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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Linus Pauling was a brilliant chemist who ended his career pursuing crackpot ideas about vitamin-C deficiency causing all sorts of ills from the common cold to cancer. www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...

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Linus Pauling’s Vitamin C Crusade

Discover the story behind Linus Pauling’s vitamin C crusade and the science, controversy, and lasting impact of his bold health claims. Read more!

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My cat is going to be so pissed when I get out of the hospital and her dry-food dispenser goes back to its normal schedule and she has to eat the stupid healthy wet food for her main meal.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Joanne and Benny from Rent looking at their friends and lovers and wishing they’d get their shit together instead of wallowing in squalor.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m currently pregnant and buying all the baby things. I have friends who had a child right around the time the tariffs first went into place. The increase in costs between what they paid and I am now paying is astounding. And baby products aren’t cheap to begin with!

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot more people need to think through what a military coup would actually be like. 😬😬

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This article barely scratches the surface of problems for makers of all kinds on Etsy. If you’re going to buy a pattern on Etsy, make sure you check for non-AI images of completed projects from customers in the reviews.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That LA county should be a single administrative district is my most radical political opinion. And yes, it’s partially motivated by a deep hatred of Beverly Hills NIMBYism.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If my text messages are any indication, the political fundraising season is open in earnest today. 😒

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I used to work at a major museum. At our all staff meeting one year the director was talking about attendance, and apparently we had, plus our minus a couple thousand, the exact same number of visitors every year for like fifty years. The ONLY year that was different was the year we had King Tut.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Having a half hour conversation with my wife at too early o’clock on a Sunday morning in which we both ultimately agree that it’s better for people to not be randomly killed. Glad that’s a point we agree on.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watching Ever After as an adult and, uh, Henry sure does a lot of refusing to listen to Danielle or take her emotions and reactions into account. Sir, shut up and listen to the person who you are claiming to love instead of bulldozing over her.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There’s something about this line of thinking that’s very much like a toddler having a tantrum because their mother offered them spaghetti or unseasoned tofu and broccoli, but they want pizza so they’re not going to eat anything and they’re going to make everyone else miserable, too.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Incidentally the folk tale about John Henry is basically this, except for tunnel boring. It encapsulates the anxieties of the blue collar worker, but it’s also wrong about the merits of automation.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It’s 10pm on a holiday weekend and the cat is scolding us for not being in bed.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I ordered something perishable for a dear friend whose father passed earlier this week. Unfortunately it needed to go to small town Iowa within 48 hours, and apparently FedEx can’t accomplish that, as we’re now over 5 hours past that window and it’s still not there. 😒

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The group chat has apparently been converted into a hot Spaniards appreciation space, and I’m not sure how we got there, but I’m also not mad.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’d be about as likely to eat something with a skull and crossbones on it.

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 02/09/2026

also while I'm here, why is it called "Omarchy", is it TRYING to have vibes of a word that only gets used by the kind of scrungly libertarian boys I had the wisdom and clarity to stop dating back in college

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is a really good thread on Emanuel’s worst actions as mayor. But it doesn’t get into all the little things that made him suck as a mayor. Like when he publicly cussed out the leadership of the teachers union for striking. I still can’t believe we re-elected him over Chuy Garcia.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“A random point, if you are still my friend” is honestly the first time I’ve ever related to Kissinger. You asked me to read your draft, please don’t be mad at me. 😭😭

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You gotta go out in the world and just have conversations with strangers, now and again. It can really help stop you from spiraling out into madness.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There’s at least 14 LEO’s from various agencies across the street from our house right now, clearly trying to get some kind of probable cause to manifest itself so they can get into some guy’s sedan.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An old man reminisces about fishing with his father and brother.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Whole we’re here, the importance of family is the overarching theme in Sinners and it’s what gives the film its structure and elevated it above “vampire film” or “historical drama about racism” and stitched the two parts together.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/08/2026

