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@branb11 I hate 99% of Massie’s positions, but I can’t help liking the guy.
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@Linux The herd mentality here is really something, sometimes. Glad you survived the trampling.
Replying to @mrundkvist@archaeo.social
@mrundkvist Good thing you numbered your bookcases. Finding a die that randomly generated Roman emperors could be expensive.
@shonin ok, three 😀
Replying to @Violinknitter@wandering.shop
@Violinknitter Spinning is related to cycling in more ways than I knew.
Replying to @mrundkvist@archaeo.social
@mrundkvist Gene Wolfe is another master of hard words. None of characters would ever travel by boat, if a xebec is available.
Replying to @jtauber.com@bsky.brid.gy
@jtauber.com Condolences.
Replying to @mrundkvist@archaeo.social
@mrundkvist
Once, upon a midnight dreary
As I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a paperback of ought-to-be-forgotten lore…
@shonin we can read that first part in two ways. 😀
Replying to @kibcol1049@mstdn.social
@kibcol1049 I knew my propeller beanie would come back into style!
Replying to @Tarnport@mastodon.green
@Tarnport Funny, she doesn’t look Saracen.
Replying to @tek@freeradical.zone
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@tek I’d show them a letter of recommendation for one of my great^4 grandfathers, written by George Washington. But of course, any government that would require me to produce such a thing wouldn’t respect it.
Replying to @newsguyusa@flipboard.social
@newsguyusa Impressed that nobody was killed. Good move by the Ukrainians.
Replying to @BramMeehan@ohai.social
@BramMeehan The girl in “Hey Nineteen” is 65 now. I should ask her for help signing up for Medicare.
Replying to @Legit_Spaghetti@mastodo.neoliber.al
@Legit_Spaghetti @gnate The threat is that someone will fly a drone into the jet intake, but it’s morally wrong to let oligarchs keep their money.
Replying to @riggbeck@mastodon.social
@riggbeck After an 18-year hiatus, Hackney Diamonds and Foreign Tongues are their best work in decades. 🤔
Replying to @2ruth@mastodon.social
@2ruth Was this photo taken by the dog?
@mcnado At the corner of Cucumber and Vine.
@cwebber no citations in that article. The closest the OED comes to that is “a diminutive form of Middle Low German Gör, Göre girl, small child (16th cent.) being frequently suggested as the word's etymon, although this explanation encounters chronological difficulties, and also fails to account well for the variation in stem vowel shown by the Middle English word.”