-the-blank-exercises style Lean files (à la Software Foundations) for my Logic course, and I got this feedback. I didn’t think my spirit could be crushed any more, but here we are again, at the end of yet another semester!

ok wow I'd never seen this one before. this is the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, designed by Frank Gehry. imagine you have problems with your brain and this is the building you're walking into for treatment

No. I wasn't autistic or adhd as a kid. I was "rude" and a "daydreamer" and "too ridged" "Forgetful" and "bossy" "too sensitive" "too loud" "not listening, always talking. Or goes non verbal" "can be explosive when provoked" "fussy with food" "often awkward with people" "too giddy" "quirky" "weird"

Folks with any reach on Bluesky, please consider reposting so I can find friends old and new: I'm Rob; I like fantasy books, maths and physics, ancient stuff and mythology, linguistics and music, British wildlife, and a whole bunch of other stuff. And I might occasionally mention Doctor Who

I love how you both are always ready to give the other the space they need 🫶 @foxes-in-love.bsky.social flashback from February 2023

Way ahead of you sis. Both the emdash and the semicolon. AI will pry those out of my cold dead hands.

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage. Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word. A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

adding AI hacker to my resume

Not now, burnout. I’m busy.

lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now

no idea

Ready to start a movement that argues universities should spend money on their core functions, rather than flashy nonsense. Such as teaching and research for example.

these kinds of videos always prompt a certain Pratchett quote in my brain, from Thief of Time

What use getting to live another decade if I have to read even one less book to get there?!

I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30

Having first thought it was a hunk of metal being heated in a forge and then thought it was a bong with some weird orange thing in it, nothing could have prepared me for what was coming.

@gilbertine.bsky.social I get the feeling that this is going to be too good to pass up, translate please?

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“I’m sorry I ate the plums That you were decanting for pigment They were so ornamental And so colourful Put a picture of me on bsky instead” The possum, probably

Once you realize Tolkien wants every heroic person or place name to be cretic (long-short-long syllable), you start seeing Tolkien names everywhere. Labrador. Pinkypie. Scoobydoo. Macklemore.

Idiom Origin “Hoisted on his own petard” is from Hamlet. A “Petard” is an *explosive* used to breach doors or walls. “Hoist” means to lift with ropes & pulleys. So this phrase means: “To be blown into the air (blown up) with your own explosives you intended to use against your enemies”

Every decade we rediscover (with some added masala) what PL folks call “the game of the name”

Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter

imagine if he was the frontman and you had to say it in a different order imagine if we had all been saying it “John, Ringo, George, and Paul” that would just FEEL wrong “John, Paul, George and Ringo” is like the “Duck Duck Goose” of bands. the final thing can be different, that’s fine

I’m 44 years old and until this very day I sincerely believed “Ringo Starr” was what it said on his birth certificate like it never occurred to me to doubt that a pair of British parents would name a child Ringo

After some savory grilled cheese, Chef Eilif is here with something #sweet. Check out how to make #homemade Norwegian #CinnamonBuns – with some American icing. Don’t forget to follow us and Chief Eilif (@chefeilif) on Instagram for more delicious stories! tinyurl.com/44e4h75r

Turns out the ancient Egyptians didn’t actually worship cats; it was all a silly misunderstanding because they just said “<cat name>, please!!” a lot.

To the ordinary man, even Buddha is ordinary. But to a Buddha, everyone is a Buddha. - #HuiNeng

A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud

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