No more, no more.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I could have gone my entire life without hearing Will Buxton say “a motorcar race conceived in liberty” and been ok. 😬

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Now that’s citizen science.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Silicon Valley raises money on hype and FOMO. This is the same as the self-driving car hype, and crypto/NFT hype, and AI hype. It’s less enticing to put millions into a car/finance/Data/Space company that will maybe revolutionize an industry in 50 years, than in 5 or 10.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Every dude on this site needs to write “I can’t fix her; I won’t stick my dick in crazy” one hundred times on a lined piece of paper.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Was literally in the group chat before bed talking about how disappointed we are with Bass and mocking “large asphalt repair” (aka avoiding compliance with ADA and other laws on a technicality). To think Mike Bonin was bullied off the council by a pack of racist homophobes but she’s still mayor.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The weird thing about working for the National Weather Service is you can pop onto a meeting and say something innocuous like “they keep saying it’s going to rain, but it hasn’t started yet” only to realize you’re meeting with “they.”

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There’s a reason the last president to even toy with invading Iran before this one was GWB, and he never got anywhere close to serious about it. And that this one threw the invade Iran Warhawk (Bolton) out of his last administration. If you wanted more proof his brain turned to pudding.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Some people lose pens. I amass them, slowly in a collection on my nightstand.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I hesitate to say this, because applying medieval history to fantasy novels is silly. But Pratchett was writing in the imaginary medieval, so: the level of poverty a medieval peasant was in was WILDLY below what even the poorest Americans or Europeans experienced.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The National Guard is doing some kind of morale thing at Starburst Plaza and this is literally the first time I’ve seen them dare to go past 14th and H NE since Trump deployed them.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I got into federal government on my first round of applications without having a prior contracting gig and my coworkers are SHOCKED at my good luck. Everyone comes from the pathways below or from internships that end in special hiring authority and then they work in the government for life.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The power is out and the cat is sitting forlornly by one of the AC vents waiting in vain for it to turn on and cool her off.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If I went to a fiduciary and their investment advice was “spend $50k on this lotto ticket that happens to have better odds than normal” I would fire them.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Me, reading the pregnancy app blurb for 24 weeks: “if she frequently hears a certain song now, she's likely to recognize it and feel calmed by it when she's born.” @laurelpowell.net: Siri, play Metallica on Spotify.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Why does every baby item cost $9,000?

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Throwback to the controversial 2011 Vogue feature “A Rose in the Desert” about Asma al-Assad, fashion icon. Or in other words, no, there is not a killing kids filter.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Neither of these teams is capable of beating Spain.

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yesbekind.bsky.social @yesbekind.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Watching Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, exhibit butter sculptures is my Great American State Fair. @cnn.com

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

You cut the absurdly large care tags off of the onesie before you put the onesie on the baby, right?

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I am going to become @whstancil.bsky.social. This comment is in the context of a Reddit thread about whether The Great Depression and WWII were more or less stressful than the current era. I’m begging you, go read a book. Or a Wikipedia. Or a chapter in a history book for ten year olds. PLEASE.

Reddit comment:
It affected consumer behavior but compare the depression to the modern current financial crisis. The depression was bad but politicians actually took measures to fix things, then the war brought growth with it.
Once the war ended we saw even more economic growth. Plus my point was not that adults and kids weren't affected as much by these events, it was that specifically kids didnt really understand what was going on. It’s like how in 2008 kids growing up knew their parents were stressed but didnt really grasp what was wrong with the economy.

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Well @laurelpowell.net is never complaining about me keeping a jar of sauerkraut in the fridge *where it belongs* ever again.

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I Love Lucy: Lucy's Funny Face

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Ellie F @btcarolus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A pro-tip from my last month at work: if you maintain a humble and cooperative attitude at work, people will forgive and forget your small mistakes. If you’re arrogant, no matter how good you are, even the slightest error will be held against you.

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