My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings

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Meanings of the word for November in various languages ▪️ Leaf fall (Czech) ▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe) ▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami) ▪️ Wind slender (Navajo) ▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona) ▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh) ▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik) ▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai) ▪️ Death month (Finnish)

came across this with no context but you know what, sure okay

On Friday I updated my Slack info at work to spoopy silliness. I was going to change it back today, but I think it might get funnier the longer I leave it.

Someone in a Teams meeting just said “It’s the old chicken and the egg question isn’t it? Why did they cross the road?” then realised what they’d said and turned their camera off.

Step Up for Trans Folks! Join us for food & fun at Fluevog Shoes in both Edmonton & Calgary. Thursday, November 13 | 3pm to 7pm 207 8 Ave SW, Calgary 10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton Folks are welcome to just pop in and have a good time with us! 50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone

This is, in every possible sense, me. thedailytism.com/audhd-womans...

I, too, feel the hollow ache of loss. Weary to my core from many weeks of triumphant highs, anguishing failures, and dogged striving. (Finished my lastest play-through of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last night.)

as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism

Is the use of justified text alignment ever truly justified? I dont like it. It feels like the reader's flow and rhythm is being interrfered with to please the whims of someone judgeing page layout by the tidiness of the blocks and not how they support the meaning of their contents.

I have not decorated for Halloween. The decorations have been brought up from the basement. They're all homemade or customized. They've been cleaned & organized. Some need repair, but could easily be displayed as-is. I love Halloween, crafts & decorating, but have not put them out. This is my life.

Looking at crystals when

Pineapple opinions are tired and boring. Show me saurkraut on a pizza, I bet it could be good

I decided to tidy up my email inbox, so everything was labeled, and lots of filters were set up for different types of emails, and everything was removed from my inbox, which is now just for yet-to-be-labeled new emails. Surely this is what what doing drugs must feel like.

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Got my fall covid and flu vaccinations! Relieved to have that out if the way, navigating the shenanigans of UCP changes to healthcare in this province is not exactly a fun time.

I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.

What's it like inside your head?

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

I just learned that Robert Picardo played the swamp hag Meg Mucklebones in Ridley Scott's Legend and I don't know what to do with this information so I'm putting it here.

Look, I'm not bothered in the slightest that some royal jewels were stolen from an art museum. In fact, I'm mildy tickled by the news. Jewel heists seem so charming and fun compared to other Current Events.

making a living vs making a life here is the best advice I have about making your life in the creative arts. it's advice from my mum. it has made my whole life better and if you want to be an artist I think it'll make yours better too: naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-best-a...

New story day! "Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.

On opening night of the Vancouver Writer’s FestivaI, I was with seven other authors where we were given the prompt to talk about being a Canadian now under this new pressure from tariffs and talks of annexation by the US. Everyone spoke powerfully. (Cont’d)

The disability is disabilitying. Please show me pictures of your pets. I would like to witness a Beast and hear of its crimes.

It's election day Visit your voting station Then have a lil treat 🍪

Even this Pallas cat gets in on the discovery and exploration process. Photos from Calgary Zoo.

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Want the flu or COVID shots for NEXT year? The booking site says to get your pre-order in before December 15th... of this year.

same, heron. same.

should I read this book I've been meaning to get back to for ages... or should I replay BotW for the 3rd(?) time

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’ ‘Yes’ #fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts @fontsinuse.com @themerl.bsky.social

They should do a Colombian remake of Scooby Doo where the gang brings Pablo Escobar to justice and he says "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you Medellín kids"

So... I just learned about Mary Toft (1726). How the heck do people manage to keep making history seem boring? Humans are outrageous, hilarious, scandelous, petty, creative, brave, disturbing, and ridiculous.

As a kid I watched The Parent Trap(1961), It Takes Two(1995), and the Parent Trap(1998) in the space of a few years. After the 3rd I just kind of assumed that movies about separted twins trapping their parents was some sort of hollywood rite of passage all studios and actors had to do at least once

If you see this, quote your favorite Pokemon (wrong answers only)

Booked. Amazing to see a situation where ADHD isn't costing me extra money.

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

I have a borscht problem. Unlike other soup/stews I make, it never tastes as good later? While I'm making borscht I'm testing and adjusting. When done I feel like a soup genius who has totally nailed it this time. And then I have some for lunch the next day and it's like: meh.

I voted in my municipal election for candidates that believe: - Trans rights are human rights, - Houseless people deserve shelter and support, and - Kids should be able to walk or bike to school without getting run over. I encourage others to do the same!

Flashback. (pretty sure i'm reposting).

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

Sorry various journalists and other folk people doing their best to speak truth to power, but I need to do some unfollowing if I'm going to be on these platforms at all. I don't know how much more cortisol I can handle.

Flying cars are the perfect example of a point solution: trying to solve a systemic problem (traffic) with an individual product (fly over the traffic). But traffic is not a technology problem; it's a social problem. Remote work, congestion fees, and dense transit-connected housing solve it better.

Starting to think that pareidolia monkeys making a pareidolia machine was maybe not a great idea

This article is interesting too: softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

(I submitted the whole pamphlet to the New Yorker too, but I think it was all a little too specific lol)