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Fan person. Songs stuck in my head posted with #lyrics Like what I do, support me at https://ko-fi.com/merfilly

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I am so happy for you and her.

07.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been living in a hotel since mid-2024, and I've finally found an apartment if I can come up with $2500 up front for the deposit + first month's rent. Any help is appreciated, including sharing this post. #MutualAidRequest #TransCrowdFund

cash.app/$Settiai
paypal.me/poicelle
venmo.com/u/Settiai

07.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
a four-panel stick-figure cartoon

panel one:
three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. 

panel two:
the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested.

panel three:
as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-"

panel four
phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

07.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 4007 πŸ” 1255 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 56
Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory.

The female scientist says 
β€œAnalogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?”

The male scientist replies
β€œThat's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!”

They step out onto a balcony. She says:
β€œPlease tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” 

This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds
β€œIt's got a fax machine!”

Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory. The female scientist says β€œAnalogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?” The male scientist replies β€œThat's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!” They step out onto a balcony. She says: β€œPlease tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds β€œIt's got a fax machine!”

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

07.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 1012 πŸ” 334 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 37

I never knew love like this before
Now I'm lonely never more
Since you came into my life

"Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills

#lyrics

07.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#Romancelandia can we chip in a bit each to give Julia a bit of a cushion while SNAP gets sorted out? (stress is the worst when trying to recover from injury; a few dollars from each of us would give her immense peace of mind)

06.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FYI, you tend to post close to when I finally stop scrolling. I know when I see the bunny that I need to go to sleep.

Thank you for the lovely bunnies to dream with!

07.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aye yo #Baltimore They not playing

06.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 16

The mechanic removed the back plate and inhaled through pursed lips. "Who did this?"

"I did," the robot said.

"How?"

"I took one arm off, put in a wireless interface so I could still use it, and put it in a vice, then turned-"

"OK. Why?"

"I needed fixing."

"You are allowed to ask for help."

06.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10
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Sony Orders 24 Episodes of β€˜Reading Rainbow’ Reboot as Classic Kids Show Finds New Life Mychal Threets will return as the host, with 'Sesame Street' and Ms. Rachel veteran Kristen McGregor joining as showrunner.

Some good news for once.

06.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs aftermath.site/nintendo-tar...

www.scribd.com/document/100...

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 7107 πŸ” 1986 πŸ’¬ 222 πŸ“Œ 1360

Arkham asylum collector's edition ps3, UK version?

06.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Green is hanging up laundry, while singing Cherubino's aria from the opera The Wedding of Figaro.

 Blue peeks from behind a bedsheet, startling Green badly enough to prompt Green to shoot straight up through the ceiling.
Blue: You sing when you do laundry by yourself?
Green: Iaaah!

Taken aback, Blue looks apologetically up to the ceiling.
Blue: I didn't mean to startle you.
Green: It's okay.

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Green is hanging up laundry, while singing Cherubino's aria from the opera The Wedding of Figaro. Blue peeks from behind a bedsheet, startling Green badly enough to prompt Green to shoot straight up through the ceiling. Blue: You sing when you do laundry by yourself? Green: Iaaah! Taken aback, Blue looks apologetically up to the ceiling. Blue: I didn't mean to startle you. Green: It's okay.

06.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2891 πŸ” 504 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 7
The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells!  There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. 

The front  inscription reads:
PICTOS VICTOS
HOSTIS DELETA
LVDITE SECVRI

Translated as: β€˜The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’.

Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads:

β€˜UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as β€˜Use happily; may you live well’.

Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.

