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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 2h

OUTLIER · Day 139 · 794 · 🦅 EAGLE EYES ⬜🟦🟦🟪🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟦 🎯 1 word nobody else found · 🦄 7 found by under 1% of players Can you find rarer? playoutlier.com/s/FCSNCR

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 4h

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 2h

Started playing PROSE AND CODES on Steam - a cipher puzzle game - and learned the word DIAPASON (Latin from Greek from the early 1400s). It's a harmonious sound, originally related to the octave interval in the diatonic scale. #AmResearching

"...one hears no sound save the tremendous diapason of the silence of the ages..." Quote from The Valley of the Giants by Peter B Kyne.

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 7h

Krillion #83 🦐 360 🐟🐟🏮🦑🦑🏮🫧 krillion.io

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 7h

Beeswax · Oct 6, 2026 One of just 99 spellers to sweep all five today. Exclusive company. 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 Completed in 36 seconds with 4 hints for 1,594 points spellbeeswax.com

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OUTLIER · Day 138 · 821 · 🦅 EAGLE EYES 🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪 🎯 3 words nobody else found · 🦄 6 found by under 1% of players Can you find rarer? playoutlier.com/s/8V4MCH

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BOW → BROADWAY [💯] Raddle #588 • Oct 05, 2026 raddle.quest/588 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🙌

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

HEAVY → HITTER [💯] Raddle #586 • Oct 03, 2026 raddle.quest/586 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🙌

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Because of WHUMPTOBER (during which Tumblr fanfic writers intentionally put blorbos in danger, hurt/comfort, and traumatize them), I learned that a precursor to calling it WHUMP is GET-EM, particularly 1970s GET-SPOCK/GET-KIRK stories. WHUMP (2002) comes from the Stargate fandom. #CutthroatCompounds

Editors' Page of Contact #4 from 1977, which acknowledges that Contact has become known as the get-em zine of fandom.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I spoke to @vulture.com about the nerdy pastime of "gridspotting," tracking down the provenance of crosswords in movies and TV shows.

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OFF → BASE [💯] Raddle #583 • Sep 30, 2026 raddle.quest/583 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🙌

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Someone could write a pretty fun #linguistics paper about the uses of repetition and overlapping speech in the works of David Mamet vs. Jared Keeso, specifically SHORESY. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BD3... (content warning: vulgar banter)

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Shoresy "huh" compilation

YouTube video by Senor Corbuiser

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I now own an ELBOW CHO-PAT, which helps keep bones where they should be. The original CHO-PAT was for knees, so I think PAT is short for PATELLAR, but I can't find a medical website that cares to explain the CHO- part to me. Choke-Patella? Chonstrict? Chozy? AChL? Chortilage? #AmResearching

an elbow cho-pat from MediDyne, a velcro strap around the elbow for stabilization.

A knee cho-pat from AliMed: a thin piece of rubber or fabric constricting something about the patella for stabilization.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ll say it; I think this is bad. I think there’s growing pressure to talk about AI in this kind of coded language that destroys understanding, rather than facilitating it. People want you to recite a list of its supposed weaknesses as a reassurance for themselves, not to inform others.

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

LEATHER → PANTS [💯] Raddle #576 • Sep 23, 2026 raddle.quest/576 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🙌

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Beeswax · Sep 22, 2026 Top 7% of spellers today. Quietly elite. 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 Completed in 26 seconds with 0 hints for 1,694 points spellbeeswax.com

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Beeswax · Sep 21, 2026 New personal best: 1,739. The old record didn't get to say goodbye. 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 Completed in 21 seconds with 0 hints for 1,739 points spellbeeswax.com

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TWENTY-ONE → SEPTEMBER [86%] Raddle #574 • Sep 21, 2026 raddle.quest/574 🟢👁️💡🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🙌

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I solved today's Eightile in 16 seconds! 🟩🟧🟥 🟥🟩🟧🟨 🟫🟥🟩🟧🟨 🟧🟨🟩🟫🟪🟥 🟧🟨🟩🟫🟪🟥🟦 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬛ eightile.com

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hidden Joey 🦘 #71 — 3/3 joeys, 3 tries 🟩 🟩 🟩 hiddenjoey.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

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Tuta @tuta.com · 11/09/2026

"I have nothing to hide." False. You have medical history You have financial behavior You have location patterns You have political views You have relationship data Privacy was never about hiding crimes. It was always about owning your life.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The insinuation that disabled women who post about their experiences are “entrenching a culture of economic activity” is ableism. They want to shame us into being silent about our suffering. Make noise. Let’s tell the Telegraph this disgusting article should be retracted

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Cepheid @wrdnrd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Gretchen with THE CORRECT TAKE. I've always been so baffled by people annoyed that Pluto "isn't a planet" anymore. If you love planets so much, why aren't you excited by the prospect of MOAR PLANETS??? Smol planets! Chibi planets!! Tiny, adorable planets! 🥰

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

TRONA is a mineral whose name EITHER came into English from Spanish OR Swedish from their terms for NATRON. Ridiculous. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trona #AmResearching

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Trona - Wikipedia

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

14 legit contenders from my WOTY 2026 CANDIDATE list: AI psychosis, backrooms, ball knowledge, current vocal stim, Etsy witch, for the plot, hobbyless behavior, in 4K, larping, LA Music Festival, legendary refresh pull, reverse centaur, understimulated/overstimulated www.wordnik.com/lists/2026-w...

