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Virginicus@universeodon.com

<p>&quot;So uncouth and absurd that it can only be believed that Nature was motivated by spite or mockery in bringing him into the world at all.&quot; - Castiglione<br />I&#39;m here to publicize science and literature blogs, make wisecracks, and find out what interesting people have to say. If you want to know who I am in real life, visit my verification URL.</p>

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    @brianbilston@mastodon.online If you understand this poem, Discord won’t ask you for proof of age.

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    @sjn@chaos.social AI is like a screw-top wine bottle. It doesn’t have to mean low quality, but it certainly means the producer was cutting costs in a way that’s associated with lower quality.

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    @dan@discuss.systems If you need to dope it, make sure you’re cool with the feds.

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    @dgar That’s impressive. Shakespeare only had 38 plays.

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    @EverBeyondReach How high off the ground is it?

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    Today I learned of the existence of &quot;mapbacks&quot;. #bookstodon https://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2026/04/20/dell-mapbacks/

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    @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social That domain name sounds like Billy Dee Williams has formed a splinter group. #StarWars

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    @PeterRu@climatejustice.social Who’s taking the other side of these trades? Nobody’s dumb enough to keep falling for this trick for more than a month. Is somebody laundering bribes through the market?

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    @lucasmz @taedryn We have a hidden agender.

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    @lore.house 🤣

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    @lore.house By that writer’s logic, the Singularity happened ca. 1870.

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    @saltywizard@beige.party Great. Once they’re in, we bring up the bulldozers.

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    @carnage4life@mas.to That’s really funny, because everyone I know who works for tips supports the idea. (Also everyone who drives a car supports no taxes on cars.)

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    @overholt@glammr.us Published by Authority, but it doesn’t say whose. I can use this. 😀

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    Saw a bumper sticker: “Vintage Tesla: Pre-Madness edition”. That inspired me to go check: #Tesla’s stock price is down 20% this year. No crash, just a long, slow decline. When gas prices are shooting up and an EV maker isn’t profiting, it gives me an optimistic feeling.

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    @badbede@deacon.social Don’t try this at home! (Unless you have 299 friends, I guess.)

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    @afewbugs@social.coop Now when my wife calls me “half-wit”, I know what she means.

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    @randahl@mastodon.social Makes sense that someone named @Paul_stilgar@mastodon.social would be sensitive to a comment like that.

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    @liztai@hachyderm.io You don’t have to defend yourself if nobody attacking you, so this would be true anyway. It’s how a diplomat says they’re giving you nothing.

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    @liztai@hachyderm.io “if the attacks are halted, we will stop defending” sounds like they haven’t given up anything.

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    @zenmorph@indieweb.social @liztai@hachyderm.io Not just on social media. IRL, too.

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    I just figured out how #LLM can write stories so easily. (h/t Cosma Shalizi) https://wondermark.com/c/554/

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    @overreadprole@kolektiva.social Be really careful with manure from omnivores or carnivores. There are good health reasons to move it far away.

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    TIL about Smigus Dyngus Day. Usually, being raised Presbyterian means I missed out on the fun, but this time I’m going to say it saved a lot of hassle. (N.B.: the Wikipedia page omits to mention that none of the people involved is sober.)

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    @ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social You’ve definitely put your spin on it.

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    @ovid@fosstodon.org Michael Walzer’s “Spheres of Justice” is right there with you.

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    @selzero@syzito.xyz First thing to do is to stop spreading his message. He lives on publicity.

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    @APBBlue@thepit.social https://swiss.social/@pacman/116348206348182569

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    An Adventure: A boy about 6yo and his 4yo sister come up to me in the grocery store. “We can’t find our mother!” “What does she look like?” I asked. The question baffled them. She looks like Mom. Eventually, “Um, she’s wearing a head scarf…” Well, let’s walk up to the front of the store. Everyone there was a head shorter than I, so it was easy to see on the other side of the store a small woman with a bright scarf, matching skin color, and a frantic expression. I waved to get her attention and...

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    On today’s menu: grape hyacinths and wild mustard. #bloomscrolling