The image shows a rectangular Roman dice tower (turricula) made of four copper alloy (bronze) plates with punched cut-out Latin letters and cut-out decorative patterns. At the bottom front is a stepped exit chute with small bronze bells attached to the opening. The tower is a Roman anti-cheating device. It has an open top and is hollow inside except for three staggered, downward-sloping plates, designed to randomize dice as they fall, ensuring unpredictable dice rolls. When the dice rolled out of the exit chute they rang the bells! There is a decorative dolphin either side of the stepped exit chute. The top of the front plate has two decorative pine cone finials. Height 25 cm. There is a single die shown next to the stepped base to illustrate how it was used. The front inscription reads: PICTOS VICTOS HOSTIS DELETA LVDITE SECVRI Translated as: β€˜The Picts defeated, the enemy has been destroyed, play in safety’. Around the top of the three remaining sides, a second inscription made with cut out letters reads: β€˜UTERI/FELIX/VIVAS’ translated as β€˜Use happily; may you live well’. Found at a Roman villa at Froitzheim in Germany in 1985.

Roman anti-cheating gaming accessory!

This Roman β€˜turricula’ (dice tower) was used to ensure a fair roll of the dice! 🎲🎲🎲

Dice dropped into the top, tumbled over sloping internal levels, and appeared randomly below.

From Froitzheim, Germany, AD 300-400

πŸ“· LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn

#Archaeology

05.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 941 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 51
Billy Joel - Vienna (Official Video)
Billy Joel - Vienna (Official Video) YouTube video by billyjoelVEVO

Song of the day: m.youtube.com/watch?v=3jL4...

05.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.

There was a new sign:

"This sleeping willow is full."

And a map of other locations to try.

05.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 531 πŸ” 206 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline.

I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate.

Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.

04.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 4385 πŸ” 1266 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 68
Sarah, Tim and JVL Went to See Minneapolis for Themselves
Sarah, Tim and JVL Went to See Minneapolis for Themselves YouTube video by The Bulwark

I really really want the world to know that *those federal fuckers have not left*. They are changing tactics. More disguises. Smaller tactical pairs. Smarter tactics.

Reposts welcome, but more importantly share this with folks NOT on Bsky who think we are safe.

youtu.be/5l7JuNrrD6I

04.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
Preview
De La Soul’s Tiny Desk Concert Ok, you know this is going to be a good one: De La Soul plays a Tiny Desk Concert. The humor of De La Soul has always been one of its calling cards. When DJ Maseo tells the Tiny Desk crowd, β€œLadies and gentlemen

De La Soul's Tiny Desk Concert! Stakes is High! Me Myself and I! Enough said. [kottke.org]

04.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Maternal: military, postal, computer programming. Paternal: military, postal. Step-maternal: military, trucker.

04.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nearly 40 Years Later, A Forgotten Cartoon Classic Is Returning For An Overdue Finale One of TV's greatest cartoons of the '80s is returning with the promise of a proper (and long overdue) finale.

oh wow they transferred the comic book license from IDW and uhhhhhhhhh creator Christy Marx is coming back to finish the uhhh 1988 cartoon storyline www.cbr.com/jem-and-the-...

04.03.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11

I hope you feel better soon

04.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What do you get when you cross a sheepdog and a brassica?

A collie-flower!

04.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given

"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell

#lyrics

04.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck entropy, and fuck the capitalist health care hellscape of the US. Another good woman who's going to be gone too soon of being female, Black, poor, and fat. You'll be so terribly missed, Nye.

03.03.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bidding is Now...Open!!! Go forth and bid on your chosen creators! The offerings blog is here. A few notes: Read the instructions at the bottom of the offering post for bidding instructions. The top of the post has a list of....

BIDDING IS YES!

Bidding will close at 8 PM Eastern Time on Saturday, March 7th.

03.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 18

It's strange but it's true, hey
I can't get over the way you love me like you do

But I have to be sure when I walk out that door
Oh, I want to be free, baby

"I Want to Break Free" - Queen

#lyrics

03.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And this is such a lovely thing, too! :)

03.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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...So in local news: I still need to get some more heating oil for the house before the prices, uh, do what they're going to do. Want some pretty-low-priced #ebook bundles that have never been anywhere near AI slop? Grab one of these and help keep a writer warm! πŸ™‚ dduane.link/EBDBundlesLi...

03.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Ignorance spreads lies
How much will money buy
Well I'll take my time as I drift and die

"Drift & Die" - Puddle of Mudd

#lyrics

03.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0