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Wordnik: 2026 WOTY Research

All the words

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way

Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Looking up Bible apocrypha today, learned about OXYRHYNCHUS, an ancient city in Egypt that means TOWN OF THE SHARP-SNOUTED FISH. Named after MEDJED, an elephantfish. The town's modern name is Al-Bahnasa. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyrhyn...

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Martin Haspelmath @haspelmath.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

100 years of the "morph(eme)" – Bloomfield's foundational article came out in September 1926. dlc.hypotheses.org/4485

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

QUASAR is short for QUASI-STELLAR RADIO SOURCE, shortened by Hong-Yee Chui in 1964 for a paper. They look like stars except they have a single jet of energy going in one direction. If the jet is pointed towards the camera, they are called BLAZARS. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar

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Quasar - Wikipedia

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Skinnie Talls @skinnietalls.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Don't feel bad, there are entire galaxies also spiraling out of control.

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

MUSIC VIDEOS WITH THE UNETHICAL TREATMENT OF A FISH PERSON: 2020 - XS by Rina Sawayama: youtu.be/TO2c06p6m5w 2022 - Music for a Sushi Restaurant by Harry Styles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiwM... What else?

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Rina Sawayama - XS (Official Video)

YouTube video by RinaSawayamaVEVO

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/08/2026

🏛️ Government websites can change or disappear overnight, taking public records with them. 🕳️ Libraries have collaborated on the End of Term Web Archive since 2004 to preserve U.S. government websites at every presidential transition. blog.archive.org/2026/08/24/a... 🧵

Social media tile with a black border. At top, a bold headline reads "Archiving Democracy: How the U.S. End of Term Web Archive Preserves Government History." Below it, a bar chart titled "End of Term Archive Data Growth" shows storage size in terabytes rising from 6 TB in 2004 to 2,345 TB in 2024, with intermediate values of 15 (2008), 41 (2012), 284 (2016), and 266 (2020). Below the chart, text reads: "The Internet Archive has participated in the End of Term (EOT) Archive since 2004, preserving U.S. federal government websites at every presidential transition."

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

ICE CREAM CAUSES SUMMER

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Alameda Post @alamedapost.com · 26/08/2026

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't argue with religious people because my thing sounds crazy too. Here's the deal, a big star blew up and the debris flew across the universe and eventually assembled itself into me

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What these people are doing is playing a simple word-substitution game with normal slurs - quite openly so - and then reveling in the fact they can say the thing openly. It’s only fun to them because of the ways it mimics actual bigotry. They’re not making a real point about AI or whatever.

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BERGAMOT: the flavor in Earl Grey tea (and my favorite lotion), is from the BERGAMOT ORANGE, named after BERGAMO, ITALY in Lombardy, which was once conquered by Celts. BERGAMO the city comes from ideas about MOUNTAINS and HOMES. And LOMBARDY comes from LANGOBARDI, maybe because they had long beards.

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Left elbow is mad so I bought an elbow sleeve and learned about BURSA today. @wikipedia.org: a sac with "...synovial fluid (similar in consistency to that of a raw egg white)." Very evocative, wiki writer, good job.

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Learned about PALAU this morning. Its capital NGERULMUD means "place of fermented angelfish", phonetically starts with a ŋ and ends with a ð. 16th smallest country on Earth, smaller than ANDORRA (their anthem is about how much they love Charlesmagne!) but bigger than SEYCHELLES (excellent flag).

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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 23/08/2026

ICYMI: We want to end linguistic prejudice, not teach people to dodge it. But in the meantime, what's the best strategy? A sociophonetic deep dive w Jennifer Nycz @jennycz.bsky.social and Lauren Hall-Lew @lhlew.bsky.social. With ✨Kelly Wright✨ becauselanguage.com/144-sociopho... @academic.oup.com

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Encyclopedia Briannica @e-briannica.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

TIL that CHAMELEON means "on the ground/earth lion." I love it when animals are compared to other animals. CAMELEOPARD for giraffe, LEOPARD means lion-panther, AARDVARK means earth pig, CATFISH, SEA URCHIN (urchin means hedgehog), SEA SLUG, HUMMINGBIRD MOTH, etc.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please note that even after being caught using Flock to stalk a woman, he dehumanizes her as a "shiny thing," and describes her as "teasing" and "leading him on." www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shin...

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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"

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